Sir Jackabus Wooley (Mark II)

A couple of years ago I converted a figure to represent Sir Jack Wooley the leading light in the Parliamentary cause in Borsetshire ..: Sir Jakabus Wooley 'A Fyne Martialle Man' (tonystoysoldiers.blogspot.com) The conversion was not a success, after the figure had lost his arm and head twice due to accidents I decided to have another go . Altogether a more compact but slightly boring figure- but without detachable limbs.

 

Dismounted Horse for Borsetshire.

Powering through painting the 54mm Replicants , these are some rather dramatically posed dismounted cavalry figures which will make a good 'Forlorn Hope' for actions in Borsetshire.

 

'Warts and all'

Have finally got around to painting my 54mm Replicant figures. First up is 'Old Noll' - Oliver Cromwell himself who may end up visiting Borsetshire in the future .

 

Slaine , the 'Baddies'.

The 'Baddies' in the box comprise of a Druid priest and a 'Wyrd' stone and arch-enemy Slough Throt , strange but intriguing figures.

There are also three Skull Sword warriors here seen confronting Slaine.

If Slaine gets annoyed he loses it and goes berserk ! and you replace the normal model with an enraged Slaine who more or less doubles his fighting skills ! . I've had a couple of games and the rules are fairly simple , you have profile cards with the details of the models and activation is done by drawing chits from a bag to activate them , Heroes can be activated more than once and minions die easily , so games are short but dramatic . I've enjoyed painting these figures - so different from my usual 'Toy Soldiers' so may buy a few more to flesh the game out a bit .

 

Slaine , the 'Goodies'.

Several weeks ago whilst on holiday I came across a hobby shop and bought the above boxed game .(.: As rare as hens teeth. (tonystoysoldiers.blogspot.com) . It comes with eight figures and a few bits of terrain and I've been painting things up over the last few weeks .

The hero of the game - based on the 2000AD comics is 'Slaine' a mythical Conan type barbarian with an abundance of fighting skills - "kiss my axe"! . The figures are in the new Warlord resin and rather well detailed - I must admit I'm coming round to the use of figures in resin/ plastic.

Two of his allies - Ukko the Dwarf and Nest the trainee Druid, I must admit I've never read any of the 2000AD comics so all the background is new to me .

Who's this sinister chap interfering with the gaming dice !? , more to follow.........

 

Proverbs 26:11 *

I realise with shame that it has been quite a while since I visited the Greate Civile Warre in Borsetshire and thought to remedy this by painting up these figures which I got last year . They are Replicant 54mm and will portray dismounted Dragoons .

These are also Replicants, dismounted Cavalry this time and will make a spirited 'Forlorn Hope' unit.

These rather nice figures will make personality or unit leaders , think the blue chap is a portrayal of 'Old Noll' . I hope to get these undercoated and painted up this week and perhaps a return to the conflict in rural Borsetshire. 

*Even as a dog returneth to its vomit - so a fool returneth to his folly.

 

 

Excuses .

I'm afraid I haven't done much of late to warrant a blog posting , I've been busy playing Command & Colors - which although an excellent game isn't very photogenic , mainly paint figures for my wargaming colleague 'A' and doing various mundane real life jobs about the house and garden. However I did manage to get my two 'bird box' houses varnished and stained - the stainer has gone a bit 'funny' as it was forgotten about and left in the outhouse over winter and the frost has I think affected it - Hmm ! must remember in future ! . I also got an eBay figure painted , he will be the Commander of the 'East Point' Cadets I recently painted up (.: East Point Cadets on parade. (tonystoysoldiers.blogspot.com) and having cleared up the accumulated detritus from my tabletop hopefully will be appearing in a game soon.