One more Warzone figure

 As it is easy to imagine, I've not been very productive in the past couple of weeks.

I got back from Canada on March 3rd and I got sick right after, I was out for a full week with the flu and could not even sit at the painting desk.

The following week I managed to paint a bit and get some stuff finished, so I will be posting more figures in the next weeks.

The WW2 British 8th army is coming along and there will be pics next Monday.

In the meantime I refurbished a Warzone model that my friend Adrian gave me during my Canadian visit.

It is a Warzone Razide from 1st edition that he painted many years ago. It had a few chips and was standing on a small 25mm base, so it was quite unstable. I fixed up a few scratches and rebased it, so it is now consistent with the rest of my collection.

It is not much, but with the Battletech game pictures I posted yesterday should give you enough to look at until next week.

Dark Legion Razide. 28mm, Heartbreaker, painted by Adrian

Battletech big game, part 1

 Yesterday we had the first part of a fairly big game of Battletech.

We had four players for a scenario set during the Clan invasion of 3050. The scenario saw Clan Smoke Jaguar advancing towards Luthien, the Kurita capital.

The Draconis Combine sent out a company to stop, or at least soften up two stars of Omnimechs and Elemental battle armor, trying to inflict the most possible damage.

We played about 4 and a half hours, at a quite relaxed pace and managed 4 turns.

Luckily we could leave the game set and we will be completing it in a couple of weeks.

Here are some pictures to give you an idea of the game:

The terrain was all scratch built by Omar, while the mechs are mostly mine, with some from Gian's collection.

So far the game is going well, the Kuritan force is holding up thanks to the good defensive position it is occupying and, at shorter range the technological advantage of the Clans is offset by the heavier armor of the Inner Sphere mechs.

The scenario awards victory points based on the tonnage of mechs destroyed or cripples, so the Inner Sphere is at a disadvantage there, we will have to see how the game evolves in the second part.

There will be a follow up post in a couple of weeks.

WWII British 8th army infantry, part 1

 This is going to be the last post from Canada, next Monday I'll be travelling back to Italy and I hope to be able to finish something to post for the following one.

The figures in this post are the first I finished from a Perry Miniatures set that my fiancée gave me for Christmas. They will form the infantry of my North Africa 8th army for Bolt Action.

I had previously completed some vehicles, a Matilda II, a Dingo scout Car and before that, a utility car, it was about time to add some infantry.

This army will be used against my Afrika Corps army that I painted back in 2020 and never used since completion.

The first models I completed are some support weapons, the Bren machine gun will be part of an infantry section, the Boys anti tank rifle and the light mortar will be independent teams.

I'm looking forward to work on the remaining 34 models and have the army ready to play.

British 8th army infantry support weapons: Boys anti tank rifle, light mortar and Bren machine gun. 28mm, Perry miniatures, painted by Ginzio

More Byzantines

 This is the second unit of slingers in the army, with them the light troops are done.

I still have another two of these guys, but I can't find them in the stuff I shipped from Canada, they'll bulk up this unit when they reappear.

Next will be some cavalry and mounted characters, but I have to get back to Italy first.

Byzantine slingers. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Historicals from Canada

 Hi all, last week, instead of posting on the blog, I was travelling to Canada to come visit my fiancée.

I will be in Canada until the end of February and I won't be doing any painting here, but I have enough material for 3 posts before I go back.

Today we have some Byzantine heavy mounted archers, old Citadel miniatures, like most of the army. They will form the rear rank of the cataphract unit.

They are a little basic sculpts, but I like their simplicity and ease of painting.

Next will be some more slingers, heavy cavalry and characters, but I still have to unpack some boxes and find more models.

Byzantine heavy mounted archers. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio.

Bretonnian kinghts unit complete

 I finally managed to complete the unit I've been working on (with a lot of distractions) recently.

As seen in the previous posts, it is a unit of "Noblesse d'epée", nobility of the sword, one of the more basic types of knights in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd edition Armies book.

They are a mix of Ral Partha models with a couple of historical crusaders from an unknown manufacturer that I added to bulk up the unit.

Noblesse d'epée. 28mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

The completed unit, ready to charge into combat.

