I've done a little more work here and there, and I've reached the point where I feel comfortable calling this beast done!
It was a lot of work, but very satisfying to follow through, and I want to say thank you to Swordmaster (https://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/) for putting it on in the first place! I'm definitely up for trying this again next year.
Sadly I've now been sick for over a week, and it has not made making progress easy! But I've done a little here and there, so I decided to post about it!
Mainly I've been adding foliage made by shaving sprues, and trying to give more depth to the trolls skin. Also I dropped the figure once and broke the pitchfork, so that was fun.
Still, I'm enjoying the painting whenever I can!
I'm not finished yet, but I've managed to put some paint on the Halfling Harvester!
As so often happens, I can see in the shot that I made the paint too thick, but ah well. I want to do some more depth to the forest troll's skin, and put a wash on the halfing rider, and.... a lot more. I will get there.
I played a game of Armada! Woo!
Against myself, and using four ships, but still!
The game started with a frigate and two brigs confronting a dwarf ship, perhaps two patrols that were forced into battle.
The brigs, with their speed and maneuverability, managed to score a few hits on the dwarf vessel, but nothing severely damaging. Meanwhile, the frigate struggled to get close enough to bring its guns to bear.
In the end, it was the dwarf ship that managed to get into position. It let off an impressive broadside, raking the stern of the human frigate and crippling the vessel. That was enough to drive the Men away, and give victory to the Dwarfs (I ran out of time)
Honestly, even though it was tiny and short and solo, I had a lot of fun. Got to get more real games in soon!
Well, here's a new project, once again! This one I can say is at least partially thanks to Swordmaster over at the Kings of War forums, who is hosting Monster March. I decided I wanted to participate this year, and I've got a monster of a model to prove it: The Halfling harvester!
Here it is in... not put together form. I admit that I was pretty intimidated, I'm generally no good at putting this type of figure together, and I almost always break a piece or two just getting them separated from the frame thing.
So I was pleasantly surprised when the whole thing went together fairly easily! One of the easiest big figures I've worked on, to be honest. There's some gaps that need filling, but I'm pretty happy.
Wisely (he says about himself) I did not glue the driver down yet. I'm going to paint him seperately. I've learned a thing or two. Just a thing or two, not more.
So I've managed to finish five ships for my Kingdoms of Men fleet!
I'm quite happy with them, to be honest. A nice little fleet.
