Chronicles of the Consortium

I hit a nice patch on the refurbishment of my old fantasy figures, this time by delving into some of the groups I based as command stands for Greyhawk Wars using Tactica a very long time ago. Many of them were by the talented Julie Guthrie: Her figures were rather delicate but nicely sculpted, and often slightly quirky (e.g. left-handed, like the halberdier in the photo). As part of the re-touch, I experimented a little with a small box of fluorescent paints I bought to help with things like lanterns and fires. The white that came in the set is actually a very light silver, perfect for highlighting armour and weapons; I hope it brings out the details in these. I used the fluorescent red on the Cleric figure at the far left; it's not so bright, but it did make his robes quite vivid, so I am quite pleased with these paints. The second batch is a bit of a mix. The leftmost two as you look at it are old Citadel figures from just when the original Warhammer  RPG was released. You can se...

In between times, I've been catching up on various re-painting jobs. Here are some people: These are all rather old - probably 1980s. I can't remember even who made most of them, although I do think the one third from the left is the foot figure of a Ral Partha set of a woman riding a dragon - I gave that to a very good friend who loves dragons, but kept the one on foot. I'm quite enjoying repurposing them...

This isn't something I do often enough, but I am hoping to improve. Basically, my work life is horrendous, and it has been seriously getting in the way of whet really matters, i.e. gaming. This is the reason I am well behind on posting campaign updates here, as well as almost entirely inactive on my figure gaming blog. However, the lockdown means that, strangely, I am getting through the admin and emails much more efficiently than if I were physically at work. In between times, I am painting more, partly as a way of keeping me sane, but also to break up the screen time. I'll write some emails, paint a colour, mark an essay, paint a colour, and so on. This means that I am finally making progress on various stalled painting projects, among which is my fantasy stuff. I have slowly been refurbishing all of my (really old!) figures, many of them painted originally with enamels. They have dulled down really badly, but a quick highlight with acrylics is doing wonders. I have also be...