Hind Commander: Predator UAVs

Well, just two UAVs...

I love how quickly these 1/600 models paint up :)

Hind Commander: USMC Trucks

Nice change of pace from my 20mm Taliban are these 1/600 (3mm) USMC Trucks, which I painted for Hind Commander. Hind Commander is a relatively new game in which both players control a force of helicopters, assisted by ground forces. A couple of weeks ago I purchased the rulebook and two starter armies (USMC & Ultramodern Russians) along with it. Thus far, I have not yet played the game, but as soon as both armies are painted, I'm going to get a few games in.

I just finished the first 5 trucks: USMC Light Tactical Vehicles (or somesuch)

 

And to show you just how small 3mm is:

Cheerio
Jan

Moving right along!

4 more vehicles finished, all weathering will be done when I have finished painting all the vehicles for my project :)

Back to the painting desk!

Off to a good start :)

After a short hiatus I'm back working on my Afghanistan project. Deadline for now is March. In the meantime I have finished two Civvie Trucks, with several Toyota Hiluxes following shortly.

The items in the back are loose and can be removed to allow up to two models to take their place.

Earlier this week I ordered a small Afghan village worth of compounds at GameCraft Miniatures, so once they arrive I can start working on more terrain as well.

As an aside, I got my special hat for this game as well: a traditional Afghan Pakol hat :)

Also, and this comes in pretty handy with my New Year's Resolution, I finished a prepainted, snap-together Revell model of Darth Vader's TIE Fighter :)

I got it as a present for my birthday from a friend if mine.

Now, time to update my NY Resolution list and paint lots more so that I can go wild at Salute in April.

Cheerio
Jan

New Year’s Resolution

December is traditionally the month to look back and reminisce about all the things you’ve done the past year. Well, so did I and I found that I bought loads of miniatures that still have to see the inside of an undercoat spray can! No surprises there, but I found myself planning several future projects, which included buying several hundreds of new miniatures. As if I need more unpainted lead!

So, I came up with my New Year’s Resolution to try to dent the Lead Mountain.

If I want to buy new miniatures, be they infantry, cavalry or vehicles, I'll have to paint that number of models twice first.

For example, if I wanted to buy a unit of 5 infantry models, I'll have to finish (Jasephase #19 for the insiders) 10 infantry models first.

For ease of reference I made the following Conversion Table:

Painted	Unpainted
2 infantry models	1 infantry model
2 cavalry models	1 cavalry model or 2 infantry models
2 vehicles	1 vehicle or 3 cavalry models or 6 infantry models

Hopefully, if I have the discipline to stick to this scheme I'll be painting more than I'll be buying, which is a good thing (or so I'm told :) ).

Anyone else with any New Year's resolutions or are you more like Calvin?

Cheers
Jan

Revealed: i Condottieri

And this is what's in the packages:

A little box with...

 5 new Italian Renaissance Condottieri (mercenary captains) by Elhiem.

Leonardo il Furbo

Ronaldo il Sinistro

Giovanni il Severo

Luca il Gigante

Antonio il Feroce

These models are the start of an entire range of late 15th, early 16th century Italian Renaissance figs. I have commissioned Matt of Elhiem to sculpt them for me and are available from his website. The first pack, these 5 mercenary captains, are based on my four gaming pals and myself, so that we can command our mercenary forces in person.

The models are 20mm in size, so here's a comparison pic of Leonardo as pictured above, next to an actual size version:

I have started another blog, aptly named i Condottieri, for all new pictures and things regarding this range, which will be updated when the occasion arises. However, since Matt is usually very busy with his own ranges, updates will be slow.

Cheers
Jan

Teaser...

4 neat little packages...

Tomorrow, after my monthly gaming day, I will reveal what's inside...