Saturday, 25 February 2012

Hammerhead and Partizan Show Freebie Minis.......


Someone just asked why my favorite Hammerhead mini was the Count Carlsberg fig (see earlier post) and I realised it's because it is the best sculpted - Matthew Bickley, one of my favorite new sculptors. The related Partizan show also gives away freebie minis and my favorite of those is the 3 piece railway vignette - inspired 
by the classic black and white movies of old where the fiendish villain ties the damsel heroine to the railway lines.............


















The show after this one was given away featured 'Harold the Hero'...........attempting to rescue his love from the fiendish villain just in time....






















These were both sculpted by the very talented Matthew Bickley. I've posted all the other Partizan and Hammerhead freebies on the Lost Minis WIKI...



TDD

Wayne England Foundry sketches.....


More pics of the Foundry Halfing sketches........plus a Chaos Dwarf......



















Friday, 24 February 2012

Foundry Open Day 24th February 2012


Well, got down there for quarter to ten....the traffic was fairly light all things considered and there were only a couple of people already mooching around the bargain bins. Thieving buggers......should at least have the decency to wait for me to turn up.











Mostly Napoleonics and Seven Years War :(

Familiar staff were there so had some good chats about....well, the usual stuff. The warehouse was down on stock for some reason - not sure what is happening there and forgot to ask......the older codes such as the DA (Darkest Africa) were few and far between on the racks so maybe they are discontinuing a lot....... I was trying to get a set of the old Citadel Samurai but was told they are now totally out of production........should have picked up the blisters at the last open day rather than 'leaving it till next time'.












Free coffee and tea was laid on as usual with a good selection of biscuits......

Matt was running an American War of Indepence game that turned more competitive as the game wore on. Good fun though and smoothly umpired.

I found a bunch of new fantasy minis in the painting cabinets including new halflings sculpted by John Pickford which look great...............should be released by the end of the year to tie in with something......no clues were given as to what this is to be.....
























More later as I should post some pics of the loot.........I did manage to pic up duplicated blisters in error but that's the lure of the lead for you.....

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Hammerhead show in Newark..............


Hammerhead show tomorrow in Newark;


Unfortunately it looks like the price has gone up to £4 - must be the Mantic freebie figure.......wish they'd stick with their own ones, I do love the collecting aspect of the miniature hobby. I've collated most of the Hammerhead and Partizan minis on the Lost Minis WIKI


My favorite over the years being the 'Count Carlsberg';



















Traders booked in are
4A Miniatures
Ainsty Castings (Carrying Crooked Dice Miniatures)
Baccus 6mm
Black Pyramid Gaming (Carrying Crocodile Games)
Caliver Books
Colonel Bills
Coritani/Magnetic Displays
Critical Mass Miniatures
Dave Thomas (Carrying Artizan/Crusader/Foundry/Perry et al)
David Lanchester Books
Fantascene
Figures in Comfort (Carrying Westwind Miniatures)
Grahams Wuerkshoppe
Ground Zero Games
Hasslefree Miniatures
Heresy Miniatures
Ironclad Miniatures
Kallistra
Lesleys Bitsbox (Carrying KR Multicase)
Mantic Games
MJ Figures
Monarch Books and Miniatures
Pireme Publishing (Miniature Wargames)
Rapier Miniatures
Rathbone Games
The Game Store
Time Was
Tumbling Dice
Urban Construct
Warbases
Wargames Emporium
Warlord Games

Should be a good laugh with a midday bar meetup.

Just finished a 6 night shift and am completely goosed. Got up at 4pm as the children brought me waffles and a cup of tea. Couldn't be better (although a bacon butty may have improved things....).

Still trying to get hold of a US chap to finish of a trade for 'Empire of the Petal Throne' figures I've sent him. He keeps going off the map so I do think I've lost out which is unfortunate as he seemed a trustworthy sort with a good web presence of his own......hmmmm. I'm sure there is a reason for non-contact.

Life goes on and we await 'The Hobbit' although secretly the 'John Carter' movie is top of the lists........with it being Disney there should be a lot of toy tie-ins result in much fun for modelling projects.

More later.

TDD

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Just mowed the lawn...


... and you could say it doesn't get more exciting than this... grrrr.

2 children's parties this morning so the dad taxi was in full swing. Son no.1 is off playing with mates and daughter no.1 is having tea at a friend's house. Wife is working so I am in full swing looking after 2 mini munchkins. Hence the blogging as I needed a rest :)

Oslo - crazy. Be interesting to see what, if anything, the muppet has to say.

Amy Winehouse - live by the sword, die by the sword. Troubled lassie with some original talent. All drug dealers really should be shot on first offence. That may have stopped her getting them in the first place... nuff said.

Painting wise I'm a third of the way through painting the old Garrison miniatures 'Space Trooper' range...







These were released in the 70s. I saw them at Northern Militaire when it was at the Lancastrian Hall in Oldham. I think I was 15 or so? Probably around 76'?? Finally managed to pick up the tracked laser cannon a few weeks ago so now have the set. Will I finish painting them? Probably not but it keeps an old man happy.

As always, leave a comment or give me a shout on enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Sunday, 22 May 2011

OMG I forgot about my blog...


Hi World,

It's a brand new day... well, 6 o'clock in the evening. The wind is blowing and the rain has stopped for now. The ironing has not done itself so I suppose I will have to start it soon.

Surprisingly enough the Rapture didn't happen last night or if it did I'm still here with the family (which says a lot considering my wife is religious). Maybe the Bible got the time/date wrong or it has been misinterpreted? Surely that doesn't happen... a religious tract being misinterpreted! Gosh, pigs might fly.

Must go, may even post more later...

enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Thursday, 14 May 2009

Take me to your leader...


Well, in the light of the expenses debacle of the moment, I thought it'd be better if we were overthrown by invading aliens... plastic minis from the late 70's that is. I'd love to find more variants of these... only a quick paint job, my first in a long while followed by a couple of half painted ones...








Also this one needs finishing - Archive Miniatures brawling orcs from the late 70's.
























Life goes ever on....

If you've read this far back, I'm now contactable on enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk