Japan I

Well back again with the Japanese figures I've done for a game that is still in design. We have done three playtests of I believe 3 different versions and I didn't feel any of them gave just the right feel I wanted. So I scrap what I don't like in the rules and start from there. They keep evolving and hopefully will soon be ready for the table again, as the figures have been for a while now.

These are all I believe West Wind Figures from Old Glory Miniatures, the wash didn't darken up or tone down the colors as much as I would have liked. But overall I'm satisfied with how they look. I wanted the Samurai to all have a mounted and dismounted figure, which is the reason I went with the West Wind line. All the characters come that way instead of trying to match mounted with foot and paint them to look as alike as I can.

The other criteria I had was that they stand out from the rest of the figures. They are going to be unique figures and leaders in the game. So they need to be quickly identifiable to the players. I think that was achieved.

I like all these figures, but feel the pair in the second picture are what I was wanting. The above figures were a pair I really wanted the wash to make more worn, the pink on the right figure was to hopefully look more like a faded red. I doesn't, doesn't look bad just brighter than I wanted.

Another thing I liked about the West Wind figures was how the mounted and foot combo were not always armed the same way. 

The only figure I feel turned out a little comical is the jail bird in black and white stripes. After I was done that was the first description I thought of for him. Wish now I would have used three or four colors instead of two, but as my Grandmother used to say "wish in one hand and poop in the other and see which fills up first". 

Over all very satisfied with the figures, now to get the game to play the way I want it to. Well next time it will be Ronin and other character type figures. Hopefully I can make time to take the Ashigaru and the demons to the light box soon.

Until next update, be safe. 

Companies mentioned in Blog

https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/

                 

                   Fallout III

Here are some more of my Post Apocalypse miniatures. With the Super Mutants you can really tell that the dullcoate wasn't very Dull, they need another coat of dullcoate to get rid of the shine. Most of the time I use Testors Dullcoate, but have been testing some other lately as a couple of cans of Testors didn't dull the minis well. Many of the hobby store ones do not come out flat, they have more of a matte to satin shine left when dry. I will let you know results of the search for a really good dull coat when I find one. 

Modiphius Miniatures in front of an Atomic Laser cut building, you can see why they need another spray of dullcoate.

A Raider leader again from Modiphius Miniatures.

Group of Mercenaries, I do not know who makes these minis. I got them in a grab bag at a flea market, they painted up nicely. The build in the above and below, is from TTCombat Terrain I believe.

Mercenary Commander and support at the top of the tower.

Minutemen from Modiphius, they are the good guys in Fallout 4. I need to go back and do the base edges in flat black, deciding form the pics I don't like the gloss I used.

Another group of survivors at the Urgent care. The one on the left is a minis I printed off from an .stl file, it is of a ghoul character that turns out to be a gunslinger. The other three are from Modiphius. The Building is again Atomic Laser Cut Terrain.

Had some trouble when one flat/dullcoate reacted badly with Hobby brand paint; which had already had problems with the Army Painter Primer. Thought I was going to have to strip the minis and start over, luckily I only had to do some repaint in spots. Those Minis were part of my Avar Army for SAGA, another of my future posts. I used to use Armory Primer and paints for my minis, with a few Pactra and other thrown in (as I still can't mix colors to match). These were good everytime, never had a problem with the prime as long as I remembered to allow the minis and paint get to the same temperature. The paints gave a good one coat coverage on top of the primer, even light colors did well. Then they stopped production of the Armory paints, rumor is because they had lead in them, (Lead minis with lead paint, you knew it and were careful). They must have just stopped production of the Primers as they can't be found, and store that do seem to have some want more than I want to pay.

I think next up are some of my Japanese figures. Either the Samurai period figures I have been doing for a game I was designing and is still under design. The minis look good, totally satisfied by them. It's the rules that didn't work the way I wanted. So back to the drawing board. Or the team I did up for the Reign in Hell ruleset. My cabal is based on Japanese mythology.

