PorthMadog Models

I went on the yearly family Christmas trip to a cottage in mid Wales. Which ment even though it was pouring down with rain we visited PorthMadog. A cracking little town with a very nice steam railway, an amazing ice cream shop  (Cadwalers) which my greyhound now loves as they do for ice cream and obviously PorthMadog Models. This is a great model shop owned by a really nice couple.  Packed with models and bits of terrain plus a gigantic display in the centre. This has been missing the last time we want and was told that had been busily painting zulus so i had a fair guess what the display would be this year.

Rorkes Drift

Not 100% finished but it still looks absolutely epic .

Zulus advancing

Zulu command urges the troops on

Zulus stream towards the outpost

The British Army defends it's outpost

The battle makes a cracking centre piece so after admiring this for a while I want to have a mooch through the terrain on offer. Now having Tanks Modern Age I can keep an eye out for 15mm scenery as well as 28mm.  There were a few nice odd little bits but I settled on some Amera Plastics terrain. There were some 15mm house but they didn't really have that modern look I need for Tanks so i chose a 15mm bridge but that could pass as a small 28mm bridge also, a river fork and another curved river section. This should boost my waterfall and 2 water sections allowing a bit more river action in a battlefield. 

Bridge 15mm scale I believe but could pass as a small 28mm bridge (will check it with a tank when I'm home

A river curve

River Fork for variety. Apologies for terrible photo!

Can't wait to get these home and painted up!
So if your near PorthMadog I reccomend popping into PorthMadog Models
6 Bank Pl, Porthmadog LL49 9AA to see the epic display, picking up a new project and meeting the excellent owners!

Boss Miniatures and Gaming in Weymouth.

On me holidays down Dorset and we popped into Weymouth for the carnival. So as a fan of Rift Tech Radio I knew that one of the presenters had started up his own store in Weymouth so it would be rude not to have a look around. Found the store no problem just off the main sea front. Great little shop with a great variety of stock from GW to D&D. Plenty of bolt action and Konflict 47 on the shelves as well. Met Scott the owner who was really friendly and we had a brief chat while I kept an eye on my 3 year old (who was loudly pronouncing some ogres as the bad guys!!) Funds were tight (if you are a regular to this blog you will know that's always the case) but I try and buy something in gaming shops I visit, really wanted the new konflict 47 book Defiance but bit to much for me this time round. So I settled on a Soviet Command blister.

A Soviet Command blister I hear you thinking?  But you have a British force...........
Very true indeed how ever on my Facebook page (quick plug here !) I did a post about how I was lacking in motivation to paint the rest of my zombies and a very kind Paul Shipman offered to send me some different minis to paint. He is sending me some Russians as something completely different to paint. This made me think hmmm maybe I could have a k47 force of
Russians so I can paint horrors too. My friend is letting me use some old Russian dust miniatures as well.  So I can make an engineer squad, a different take on heavy infantry and well gonna have to invent a new light walker to from the Dust mech .

Engineer squad maybe

Different designed Heavy infantry

New light walker (gonna use same stats as Guardian Light walker

Ignore the medic that was used for scale in each picture. 

Fear not I will get the zombies painted once I've restarted my mojo.

Facebook competition Prizes

A while back I entered a face book competition on a page called  the Lucky Orc  . The very kind lady who runs the Lucky Orc makes made to order dice bags (other products on the horizon I believe).
Well back to the competion, was a simple comment and like quiz but hey I won!!! I got 2 dice bags (1 for me and 1 for my son ) !

Theubare great quality and come in a range of colours plus any logos or designs you want can be computerised and sowed on.
If you are after a dice bag give the Lucky Orc a look

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