The Badab War project

 As I had announced a long time ago, I decided to slowly paint the remainder of my space marines to represent the various chapters involved in the Badab War.

I am moving through this project on both 40K stuff and Epic, I'm sticking to the background and colour schemes as presented in the Warhammer 40,000 Compendiuim from the Rogue Trader era, that is when I first got interested in this conflict, so it makes sense that the original Gary Chalk representation of the various chapters of Space marines be my guide in the development of the project.

In this post I'm showing what I painted in the past year as part of the loyalist chapters. Since there are only four renegade chapters, and a ton of loyalist ones and I want to have at least a single model of each of the uniform options, it makes sense that the loyalist have the lion's share of the models, but I'll try to get more renegades done as well in the future.

Captain of the Exorcists chapter. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Flamer specialist of the Fire hawks. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Scout squad of the Marines Errant. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Devastator squad of the Novamarines. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Terminator with Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield of the Raptors Legion. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Captain of the Salamanders. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Scout squad of the Sons of Medusa (Desert World Support squad). 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Back from Italy

 I just got back from a quick (way to quick) trip to Italy, I was there for a couple of weeks to see the family and friends I left behind when I moved to Canada.

It was very nice, I ate a lot of pizza and did a bit of tidying up in the pile of stored miniatures, I still had a few primed models left behind from 2016 and I took some with me to paint, but there are more there waiting.

While packing my stuff for the trip, I remembered that I had some 1/72 Hat romans I painted years ago with plain white shields, so I made sure to pack a sheet of decals to fix the problem.

These ate those models

Republican roman triarii with decorated shields. 1/72, Hat industries, painted bv Ginzio

Since I got back I have not painted anything, but I hope to do something this weekend, I am one figure away from being able to post the first part of my new addition to the Badab War project, the loyalist marines I painted in the last year, after those there will be the very very small part of renegades.

As you might have noticed, I decided to drop the double language and just write in English, I feel it doesn't really make any more sense to keep the Italian part, let me know in the comments if you think I should keep it.

DBA Greek hoplites/Opliti Greci per DBA

 The 1/72 painting goes on, this week we have 10 stands of DBA Greek hoplites, 6 Thebans and 4 Spartans, to go with some that IlVJ had painted many years ago, to which I had added sometimes later.

With this stuff I should be able to complete the Theban army, but the Spartans might need few more stands. Since at the moment I am not really playing any DBA, I'm ok with waiting to see if I come across more hoplites by chance.

If I'll manage to complete the Spartans I will then have 3 city states armies: Thebes, Sparta and Athens (an army I painted about 15 years ago), so I will have what little variety I can in hoplites army.

La pittura degli 1/72 prosegue, questa settimana ho 10 basi di opliti greci per DBA, 6 di Tebani e 4 di Spartani, da agguingere a quelli che IlVJ dipinse molti anni fa ed a cui io aggiunso qualcosina un po' piu' di recente.

Con queste truppe riesco a completare un esercito di Tebani, ma gli Spartani hanno ancora bisogno di alcune basi. Siccome al momento non sto realmente giocando a DBA, mi accontento di aspettare e vedere se in futuro incappero' in una manciata di opliti per caso, con cui completare gli Spartani.

Se riusciro' a completare gli spartani, avro' 3 eserciti di Greci: Tebe, Sparta e Atene (un esercito che dipinsi circa 15 anni fa), cosi' da avere quanta piu' varieta' possibile in termini di eserciti di opliti.

Both formations/Entrambe le formazioni

Spartan hoplites, with shields detail/Opliti Spartani, con dettaglio degli scudi. 1/72, Hat Industries and Zvezda, painted by Ginzio

Theban hoplites, with shields detail/Opliti Tebani, con dettaglio degli scudi. 1/72, Hat Industries and Zvezda, painted by Ginzio

Bretonnian duke on dragon/Duca Bretonniano su drago

 This is a Ral Partha dragon model I got in a trade few years ago. It came with no rider, but after a while I got some Ral Partha Anglo-Norman knights and, being from the same period and the same company, they matched the dragon in scale, so it was a very easy matter to stick one in the saddle and make a Bretonnian duke riding a dragon.

The dragon was a riding beast option for Bretonnians in Warhammer 3rd adition, so I was glad to add it to my army, in a few months I should also be able to complete a few cavalry and infantry units made with models from the same age and manufacturer.

Questo e' un drago della Ral Partha che ricevetti in uno scambio qualche anno fa. Il drago era senza cavaliere, ma qualche tempo dopo, sempre in baratto, ricevetti dei cavalieri Anglo-Normanni della stessa marca e dello stesso periodo, quindi fu una semplice operazione mettere uno dei cavalieri sulla sella del drago per fare un duca bretonniano su drago.

Il drago era un'opzione di cavalcatura in Warhammer terza edizione, quindi sono stato felice di aggiungerlo al mio esercito, tra qualche mese dovrei anche riuscire a completare qualche unita' di fanteria e di cavalleria della stessa marca e dello stesso periodo da aggiungere all'esercito.

Bretonnian duke on dragon/Duca bretonniano su drago. 25mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

Battletech terrain pieces/Elementi scenici per Battletech

 These are a trio of terrain pieces I made for Battletech, as it is easy to see, they are deodorant containers I converted to make them look like terraforming pylons.

The idea is to use decals and weathering to make them look like they have been on the planet for a couple of centuries at least and, their job done, are left to rust uselessly.

