Now I was hoping that with the start of the summer holidays that I would find myself with hour upon hour of precious hobby time, sadly this has proved not to be the case! The ubiquitous 'things to do' list seemed to grow exponentially, not unlike the weeds in our garden, and as the academic year came crashing to an end, I just stopped. Now feeling a little more rested I have started to build a routine that will hopefully allow me to return to Blogging with more vim and vigour.
As I mentioned in my previous post the hobby focus for this summer is to host a game of 'Congo' and with a couple of dates in mind it has been all steam ahead! Now I had thought that I had assembled and prepped all the miniatures required for the scenario that I have in mind, but only the other day I found myself making yet another order to 'North Star Miniatures' for something that I just couldn't live without - it would appear that you can never have enough Ruga Ruga!
Anyway, I digress, but let me assure you, good reader, that miniatures are being painted and jungle is steadily amassing and so to keep up with progress, I thought that I would share these four 'Wargames Foundry' Bearers. Essential to any expedition, Bearers in 'Congo' are a relatively cheap addition to the column and whilst don't add anything to the group's firepower or melee potential they do allow the group to ignore the effect of a movement stress token*, hopefully giving the intrepid explorers an slight advantage as they race to capture the sacred objectives.
*The token still counts as a stress token though.
Wonderful painting - I agree, you can never have enough bearers (and Ruga Ruga). Congo has been on our to do list for TOO long.
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Thank you Frank, really looking forward to the game now.
DeleteGreat work Michael!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bill.
DeleteCongo is a great game, I am working on my fourth column which is Zanzibari.
ReplyDeleteThe bearers can also be used as a casualty instead of a more useful figure. Nice painting on the bearers. I need a few more. The great thing about Congo is the small size of the units and they can interchange between columns.
Thank you Simon, I'm really enjoying finding the miniatures and can already see how some of them can be used in different groups. I now have an Adventures column and Forest Tribes, but do fancy a Zanzibari column, very colourful. By the way Simon, do you have a blog?
DeleteStunning work Michael!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rodger.
DeleteNice work, Michael. I love the Congo rules. Trouble is, between North Star, Foundry and others, there's a heck of a lot of sculpts on my wish list! And that's before I even think paddle steamers...
ReplyDeleteThank you Leo and I know what you mean. I have a paddle steamer waiting in the wings, but would love a Masai tribe!
DeleteOutstanding job Michael, they look superb!
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil.
DeleteI was expecting something ursine....
ReplyDeleteIf you go down to the woods today... :)
DeleteLovely painting!
ReplyDeleteThank you Cyrus.
DeleteThey turned out great! Looking forward to seeing your trip into the Congo!
ReplyDeleteThan you Brian, I have been flat out this week with the scenery.
DeleteIt just wouldn't be an Afrcian style game without beaers now would it ?
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more Joe.
DeleteExcellent. I think these would be valuable additions to any deep African expedition.
ReplyDeleteMy dyslexia miss read the title the first time and it "Beer with me!" That works for me too.
Thank you Clint and I am sure they will be pressed into service for many adventure. Beer sounds good, I'll get them in. ;)
DeleteVery nice skin color and baggage is nicely painted too!
ReplyDeleteLike them a lot!
Thank you so much Nimrod.
DeleteStunning work!
ReplyDeleteSince your announcement in your last post I've been watching a lot of Congo play-throughs at Youtube (especially from Ralph Astley) and I'm seriously considering to start with the game.
Your beautifully painted models are not helping, ... 😁
I shall have to go and have a look at those videos, thank you for the pointer. Sorry about the temptation, but there will be more to see soon. :)
DeleteGreat skin tones on these Michael. Very well done Sir.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Rod.
DeleteLooking forward to feasting my eyes on your summer output.
ReplyDeleteThat is very kind, I hope not to disappoint.
DeleteThought you'd been a bit quiet, Michael. These are splendid and looking forward to the Summer output enormously :-)
ReplyDeleteYes sorry about that, hopefully more regular post from now on.
DeleteThey are gorgeous. What is your black skin recipe? I always struggle with that skin tone.
ReplyDeleteIt will be great to see you blogging more over the summer. And a project based on the Congo feels like a great opportunity for some fun with dinosaurs.
Thank you Mike, as for recipes I have tried a few over the years. More recently I am using the following. I airbrushed the miniatures, there were quite a few, using a base of Vallejo Model Air Burt Umber. I then put on the first highlight with Reaper Master Series Dark Skin, followed by a final highlight of Reaper Master Series Dark Skin highlights.
DeleteNicely done, sir!
ReplyDeleteThank you A.J.
DeleteExcellent work Michael.
ReplyDeleteI loathe the "things to do list"...I try to put "burn the things to do list" up at the top of the list...
Now that's a blindingly good idea Greg.
DeleteLovely job on a lovely set of figs! Really must get some bearers myself!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gordon, loved working on these, but have the North Star ones around here somewhere.
DeletePerfect work sir!
ReplyDeletebest regards
Thank you Michał.
DeleteThey look great.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right about the Northstar Ruga-Ruga I think I might *be* some of those too.
Thank you, mine are in the post, I just gave in again.
DeleteSmashing work Michael as always this looks like it will be stunning once finished.
ReplyDeleteCheers Roger.
Thank you Roger, there is still plenty to do, but we are underway now.
DeleteExcellent work as always Michael! You've certainly gotten the darker flesh tones mastered!
ReplyDeleteThank you Terry, I have tried various approached, but this ones seems to work well for me.
DeleteAs the others have said, fantastic skin on those!
ReplyDeleteThank you Paul.
DeleteBeautiful figures .........I haven't reached the point yet where I have enough of anything 😀
ReplyDeleteThank you Matt and wise words Sir. :)
DeleteAnother over the deep center field home run!
ReplyDeleteThank you, a lovely comment.
DeleteGreat stuff as usual!
ReplyDeleteThank you Cory.
DeleteAbsolutely wonderful work Michael! Really looking forward to see it all come together.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nick, the jungle itself is taking the most time, but I am starting to feel that I am getting somewhere with it now.
DeleteLovely work on the bearers Michael; cracking stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteThose native porters look fab Michael :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Tamsin, I was really pleased myself, but had to stop myself from starting more of them rather than just completing what was needed for the first encounter.
DeleteAs the song says "the jungle is massive". Looking forward to seeing your finished scenery as you 'carry on up the jungle'. You have got a Terry Scott in a loincloth, right?
ReplyDeleteNot got a Terry Scott yet, but I do have a rather splendid Sid James that will be making an appearance. :)
DeleteGreat bearers Michael!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sander.
DeleteBeautifully painted skin tones and they all look even better together. Nice!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I am really hoping that the unit will hope together, so far so good.
DeleteTop job dear sir and you've nailed that skin.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Dan.
DeleteFabulous looking natives; the skin tone is excellent.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dean, that is very kind of you.
DeleteAwesome work! Everything is spot on with these - excellent painting of subtle skin tone, & fine hues & detail on the baggage. Very nice bases too.
ReplyDeleteYour porters look really nice. I played a game of Congo at Historicon a couple of weeks back, and had a lot of fun with it. It's a neat system.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work on those, my friend.
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