Author Archives: Alex

Ghost Archipelago: Dire Straits part 4

08 Tuesday Mar 2022

Posted by in 215th Praetorian, Ghost Archipelago

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Greetings Terrans, how goes it? I’ve been really under the pump these last weeks & so I don’t have much hobby to show, but I did manage to achieve 2 things:

1: I finished my Ghost Archipelago warband – just about a year after starting the bugger! You can remind yourselves of the inspiration behind the warband here (go on, I’ll wait…)

2: I’ve booked flights to Dublin at the end of the month for the event itself – frickin’ awesome! It’ll be my first flight since late 2019, so I hope I can remember how it all works :-)

Anyway, let’s take a look at the latest warband members shall we?

From left to right we have a Pearl Diver, a Tomb Robber, a Herbalist, and a Warhound.

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I also wanted to add some range to my warband, (anyone who has played Frostgrave or GA knows how deadly combat is, so being able to stand off & shoot is a smart move!):

Counts-as Crossbows

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Counts-as Bows

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Guide (staff & bow)

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Here’s the whole group together – a motley crew to pick from and no mistake!!

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I have one final model to show – I’m hugely grateful and touched that Azazel sent this amazing Coral Golem to me all the way over from Australia… just because I liked it so much!

What a superb and generous human bean Azazel is – thanks a million mate! I certainly didn’t want to mess with this paint job, but I did a few touch-ups here and there, and re-did the base to tie it in with the rest of the warband. I’ll be sure to share pics of this marvellous creature wrecking shit up in the Ghost Archipelago in Dublin in a few weeks :-)

That’s all folks, catch you from the Emerald Isles!

Fembruary minis & a 3 Peaks update

23 Wednesday Feb 2022

Posted by in Fembruary Challenge, Sludge

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Greetings Terrans, how goes it? It has been insanely busy here in Leadballoonyville, but I did manage to get some painting done for Fembruary – check these ladies out:

I’ve painted these to join a small army I’m putting together for Sludge – the lady in the middle is a Sorceress and the others are her bodyguard. They are from Black Crab and were lovely things to paint – I can see these minis fitting in to so many games. I’m particularly pleased with getting the eye-glow through the veil effect, took a bit of faffing but worth it I reckon.

I also painted this female mini from the same range:

I have no idea what to use her for… maybe a shrieking artillery piece? Whatever, she’s pretty damn cool so I painted her some creepy playmates:

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And that’s it from me on the minis front, but I want to leave a quick plug for my just-giving page – please do pop over & have a look if you have time:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/a-jelley

I did a snowy training hike over the weekend so have a nice hiking pic for your troubles:

I’m in not-terrible shape for my age, but hiking is a different kind of fitness altogether and I was just about hanging in there towards the end! Didn’t help the ego that all the other hikers were 65 or over! 😂

Ah well, onwards and upwards 👍

3 Peaks Challenge 2022

01 Tuesday Feb 2022

Posted by in 215th Praetorian

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Greetings Terrans, I thought long and hard about whether to post about this charity challenge on here – I don’t like to mix my worlds together, but I figured that a) charity is important, and b) you can always not read any further if you like – fair warning, there is no hobby stuff in this post :-)

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So yeah, if you’re still with me then let me lay it on the line. I’ve been thinking for a good while that I want to start giving back to society in some way & I decided that 2022 is the year where I start to do that through volunteering, direct donation, and through charity ‘challenges’. The first two are sorted, but the last one is where I need to reach out to other people to donate. I’m not massive on Facebook and all that guff, so I’m posting this here in the hope that some of you lovely people might be persuaded to part with a couple of quid.

For those not familiar, the 3 Peaks challenge involves climbing the tallest mountain in Scotland (Ben Nevis), then England (Scarfel Pike), and then Wales (Snowden), all in sequence, and all within 24 hours. It starts at the foot of Ben Nevis and finishes at the summit of Snowdon – just about 26 miles of walking in total, with 3000 meters of accent. I’ll be taking this on with an organised group in June – We have a driver with a van to get us between mountains, with Scarfel being a nigh climb. All in all, a pretty tough day, especially with the need to grab sleep on the bus! I’m in pretty good shape, but this sort of hiking is a very different kind of fitness & I’m in no doubt that this is gonna be tough.

Anyway, that’s it on this subject for now – I’ll post updates a and when, and here’s the justgiving page:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/a-jelley