Dino Progress

So the lizardmen are coming along. The archers are ready to be based, I just need to work out the number per base and if I want to do anything special.



I need to add in the waterfall, paint the base and add in some vegetation and the brachiosaurus is done.

I decided to two ankylosaurus per base, just need to do the second layer of flock and the paint and add vegetation and that will finish them up.

Triceratops are undecided upon the number per base but they are going on the 40mm x 40mm base, in either a pair formation with a few hand weapons or as a single beast flanked on both sides by spear toting lizards.

I have the shields on a handful of hand weapon lizards and their eyes and bases to paint and then it is time to base them all. I will have 3 bases of 40x40 and then the rest will go on 20x20 bases. I will probably have to order more bases before I start on my last batch of spears. Then I have the command models and 4 triceratops left to paint. I would like to order another brachiosaurus and 4 more triceratops as well as some flyer support.

I will probably wait for the ratmen for my next 6mm fantasy army since the Wildland Alliance didn't quite fit the scale I wanted. I was hoping to use the rhinos as ogres or trolls and the elephants as a step up from them. Unfortunately the rhinos look rather squat and about the size of the simian troops and smaller than the gorillas, they couldn't be swapped with the ogre cavalry so I could have rhinos on rhinos as my core block of troops. I might pick up a pack of elephants just for the command model but it will be far down the list of projects now.

So I can see the end of what I currently have for 6mm and the next project looks like it will be space frogs or WW2 Italian tanks depending on when I finish and companies release timelines.

6mm Projects

I have been looking at some 6mm lately and I am really liking what I see. These are the project that I have thought about doing and one or two of them might join the Lizards in the queue this year.


Lizardmen

--Right now I am in the middle of working on a Lizard list for generic fantasy rules. I have a few unit nearing completion and I have plans on expanding what I already have.--

Kislev

--I worked out most of a list on what to pick up for a 6mm WM army for them, I just have to figure out the War Wagon and it should just be down to ordering and painting it all up.--

Brettonian

--Another list that should be pretty easy, Baccus has some great stand ins from their Crusades, English Civil War and Crusades lines. The 6mm Pegasus Mounts might be the toughest find for the list. I might be able to snip some Giant Eagle wings and reattach them to a standard mount. This is another list that could pull historical and fantasy duty--

Araby

--I have a few thing in mind, this could end up as Warmaster and Ancients with the core pulling double duty with the more fantastical units being rotated out.--

Samurai

--Another MWA, generic and WM option but I would have to try and track down some of the more fantastical units.--

Godzilla

--There are a few rules systems out there to do these battles, I just need to decide what nation and get the harassers for the Giant Monsters to step on and the terrain. Honestly the tanks and what not usually just end up as terrain in these games so it is something that I found to be neat but the toys are the main drive of the game.--

Okami Technocracy Combine

--I really just want to paint up some of their battle suits.--

Quozotel(Lizardmen Sci-fi)

--Unreleased from Onslaught Miniatures, it will be hard to resist once they are released. Might serve as a proxy army for Eldar in Epic but I will know more once I see the models.--

Wildland Alliance

--Unreleased from Microworld Games right now but will be hard for me to resist. Will either end up as a generic list or I might try to figure out something for WM, maybe Ogre Kingdoms.--

Ratmen

--Unreleased from Microworld Games right now but will be hard for me to resist.--

Dino Wedge nearing completion

So I decided to have one wedge of cavalry just because I like the look of it. I have some touch ups to do on the basing and a dry brush but other that that everything is done.

I like the sense of movement the off-centered front gives, it gives the feel of veering toward a weak point in the line.

Later days.

Tom

6mm Lizardman mk1

So Microworld Games makes a wonder line of 6mm sci and fantasy miniatures. I made a couple orders from the Lizardmen line about a year ago and they have been staring at me from my primed shelf since that time.

So there was the first test model and I am pretty happy with it, I am unsure on what system of basing to use since I have no system in mind to play them with but I think I might have them on 40mm x 40mm in a 6 rider strong wedge formation just because it would look good. I have kicked around 20mm x 40mm and 40mm x 20mm so who know where I will be when I finally get enough done for the fist round of basing.

I have several larger dinosaurs and some foot to round out the army plus some command to make things interesting, but the basing is always something that trips me up at this scale. I don't know why since I hardly get time to paint, never mind getting miniatures to the tabletop. Although I am lucky enough to have a collective of friends and family that love boardgames so it isn't as bad as it could be.

Later days.

Tom