Midgard again

 Moving forward on the basing front-

Bases painted Sunday morning early.

Bases arrived yesterday, thanks to Warbases for their quick turnaround.

Planning the base size a few days ago with card pieces to try out different sizes. The above are skirmishers and the below are close infantry.

I decided upon a 90mm frontage and 50mm depth. It looked fine and allowed the round bases to fit .

Yesterday saw me attend this fascinating exhibition at the local library -

More on it anon. Well worth a visit imho .

Finally a shot of the creative corner as it currently looks.

Making plans for Midgard

 The goblins have stalled. The bag seems so daunting. I just haven’t vibed painting. All efforts start enthusiastically then splutter to a halt. So I thought and recalled my 18mm Wiglaf miniatures ! They were found without too much hassle thankfully as the recent shed sorting has resulted in a hernia!

Shuggled a tad but they have survived thankfully. So l dived into the box…

They are individually based and I have no desire to rebase them. I then played around with a paper pattern for a potential base size. The above picture shows the idea.

They are lovely figures bought from a friend mainly and all professionally painted.

I had forgotten their charm and am pleased to see them once more. This is a way forward…

P.s shamefully I get Wiglaf and Whigfield confused in my mind😂

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNQRtmIMxk

A week on

 Not too much achieved this week. I have been demented by eczema flaring and the Black Dog has come sniffing about. Nevertheless some progress has been made-

I have started to add planking to ziz up a mdf house bought made and cheap at a recent show. 

These fine fellows came from Col Bill and are already changed by wee but significant conversions in order to become a gang/team/ group for The Last War. 

I have following James Morris and his Midgard rules for ages. His creativity , output and talent is immense especially as l believe he very busy with Real Life . I have therefore preordered the aforementioned rules yesterday. They look beautifully presented and have much play testing behind them. The videos produced on them by the Lardies are well worth watching too.I found a bag of Ragnarok goblins waiting patiently to be used, well as patiently as goblins can manage. It is a mixed bag with some nocturnal goblin chaps in hoods etc.  Not terribly Tolkien but l will use them.

I looked out these armoured ones to have a wee go at, now that thorny question of goblin flesh tones…

So that’s it . Hope to take these forward in the coming days…

Mark’s Little Soldiers and Brian’s rules- a winning combination

 Set up a games for the first time in ages-

Looking forward to playing it in the coming days..

Moving on up…

 My tidying has been successful and the wooden floor is mainly free of detritus. 

Wednesday saw me early for my class so l had a wander about and was taken by this war memorial near the Kelvingrove.

I looked out some of the skirmish rules l hope to try. I like to try and support smaller scale creatives and buy their rules, as well as those published by bigger companies 

The table is now cleared ready for a solo game, looking forward to it

One plan is to try these skirmish rules out-

using the fluff and visual aesthetics from these-

Had Covid and flu jabs yesterday so maybe having a quieter day today…

Between the mess and the …

 There isn’t a huge lot of hobby progress to report. I started a small number of painting projects but they fell by the wayside. I have caught up with friends which was excellent and began to sort things-

I have been overwhelmed by piles of stuff that seem to build up like weeds choking my enthusiasm for the hobby and anything. So l bought some storage boxes and decided what was to be binned, what was to be stored away, what was to be kept at hand and what was to be worked on. Tidying under my painting desk has allowed me to store the figures there l want to work on in the coming months. They are at hand, to mind and are a manageable amount. Other things are put aside physically and mentally for another day. This has helped also to streamline my bedroom a bit which has made it a place on the way to becoming a positive relaxing environment. On other matters-

Excellent coffee etc at Soderberg in Edinburgh, highly recommended.

For football minded folk a fascinating banner at the back of the church in Edinburgh as part of their 250 year celebrations.

Can’t resist a wee house plant , especially those with fine , interesting leaves.

Just bought one of my favourite books as an audiobook. Well , well worth a listen to, or even a read.

Oh l nearly forgot to mention my plans re working on figures. Taking my 1790 Tradgardland project forward with a few units, vignettes etc ready for painting. Finishing off what needs to be done for my MLS collection from last year and looking at some skirmish solo gaming using a variety of rules. Some work on 54mm or 40mm figures.That’s the plan, if I stick to it great , if l don’t no worries, it is a hobby and meant to be fun.

Return of the Syldavian Chronicles!

 Great to see this blog active once more-

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