Kings Sleep

More bits for sale

2012-02-12T15:23:00.000Z

Couple of special bits this time As if the tower was not special I've put up a few more bits including: A GW Imperial Guard backpack (released with 4th ed 40K) A bust of Bugman Bits of scenery and some more figures etc. Same link as before http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/andrewbeasley/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

eBay sale

2012-02-11T20:30:00.000Z

A whole pile of bits up on eBay today Have a look at my eBay list More details can be found on the FOR SALE page By the way - this sale includes the Hawk Men from this old post Other bits are: A Kindle Dogs Panthers in human form (SoBH) GZG Figures Old Crow vehicle TSS Wildwest buildings Forgeworld Tau and Ork bits

Antenocitis Workshop G.O.T. NRF Kabardin in 15mm Part 2

2012-01-22T09:53:00.001Z

Back in the first post here I mentioned I was unsure what guns I had been sent with the Kabardin as they did not match the pictures on Antenocitis site. Within a day, I had been contacted both by blog post and e-mail explaining it was a packing mistake and they would despatch BOTH variations to make up for the error. True to their word, earlier this week a padded envelope came along with the

Antenocitis Workshop G.O.T. NRF Kabardin in 15mm

2012-01-15T13:37:00.001Z

For my first figure purchase this year I decided to buy myself a vehicle to act as an APC rather than have the troops slog across the board and having had a good look around I decided on the Kabardin from Antenocitis 15mm Governance of Technology range. First thing to note was how well the bits came packed – solid use of tape and nothing would slide around. The figure however is blister packed

2 into 1?

2011-12-28T21:58:00.001Z

I've been playing with the two blogs I run on Blogger and moved them to WordPress hosted on my own site. I've done a quick merge to www.kings-sleep.info as a test. Could you let me know your thoughts? Key things for me to know what you think are: 1) Tags / categories - better or worse to find things with? 2) Lack of the 'Follower' option for Blogger folk! 3) Layout needs to be tweaked and

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

2011-12-25T09:46:00.002Z

Peace to All Men

Water Water Everywhere–well river sections

2011-12-17T12:23:00.001Z

At Recon I was struck by the low level of the details on the terrain used in the HOTT games with rivers / woods / rough being denoted with cloth or felt cut outs. Though serving the job very well (esp as troops just move over them) I did feel it let down the game a little given the time spent painting and basing the troops and work done on the strongholds / hills. Wondering around the stands, I

Scatter Terrain–Animals and Sacks

2011-12-04T10:38:00.001Z

I’m still looking to build a farmstead (see notes way way back here) and have been collecting some scatter material for raiding parties to target. At Recon I picked up the last of the animals (having already gotten pigs and chickens) from East Riding Miniatures. These are shown against a Splintered Light Beastlands Faun and left to right are a large boar, sheep and cow: I also have some sacks

Recon 2011–Not a flake of snow in sight

2011-12-03T19:45:00.001Z

Well – some on the odd Critical Mass base. Given the all clear by the weather folks I made a little pilgrimage to Pudsey today to visit the Recon show hosting the HOTT tournament, traders and games. First thing to say is that this is a small but perfectly formed show – two main areas with a couple of side rooms for the HOTT games and the Bring & Buy / traders who did not fit down stairs.

Buggy = no paint

2011-11-06T19:15:00.002Z

Just to let you know I have a bug and every time I try to paint the smell kicks off a coughing fit so it will be a little longer before I get back in the swing of things.

Cargo containers

2011-10-25T19:43:00.001+01:00

I had some spare time today (despite running around after the kids – so much for a holiday) and decided to put aside the 6mm bits for a day (still cannot get the figures as I want them) and paint up some of the containers I have in store: Given that I have had these since June I think I have done very well in getting these completed – only 14 more to be done (and no – I did not forget the AAR

Internet Woes

2011-10-24T11:30:00.002+01:00

I am having a little problem with TalkTalk and moving ISP because of this - no internet for four days except for Blackberry - do you know how hard it is to get this post on?

