Jon Grant Miniatures

( R ed  items were completed this month,  purple  items completed in previous months) ←   March                                                                                                   May → At the start of April, I was still lacking a bit of hobby focus, so I continued to paint my Aeronautica Imperialis aircraft. I had two Grot Bommers, which I bought during March. When I finished these two miniatures, I had finally finished painting all the plastic Ork aircraft. The grot bombs were fun to paint (I did not include them as individual models for my model count). How I paint Aeronautica Imperialis - Orks - Blood Axes . While I was finishing my Ork aircraft, I also painted up a couple of  MCP (Marvel Crisis Protocol...

As a kid, I would spend hours planning army lists for Warhammer Fantasy Battle. I particularly loved the Warhammer Armies, 3rd edition book because it contained the lists for all the races in the game. I would never have the money to make most of lists but that was not the point. I loved making army lists. When I picked up the Oathmark book, I turned straight to the army section and started looking at the troops that could be taken and how to build an army. I am hoping this can be my new Warhammer Fantasy Battle ( Oathmark - is this my new fantasy Battle game? ) In the game there are effectively two ways to build an army: choose troops from a single terrain list, or build a kingdom , which allows certain troops to be taken. In theory, you could ignore these rules and just take which ever troops you like to a certain points limit and just have at it. For this article, I am going to look at the two main options.  The single terrain list  In many ways, the Oathmark game has been ...

  When I first started playing miniature games way back in 1989, I started with Warhammer Fantasy Battle: 3rd Edition. I initially tried to make a dwarf army, but the cost of the metal miniatures was more than the young teenage me could manage. I then settled on the Undead because I could get a whole plastic army in a single box! So, for the next six editions of the game I used the Undead. Along the way I also tried lots of other armies most notably the Empire and the Ogre Kingdoms. Eventually, the Old World gave way to the Age of Sigmar. I have collected armies for the Age of Sigmar (AOS), but I miss the blocks of infantry and cavalry that Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) had. Additionally, I have my old armies sitting in their cases in the loft, and at present unlikely to see the light of day again.  Then, the other day I stumbled across Oathmark, a mass-battle fantasy wargame, published by Osprey Games. This game uses the classic fantasy races of Orcs and Goblins, Elves, Dwar...

( R ed  items were completed this month,  purple  items completed in previous months) ← February                                                                                                 April → At the start of March, I still had the Aeldari ground defences, four Imperial  Valkyries and the Tau ground target unpainted. I started the month by painting up some more of my Aeronautica Imperialis miniatures. The first two miniatures I painted were the Aeldari ground defences. These were then eventually followed with the four Imperial Valkyries. During the month, I also bought and built two Grot Bommers, which will become a project for April.  In between painting up my little planes, I finished off my Warhammer Underworlds wa...

( R ed items were completed this month, purple items completed in previous months) ← January                                                                                                     March → On the 1st of February, I bought the Necron aircraft for Aeronautica Imperialis (AI). Instantly, I could not complete the ' Do not buy any new miniatures for a month' . I could, however, complete 'Paint more miniatures in a month than are bought'. To do this I would need to paint at least nine miniatures because I also bought a Bloodmaster, Herald of Khorne as I would like to make my Khorne Daemons into an independent army. At the moment they are a tag-on to my Nurgle Daemon army. At the end of February, I also bought a Feculent Gnarlmaw. This...

    February → I made satisfactory progress with my hobby goals in January. I managed to paint a total of 17 miniatures and bought nothing except a few paints. So, immediately, I was able to tick off 'Paint more miniatures in a month than are bought' and 'Do not buy any new miniatures for a month' . These two items are a major part of my goals for the year. I ultimately want to reduce the amount of unpainted plastic I have.  In January, I focused my painting on  miniatures for Aeronautica Imperialis (AI) and Marvel Crisis Protocol. My first aim was to finish the one remaining miniature I had for the Tau Empire in AI, the Swiftfire Platform. With that complete, I had finished my AI Tau force. After this, I then switched to painting the Imperial Navy. I had some Thunderbolt fighters and a pair of Marauder Destroyers. I want to paint one of my Thunderbolts as an 'ace' pilot. Finally, I had an Ork 'Eavy Bomber left sitting in the box. As I am trying to paint up...

In an effort to compare warbands simply I created a rating system, made up of four categories each rated out of five. The rating are based on the fighters uninspired stats. I used uninspired stats, as this is the state of the warband at the beginning of the game, when all the fighters are still in action. Durability Durability is based on the average Health per fighter combined with the probability of success of the Save roll.  Range Range is the average Range of each fighter's longest ranged weapon.  Damage reliability Damage reliability is based on the average of each fighter's most damaging weapon and the probability of the success of the fighter's attacks.  Speed Speed is the average Move value of the fighters in the warband. Some Examples below: