I've been sitting on these for just over two years now. I had planned to use them along with The Teenage Visigoth for some Russian Civil War action... his reds vs. my anarchists. But we never got around to it... Anyway, I finally got around to painting them, and they were fun to paint and a lot easier than I expected. Check them out in their new Russian Civil War Anarchists Gallery.

I'm currently painting up some Lord of the Rings Easterlings. I'm also going to try to get my medieval Kings of War Historical supplement done, a battle report, and finally, a year end report! I haven't updated my painted/unpainted sections for a while... until next time...

It's back to the undead again. I took the time to paint up more of those Mantic zombies that I started back in November. This month has flown by for me, and I haven't had a lot of time to update this site... appologies for that. However, the zombies are looking good I think, check them out in the Undead Army Gallery.

In regards to erratic updates, in all honesty it looks like things will get even more spotty in the next few months... Expect erratic updates for probably the next three or four months while things get settled again... Sometimes other things just make it hard to constantly update, what can you do eh?

Also, painting more undead reminds me of the time when I said I was done back in Feb 2011. I got and email from Tim in Saskatoon asking if I was truly done, or if I'd be back to it sooner than later? Of course it will never really be done... But it's still fun to 'complete' a project sometimes... even if it's only and interrim completion! Next up, some Russian Civil War anarchists!

This bloody cave troll has been sitting on my painting desk since at least 2009... Don't believe me? Play a quick game of "Where's Waldo Cavetroll" in this picture of my painting desk. Hint: it's all black! Anyway, I finally decided to get it done! Check it out in the Moria goblin gallery.

It's been a slow time for me lately... a lot of life stuff keeping me busy. I know, I know, you've heard that excuse before! But honestly, going forward it looks like things won't really be changing... I have some stuff on the go though, so I should at least update with pictures of painted figs. I have a battle report in the works, as well as my medieval supplement for Kings of War, so stay tuned for those as well!

Some more of those Mantic dwarves that have been filling up my painting desk for the past year. Well, technically they're in the drawer, but it's certainly full of Mantic plastic figures. So, I finished off a troop unit of Mantic dwarf Ironwatch. I armed them all with rifles (or whatever they are), because why waste time training up crossbowmen when you can have black powder weapons? I only wish they could shoot a bit better... Still, they should add punch to my melee forces! Check them out in the Mountain Dwarf Gallery.

Next up are likely some zombies, although I'm sorely tempted to get into that high elf project... The idea is to use Lord of the Rings elves to make a Kings of War army, but finding Lord of the Rings High-elf spearmen is a challenge at the moment... so far I have a whopping six... Anyone have a batch that they'd be willing to sell or trade for? Until next time.

A few Viking Berzerkers just rolled out to fill out the berzerker option for the Kings of War Historical Viking list. These guys basically play like dwarf throwing mastifs, which works perfectly in my book. They were made using Wargames Factory and Gripping beast figs similar to my previous set of berzerks. Check them out in the Swedish Viking Gallery. This is the last of the vikings for now... Of course, I have plans to double the army, so I'm sure I'll be back to them soon.

I was planning on doing some dwarfs next, but I have a handful of Andalusians sitting around that I might do first. Build them out into a real unit perhaps... Who knows though, the dwarfs are built, I have elves on the painting table too, so tune in next time for whatever happens to come together!

Well, not exactly the last. I have a few archers to paint up still to be honest. But it's the last of the proper fighting units. My viking army so far (as you can see if you view this entire gallery) is made up mostly of the heavily-armoured warriors, but the last couple units are free levies; that is, they aren't slaves. Don't kid yourself though, they certainly aren't exactly volunteers! Check out the last troop unit (for now) in the Swedish Viking Gallery. This army is likely headed west to the isles of the Saxons... or perhaps south to Andalusian Spain... That is until I get around to painting up a slav or Russian army ;)

More vikings next week I think. Some berzerkers to add to the units of armoured vikings. Stay tuned!

I've had three Mantic zombies on my painting desk for just about eight months, and I finally got around to them last week. The unfortunate reality is that I used all of my GW zombies for my undead army unit bases, so I don't have the skirmishing zombies that I often need for role-playing games and other skirmish stuff... So I figured I'd paint some up. I've finally started with three mantic zombies - there are three on each spru - and I'm sure it won't end until I've painted them all! Of course, that could take forever. Anyway, check them out in the Undead Army Gallery. Until next time.

It's been a crazy few weeks, and the vikings I'd been working on took a bit longer than I thought they would. Despite that, I've finally finished them! It's another unit base, this one is the size of a Kings of War troop unit at 100mm by 40mm. Back to Wargames Factory again, since nobody else is doing plastic viking peasants (bondi). Check them out in the Swedish Viking Gallery.

I want to finish off my vikings, and I only have another unit or so to do, with a few extra characters here and there. But next up will be a few zombies from Mantic. I haven't painted any Mantic zombies yet, so I figured I'd whip some together just for the fun of it! Stay tuned for them next week.

I figured I should try to finish that Parthian/Scythian morph army before the big event... But it turns out that it's this weekend, and with only half of the elements done, it's just not going to happen. However, check out the next three elements of Scythian/Parthian light horse in the 15mm Scythian/Parthian gallery.

It's interesting really, because this is the first project that I committed to that I didn't come through on... I guess it's a sign that my priorities have changed. I've moved away from 15mm stuff for the most part, and away from the DBA rule set. Why? Well, 28s were always my favourite. And DBA is currently in the throes of a version 'update' from 2.2 to 3.0, and nobody knows how that will shake out, but it's stratified the community already. Also, I really like the Kings of War rules... But yeah. It looks like I won't be painting the Parthian/Scythian morph again for a bit - in fact, I'll wait until Tim in Saskatoon gets around to starting his before I get back to them ;) No rush Tim, I've got lots of Vikings to paint yet!

Up next are some more 28mm vikings. I've been wanting to work on these guys for a while, and now that the Greek 15mm commission is done and the Parthian/Scythian morph is on hold, it's back to the Viking Age! First up is a troop of peasant levy! Technically they're norse, but they'd work as any of the more beardy fold in northern Europe.

As a sign of my aimless painting this last week, I've finished a character figure that's been taunting me from my painting rack for the past year. It was another example of me feeling like the figure looked terrible until it was done, and then only after the last bit of paint went on, I was happy with it... Or rather, I wasn't totally unhappy with it The face was quite challenging on this one, and I'm not entirely sure it worked out all that well. Anyway, check it out in the Dungeons and Dragons gallery.

I still want to get back to some terrain, but I still have to get rid of some first... I'm currently well into some Skythian/Parthian light cavalry in 15mm, so those are likely next up.