Thursday, May 11, 2017

Sudan project "Ansar warriors" part V

          Far too many dudes on one painting block. Initially I wanted to kit out 5 bases of Ansar. I my greed the paint blocks were far too packed. The closeness of dudes created a lot of rework.
In the future, a proper block should have no more than 8 dudes on it. Cutting down on my greed to complete stands of dudes will increase the speed to completion.

Monday, May 8, 2017

6mm Desert terrain part V

They have been sitting around for a while. I put another 30 minutes into them.

Destroyed apartment building.

Shopping & Office building. This one is actual two glued back to back. I felt that the structures were not wide enough alone.

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Wasting time

Shooting, Hunting and bullshitting. Plus aikido and soccer all week. Aikido is killing me! I am walking around like I am 80.
         This guy I smuggled down in two different trips, spread over 6 different bags. Pretty sure it is legal (most of it), but didn't want to deal with the customs retards here.
        Originally it was an AirArms 410. Only the block and air cylinder is original. The stock is from Spain. The reg from England, set for 895 with 10.5g pellets. I get 30 shots. The barrel from FX. I had the breach end cut for length and retooled to fit. The front end was cut for me and the guts are all 3d printed. Next time I would print it as one complete piece. The scope, rings, rails gun shop sourced.
        It was painted tan stateside. Now that I live in a jungle-ish / river delta with a kyptek stencil from Adepticon and an airbrush, well its greenish.
One of the soccer boys hooked me up with a ride along for an introduction/qualification shoot. I got to assist some new recruits during their training. Thats me in the middle. After the guys were done, I got range time, 300 9mm, a M9 and locally produced 9mm to shoot, plus lunch. The armory M9 was all over the place. I shot the last 100 through a private carry and the local 9mm, DNO.






Graphic. don't want to see blood, fish, or dead shit, stop here.
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Giant fish being held by my father in-law.
Nutria.
          Its kind of like a beaver without the flat tail. They are bout 1.5-2 ft in length, 8ish pounds. Pretty tasty, next to no fat. I had one grilled and the other they traditionally pickle it.
          Unless the little bastard is sunning himself, this is all you will see. Kill shot is between the eye & ear. The head is about the size of a softball. Maybe a little less.





          First one we saw I got the gift of shooting. Miracle shot, from a moving boat while he was swimming, right between the eye and ear. Never in a thousand years could I do it again. Freaky straight up bullshit luck, no more! The third one I was up again and heart/lunged him. Make sure you put a second round in its head. If he is not dead, he has big ass teeth that will scar your sorry ass for life.
Boar more like wild pig. 4 hours of mud and soaking wet feet. Never saw it. Only heard the shot from the right flank. Learn from me if you want pictures of the hunt, airplane mode the phone. Only thing I got is me cooking the left aback leg afterwards.






Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Sudan project "Ansar warriors" part IV

Jihadiyya Rifles
Taaishi rifles

Taaishi regulars, Up close you can see I have totally ignored the mold lines. There are some many of these little shits, that cleaning the mold lines would take 6 months alone. The number of dudes on a stand and on the table and the distance/size you will never notice.

Yearly goal 700 painted for the Sudan project. 109 done. Not close to the 2 a day required to reach the goal. And not even 20% there yet.
All miniatures from;

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Sudan project "Ansar warriors" part III


 Ton of WIP. My normal multiple irons in the fire approach.
These dudes have been dipped and are drying
 Next up some Egyptians to break up Ansar painting.
These dudes are now mounted on 60 x 60mm. Once they dry, off to be dipped.

Yearly goal 700 painted for the Sudan project. And not even 20% there yet.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

6mm Desert terrain "Mosque" part IV

         I am finished with this Mosque. The doors could be picked out, but in reality the Mosque doors are super detailed and a mess of colors. It would never look good at this scale. So they are, what they are.......
 WIP

          Three Pump Jacks. The orange idea came from the Russian jacks that were of the news last Sunday. There are 6 more to go. All will get the same look.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Sudan project "Ansar warriors" part II

Short up date.
Waiting on a flag dude to be painted. Big dummy never stuck one down for painting. They will get washed and flocked together.
WIP on the blocks.


Yearly goal 700 painted for the Sudan project. 
14 more done, 629 more to go.