Fixing Rivoli Part 2

We got some more work done on the table. The fields are 95% done. Just touch up in a few spots. On Tuesday we got the villages put back on the board. Glued the buildings in place and let them set up for the night. I might do some paint touch up on the buildings, but we'll see if I have time for that. Just something that my bothers my OCD, not anything wrong with them.

We also started in on replacing hedgerows. Anyway here's some pics.

 Fields done

Villages added back on

Touched up buildings

 Really coming together now

The big one is Rivoli

These damn Hi-res cameras show all the flaws

Making Hedgerows

Yarn, sprayed with glue

Roll yarn in your flock of choice

Waiting for Alan to glue in place as I crank out more strips

Trim to fit

Looks pretty good once the glue drys.

So we need to finish the board by Tuesday so everything has time to dry. It's mostly done, but those hedgerows take time. Anyway we are in good shape. If your going to Cold Wars, stop by and say hi.


Xin / Jeff

Test pic

Fixing up Rivoli

My friends Alan and Bob are running a Napoleonic game at Cold Wars 2019. I will be running Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago. The Nap game will be The Battle of Rivoli. We ran this game before at Fall In 2015.

We pulled the board out of storage.

It's in pretty good shape

 Some fields have bare spots where the flock wore off.

The biggest issue is mold on some of the hedgerows

 We used Lichen for the river bank and some parts of the hedgerows. That all has to be removed.

 With paint, glue and time, the soft lichen is harder than rock. We had to chip it off.

 In some spots we used a dremel.

 Not bad looking after clean up

 At some point we decided to redo ALL the hedgerows. During the removal process huge divots were dug into the boards. We filled them with spackle, then painted them our base brown color.

 We had to touch up a lot of spots.

 What was a simple clean up has become a major project, more supplies needed.

 Damage was done to the roads too, so then need fixing. I need small "Men at Work" signs

 Re-flocking the fields

 Hmmm lots more fields to fix.

 Starting to come together.

Don't have the pics, but most of the fields are fixed. Next we put all the buildings on. And last step is all the hedgerows.


A week out and I've been in much worse shape on previous builds. We got this.


Xin

Part 2

Marauder Dwarf MM10/1

Here is another old Marauder Dwarf from the MM10 series. I think he came out pretty good. This was a side project as I paint up my Dark Elves for the OWAC. So I did not go crazy on the quality level, more of a tabletop quality.

 

Cheers, Xin

Reaper Miniatures Skeletal Dragon

Here's a Skeletal Dragon I painted last year. Never got around to taking pics of it. It's a Reaper Mini. On a Reaper base. I added stones which are Sea Glass from Michaels. Also the Human skeleton is a Wargames Factory Skeleton. That line was purchased by Warlord Games and is now back in production.

Cheers, Xin

Civil War Battle Maps

Years ago I came across this map of all Civil War Battles. I saved it and recently came across it again. Thought I would share it with ya'll.

Created originally as a supplement to the April 2005 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine. I've seen some on Ebay, if you were interested. 

Cheers, Xin

January's Painting Submission for OWAC2

Here is my January lot for the Old World Army Challenge.

As this was the first unit painted, I really struggled to come up with a paint scheme. I must have painted 8 or 9 different trial paint schemes. Not on all, but on 1 or 2 figures at a time. Some of the Xbowmen have 3 or 4 coats in different places.

It was frustrating but with some encouragement from the group, I pushed through and landed on a scheme that I think looks good. I'm still not 100% happy with it, but good enough.

First up is a unit of Repeating Crossbows, a Repeating Bolt Thrower, and an Assassin. I was also painting a single Dark Rider, but had to drop him to complete the challenge in time. I might have to drop the Dark Riders unit from my painting challenge army.

Here's the pics.

February's submission is on the painting table, Witch Elves and The Cauldron of Blood.

Xin