Chronicles of Dahara

  Painting Challenge 7 Dec 30-Jan 5 First for the week, a 15mm Gun Carriage for my U. S. forces.  I will base the vehicle and add stowage at some later date. Next are some militia for my Austrian napoleonic.  I have had the figures for so long that Joe had to help me figure out what they were.  I painted them as Prague militia.  This, I think finishes my Austrian contingent for my Napoleonics. Next are some 1/700 aircraft for modern Dahara.  The front two are naval strike aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm.  The 4 engine plane is a transport for the Army Air Corps. These are the last two emplacements that would fit any period that had sand bags.  I will use them for my 15/20/28 mm tabletops.  I think that I have around 10-12 of them. This is the beginning of what will become the 2nd unit of shot for my 1st Pike Block of Thirty Years War figures.  The 8 other figures are on the painting table as I type. and will be done fo...

  PAINTING CHALLENGE 6 Dec 23-Dec 29 Sorry for the delay in getting this post out.  Again, real life has reared its head.  Enough of that, here we go with the weeks progress. In this blurry photo I hope you can see some shote infantry with a commander for the Thirty Years War.  I haven't completed the bases for these, as I am not sure of the rules I will play. Next we have a 1/700 scale heavy transport for Dahara's modern Army Air Corps.  I am almost done with the transport portion of the Corps, and will post a photo of the entire company. These photos show more vehicles for my Cold War period 6mm Micro Armor force.  This force is based on the Infantry/Armor team I served in in Germany.  The top photo shows the Company Commander and the XO's APCs, the 2 2 1/2 ton trucks for the company as well as a Battalion Commanders Command Post Carrier.  The bottom photo shows another M-60A1 tank Platoon, this from the 3/68th Armor. Finally, I have the last of...

Painting Challenge 5 Dec 16-Dec 22 Made good progress last week!  To stay on track, I have to paint 20 items per week.  Last week I got through 52 items.  Although some were very small, they still count! First off is the 2nd Pike Block that I have painted for my Thirty Years War force.  Also shown are figures to a unit of shot.  I think that the figures are from Black Powder, gifted to me by my friend Greg.  The figures were partially painted, so I just completed them in the scheme they were in. Next up are two more emplacements.  Not much to say about them.  I will deck them out with som debris and flock at some point. Here we have 2 World War II U.S. vehicles.  Slowly painting through the vehicles that I got from Bary.  Still have many, many, many foot figures to get through. Next up are 10 M113A1 APC's and 1 M577 Command Post wiggle in 6 mm.  Figures are from GHQ and will be used in Cold War European conflicts as well as my Dahar...

PAINTING CHALLENGE PART 4   Dec 9-Dec 15 As can be seen by the photograph, there was not much progress last week.  Family as well as personal medical problems limited my ability to get much of anything completed. At the top of the photo are 2 armored cars for my US 15mm World War II project.  I have not based them yet, as I haven't decided the appropriate medium to use for the base, . In the middle, are 6mm GHQ Models M60A1 tanks and M113A1 APC's.  These complete the first 2 platoons of a tank heavy combat team based on the infantry platoon that was my first assignment as a 2LT in the 1970's. The lower item is a prepared position that can be used for 28mm forces. Already, I have made more progress this week, so will be back for Part 5 next Monday.

  PAINTING CHALLENGE PART 3 Dec. 2-Dec. 8 Painting progress was all over the place this week.  I had hoped to get more items painted, but a minor medical problem reared its ugly head.  I did manage to meet what I think is the minimum number I need to push out every week. Here We Go! First of all, let me say sorry for the quality of the photos.  Dahara's  official court photographer was on a sabbatical.  Therefore, the alternate McShakey the elder was called in.  He complained that his Hamstring prevented him from holding still, but I'm not sure. Anyway, this first photo is of an Egyptian contingent for The Silver Bayonet.  These figures are from Northstar Miniatures and were painted mainly with Contrast and Speed Paints. This photo shows facilities of Dahara at the present.  These are all 1/700 scale models of several manufactures.  The three buildings represents the Hampton Electrical works.  They produce reactors fo...

PAINTING CHALLENGE PART 2 11/25-11/30  The challenge continues.  In the last post, I forgot to put the statistics for the painting. Here is the catch up: Beginning Count 10,217 September 2024 120 painted October 2024 84 painted November 2024 80 painted TOTAL 9,933 Purchases November 2024 40 new items New Total9,973 Now for the photos from the week. In the background are 5 horses for my Neapolitan Chasseur au Cheval.  I had already painted the command stand and 2 other horses.  I was waiting for lance arms to show up so that I could do them in the 1813 uniform when they were lance armed. In the foreground are 8 French in Egypt figure from the Silver Bayonet range.  Nice figures that are easy to paint using Contrast Paints. Next up are 15 mm Sherman Tanks for my World War II project.  Still have a ton of US armor to do.  The Germans are all set with only minor additions to paint. Lastly we have in the top photo 6mm buildings from GHQ.  With the exce...