Confessions of a Wargamer

I’m moving blogs

scullmeister — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:20:13 +0000

Hello everyone

A new year means a new outlook and for Scullmeister’s, Confessions of a Wargamer, it means a new look and new blog address.

I’ve been been following a number of blogs on another service and I really like what I have seen, with the set-up, widgets and features. So I have decided to move blogs for 2010 to:

http://scullmeister.blogspot.com/

I hope all my regular readers will add me to their favourites list and I hope to hear from you all soon.

Best

Scullmeister

New Saxons

scullmeister — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:57:43 +0000

Guido got some unarmoured Saxons for me in return for a box of Republican Romans. When he left, he commented that he expected to see a painted miniature finished in 24 hours. Easy to say, but harder to do. Anyway, inbetween looking after my 10month old daughter and other work, I managed to do a quick job on one miniature. Once again I’ve resorted to Army painter, I’ve resigned to the fact that this is the fastest way to get miniatures on the board and I will reserve taking time to paint miniatures, for ones that I really like.

Crusader Miniatures - Saxon

Guido’s Picts

scullmeister — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:01:00 +0000

Guido's Picts

You may remember that some time back I bought some West Wind miniatures for my mate Guido, when I was in the UK. I threatened back then, that I would post the finished, painted miniatures on my blog to let you all see the result.

Well, here they are. I’m sure you will agree that he has done a great job and I reckon they are the best command group in his very big Pict army.

I found motivation!

scullmeister — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:39:27 +0000

Caeserean Centurion

Here is the Centurion I start last week when I couldn’t find the motivation to paint anything. Thanks to everyone who gave me some tips about getting motivated to paint again, your advice was very useful.

The biggest motivator for me was the enjoyment of painting. That’s what I paint for and sometimes having to mass paint, to produce an army, gets in the way of the enjoyment for me. So I will keep looking through the miniatures I have and paint the ones I really want to paint first and enjoy the painting process.

@ Beccas, I agree that if I was gaming more, I would probably be painting more, but that’s not happening at the moment so I’ll just enjoy painting.

Caesarean Centurion (work-in-progress)

scullmeister — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:57:58 +0000

Caesarean Centurion, work-in-progress

OK, I’ve cleared up my workspace and found a miniature I’ve been wanting to paint for ages and there is no other reason to paint it, but to just enjoy painting.

I’ll keep you updated on the progress.

Where’s my motivation?

scullmeister — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:46:33 +0000

I can’t get motivated to paint, anyone got any sure-fire ways to get the paint flowing? I just take some miniatures out, look at them, put them away, get some others out, look at them… hmmmm…

The choices:

Later Saxons
Early Saxons
Celts
Huns
Late WW1 Germans
Imperial Roman

I think I’ve just got too many unpainted miniatures

My first Saxon unit

scullmeister — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:11:17 +0000

My first Saxon unit

OK, it’s taken me ages, but hopefully it has been worth the wait. Here is my first Saxon unit, a unit of 24 Ceorls who are the beginning of my later Saxon army.

Yes I used Army Painter to save on time (family, films etc…) are all taking up most of my waking hours. I am pleased with the result and hopefully I can get onto my next unit soon.

Hope you like them. Oh… the film is coming along quite well, check out the link below.

89 hits

scullmeister — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:34 +0000

89 hits on this blog today. I have no idea how that happened.

Also, I’ve been asked by Wargames Foundry to write an article! Exciting! …..

…..Follow up….

OK, Beccas told me he linked my post comparing Saxons from different manufacturers to a Yahoo group, so that’s how I got so many hits… Final day count of 94!

Go ahead, link me wherever you think my blog will work )

The King

scullmeister — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:09:03 +0000

The King Tiger at Bovington

A Bovington Tiger

scullmeister — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:38:12 +0000

The Tiger at Bovington

Just thought some of you may appreciate this photo!