Fistful of Lead - Galactic Heroes - Terrain Special Part III

Welcome back fellow Grognards and Young Guard!  Today we venture out of the rocky wastes of Tatooine and into the town space of Mos Eisely.  Quite frankly, the building can serve for any of your western town games as well.

Below are some mounds that I made out of some scrap pink insulation foam board.  Cut to shape, and hot glued together, they are based on some scrap cardboard.  Prior to painting, I coated them in the fluffy light drywall spackle.  This measure is to prevent the foam from being dissolved by the aerosol paint I later used for the base coating.  After base coating these, I worked them up in dark to light browns to add contrast and highlight detail.

 

Next up are some 3D printed buildings I found for cheap on eBay.  The three similar buildings are 28mm, while the larger building is actually to 32mm scale.  While not much of a difference appearance wise, it does create a small issue with larger Legion scale figures fitting in the buildings due to height difference when the roofs are applied.

Somewhere in the future, I will likely buy some 32mm scale buildings to replace these for my Legion scale games and keep these for my smaller 28mm figure games.

Now, to bring all this talk of terrain together, below are some pics bringing in the hills, building and some scatter terrain! (forgot to put in a miniature when I was taking the pics!)

In addition, I just wanted to throw in a bonus miniature.  I am not taking credit for painting this one and I don't actually know who the painter is, but I purchased it online.  The model is outstanding and will serve us well!

Next up, something a little different...It's just a jump to the left....

Game tokens for Fistful of Lead!

So until next time...and a step to the right...and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 213

Fistful of Lead - Galactic Heroes - Scatter Terrain Special Part II

 Welcome Grognards and Young Gun to SCATTER TERRAIN SPECIAL PART II!!

Below are some offerings from Fantasy Flight in the Star Wars Legion offerings.  These are classic features from Tatooine.  Below are some moisture vaporators and control panels.  No water farm would be without them on Tatooine!

Simple yet effective!  Hope you enjoyed them.  Next up, we move to some buildings to get our desert town on the map of Tatooine!  Part III to the terrain special is close at hand.

Until then, make sure you get up on the ridge, and make those repairs before Uncle Owen finds out you've been off at Tosche Station picking up power convertors or they'll be hell to pay!  ...and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 204

Fistful of Heroes - Galactic Heroes - Scatter Terrain Special Part I

 Welcome fellow Wargamers to a special 'Of Dice and Army Men' post, SCATTER TERRAIN SPECIAL PART I!

If you've been following along, last blog I posted a cargo hover speeder truck and mentioned that I had also received numerous extra sci-fi crates along with the vehicle.  They since have been turned into scatter terrain.  Along with these, I also picked up small wooden barrels from the wood craft section at the local Hobby Lobby to double as sci-fi containment barrels.

Mixed with those are supply crates from Fantasy Flight.  See if you can pick them out from the rest.

And, with those (say it isn't so!) I also was able to purchase some Crooked Dice terrain to add to the sci-fi flavor and a little variation.  So, without further fanfare, I present to you part I of my scatter terrain!

Having put these together, I must say, I have a real appreciation of what good scatter terrain can do for you table top.  Not only are they there to break up open areas, provide cover and improve the general look of the table, the also conserve as objectives for scenarios.

Hope you enjoyed the first installment of my terrain efforts.

Next up...some iconic terrain from Mos Eisley!

So load that cargo in the transport and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 190

Fistful of Lead - Galactic Heroes - Imperial Infantry and Vehicles

Good Evening Fellow Grognards and Young Guard!  Tonight is the night where it finally happens!  No, not the demise of humanity!  I finally surpass my 2021 painting total!  TADA!  Hmmm...maybe fireworks next time would be better....

For your viewing pleasure, I submit to you the remainder of my Imperial "footsloggers" Infantry!

All models for this squad are 3D prints.

Of course, with all of those squads, you need some good Imperial Officers and Communications Trooper to coordinate the attacks.  All models below again are 3D prints.

So with that I have tied my 2021 record!  To put this thing over the top, I figured I'd go big!  Below is not one, but two vehicles I intend to use in my Star Wars/ Galactic Heroes games!

First up is a shuttle craft.  The shuttle is a 3D printed offering.  Easy to assemble and paint.  The only change I still need to make to this vehicle is add a small magnet and plate to the rear of the craft to keep the shuttle ramp door closed when desired.

The interior of the shuttle cargo compartment is detailed, showing multiple jump seats, which I have painted up.

 

Following up the shuttle, I was able to pick up a 3D printed hover cargo transport model with a bunch of cargo.  I saved the large piece of cargo for the back of this vehicle while saving the others for scatter terrain.  You'll see more of my scatter terrain soon!

Well, there you have it!  171 models painted this year and more to follow.

NEXT UP...scatter terrain for sci-fi gaming!

Until then, grab your blaster and get ready for that ramp to drop and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 171 

Fistful of Lead - Galactic Heroes - Hoth Project

 

Welcome fellow Grognards and Young Guard to another posting of 'Of Dice and Army Men!'

Today's blog is a little taste of an upcoming project around Star Wars and Hoth!

When Vader was ready to deal with the Rebels on Hoth, who did he turn to?  General Veers, of course!  General Veers was an reliable commander of the Empire and Vader counted on him to crack the nut of the Rebel stronghold on Hoth.  The Assault on Hoth included AT-ATs, AT-STs and Imperial Snowtroopers.

For awhile now, I have been entrenched in building up forces for Galactic Heroes on the planet of Tatooine.  One day, I had the itch to paint the following two models.  I scratched that itch and it gave me a breath of painting fresh air that allowed me to go back and paint some more troops for Tatooine.

The figure below is from Fantasy Flight.  I rebased him and used my acrylic texture base and mixed it with some acrylic white for the snow.  Applying the paste liberally to the base to catch the snow pack effect, I also added some larger gravel for accent.

General Veers....

For the next figure, I had found a 3D print online.  Originally, in Empire Strikes Back, this creature had limited screen time, and mostly as a partial creature.  With the film revisions, this creature got some additional play and full body shots at that.  For my second figure, I present, ...

...the WAMPA!

There you have it, a taste of things to come!  On the deck are some Imperial and Rebel Snowtroopers, Luke, Han and Leia in snow gear and more!

I have a few more figs go to to break my 2021 record.  I hope you will continue with me on this quest!

Until then, GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 160

Fistful of Lead - Galactic Heroes - Rebel Heroes

Welcome Grognards and Young Guard!  So glad you could join me for another posting of 'Of Dice and Army Men'!

As promised, today we go to the light side of the force and bring some Rebel Heroes to the table!

First up is a pair of 3D models I found on line.  They depict two of our Heroes, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, in Stormtrooper armor, as seen in Star Wars A New Hope!  I love these models.  I can see an escape from the Detention Center scenario coming up somewhere down the line!  I have some terrain ideas, so can't wait to get on that project!

 

Next up is a model I found online.  This one was previously painted.  I performed some touch up, rebased the model and gave it a wash.

Our heroes are ready to battle the Empire!

Until next time, May the Force be with you!....and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 158