More different stuff

Some refurbuished LOTR figs for a change:

Getting near the end of the Arab Conquest 10mm project - here are some archers and cavalry, really only need to do command stands to be able to play MeG

A Bolt Action Russian who somehow fell off the table and didn't get finished in my last round of painting Soviets - 

and the next batch of 101 Airborne for Bolt Action - a half squad and mortar team

It only counts as one!

This was really fun to do!

Harad, Cold War and a Phoenix

Some odds and ends completed over the past couple of weeks, starting with a Su-25 Frogfoot in 144 scale by Academy models - this is air support for my Team Yankee Soviets.

An M109 battery and another platoon of Leop 1s for my Cold War Canadians. These Leops are by Plastic Soldier Company. Like em!

And a Phoenix (well, it's a great eagle by Deep Cuts painted red with a flamey thing on the base) to add some colour to my Macedonian KoW army.

And finally, some lovely GW LOTR Harad riders - great models! The Mumak is now assembled and on the painting table for next time!

Macedonian army and Harad

I built some movement trays for my Macedonians for Kings of War - I made some blank base spacers so the units as based would fill the footprint of a unit for KoW.  I wanted to depict the companion cavalry in a wedge for example, but it needed to fit a standard size. So here they are:

And I also painted 24 Haradrim infantry from GW LOTR range (perhaps my favorite of all model things to paint - can't resist them even if I don't play with them much), an officer and a ringwraith - the wraith is the spare rider from the Nazgul box set (you have the choice of the witch king or a wraith) on a random (ECW?) horse I had kicking around. 

And finally - a couple of bits for my late war FOW Germans - needed another Elefant and a half-track. These are Zvezda 1:100 models which I am a big fan of. 

ECW Royalists and the Witch King

I am putting a bit of a push on to paint up a Royalist ECW army for the upcoming MayDay game event in Edmonton in 2 months time using King and Parliament rules. Here are two regiments of foot (Warlord Games) done as Rupert's "Blewcoates" and Newcastle's regiment in white. In here is also a Witch King model I did some time ago but forgot to blog - so here he is!

Rohan and WW2 stuff

In my typically eclectic (ADD?) fashion I have been working on different genres and scales for the past little while - here we have warriors of Rohan and a Mordor troll from the Pelennor Fields box set:

As well as some US tanks and Stug upper hulls for Tanks! and Flames of War

I originally did the Stugs with the earlier upper hull and painted them in panzer grey for Stalingrad era gaming, but I didn't glue the upper hull on so that I could swap it out with a later model upper hull done in dunkelgelb. Presto - convertable Stugs! Well the undercarriage will be grey but it's not that noticeable under the shurtzen.

Army of the Dead

Working my way through the Pelennor Fields box - next we have the Army of the Dead:

Morannon Orcs and Afrika Korps reinforcements

I finished the Morannon Orcs that came in the Pelennor Fields box set, plus added some additional anti-aircraft and recon to my Flames of War Afrika Korps army.

Fantasy stuff

I learned of a Kings of War tournament later this month in Edmonton so this inspired me to paint a box of Silverhelms I had kicking around for my Elf army. I'm looking forward to blooding these guys - love those GW High Elfs.

I also made a start on my new lot of LOTR stuff - Morannon Orcs and some Army of the Dead figs. I'm not sure I'm happy with the Dead - they seem too dark.

Middle Earth, ECW and modern air support

I recently could not resist picking up the new Middle Earth Pelennor Fields box set from GW - I just loved those LOTR models and the Strategy Game was really very good. This new version binds all of the rules changes from the recent editions and the Hobbit, as well as releasing some models I have always coveted - specifically the Nazgul and a Mordor Troll. I haven't started on that stuff yet, but it inspired me to go through my remnants box and find the plastic Fellowship set which I painted as a warm-up. Here they are, needing no introductions:

I also have a considerable pile of ECW/TYW kits obtained in trade and barter from a pal, and I finally got to doing the box of Cuirassiers from Warlord for my Parliamentarians:

And finally, I picked up this 1:100 Harrier GR7 model from Revell at the local hobby store for my Team Yankee NATO forces. It was $12 - a box of two planes from Battlefront is upwards of $50 in my neck of the woods. It is a pre-painted snap-fit model (designed for kids) so it's underwhelming, I could repaint it but then I would need to get new decals. For the amount of time it will be on the table, I can live with it!