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Mighty Empires Hexagons

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:16:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Just finished up painting the Mighty Empires plastic hexagons and I put on them on Ebay for sale. These pieces come with detail on both sides, except for the mountain pieces.

They sold within a week. It seems that if you paint up what you sell to a good tabletop standard and sell at a reasonable price - then someone will buy it!

Unfortunately this are no longer in production, but to tell the truth I never got around to using them, so I decided to let them go.

That is all for now. See you in seven. Until then farewell and good health.

Wrath Of Kings

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 05:51:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

A short post this week. I have finally received my order for Wrath Of Kings from CMON that I bought at the end of November.

This was during their Black Friday sale, and their product prices were shreded. For example the Celestial Host box was 15 US dollars instead of 50 and so on!

I decided to go with the Shael Han because I like the Chinese / Oriental look to them. Also they have berserk Pandas - coooool!

The problem was that the product was not in stock when they were selling them! They were in a warehouse far, far away!

Thus it took my order three long months to arrive. I was about to contact Paypal and open a dispute to get my money back. Then they sent me an email and a tracking number.

That is the story. Personally I think a company like CMON should not behave in that manner. It is rather shameful. I hope this doesn't happen again in the future.

I am not sure what I am going to post next week, so stay tuned. Farewell and good health and see yu all in seven.

Skorne : The Titan Cannoneer pt.1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:04:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

I am back with my last Titan for Skorne. This is the Titan Cannoneer, as I am you have noticed. With this figure I decided to leave the pose as is. The pose seems to suit this ponderous beast. Also all the arms have a function or tool or weapon, so it would require a lot of work to change and alter the pose.

I might decided to alter the pose if I ever get a second Cannoneer, but that is another project for another day.

Below I have a group shot of all my Titans. Are they not just lovely to behold advancing to crush the Skorne's enemies!

Next group of beasts will be the light Cyclops' I think. I will have to see!

Now it's back to the Normans next week. See you in seven, and as always farewell and good health to one and all.

Skorne : The Titan Sentry pt.1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:05:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Today is another relatively short post. I have a strong case of the flu and it has knocked me out something good. I have been on bed for a week and lethargic at home for 2 weeks. Nonetheless, I did get in some quality work done on my Titan Sentry for Warmahordes.

I decided to straighten the Sentry out a bit and make him actually look 'on guard'. This required a lot of work on the lower parts, but for the sake of diversity, as always, it was worth the effort.

I also needed to lengthen the halberd so it could touch the ground. It was quite short for a halberd really, but the extra length really made the figure shine.

Next week it is the Cannoneer. Until then farewell and good health to everyone.

The Normans Phase One: Knight Unit pt2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 05:48:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

I have finished the first unit of my Norman Project for Saga! This leaves me three more units in order to complete phase one. Unfortunately I cannot go any faster, even though I wish I could. Work has just got me bogged down at the moment and I can only manage to paint on the weekends.

As you can see from the group shot above, I have added the pennants and turf. This little step makes all the difference. Every miniature deserves a good and appropriate base! Wisdom to take to the grave.

That is all for now, next week and the one after it will be all about Skorne. Until then farewell and good health.

The Normans Phase One: Knight Unit pt2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:44:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Another short post as I work on my Norman Knights for Saga, especially the second edition coming out in February.

So all the painting is done including the highlights and the low-lights, as well as the shield transfers. I tried to match the colours of the shields to their helmets. I have bought some pennants as well which I think will look very nice on them and I will do the same for the lance pennants when they arrive.

I still have to do the grass work on the bases, but I usually leave this until all the unit is painted, then I do it in one go. I can't wait until they are ready!

Next week I finish up this unit and start something new. Until then farewell and good health to everyone.

The Normans Phase One: Knight Unit pt1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:07:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

The journey continues with the Normans as I start painting my first unit - the Knights. This unit will be part of a 4 point army that is the minimum require army size to play Saga. The force will contain two elite mounted Knight units one Warrior unit and one crossbow unit.

While these models were in storage, the spears rusted over. Therefore I had no choice but to detach them and sand-paper them down. The result is in the picture above. I just hope they don't rust over again after they are painted up!

Just like the Warlord, I will be painting this army in the same fashion and method as the vikings. This means that I will start be base coating black and painting on the first base coats to see whether I like the colour scheme. Next I will paint the highlights, low lights and details of the models up one by one or two by two depending on what is quicker.

Last but not least will be the base, which I will do altogether as to keep the same aesthetic.

Well that was the start. Stay with me as I work my way through this force as my first project of the year. Farewell and good health as always.

Saga Normans - The Warlord - Finished!

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:03:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

I am finally back and ready to start a new year of blogging. To start off this first month I want to present the finished Norman Warlord I started last December.

The painting is nothing special, but I kept the same techniques as the Vikings I painted for the game. I think this is a very good compromise between quality and tabletop level painting.

