Never Mess with an Irate Gaia

Call her Gaia, Gaea, Terra, or Earth Mother, just don't piss her off.

Born with the origin of the Universe, Gaia, was the primordial mother of the Earth and creation. 

Through her liaisons with various powerful gods, including Ouranos (Uranus), Pontos (Pontus) and Tartarus she birthed many powerful gods, titans, giants, monsters, kings, animals and tribes of mortals. (see "Theoi Greek Mythology" GAEA (Gaia) - Greek Goddess of the Earth (Roman Terra, Tellus) (theoi.com) for a complex list of her offspring)

The Earth Mother can be loving and caring but, NOT TODAY.

Here she is in her anger mode where she is fed up with the stupidities of those who abuse her World

Today she is in her anger mode where she is fed up with the stupidities of those who abuse her World

Looking for the source of her anger she notes a human, "Puny mortal How dare you challenge GAIA!" It looks like another painful experience for Hiktos Nuluk the cursed hoplite.

Gaia is a huge 150mm (6 in) plastic piece from Mystic Battles that I finished today.

Aussies on Patrol

In the dense Jungles of the South Pacific an Aussie patrol csouts ahead of the main body.

A necessary duty made all the more deadly by the expert  jungle fighting skill of their Japenese foes, especially in the early years of the Pacific campaign.

These are plastic pieces I painted earlier this month. And yes, taking a PIAT on a scouting patrol would be a foolish choice for this kind of patrol, but what the heck, anything goes in "Bolt Action' ha... ha... ha.
 

Red Coats on the March

From the War pf the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) to the Seven Years War (1756-1763), the British Red Coats were in almost constant conflit during the first half of the 18th century.

Scottish Higland's, European fields, North American Forests, Plains of India and the far-flung lands of the British Empire all saw the Red Coats shed their blood for the King.

I painted these plastic Red Coats early this month.
 

The Always Reliable Vickers .303 Machine Gun

Since 1912, the .303 Vickers Medium Machine Gun has be the Backbone of support fire for the bloody infantry. Firing up to 500 rounds a minute to ranges beyond 2000 m (2187+ yards) the Vickers was well suited for the battlefields of Europe, Africa and the Pacific.

After stellar service in the Great War, it was no surprise that the beloved weapon continued to confront the Empires enemies in the Second Word War.

As well as the Korean war, and every British conflict between, until its final retirement in 1968.

This Vickers MMG team is all metal, that I built and painted earlier this month.
 

Today's work Table

 A selection of terrain for Crisis Protocol, three hero's for Crisis Protocol- Okoyo, Shuri & Black Panther, three major pieces from Mystic Battles, Hecate in red, Hera with the white wing and the huge, angry Gaia in primer brown,  in back five French soldiers, one 7YW, 4 Napoleonic.

I Am the Giant ENCELADUS!

 Fear my wrath oh you gods and mortals, for I am Enceladus! From my resting place under the volcano of Mt. Etna, I have been planning my revenge.

       For I, Enceladus the giant, son of Gaia and Uranus will destroy you all, 

especially my mortal enemy, Athena. For more on Athena see World Historyprof: Athena-Minerva

        And I will start my war with this insignificant hoplite, Hiktos Nuluk.

Ah, says Hiktos, "the bigger you are the more this is going to hurt..."

                               For more of Hiktos' saga check here:

                               World Historyprof: Brave Hiktos Nuluk

Enceladus is a huge plastic piece from Mystic Battles that I painted earlier this month.

Battle Suits Nippon Style

In jungles or on alien world. a good battle suit can mean the difference between victory or death.

                                      Even forelite  Samuurai  warriors of Imperial Nippon.

Expanding the empire is a dangerous, violent and endless job that theses warriors are willing to give their lives, The Emperor expects nothing less.

These are metal pieces from "Konflikt 47" that I painted earlier this June.
 

January to June 15, '22

 

Domino, the 1st figure of 2022

On this halfway mark of 2022, I decided to list what I have painted so far this year. 1st the basics:

Superheroes/Villains-12 , Mythic Gods & Beasts-6,  AFV's-7,  Infantry-96,   Misc-7 - Total 128 pieces from 20mm to 155mm tall (.79 to 6.1 inches).

Specifics:Superheroes/Villains- Domino, Cable, Lizard, Mongo, Dead Pool, Fela, Valkyrie, Loki, Angela & Thor.

Mystic Gods & Beasts- Hydra, Minos Judge of the Dead, Artemis, Blue Daemon, Apollo, Charybdis, Enceladus & Hecate. 

AFV's- M3 GMC 37mm, Chromwell 75mm, M4 Sherman 75mm, M3 Halftrack, M3 Lee 37 &75 mm, Chi Ha 57mm dug in & Shinhoto 47mm.

