Warm Ale and Mud

  VERZERRTE HELLEBLITZEN ​ ​ In life these helblitzen served the Countess Mircalla Karnstein of Sylvania. The Countess was suspected of, tried, and found guilty of Vampirism. Having outlived her husband many years prior to her trial, her noble family line died with her. Now resurrected and ready to fight once again in her name, these restless dead march forward without fear. Led by Ranlac The Black they march into battle driven on by the indomitable beat of the manskin drum, holding aloft the banner which proclaims the hour of blood is nigh. The banner is steeped in the darkest of black magic, its unholy purpose known only to the Countess of Blood herself, and Heinrich Kemmler, the puppet general of her undead legions. It is said the banner was created by the Countess herself as part of a curse on the people of Stirland who tried and found her guilty of vampirism. Those that were there as she was burnt witnessed her proclamation that she would return and take revenge on the descend...

Over on the Oldhammer Forum there is a competition sort of thing. LINK There was a poll about the theme, my idea of Market Day won, and everyone who enters paints up a model that fits the theme, the only real rule is to have some yellow on the model as this will sort of bind all the paintjobs together. Once all the models are done, the names of those that submitted a model are placed in a bag (?) and one name is drawn out, that person wins all the models. I spent far too long on my entry and I kind of want to keep it, but still. What sort of oathbreaker would that make me... Verena Jaeger and her frothy full jugs. Could not get a decent image though. Better in Real Life. (image does not show the eye shadow, the wear on the bottom of the tankards from when they are placed down etc.)

My third ever bash at a scratchbuild for 25mm was the Pertwee Farmhouse:  LINKY The farm proper has a number of actual buildings, but I tackled the main house first, now is the turn of the barn. Not much to say about it, some WIP shots are HERE . As seems to always be the case, during construction I did wonder if it was too small, but upon placing the shell next to the actual farmhouse itself I was assured it was just fine. However one of the walls seemed very low, so I turned to Merijn of Another Wargaming Blog to ask for his thoughts as he has done the barn and many many more himself.  His measurements backed up my own, so ahead I steamed. The astute may notice that my take on it does not have the brick cornered walls. I thought it looked off given that the main farmhouse does not have them, so I opted to keep the barn the same sort of build as the house. Here it is: As a thanks to Merijn he has his own little poster on the side of the barn: Next up are the rest of the...

In life these swordsmen served the Countess Mircalla Karnstein of Sylvania. The Countess was suspected of, tried, and found guilty of Vampirism. Having outlived her husband many years prior to her trial, her noble family line died with her. Now resurrected and ready to fight once again in her name, these restless dead march forward without fear. They carry a banner rumoured to be imbued with the soul of Mircalla. It is said that she sees through it from beyond, into the world of the living, and when her gaze rests upon the descendants of those who set her upon the funeral pyre, a terrible black flame erupts upon them and they suffer as she did in her final moments alive. (it is a magical banner that casts fireballs) The banner is based upon the super sexy Ingrid Pitt as she appeared in a Hammer Horror film, though the lore around her as touched upon here is based upon her roles as seen in both Countess Blood and Vampire Lovers. In fact there is a hint here and on my website as t...

Just a quick post before the weekly Hammer Horror movie night begins. I have added a new page to my website: https://angelbarracks.co.uk/

I have been working on my undead (or rather Samantha's undead) and have done the front rank. The banner reflects both our love of Hammer Horror films and the fact we totally fancy Ingrid Pitt. Every Saturday night is Hammer Horror double bill night with crisps and dip. Here is this Saturdays billing: It may or may not also foreshadow a character yet to come. Mikeal Jacsen is the leader of the undead infantry, and as you may or may not know the model is based on Michael Jackson. We know this not only from the name, but also his hair is on fire as happened to Michael Jackson when filming a Pepsi advert. We can also deduce this is him from the fact that in Terror of the Lichemaster he leads zombies, which is of course a nod to his Thriller video. That and it describes him as "In death Jacsen was a great dark skeleton, long and thin with a skull that burned with an unnatural light, and from in between his huge dead teeth there issued a foul, thin shriek that few could listen to wi...

So my last few updates were about mojo loss and the scale of Warm Ale and Mud potentially being the cause, with so much left to do, and how doing a mini Mordheim would help regain the mojo as such a project would be much smaller and easier to complete. I even bought some models for it. BUT… That is another project and will just delay Warm Ale and Mud. The thought of two projects bummed me out. Then realisation hit. It is painting the undead that is causing the issue. So many more models to do..    bleurgh. So I started making a field as I want to have my table look less lawn like and more countryside like. The field has zero game mechanics attached, it does not affect movement or LOS. It is just there to make the table top look nicer. It is hard to tell, but it is not completely flat either, it is very slightly undulating, maybe this will be easier to see later...  Like I say nothing special, but when the table is set out with this and the farm and barn, and ot...