I also think that the vignette style for the warlords is perfect for a game like Saga. Now that 2nd edition is coming out and the warlords are more powerful than before, the mini-unit/vignette suits the character well.

Now that the main mini of my force is ready I can start with the First phase of my Norman army for Saga.

Until next time, farewell and good health to one and all.

Happy New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 10:32:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to take a moment and thank one and all a happy and prosperous new year.

I also wanted to thank every single person who has taken the time to read one of my posts or comment on them.

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

During the past years I have been quite regular with my posts, but once again life has found a way of screwing things up!

So I might not be able to post once a week as normal. I hope this does not put you all off my blog.

It is not all bad though. I will be continuing the projects I began in 2017, like the Normans and Haqqislam; as well as embarking on new ones like my obsession with Warmahordes and painting up a Skorne army.

I also want to get back into my true passion, and that is building and modelling dioramas. So get ready to see a long series of posts on that!

Well once again I wish you all the best life has to offer. Until next year, farewell and good health.

Saga Normans - The Warlord part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:42:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Another short post this week, but one close to my heart! I have continued work on the Norman Warlord, and hopefully it will be ready soon.

As usual I painted up the basic colors to give me an idea of how the whole thing will look on completion. I think that the bright scheme will help the warlord stand out.

I decided to push first on his guardians. So I took the little time I had and worked on these two models, which I manged to finish by the way.

My research shows me that the Normans did paint some of the helmets, so I decided to paint all the 'sergeants' in the other units with red helms. I will be painting the knights with colored helms as well.

That is the last work post for this year. I will be back with the conclusion to this project in the beginning of the new year and and whole slurp of other work coming your way, including the Norman army for Saga.

Until then enjoy your holidays and new year! But most important of all - Farewell and good health to one and all!

Scatter Terrain for Infinity and other Sci-fi games Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:16:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Today I have some more scatter terrain to show off. I have been working on these gradually and I hope to have a have a good set by the end of this series of posts.

First up are the concrete road blocks from Knight Models. Unfortunately they come in MDF flat packs and need to be put together and painted up. I painted the gray with an airbrush and the strips by hand. They look real good on the game board.

Next I have two Tactical Tables from Antenocitis Workshop. These are really cool and are very easy to put together. Probably that is why I bonged it up by gluing both the tactical screens the wrong way around! I only noticed after I had painted it all up. Well, it will just have to pass as an alien world I guess!

That's all for this week. As for next week's topic who knows? You'll just have to pop in in seven! Until then farewell and good health as always.

Saga Normans - The Warlord part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:46:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Today, I want to start working on my Norman warlord. I have been playing the Normans while I was painting up my Vikings. Now, that my Viking army is ready, I can start working on these guys.

The warolrd stand below is an amalgamation of three different blisters, all from the Matthew Bickley sculpts sold by The Foundry Miniatures.

I set up the warlord stand as a mini-diorama/vignette, and I used the largest legal base size for a cavalry warlord in the game - that is 60mm diameter.

I tried to choose figures that told a story. The warlord on a ledge encouraging his men on; one retainer hit and fallen to his knees wounded; while the other is drawing his sword in defense of his liege. Sounds good to me.

I did want a bit more though. The warlord was armed in the same way as the other knights. Only the pose spoke of 'leader'. Therefore I decided to give him a cloak with fur trimmings. This, I think, elevated him above the average knight.

Well next week I start to paint him up. So join me soon as I start my new voyage into the age of saga!

Farewell and good health from,

Scatter Terrain for Infinity and other Sci-fi games Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:05:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Playing Infinity is great. It is a fantastic game full of tactical and strategic levels of play. The only way to make it better is to play it full of terrain!

We have terrain at over club, but we lack scatter terrain that help break up the visual lines of fire and make movement more easier in a game dominated but the ARO.

The first up are the police barriers from Antenocitis Workshop. These are pre-coloured laser-cut acrylic pieces that I find really handy in games. The best part is they just need to be assembled.

The second runner up are also from Antenocitis Workshop. These are the Tri-Ads Advertising stands that come in packs of 4. When I bought them they came in packs of 3.

Unfortunately these have to be assembled and painted, but they do come with printed adds that you have to cut out. Just be careful to measure properly for the best fit. Please note thast the bases do not come with the product. I added the bases for stability.

Last but not least are the Infinity Holo ads from Micro Art Studios. These are sold as a flat pack made from MDF and acrylic photo-quality sreen-prints. I painted up the MDF architecture with an airbrush. I think it came out OK.

I hope to show some more in the future as I finish up more of this stuff. I also encourage anyone who plays Infinity or any other Sci-Fi skirmish game to think about investing in scatter terrain. I find that it makes all the difference!

