A Realmgate Too Far

 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...

In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that I'd subscribed to the Mortal Realms magazine. Not that I needed to, to be honest - I know how to play Age of Sigmar, I've got tons of Stormcasts sitting around unpainted, and my partner has a bunch of spooky ghosts (Nighthaunt). But apparently I've got poor impulse control (who knew?), and I like the idea of models turning up every now and then through the door, in a possibly manageable fashion (painting wise). It also gave me an opportunity to do YET ANOTHER Stormhost. To add to the two I have on the go already. Because that's not insane in any way, shape or form! So, the first three models for the Anvils of the Heldenhammer are completed. I went for these for two reasons: Firstly, it fits the narrative of the Soul Wars setting of AoS II (fighting against the Nighthaunt in Shyish). Not that I expect we'll play any games in the Soul Wars for a while, mind! Secondly - skulls on Stormcasts look cool....

We didn't get round to playing our next game in the Realmgate Wars series this weekend. Entirely my fault, as I had quite a bad headache on Sunday, and felt generally "off". Hopefully we'll stand a better chance this coming weekend. In the meantime, I'm happy to say that I've managed to finish off some reinforcements for the Stormcast Eternals (including basing!), meaning they have a more rounded force to pull from. This time, the reinforcements are from two different Stormhosts - the Celestial Vindicators (blue) and the Celestial Warbringers (purple/pink with white pauldrons). Yes, I did manage to pick two Stormhosts with the word Celestial in them! Up first, we have a unit of Protectors for the Celestial Vindicators, who make up the majority of the painted Stormcasts at present. All three Paladin units can be made from the same kit (I think I got these soon after the box came out, so a while back now!). Combined with the previously done Retribu...