More slow progress

 The unit is slowly coming along, I hope to finish it this week, for now this is one more knight I completed, with the remaining three well on their way to be done.

There is also a partial unit picture.

Noblesse d'epèe, Bretonnian knight. 28mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

Unit of Noblesse d'epèe so far, the last three members of the unit should be completed soon.

Slow progress

 This week I only have a single knight for the unit I posted last week.

There are another 4 on the go, one being painted by my fiancée, the other three I just started, but I was then distracted by other stuff and some real life events.

This one is the standard bearer, same model as one of the previous post, but with an added flag to lead the unit into charges.

Noblesse d'epèe standard bearer, Bretonnian knight. 25mm, unknown manufacturer, painted by Ginzio

New unit on the go

 This week we have a small and late post, I'm working on a new unit, a small cavalry unit made up of old Ral Partha knights with the addition of a couple of extra pieces that I got in a trade, they are crusader like knights of some unknown manufacturers, but they fit with the Ral Partha ones.

The unit will be used in my Warhammer Bretonnian army 3rd edition "Noblesse d'epèe", basic human knights. There are a total of eight models in the unit, but I might be able to add a couple of older Grenadier models that should fit in as well.

These are the first three I completed so far, they are surprisingly long to finish, so I'm taking my time.

Noblesse d'epèe, Bretonnian knights. 25mm, Ral Partha and unknown manufacturer, painted by Ginzio

The last post of 2025

Hello everybody, as usual, on the last day of the year I like to post about the year and tally up how many figures I painted.

I'll start by saying that this was kind of a strange one, after 9 years spent in Canada, I decided to move back to Italy, mostly to help my aging parents.

This meant a move across the Atlantic, an experience I would not wish to anyone.

I moved at the beginning of August, which meant I stopped painting figures of my own few months before that, since it is much easier to move unpainted models, I tried not to add any more to the ones I already had.

So the total of painted miniatures for myself in 2025, is quite a bit lower than that of the last few years.

I painted a lot of stuff for friends before leaving Canada, so that brought the grand total up quite a bit, but as usual, I am more concerned about my own stuff. 

After all these considerations, it is time to get to the numbers:

Things that I painted for myself:

- 28mm fantasy RPG large creatures: 3

- 28mm fantasy Warhammer infantry models: 36

- 28mm fantasy Warhammer mounted models: 3

- 28mm fantasy Warhammer large creatures: 2

- 28mm historical infantry models: 11

- 28mm Sci-fi Warhammer 40,000/Warzone infantry models: 5

- 28mm Sci-fi Warhammer 40,000/Warzone large creatures: 5

- 28mm Sci-fi RPG infantry models: 5

- Epic scale 40,000 infantry stands: 51

- 1/285 Battletech mechs: 12

- 1/285 Battletech vehicles: 3

- 1/72 historical infantry models: 50

- 1/72 WWII vehicles: 2

- 1/72 WWII guns: 2

- 1/35 WWII infantry: 6

- 75mm historical figurines: 1

- various scales terrain pieces: 21

This adds up to a total of 218 models, about half of what I managed last year. Compared to the production of the last few years if is a vary small number, but given the situation I guess it's still decent.

For other people I painted the following models:

- 28mm fantasy RPG infantry models: 69

- 28mm fantasy RPG large creatures: 10

- 28mm fantasy RPG small creatures: 4

- 28mm fantasy RPG mounted models: 3

- 28mm fantasy Warmachines/Hordes infantry models: 6

- 28mm historical infantry models: 42

- 28mm sci-fi/40K large models: 3

- 15mm WWII infantry stands: 6

- 15mm WWII guns: 30

- 15mm WWII tanks: 161 

- no scale Warhammer Man'O'War ships: 6

- 28mm fantasy historical Silver Bayonet infantry: 19

- 1/285 Battletech mechs: 12

This adds up to a total of 371 models, about 15 more than last year.

The grand total for 2025 is then 589 models, roughly 25% less than last year, overall an acceptable loss due to months of inactivity due to the move.

Let's see what 2026 will bring.

A very happy new year to all my readers and I'll see you in January with new posts of painted miniatures.

Cheers!