Aventine Miniatures - Early Imperial Romans

Hi Guys,


I would like to introduce Aventine Miniatures to my collection.  Specifically, the Early Imperial Romans.

I have recently started playing Hail Caesar with a few mates and it is a cracking game.  I already own a stack of Warlord Games Early Imperial Romans.  Hail Caesar uses bases to represent commanders at different levels in Hail Caesar and while I had a few ideas of my own while doing the rounds on the internet, I stumbled upon this on the Lead Adventure Forums.

Adam has used various figures from Aventine Miniatures Early Imperial Roman Range to make a Command Stand.  The result is stunning.  Inspiration and decision made. After exchanging a couple of brief E-mails with Keith of Aventine Miniatures, Keith has handpicked out the same figures as a Special Order for me.

Imagine my delight when my Adam's Special Early Imperial Romans arrived in the mail today.


Now moving onto the figures themselves.  The figures are from a variety of packs from Aventine Miniatures Early Imperial Romans Range.  Keith offered to pick the figures himself and put them in a pack so I could use them in my Early Imperial Roman Army.  His communication was excellent.

I am very happy with the sculpting.  The casting does not let you down either.  These are without a doubt the cleanest cast pewter figures I have received in a long time.

While I am not up to Adam's standards for painting and converting, I hope I can do them justice.

Thank you Keith and thanks to Adam for some inspiring ideas  ;)

Happy Gaming,

Allan

I have been busy but first... A drawing from my son

Hi Guys,

I will have a few updates soon with miniatures I have been working on but first a  picture drawn by my son.

Do you think he likes Miniature Wargaming much?

Happy Gaming to you all :)

Cheers,

Allan

Mantic Games Enforcers.

Another update 

I pre-ordered the Warpath Enforcers figures from Mantic Games.

I assembled the first 5 figures last night.

A few quick comparison photos for reference.  The Grey Knight in Power Armour is still a W.I.P.  

Norman Knights WIP

Hi Guys,

I am still painting although gaming has been non existent (for now).

To prove it here is a photo of a Norman Knight that is nearly finished.

I used a Little Big Men Studios shield transfer for the Conquest Games Norman Knight.  The shield transfers are excellent and easy to use.  A hole is left in the transfer for a shield boss and most of the Conquest Games shields have no shield boss.

Using a Gripping Beast kite shield I made a mould using Green Stuff of the shield boss.

I left the mould for a day and a half and then started press moulding green stuff shield bosses.  I wet the mould before press moulding so the green stuff did not stick.

The figure is painted, shield transfer is on.  I used Super Glue to glue the new shield boss onto the shield and painted it metal before using a black wash.

Now I have to use gloss varnish on the shield to protect it then matt varnish the whole figure before adding flock and it is finished!

11 more knights to go.


Happy Gaming to you all!


Allan

SAGA - The Tapestry

Hi Guys,

Our Gaming group has started getting into SAGA.

The guys over at WWPD have also started SAGA and with it a webpage devoted to SAGA.

The Tapestry is the place to follow their exploits and other information related to SAGA  and the Dark Ages.

Happy gaming,

Allan

WWPD - News from the front Episode 39!

Hi Guys,

I love playing Flames of War with my mates amongst other historical games like Black Powder, Clash of Empires.......

I normally tune in to the WWPD (What Would Patton Do) podcast as it is light hearted, great fun and the guys just encourage the hobby they enjoy so much.

For the most part it is Flames of War based although other games get a mention from time to time.

Episode 39 is something a bit special as it includes an interview with John-Paul of Battlefront fame.

John-Paul answers some great questions from the guys and gives away a few spoilers.    For that alone it is well worth listening to.



Happy Gaming,

Allan

World War Two in 28 mm?

Hi Guys,


While I still enjoy Flames of War the offerings at Warlord Games Bolt Action Range of figures and vehicles are too nice to not explore further.

I ordered British Infantry, German Infantry and british Commandos and a couple of Universal Carriers and Support weapons for each to see what the quality is like.

I am pleased to say AWESOME!

The plan is to expand the collection for Skirmish Gaming but in the short term here are a few preview pictures.  After all I must at least try to finish my SAGA project first!


British Rifleman

British Bren Gunner

Lastly a comparison vs a GW Space Marine

Happy Gaming,

Allan