Toy soldiers dance party and new ERA on this blog.

I started rebasing my Lead Mountain Army. All my little lead men were so happy about their new shiny bases, so they decide to have a party on my painting table! Some even brought tanks and cars with them to have a ride around the table :) Its nice to see my little guys happy, and from now on I decided to write short stores about them in my future posts like Jay does. I introduced a new "STORY" label, so if you are interested in life of 15mm World inhabitants, just click on this label.

Zulu War Brits are having a friendly firefight with Great War Brits on a lamp, while their fans from different time period are watching. Remember, that toy soldiers cant harm each other and treat all fights like fun games. Battles and skirmishes on wargame tables are their favorite sport.

Ottoman Turks are watching the fight behind barbed wire barrier. Turks want to become the popular army among other toys soldiers, but they need more training.

Riders preparing for a friendly race. They want to show Americans that their lead horses are better than modern cars. 

T-34 driver having a chat with giant crab. I am wandering what common topics they have :)

Soldiers, civilians, robots and aliens are dancing!

 M113 gunner and Colonial Security (French Foreign Legionaries painted in blue and grey) are watching Lone Wanderer's Futterwacken dance

Colonial British rebased

I rebased my colonial British on 15mm clear acrylic bases from Litko.

15mm Grenadier Guard

15mm Grenadier Guard. Originally its a Peter Pig British sergeant with Grenadier hat made from greenstuff.

15mm fence section!

Just made a 4 inch long 15mm fence section!

New camera!

I have new photo camera, so I can make better resolution photos! To celebrate this I wand to share some photos of my 15mm Ottomans from Peter Pig.

New 15mm washer!!!!!!

I've been basing my models on 18mm in diameter and 1,2mm height washers from Bunnings Warehouse. But I found that for some models  want to use smaller washers. I found 15mm washers and based some of my animals on them, but I wasn't satisfied with final result, because these 15mm washers are very thin, about 0.3mm in height.

But recently I found some new washers Bunnings Warehouse. These washers were sold not in packs but individually and have diameter of 15mm  and height of 1mm. So I rebased my Eytaran on new washer.

Now have a look at infantry and cavalry model based on 18mm washer with Eytaran on new 15mm washer! At last they all have same style. If you interested why Rebel Minis marine and Ottoman general have bronze base sides and Eytaran base side painted with Kommando Khaki, here is the answer: I paint  base sides of ordinary models with same colour as their bases sand, Unit leaders have blue base sides, squad attachments have red coloured base sides and army commanders have bronze base sides.

For big models I use 31mm washers.

P.S. Yes, I changed flock on Rebel Minis commander, so dont be confused why this model have different base on first and second photo.

Wandering martial arts master

Just painted 15mm wandering martial arts master. Actually this is "Irregular Miniatures" Colonial range Boxer artillery crewman from FZ94 Jingal Light Gun pack.

Whats on the Workbech?

Irregular Miniatures 15mm Maasai

15mm Maasai from Irregular Miniatures. These figures have only one pose, but plenty of variants.

Maasai with mustache, necklace and beard. These are only six figures but soon I paint 4 more figures to get 10-man unit.

Bornu bowmen

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

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. 

Click to enlarge.

Click to enlarge.

Click to enlarge.

Click to enlarge.

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.

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.