Old School Warhammer #2 Prince Tyrion

Hi all,

The second in an irregular series of posts, this time i have found some pictures of the general of my old High elf army, Prince Tyrion, i seem to remember he had a twin brother who was a wizard? I have him painted up somewhere too....

Anyway, here he is. (painted around 1995..ish)

I remember him being an all conquering dealer of death to all and sundry..

I also have the army champion, on his pegasus, this guy would always swoop down on the enemy artillery, destroy it then attack units in the rear, causing mayhem.... Good times.

The more i look at these old pictures, the more i think its a shame they have been in storage for nearly 16 years.....

So there you have it, another bit of my wargaming "history".

Steve

Late war German Infantry Platoon

Now then,

I have finished off the bulk of the German infantry now, and have completed the initial objective of a 500 point platoon. I now have some optional extras that will be getting painted up, such as more MG teams, (so i can boost the squads to 10 men, and 2 LMGs) I also have another MG42 team to paint up, and along with the Panther G and the Puma i've well over 1000 points worth of troops.

Here the platoon....

3 squads of 8 men, a commander and 1 grenadier, a sniper pair and an MG42 team for a bit of fire support.

The whole force can be seen in more detail HERE

Thanks for looking,

Steve

Old School Warhammer #1 Chaos Dwarfs

Now then,

I was looking through my pictures on photobucket today, and found these pictures of some of my oldest miniatures.

So heres the first in an irregular series where ill be putting up pictures of all my older and sadly nearly forgotten figures that have been languishing in storage for well over a decade, if not longer.

Warhammer 3rd edition is where it all pretty much started for me back in the dim and distant past, but over the years the miniatures and background changed so much that these guys were relegated to their box.

Chaos Dwarfs (1980's vintage)

The warrior Regiment (painted in 1990)

Crossbowmen

A mortar and some mutants.

I made some sabot bases for the army a few years ago, with an idea of playing Hott with my two boys, but I lost that particular battle to the XBOX....

I have loads of warhammer stuff still, and WH40K armies too, one day I will photograph it all, and put them on here, who knows one day they might be used in a game again?

Random post eh?

Steve

Homemade Bolt Action dice

Now then,

Being the thrifty Yorkshireman that i am, i decided that the bolt action dice were too expensive...So..I have made some dice of my own for Bolt Action. I Bought some blank dice from HERE, and using their blank dice template I made these:

I then printed them out onto sticky label paper,

Cut them out (took ages). And ended up with these.

The dice cost me 19p each, much cheaper than the "official" dice, and i reckon they will serve nicely.  I have 15 dice each for the Germans and the Allies. not bad for £8.00. (ish)

If you want a copy of the labels, comment below, with your email address and ill send you a copy. (I wont publish your address though obviously).

Cheers
Steve.

Happy Yorkshire day!

For those of us lucky enough to be from gods country....Happy Yorkshire day!

Steve

Bolt Action Late War Grenadiers #1

Now then,

I have had a good old painting session this afternoon, here are the results:

All the figures are Battlefront 15mm, mounted on 15 mm circular bases from Warbases. I really enjoyed painting these, and not a drop of dip in sight.

I have another 2 squads to get through, as well as MG42 teams and a Panzerschreck team. I have worked out a 500 point force, and i easily have enough models to make 1000 points. I'm planning on British to oppose them, but can't decide on standard infantry, Paratroopers or commandos...

Bolt Action page HERE

Cheers
Steve

Austrian Cavalry update

Now then,

 

Well, the Persians and Bolt action germans still sit on my painting table, awaiting their turn, as the 6mm Napoleonic Austrian cavalry has jumped the queue!

I fancied a bit of a change this week, so dug out some cavalry from the large pile of unpainted Austrians and managed to get them done!

Unfortunately i have now ran out of bases, so the 10th Hussars will have to wait a bit longer.

Heres some pics of progress this week....

First of all i upgraded the 3rd Hussars to 2 separate units, as it was the normal practice for large Austrian cavalry regiments to split up their units, a such a large mass was found to be unwieldy.

The 2nd Schwarzenburg Uhlans. Another very large cavalry unit, and again divided into 2 "divisions".

Heres a shot of all my Cavalry painted up so far.

Still to be done are the 10th Hussars (another large unit) and the 5th Chevaux Ledger, a slightly smaller unit.

The Infantry forces are nearly complete, with only 2 line Bns left to do, and 3 militia units.

The light infantry is in the process of being re-organised slightly, which will stretch the figures further and reduce the amount of painting still to be done.

Hopefully within the next month or so i will be putting in a new order to Adler for some French troops to oppose them!

Have a good weekend,
Steve
The full force so far can be seen HERE