When I had COVID last month, it started by my feeling hoarse. Once I started to feel better, I set to work on project HORSE.
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Monday, August 12, 2024
I was feeling a little Horse...
Monday, December 13, 2021
In the Flesh
My trusty bottle of Delta Ceramcoat "Medium Flesh" is nearing the bottom, and it seems like they (delta CC) aren't making any fleshtone colors now (I have a limited amount of their Dark Flesh as well). While I was at The Portal gaming store/space for the October Snappy Nappy event, I picked up several bottles of (absurdly expensive!) Citadel pints in a variety of flesh tones, both to support the store and to try out on some test figures. The opportunity arose when I discovered I needed a few more commander/hero types for my Canaanite forces. I remembered there were some unpainted figures amongst the lot that Ken Baggaley had gifted me a number of years back. Prior to Historicon, they were primed and based, with the painting to take place during odd moments of the convention.
The colors used on the individual figures were (by tunic color):
Green - Ungor Flesh, with a decidedly yellow tone to it
Lt Yellow, Blue Cadian Fleshtone a tanned flesh tone.
White - Kislev Flesh a pale flesh tone, suitable for Northern Europeans who don't spend much time in the sun.
Red - Bestigor Flesh, with a decidedly orange cast to it.
Monday, January 2, 2017
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics - 2016
Expenses
This was way more than I really wanted in terms of product, but it is one that I really believe in, and wanted to see successfully funded, so I supported it heavily with both publicity and funds. I now have a boatload of great terrain pieces on order; I plan to give a substantial portion of that to Jared in support of his Middle School game club.
1st Quarter Totals: $446
GRAND TOTAL 2016: $1,679
This exceeded my target of $100/month, but that was almost exclusively due to my support of the Wizard Kraft Kickstarter, as detailed above. For comparison, my total for 2015 was $2,235.28
Painting
[Plus 2 large Towers for Assyrian Army]
[plus Sokolnitz Castle]
3 Russian Guard Horse Artillery crew (Minifigs, not shown) 25 points
4th QUARTER TOTAL = 1,120 points
3rd QUARTER = 685 points
GRAND TOTAL 2016: 2,995 points
2016 Painting Summary
Nationality
|
Foot
|
Mounted
|
Guns
|
Vehicles
|
French
|
47
|
4
| ||
Russian
|
43
|
2
| ||
Austrian
|
38
|
2
| ||
Polish
|
18
| |||
British
|
20
|
24
|
10
| |
Badener
|
36
| |||
Hussite
|
82
| |||
Catholic
|
12
|
19
| ||
Macedonian
|
24
| |||
Carthaginian
|
8
| |||
Egyptian
|
79
|
4
| ||
Total
|
381
|
71
|
12
|
8
|
Painting Point
|
1905
|
710
|
120
|
200*
|
Nationality
|
Foot
|
Mounted
|
Guns
|
Prussian
|
288
|
48
|
8
|
British
|
90
|
50
|
-
|
French
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
Italian
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
Rhinebund
|
18
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
402
|
107
|
8
|
Painting Points
|
2010
|
1070
|
80
|
The Scoring
28mm vehicle = 15 points
We'll see if we can't survey at least one more sub-location of unpainted lead in 2017!
Games Played 2016
Convention Games Run 2016
Blogging 2016
Thursday, March 31, 2016
1st Quarter 2016 - Painting, expenses, and the start of the Great Lead Pile Census
Painting:
The Great Lead Pile Census (GLPCTM), Part 1
| Landsknecht HI Pikemen | OG | 20 |
| Landsknecht MI Early Pikemen | OG | 16 |
| Landsknecht MI Later Pikemen | OG | 23 |
| 2 Handed Swordsmen primed | OG | 12 |
| 2 Handed Swordsmen, Unprimed | OG | 18 |
| Halberdiers/officers | OG | 8 |
| Drummers | OG | 8 |
| Fifers | OG | 2 |
| Stradiots | OG | 2 |
| Mtd Crossbowmen | OG | 2 |
| Spanish Arquebusiers | Hinchliffe | 9 |
| Wars of Religion Lancers | ? | 12 |
| HYW Kts w./ Lances | OG | 10 |
| HYW Kts w/ hand weapons | OG | 19 |
| HYW command | OG | 7 |
| HYW Phalanx 1/2 HI, 1/2 MI, 4 halberd | Essex | 36 |
| Byzantine SHC | OG | 12 |
| Byzantine Generals (foot) | ? Essex | 3 |
| Revolting Peasants | OG | 4 |
The idea is to gradually survey the other locations and sort and total the troops by era and army as I expand (and hopefully, contract) the Census.