I am not sure what I will do next week. I guess you will just have to come back in seven to find out! Until then farewell and good health from the bottom of my tin-man heart.

Haqqislam Phase 3 : The Nasmats

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:59:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

If there is one type of game profile in Haqqislam that I really have found useful are the Nasmats. For only 3pts they functionally offer another expendable doctor or engineer to the game.

I have come to use them often especially in 300pt games, but enough talk, let us get to the miniatures. Well the figures are relatively small, so I decided to paint them up together. First I put on the basic colors as neatly as possible, then I gave them a dark brown enamel wash.

The last step was to highlight and shade. I finished these in just two one hour sessions. I think the results are good and presentable and I can't wait to field them again in glorious technicolor!

That's all for this week. As for next week's topic who knows? You'll just have to pop in in seven! Until then farewell and good health as always.

Haqqislam Phase 3 : The Naffatun part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:36:00 +0000

HI everyone,

Well the Naffatun are now ready for battle with a nice new job! It is a pity I can not use them in my current sectorial armies for Haqqislam, namely the Hassassin Bahram and the Qapu Khalqi.

So I painted up these two together. The male has the heavy flamer and the female the lighter one. The fact that the male trooper's face is covered helps speed up the painting.

Now that these are ready, I will take a short break from painting miniatures to avoid burnout and focus on some terrain.

Therefore next week I will continue with some scatter terrain for Infinity. Until then farewell and good health.

Haqqislam Phase 3 : The Naffatun part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:36:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

The Naffatun are some of Haqqislam's best cheap troopers. There are two types; one with rifle and heavy flame thrower and the other with rifle and light flame thrower.

I find them invaluable when fighting the Aleph and their cursed toys like the ODD and Eclipse grenades.

I bought the box, but I am only going to paint two out of four for the meantime. I will leave the colour scheme as the box art. I find it easier to just copy a very good colour scheme rather than rack my brains to come up with an original one.

Once again I will not go into the painting as I have done this many times before for this faction, but I would like to mention that I enjoyed painting the orange band along their arms. I find that this really helps to distinguish them from normal Ghulam troopers.

So next week I will continue with the Naffatun. Until then farewell and good health to you all.

Haqqislam Phase 3 : The Azra'ils part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:22:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

First of all I apologize for the late post. Unfortunately, life is a real thing! Today I continue with another short post. As the title states, I have continued to work on the Azra'il models. Today I am working on the second Azra'il with the Feuerbach gun.

The painting method is identical to the first, except that this model does not have a shield like the first.

I think these models look cool, even though they are not stars on the gaming table, but for economical support heavies, they do their job - but only that!

Nonetheless I have enjoyed painting them and playing with them, but have yet to field both of them in a single game - I guess I will have to try it out!.

Next week I will start the flame-throwing Naffatun, until then farewell and good health to all.

Haqqislam Phase 3 : The Azra'ils part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:50:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

So from today I am going back to work on some of my Infinity miniatures - namely Haqqislam!

For anyone who has been following this blog, you know that this is the third phase of my Haqqislam project. For this phase I chose another ten figures to paint up. This time around, my choice depended on figures I am currently playing.

The line up are both Azra'ils, two Naffatun, two Ghulam with missile launcher and heavy machine gun, two Nasmat remotes, a Hunzakut and Leila Sharif.

On this post I will start with the Azra'ils, simply because I really like the models. Game-wise, they are not very good unless you are playing with the Qapu Khali Sectorial Army. Point for point, the Al Fasids are a better buy by far, but the Azra'ils are cheaper for what they do and I am trying to make them work in my force.

So to begin I gave them an undercoat followed by a base-coat and then I airbrushed the highlights on. At this point, I worked on both of them, but I decided to go one at a time from this point on.

The next step was to paint on the details like the flesh, the gun metal and the red parts of the armour. This is probably the most time consuming part of the whole process.

At this point I start with the the lowlights; adding shades with washes - followed by extra highlights on the top-most parts of the model. The final job was on the metal. This also is a very laborious endeavor that took a lot of time to finish.

The model is now finally done to a very good tabletop level and I am quite happy with it. I painted up the machine gunner first because I prefer him to the Feuerbach gunner in game terms - but they are both great looking models though.

Below are a few extra shots of the finished Azra'il with the other Azra'il that I will continue in the next post.

So until next week, farewell and good health to one and all.

Terrain for Infinity - Hombi GT READY!

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 02:17:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

At last I have finished painting up the Hombi GT. I took some inspiration from the cover artwork and added some personal touches as well.

The whole thing was painted by brush. Since this is a hippy space car, I wanted the hand-painted theme to it. Airbrushing in my opinion would not have brought out the character.

That is a nice conclusion to this project. As always I will have more next week, I just don't know what to do next?. Until then farewell and good health everyone.

