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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Saturday 2 January 2021

News Crew and Minders for Judge Dredd plus (one day late!) 9th Blogiversary

 Go on, admit it. You missed me, didn't you?

It has been almost a whole month since I last posted. In my last post, I had just started work on this set of figures:


The next day I did do a little bit more work on them, but then hit a bit of a funk and only got back to them on Thursday. I finished painting them yesterday and did the varnishing today.


The News Crew:


I had started out giving the reporter an Asian skin tone but it wasn't working out right, so I went back and did an African skin tone. 
I'm not sure what happened with  the focus on a lot of these photos. They looked fine on my camera screen when I took them.


The Minders:


Alternatively, the girl could be a ganger; the guy could be a mob boss.
 

The Robot Butler/Maitre D:


This robot could be the crime-lord Nero Narcos' "man" servant.


The NeoSov Agent (or mob assassin):





The figures are all from Copplestone Castings.



9th Blogiversary

Yesterday was nine years from me beginning this blog. Last year I wrote a list of things that I planned for 2020 - let's see how I did...


1) Terrain - I need to get on with building my terrain collection. Mind you, that will have to wait until I have a little more space (I will be moving out of London this year). I'll be wanting terrain for New Guinea, Arnhem, Mega City One, Mexicagrave...

Despite not moving out of London yet (my house purchase is progressing - hopefully I'll be moving this month) I did do quite well on this. I made a bunch of rock formations for Strontium Dog, painted up a lot of terrain for Mega City One and a few hills and marshes for "Infamy, Infamy!".

2) No new armies, but I can add to existing forces (and paint/add to armies that have been bought but not painted)

I think I did rather well on this one (in comparison to previous years at any rate). The only new armies I bought were the Romans and Germans for "Infamy, infamy!". Mind you, i have since purchased some extra figures for both so that I can also use them for Art de la Guerre.

Oh, and I may have bought more figures for existing projects.

3) Have a bit of a clear out - there are some painted figures that I very much doubt will ever see the table and a huge pile which I doubt will ever be painted. Some may be donated to the club, others sold off at shows.

Didn't happen.

4) Finish off some of my incomplete projects - the Sarmatians, Buccaneers and Aztecs spring to mind)

I did manage to paint up a 28mm Wars of the Roses army for ADLG. Mind you, the less said about the older unfinished projects the better.

5) Get more games in - I haven't done much gaming in 2019. I might even try some solo gaming.

I did manage to get one game in. If Covid hadn't come along I might have got more games in.

6) Shows - Salute is a definite; other shows may depend on my move out of London.

Bloody Covid! No shows for 2020 and I doubt that there will be any in 2021. Maybe late in the year if the vaccines help bring down infection rates.

7) Painting - I do want to improve my painting skills this year by working on character figures and trying new techniques.

I did paint quite a few character figures during AHPC X and also for my Judge Dredd project and my skill levels have improved, but I didn't really get to try any new techniques.


I guess I should make some plans for 2021:

1) Paint up the rest of the figures (and terrain) for my "Infamy, Infamy!" project (including the extra Romans and Germans to expand the forces for ADLG).

2) Make and paint the rest of my terrain for Mega City One. Also to paint the extra figures and vehicles for that project.

3) Make up a load of jungle terrain for my WW2 New Guinea project (which will also be usable for the Mexicagrave project if I ever get back around to that).

4) I probably need to add a few more bases of medium cavalry to my Mongol army.

5) Complete my 15mm SYW Russian army by painting up the Observation Corps. OK, and maybe some more Cossacks, artillery and commanders.

6) Make up and paint some more terrain for my Arnhem project.

7) If I've finished the terrain for (3) and (6), begin work on the Japanese and German opposition forces.

8) See about finishing some of those old projects...

9) If any shows do go ahead in 2021 to get to some of them.

Check back this time next year to see how I did!


As mentioned above, I should be moving out of London this month (unless there are any more delays in the process). Once that happens, I will be busy for a month or two getting the new place set up (and selling my current flat), so there might not be much painting going on.




11 comments:

  1. I did miss you, tbh.

    Good luck with your move. I certainly have had more than my fair share of them; still unpacking three years later.

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  2. Great work on all the figures Tamsin.
    Hope the move goes smoothly for you, and there are no more delays.
    I think you did pretty damn well on the goals, and shall be interesting to see how this years go, here's to a better 2021

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  3. Nice work on the figs, like the Copplestone sculpts and painting look great.

    Congrats on the anniversary and interesting plan for 2021, looking forward to see

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  4. Well don on that lot Tamsin! Congrats to your 9th anniversary as well.

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  5. Well done from me too! Your achieved goals outnumber mine by an order of magnitude.
    Keep up the good work!

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  6. Happy to see back Tamsin!
    Congrats to your 9th anniversary as well... and happy new year!
    We hope your new place is good for you!
    2021 can't be... Must! Be better thant last one!
    :-)

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  7. @ Justin - aww, shucks! I'll be starting to box stuff up this week, ready to go. :)

    @ Dave Stone - thanks! :)

    @ Hendrid - cheers! Copplestone sculpts are always very nice. :)

    @ Nick - thanks! :)

    @ Herkybird - cheers! :)

    @ L'Empereur - merci! :)

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  8. Great work, very neatly painted! They're looking very characterful.

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  9. Great work on the figs, I think we can all be forgiven for missing 2020 objectives.

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  10. A bit late I know..... but, no3 on your lust for last year made me laugh. Good luck in your new place whenever you get there that is. I guess we won't be seeing you so much in the South East show circut so much anymore?

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