For sale Adler 6mm SYW Austrians

I have 4 units of nicely painted Adler SYW Austrians for sale. All four units are 36 figures based 6 to a base for a total of 144 figures. Only one of the units has some flock on the bases as shown below. Im asking $70.00 USD plus shipping. If interested e mail me at willdwyer at aol dot com.

more Baccus 6mm Seven Years War

Just wanted to share a few quick photos of my first few 6mm Baccus Seven Years War units. Im planning to make a home brew ruleset crunching elements of BAR and Warfare in the Age of Reason together. Bases are 5 inches long and give a great linear warfare look. There are 40 infantry and 15 cavalry to a base. My Austrians

and my Prussians

Baccus 6mm Seven Years War

I have been working on some baccus 6mm Seven Years War stuff for a while now. I have a few units done but not flocked. Here is one thats almost done. This is Prussian Grenadier unit IR24/IR34. Im going for a nice long linear look. There are 40 figures per base.

Heroclix repaints part II

Next up for my heroclix repaints are Thor, Loki and Enchantress. The Thor is the classic style which I prefer, is a nice sculpt and wasnt too bad looking the way it was originally.The Enchantress is a nice sculpt but suffers from a poor face. Loki wasnt too bad. Once again these were based on the style of the cartoon Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heros. There seems to be a theme of green and yellow clothes for Asgardian villains. Next up Hawkeye and possibly Superman.

I've really been enjoying a cartoon called Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heros so I decided to pick up some Heroclix of some of my favorite superheros. I didnt originally intend on repainting them but they we just so sad and washed out looking. The cartoon is done is such vivid colors I decided to try to repaint some Here are my first three and Im really pleased with the results.

My Valkeeri fleet

Here is a photo of my completed Valkeeri fleet. I'm pretty happy with how they came out. As a follow up to my original post I will note that in this batch of ships I found only one ship with a slightly miscast horizontal tail fin, which was fixed with some green stuff, and I had to fill two very small air bubble holes, also on tail fins, one on each of the larger resin ships. Not bad in my opinion.



I plan to start my Imperials next, and have just ordered fleets of the two remaining powers, those being the Galacteers and the Zenithians, as well as some of the awesome looking 30MM Valkeeri infantry.

And now for something completely different...

It's been 11 months since I last did anything with this blog. Most of those months I have been in a huge painting and gaming slump.


Just recently I was inspired to pull out my copy of War Rocket by Hydra Miniatures. I had ordered these rules when they were first published last year, but never got around to reading them. I liked the look of the War Rocket miniatures from the start and now all four fleets are fully available. I decided to buy two fleets. I bought a starter fleet for the Valkeeri, (think amazon women from space), and The Imperials, which are akin to the forces of Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon.


My order was dispatched the same day I placed it,( Wow!) and arrived just two days later. I was so impressed when I examined the ships I decided to write this review.


Firstly the ships are crisply detailed with very little flash. The Valkeeri ships are all one piece castings , while the Imperials, with the exception of the class 1 ships require assembly. The smallest ships are cast in metal, while the larger ships are in resin. The larger class 3 and class 4 Imperial ship kits are part metal part resin. What really impresses me about the multipart ships is how thery are designed. The casting is done so the parts assemble with ease and will bond to form very solid joints. If you ever tried to glue old style Star Fleet Battles Gorn ship engines to their hulls you will understand what a nightmare some kits can be. Hydra Miniatures gets an A+ for their planning before casting up these beauties.


Below are some photos of the ships before cleaning, and in the case of the Imperials before assembly to try and show off how the designer broke the models up for casting.

The four classes of Valkeeri ships. The squares are 1 inch.


Here is an Imperial class 1


An Imperial Class 2 showing one as if assembled and one in two components.



An Imperial class 3




and finally an Imperial class 4



I'll post some more photos of the Imperials after I assemble them, but I think I'll start working on painting the Valkeeri first.

I cant recommend these miniatures enough. Great work Hydra Miniatures!