A great weekend but has left the brain a little neuro fatigued so missed the club tonight. Did get a little bit of painting done. Didn’t quite get all the green highlights done. Just that and black to finish for the first pass

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A couple more highlights down from the first set of highlights. Got the paints out for the second set. It’s great for progress to see them disappear back into the drawer as I go

A few pics from yesterday’s Herts of Lard. Played two fantastic games AWI in the morning and Napoleonic Naval in the afternoon. Thanks @joewargamer.bsky.social #spreadthelard

That’s the agrax wash on all of these Oldhammer bits and a random BadSquiddo beaver that was mixed in. The agrax wash has a bit of gloss to it despite stirring and shaking - think I’m putting this down to a bad pot

Base coats done on the Oldhammer bits - now onto corrections

A great game of pillage put on by my friend last night

Metals down and sand sealed

Not much time today so other than finishing the shock markers got some sand on the rest of the bases. I normally do this before spraying - but missed it for some as there was a gap in the rain for undercoating a week back. Also cleaned up some missed mould lines 😬

Finished the trial run of shock markers. Haven’t used tufts in these to try and make the rocks as clear as possible

Although I’ve done the skin base on all the fantasy battles goblins/snotlings and 40k gretchin I’m splitting into batches for painting. These were planned for March so have a head start

Wasn’t planning on painting these until March. But kind of got into them. Washes down, highlights next

Working on some shock markers for Sharp practice to replace plastic tokens and mini dice

I use contrasts selectively. They’re a great tool for the right colour and miniatures. Here they’ve done a lot of heavy lifting and I think I’ll use the red to start the Chaos Ogre armour

Fed up of painting Russian green so instead a plethora of green skins

Next two Russian Battalions done. Need to find the command stand I did for the Grenadiers previously

The orcs last night ready to battle in The Old World. The necromancer despite being on a zombie dragon didn’t like being charged by a big unit of spear wielding orcs #oldhammer

Freed up a couple of 9L boxes with clear outs and painting. Made these whilst waiting for the tea to brew

Whilst doing the naps bases thought I’d seal some of the Oldhammer stuff and some of the shock markers I’m making. May mean the Oldhammer is next up but I’ve got the option of getting some base coats on the naps. Choices are always best, even if I’ll mainly be painting green either way

Getting the colour on the bases always make things look better. Pretty happy with the Jägers but the Grenadiers aren’t the best. Think they’ll pass though once tufted up

Thought this might have been a recast but no that was decades old epoxy resin under the paint. Broke one piece trying to get it apart - needed to be done as assembly wasn’t great. Now trying to fix the damage. This is my 4th pump wagon and definitely my last… #oldhammer

On bases and sand added. Hussar assembly completed!

A couple of hours without rain you say? Took the younger one up to the park for a game of football. Then back and got whatever I could undercoated

I managed to get a few more #oldhammer bits onto bases and covered the diagonal gaps ready for sand (cereal bar wrapper for the win)

For my stroke anniversary yesterday I’d timed the delivery astoundingly well of some bits to pick me up

More Russians assembled. I was going to say the last Russians but found a box of lancers I’d forgotten ffs

It’s been an odd 4th year anniversary of my stroke today. Lots of things have gone wrong or cancelled. Even painting came out pants. But the main thing is I’m here and improving. Goblin from the first figure I painted after the stroke which took weeks and I dropped the brush a 100 times vs now!

Down in Devon. Started with the war memorial and to visit some of the business’ affected by the damage to the coastal road. For anyone who knows this from the history or with a heart please sign and share www.carolinevoaden.com/coastal-eros...

Got the green highlights on today. Just black and flesh highlights to go. Probably after half term as it’s a little busy with the boys off.

Two more highlights on in 50 minutes. Sorted! Just 3 more to go, although had hoped to have them done today

Games from the club on Monday. Had great game of the Old World, the snotlings tied up the skeletons for ages!

That’s red, yellow, white and first green highlights done. The lines around the forage caps are not the best but they’ll look alright en masse

Got a game of The Old World in on Monday and then introduced to Pillage last night (although no pictures from last night so some from the week before when my mate ran it then)

Always a slightly nervy experience, removing the horizontal slot on original slotta bases inc some 1984s… Slight stress mark on one but seems okay. All a very snug fit so no glue needed. Will use cereal bar wrappers cut up to cover the gaps #oldhammer

Wash on

That is all the corrections done. Didn’t have enough time to get the washes done as well.

I forgot to post this last weekend after it wouldn’t load. Had a great weekend of VBCW over two days across three tables. Cracking fun hosted by @johnsavage.bsky.social

Probably more mistakes in the basecoat than there are non-mistakes. More changes in how my hand feels, so I’ll take it especially when that’s 2 battalions with base coats in seven days. Corrections (lots) next and washes.

Nice note from Perry along with the missing parts from the wagon. Their customer service has been excellent 👍

My plan was to paint something else next, perhaps goblins and ogres, but decided I’ll try and get the final two battalions done and dusted. So assembly started at the weekend. One more sprue on order so I can complete these.

Two more battalions of Russians underway. Just done the piping which I’ll touch up when I correct my mistakes

Last of the recently finished painting. This time Russian Jägers from Front Rank. Based for large battles but as a six for skirmishers in Sharp Practice #spreadthelard

Russian ammunition wagon, can be used for Sharp Practice or as table clutter for bigger games. It’s missing two small parts which Perry are sending me and I’ll then retro fit And yes more ropes 😬 #spreadthelard

Some Officers and NCOs, plus a couple of extra gun crew to make it up to 5 per gun. Will allow me to use my big battle based Russians for Sharp Practice #spreadthelard

Russian deployment point for Sharp Practice, or table clutter for bigger games #spreadthelard

Limbers are done! When you were expecting to get one and then someone gives you another as a present. 28mm Perry Russians - going to need a bigger table #wargaming #nerdlings

A Warbases wagon load that I can swap out with the one I did last year with the wagon. Gives some scenario options

A bit of scatter terrain from @badsquiddogames.bsky.social that I’d meant to paint for a while. It’s fantastic terrain with great detail, no neat straight edges either so it looks real!

When you don’t have full feeling in your fingertips on your dominant hand adding ropes to the limbers was an ordeal (say 4-5 hours!!). They’re not great but pass the 2 foot rule

Main colour on the bases. Need to do the highlights on horses legs now, I’d left to cover up any mess from the basing 😉 Also some Bad Squiddo scenics and a Warbases wagon load that I’ve been meaning to do for ages