Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

 Down in the inky depths of Auran, the Terran Diplomatic Corps team swam/floated/powered across a well lit bubble hall.  Wearing a full immersion suit made pleasent change for the Ambassador. He gestured to the tactical map projected around him. "If you look at your briefing downloads, tonight's combatants are Tigerians, whose ships are painted to match their captain's fur. Their uplifted massive felines hunters ancestors come from Terra, but now want nothing to do with humanity, vs Noble Houses of Ascott, who display the human love for dark grey, wedge shaped spacecraft." "So, assembled digniatories, the conundrum for you is who to support. From our tactical satellites, you can see the Tigerian Seperatists and the Noble Houses of Ascott have both had issues with the gravity well malfunctioning at the Ashcott Station. Both fleets have been ripped out of hyperspace and dumped all around the platform. They need either to capture and disarm it, or destroy it." ...

 Realising I did not have enough Kindred, I bought more! I was getting 15 to make three squads of 10 in Xenos Rampant, but somehow, I don't know how, I ended up with 19 more.     Means I now have 34, plus HMG team, Fray Bentos the Tank and WWI Flying Ace Snoopy on top cover. Which should allow for some force variation Still tempted by the German/Goblins too Almost the right scale for Quar too. Question is, do I go for 28mm trench sections to fight over, or 20mm for these (and remember, I have no 20mm figures elsewhere in my collections, so 28mm might be more useful). Many years ago, I owned the original Kindred prototypes, but at somepoint I lost/traded/forgot. The only thing I could find was their tank, well, that's getting used! Recently, you may have seen my Sci-Fi crew, and looking through the catalogue of CP Models I found they were holding the Kindred. An order later and my Kindred are back! Love them.   Sixteen figures, two anti-tank rocketeers wi...

I have not played 40k since the mid 00's, but a couple of months ago I really enjoyed a game of Combat Patrol (40k light with fixed forces). It would have been easy to go Nids (which I have played in campaigns) or Marines, or revert to Tau or Grey Knights, my two previous forces, but I decided to try something different. Very different. Which has been tempting me for a while and always fascinated me as a design concept. Sisters of Battle or Adeptus Soritas. Nuns with guns. Utter loony loyalists with religous fervour, armour, guns, iconography and fanatical devotion to The Pope The Emperor! So, over the next (insert indeterminate) period of time, I will be building, painting and posting about the Adeptus Soritas Combat Patrol. Starting unit - Th'Arcoflagelents. Sorry, arcoflagelents, but from the North - " Lots of Planets have a North! " Research 6/10, Build 2/10, Paint 6/10,  Fun 7/10 Various heratics, criminals and others who are subje...

Phil and I met up for a game of Soldiers of Napoleon, all in glorious Pendraken 10mm. I was using my Austrians, Phil has bought a clubmates 10mm French, which are beautiful, and unbeaten. I have rebased my Austrian infantry and guns, but realised that I REALLY need to do my cavalry too! Deployments - I put two brigades of infantry out left and right, massing my guns in the middle. I screened with my light cavalry brigade, which were eyeing up Phil's right-hand infantry which was approaching in assault columns. The French large battery would spend its time battering my artillery so Scarlet was picking up points for these. It was a good idea, two hussars and cheveleux le guere supported by guns looking at targets. Jellybeans are hit markers btw. The hussars assualt took the guns, but the cheveleux le guere bounced off the infantry next door! Phil's reserve Hussar brigade arrived turn one, and proceeded to rip my hussars apart! There used to be a unit here!  Then his artille...

Last set of this commission 'With A Cast Of Thousands' It includes, at the front: 'The Lone Ranger', 'Tonto', 'Dando' - the most famous rider and an other Pony Express rider. It also has two sets of scouts, one natives, one volunteers. Plus a bunch of wagons - including Teh Gun Runners wagon - which looks a lot like a M3 Stuart! Top view, used a couple of spare cows as strays. Spare baggage was used as an objective pile. While one of the wagoneers does have a pretty floral bonnet !    It's been an age Anyway, US Infantry set Two columns of infantry marching, and three strips of skirmishers Flags from Pendraken Bird's eye view One column deployed in line What a mess! Artillery and limbers [/url] Ready for action Mix of mountain guns, 6lber artillery and Gatling guns Bang! Top view Supply wagons - yes, the wheels were red on blue carrages Wagons ho! Wagons West! Wagons saff! Fr...