What are you working on....?

[steve_holmes_11]

Yes very helpful, I'll look into getting myself some cloudspace.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Excellent - I should add that tinypic.com is also free 

[steve_holmes_11]

TinyPic isn't uploading right now, so instead a bit about the overall Dragon Rampant push.

Being an admirer of Daniel Mersey's rules, I bought Dragon Rampant, read through them and then let it lie for around 6 months.
Later - browsing for figures for something completely different I started hitting interesting anomalies in otherwise historical ranges.

Da Vinci glider (Ral Partha), Da Vinci Tank and Japanese Yokai (A&A), Flying Carpets (Peter Pig and Essex).

They kicked off an "I wonder how they'd look in Dragon Rampant" itch that turned into a mission.
It took about a week to compile credible stats for a Tank and Flying carpet.
I then started to wonder what lists these would fit in with - not being much of a Renaissance (Gaming) man this required a bit of light reading.

I came away with the understanding that the 16th century (1500-1600) included some pretty interesting world events.
This led to a daisy chain of world powers who were partially in contact, through neighbour borders, trade or exploration contacts.
Time to compile some lists.

The first lists were Japanese (with or without Yokai) from the age of war, and an Italian force supported by some Leonardo gadgets.
There clearly would not meet of fight, which is where various adjacent cultures got drawn in.
This, in turn saw be scratching through each of these culture's myths and legends to provide some fantastic support for their comtemporary armies.

About 6 weeks in I had compiled this list of armies - each with proposed Dragon Rampany lists:

1  Japanese Yokai
2  Sengoku Japanese
3  Ming China
4  Indonesian or Malay
5  Mughal
6  Rajput
7  Southern Hindu Indian
8 Indian Legendary Creatures
9 Ottoman Expansion
10 Abyssinian
11 Somali
12 Colonial Portuguese
13 Da Vinci Early Renaissance
14 Colonial Venice
15 Knights of St John
16 Henry VIII English

I've ordered several of these armies and am in th eprocess of painting the Ming Chinese, Somali and Portuguese.
I expect the whole endeavour to last me several years.

[alex918]

I read this a few years ago now, but what always catches my imagination is the inside cover. Go on admit it if money was no constraint in model purchases who wouldn't want to replicate this at 1:1 scale. Erm darling you know that loft conversion we talked about?

[Radar]

Another regiment of foot (Newcastle's)


And some witches, werewolves etc for some not-RfCM rules named after a rubbish spooky 1968  film starring Vincent Price set in seventeenth century England. Here are the PP wolf pack

More pics of stuff, inane drivel and a blog birthday at http://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk

[Westie]

Looking good. Also painting up Covenanters but for The Pikeman's Lament. No doubt someone else has also tried this but, for a bit of variety (and I know you can buy heads - but I don't have a drill), I've also converted 3 ECW figures by shaving off their hats and carefully attaching a flattened blob of Milliput - worked out very well, too, if I say so myself. Will try to post an image later when I've finished them. 

[Radar]

Be good to see your altered heads.

[Colonel Kilgore]

@Radar - very nice (as always!)

@Westie - actually a drill may not be the best option in any case:  pin vice (just a few pounds) will probably do the job better, if you do decide to save yourself the hassle of sculpting heads from scratch. But I'm also looking forward to seeing your results!

[Radar]

Many thanks Colonel. Just been cutting pikes off Covenanters. Can't face drilling hands now, plus Luther is about to start on the idiot's lantern.
Just 4 regiments of foot (32 figures and a casualty each) to do before Vapnartak and then I can have two new dragoon regiments 

[Colonel Kilgore]

... and then I can have two new dragoon regiments 

In which case you'll be very happy with the new packs #73 and #74, pictures of which have just arrived today

[Radar]

I've been checking daily for them (slightly sad admitting that), checked earlier and they weren't up. Nice they too.

That's my Vapnartak pre-order sorted then

[Leman (Andy)]

Lovely starfort Radar. I'm currently working on 3mm forts and earthworks for the ACW - Fort Donelson AoF scenario to be precise, but also to be used in the Corinth scenario as well.

[Radar]

Cheers Leman. Today I have been distracted by pictures of Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands. Stunning star fort

[Westie]

Be good to see your altered heads.

@Westie - actually a drill may not be the best option in any case:  pin vice (just a few pounds) will probably do the job better, if you do decide to save yourself the hassle of sculpting heads from scratch. But I'm also looking forward to seeing your results!

Ref. converting ECW English musketeers to Covenanters: Now finished painting and basing so (hopefully) here are the results ....


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[Colonel Kilgore]

Wow - I'd forgotten that you'd sculpted those heads yourself - they look very Piggy-like 

Well done - that's an excellent outcome !