Painted patrol vessel

Doesn't have a name yet as the one I was thinking of using hasen't got a good history, so something else to think about for ages, anyhow pictures.

More boat at last

Details are arriving to the boat, or something like that, can't decide how much more antennas and stuff to add to the mast, might become a balance between practical and looks.

In the Navy

Finally finished the first landing party, a practice run (so I keep telling myself) but I'm just happy to have not given up.

Also, nearly, finished are the gun crew for the 40mm, or one gun crew and an alpine ski team

Naval landing party

My first (well actually second but this one's been painted) fully complete sculpt, not happy with a lot of it but it's good enough for pushing round a table.

Moo!

Bovine battle company reporting or maybe just something for people to borrow while over the border. Some may point out tey're the wrong breed for the colours but I care not, they're my toys and shall paint them as I like :P

more boatness

not much progress but there's a funnel and you can just see the bandstand cloaked in shadow, trying not to do too much with that till the 40mm is finished, the lack of crew yet is also a problem, so will probably have to scratchbuild them too, buggerritt.

Well, couldn't be bothered creating a new post so here's the first shots of the 40mm inspired gun

setting course for, somewhere.

Slowly, slowly, slow. That's how this is going, but at least it's going. The upper level of the superstructure is there-ish and the pole that's going to hold up the bandstand where the armament will be, the main armament that is, I'm sure extra machine guns will be aquired from somewhere. Still no progress on crew, may have to try and sculpt from scratch.

I'm sailing away

Well we have some progress, the arse end now exists and the superstructure is placed, length is 15"/38cm so gives a beam to length ratio of 4-1, which looks a lot better than the 3-1 of the mock up.
Oh yeah, I made a cardboard mock up for the first time ever and glad I did, as i t made me realise it needed to be longer and the hull needed to come up higher above the waterline, still can't find any crew yet, daggnabbit.

Attention span, I've heard of that.

Now, it may look like I've started something new, which I have, but it counts towards the blockhouse project so it's not too bad. Based on the island class patrol vessels, but smaller, otherwise it would of ended up a meter long. Now I'm just hoping I can find some crew who look right, should it be so hard to find naval chaps and chapessess in anti-flash gear, apprently yes.

First game

So I actually got to play a game in attempt to get used to the rules I'm using.
It was some regulars on the right and territorials on the left, also notice how dusty some of the terrain is, should probably of cleaned it a bit more.

well the game ended in a draw as both sides bottled out, but at least the rules were easy to remember, which was the important thing.

Donkey whallopers

Well here they are painted at last, not as detailed as planned, but they'll still look good on the dance floor, erm table.

And once they've used the valet parking they still need to be represented on the field of battle, or something.

More Lannys

Something a bit more militiary this time, well a couple of things.

And that was the colour the bull bars came from the depot, no-ones bothered to repaint it yet.

Cavalry

Seeing as miniature companies refuse to anticipate my future needs, I've had to try some conversions, figures are gripping beast, nags are e-bobs. There is a fourth but the photos showed up something that annoys me so it's getting stabbed till it looks better.

The blockhouse itself

This is the rough placement of the porta cabins, based on a 40x40cm base so it'll fit in with the not ufo style scenery, thingy. Most of the cabins are cast just need to order some bits from various places and the get me finger out and build it.

Boom, boom, boom

How you fit field artillery into a skirmish game, who cares, I like the L118 light gun so thats why it's here. As for the name, the rest of the battery will be Little Meg, Mayburgh, The round table, Castlerigg and the other one I can't remember, see it all makes sense.



Also we have a few Royal Military Police, why? because I wanted to paint them.

Comrade Amber of The PFJ

Amber used to be a member of the military police in Spain, but resigned on the formation of the peoples republic in Jedburgh and immediatly travelled to Scotland through the free port of Berwick. Soon after arrival she was recruited into the people's front, one of the smaller militias in Jedburgh, where her training soon gave promotion to the fronts commitee.
A number of succesful operations and a lot of luck have given Comrade Amber a talismanic status with the people of the republic and she now features in the central commitees propaganda efforts. This has lead to some conflict as Amber wishes to be out fighting the republics many foes, which the central commitee are happy to see but they believe she should focus on public relations and not risk the damage to morale that would be caused by her death.

Road patrol

First of the snatch land rovers I got from S&S models, it'l be providing the transport for the police contingent, type, thing. Stilltrying to decide what markings to add and wether to give the army two the same mods.

Border regiment

First of the regulars from the Border regiment who garrison 451.
Most of the garrison are terratorials but some regualrs are rotated through to provide a better trained reserve.

The fuzz from 451

Every blockhouse has a police presence as the regular soldiers and militia have only limited powers of arrest, these are 451's contingent, without their transport currently as I've only just ordered it.