Next Project

I have now completed painting pretty much all the WW2 models I need. There are more than enough for a 6' x 4' table and I find I increasingly enjoy wargaming smaller games on a 4' x 4' table setup. Any more models I add will be for specific games or because I find a model I really like.

German AA unit

British Mortar Unit

Now that the house rules I am using are reasonably settled (another way to put it - I have stopped messing around with the rules) I think a little mini campaign would be fun to try out over the coming weeks.

So what is next on the painting table? Possibly some scenery and I have a few W40K Chaos kits I recently purchased to bring up my Chaos Marine army up to a reasonable size and variety of units.  This will most likely take me a few weeks, after which I will be repainting my old 25mm Minifig 100 years war figures and start using them with Lion Rampant rules. They were originally painted by myself when I was 15 years old and will need to have the paint stripped back and be repainted.

Chaos Force

I'm slowly building up my Chaos force and plan to strengthen it with some recent purchases over the next few weeks.

Current Projects

While I continue to do one off solo games, I am getting lots of ideas for a mini-campaign from reading Donald Featherstone's Solo Wargaming book (available as an iBook). I remember reading as a library book last when I was 13 or 14 years old. I'll probably end up "mashing" up the campaign approach from KISS Rommel rules with the chance card ideas from Solo Wargaming.

In terms of current modelling projects, I have two on the go: building up my very small 40K Chaos force; and creating some units for a KISS Rommel game using some old Peter Laing 15mm models with home cast vehicles.

The home case models are originally made from balsa wood, covered liberally in PVA glue and sanded, before creating a latex mould for plaster casting. Its a bit hit and miss with the resulting models all which all need some remediation work, but I'm not looking for perfection and I get to create some hypothetical forces for next to nothing. FINALLY I get use up some old figures I'd packed away and carried halfway around the world.