"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it."

Work has been a touch hectic recently but I have managed to plug away at a few bits and pieces.

The town of Ratwater is growing:

And we have a new posse in town.

Again, fab Artizan figures with great faces and oodles of character.

Up next will be some fantasy, I think. I feel the urge to do some more conversions...

There are two kinds of people in this world...

...those who keep up with their blogs and those who don't. It turns out, I'm the latter.

I have managed to keep with with various bits and pieces of building and painting, but family time, results day and then preparing for the new year got in the way of keeping this old thing up to date.

I finished one major project - which I'll blog about this week - but then I've dabbled a bit before starting on something new. Or rather, old.

Here is the start of the new project:

Yes, my return to Ratwater and Old West gaming. These are the Artizan versions of Angel Eyes, Blondie and Tuco from Leone's masterpiece*. They're fabulous sculpts but alas the Lee Van Cleef was marred by a horrible miscast on one side of the face that I simply didn't see until after priming and basing. As long as you don't look too closely, it's fine. Certainly not enough to put me off buying more.

I am actually rather proud of these; they're pretty screen accurate - matching the green/brown of Clint's poncho was a cast iron sod.

I've also treated myself to some more scenery to expand the town of Ratwater so watch out for those in the near future.



*Yes, I know everyone is supposed to think Once Upon a Time In The West is the best; it self evidently isn't and it's my blog, so suck on it.

Back in the Saddle

A proper update with decent photos will come soon but I'm back. 

First day of the summer holidays and first order of business was to finish off some cowboys that had been languishing on the desk:

And then to basecoat and shade the last few hombres:

All Black Scorpion and the chap at the front there bears to much a resemblance to Uncle Jessie from the Dukes of Hazzard for it to be a coincidence, frankly.