Posts made by Grumpy Gnome

• Avatar exotic jungle terrain coming soon from Todd McFarlane

  I am tempted to back for the plants. The ruins do not work for any of my projects but the plants could work nicely. The timing of the Kickstarter could be better though. My current cash flow is a b...

  posted in Death Fields: The Greatest Sport is War!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/29/22, 8:38 AM
• Question for GG, J-Tam, and any other Military. "Nam"

  A similar thread over on Lead Adventure... https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=136810.0

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/29/22, 12:19 AM
• Question for GG, J-Tam, and any other Military. "Nam"

  @JTam  I recall you mentioning your Squad Leader before, different battalion I seem to recall. I was in the Heavy Mortat Platoon, Combat Support Company 4/502nd. If I did know him, his name ha...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/28/22, 2:12 PM
• Amazons!

  I think@Caratacus  just wants to see WGA avoid something like the admitted well made but perhaps contentious sculpting of Brother Vinni.

  posted in First Empires: From the Rise of Akkadia to the Fall of Alexander

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/28/22, 11:59 AM
• Question for GG, J-Tam, and any other Military. "Nam"

    @JTam Ah, you make fair points and jog my memory some. I concur with your observations and recollections. Good shout on the webbing suspenders over instead of under the armor, however that...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/28/22, 11:34 AM
• Question for GG, J-Tam, and any other Military. "Nam"

  US Army supply services can be less uniform than some folks might suspect. In Berlin 88-91 some of my platoon had the latest woodland camo kevla flak jackets but some, like me had the older, softer...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/28/22, 9:27 AM
• Question for GG, J-Tam, and any other Military. "Nam"

  Bear in mind I am not quite old enough to have served in ’Nam.... The minis should work fine if you paint them in Woodland camo for up to mid-80’s in my opinion, for regular Army/Marin...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/28/22, 7:59 AM
• December 2022 Theme

  The wool Monmouth cap on the Warlord ECW sprue makes a fine modern day wool watch cap.

  posted in Atlantic Digital

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/28/22, 7:53 AM
• December 2022 Theme

  @William Redford Same here mate. It is also the way I feel when I browse the Printable Scenery website... and I did not have much luck with the 3d print services Printable Scenery recommended....

  posted in Atlantic Digital

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/27/22, 2:37 PM
• Which Periods of Antiquity do you play?

  I quite enjoyed the Lost Regiment series and did consider a gaming project based on it, with using GW Kroot models for the Tugar.

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/27/22, 12:18 AM
• SAS: Rogue Heroes

  I have not tried it yet as the trailer put me off. Seemed a bit to into pandering to the stereotypes of a contemporary audience.  So I have been waiting to hear what other folks think.

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/26/22, 9:28 AM
• Grumpy Gnome's Quar Project Log

  So who wants to help me get started on my Quar project?   https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138940.0 Also looking to get some Things From the Basement Aeronefs and steam tanks ...

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/26/22, 9:11 AM
• New Brits

  I would suggest these Brits with the sun helmets work for more than just WW1.  Both “Pulp” and “Back of Beyond” gaming for example... https://www.copplestonecastings....

  posted in The Great War: The War to End All Wars 1914-1918

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/26/22, 2:27 AM
• French and Indian War

  You make some excellent points@Pierre Lerdou-Udoy  Ah Napoleon. A military genius and political disappointment. Many Americans know a bit about “Lafayette” from basic American Wa...

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/25/22, 2:17 PM
• French and Indian War

  True@Geoff Maybury... especially in their own language.

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/25/22, 1:27 PM
• French and Indian War

  I still believe the French had a chance but admittedly it would have been a small one. And I do believe that history has shown quality can at times best quantity. That said, battles are usually wo...

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/25/22, 12:14 PM
• Grumpy Gnome's Quar Project Log

  I thought this would be a good place to log my progress with this new project.  https://thegrumpygnome.home.blog/2022/11/25/and-my-mysterious-new-project-is-quitegrimsical-it-is-the-quar/ Fo...

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/25/22, 9:48 AM
• French and Indian War

  @Alessio De Carolis Despite America’s failure to secure Canada, remember militias had stood up to a professional army not that long before... personally I think the Canadian militia play...

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/25/22, 8:40 AM
• French and Indian War

  One of my favorite “What ifs...” is “What If Napoleon had not bent to the sugar plantation owners and reinstated slavery in the French Caribbean Islands?”  Then the arm...

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/24/22, 2:19 PM
• Tiny little Italian tank rumbles onto the field

  @JTam   Nice comparison to the British Bren Carrier mate.

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/24/22, 1:31 PM
• Tiny little Italian tank rumbles onto the field

  At the risk of sounding a bit contentious... tools need to be judged by their application.  There is more utility to these kinds of Tankettes than just comparing them to heavier tanks. Or to s...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/24/22, 12:38 PM
• Never thought I`d say it I want something GW (the irony.)

  I think it is nice to see GW have a few less skulls all over the place and making the weapons a little smaller. Maybe the makers of Nerf guns complained... but whatever the reason, works for me.

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/24/22, 6:12 AM
• French and Indian War

  I think both sculptors are better than me and it is hard for me to say one is definitively better than the other. I would need to paint up both and then try to decide which to keep.

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/23/22, 2:22 PM
• An argument for Ancient Chinese female warrior models….

  Ah, no armor found in the tomb and it is a more modern sculpt? Damn.  I must admit I know more about European arms, armor and military history than I do other regions of the world.  

  posted in First Empires: From the Rise of Akkadia to the Fall of Alexander

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/23/22, 2:14 AM
• An argument for Ancient Chinese female warrior models….