First colour on the ice board

2011-10-16T20:18:00.001+01:00

Technically the second with white being the first… While waiting for the white to dry I’ve started to add the water colour in the gap. Once dry, I will lighten the colour up for the edges and dry brush with white before adding the crackle gunk on the top. Not sure how I will add the blue in the ice cracks yet – I think it maybe a wash and then dry brush. If you missed the picture on TMP – a new

7TV–A Local day out

2011-10-15T19:07:00.001+01:00

I was lucky enough to go to the 7TV Campaign Day run by Crooked Dice and Ainsty Castings today that was held only a D6 thrown from the Lincolnshire home of resin in the Moot Hall of Holton Le Moor just 20 mins country drive from home. Though not my genre by a long shot (well pistol shot at least) Derek and I said that we would support the day (support your local traders folks) and with the offer

It’s Snowed Again

2011-10-09T10:09:00.001+01:00

The main advantage of using the Woodland Scenics Flex paste is that it sets quickly and you can add a second coat within a few hours: Main problem is that it shows up any dimples or in my case the join in the boards: The correct way would be to build up the thickness of the paste a little bit more and then sand it down (yes – this sands and is flexible) but as I am applying it very thinly I

Starting the Ice Board

2011-10-08T08:38:00.001+01:00

With yesterday being my 50th Birthday I had a little ‘me time’ to potter with my board for the Inuit game as a change from 2mm train ideas and computer bits and pieces so out came the knife and foam boxes. First minor problem was that I could not find the blue foam so ended up using the last of the white sheets I have! This did have one advantage in that they fitted across the cake board base

Got ANOTHER day pass

2011-10-02T10:20:00.001+01:00

Doing really well recently as I got to visit the Derby show yesterday (day 1 of the 2 it is on) and as per last year I found it very good for a little retail therapy. Though I think footfall was down (I could even get to the front of the Bring and Buy without any problem) most people had packed bags and trade seemed to be brisk through the day with people coming in after 2PM when I left to play

Idea for the ice board

2011-09-24T09:25:00.001+01:00

After a wonderful early 50th birthday present (a photo workshop with Joe Cornish and Mark Banks in the North York Moors) I’m back testing a board build. Ice boards are traditionally white – often a plain white sheet is used or white paint over a light blue to give some depth or some times a serious amount of work has gone into a great board and I will say I’ve played a few games on such boards

Partizan–Not for SciFi & Fantasy or is it?

2011-09-04T18:25:00.001+01:00

I’ve been out to Partizan near Newark today with Derek (Tanuki from TMP) and to be honest as this is the ‘main stream’ wargaming show of the venue I did not expect to get much out of it except some basing material and scatter bits to balance the fuel / entrance v.s. postage discussion. A few points first: A few empty tables – more traders missing than games this time An area set aside to eat –

Occu-whats?

2011-09-03T09:25:00.001+01:00

For a long time I have admired (from afar given he is in Australia and I am in the UK) the work of Ben Boersma who hangs around the ‘net as Boromir and Kermit putting inspirational work on his web site along with TMP and LAF. Way back in January, Ben announced the creation of a new web site detailing a series of games he had been working on based around a group of ‘beings’ going by the handle of

Inuit Terrain–Ice samples

2011-08-29T16:13:00.001+01:00

While building up the EVFS game my 15mm figures have taken a rest but are now back with a vengeance starting off with a board for the Inuit hunters from M Y Miniatures that will be a bit of a change as it will be predominantly snow. First up is the base and a few sample rocks: To put you out of your misery trying to work out what the base is I’ll tell you – its a 14” square cake base approx. 3mm

Quickish tidy up

2011-08-19T19:24:00.001+01:00

Looking at the two main blogs I a running I have just realised what a mess my labels/tags are and how hard it must be for others to find things (in one case I have managed to get wooden ships and sci-fi classed as the same things). So over the few weeks I'm going to tidy up the labels and to try to put a few categories in place: e.g.: Period - Fantasy Period - Sci-Fi Scale - 15mm Scale - 25mm

The Scene–components

2011-08-06T09:34:00.001+01:00

Not a lot happening in my worlds of Sci-Fi or fantasy at the moment as I am completing the 2mm game for the SMS show next weekend. Full details of the show can be found on the Angel Barracks site here while my game build is detailed on my 2mmwars blog here Back in June, I posted the painted barrels from The Scene I had in my box and pointed out the poor casts on some of the bits. I was

Free Magazine from Miniature Wargames

2011-07-24T08:17:00.000+01:00

Have a look at this link for two FREE MAGAZINES Turns out the new owners of MW are moving to electronic editions and kindly offering two sample copies for us to try. Not sure about you folks but I have problems balancing a netbook on the knees in the bath though!