Making room...

Decided to sell the German forces that came with the Open Fire starter set. They will be going to my friend Tom who is my regular opponent. They were a pleasure to paint especially the camo as it forced me to start using my airbrush.

I now have on my painting table the unit of 4 Sextons and associated crews/staff/observers. 

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush..

Decided to add some camouflage to my British guard tanks. I think they came up well.

Working on some Stug G assault guns while waiting for my Sexton self-propelled artillery to arrive.

Lest we forget.

I've recently returned from a holiday/research trip on the east coast, visiting my Great Grandfathers grave and a trip to the Australian War Memorial (absolutely amazing). Was lucky to time the trip with the World War 1 exhibits including the German Mephisto Tank, this thing would have given the crew nightmares.

Other gaming news I'm going to give Kings of War a try as a Warhammer substitute. I like the idea of being able to use more of the models I have and the rules appear to be straightforward. These days balancing family life and work the time for gaming is at a premium.

I've also been sucked into Star Wars X-Wing, enjoying this fast style not too complex game. Pre-painted miniatures are great and the detail is decent with many combinations of ships and cards to give good replay value.

PaK40 Anti-tank gun platoon painted.

MOOR sherman tanks!

One of these will become an observation tank for a self-propelled artillery battery.

Starting to make use of my airbrush now, after being unsure how to go about it or what paints to use. I think the results have come up good so far.

I used this guide from youtube German camo airbrushing

Warhammer Fantasy: Age of Sigmar...

Change is good ...sometimes, My large warhammer fantasy collections lays dormant and has been for some time (pre-end times books). Why? I would have to say the squeeze to buy large expensive books a barrier and it was looking like the remaining army books weren't going to be updated, so what to do? sit idle until things settle and hope the new 9th edition rule book spurs on the game in a similar way as we knew it. 

Well the wait certainly revealed something ... a game quite different from what I was expecting. I've looked at the AoS rules a couple of times and the war scrolls but have only felt a brief interest in trying it. One thing I will say on the positive is I think it's probably a great way to use models/units that might have just sat on the shelf otherwise. 

To sell up and move on? I've invested too much time in painting my armies and purchased books to do that so I'm going to keep everything for now and see what the future brings.

My Flames of War army expands and with several games under my belt I'm enjoying this system.

Off the radar

Long time no post ...

I've recently picked up the Flames of War starter set Open Fire! and this has inspired me to do some more painting.

I'm putting together a British Armoured Guard company using the starter set as the foundation.