Fireforge Templar sergeants

Still coming to terms with the emptiness created by Jack's loss and trying to stay busy as much as possible in an effort to keep the sadness at a distance.  These Templar sergeants were finished last week but I am only posting them now as I could not find the drive these past few days.  As a six figure unit they can be used for Lion Rampant but also for any other ruleset such as Impetvs. Or they will stay put in my display cabinet which is where my 28mm minis usually end up !

The figures themselves are the usual finely detailed multipose plastics from Fireforge. My only criticism would be that the lances seem to be a bit too long and the arms grip them from a seemingly impossible low position but this detail gets lost in the big picture. I have attempted to create the arid terrain typical of Mediterranean / Middle Eastern desert for these figures and I am happy with how the bases turned out. All Templar crosses and shield designs are hand painted.

A farewell to a faithful companion

Jack, our faithful companion and my ADC of sixteen years had to be put to sleep after a long illness. He fought bravely but in the end it was too much to bear and we had no choice but to end his suffering. He is now cured of all his ills on the other side of the rainbow bridge. 

Sad days ahead.

All decked out in full dress in better times

1/3000 WW2 ships

A gamer friend of mine recently got some Navwar 1/3000 scale WW2 capital ships. I was fascinated by the crisp detail Navwar managed to cram into these tiny models so imagine my surprise when he stated that as he had no time to paint them up he was going to leave them in black primer. Not one to see such a waste of fantastic models, I immediately offered to give them a quick paint job to at least give them some measure of well deserved dignity. The ships were an absolute joy to paint and each one must have taken maybe around ninety minutes to finish.  They are the British carrier HMS Malta, the battleship King George V, and the ubiquitous Bismark, all in 1942 schemes.

HMS Malta

 

 

 

King George V

Bismark

Group pic