Stargrave - The Brethren

 Another unit for Stargrave that will double for judge dread games also. Quick and easy, I had these done in a day and a bit, the skin tones and basing taking the longest 

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Matt

Napoleonic French légère skirmishers

French Légère skirmishers 

These four skirmisher bases have been part finished I think for 10 years, the command base perhaps longer as I have not painted old glory light infantry since 1997

The were based coated but had not been completed so a tounch up, wash and highlight then based, done in two evenings in between other bits on the desk. 

Elite miniatures

Elite miniatures 

Old Glory Miniatures

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Matt

Prussian Kurmark Landwehr Lancers

 Prussian Kurmark Landwehr Lancers 

When Peter sculpted these I knew I had to have a squadron of them for my army. They are lovely figures to paint, have good raised detail and quite simple faces. I have had the horses painted for two months or more, so a little annoyed with myself for not concentrating on the cavalry men for a couple of hours to get them completed. The lances and pennants possibly took longer as I made the incorrect colour first then had to make a second set! 

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Matt

French 76th ligne regiment

 French 76th ligne regiment 

I should of posted these two weeks ago, but was too slack to complete the 2 & 3 Porte Aigle pennants and paint the edge of the flag, finally yesterday I needed to clear the painting table for new projects so I competed these along with a unit of cavalry, and 10 skirmisher bases. 

The victrix figures are a poor cousin to the perry figures, the bayonets being quite flimsy, most poses are good though, but again difficult to flesh out a full battalion for general de brigade. I do not think I will buy another box though and will purchase the Perry figures or print some more piano figures. Happy with the paint job though and another addition to the pre 1809 army. This coming month onto more 1813-15 Prussians, 1793-95 Chouans, French guard Mamelukes, French plastic guard infantry 1814 in greatcoats, then some  1813-15 Hanoverians for a big Napoleonic game in October in Brittany. 

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Matt

Aliens- Colonial Marines

 Colonial Marines 

Finally completed these chaps, they have been sitting around for months part completed, the are lovely figures with lots of detail, I elected to paint them in woodland camo, although in the movie they are wearing a mix of woodland and desert camo. As I had purchased one of the extra extensions I had doubles of a few figures, rather than leave them in the unpainted project boxes I though I would complete them at the same time but carve off the names and add some nicknames of some of the guys I was in the army with. 

Hope to get these guys on the table soon for a game

Renamed section 

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Matt

WIP Wednesday - Colonial Marines

 Colonial Marines 

After sitting on my deck for over two months I thought I should crack on and get these fine figures completed. So today while it is cool rainy weather I  managed to get the camo done and ready for the wash stage. I plan to have them completed by the weekend. 

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Matt 

Bloodbowl - Halfling medic

 Halfling doctor 

Completed a Willy’s miniatures Halfling medic for my bloodbowl team. A very characterful miniature

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Matt

Bloodbowl - the Harsingers

 The Harsingers 

Finally completed my halfling team for Bloodbowl, I have decided to name them the “Harsingers “ the orange and cream uniform, the same as the flower. 

All of the figures are from Games Workshop except for one which is a 3D print the star player in gold and Swiss tunic. Really happy with the results as they are quite characters. 

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Matt

Judge Dredd - Walter the Robot

Walter the Robot

I have been looking for Walter the Robit for quite a long time. I recently picked him up with a Job lot of Warlord Dredd figures on eBay, paying almost as much in postage and import duties as the figures but still a bargain I thought.









Walter is the Mega City One's most famous servo droid, Walter the Wobot. This figure was produced by Warlord Games. Walter was once Judge Dredd's house robot. He is usually used in stories to provide comic relief, and he has a speech impediment which causes him to pronounce his R's as W's. (This was a defect caused by fear and stress.) He was originally a robo-servant at the Grand Hall of Justice, and was drafted by Judge Dredd during the First Robot War to help him infiltrate the robot stronghold. Unlike the majority of the robots, Walter believed robots should be diligent slaves for humans. It was Walter who landed the final blow on rebel leader Call-Me-Kenneth, being used to override the city's Weather Control computers and unleash a lightning storm, and he was made a free robot (the first ever) with the rights of a human citizen in 2099 for his loyal services. However he was so devoted to Dredd that he chose to remain in Dredd's employ and even got rid of his freedom papers in exchange for a Deed of Ownership giving him to Dredd. He eventually left Dredd's service after he sustained serious damage at the hands of Mean Machine Angel. This was an effort by the writers to kill him off when Judge Dredd stories were becoming grittier and more mature; in the same story, Dredd's landlady Maria was also written out.


He met Dredd again in 2115, helping him escape the forces of Judge Grice and wielding a vast amount of deadly weaponry, killing many ex-convict Judges in the process, but was ignored after he got Dredd to the safety of the other judges. The next year, Walter snapped over these two encounters and formed a cult around Call-Me-Kenneth, proclaiming he'd been wrong to betray him. He attempted to start a Second Robot War and actually shot Dredd to punish him for Dredd's harsh treatment of him over the years. He was arrested by Rookie Judge Giant and sentenced to thirty years.

However he was freed from jail during the actual Second Robot War in 2121. Reformed, he sought out Dredd and surrendered to him, asking to be reprogrammed so he could not commit crimes again. Instead, Dredd put him on probation and ordered him to work as a helper for the elderly Mrs Gunderson. Walter lives with Gunderson, helps run her Judge Death-based tourist attraction (and dealing with the Death actors who go insane playing the role), and attempts to keep her out of trouble (with great difficulty); he has made several reappearances alongside her.


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Matt

Judge Dredd - Deadlands scavengers

 Deadlands Scavenger's 

A selection of the plastic Stargrave figures that I intend to use for a Judge Dredd scenario. I have two groups to do, this first group will be part of the scavenger gang on the edge of the Deadlands. 

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Matt