I've got a couple of other posts in development, but I've had to put a pause on those ruminations. I've been trying to fix up our family vehicle to a condition that is acceptable for our oldest to take a driving test, fighting with getting a clothes dryer working (this one is now done), and to top it all off dealing with a toothache and root-canal and my wife's broken leg and a couple of sick kids. Yeah, what a start to the new year we've been having.
Back in December, or maybe early January (while school was still out) I did manage to paint these Pirates I bought at a thrift store. They are a set intended for playing the "Rum and Bones" miniatures skirmish game. The band is called the Skull Kickers, for those who are interested.
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| These were fun to paint. The characters are from some graphic novel and they have a specific look from those pages. I decided to go with the colour schemes on the box, or close to them. |
I was also randomly gifted with a Gundam-type kit quite a few months ago. A friend received it in error from Temu and he wasn't going to build it so he offered it to me. I built it over the Holidays as well.
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| A "big, stompy robot." |
And I played a little game of kind-of-Aeronef as a test of concept of ideas I started having about how I'd like to play a flying battleships game. Maybe more on this later, but here's a pic.
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| With the new firing and damage rules I put together, I made this a three-on-one, the one being this circular ship in the foreground. Despite her superior firepower entering the fray, she ended up with rudders crippled and, unable to steer, the other three ships slipped in behind to pour fire into her. |
