(Lead) Mountain Musings - "Wargames Foundry" August 2025

"The Austrian army was one of the largest and best-trained."

Despite enjoying a solid nine or so weeks working my way through my current obsession with super-heroes, I believe I had best spend the next month (once again) focusing upon my startlingly large collection of unpainted 28mm metal Napoleonic figures by "Wargames Foundry" instead. I did have some considerably high hopes for this particular project at the start of the year - with my main goal being to have enough miniatures tabletop ready for a small, modest game of "Black Powder". But sadly this target has largely fallen by the roadside as my hobby interests have subsequently journeyed in a completely different, non-historical direction.

Currently however, I am also playing a fair bit of "The Silver Bayonet" by "Osprey Games", and having fielded a Russian force a fair few times recently, I thought I might attempt to play as the Austrians for a change. This means I need to pigment a number of (standard) infantrymen and an officer (or two) to join my already finished trio of Jaegers - so should resultantly present a fairly achievable target for the coming period.

 "Wolves can manoeuvre through large areas of the battlefield."

Sticking with Joseph A. McCullough's "skirmish wargame of gothic horror" I have also completed a fifth model from the Tribal Nations Wolves boxed set by "Warlord Games" - which I use as Dark Wolves. This 28mm metal example of Canis lupus was primed in "Vallejo" Sombre Grey, shaded using "Citadel" Nuln Oil, and dry-brushed with (more) "Vallejo" Sombre Grey. I then gave the animal's legs, belly, throat and maw a few licks of "Two Thin Coats" White Star, before shading these areas with "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade, and highlighting them back up with (more) White Star by "Two Thin Coats".

To complete the look of the wolf's fur, I later dry-brushed a fairly rough line of "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey along the middle of the figure, and (hopefully) blended the colour in with some additional touch-ups of (even more) "Two Thin Coats" White Star and "Vallejo" Sombre Grey. In addition, I dotted the animal's eyes and nose with some pure "Citadel" Abaddon Black, and traced out its fangs with a combination of White Star by "Two Thin Coats" and "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade.

July 2025 - Both "CoolMiniOrNot" and "Crooked Dice Game Design Studio" prove popular

With one of the most productive months of the year behind me, I'm pretty confident that the next few weeks will see a similarly successful time - especially as I have little intention of setting aside the numerous 40mm sculpts by "CoolMiniOrNot" and "Big Head Chibis" I intend to use for the Marvel Multiverse Role-playing Game (MMRPG) I'm still progressing. This "fun, engaging dive into the world of Marvel Comics" has really helped reinvigorate my enthusiasm for the hobby, and should hopefully cause me to get a few more comic book characters finished in good time.

Furthermore, I've got a few miniatures for games such as "The Horus Heresy" by "Games Workshop", "Pillage" by "Victrix Limited" and "Battlefront Valkyrie" by "Fat Dragon Games" to work on - as well as a load of scenery to boot. So it's not as if I don't have an entirely different genre, if not scale, to move across to if I suddenly find my current interests waning after a few weeks...