So until then enjoy and have fun gaming.

Companies mentioned in Blog

https://modiphius.us/

https://www.testors.com/

https://ttcombat.com/

https://www.atomiclasercutdesigns.com/

Fallout II

The second of many more hopefully, I have a large collection of varied miniatures and thanks to a couple of friends I think the pictures are good enough to use. The friends and Mike and Jenny. He talked me through how he takes his pictures and some tricks he uses. And Jenny for building me a light box to use for taking the pictures in. The combination aren't going to make my pictures award winning, but 100% better than they were.

More Fallout inspired minis for this post. Starting with the Centaurs, these are 3d printed models done in resin. The first is just starting to divide, Centaurs in FO are victims of the FEV (Forced Evolution Virus) released from Biological Warfare Labs. 

A group of hungry Centaur charging forward. 

A group of Ghouls from Modiphius Games. Ghouls in FO are created by radiation poisoning and come in everything from people that are still functioning humans to bloated glowing monsters that irradiate everything around them. Most are Feral Ghouls that have lost their minds and are always hungry. 

Think these are all Reaper minis that match what the scorpions look like in Fallout New Vegas (FONV). The ones shown in the last post match up better with Fallout 4.

The Vault dwellers, people that emerged from the protective vaults after the destruction and are now attempting to build a new world. First two figures on the left are Modiphius Games miniatures, not sure where number three came from I found her in a grab bag I picked up years ago at a flea market and she sat around until I noticed she could be wearing a vault suit. And the last figure is from Hasslefree miniatures and her catsuit was just made to become a vaultsuit. The building is another Atomic Laser Cut, the Fish and Chips shop.

Hopefully these and others that I have done and those waiting to be painted will see the tabletop soon. Using both Modiphius' Fallout Wasteland Warfare and Fallout 2D20 Rpg, as well as some other rules sets our group has talked about. I will post up some AAR's after our games. Enjoy and keep gaming.

Companies mentioned in Blog

https://modiphius.us/

https://www.hfminis.co.uk/

https://www.atomiclasercutdesigns.com/

https://www.reapermini.com/

Stelzer's Wargaming

Fallout I

 Hi, Wargame and game enthusiasts, casual visitors and anyone that wants to scroll through my pages. I will be posting up reviews of games, Tabletop Historical, Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Of  Conventions attended and Dealers both at the cons and those I've bought from online or in person. And any other games my gaming group has been playing. 

BUT, the biggest reason for starting this is to showcase miniatures painted to a tabletop standard, along with terrain made to go with them and the AAR's about their use. I know many sites talk about painting miniatures, but most go well beyond the tabletop standard that most gamers expect. To review how the miniatures clean up, glue up and paint up as well as things I feel I did wrong or turned out despite my ideas of how they should look. 

So to start off some Fallout pictures of buildings and minis done for future post apocalyptic games.

Frank Horrigan miniature from Modiphius Games and building from Atomic Laser Cut Designs. One of the first pics done with light box and while good I need some more practice.

Some Reaper Giant Scorpions painted up for Post Apocalyptic games with background.

Deathclaw from the Modiphius Fallout minis. 

Both Horrigan and the Deathclaw show my ongoing struggle to find a good dullcoat, while on Horrigan it didn't turn out badly, the Deathclaw is spotty with some areas less dulled than others. I use a Polyurethane coat to protect minis during gaming, we do a lot of demonstration gaming and introduction events to bring in new people, so some get handled a lot by new gamers. Well even the dullest of the Polyurethanes are very glossy for tabletop minis, so I dullcoat the finished miniature to get rid of the shine. It also puts another seal on the flocking and helps hold that.

Well enough for my first post, hope to do many more in the future with my historical miniatures as well. 

Companies mentioned in Blog

https://modiphius.us/

https://www.reapermini.com/

https://www.atomiclasercutdesigns.com/