Croeso i Gymru

 So, yes, it has been almost exactly two months since I last updated anything on here. This is because in that time P and I moved house! We went about 180 miles north-west from where we were, and are now in Gogledd Cymru, or North Wales to you English speakers (as if I'm not, that is). There is a lot to be done still in terms of unpacking boxes and organising things - especially my toy soldiers, who are getting a home in the garage with a 3D printer to reinforce them - but I had enough time and brain space today to get the paints out and use them. I had that Stalker STK-3F from the batch of 3D prints my friend R had made for me which didn't get conscripted into the 1st Canopian Cuirassiers, so as noted in the last post I was using it to experiment with painting up a Lyran Guards machine. I will eventually pick up some transfers for the 6th Lyran Guards from Fighting Piranha Graphics but until then:

The business end - two large lasers, four medium lasers, two SRM-6 launchers and two LRM-10 launchers

Slab sided and blocky, the Stalker is not a subtle machine

The -3F is the most typical variant, in wide use among all the powers of the Inner Sphere

Dust, mud, and debris coat the lower legs of the mech as a result of wading and rough terrain

Once I have the 3D printer operational, I'll be having a go at making more mechs not only to finish the Canopians but also the Lyran Guards and my mercenaries. Meanwhile my Jade Falcon Gamma Galaxy Falcon Guards Cluster is going to be made from CGL plastics, because they started that way and I want to maintain consistency. Similarly any Inner Sphere CGL plastics I get will end up either as PDF machines, or in my Marik Militia or Justine's Grenadiers forces - although I may well repaint my Justine's Grenadiers as a different Capellan unit, because at the moment they look very similar to my Falcon Guards.

Painting Points:
Today: 1
This Week: 1
2025: 479

No King But Christ The King!

 OK, so it's more of a Covenanter cry than a New Model Army one, but the New Model's men were also Protestant hardliners, by and large, so it's not hard to imagine them yelling this in response to some Royalist taunts. This of course means that I have (at last) finished the commission to paint three regiments of 28mm Parliamentarian horse:

36 Warlord Games' ECW cavalry, painted as generic Parliamentarian horse. They wear orange sashes as field identifiers, marking them as Protestants, and the ubiquitous buff coats and gloves with some proofed plate and the classic Roundhead lobster pot helmet (which was, of course, worn by both sides)

The Red Regiment - they've all got red saddlecloths, and the standard bearer's lance is red

Green Regiment - green saddlecloths and a green lance - with flashing blades and large horse pistols

Blue Regiment, with, you guessed it, blue saddlecloths and a blue lance. They were painted slightly differently to the others, with a lot less use of Contrast...

 The commissioner wanted the bases left to be done by them, so that's what I've done. These fellows are packed up already and will be winging their way to their owner by Thursday, assuming the Royal Mail isn't doing last post collections at like 6pm at my local post office.

 Oh, and while I was doing that, I happened to have a STK-3F Stalker kicking around, so I based it in Skavenblight Dinge and then hit it with a wash of Contrast Asurmen Blue and a drybrush of Ceramite White, to produce this:
 

This Stalker, posed mid-stride, is in the colours of the Lyran Guards, and will eventually be badged up as a machine in the service of the 6th Guards, also known as the "Saucy Sixth", because their Regimental Crest is a woman in a bikini. Don't ask

 

There may be a few more sporadic updates before P and I move, but that depends on how much I get packed how quickly. I hope to get back to updating as close to daily as possible by the end of the year, but we'll see!

Painting Points:
Today: 72
This Week: 72
2025: 478