SiBarge and his hobby horse

I'm putting a bit of effort into Last War as we prepare to move house. I'm really itching to do a trench board as soon as we move in.  There's a big list of trenchy ghoulies in Last War, one of my favourite has to be the hideous and bloated trench maggots. I made a couple up from a lump of Das that was left over from Christmas craft frolics. I just rolled a sausage and added some segments, then pulled one end apart with a cocktail stick. Then painted and added a few bristles. These monsters are ready to wobble into action very soon.  

In the Last war universe the war never stopped. It continued until there was no one left to fight. Almost no one. Crawling out from the muddy wreckage were skulking skivers, raggedy vagrants and citizens of the murk. The fog shrouded, filthy fields of death yield up rusty and rotting treasures. You little band of miscreants searches forlornly for loot and tries desperately to avoid the horrors that lurk in the choking miasma. These two wagons are 3d printed Daimler trucks from 1915 or thereabouts. I'm thinking of converting one into a field hospital or ambulance. I'm being sucked into the hell hole that is last war, only my impending house move is preventing me from diving head first into the trenches.

I keep a log of my painting through the year, and in 2024 I've managed to get over 200 done That doesn't count a bunch of large pieces of terrain and boards I've painted as I'm not sure how to add those up in terms of "figures". My Kill Team mojo dropped off a bit this year as the new edition killed off a lot of my desire to buy and paint new teams. I've ended up getting back into Saga and some lovely indie games like Necropolis28, Turnip28, Forbidden psalm and Last war. qty - figures - system 3 warmaster rat swarms warmaster 2 Skeleton Swordsmen Necropolis28 1 Book familiar Necropolis28 1 Blooded Chieftain Kill team 4 Saxon Spears Saga 3 Blooded tokens Kill team 3 Ghosts Necropolis28 1 bat swarm Necropolis28 2 Skeleton archers Necropolis28 1 Bastard Turnip28 2 Elves Kill team 1 Objective Necropolis28 1 BD terrain Kill team 1 trophy bolter Kill team 5 Tatty troopers Turnip28 1 Beast Forbidden Psalm 10 Mandrakes Kill team 7 graves Forbidden Psalm 6 chickens...

  I finished off my Hospitallers and needed a method to get them safely into battle and back again. My first outing was in London so they needed to be rucksack and train proof. I decided to go for a magnetic storage system and ordered a bunch of bits from warmag. The knights are all on 40mm bases, so there is plenty of ferritic attraction area. I purchased self adhesive circular magnetic discs that just popped onto the bottom of my MDF bases. The fit was ok, I aligned them just with fingers, a 40mm hole would have made things easier. I added discs to the warlord, knights and fatigue markers praying knights. They stuck to the magnetic paper base very well. Too well for the horses on only two legs... Any sticking or picking up needed to be done via the bases to stop damage. I had an old box file that I added some shelves into. The shelves were just 10mm balsa I had lying about. I added the steel paper to the tops and everything fitted in and was secure. Then I had this idea to make i...

I painted these up for a Saga Mead Hall Age of Crusades event in November. They are 3d prints with a very basic paint scheme. Undercoated white and then contrast red and black paint. For the black dudes I did the whole mini in black and then dry brushed on silver and added leather straps. For the red guys I did the metal parts in contrast black before adding steel. The horses were a doddle to paint as there are only a few legs, ears and noses to do. Most are contrast brown, but I added a few black and white or grey. I finished off with some mighty brush decals, a bit of sand on the base and some tufts. I used metal spears on some of the vertical weapons. The printed lances were surprisingly durable. I use lucky varnish ultra Matt on the fabric areas and humbrol gloss on the metal parts. STLs are from Black Knight miniatures. I made some specific fatigue tokens from Medbury miniatures praying knights. This is a very basic Hospitaller force of 24 Hearthguard knights and a leader. I shoul...

If you play Saga and you play Anglo Saxons, you know that your warband is levy hevy! A full six point warband is 72 figures and a Chieftain. I have 72 levy, but I don't have any archers. My AS force is composed entirely of Tanatus miniatures, so for a unit of archers I needed more. Tanatus is no longer a going concern, so I had to ask about to see if anyone had any spare figures in their lead pile. I managed to scoop a few old figures from various corners of the world, in that pile were enough archers to create one Saga point.  Here they are, ready to ping projectiles at the foes of Britain. I used a limited pallet of muted colours, hopefully suitable for the dark ages.  All based on a UK penny.