The Royal Navy Marines, Part 3

Finally, I'm done...

Royal Marines in action
Carts from Fenris Games

Pirates on a pre-painted Sloop
from Miniature Building Authority

Pirates

The Royal Navy Marines, Part 2

To continue, Redcoats on the Royal Navy Marines always look so intimidating on the table...

Crew (can be used as Privateers or even Pirates)

Marines and Naval Officers

Governor in the foreground flanked by Naval Officers

Rank and file

Marines in a different light

Posing

The Royal Navy Marines, Part 1

Last time I posted was all about the Pirates. Now for the Royal Navy, always a good unit to face off against those scurvy dogs, arrrrgghhhh!!!

Lots of reference photos to be had all over the net.

Nice visuals, as well from Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.

Resin model wagons from Fenris Games.
Perfect for Pirates and other periods.

Royal Marines and Crew 

Drybrushed and ready for color

More bases from Fenris

British Crew

Black Scorpion Pirates Showcase

Just had to show these bad boys off...

Well, not quite these bad boys...

The Pirate line from Black Scorpion

Beautifully sculpted makes painting them easy

Ditto

Ditto again

Now, I'm just being lazy...

Black Scorpion Pirates, Part 4 DONE

Happy New Year! Looking forward to another year of geeking out with miniature gaming.

OK, Let's get on with it shall we?

On a nice Sunday morning, I laid out some terrain in preparation for some wacky gaming... 

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A peaceful and pastoral village, an amalgamation of scratch built 
cottages, sheds, haystacks, hills and store bought prepainted building 
from Pegasus as well as pre-flocked and painted hill from War Torn Worlds

Lots of terrain to take cover in with a good view of the prepainted 
cottage and wooden fences from Pegasus in the foreground, 
the plowed fields were carpet samples

Kegs and barrels were unpainted from Hobby Lobby (or any craft store)
while the crates and chests were prepainted from War Torn Worlds

From Black Scorpion line, I took a collection of Pirates Rogues and Privateers line, these are one of the best sculpts around IMHO.. 

I have 6 done and 13 more to go. 

Some of my would-be marauders

Ready for action!

Some infighting to see who gets the rum 

Coming up, my Pirate marauders vs British Napoleonic regulars...

Black Scorpion Pirates, Part 3

Some more progress...

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These scurvy dogs from Black Scorpion paint up really nice!

Milleniumcon 2014, Part 2

In between demo games of Incursion, I had a chance to sight-see all the gaming goodness going on around me. I did get there at Friday afternoon so before my first demo session that evening I got to play.  

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An excellent, card driven, cinematic style, western shoot-em-up, cowboy! game

The table makes the game more enjoyable (one of the main reasons for miniatures)

My band of Outlaws: two thugs (left) and two braves

One of my braves in position

My two thugs looking for an opportunity to bush whack!!

My second brave on the rooftop for some Hollwood-style sniping

Getting ready to make a move

One of my allies getting the drop on a lawman in the overcoat

*BANG* "You're dead!
"How's about a face full of buckshot, Lawman?"

My Brave advances across the street

North Atlantic 1944 naval action (using GHQ Micronauts)

Close Action

All Quiet on the Martian Front

Excellent table for Bolt Action

Swashbuckling action: 3 Musketeers style with Dumas

A Call to Arms, Star Fleet Regulus IV

A good example of Wacky Gaming: The Witches of Edgewood using Witchfinder General

Epic Warhammer 40k

10mm Napoleonics using Honor and Arms

Classic Cowboys and Indians (Native Americans)

I stand corrected - this is the classic Cowboys and Indians

I can hear them Injuns war whoopin

ATZ (All Things Zombie) played on this ginormous,
scratch built island in 15mm

And the ubiquitous 'A Bridge Too Far' scenario
using Operation Market Garden

I was impressed by this over-sized reference sheet,
perfect for these aging eyes of mine

Another Bolt Action table using a TableWar mat and 4Ground buildings

These are 54mm miniatures

Dr Who?

15mm Gale Force Nine terrain that I acquired at the flea market

Another cool acquisition were these 28mm Rednecked Hillbillies