HINTERLAND FEMALE HUSSARS

Unbelievably, I've almost finished my first unit of Hinterland female hussars!

I only need to finish the bases and then I can take some photos and post them here, finally. Yes, I am very slow.

I painted a pair of these lovely figures ages ago, and I've already got a second squad and a few extras in the painting queue, including Princess Viktoria mounted, Princess Cecilie, a command pack and a maxim crew.

I really need to knuckle down!

Anyway, I'll take any excuse to show pictures from this wonderful range, so here are the latest releases from Hinterland Miniatures, better late than never.

So, check these out, and if you like them, then head over to Hinterland Miniatures website and order some so that Mancha can get Paul Hicks to make more  figures sooner.

SARISSA PRECISION BUILDINGS

 Just found these beautiful laser-cut buildings from Sarissa Precision. Lots more are shown, labelled as WWII, although I think they could be very useful for a Victorian setting.

They already offer a fine range of Western bulidings, which come in a smaller 25mm size and "heroic" 28mm size. The  new WWII buildings though will be available in 15mm and 28mm sizes. Based on the Western builings they produce, prices seem very reasonable too.

 These look very, very promising.

I already have some laser-cut buildings from Warbases (which look better in the flesh than they do on their website), advertised as for A Very British Civil War (ie between WWI and WWII), which I'm very pleased with. Supplied flat-packed, they were very easy to assemble with PVA glue. I'll try and post a photo when I can get round to it.

LEADBONES MINIATURES

Okay, I've been umming and aahing over ordering this figure from Leadbones for absolutely ages:-

and never quite got round to it because, well, its only one figure, and I didn't have any particular need for any other of their figures. But now thats all changed when I saw on the Lead Adventure Forum that they are soon to release these little gems:-

So, I guess I'll be sending an order to them next month when they are released.
I've admired Overlord's Geezer set-up for ages, especially this beautiful little bit of scenery, including his fantastic Arkwright and Granville conversions:-

I even bought some of the frontages he created from Outpost Wargames Services, althought I've yet to do anything with them I'm ashamed to say.

FENRIS GAMES FURNITURE

Just placed an order for these new Fenris Games furniture items - Study Furniture Set with Grandfather Clock and a set of 2 Grand Bookcases.  There are other nice items in the range too. I believe these were made originally for the Frothers 2011 Cthluedo game, but I'm going to find a use for them with the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I have some other bits and bobs to eventually decorate a study or something similar.

Design 28 Vampyres

Just a picture of the new Design 28 Vampyre pack.
But very nice figures they are, and they cover quite a few of your Vampyre needs.
I particularly like the "movie Dracula" version on the left, and the one with the candle.

MORE NEW RELEASES - ARTIZAN'S FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION

Artizan's new "March Or Die" range French Foreign Legion, suitable for 1890 -1914.
Now I know what my French forces were missing...

Now listed on the Artizan Designs site
I assume there must be command packs coming eventually too.

NEW IRONCLAD MINIATURES

Photos of Ironclad's show display figures, some old, but also some new packs.
These are not on the Ironclad site yet, but these pictures are from gamer Mac's report here on the Canonade Show on the Lead Adventure Forum (hope he doesn't mind).
All the new releases are definitely on my shopping list !

QUEEN'S ELECTRICAL RIFLES IN ACTION

A squad of the Queen's Electrical Rifles defend their camp, somewhere in the Dark Continent.

BARON VON FRANKENSTEIN'S LATEST EXPERIMENT

Prussian scientist Baron von Frankenstein has revealed the results of his latest experiments to create the ultimate soldier. Squads of these enhanced humans have been used against forces of  Her Majesty.
These brutes exhibit supernatural strength and terrifying levels of violence.

These are repainted Heroclix Hulk figures that have been added to my Prussian forces.
I plan to add a controller of some kind, who may or may not be the Baron himself, and I imagine they will be immune to morale results as long as their controller is active, running amok if the controller is killed.

New Design 28 Miniatures

New releases soon from Design 28. Also some Vampyres, but sadly no pictures yet.
I like the over-the-top Gurkha Command, and Chinese Gordon. Regular Gurkhas are promised eventually, along with "several packs" to add to the Lancastrian Tygers.

ANOTHER NEW RECRUIT FOR THE LEAGUE - INSPECTOR HAROLD EASTWOOD

"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a Hurricane, the most powerful barker in the world, and would blow your crust clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, cocker?"


Inspector Harold "Dirty Harry" Eastwood of Scotland Yard, newly transferred to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
The figure is by Hasslefree.

NEW RECRUIT FOR THE LEAGUE - BIG BEN

Big Ben, another member of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
A repainted Heroclix Riddler figure.

A repainted Heroclix Riddler figure, very loosely based on (perhaps "inspired by" would be a better description) the character Big Ben from the Alan Moore Marvel Man universe featured in Warrior magazine a long time ago. I was attracted by the fact that his walking stick features the question mark League of Extraordinary Gentlemen logo, but my efforts to straighten the soft plastic stick proved fruitless.
Maybe I'll replace it with a piece of hard plastic if it begins to bother me too much..

French Lancers Advance

Some French Lancers, using Wargames Foundry French Napoleonic Dragoons with Games Workshop Beastmen spears, and mounted on old Games Workshop Bretonnian warhorses.

I also have an officer, but I need to swap his sword, so I'll probably post another picture of this unit when he's finished

Steamtank and Walker on Manoeuvres...

Well, actually its just a picture of the steamtank HMLS Elizabeth and my as yet un-named Walker taken outside as the weather was quite pleasant today, and some people recommend taking photographs in daylight
.
My basic photography skills can do with all the help they can get, so I thought I'd give it a go.
I suppose the daylight helps, but maybe I should have done it a bit earlier in the day when it was a little brighter.

Mrs Lipton's PMT

The first murky sighting of Mrs Lipton's patented
Permanent Maker of Tea

The British Empire has high hopes for the morale of the armed forces if tests prove successful.
Further reports to follow.

Support for the Queen's Electrical Rifles

The first of my steam walkers. A GW Imperial Guard Sentinel

The Horror...

Colonel Marlon Kurtz, who I expect the explorers will one day meet in the heart of the jungle.
Once I have assembled a band of a suitable band of villainous dregs, slavers and thugs to accompany him that is.

The figure is a Heroclix Kingpin repainted.

New Recruits for the League - Bramble & Son: Vampire Hunters

The title pretty much says it all. These figures are from the Artizan Thrilling Tales range, and I'm using them to represent the Bramble & Son characters from the wonderful Jack Staff comic. They will be joining my League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.