Cowboys and gunslingers

I finished these two batches of Dixon cowboys to attempt to sell at cons.  These came out really a lot better than I expected them to, they were easy to paint, except to moustaches, I can never get them right. 

I originally bought about 80 figures and there are about 18 different poses, some of which I only got two of since I thought they weren't very attractive or active poses.  There were a couple of benefits found here, the biggest being the Vallejo Panzer Aces Light Rust paint as a hair color (center front above) and Transparent Red for blood (right front above).  Now if I can just find a decent blond.  I still have more to paint of these but for now I am going to start rebasing my hordes, first up are the Warlord Chinese soldiers.  Then I'll move through the drawers of figures rebasing and organizing the troops as I go.

Small terrain piece

I'm always looking for scale vehicles for modern stuff like Geezers or Zombies,  I found this about six months ago and lost it on the paint table until two weeks ago when I decided to finish it off as a terrain piece or hard cover.  It is probably a 1/43 scale MG? whatever, which came as you see it - no wheels, seats or grill.  It started as a nice deep blue that I just couldn't leave alone.  Just under the drivers side front wheel well you can make out a dark spot on the ground.  It is dark blue, green and black ink drops representing oil spill from the engine.

The car is heavily rusted as well as having oil spots.  Where the front seat is I decided to plant a small dead tree (well you know Zeds are dead), it is a twig heavily painted with glue with Hudson & Allen leaves at the top and under the car.  The doors close but  give better protection open,  Next Geezer or Zed game this will endup behind the garage.
Other figs on the paint table ready for clear spray are 27 Dixon 28mm cowboys for sale at our upcoming cons. I have about 30 more to paint.  I bought these on spec to sell, but now that I have painted them, they are really quite nice figures with some personality and animation is ok. 
Last week a new Joann's fabrics opened and had loads of 50% off coupons that I used to purchase six plastic cabinet sets of six drawers each.  I have since put my cigar boxes (67) of soldiers away in the drawers, leaving five free of the 36. Now I need to rebase the figs (probably over 3,000, I just found a box of 100+ camels and riders for the Sudan) to 1 inch washers and horse bases (oooh that will be expensive as the drawer sets).  Next I need something for vehicles, terrain, and buildings.  Ben already has three or four drawer sets for his figs and probably needs a few more. 
Next time I may photo my early 20th C Chinese Warlord army after I finish rebasing and touching-up their paints.

New Books I just read

Matthew Reilly's Ice Station, Area 7 and Scarecrow are three of the fastest paced action novels I have ever read.  They are centered around a US Marine Recon Capt. nicknamed Scarecrow and takes him and his squad of marines into action that defies my ability to describe it.  The action starts on the first page and does not slow down until the last page. They have been the hardest books to put down that I have ever come across.  Highly recommended.

Blogger sucks

I have been trying to post for weeks and blogger has not allowed me to do much of anything, I am tired of this crap and may be looking for somewhere else to keep my diary of gaming.