The Knights are arriving

The knights are arriving. Three elements are done, only three left to do.

The Bretons has arrived

Now the Breton cavalry has arrived. It's both heavy and light cavalry. I just need to paint 6 knights and 6 horses, then my army is done!

Almost done

For the last days I have been painting a lot. I have finished some skirmishers, light horse and heavy cavalry, but I have only based the skirmishers and the light horse. Unlucky for us all I can't show any pictures of them because I have problem with my camera equipment (I can't located them). My Norman army is almost done now!

Last few weeks

What have I done the last few weeks? Painting horses, a lot of horses. So soon I will have my Norman army done!

Abandoned project

Last year I bought the new Welsh from Gripping Beast. I bought them because I thought that they were looking really nice. Maybe the poses are a little bit stiff, but they did paint up really nice. Then I figured out that most of the figures in the army would be very boring to paint, so I abandoned this project after just painting 6 figures.

Something different

My girlfriend isn't so fond of my hobby, so in a weak moment I promised her to paint some nails (not real nails, but fake ones). So this evening I tried to do it. She's Finnish so I painted some Finnish stuff. It’s a Finnish flag, one Finnish coat-of-arms, Puma, lovers and some gold and black thing. (Doesn't the nails look a little like thureos shields?) It was a little fun, but I hope she's satisfied with them and don't want any more, because I want to continue painting my Normans!

Just a little left to do

-How is it going with your Norman army?

-Good.

-Much left to do?

-No, not really, just a few riders and horses.

-Have you made any progress lately?

-No, not really. I have been busy with other stuff.

-Ok, but will it be done soon?

-Well, I hope so.

Well, this is what's left do do.

Paint part

Here is were I will store my paint bottles.

I will buy more of these boxes so that I can store all miniatures that are done and all those I’m currently working with.

A wargamers closet

Now I have a wargames/computer closet! Pretty cool isn’t it? (Or is it just sad?) Well, it’s my closet so I do whatever I want with it (I hope my girlfriend don’t read this). It isn't really done yet, but soon I can start painting again.

In the upper part I have painted figures and in the bottom I will have paint, keyboard and stuff. I hope my figures won't weight to much.

Well, now I have to go back to be sick again (I have a terrible cold).

Bloodcon VII

Yesterday was Bloodcon VII in Uppsala. It was a great tournament, I had a great time. I ended up somewhere in the bottom, but that was ok. Chris from the club ended up with the bronze and Rickard's army was the most inspiring, a well deserved victory. I brought my Late Achaemenid Persians and the Chariot of Doom (mostly his own doom).

Chris looking at Rickard's new DBA board. In the background are my Persians (in the red thing).

The crowd waiting for the first game. There's excitement in the air!

The first game was against Oskar and his Pre-islam Arabs. He had a lot of dunes and camels, I lost with 12-0. Even through it was a bad start of the tournament I enjoyed myself greatly and I did actually enjoy it so much that I forget to take any pictures fro m the game. Sorry Oskar.

The second game was against my old friend Rickard and his medieval Finns. Somehow I did actually manage to win; the reason could be because he didn't feel well.

After two games it was time for lunch, pizza of course. One loss and one win is not that bad for me. During lunch break everyone could look at each others armies.


Simon's Italian condotta



Mikael's Anglo-Norman


Rickard's Finns

Closer look at Rickard's army


My Persians


Oskar's Arabs


After lunch there were three more games. The first game was against Tony and his Polish knights. They just rode over me. It was a great game and Tony was great fun to play against.



Next game was against Simon and his Italians. Once again it was a blast and a loss. I thought I had him, but my center decided to attack at the wrong moment (note to myself: be patient and if it looks to good it is to good). I was trying to it his right flank, but he totally destroyed my center.


The last game was actually a win! Now I'm finally starting to figure out how to use my Persians. I suppose that means it's time to get a new army! Did I tell you it was a great funny game? It was hilarious, it could have gone either way!


