Steel Penguins braying

[Steel Penguin]

yesterdays and this mornings work has been supergluing Mrs Steel Penguins Mounted welsh warband together ( 28mm stuff, so horse to base, rider to horse, weapon to rider) and undercoating 13 of them,  another 12 to finish on the desk.  Havent been much of a historical player before, but the SAGA system has caught our  attention ( a small force is 17 figs, a moderate one 28 ish,) so it isn't the hundreds of figs that a lot of the other systems seen to want.

[Howard of Effingham]

I used to help run an N Gauge exhibition layout for the Gloucester Model Railway Club that was based on the Somerset & Dorset, and we called it 'Fircoombe'.

PMSL - PLEASE tell me it had a stately home called Fircoombe Hall.....

Of COURSE it did! That's where the layout's name came from. 

someone will then tell me that the GWR did actually name one of its hall/castle class steam locos Fircoombe Hall? 

anyhow, mounted welsh warband, steel penguin? what era are they? sounds interesting to me!

[Steel Penguin]

Howard, late dark ages,  early medieval. The game is sort of around  1066 ish, Vikings, Normans, Anglo Danish.  There's a new version for early crusades out as well, but weve not got that.
Link to Gripping Beast who are the main distributers http://www.grippingbeast.com/shop.php?pageNum_rs=0&totalRows_rs=17&CatID=2396 ,  the special dice aren't necessary as the rule books do give normal d6 equivalents.
Ive got Normans to start on  a mounted leader, 8 mounted Hearthguard, 8 crossbow armed warriors in mail, and 12 levy with bows, far less horses to paint
weve friends with Vikings, Saxons, and some of the more exotic groups.

[NARSES2]

Ah 28mm skirmish wargaming. Never got into skirmish games but I was an Ancients man. Mainly 15mm Sassinian for my real army and lots of assorted stuff for Tony Bath inspired games. Used to use his simple rules as well. Long before the days of WRG and lawyers  Fond memories

[Steel Penguin]

all of the Welsh are done, assembled and undercoated, theve been stated by Mrs Steelpenguin,, for my own merry band the warlord, (Baron La Grange) { the pun is he wants a castle on a promontory overlooking the sea so I can call it La Grange point} is en horsed, his 8 body guard are similar, the 8 foot guard with cross bows are cleaned up and on bases, I need to add bow staves to 2 and the bows to another 2, then ill be starting on the 12 peasant rabble with short bows.

the total for the year isn't too bad, all in.  Ive had fun doing what I want and aside from the Hawk, its been no great troubles ( note too self  READ INSTRUCTIONS before assembly and glue) the hotel is continuing ive got the start of the grand staircase in, I need to start assembling the Risers and steps.

There's a small wargames table top sale at Penkridge this sunday ( 4th jan 2015)  that ill be going to, and will see if theres anything shiny, possible more of the west wind empire of the dead figs, though ill be on the lookout for the 2nd hand stuff as that's one of the main points of the show, Mongrel NATO and Russians, possibly some more 28mm Nam stuff, and I need to get some opfor for the US marines and ANZAKs ive got, plus the normal 40K stuff and etc etc.

[zenrat]

...the pun is he wants a castle on a promontory overlooking the sea so I can call it La Grange point...

Shouldn't he have 5 properties called L1 to L5?   

[Steel Penguin]

I was thinking of just the one ( not greedy you know), I can number the outbuildings though to get that effect 
ran out of steam at around 10:30 last night so the peasants didn't get started, maybe later today. 

[Steel Penguin]

well the 1st of the new years been finished  
1 4Ground ruined semi  in 28mm not too bad, and a pile of bricks to keep as spares.  I got sick of staring at the hotel and did something I could finish quickly,  nice to do as Mrs SP has managed to finish one of her anglo-danish hovels  teddy bear fur thatch roof and all

2014   88 figs   9 models  19 pieces of scenery
2013   90 figs   4 models  1 piece of scenery
2012   228  items including  1  1:48 Tonka  and  17 vehicles
2011   152 items including 1  1:48  A10 and  16 resin vehicles

not too bad, but I think I need to try and up my rate of production.
( edit to add previous years values)

[Captain Canada]

That is a lot of production ! Looks like you slipped a bit in the past few years tho.....maybe you need to throw in the odd 48th scale aero to keep you going ?

[Steel Penguin]

C C  this years run included
in  1:56  / 28mm  a Panard Armoured car, 4 Saracen APCs ( berlin block), and a Tetrach light tank
in Games Workshops heroic 28mm 2 new style Rhinos, and an old style Predator ( the 80s first release that I had to build a new turret for)
and in 1:48 a Brengun Tomahawk sub launched cruse missile, a M60 A3 tank, a ZSU 23 4 Shilika, and the re engined Lear jet.
im nearly finished on the F19 a2 Denver but ive realised I need to do the roundels and stuff before I do the bay doors and trapeze launchers, so im working up enough enthusiasm to get out the circle cutters and make the masks to paint with.
but I need to pick something to do next and to work out what im working towards for Cosi this year, ( aside from the Lear)

[Steel Penguin]

I get ever further on the F19,, now its decaled, the trapezes are on and one pair of bay doors are on    hopefully I can get another pair done tonight then itll be varnish then add transparency's.  in the mean time ive had a tidy up of my blister pack pile and found a mark II centurion  ( 1:56) id forgotten id had,  around a dozen ECW musket men,  which I need to give SMLEs and SLRs, and similar to turn them into a 7TV gang, which id also forgotten id got.  and a short platoon of ground zero games Nuns with Guns ( painted  ) that id once again forgotten id had.

[Weaver]

I was thinking of just the one ( not greedy you know), I can number the outbuildings though to get that effect 
ran out of steam at around 10:30 last night so the peasants didn't get started, maybe later today. 

Then again, since only two of the five La Grange points are stable, maybe he should have a castle, an outbuilding and three caravans....

[Howard of Effingham]

thanks for the link, steel penguin.

some of the stuff looks quite interesting. 

[Steel Penguin]

Daynas finished, as is  a street violence tin tin,  a west wind Dorian grey, the Baron La Grange ( on horse). and the F19   

so that's
5 figures  ( cav count double)  1 piece of scenery and a model

[Steel Penguin]

another mounted norman done ( or he will be when I re stick the spear into his hand), 2 more painting well and some base on 3 peasant archers

7 figures  1 piece of scenery 1 model