Sunday, April 5, 2026

Aliens - Part 6 Cpl Ferro

Aliens - Part 6 Cpl Ferro

A splendid sculpt from Gale Force 9, Ferro is a fan favourite and I personally would have liked some more action from her before her demise. 
Again US army green base, the helmet has a little brown added to achieve a more flat drab colour. Again a wash then highlight of the same colour. Boots and sunglasses nato black, sunglasses had a little grey added to highlight. I also tried to add “Fly friendly skies” to the helmet and again an indication of badges. Really happy with the paint job. 

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Matt

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Aliens - part 5 Lt Gorman

 Aliens - Part 5 Lt Gorman 

Another cracking figure from Gale force 9, lovely amount of folds in the tunic. I used Vallejo US army green, normal flesh base, then wash, highlight US army green with a small amount of medium olive drab. NATO black belt and boots. Painting the badges was a little beyond my talents with the look at least of colonial marine badges and flags. Really happy with the results. 

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Cheers
Matt 

Friday, April 3, 2026

Aliens - Part 4 Burke

 Aliens - Part 4 Burke

Burke the company man…. I do wish the original ending had happened as per the script! Another fabulous sculpt and a great little figure. I have tried to achieve the checked shirt, I am fairly happy with it, we shall see if he sees the same end when I play a game soon. 

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Matt 

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Aliens - Part 3 Bishop

 Aliens - Part 3 Bishop 

Next instalment for the Aliens board game is Bishop, both whole and torn apart. Again lovely sculpted figure with good raised detail. Again a simple uniform marine blue, normal flesh colour, wash then highlight. Really happy with the result 

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Matt

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Aliens - Part 2 Ripley

 Aliens - Ripley 

I remember when Alien and Aliens hit the big screen, Alien when I was still at school and then Aliens during my military service, so I identified with the poor colonial marines. The movie aliens was also one of the first video purchases I made.

 I have commenced completing the crew for the Aliens board Game and game extension sets over the last two weeks and have almost completed them, and more Aliens including the queen. First in the line up is Ripley, a fabulous miniature. Normal paint style, base colour, wash then highlights using my normal flesh recipe, clothing is luftwaffe blue, nato black jacket, the joggers possibly were the most difficult otherwise quite a simple figure. Quite happy with my results. 

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Cheers
Matt

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Analogue Painting Challenge final Tally

 Analogue Painting Challenge Final Tally 

The challenge is finally complete, although I was on holidays in Australia I did manage to complete quite a bit. Really happy with my Judge Dredd kit I completed along with LOTR, Napoleonic, ACW and ancients. I did fall short of my goal by 150 points which was the Prussian lancers that were completed this week. 
I will think about another run at the end of the year for the next challenge, back to normal programming as I plan to complete more Napoleonic, Bloodbowl, Aliens crew figures, Wild West and Medieval of over the coming weeks in preparation for the wargames holiday season. 

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Matt