This is just a quick post while I finish two battle reports. This guy is complete now. I’ll write the colour guide when I’m working on the Mariner and I’ll take some proper photos of the Privateer progress to date too. Owen

Just a quick teaser shot of the Buccaneer. The navy colour is done, as are the flames inside the head. I think I’m going to go with battleship grey on the other plate areas. The metal details will probably be brass and the gears steel, but that may change as I finish painting him. I [...]

Here’s a shot of the work-in-progress for Bosun Grogspar, the lates guy for my Mercenary Privateer force. He’s nearly there, just a little base work to do. He has a really dynamic pose and was thankfully pretty easy to paint. I went with dark Trollkin flesh and orange eyes. The rest of the colours are [...]

This painting project is starting out a little strangely. About 3 months ago I bought 25pts of partially (some almost completely!) painted miniatures from Ugo to start the Privateer army. They included Shae, a bunch of solos and a unit of Sea Dogs. There were also two ‘jacks, but they were only undercoated. What makes [...]