Hi!
Apologies for the lack of posts but I've been pretty busy over the last few weeks with the run up to World Book Day at work which has entailed entertaining 400+ kids in multiple classes and running nonstop author events too. It's been massive amounts of fun but massive amounts of work which has meant blogging has had to take a bit of a break!
This hasn't meant I've not been getting stuff done though! I've painted five more Longmyre militia who are awaiting basing and have also found a few bargains in the local charity shop which will make for a few fun side projects too.
Today we nipped into an upcycling centre and picked up an assortment of gubbins including these bad boys, a box of 12 1:32 Vikings from Emhar for the princely sum of £3.00!
I'll see about getting a test piece painted up over the next few days and seeing what they look like with a coat of paint but I'm quite excited to have a bash. The only issue I've got with them is that one had a broken sword which I'm fairly sure I'll be able to replace with a bit of wire and plasticard and the bow string for the archer has snapped but that should be a fairly easy fix.
In a previous expedition, I also found a copy of Risk for £3.50 which I immediately started painting up the tiny, roughly 10mm scale figures for use with Rebels and Patriots!
I suspect the boards will be recycled into another project while the now empty boxes will be discarded to recycling but I'm quite pleased with my assorted hauls and while its meaning my hobby year is kind of all over the place in scale and subject, its been really fun!
I've got the first twelve Risk musketeers painted and am rummaging around for suitable bases before getting pictures of them but I must admit I'm quite pleased with how they turned out and may be tempted to see if I can find more in the future.
Hopefully I'll source some bases soon so I can get them finished and will see about getting one of the Vikings cleaned up and primed and ready to paint!
I do like these random little projects that result in all manner of unexpected and interesting meanders and will see how I get on with the assorted bits and bobs but in the meantime, All the best!
That's quite a haul of stuff! I always suspect that World Book Day is a sort of cruel torture for teachers and parents so you have my sympathies! I was recently bought two books about how to draw, and I really need to give that a go. I look forward to seeing how all these guys turn out!
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DeleteWorld Book Day is a bit of an oddity as its supposed to be about getting kids reading and collecting their free book but seems to have morphed into them all needing to wear fancy dress representing their favourite story which isn't really the point and expensive for their parents too.
We did a load of storytelling using Rory's Story Cubes and its wild to see kids imaginations running riot as in one story Harry, Ron and Hermione ended up running through the Forbidden Forest pursued by an angry Voldemort, while sporting massive and impressive beards as Ron had eaten Voldemort's favourite goldfish and the trio being cursed by an outraged dark lord.
Another story had the trio carting around a sleeping Draco Malfoy (who would no doubt complain to his father once he woke up) while being pursued by zombies which ended up getting eaten by Trevor the Terror Toad. The highlight of that story was Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville zooming through an underground dungeon, with a still sleeping Draco being pulled along by his hair.
Brilliant and mad!
Its fascinating to see how reading effects a class too as its always more fun having a class in with a teacher that reads to them regularly as they tend to be more engaged while the ones who have a teacher who doesn't tend to be a bit restive and harder to get to.
I've almost finished my first Viking and quite like how he's looking but the plastic he's made of is pretty nasty and very difficult to clean which is always an issue with these types of kit. Hopefully I'll have him finished tonight but will need to find a base that he fits on as he's too big for a 30mm and too small for a 50mm one and I appear to have run out of my 40mm round bases so may need to order some more!
Those are nice findings indeed! The Vikings look ace, but I'm particularly curious about the Narnia Risk. I'll be keeping an eye on your work!
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