  I do not think that is “boob armor” on the statue in my original post. Merely that her armor style (is that a Chinese form of lamellar?) is loose/flexible enough to follow the shape of ...

  posted in First Empires: From the Rise of Akkadia to the Fall of Alexander

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/22/22, 11:35 PM
• Never thought I`d say it I want something GW (the irony.)

  Yeah I like that.   And this one...   https://www.beastsofwar.com/news/necromunda-gangers-huge-chronos-pattern-ironcrawler/  

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/21/22, 3:24 PM
• Which Periods of Antiquity do you play?

  DEI for me. When I get around to painting my Ancients I fully intend to use DEI assets for as inspiration for the painting. https://divideetimperamod.com/

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/20/22, 4:02 PM
• Damned Lore

  I think the failed habitat part is an interesting touch. 

  posted in Death Fields: The Greatest Sport is War!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/20/22, 12:21 AM
• iron-core and tank2

  @Geoff Maybury I am unaware of those graphic novels, but I have seen “The Great Cola Wars” references in a number of satirical applications.

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/19/22, 5:39 PM
• Sneak Peek: What's Behind the Curtain?

  Monks or cultists of some sort is my guess.

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/18/22, 11:28 PM
• New Brits

  Brief article over on Beasts of War with full sprue shots... I will be curious to see what comments they get over there.   https://www.beastsofwar.com/modern-warfare/wargames-atlantics-28mm-...

  posted in The Great War: The War to End All Wars 1914-1918

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/18/22, 8:00 AM
• Jungle Tracks Austrailian Armor in Vietnam.

  @JTam  You have articulated my own thoughts on the M113 quite well. So basically I would just echo that. 👍

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 11:00 PM
• A List of Various Quar Resource Information Links

  Here are a number of useful links for information on the Quar. If anyone has links they recommend please let me know so I can add them.   - Zombiesmith... Home of the Quar https://zombiesmi...

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 2:28 PM
• Which Periods of Antiquity do you play?

  I have not played Infamy! But have watched it played in numerous videos, read various battle reports as we all as read/watched several reviews. It is not perfect. But I did not get the impression i...

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 12:19 PM
• Which Periods of Antiquity do you play?

  If I was to do Imperial Rome I think I would try Infamy! Infamy! By Toofatlardies. I tend to like their game design concepts.

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 9:52 AM
• Home of the Grumpy Gnome

  My latest update. Not a lot finished but a lot to talk about. https://thegrumpygnome.home.blog/2022/11/17/fear-not-i-am-still-around/ As always feedback is much appreciated.

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 9:50 AM
• Do you make Kitbashed conversions?

  Some good kitbashed conversions on this blog, mixing genres to create his own unique setting. Really great imagination. https://rollaone.com/2019/11/11/border-skirmish-at-hammering-mutants-who-wou...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 2:46 AM
• New Brits

  I know... I thought there would be more excitement about the sprue that was teased. Even Dakkadakka was more quiet about it than I expected.

  posted in The Great War: The War to End All Wars 1914-1918

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 1:28 AM
• Ogres!!!

  I saw the Titan Forge stall at Spiel in Essen the last couple of years. They have a bunch of cool stuff that they have not made available for retail. In particular I was fascinated by a fantasy A...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 1:23 AM
• Which Periods of Antiquity do you play?

  I am not currently playing any of the ancient periods but have interest in all of them to varying degrees.  I currently have quite a few Hellenistic minis, both Greek and Persian but I also ha...

  posted in General Chatter

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/17/22, 1:13 AM
• Prototype Tractors of Joshua Qualtieri

  @Joshua Qualtieri  I would certainly be in the market for a couple of 28mm Kites. They are part of the charm of the world you have created.  And it looks like a bunch of my 1/43 WW2...

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 1:44 PM
• Greetings!

  @Joshua Qualtieri Yes, that is a commonly tragic turn of events it seems. Well, perhaps this forum space may work for you as a back up to Discord and Facebook?

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 1:41 PM
• Quar…. How did I not know about these before?

  @Joshua Qualtieri I like the mix of hats covering their eyes that you have created, very pleased with the heads in caps on the sprue. But hatless heads being available is a great idea as well....

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 1:38 PM
• Quar…. How did I not know about these before?

  I think the Quar are often sculpted with hats obscuring their eyes... which is both good and bad. The good, it makes painting easier. The bad, they lose a bit of personality. It does seem a consist...

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 11:24 AM
• December 2022 Theme

  @Geoff Maybury@JTam  When you two were talking about “The Last Train” I was reminded of the classic post-apoc British TV series... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36mN5kmB3qA&...

  posted in Atlantic Digital

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 9:56 AM
• American Wild West Frontier

  I understand the difference between the popular Hollywood vision of The John Wayne era US Cavalry (ie suspenders and yellow neckerchiefs abound) and the historical reality. And post Civil War the C...

  posted in Imperial Conquests: Battles in the Age of Empires 1815-1914

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 9:47 AM
• Greetings!

  @Joshua Qualtieri What became of the Quar Invasion forum? Did you decide to migrate that forum community to Facebook?

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 6:00 AM
• Prototype Tractors of Joshua Qualtieri

  @Joshua Qualtieri  Do you intend to make aircraft as well as the new tractors for 28mm?  If yo, have you considered airships as well as the smaller aerocraft like the Kite?  Have y...

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 5:58 AM
• Quar…. How did I not know about these before?

  I had intended to use Quar to play Chain of Command by Toofatlardies but having been reading This Quar’s War 1.0 the last couple of days I think I may just switch to that game instead. Perhap...

  posted in Quar!

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/15/22, 5:56 AM
• December 2022 Theme

  All of the themes sound interesting but I voted “heads” to be first as I believe they will be the most universally popular overall.

  posted in Atlantic Digital

  

  Grumpy Gnome
  11/11/22, 1:20 AM