new posses WIP

I took advantage of Wargames Foundrys Christmas discount the other week and bought myself over 150 new old west figures!

Not that i would ever need 150.....

plus I already have around 100 sitting on a box waiting to be painted from Artizan, Obelisk and war paint ranges.

So over the next couple of months expect to see a good few new posses as well as all the civilians I have been hoarding to populate the town with.

To finance the project I will be painting some goodies up and selling them off on Ebay.

You never know I may actually get a game in to!

DEAD MAN'S BOUNTY

I have just finished watching deadmans bounty, the strangest western I have ever seen, featuring possibly the smallest little western town, three buildings in all!


A strange story which has Val Kilmer cast as the corpse, probably the best acting he has done in a long while....


It seems to be both a parody and a homage to the spaghetti western and it is hard to know if you should be taking it to seriously

I will not give the story line away in case you should ever watch it, which you should if you are into the genre and have a spare afternoon free.

If nothing else it shows you that you dont have to have lots of buildings for your wild west scenarios!!




it has also got me thinking of a fun scenario for my next game of LotOW

watch this space!!

mount up

To fit in with my bushwhackers raiding background i have mounted them up. I painted these horses around 6 months ago but have only just got around to basing them after being enthused by the magnificient mounted posse Pat has painted(see below).

Rob Johnson

O'Reilly

Stephen the heathen

Comical Jake thornton

English Tony

Frank T winklebottom

And this is the Colonel, a renegade cavalry officer who will be joining the posse as soon as I have enough dollars to convince him.....

I hope to be using this all mounted posse in a game soon, so i will let you know how they get on.

US Marshal

A new US Marshal arrives in the town of Imelda, hopefully this means there will some more action in town very soon......

Marshall Jethro Black, Jet to his friends.

good ol' southern boyos

Here are a few pics of a posse freshly painted by Pat Smith. All have the option to mount up!
figures are all from Wargames Foundry.

Spansh buildings

Colin has been up to his magic again with these new Spanish flavour buildings, which can be used in adventures in lots of areas of the world

an update on my thumb

Before I dislocated it, I didnt realise how much I used the bloody thing. Without my left thumb I cant do anything. All my hobby related interests use my thumb, painting, writing, weight training , martial arts. The only thing I have managed to do is go running with my dog.
I went back to the hospital for some more Xrays and they reckon I will have my cast off in three weeks. I dont know if my sanity will last that long?!?!?!
So what have I been doing...? well not a lot......
I have started a few articles for the blog, they all just need finishing off. Mainly I have been watching DVDs. Western wise I watched Appolosa, a very good film based around a lovely town, plenty of ideas for extra buildings when the time is right. Not a lot really happens but some great characters in it. If you havnt seen it do!
I have just started on the prison break DVD box set. Just watched season 1, now I am on to the season 2. I dont know if I will make it all the way through season 2 and 3. Hopefully my hand will get better so I can do something more constructive.....
Although I cant paint I have been planning more posses and have orders ready to go with Foundry, Artisan and Dixons. The good thing is the enthusiasm is still there (for wargaming not prison break.)