Gladiator Arena

The Gladiator Arena is ready! Didn't take much preparation other than taking it out of the box! The only thing I have done to it is to remove the two playpeople statues and replace them with the free Hannibal figures I got at Salute 2004. Nice and easy!
The Gladiator figures themselves were also pre-painted eM4 miniatures so all I had to do to them was paint the bases and stick some sand on them :-)

Top Down view of the arena

For Those About To Die We Salute You

Just the right size for 28mm

One of the two Hannibal statues

For Those About To Rock We Salute You!!!

Finished Casualties

Just a quick update to show the finished British casualties. They are now ready to be used in my next failed attack!

Painted casualties

Next up, the Gladiator arena!!

Objective Markers, Casualties and a Gladiator Arena

Well i've just put the finishing touches to some objective markers for Kampfgruppe Normandy. I've used some Skytrex grave markers that I had previously painted. These come with the packs of casualties that they do and i've just based up 3 each for the British and Germans.

Objective Markers

 I'm also in the middle of painting up twenty more British casualties. I've already got twenty painted and have had these ones sat in the 'to do' pile for years but playing Kampfgruppe Normandy has given me the impetus to do the last two packs.

British Casualties

I received my latest project in the post today. I recently purchased the Warhammer Historical Gladiator rules and really like the look of them so I knew I had to get an arena for them to fight in. So I looked on eBay and picked up a Playmobil Roman Gladiator Arena! I know Playmobil is hardly hardcore wargaming stuff but I saw a photo of someone using the arena for 28mm Gladiators and it looked superb. I shall remove the playmobil statues and replace them with a pair of Hannibal figures that I got free from Salute a few years back. All I need then is a few more Gladiators to go with the eM4 ones that I have.

Playmobil Roman Arena

1/72 scale P-38 Lightning for Kampfgruppe Normandy

I've just put the finishing touches to a P38 Lightning for use with the excellent Kampfgruppe Normandy rules. The kit is an Academy 1/72nd P-38J Lightning.

P-38J Lightning

 I know it's not the greatest paint job in the world but frankly I don't care! I aim to get them to a gaming standard and not a display standard. Let's face it, if you are going to be using them on the wargames board they are going to get damaged so there's no point in doing anything too flashy. Besides, if I take too long on each model i'll never get through the mountain of plastic and lead figures that I still have to build and paint!

California Cutie

One P-38 Lightning, ready to terrorise the Wehrmacht!