A Realmgate Too Far

 Recently I’ve been playing a few different game systems, partly as a new local gaming club (run by a number of people I’ve known for a while) has just started up again over the last month or so ( https://diceandbolter.wordpress.com/ ), and it’s nice to try out some new systems every now and again! At the minute, I’ve got quite a few partly painted WH40K and AoS projects, but the issue I always tend to find is concentrating on something long enough, without getting distracted too much - while you can do smaller size 40K, for instance, it does still tend to be a bit more of a commitment to get something together (I’ve painted a grand total of two new Orks, for instance, and have a half done Space Marine army that I need to get back to, etc. etc.). Historical wise, I’ve got a few projects on the go as well - but tends to be a case of painting a couple of battalions up and then wanting a break for a bit - not necessarily an issue, as these are generally slow burn projects. The latest ...

 …that I can’t be bothered putting into different posts. So you get a load of stuff here. Still, pretty pictures, eh? Necron leaders, doing a variety of silly poses! Necron Destroyers. Flailing madly! This is all the painted Necrons I have. There are a few unpainted ones, and I may get a couple of extra things, but this is a sizeable enough force for most games, with a few options (such as C’tan or Monolith). Orcs across space and time, united to smash things. Or poke them. Nice models - I’d like to do more of both, but we will see what happens - likely I’ll be distracted. Ah, something historical. The Belgian 5th Light Dragoons. Supposedly much maligned (although opinions differ), the one time they have been on the wargaming table, they clearly had something to prove, and ended up routing 2 units of Chasseurs and a unit of Lancers! Not maligned around here. And very pretty! More historical stuff - Republican Romans for Saga: Age of Hannibal Carthaginians, again, as expected, for S...

 Ah - apparently I painted some AoS things over the last few months! Yes, that would examine why they are sat on the shelf. In the few months proceeding the latest version of AoS (hopefully I’ll play more games of this one than the last version - it does look fun!), GW released a number of Broken Realms supplements, and the last one featured a big old centaur chap… Kragnos! Smasher of things! Kragnos! Basher of kings! And yes, the big lug had to be painted as a Lynel, of course. How else would you paint him? Part of the thinking here was to paint up Kragnos and then do some of the new Kroolboyz (or whatever the new orcs are actually called!) to wander along with him. I’ve since picked up the Dominion set, and have made the models, but have only pained a single Gutrippa. They’re all sprayed green and ready to go though, so I might try to get cracking at some soon. Given the Dominion set also has new Stormcast Eternals, I felt he had to have a companion, presumably to bash. Enter Gar...

 Yes…  Well, having looked back, maybe it wasn’t 6 “moths” since my last post, but certainly more than 6 months. Oops. So, what have I been up to since the last post? Not much gaming, but a reasonable amount of painting. Let’s see if I remember to post about it going forwards. In any case, today we have a few pictures from some of the more recent models I’ve painted from the Perry Miniatures War of the Triple Alliance range. This isn’t something I’d come across before the Perry’s announced the range - and as ever, I fell for the shiny new things. There’s also a few reference books that have been purchased as well, and I’ve managed to get through at least a few of them so far! I’ve got a couple of small forces which have been built up over the last year or so - a battalion of Paraguayan infantry was painted early on, but may not have been shown off (I honestly can’t remember) - and I’ve mainly been working on the Brazilian side since.  Brazilian foot artillery with Whitwor...

 Ah! I haven't put anything up in... oh, about 6 months... Right. I'm blaming work for this - after starting the blog during the (first) lockdown, I think the sudden change to *normal* working again threw me a bit, and the blogging energy hasn't been there. Anyway - Happy New Year (or whatever, depending on when this is read by anyone!). Where were we up to last time? Ah, 9th Ed 40K had been released. Well, I've done a lot of painting since then, and we've had a few games (one of the advantages of having a partner who is into the same hobbies!). Probably it's easiest to break this down into a few sections going forward: What have I painted recently: Well, lots of things. An entire Necron army for 40k for a start (although I had models in the same scheme from a few editions ago, the vast majority has been painted up since the release of 9th). I'll take some unit photos later, but you can see a few of them in the "gaming" photos later.  A brief sojou...