{"id":239,"date":"2011-01-01T12:42:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T12:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=239"},"modified":"2011-01-01T12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T12:42:46","slug":"last-figures-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Last Figures of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

I keep a running log of the figures I paint during the year. \u00a0Because of the six-month deployment and the month prior and following it, my output for 2010 was pretty low. \u00a0These are the last figures I painted in 2010, finished around 0900 on the last day of December.<\/p>\n

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Dark Sword Miniatures Frog Minstrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris and I have been painting Eureka frog and turtle figures for use with G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. \u00a0In early December, Chris discovered these Dark Sword Miniatures figures. \u00a0They are VERY expensive. \u00a0They do not have all the figures you might need to create units of frogs, but they do have some nice personality figures. \u00a0To the right is the Frog minstrel, who will lead my North American frog army to victory over Chris’ south American frogs. \u00a0There are few things more stirring than the sound of the bagpipes leading men (and in this case, frogs) into battle.<\/p>\n

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Dark Sword Miniatures Wizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To help gain and advantage over their foes, my North American frogs have enlisted the aid of the court wizard. \u00a0Note that To Be Continued… by GASLIGHT<\/em><\/strong> includes elementary rules for magic to support witch doctors and other supernatural elements of Saturday afternoon movie serials. \u00a0This wizard is old and grizzled, but I imagine he’ll be able to produce some smoke and light that will cause Chris’ frogs and turtles of scamper away.<\/p>\n

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Dark Sword Miniatures Bishop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m not sure what religion frogs have, but it is surely under less attack than Christianity in the US. \u00a0I have no idea what impact a bishop will have on my frog army, but the figure was too cool not to purchase and paint up. \u00a0If nothing else, he can just be an unattached Main Character and go around beating people with his big stick. \u00a0I’m thinking that he will have a positive impact on the morale of whatever unit he is near. \u00a0On the other hand, perhaps his sermons are so boring that he will actually decrease morale!<\/p>\n

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Dark Sword Miniatures King and Retainer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eureka makes a very nice frog being carried on a sedan chair by four retainers. \u00a0Though all of my frog and turtle games have involved both my figures and Chris’ figures, moving around as much as I do means I must have enough figures to play both sides of any potential game. \u00a0I needed a second king to lead the other side if I have to break my army in two for a game. \u00a0The cape on this figure was separate. \u00a0I really like the flintlock his retainer is carrying.<\/p>\n

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Dark Sword Miniatures Queen and Retainer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last, but not lease, is the queen frog and her retainer. \u00a0I really like the dress with the Queen Elizabeth I looking collar. \u00a0In retrospect, I think the pink dress was meant to be frog skin and should have been painted green. \u00a0I like the pink.<\/p>\n

Buck’s law states that the first time you use new figures in a game they get smucked. \u00a0I can’t wait to put these figures on the table and see how they do.<\/p>\n

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Dismounted Bicycle Lancers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last group I painted consisted of 12 dismounted Napoleonic cavalry. \u00a0Many years ago, Eureka Miniatures released a cavalry unit on penny farthing bicycles. \u00a0They never released the dismounts. \u00a0Dismounted Napoleonic cavalry is very difficult to find. \u00a0This year the freebie at HMGS East Fall In was a sprue of two plastic dismounted cavalry. \u00a0Chris was able to scrape together five of them for me, and an additional sprue came with Miniature Wargames one month. \u00a0Note they are not an exact match for the mounted figures, which have a cuirass. \u00a0I guess they take off the armor for dismounted work because of the weight.<\/p>\n