Ottoman Special Operations Service company list

Finally finished the company list for the Special Operations Service company. It's partly based on the Ottoman company from Heroes, Villains and Fiends, but I wanted to make it better suit the Lead Adventure minis. Some stats taken straight from there while some are slightly changed.

You can download the pdf from here.

On another note I've had some progress in painting and sculpting. My casualty entry is ready sculpting wise and just needs some paint. Nurgle Daemon Prince is also coming along nicely and just needs some finishing touches. I haven't really gotten anything completely painted as I've been doing a few projects at the same time. 6 units of cavalry and 5 artillery batteries with limbers are mostly done and they only need a few details and a wash. I also got started on the rest of my Winter War Finns when I got fed up with 6mm's and now I have two squads and a 5 man ski team from Warlord basecoated and with the first paint layers on their snowsuits.

Painting Challenge Entry 11: Ottoman Special Operations Service

Finally got the Ottoman's finished. Took a lot longer than I expected as they just have ton's of detail and working by painting one colour at a time on all minis didn't really work out as I always noticed that I still need to do something else in that colour on the minis when I had already moved on. And getting carried away watching the Olympics didn't help much either :)

These are really nicely sculpted with a lot of detail and nice touches with varying equipment. I used quite a bit of ink washes on the clothing and backs to speed things up a bit and I think it worked out quite nicely. Nice distraction from the main projects that I have going on.

I'll be posting the Company roster sometime when I have time to finish it up. Loosely based around the Ottoman's from the INHM supplement 'Heroes, Villains & Fiends'.

Leading the company is Colonel Mehmet Pasha. Serving as the Ottoman Military Ambassador in Prussia he saw how effective the Society of Thule and other secret services were in furthering the agendas of their respective governments. After returning to the Sultanate he persuaded the Sultan to let him form a team of Janissaries that were especially trained for special operations. Keeping order in the company is Sergeant Yahya who proved his skills after leading a company in a desperate last stand after all the officers had been killed. He lost his arm in the process, but as thanks for his services he was gifted a mechanical prosthesis crafted by the best engineers in the Ottoman sphere of influence.

Responsible for heavy support in the Company is Corporal Seyit. Famed for his strength this former lumberjack has been known to carry large 240mm gun shells by himself when his weapons ammunition lift broke down during battle. Now he is keeping the enemies of the Ottoman Empire at bay with his grenade launcher. Normally meant for a weapon team of two to three soldiers, Sayit is able to carry the gun into battle by himself freeing the rest of the members for other tasks. Medics in the company don't carry any weapons instead of relying on their surgical knives to deal with any threats on the battlefield as well as with those who have fallen casualty.

The rest of the company are Veteran Janissaries who have survived many battles with the enemies of the Sultan. They have access to the best gear that can be procured and are thus able to outfit themselves for whatever mission needs to be carried out. From automatic rifles to machine guns and and toxic gasses, there is nothing that can stop them from dealing with whatever threatens their beloved Sultan and his Empire.

INHM Company: Gentleman's Club

I finally managed to finish and photograph my Gentleman's Club company for INHM. I really need to get some suitable scenery and take photos of these little guys after that. The light grey background looks a bit dull.

Minis are mostly from West Wind Productions 'Empire of the Dead' range and the minis for Lord Fraser and Miss Ellisworth are from Ratnik. I sculpted the bases from greenstuff. Drybrushed and then some pigment powders added to create variety in the coloring. Looks OK enough, but might still have to add some vegetations sticking through the gaps. Painted with Vallejo paints and GW washes.

 Lord Fraser, the chairman of the local club branch

Miss Ellisworth. Always on Lord Fraser's side, she has way of always getting what she wants with only a smile and small hint.

Jim Corbett is the second in command of the group. An avid hunter and a slightly eccentric explorer.

 Johnny "The Kid". Accepted into the club despite his age thanks to sponsoring by Jim Corbett.

Father Gladstone. Former officer of the empire who hasn't quite managed to get himself comfortable with the quiet life of a priest.

 Arthur is the mysterious member of the company with no one really knowing who he is. Always wearing a mask he is allowed to be as there is no one who can best him in a duel if too many questions get asked.

And finally some regular club members. Still two more of these guys left, but I ran out of bases.

I'm not dead!

...I'm just really damn slow...

It's been a bit over a month since I finally got back home from Turkey and into hobby mode. On the painting side things have been quite quiet, but I've been able to get in quite a few games between all the afterworks, cottage trips and late summer weddings that I've been attending. Hail Caesar, Saga, Warhammer Fantasy, X-Wing and In Her Majestys name have all been on the menu.

In Her Majestys Name is proving to be quite a nice ruleset for a more casual story oriented game. We had a campaign game run through August to hunt for a legendary ruby. Of course my fellas from the Royal British Gentlemens Club had to make sure that the ruby wouldn't fall into the wrong hands, but would instead add even more prestige to the collections of the club. Too bad that I only got images from two of the games.

 

 

The Gentlemen teaching those uncivilized cowboys some manners.

We also played the Battle of Thermopylae using Hail Caesar rules. A very nice game, eventhough my newly painted Hoplites newer really even got into the fight thanks to abysmal command throws.

 A small group of Spartans with their helots holding the pass.

 Captain Ameri... Athens makes his appearance in the traitorous Hoplite regiment

 Greek reinforcements, which started making their way really slowly towards the battle. Apparently they weren't so keen on helping the Spartans.

I also got 4 games of Saga under my belt by taking part in a mini tournament at our gaming club. I won the practice game but lost every single game in the tournament so I think I can come to the conclusion that the game must be very bad :) I need to try some other faction as the Anglo-Saxons that I now used just weren't very resilient as most of the abilities relied on having large units and the loss of some guys really brings down their fighting value.

Now I'll really have to focus on writing stuff here and painting some minis. The hunting season isn't too helpful, but luckily I'm starting my master's thesis soon and that should maybe give me some time for painting as I can work from home and don't have to drive to the office everyday. And we are finally moving to a new apartment! Maybe now I can actually have a dedicated hobby space instead of just a tray that get's moved out of the way everytime the dinner table is used.