Happy New Year! 2011 has passed and 2012 awaits us!

May your year be full of great pirate, old west and gladiator battles on the table top and blessings upon you all to have a great year!

Wow! Listen up me heartys! Yo HO!

Ladies in Scarlett by Captain D and the Scurvy Dogs, pirate rap.....I have the name for my all female crew and this is their theme song!

Enjoy!

Time for a few changes...

Well, since I am now getting into Warhammer Historical Gladiator as well as Legends of the High Seas along with Legends of the Old West that I should revamp the blog to accomodate all of the different aspects of the hobby instead of having multiple blogs dedicated to each.

I just ordered my copy of my Legends of the High Seas and should be in my hands within a few days. I also found about 8 old Foundry Miniatures before they revised their packages to the 6 piece sets. Already I have started research to scratch build a ship and started to shop various retailers for pirate miniatures.

Picture of the base of my ship.

Picture of the pirates in the hull area.

Side shot of the ship.

Picture of the old pirates I had stored away.

 

As for Gladiator I have most of my order ready to place and should end up with at least two Gladiators of each type and have about 1/3 of the animals featured in the book on what I think is the best savings per figure that I could get.

Next up in Legends of the Old West, so far after I finish the last of the Knuckleduster miniatures I am slowly checking over my models as to what I need to round out each faction that I have and what to start on next.

Scenery is also going to be key for all these games and I have already started plans to make a few things.

Last of the Knuckleduster Minis are done!

Well, not totally done. I have to go back and finish the eyes and the bases.

Here is the last 3 of the Magnificent 7 or rather by Knuckleduster the Marverlous Seven.

At this point I am looking at a few different companies to round out each faction. Short of the Lawmen that have a good selection. I want to buy some extra Banditos (mainly with pistols) from Brigade. Some extra models to the Outlaws and the Cowboys would be a nice rounder for those two groups. After that, I am thinkin of just a few extra models to plug in as hired guns and Citizens then. There are tons of other figures I would love to collect but I am trying to get my list to the items that I most would rather have now.

A few models more...

I managed to paint up about half of the Marvelous 7 (aka the Magnificent 7) and the Client Eastwood look alike from the Heroes set by Knuckleduster. I just have to mass paint the bases, trim them and touch up the eyes and I am done! Time order more!

Here is the Clint's from various movies..

Various Clints from Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Outlaw Jose Wales and High Plains Drifter.

Magnificent 7 for reference.

Group shot.

A couple more bites the dust!

Here is a few more that was just finished tonight....

Cowboy ready to quick draw.

Cowboy with shotgun and pistol.

John Wayne with rifle and pistol.

The Duke again from the Heroes set.

Not sure who this is from a famous western. The Heroes set has 3 Clint Eastwoods, 2 John Waynes and some other guy in a sheriff outfit.

I have to touch up the eyes and finish the bases.

Two more done!

I have about 2 more Cowboys, the Heroes set and the Marvelous Seven to finish up! Almost there!

Latest Cowboy reloading his gun.

Indian Sidekick with rifle.

For a Few Models More....

Here is a few more models that I painted over the past two days:

Buffalo Bill

Midget with two six guns.

Old geezer from the Sidekicks pack.

Another three done tonight!

Here is a few new ones that I finished tonight!

From the Sidekicks set, looks like a deputy (he has a key on his belt).

Another Cowboy

Another of the Sidekicks.

A few new faces....

Last of the Outlaw Gunmen

Lawman from Cowtown Chaos

The last Lawman from the Marshall set from Knuckleduster.

So far I have the following painted and done from Knuckleduster:

1) Earps (everything but the wounded figure), Doc and Behan

2) Banditos

3) Gunmen (Outlaws)

4) Woeman of the Gun

5) US Marshalls

Status on other sets:

1) Cowtown Chaos: 5 out of 6 painted.

2) Cowboys: 2 out of 6 painted.

3) Sidekicks: 1 out of 6 painted.

4) Heroes: 0 out of 6 painted.

5) Marvelous Seven: 0 our of 7 painted.

My goal is to push through the Cowtown Chaos, Cowboys and Sidekicks next. The Heroes and Marvelous Seven are some of my favorites and I want to take some time to look at pictures online to make sure I can paint them close to the actual character.

Three more down!

Finished three more models tonight...

From the Cowtown Chaos pack.

Drunk from the Cowtown Chaos Pack by Knuckleduster.

Laughing Cowboy with pistol and rifle.

Painting Update

Here is a few more that I finished off this weekend. Just need to work on the eyes a bit and the bases as usual but done! Whoo!

Outlaw Gunman with sawed off shotgun.

Cowboy with lasso.

Sidekick

Outlaw Gunman with rifle and pistol.

Outlaw Gunman with pistol with mask.

Painting Update

Managed to wrangle up a few more models now. Still need to finish the bases and touch up the eyes but overall I am knocking out these models at a good pace.

Earp Brother

Another Earp

Just another Earp

Doc Holiday

Sheriff Behan

Earps, Doc and Behan

Outlaw

Masked outlaw with sawed off shotgun.

Rear shot.

The first of the Outlaws.

Gambler

Texas Pete

Gambler and Pete

Calamity Jane

Close up of Jane.