Bears Wearing Armor, What's Next?

I recognize the grow of a bear, at least it's not another enchanted monster, thinks our poor cursed hoplite Hiktos Nuluk. I can easily defeat a bear...

ahhh what in Hades is a bear doing wearing armor.  That's cheating!

The bear is the Ragnarök figure Bodva Bjarki, his story is here:

World Historyprof: You Don't Want to Make Me ANGRY!

For the history and rules of Hiktos' curse check here:

World Historyprof: The Continued Adventures of Brave Hiktos Nuluk

For all his encounters chick here:

World Historyprof: Brave Hiktos Nuluk

Clan Leaders Guard

All clan leaders need their own guards, this is no different for Dwarf clans than any other.

Orbb, Morbb, Sheorbb and Bobb are the guards for the great Dwarf leader Norro Biggorbb of the Clan Sonn O'orbb.

As guards they have the best of equipment as well as shields with their own individual designs.

Now off to protect Lord Norro Biggorbb .

These Dwarf Guards are plastic pieces I finished painting last night.

USMC Pacific War Fireteams

 

All Marines are "Riflemen."

Prewar and early war United States Marine Corps doctrine called for four-man fireteams of two riflemen, a Browing Automatic Rifleman (BAR) and a Thompsom Submachinegun armed NCO. 

Here we have three such fireteams/

These are all plastic pieces for Bolt Action that I painted in 2019.

The Mummy Walks

Sleep lightly when the Moon glows bright and the whisper on the wind is in reality the sliding foot falls of the Mummy.  The awakened vengeful spirt of a culture and religion long thought buried in the sands of time.

His power grows with the rising Ra-Horakhty (Morning Sun) on the Nile. 

"All hail Ra-Horakhty the all-powerful."

Now to destroy the unbelievers who have defiled the eternal sleep of the "God's" chosen leaders.

Perhaps YOU are one of the thrice cursed raiders of the tombs of the Pharoah's and their families! The Mummy will reap revenge upon all those involved...

The Mummy is a plastic piece that I painted this week.

These Signs Mean This Land is Ours

In night...

or day, these signs are clear (well it does help if you can read mystic runes on the left one, but the skulls should help express the meaning): "We claim these lands, trespass at your own risk"

These are plastic pieces from Godtear that I painted earlier this month.

Feed Me NOW!

 

After a hard days fighting, raiding fighting looting and more fighting "Bad Moon" Clan leader Hrdthth Bnn Smssh Krrr want to eat meat, lots of meat and he wonts it NOW!

And it's up to this motley crew of gobo cooks to please their master.

If they don't they become Hrdthth Bnn Smssh Krrrafter dinner snacks!

                                             

                                              So, cook fast and well goblins, and live to cook another day

"Well let's taste your food."

With a full belly, Hrdthth Bnn Smssh Krrrafter returns to his nest to relax with his females and rest for tomorrow is another day for fighting, raiding, fighting, looting and of course more fighting.

Hrdthth Bnn Smssh Krrrafter and the gobo cooks are all plastic pieces from Godtear that I painted this year.

Christmas is Nutcracker Season

                          Christmas and Nutcrackers are a staple at our house. So, it's time to ready the largest "Nutcracker/Toy Soldier I have ever made, Sgt. Preston (AKA Rudolf Rasendale II-incognito). 

                                       

In 2017 Therri challenged me to make a six-foot tall nutcracker toy soldier.

I started with some plastic drainpipes and a hollow concrete foundation tube

First coats of paint, it was summer and 100+f (38 c) degrees in the shade.

                                              Now for a nice Victorian mustache.

                                                       Be honest... how do I look?

                                                                    Much better.

                           We are getting there, hat, jacket, pants, even boots.
                                             

                                      Hair, by my chinny, chin, chin and head.

                                             You can never have enough gold bling.

                                                       Just a little tuck here,

                                                          and of course, here.

                                                          Finishing touches.

Sgt. Preston is six feet (1.83 m) tall, not counting his feather. It took less the two weeks to finish him, while his components pieces and decorations cost less $100. He is the commander of our army of Nutcrackers, we have over 400 ranging in size from 12.5mm (1/2 inch) to life size Sgt. Preston.

                                         

See here for some of our Nutcracker collection:

Holidays at Therri & Rick's: The Nutcrackers Christmas

Any Cover is Good Cover in a Firefight

When the battlefield is a hot firefight grab some cover as any cover is better than none. Here are some examples I have made and painted over the years. All but the hogsheads, brick masonry, rooftop, spider holes and bunker complex are scratch builds. Lots more can be found here:

World Historyprof: Game Terrain

           

Nature's own- stone, wood or brush.

Cargo holders like these "Hogsheads."

  Old ruins or new.

Blasted tree trunks.

Shell holes, even in ruins.

    Loopholed walls and barricades.

   Brick masonry is a standard.

Second floors and rooftops.

Old barns.

Trenches behind wire.

Or how about old school wooden stockades.

Then we have more solid, semi-permeant structures of wood, corrugated iron, steel and concrete from spider holes to pill boxes.

         

How about a full-scale concrete and steel bunker complex.

                       

And if worse comes to worst get down as close to the ground as he can and blast away.