Italeri Tiger

Ugh, this is a dreadful model! What is going on with the thin crappy plastic and bad sprue design. I was hopeful that this partnership with Italeri would be awesome,  bringing out the best of both companies in some amazing synergistic symbiosis, but it's just a rehash of old stuff.

When putting this together the parts were weirdly fitting,  there was a strange connection at the front of the hull that resulted in a gap that I had to fill, the track links were a nightmare and there were parts on the sprue that had no instructions or discernible purpose!

I've heard other stories about their scenery line too but I won't go into that now.  Suffice to say I won't be getting anymore Italeri/Warlord models in the future.

It is however pretty damn nice once completed,  I've not heard the opportunity to try it out on the table top yet although I'm sure that it will be a bullet magnet and explode at the first sign of poorly fired, spring launched, shoulder mounted mortar (i.e Piat!).

Mordor Troll

Another model thats been hanging around on my painting table waiting for some love. This is the GW Mordor troll, although its not really!

Its comprised of spare plastic parts and a body and legs cast from plaster of paris - shock horror!

For many old grognards making your own mini's was part of the hobby, plastercast being quite useful as its cheap and easy to use, although not very robust! Anyway with the advent of 3d printers it seems that home grown models are becoming a thing again so maybe we'll see more of this in the not too distant future.

I quite like the MESBG troll models from GW, at least the older ones anyway, some of the newer stuff feels a little too designed rather than sculpted. Don't get me wrong I like some of GW's new models, particularly in the 40k space but the newer MESBG ones don't blend with the older model range very well (in my opinion), not that the initial range was very good to start with!

This guys fits with my other Uruk Hai troll so I may have to tag team them and see how many heroes they can throw around.

Zulu's - not thousands of them!

A bit of a random diversion,  some of the now defunct Wargames Factory plastic Zulus. I think Warlord Games acquired most of their lines,  the Zulu were one of the better ones as they're pretty simple and easy to pose. 

These were easy to paint and went together quite well too. I will do some darkest Africa gaming at some point, eventually as I've got some British Colonial troops somewhere. 

I have another 30 to paint up at some point along with a few Perry Mahdist Ansar so I could run a pretty busy little skirmish game, once I get some kind of gaming mojo going!

Warlord Games SAS Jeep!

A Warlord Games SAS jeep,  resin model with white metal parts. This was a relatively easy build,  not much flash and the parts went together ok,  although the wheels were a bit fiddly! I like the characterful crew,  very dynamic and in theme for the majority of the Brit special forces in there Bolt Action range

The jeep itself is armed with two twin Vickers and a single driver operated Vickers, unfortunately this isn't reflected in the Bolt Action rules for this model. Luckily I'm not that precious in my games and neither are my gaming buddies although in a tournament it might be a different story !!!!

All in all I quite like this model and it makes a nice addition to my slowly growing Para force.