Welcome

A hearty 'welcome aboard' to CC, the 102nd Follower of the blog; new Followers are always appreciated, and CC is no exception.

If you get your own blog up and running CC, I will link to it so comment if you do.

On the hobby front, I am diversifying a little more as I await the new releases from Pulp City, hence the start of Anima Tactician as a blog. What I will try and do is keep Pulp City related stuff here, Anima Tactics stuff and related tangential influences on Anima Tactician, and more generalised hobby content on Eclectic Gentleman Tabletop Gamer.

My 'Ahem' New Blog

I have been captivated by the Anima Tactics range, and have started yet another blog (Anima Tactician) which can be followed by following this link here.

Fear not, this will not mean Pulp Citizen or Eclectic Gentleman Tabletop Gamer being overlooked, but my acquisition of Anima Tactics minis needed an outlet!

Avengers Fan Trailer!

Avengers/Avengers Assemble is almost upon us, and I have just seen this mash-up fan trailer; soundtrack from the actual trailers, clips from mainly 60's Marvel cartoons and some Nick Fury shots from 90's Marvel cartoons. Loved this!

The creator says this:

"I recreated the Avengers Trailer from February 2012 with animation clips from 1960's Marvel TV cartoons. The only cheat was Nick Fury, but the clips are from his first appearance in an "Iron Man" episode from 1995. I also borrowed a Paramount logo from the same era to fit with the look. Black Widow was a tough find since she was a shadow character and appeared very rarely."

Sgt. Bale Extreme

Two years and two months from my original post about my Sgt. Bale Extreme components and plans, here it is finished.

Click on the pictures to enlarginate.

I would not have finished this now if it was not for the 'miniature exchange' that Varagon arranged and orchestrated on the Pulp City Forum, so big thanks to him for creating a vehicle to get me motivated to paint it. I will definitely sign up for the next one!

I have added a comparison shot with my own Sgt. Bale as this will probably be the only time the two minis will ever be able to be seen together; Sgt. Bale Extreme will soon be winging his way across the Atlantic to its recipient.

I have really enjoyed this process and the deadline was a useful thing for me - I seem to work better with a deadline it seems.

It has been nice to see various Forum members who got involved posting their progress. If you get a chance to sign up for something similar, I heartily recommend it.

When the mini due to head my way is received, expect pictures of that too.

Two years and two months from start to finish? No time at all...

Sgt. Bale Extreme (6)

I think I have finished this. I say think, as I will need to have a second look in daylight in the morning to be sure. It is not yet varnished (which I will leave to dry for at least 24 hours once done), but the primary painting is done I feel, barring any last minute corrections.

Once I have rechecked the mini I will take some proper pictures with my lighting set-up before dispatching it to the USA to Beermonkey who it has been painted for.

This is the first time I have painted a mini for 'someone else', and the deadline for the exchange has been a good thing for me. Nice to finally have this done after sitting waiting painting for so long.

Future Contest And Update

I had mentioned a while ago about running a contest or something to celebrate 100(+) Followers, and I have not forgotten about that, and have been looking into possible prizes. However with Hendybadger (of the excellent Tales of a Tabletop Skirmisher blog) also running a contest or two right now, I may just delay it a bit longer. Fear not, it WILL happen.

Meanwhile I have today and tomorrow to finish my Mini Exchange offering (Sgt. Bale Extreme) so hopefully that will be posted in the next couple of days.

And finally, the picture above has become my current Pulp City Forum avatar, and is certainly a hint of a future concept...

Sgt. Bale Extreme (5)

The latest update.

The deadline is next Sunday, 18th March. This week I have been feeling under the weather so have not achieved as much as I would like, but I made a start on the boots and flames - both need more work to finish.

More painting later today then.