The last couple of months have been an almost complete gaming drought. Only a couple of games of Space Hulk & Mansions of Madness, and a few RPG sessions (WFRP, Shadowrun, Twilight 2000) have happened, plus there have been a couple of 'failed games' - games that I set up but then didn't play for whatever reason.
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| Mansions of Madness really is great fun! |
As usual, this kind of thing happens when work and home life become busy and/or frustrating past a certain point. I haven't done much painting or anything it feels like either, but I have at least done relatively more of those things! But painting has been limited from some space issues in the house (I am now working at the same table I use for actual work) and also visibility - I need to sort out some better lighting to allow early morning and late evening painting.
The main focus was actually on building the plastic sets from the lead mountain and putting a basecoat on them ready for painting proper; this was to get all of my painting 'tasks' into the same state, ready for the application of the colour coats.
First up - and please forgive the shadows - some repaired and lightly touched up fantasy and 40K stuff.
Then, a big increase to the WSS artillery, including some more light guns and some siege guns.
And some Hussars: a mixture of French and Imperial Hussars, plus the 'Scotch Hussars' for the '45.
Some WSS Bavarian and Imperial cuirassiers, amongst some other bits'n'bobs
A not great closer up! Feel the mass, not the detail...sorry.
Okay, a better shot of some more artillery and dragoons, being finished off; plus some Space Marines and some Heroquest ogres.
A close-up of some big guns - with a few British grenadiers off to the left
Some Dragoons, mounted and on foot
The finished Space Marines - I gave these to my son, no doubt he will use them more than I will!
And a batch of Bacus WW2 stuff. Germans at the front, with Panthers, Tiger Is, Panzer IVs, Whirlwinds and Demags.
Then the British: Sherman Fireflys, 25pdrs, 6pdrs and tows and crew.
Hope of course, springs eternal about getting more painting and more gaming in! Priorities for the former are some more 6mm WW2 and a few more Napoleonics, then a bunch of 28mm ancients for the little one. As for playing, I should really just get something to the table and not overthink it too much!!!! I guess one of the issues is that what I really feel like doing is starting another involved campaign, but that might be difficult to pull off currently - but not sure if I am in the mood for lighter, more generic one-offs which are the easiest to set-up.
