Felix, Author at Felix's Gaming Pages

Flames of War M5 Half Tracks

Here are some Flames of War M5 Half Tracks from Simon’s collection.

Had a few photographic problems, hence the “false” colour look of the images.

Snotlings

A couple of snotlings that I based individually as lesser goblins.

Gunfighters and Outlaws

I was lucky enough to get for one Christmas a few years back two packs of Foundry Old West Outlaws.

I am in the process of painting the models using a variety of colours.

Really nice miniatures, really need to get them finished.

Have a look at my Old West miniatures Gallery and Old West Workbench.

No More Warhammer Historical

It would appear that Games Workshop have closed down Warhammer Historical.

I have bought many of their publications in the past, really liked the production values, though I know many hard-core gamers looked down on the rules, I always thought that they were simple yet fun.

I should have guessed something was in the air when they did their relatively recent half-price sale. Then I got the new Great War supplement, the hardbacked Waterloo rules and the Old West expansion.

New Ork Bommer

Oh yes…

https://youtu.be/Ir1uXjErq9k

The 2nd of June sees the release of the new plastic Ork Bommer.

Ever since an Ork aircraft first took flight and achieved supersonic speed, prospective flyboyz have been trying to outdo each other with their invenshuns. The most popular configurations of the Ork Bommer are the Dakkajet, the Burna-Bommer and the Blitza-Bommer.

It looks like a really nice plastic kit and you can make one of three variants. My favourite is this one.

It reminds me both of the Boulton Paul Defiant and one of the original Epic Ork Flyers.

With the price of Forge World kits as they are, it seems quite cheap at £27.50. Sometimes I need to remember that this is a plastic kit and Airfix usually sell something like this for £10!

Really nice concept and pleased to see it as a plastic kit. Time to rekindle that Ork Airfield idea that I had a few years back. Back then I bought the Ork Aircraft Traktor and Launch Trolley and repainted my Ork Fighter Bomma from Forge World.

15mm Ruined Shop with Passage

I already have two of the ruined buildings from the Total Battle Miniatures range of Western Europe 15mm buildings. I was lucky enough to get two more for my birthday from Simon, thank you. He gave me the ruined cafe and ruined shop with passage.

The ruined shop with passage is a nice model, though because it is ruined, you wouldn’t realise that there was a passage. This is the photograph from the manufacturer.

The reason of course is that Total Battle Miniatures range has both the complete building as well as the ruined building in their range.

The model comes with a separate piece of floor, not sure if I will use it, or build a ruined floor using some scrap wood.

It’s a nice casting with clean detail and looks very effective. I will probably use a similar method to the one I used with the other ruins. After washing the resin I will give the model a white undercoat and then use a combination of washing and drybrushing to bring out the detail.

I now have four ruins, but I think I would like to get some non-ruined buildings to complement the ruins. From photographs of Normandy in 1944, you can see in some villages and towns, whilst some houses were ruined, alongside were others that didn’t even look damaged.

Snotling Pump Wagons

One of my favourite models of all time is the Snotling Pump Wagon, not the new montrosity, but the original one from Citadel. What I liked about it most was the humour behind the model, you got the idea that the designer was down the pub when the idea came up.

The model initially came as a single decker with an expansion pack providing the top deck if needed. In later years the complete model was made available as a single kit.