Infantry- World War Two, 9 Commonwealth Punjab,4 Australians, 2 British MMG Teams, British Medium Mortar Team, 9 British, 8 Chinese 7 USMC, USMC Medium Mortar Team, USMC MMG, Team, Afrika Korps Medium Mortar Team 6 AVF crew; 5 1905 Russian Sailors; 9  7 YRW French Bresse Rgt, Fantasy Ratling Warp Gatling Team; Steampunk/SciFi 3 Samurai Battle Suits.

Misc.- 6 Wooden Barrels, 1 Polar Bear.

Enceladus, finished last night the Greek hoplite is a 25mm figure for scale. 

 Rest of Junes figures; World War II 6 Chinese, British Mortar Team (4), 3Sihks, 1 British and 1 British Causalty. Mystic Battles Gaia. Crisis Protocol Black Panther. Crisi Protocol Terrain- 1 Building, 1 Stoplight, 2 Trash Bins, Odds and Ends- Giant Chihuahua Dog 177.8 mm (7 inches).  Total figures pained in June 71, 163 for the first half of 2022.

THOR Will Smit YOU!

Smiting his enemies is not an idle boast from Thor the God of Thunder.

The powerful son of Odin, Thor uses his might strength and fearsome hammer Mjollnir to protect the innocent and smash evil ones.

Those who survive his wrath will never forget Thor's quick temper and brutal power.

Thor is a plastic piece from Crisis Protocol that I finished last night.
 

Daemons Here, Daemons There, Daemons Everywhere

Being a 6th class Daemon has it perks, like not getting blamed when the good guys win.

Just don't let a 4th class daemon like Fgh Kll know your fooling around having fun..

oh, oh, guess we're in for it now.

These are plastic pieces I painted in 2015.
 

At Least We Have An Antitank Gun

The Shinhoto was an up gunned version of the Japanese Chi-Ha Medium Tank, even though the Chi-Ha cannon, at 57mm, was 10mm wider than that of the Shinhoto.  The Shinhoto''s gun was a high velocity antitank weapon vs the low 57mm of the Chi Ha's.

Shinhoto's were armed with a high velocity 47mm antitank gun and two 7.7 mm type 97 machine guns. 

The Shinhoto was a desperate attempt by the Japanese to have a tank that could stop Allied armor.

But its weak protection of 33mm (1.3 inches) gave it little chance in a face-to-face meeting with any Allied medium tank.  

The 47mm was most effective vs Allied light tanks like the M-3 Stuart. Yet with less than 940 total units in the Army, the Shinhoto was too little, too few and too late to have much of an influence on the outcome of the Pacific War.

Regardless of its weaknesses, the Japanese tankers consistently showed bravery in every engagement, no matter the odds.

This is a Plastic model I built and painted earlier this month. Check out World Historyprof: Saga of Two Chi-Ha Tanks for more info on how I worked on this tank and its dug in Chi Ha sister.
 

This Weeks Figures

 Left to right Goddess Hecate-Mystic, French 7 Years War Infantry (in back), finished British WWII soldier for scale, Giant Enceladus-Mystic Battles, British 7 Years War Infantry (in back), Norse god Thor-Crisis Protocol.

Charybdis-Ships Doom

A threat to unwary sailors, the sea monster Charybdis, was one of the most fearsome beasts of Greek mythos. As an offspring of Gaia and Poseidon, Charybdis was caught in a quarrel between Poseidon and Zeus. Zeus cursed her, dooming her to becoming a monster that created giant whirlpools tha suck in ships and crews to their doom. Charybdis and fellow sea monster Scylla worked in tandem to make the Straits of Messina a mortal danger to shipping.

 This Charybdis is a large (over 130 mm wide) plastic game piece from Mystic Battles that I painted this week.

When You Can't Move, Dig In

                                                               I see you do you see me?

With poor armor and a low velocity cannon, the Chi-Ha tank was no match for allied medium tanks. A lack of spare parts and fuel added to the problem. A simple solution was to dig in and bury the main body of the tank, therefore reducing it vulnerability to allied firepower.  

 

Saga of Two Chi-Ha Tanks

In the beginning we have two Chi-Ha tanks one a Shinhoto with a 47mm ATG and the outer a dug in basic Chi-Ha with a 57mm low velocity gun.

Primer on both and the dug in pit base built around the Chi Ha 57mm. 3 Sci-Fi Samurai Battle Suits are to the left.

The dug out is now covered in sand terrain and primed as are the battle suits.

Camouflage has been applied to both tanks and the dugout given its first dry brushing

 Overhead shot of the above AFV's. The battel suits are given their first metal dry brushing.

The finished AFV's will be shown on these two locations:

World Historyprof: At Least We Have An Antitank Gun

World Historyprof: When You Can't Move, Dig In