Stuck at Home; Keeping myself sane

During this lockdown I wasn’t as productive as I had been in previous ones, but I did finish an army and I started building the modular tiles for the Asian town project.

Team Yankee

I’m currently building two armies for this in preparation of being able to meet up with friends and introduce them to the game. I’ve been building a BAOR(British Army on the Rhine) force and a Soviet force that will also double up as a Chinese PLA force for Asian battles, as I plan to possible run an invasion of Hong Kong campaign. So how far have I progressed, well I literally just finished the British force about an hour prior to writing this up. As for the Soviets/PLA all I have left is 2 T-80’s, a T-64 tank and a BMP-1 left to finish, which I should hope fully complete this weekend. Which means by March 2021 I will have two completely painted armies for Team Yankee.

Bolt Action

Like Team Yankee I’ve been building two armies, an American force and a German army. I’m just about in the final stages of completing both of these and fingers crossed will have finished painting both by the end of March. All I have left to paint for the US are the infantry, all 13 tanks are now done, along with the half-tracks, mortar unit and MG crews. As for the Germans all I have left are some half-tracks and two 88’s left to build and paint. I managed to paint up the last of my Panthers and final Puma a week ago so these are on track to being both finished ready for when we can all start meeting up again and playing games.

The Ninja Goblin

This is a large scale display piece and he’s been sat on the shelf unbuilt and unpainted since 2011, yep, 10 years I’ve had this mini sat waiting for me to get him started and finished. So I finally started painting him, well I did the base last year and didn’t get any further until quite recently when I bit the bullet and decided to get him painted. I like tackling large scale every now and them as it takes me out of my comfort zone as it requires a slightly different approach when compared to painting 28 or 15mm gaming miniatures. I’m happy with the skin tones and the wooden elements on the figure, though I think at some point I’ll need to go back to the cloth parts and touch up some of the highlights to make them pop more, but for now I’m happy to leave him as he is.

Asian Town Modular Terrain

I finally got off the starting blacks in actually building the tiles, most of last year was spent building the terrain pieces to go to the tiles, such as bridges and buildings. Finally I made the leap and built the first two tiles, which consisted of a set of ruins and a pathway tile running alongside the ruins and a wooded area. The next tiles I plan to build will be a couple of outlying farms/rural dwellings outside the town, along with the town entrance tile. I’m hoping to have these completed by April, then I can concentrate on the river sections and the actual town itself.