Captain's Blog

 The ubiquitous red weed dominates the Martian landscape. The Barsoom HOTT army looks complete. I added the Alien Fire Gamer's Grass as the final step this morning.

Barsoom Hordes of the Things Army.

It has been a while since I have posted. I have been painting figures regularly for the past year but between Facebook and Discord I have allowed my blog to fall to the wayside. In February 2023 I was preparing to move for the first time in almost 25 years, and it took time to pack and unpack. I should have been back in the saddle sometime in the  summer of 2023, but I wasn't.

Over the next two months I hope to acquaint the blog with the projects I have worked upon. Most are SAGA related. I was fortunate to discover a local Historical Miniature Wargame group in Montreal. It helped to provide focus to my pile of lead. I have been reducing it in other ways as well. I parted with a dozen 4 litre Really Useful Boxes of projects that were never going to see the light of day. As part of my triage, I have projects I will paint, projects I will have assistance in painting and those that must go. The triage continues. If something comes into the house something else must go.

SPI's  John Carter, Warlord of Mars.

In spite of my words about SAGA my latest project was a Hordes of the Things Barsoomian Martian (LGA). The figures are from Peter Pig, It was something I wanted to do for a while. This summer I was laid up following my knee replacement surgery and picked something that I could easily work on. At the moment it is mostly finished. I wait on the arrival of some appropriate texture paint. I used AK Rust as the base colour for the Martian landscape. I choose to base my thoats on an image from a comic book and they thus are shades of red. Grey ones with yellow booties just didn't seem warlike enough for me.

4 Elements of Shooters in front of 3 Mounted Hordes

4 Elements of Riders in front of 2 artillery Elements

A clearer view of the Artillery Elements