There were a lot of nice Barker Markers. This one was maybe the nicest. It's from Hasslefree Miniatures, I must get me a nice one too!

So all in all, it was very nice. Thanks Nils and everyone else for the great event!

Back in business!

I'm back, I have found my login name and password! What's new? Nothing much. Next weekend there will be a tournament in Uppsala. My goal is not to end last.

Libya civil war

My and some friends came together and played some games of DBA. The project was that everyone would make a Libyan I/7b army. The day was exciting and I finished second out of five! Here are some pictures from the day. The first game was against Rickard. He was unlucky and his general was the first casualty of the day.


Rickard are looking close at my deployment, what is the best tactic to beat me?
He starts moving the general. He is going to outflank me.

What happened? The general has disappeared from picture 2 to 3. He is dead, killed by a lone bowman.











The next game was against Jens. I led with 3-0 and only had to kill one more, instead he won with 4-3, bugger!















The third game was against Chris, our local champ. After a hard fight I did actually win!














So I had a very nice day of DBA playing and pizza eating!

This was a fun silly idea. I hope that we will do something like this again soon. I want to do "The conquest of Vinland", including Vikings, Eskimos, Indians, Mould Builders and Welsh.

15mm Libyans

As if I don't have enought unfinished projects I started a new one. This is the first of my Early Libyan DBA army (I/7b). It's one warband, two skirmishers and two bows.

Norman archers

Here is my "new" norman archers. They were painted a few month ago, but based yesterday.

Status of current projects

This is the status of my various projects (in no particular order).

Name Completion Game Scale Status
1a Alex Mak 100% DBA 15mm Done
1b Alex Mak 60% BBDBA 15mm Ongoing
2a Athenian 100% DBA 15mm Done
2b Athenian 50% BBDBA 15mm Ongoing
3 Aitolian 100% DBA 15mm Done
4 WWII German 100% Skirmish 28mm Done
5 ACW 100% Skirmish 28mm Done
6 Thracian 100% DBA 15mm Done
7 Imperial Guards 100% DBA 28mm Done

8 Aztecs 100% Skirmish 28mm Ongoing
9a Late Ach Pers 92% DBA 15mm Ongoing
9b Late Ach Pers 50% BBDBA 15mm Ongoing
10 Anglo-Norman 50% DBA 28mm Ongoing
11 Swedish GNW 10% Skirmish 28mm Ongoing

12 Ptolemaic 66% DBA 15mm Started
13 Sub-roman 4% DBA 28mm Started

14 Alex Mak 75% DBA 28mm Halted
15 Caesarian Roman 30% DBA 28mm Halted
16 Trojan 16% DBA 28mm Halted
17 Carthaginian 16% DBA 28mm Halted
18 Warmachine 10% Skirmish 28mm Halted
19 Middle Imp Rom 8% DBA 28mm Halted

20 Lysimachid 16% DBA 15mm Not Started
21 Graeco-Bactrian 8% DBA 15mm Not Started
22 Early Ach Pers 0% DBA 15mm Not Started
23 Libyan 0% DBA 15mm Not Started

Completion is how much I have painted to make an army.

It’s actually possible that I have more projects going on.

The Aztecs are back!

Here are some more Aztecs.

Here they are!

Well, the Swedes are ready for battle! On the right is the Närke-Värmlands regiment and on the left is the Elfsborg regiment. I really like them, I can't wait for more!

Persian Colonist Cavalry

My Persian DBA army are almost done now. I have only the General left to paint.

No more Swedes today

I had hoped to have the rest of the Swedes done today, but no. Instead here are some pictures from a concert last night. The photos sucks big time, but it is Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb. They were pretty cool, especially Nitzer Ebb who ruled big time!

Swedes

Today Musiketeer Miniatures new Great Northern War Swedes arrived. I got excited and started to paint them right away. The one on the right is from the Närke-Värmlands regemente, while the one on the left is from the Björneborg regemente. I haven't based them yet, but it will be the standard basing that can be seen on other figures.