Shooting in Gruntz!

Shooting in Gruntz 15mm Sci-fi.

Some of 15mm Wild West repaints

Just repainted some of my old 15mm Wild West figures. All these miniatures are from different manufacturers. First one (I call him "Shorty") is from this "QRF" American Civil War pack link . Second figure can be found on 15mm.co.uk and Battleline Miniatures webstores here and here . Last guy is on the taller side of 15mm scale. He is from "Irregular Miniatures" American Indians range link and his code "PI35 Cowboy or Settler on foot"

Bornu bowmen

2 variant of Bornu bowmen from Irregular Miniatures link . I dont know how many variants they have, but I will order more.

Fenrir Battle Armor

One year ago I bought 5 Fenrir Battle Armor figures fom Mechwarrior Dark Age game. Then I rebased and repainted one of them. Each Fenrir will have a roman number on its shoulder armor.

Size comparison of Fenrir and 15mm.co.uk Galatian

Galatian

Just repainted old Galatian figure from 15mm.co.uk "Dark Ages" range link

OH MY GOD! RUSSIAN DANCING MEN!

I... have...no...words....

Bornu and Arab horseman

Just painted another Bornu Musketman and repainted Arab horseman (I painted him 2 years ago and after my painting style have improved, I decided to repaint him). Bornu figure is from Irregular Miniatures and Arab from QRF "Franco-Prussian War" range link . Actually its not an Arab but repainted French Spahi horseman.

Camel

At last! After 3 years in my Lead Pile this Pack Camel was painted! Camel figure from "Irregular Miniatures" Animals range link and its code "FAN6".

Pack Camel next to Bornu Musketman figure from "Irregular Miniatures" Colonials range link (code "FZ133"). There are several variants of this Musketman, but I have only two. Another figure have same body but different head with beard and Fez.

One painted mini a day! Ottoman Officer

 I am slow painter, because I love to paint lots of details, shadows and highlights on my minis. I want to push myself in miniature painting and I try to paint at one mini a day (cavalry counted as two minis). No day without painted miniature! Today I proud to present you Ottoman Officer.

DIE INFIDEL!

Ottoman Commander or first head-swap experience! - part 2

Just finished painting mounted Ottoman army commander from this guide link . This is Peter Pig British mounted Sergeant with Egyptian head in Fez from this amazing range link

Finished half of the British unit!

I finished finished half of 10-man British unit! There are 1 officer, 1 musician, 1 standard bearer, 8 man in 6 poses (I painted only 3 riflemans in 2 poses).

CHARGE!

Aether ship "Prince Alberth"

British aether ship "Prince Alberth". Originally its a plane I bought at one of the Sydney markets. Its made from  two types of bullet cartridges. 

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Ottoman Commander or first head-swap experience! - part1

I was very pleased with "Peter Pig" Ottomans/Egyptians. I love their sculpts and variety of poses, but lack of regular cavalry and mounted commanders upsets me. So I decided to make my first head-swap ever! I was worried a bit, but procedure appears to be quite easy, so I made step-by step guide. In this guide I show you all steps of creating a mounted Ottoman army commander.

Firstly you need to buy a pack called "67. Mounted Brit cavalry  sergeants" and take the guy on the left of the photo. Horses are provided separately in four poses, so you can choose the horse for your future army commander.

Then you need to use very sharp modeling knife to cut his head off. Its not very difficult procedure and metal is very soft and easy to cut.

Then you need Ottoman head from pack called "24. Fez Egyptians" of this range 

http://www.peterpig.co.uk/range6.htm

Then just use superglue to glue the head to the body of rider. You can use greenstuff to fill some gaps.

Allah Ackbar!!!

Ottoman Line Infantryman ready to fight infidels.

 Repainted "Peter Pig" Egyptian from Sudan range.

FULL THROTTLE - graphic novel

I would like to present you the unusual Graphic Novel I am working on right now.

It is called Full Throttle! :)

Though it is still under construction, I will try to publish new pages as often as I can.

Please click on the picture to navigate to the novel.

All the graphics and illustrations were taken from the original game made by LucasArts.

Colonial cards for GRUNTZ

I am currently working on 15mm Colonial and Victorian Science Fiction cards for "Gruntz 15mm SCI-Fi" rules.

I made these with my sister (http://art-4heart.blogspot.com.au/) using OSPREY books illustrations. Card design was inspired by Empire Total War game interface and it was combined with various imagery.

Bornu

Bornu heavy cavalryman from "Irregular Miniatures" Colonial range (link). I made small greenstuff modifications of his helmet, beard and shoulders.

Ottoman Empire

While working on two 10 man units of British Empire, I've decided to order some other Victorian Era soldiers to fight with Brits. I was thinking about French, Germans, Russians but then I decided to get some Turks, because I love uniforms of the Ottoman Empire! There were only minor changes in their uniform in second half of 19 century and beginning of 20 century, when they change it to khaki uniform of WW1.
For my Ottomans I decided to use Peter Pig Egyptians from Sudan Range, because they use the very similar uniform.

 Here are the pictures of all Egyptians from Peter Pig:

And also some of Bashi Bazouks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashi-bazouk):

Sadly Peter Pig don't have any Egyptian cavalry to be used as Ottoman regular cavalry. So maybe I'll buy some of the British horsemen and swap their heads with Egyptian ones from this range http://www.peterpig.co.uk/range6.htm

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Another "Peter Pig" British infantryman painted as Royal Marine Light Infantry.

All three poses from pack "27.British infantry advancing" (http://www.peterpig.co.uk/range22.htm) painted as Royal Marine Light Infantry, British infantryman in khaki, British infantryman in red.

Barbed Wire

Photo of barbed wire section I made mounts ago. I used 28mm scale barbed wire from this shop http://www.freewebs.com/mbtandt/wargamingterrain.htm to add cartoony effect and made it more recognizable on battlefield. Peter Pig Sudan range 15mm Brits for scale comparison.

Another shot of barbed wire.

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