Blog Update

The campaign rules and new lists for the Lord of the Four Corners campaign have now been uploaded to the campaign page.  These are living documents so are subject to change as things need to be amended.  I have also updated the campaign map to the current draft.  These can be found on the Lord of the Four Corners Index page.

The GCC Archives have been updated with a couple more issues of the Gulf Coast Monthly added plus more of the tournament results.  Check out the archives here.

Test Terrain Pieces

Working on some test pieces of terrain for the Sumerian campaign.  Here are two dry steppe examples.  One will work as an open field and a base template for other types.  The smaller piece with the two rocks can be used on the base template to represent broken/rough/difficult terrain.  I have two pieces for the desert also in the works and will post a picture once they are finished.

Early Nomad Painting

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have been experimenting with the dip method as I work through some Essex Biblical for the King of the Two Rivers campaign.  Here are some pictures of the first stand completed for this project.

The dip method has never been a favorite of mine and I have attempted it off and on several times.  I blame my DnD background as I started out hand-priming everything in white for the colors to pop.  When I moved into 15mm Napoleonic, I started out with the white hand-primer but an old friend talked me into trying a black spray primer and dry brushing.  The dry brushing part never took but the black spray primer has been my preferred method for over 25 years now.  Problem is I hate painting all that flesh on biblicals.  This time I opted for a sand yellow camouflage car spray paint, blocked in the main colors, added some details and dipped them with a Min Wax Polly Shade pecan.  The old Min Wax Polly Shade tudor appears to be out of production.  Skin tone could probably stand to be darker but I think they turned out okay.  I have some Nubians that I have been working on and off on that I have been using a brown spray as the primer that I will post some pictures of later along with some dry steppe and desert terrain pieces.

Lord of the Four Corners

As I mentioned in my last post, the squirrels are alive and well and work on a Sumerian campaign is coming along.

Figures have been ordered and shipped off to The One Tree Painting Service.  The campaign rules are in draft form and a map has been devised.  I have set up a new campaign page here on the blog so that everyone can find the current information as it gets finished.  You can find the latest here:

Lord of the Four Corners Index

I am trying out a new painting method with some Essex Biblicals as I need two 8 stand battlegroups of Martu (or Amurites if you will) to complete a Sumerian list.  May add some Amurite archers so I can run a FOG 300 force of them as well.  I will add some pictures as I get them complete.  Some new lists are also almost finished to complement the campaign so look for the Early Highland Raiders, Early Nomad and Early Elamite brought up toV3 compliance soon.  Until next time, enjoy.

Campaign Update

Taking a bit of a break from the Broken Rays of the Sun Campaign for now.  We still are in the Summer of 220 AD and there is still no clear King of Kings.

In true wargamer fashion, I have been distracted reading about the Sumerians, Akkadians, Elamites and the like.  The Happy Wanderer created a nice blog covering the period several years ago called Sumer to Sargon that provides quite a bit of information to digest.  Too bad he is not still working on it.

To complicate things there are these nice new Sumerians from Museum that look exquisite.  Price is not too bad for almost 1000 points of FOG to cover most options.  The plunge has been taken and to speed up production I went ahead and commissioned Mark Kernan of The One Tree Painting Service to paint them up.  Mark has done a couple of armies for me and I try to send him work at least once a year.  I will be working on some Amorite Mercenaries to flesh them out and will post pictures of the entire host once it is finished and based.

In the meanwhile, I am drafting a map for a possible campaign during the age of Sumer.  Trying to get some computer images to fit on a hand drawn background to improve the map look.  I will post when I get something worth looking at.  Until next time...