Boatses of the Dwarves!

   ...and we're back! Things have been quiet here on the blog, but rest assured -- at any given time there is always S.M.H.I.T. happening somewhere.

   My delay in posting was caused in no small part by my breaking of the second of my own six rules of painting -- Only paint 10 figures at a time. Full of piss and beans I started five different projects at once, then piled a sixth one on top. I painted solidly for weeks, but had nothing completed. This depressing state of affairs caught up with me, and everything kinda ground to a halt.

   The good news is I pushed everything aside and got back to focusing on one project. And so I present an Iron Dwarf fleet from Spartan Games' Uncharted Seas!

The nigh invulnerable Iron Dwarves!

   This was a gift for a young friend of mine whose enjoyment of miniature games far outstrips his abilities as a painter. I chose to emulate the basic colour scheme of the Iron Dwarves in the 2nd edition rulebook. Again I used Army Painter paints and sprays -- my go-to paint system for all projects these days.

Mortis-class frigates

   I got hooked on Uncharted seas back in 2011 by Jay Griffiths. Having painted a complete set of ships for all the races in Games Workshop's Man 'O War game I really wasn't in the market for a new fantasy naval miniatures game, but Jay's argument was convincing. It went something like this, as I recall...
  
Jay: Hey... wanna try this cool new boat-fight game?

Me: Ummm... Yes!!

Hammer-class cruisers

   My fleet of choice was that of the powerful and ancient Dragon Lords. They usually fair well, but last week I had the chance to try them out against these newly painted dwarves, and it went poorly. As it turns out dwarven ships are harder than Klingon math word problems.

Chisel-class destroyers

   In addition to their heavy armour, dwarf ships pack a heavy wallop of gunfire, and their little frigates sport turrets that allow them to race around the seas firing in any direction. Tough little buggers.

   Oh, and rockets. Did I mention rockets? Rockets. *shudder*

Forge-class battleship and Chainmail-class flagship

   Painting the dwarves for my friend has got me all frothed for boat fighting again. Luckily I have a big fleet already painted, and a pile of additional ships tucked away here somewhere in a box. I foresee lots more boats coming out of the Paint-A-Matron 3000!

Thanks again for visiting!

-Andrew