Terrain for Infinity - Hombi GT pt 2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 02:48:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

This post continues last week's Hombi project for Infinity, as well as any other Sci-Fi game out there.

I also tried placing two models in the vehicle just to try it out. I think the Hombi is an excellent piece of inter-active terrain and I can already imagine several scenarios that will allow the models to carry out missions by activating the vehicle.

After building up the body and the chassis, the next step was to paint up the interior. The colours are not very fancy, but I did go a bit overboard with the seats - and this was on purpose.

I also decided to add some putty to the front and back lights. Once again this gives the vehicle that little extra three dimensional look. I also went around sealing gaps with putty in order to tie the model together.

The last step for this post was to start painting up the base colours for the exterior. As is typical of me, I went with the same colour scheme as the artwork.

That is all this week. Next week will be the last post for this project and this little space hippy car should be ready. Until then farewell and good health everyone.

Terrain for Infinity - Hombi GT pt 1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:30:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Today I start another small project. I have decided to build a MDF vehicle, and I chose the Hombi-GT from Miniature Scenery.

The build in itself is quite easy and straight forward. The fitting is good and most part fit snugly enough, but sometimes needed extra sanding in order to fit properly.

I decided to flesh out the seats with putty, in order to give them a bit more of a 3D look. I also went ahead and base-coated the metallic parts of the vehicle.

That is all this week. As always I will have more next week. Until then farewell and good health everyone.

Terrain for Infinity - Planters

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:21:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

Well after building the containers from Plastcraft, I was left with a lot of spare parts. Instead of throwing these parts away I decided to use them in a small side project.

From these bits and pieces I decided to construct some planters for Infinity.

With the help of a bit of styrene strips and some air-drying clay I managed to build up 4 large planters.

The last step was to paint the planters up and add - plants! Fortunately I have a lot of plastic aquarium plants at home. A few choice cuts ended up in a nice urban selection.

So there you have it! Several planters for the price of 4 strips of styrene and some clay.

Well I hope you like the results. Join me next week for more table top modeling.

Farewell and good heath!

Terrain for Infinity - Cargo Containers pt2

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:05:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

I am back with part two of this little terrain project for Infinity.

So - after highlighting the containers and adding the decals, the next step was to add weathering - a lot of weathering.

This took the form of adding scratches with sponges and brushes, adding lowlights and washes, and edge highlights. It was a long process because I did all the containers in one go over several sittings. It was a tough job, but I got it done in the end.

I added one of my mighty Djanbazan for scale purposes. I think the smaller crates look really nice - especially the yellow ones.

I end this project with a group shot of all my cargo containers. I think they will add a lot to my games on several levels. I hope you like them too.

Join me again net week for some more tabletop hobby! Until then farewell and good health to one and all.

Terrain for Infinity - Cargo Containers pt1

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:27:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

So I am currently playing two games - Infinity and Saga. I am enjoying these games a lot for different reasons. Saga is easy, fast, low rule maintenance, requires about 40 figures - yet very strategic.

Infinity on the other hand is very detailed, with a lot of micro-management, highly strategic and tactical which requires a lot of dedication, and only a handful of models - nonetheless it is highly enjoyable and rewarding.

What is missing in both these games when I play is adequate terrain. To remedy this I have embarked on a personal campaign/crusade/jihad to remedy this situation for both these games.

Today I start with Infinity, because it is the game that really needs a lot of terrain to really function as designed.

My first phase in this project was to acquire and paint up some scatter terrain. Scatter terrain really brings out the tactical element of the system and allows you to use skills and equipment which make your models more effective on the gaming table.

The first subject I worked on were some cargo containers from Plastcraft. These are foam card (I think) containers that come in flat-packs and need to be assembled.

Assembly is easy enough and they readily stick together with the application of superglue.

The next step was to prime them. I did this in batch with black Vallejo primer.

After that, I gave all the containers a different colour scheme, as well as highlights. I forgot to mention that all this is done with an airbrush - just to clarify.

The containers still did not look right, but I knew what was missing - advertisements! I had some transfers from an old truck model laying around, so I decided to use them on this project.

That's all for today. Next week I will conclude this two part post on containers and more on to more Infinity terrain. Farewell and good health everyone.

Vikings Phase Two: Shield Maidens FINISHED!

noreply@blogger.com (Night Runner) — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:45:00 +0000

Hi everyone,

The last post of this series - YAHOO! As you can see my viking force is now ready.

I chose two new figures to replace the other two with horned and winged helmets.

The first was from a company called BAD SQUIDDO and the other was another scratch built figure from a naked nymph from FOUNDRY MINIATURES.

The one with the spear is the one I scratch built and the other is the one I bought.

Below is a quick photo collage of the procedure the scratch built figure went through.

I really like how the work turned out in the scratch built figures. Below is a photo of how they turned out side by side.

Next week I will post something a bit different. So see you in seven.