Mid Feb. Update...

February is moving along at a steady pace and Little Wars is approx. 10 weeks out, so I am busy with building, painting, and getting ready to playtest.

With all of this in mind, I decided to take a few moments out and give an update.

So let's get on with it.

The Projects and Their Current State: 

I have numerous projects going on with a few heading into the home stretch and some notoriously lagging far behind. 

As my painting room is a disaster area I decided to get what I was working on together all in one place and get an idea of "What needs to be done".

Here's the pictures..

(That's a lot going on....an oblique shot. 28mm British Officers to scale....)

(A frontal shot...28mm British Officers to scale....)

After this, I decided to take the oblique shot and explain what each is and what is being done.

Okay to explain the lettering:

A: Terrain boards. Here you see one standard square terrain board, (there are six of these), and the one special one called "Widows Point". I am currently doing the rock and sand edging for this one.

B: The fort walls and towers. Here you see all four walls scribed and ready for painting, as well as the four towers, You can see the current battlements on Towers #1 & #2. Towers #3 and #4. I still need to do battlements for them.

C: Officers Quarters and HQ. I need to add the windows and then do the painting and sealing and this will be done.

D: "Sleazy Tavern", Barely started this building will be a nice, sleazy, place for those wishing to spend their hard earned/stolen coin. For a couple extra coppers they'll make sure that the ale and beer isn't watered down. I need to do more work to finish this.

E: Enlisted Barracks. The place where the scum enlisted stay. I need to add windows, doors, and then paint and seal it.

F: The Treasury Building. Here is where all of the beautiful, filthy, lucre is kept.  Coins, bars, ore, jewels, gems, all of the wonderful, shiny, stuff that makes up treasure. Of course it's well guarded. This is a dual floor building with the second floor being removable and having rooms. I need to add roof, doors, and windows and then paint and seal.

G: Small town buildings. Just need to be painted up and sealed.

H: The dock/wharves set from "Things From The Basement". 95% done. I need to finish these up, and then get them painted and sealed.

I: Scratch built docks/wharves: I just need to do a touch up on the stones then shade the stones with Nuln Oil, and then seal and they're done.

The Fort: 

A fellow TMP'er has said that they are interested in seeing the progress of the fort, so I am including some pics.

(Current status and size of the fort showing the initial layout and wall parapets The barracks is missing from this photograph. Looking in from the gate (rear). 28mm British Officers to scale and size.)

(The front from the front wall, looking towards the rear. 28mm British Officers to scale and size.)

(A close up of the gates on the inner rear wall. Yes they open and close.)

Perhaps the longest and most boring part of this was scribing the walls to make it look like stone.

Each wall was marked off at 1/4" marks and then cross scribed. Pencil imprints so that a light coat of paint will show the stonework.

I did these while watching the Kansas City Chiefs get mauled by the Eagles in the Super bowl, since they didn't have their referees to help them out.

(The process as shown....)

Somewhere during the process, my wonderful wife, (Gawd bless her!), decided that "I needed a banana split".

Truly she did.

And she surprised me with a large banana split with strawberry topping and whip cream.

(Oooooooooohhhh.....)

And afterwards I finished the walls.

(This is what the finished product looks like...)

All four walls are done....

I also started work on the enlisted barracks.

Yes, even the enlisted scum need a place to sleep and hang their dirty socks.

In case you are wondering about the shape of it. It's built to be set against the inner wall. 

And the terrain boards are looking nice too...

While all this was going on, I decided on a nice Traveler's Stew this weekend. Good and hearty and keeps the chill off.

Meanwhile during the late hours of the night, my familiar, (aka: my black haired, hazel eyes, 3.5 lb overly attached girlfriend), decided that "I had spent enough time downstairs and it was time to go upstairs and to bed."

Yes. She's quite the insistent young lady....

(That look....)

So that's where I am at right now with things. Hopefully having most of this done by next week and I can get back to painting the rest of it.

I will also be doing a write up on the Sarissa buildings. I think there needs to be a review of this product.

Stay tune for there is definitely more to come!

And thanks for reading!