Los Federales!!!!

Good morning dear reader!
Holy cow, update #4 for this month, (what's wrong with me???)....

Before I decided to do my last minute work packing and get going on my first of two back to back work trips, I decided to get some better WIP shots of my Mexican Federales.
I am especially proud of these guys.
They still need their flocking, and sealing but other than a few touch ups also, they are pretty much good to go!
One of the things that I have a love/hate relationship with when it comes to photographing minis is that you can paint it "perfectly"...Take a photo, (a good photo). and the first time you see it, your eye is immediately drawn to "that one spot" on the figure that somehow, someway, missed being painted and is still bare metal, or primer...grrr...
So the camera can show you what you missed. In this case, I am going to also have to do a wash on the bandoleers, to help them stand out from just being a "khaki strip"...

And now presenting to you, The Mexican Federales; "La Compania De Los Chihuahua Feroces"; ie: "The Company Of The Fierce Chihuahuas".... 

(Federales Mexicanos El Capitan Maximilian Empanada, (the hearthrob of senoritas everywhere), stands ready to do what needs to be done for "Meh-hee-co", (and perhaps put a few extra pesos in his pocket along the way).....)

(Federales Sergente Arturo Fuente, is the "Professional NCO" of the unit; Leading his men by example, experience, and his proficiency in finding tamales wherever they may be....)

(Federales Corporal Jose Cuervo, keeping the commands with the bugle..)

(Private S. Gonzales rushes to the sound of action, or the scent of  good tamales. While he is usually a dependable soldier, he does have a bad habit of getting caught up in the excitement and has been known to start jumping up and down and screaming gibberish.)

(Private S.P. Rodriguez moves at his usual speed of "slow"...)

(Private Juan Valdez is the best shot in the unit, and he also makes the best coffee....)

(The Federales occupy a building....if you can call it that...)

When I come back I am going to crop the last photo, and in good old photoshop, I am going to try a sepia tone and give it that "old look"...

Hope you enjoyed.
Next up....The Banditos!!!!

Third week of February and a third post!!!!

Hello once again and oddly enough, yet another "soonish post". This shall be the last one for a week or so I am afraid as work has me on back to back travel trips...

Nonetheless I did get a good amount of painting done today. 

In fact with a good method I pretty much finished El Capitan Maximillan Empanada and his group of Mexican Federales, (10 in all), plus I got the initial base coats on the five Banditos, and am working on 8 more.

So when I get this batch done, that will be 23 more marked off.....

*whew*

And I am pressed for time as work keeps cutting into my life, and my painting/gaming time.

Here's a pic of how they look right now....

I'll get some better pics of them when they are done. I just have to do the rifle bore holes, and shade/wash the golpes on the bugler and then add the groundwork, and seal and I will be done....

More to come when I get back.....including my adventure of getting new packs of Pulp Figures (and adding to my lead mountain).....

A brief pause from "Real Life"....

Greetings to everyone on a cold, wintry, February night...

Well I made it through my week trip to California. With that behind me, I now, (NOW), have a trip next week to Wisconsin, and then week after that for a 1-2 sojourn to Columbus, Ohio. Then I will be done for a while I hope.

And I can get back to painting fully.

But there IS news on the home front!

First off: LITTLE WARS!

My Event was accepted and listed in the PEL. 

Sat, 5:00pm-9:00pm Event ID E113: The Lost Treasure of Chili Verde Two-fisted, heart-stopping, Pulp Action Adventure!!! In the 1500's, the lesser known Spanish explorer "Conquistador Leo", discovered a great Aztec treasure, which he then promptly stole, and then hid; drawing a map, (which was then torn into several pieces), to its secret location. He then lost the pieces of the map, and almost immediately forgot where the treasure was hidden; (right before suffering a brutal, hideous, death at the hands of The Aztecs). Now, centuries later, the map pieces have finally come together as various factions try to claim The Lost Treasure of Chili Verde for themselves! Take control of one of the groups competing to recover the priceless lost treasure. Danger! Romance! Sultry Women and Men with Guns all abound in this heart racing, Pulp Action Adventure!!! Hosted by Michael Murphy; 28mm Rugged Adventures / Astounding Tales (TBD); 6 players. 

To say that I am "excited" is an understatement. I haven't run a convention game in a few years, and am nervous but looking forward to it.

Second off: HOBBY LOBBY HAD A SALE!!!!

So this past weekend, while recovering from travelling, my wonderful wife, (Gawd bless her!), convinced me to do some shopping with her, and we made our usual stop at Hobby Lobby and they were having a sale!!!!

So I picked up some of the Testors EFX stains. 5.99 - 6.99 bottles of paint for less than 1.30 per bottle! Let's see how it works.

And then my wife, knowing how much I needed some different color inks for stains and washes, decided to get me this....

Which is EXACTLY what I was looking for, but never seemed to remember to actually look for when I was needing to be looking for it....

While I was away, she also put in a second "item shelf" which now holds all my brushes, etc...Keeping my desk, "less clutter free"...

And this is what it looks like right now...

This in turn allowed me to do a little bit of base coating on my Mexican Federales...

The Mexican Federales under El Capitan Maximillian Empanda...Keeping law and order (as much as they can), in old Mexico...aka (The Big Enchilada)....

And a little bit of work on one of the buildings that I primed back in 2009.
Not much has been completed, but it's still a start and I am happy with it.
I look forward to being back in about two weeks and going from there.

I'll have more coming soon!!!!

Thanks for looking!

And February seems to be doing the same thing.....

A quick update folks..
Things have gotten nuts with real life.
I have to go to California for a week, and then come back and bounce between my three different work sites in three different states for the rest of the month, so once again "Real Life is eating up my gaming time, (and my painting time)....
On a bright side, it will give me a chance to hit "The Soldiery" once again when I am in Columbus, and maybe get some of that old time, old school, 1980-1990ish lead, (at 2015 prices), but overall my painting is going to be even more restricted.

That being said though..I did manage to get some work done yesterday.

As you know (or may not know), I have been working on my Pulp game for Aprils Little Wars convention.
"The Lost Treasure of Chili Verde" is a six player free for all where teams hunt down the clues for a missing Aztec treasure.

So I was able to buy some figs...(sigh, yes I added to my little lead mountain), and started doing some painting....

These are the figures that I ordered from Brigade Games:
First off, the Banditos "Los Vaqueros Quesos" under the command of that infamous and fearsome Bandito Leader, "El Burrito Grande"....

(Banditos! : from L to R: Paco, Pablo, Pedro, Pepe....and Karl....)

And then there are the Mexican Federales!!!!

(The Mexican Federales:  "La compañía de los chihuahuas feroces" ie: "The Company of The Fierce Chihuahuas". From L to R: El Capitan Maximillian Empanada, Corporal Jose Cuervo, Sergiente Arturo Fuente, and Privates S. Gonzales and S.P. Rodriguez. Not pictures is Private Juan Valdez, who is on coffee bean duty....

I have them currently based and primed with the base coats on the Federales. Here is hoping I can get them finished next weekend when I get back home.

More to come when I get back....