I tried a sponge chipping technique for the first time, instead of just paint the chipping, I'm not familiar with this technique, but I have to say I'm not super satisfied with the result, but for some quick terrain pieces it's totally fine.

Un tris di elementi scenici che ho fatto per Battletech, com'e' facile notare, sono dei contenitori di deodorante che ho convertito per rappresentare dei piloni di terraformazione.

L'idea e' di usare decalcomanie e invecchiamento per dare loro un aspetto abbandonato, come se, compiuto il loro dovere, siano stati abbandonati ad arrugginire inutilmente.

Ho provato la tecnica della spugna per scrostare per la prima volta, invece che dipingere le scrostature come al solito, non sono pratico di questa tecnica, il risultato non mi ha soddisfatto completamente, ma per dei rapidi elementi scenici va benissimo.

Terraforming pylons with detail inserts/Piloni di terraformazione con inserti di dettaglio. 1/285, converted and painted by Ginzio 

My second Dark ages army finally complete/Il mio secondo esercito dei secoli bui finalmente completo

 Many years after starting it, I finally completed my Picts army, it all started around 2006, when IlVJ was working for GW in Tokyo and, during a visit to Nottingham, we headed over to Wargames Foundry and bought a lot of Anglo-Saxons (IlVJ) and Normans (me).

The following year we bought more dark ages stuff from Old Glory, Irish for IlVJ and Picts for me. I went for the Picts for the fact that they were around, one way or another, for very long, I could use them against Late Romans or Normas, with everything in between.

I painted all my picts with the then revolutionary Devlan Mud, except for the Noble Cavalry, which was left unpainted and in 2009 was joined by a Gripping Beast starter set that our friend John gave me when he come to visit from England (thanks a lot mate).

I now finally (14 years later) got around to complete all the remaining Picts. 

As with the Normans, I call the army complete, but won't be against adding whatever figure I happen to come across in future trades or as payment for painting, I won't just be buying any more.

Molti anni dopo averlo iniziato, ho finalmente completato il mio esercito di Pitti. Avevo cominciato questo progetto nel 2006 quando IlVJ lavorava per la GW a Tokyo e, durante una visita a Nottingham, avevamo fatto visita alla Wargames Foundry e comprato parecchi Anglosassoni (IlVJ) e Normanni (io).

L'anno seguente acquistammo altri pezzi per i secoli bui dalla Old Glory, Irlandesi per IlVJ e Pitti per me. io scelsi i Pitti per il fatto che furono attivi per parecchio tempo e con un esercito di pitti avrei potuto combattere dai Tardo Romani ai Normanni, e tutto quello che ci sta in mezzo.

Al tempo dipinsi i Pitti con l'allora rivoluzionario Devlan Mud, eccetto un'unita' di nobili a cavallo, ai quali, nel 2009, si aggiunse uno starter set della Grippign Beast regalatomi dal nosto amico John quando venne a trovarmi dall'Inghilterra.

Ora, dopo soli 14 anni, sono riuscito a finire tutti i Pitti rimanenti.

Come per i Normanni, considero il progetto completo, ma non sono opposto ad aggiungerre qualunque pezzo appropriato che potrei ottenere tramite scambi o come pagamento per pittura, semplicemente non ne comprero' piu'.

Character models: Bard, warlord, priest and druid/Personaggi: Bardo, generale, prete e druido. 28mm Gripping Beast, painted by Ginzio

Noble cavalry/Cavalleria nobile. 28mm Old Glory, painted by Ginzio

Noble infantry/Fanteria nobile. 28mm Gripping Beast, painted by Ginzio

Soer Chele infantry/Fanteria: Soer Chele. 28mm Gripping Beast, painted by Ginzio

More DBA elements and 1/72 historical miniatures/Altri elementi per DBA e miniature storiche in 1/72

 I recently finished a big commission of WWII Soviet infantry with Quick Shade, so I dipped, at the same time, the few 1/72 models I had ready with a base coat, this slowly moves my huge 1/72 project forward.

I also completed few more Samurai in 1/72, but those are so slow going that it will be quite a while before I'll be able to post the complete project.

Ho recentemente completato una frossa commissione di fanteria Sovietica fatta con il Quick Shade, quindi, allo stesso tempo, ho dippato alcuni altri pezzi storici in 1/72 per portare lentamente avanti l'enorme progetto di finire tutti i pezzi in 1/72 che ho.

Nel mucchio ho anche dippato alcuni Samurai, ma quelli stanno procedendo talmente lentamente che ci vorra' ancora un bel po' prima di vedere il progetto completo.

Republican roman cavalry with general/Cavalleria romana repubblicana con generale. 1/72, Italeri and Zvezda, painted by Ginzio

Early imperial roman infantry. These are leftover Early Imperial roman legionaries I had from my childhood, they were missing their shields (a part from the centurion), so I used some leftover repubblican shields, so I consider them from the transitioning time under Mario when the equipment was slowly upgraded, probably historically incorrect, but at least I saved few models

Legionari del primo impero romani. Questi sono dei pezzi che avevo avanzati da un set di quando ero bambino, avevo perso gli scudi (a parte quello del centurione), quindi ho usato degli scudi repubblicani avanzati, quindi li considero del periodo di transizione sotto Mario quando l'equipaggiamento veniva cambiato, probabilmente storicamente incorretto, ma cosi' ho salvato qualche pezzo.

1/72, Esci with Italeri shields, painted by Ginzio