Monday 15 December 2014

Bits and Pieces


      After another busy week at work that spilled over to the weekend, my hobby time was severely limited but I managed to get some painting and gaming time in.
       First up are a couple of bit of scenery I bought ready painted so I can't really claim the credit for them, but I like them so much I thought I would put them up. They are made my a German company called Ziterdes, and are made from a solid foam so they are really light. I found them in a little old model shop that I stumbled across by accident and liked them so much I had to grab them, all I have had to do to make them table worthy is add a couple of clumps of grass just to blend them in a bit.
 
ziterdes graveyard scenery


     Next up is an actual hobby project. I have wanted a centre point for my planned town scenery and I have been struggling to settle on an idea I really liked, but I was fairly sure I wanted it to involve the gripping beast Alfred the great figure I bought on the spur of the moment at salute a few years back. Then I came across the components section of Fenris games' site and found the base of some kind of magical water fountain and knew I had the basis of my statue. The pillar, however, was just from my bits box and I have no idea where I got it from.
     I'm not sure if its too tall as it towers over everything else I will be putting in the town, but then I suppose that is kind of the point of it. It's obviously not being maintained or looked after so it will suit any period of war I plan to put it in.

Alfred wargame statue fenris games

gripping beast alfred the great saga
 
Thanks for reading


10 comments:

  1. Really cool items ... but I'm afraid to ask what the white stuff is on Alfred's shield :)

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    1. Thanks Roy. Yeah I might have got carried away with the whole statue thing . . .

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    2. Your statue's got me thinking about making one for my own table :))

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    3. That's the best sort of compliment you can get. For me the whole point of a blog is to share ideas, and in some cases, publically show your version of an idea borrowed from someone else.

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  2. Fabulous centrepiece, what a great build Mike.

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    1. Thanks Michael. It's very nearly recycling . . .

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  3. Very nice terrain piece. Many battles shall be fought in its shadows no doubt!

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