Sunday, 16 February 2025

Jungle is massive*

*You can Google it up if you like, but trust me it’s really not going to be your bag daddyo.

Anywhoo…Had a few problems with the old noggin just lately but I’ve been “saved” to a very large extent by total immersion in the painting of the following miniatures.

The comments on the paperboys bushes (last post) were supportive but mostly lukewarm, so the Current Mrs Broom sourced me these stands of jungle terrain from Temu. I’ve ordered the same amount again so this jungle will hopefully end up fairly large…if not actually massive. The paperboy stuff was okay but I think this is better. It was ridiculously cheap. 


As you can see the mutineers have acquired a new 9lb cannon which I’ve set against the foliage in order to give a sense of scale.

Also off the painting desk are two more platoons of mutineers (whose bases are yet to be finished) and these lovely ladies who’ll be appearing in a forthcoming freeform narrative campaign. 


From left to right they are: 

Lady Beatrice Weatherby-Blythe, wife of the regional commissioner Sir Charles. She’ll be doing her best to tend to the wounded in the fictitious but soon to be besieged settlement of Jullundpur.

Constance Weatherby-Blythe, eldest daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Beatrice. Constance likes sports, arm wrestling and shooting, oh and sports. Constance is mainly employed in resisting the advances of numerous young officers and politico’s leaving many of them to suspect she is “on the wrong bus”. Did I mention she likes sports?

Lettice Weatherby-Blythe. Youngest daughter of the sahib and memsahib. Lettice likes elephants and rainbows and needlepoint. She’s a crack shot with that pistol by the way, though she’d never hurt a fly.

Mrs Lawford and “the child”. Mrs Lawford is the wife of colonel Lawford - currently away on East India Company business in Simla. The Lawfords live in a bungalow on the edge of town. I’ve yet to make up my mind about the sprog, but I strongly suspect (if TV has taught me anything) that she’ll go missing at the most inopportune moment. lol. 

The miniatures portion of the project is finally nearing completion and soon I’ll be moving more fully on to terrain. Incidentally, the spruegoo I made a while back has now found employment as multiple palm tree bases so it’s not been wasted. As you can sort of see below, there’s a cart, an Elephant called Colin, a Raja, a troop of irregular mutineer cavalry and the last bunch of soldiers left to finish off.


Right… I’m off to a gunfight with the Rejects at Jon’s house tomorrow night so I’d best go and polish my six guns in anticipation.

Toodleooh.


32 comments:

  1. Excellent looking terrain JBM, and I love the five new figures, needless to say 😀

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  2. Knew you’d like the gals Keith, though I hope you note there’s not even a hint of ankle on show!

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  3. Your latest iteration of jungle is an improvement over the v1 Paperboys stuff. Marvelous way to jungle it up! Polish up your six-guns!

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    1. Hi Jon, it is an improvement no doubt, but some of the fun is experimenting with these things - especially when there’s minimal cost in the mistakes you make.

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  4. All really good - well done. I am impressed by the vegetation, and decided to have a look at Temu's website to see what else they have - something went wrong in there, and I haven't been seen since.

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    1. It’s a bloomin rabbit hole is Temu. Once they get their hooks into you there’s no going back.

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  5. The palm trees and bushes look great. You have already created narratives for the miniatures even before they get to the tabletop. Such fun!

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    1. Thanks Peter, I think this is the most enjoyable gaming project I’ve ever done.

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  6. Coming along nicely there Mark. Hopefully see you at the airport Monday evening.

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    1. Cheers Chris, ma valise est pret et mon passeport est done ma poche. A bientôt.

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  7. A very nice jungle JBM. Mrs. Broom is very clever and kind!

    Great set of figures there as well. Will the young man get lost in the jungle - ala Mr Kipling?

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    1. Cheers Ben, the kid is bound to do something ruddy dangerous and put people’s lives at risk in the process. No doubt they’ll be instantly forgiven and treated to hugs and such like afterwards - rather than given the sound thrashing they deserve. TV tropes are alive and well on this blog. lol.

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  8. Good choice on the terrain front, I quite liked the Paperboys stuff but the Temu purchase is better by a fair bit. Your project has gone in at a cracking pace, very quick and very well done.

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    1. Hi Donnie, I still intend to use the paperboys bell tents (which have turned out very nicely) for a makeshift field hospital, so all is not lost.

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  9. Hello JBM, long time no comment :) Sorry to read of your Noggin issues of late and I hope things have eased for you, very bad time of year for Noggins.

    Love the vegetation, looks great!

    All the best,
    Lee.

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    1. Hello Lee, nice to hear from you - I know that you of all people totally get it. I took a leaf out of your book and threw myself into the painting - which has really helped and also increased my turnaround of figures by about 1000%. The black dog hasn’t really struck since arriving in France but having suddenly turned up out of nowhere it seems he bought a pack of his mates along for the ride. On the mend again now thank goodness. Hope you’re keeping well too mucker.

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  10. The plastic jungle is the business Mark…
    The colour isn’t too hideous either…
    Good to see the Ladies getting tooled up and involved 😁

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Yeah it looks better doesn’t it Aly. Couldn’t do without some civvies that can get in a pickle from time to time. Thought I’d ordered a doctor and a dhoolie as well but apparently not. Maybe in the next tranche!

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  11. sorry to be lukewarm all over your paper terrain. the other stuff is better IMO, might need a matte varnish sprayed on. glad the miniatures are almost complete for the project.
    I *did* google it. it is not for me. 😁
    good luck with noggin problems. Those tend to wax and wane.

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    1. Hey no problem, the biggest critic (and the one I was referring to) was her indoors. Jungles not for me either but the blog title was too good to miss ;-). Noggin problems now receding, as you say they tend to wax and wane.

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  12. Very much liking all that jungle (Was more of a Drum'n'Bass fan back in the 90's meself, tho I did club some at Jungle Nights from time to time) foliage. I really need to take a look at Temu - but I'm scared of getting scammed. Again.

    New sculpts are likewise very nifty - ladies with character and backstory, sounds like a blog title.

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    1. Hello Dai, you really should win some sort of prize since you are the only blog follower who apparently didn’t need to google the title - because they already knew what it was all about. Sorry to hear you got scammed by Temu, there’s some right thieving buggers out there. My main problem with their site is that there’s just so much ruddy stuff to look at.

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    2. My chequered past would cause a few raised eyebrows, I'm sure. :)

      Ali Express is the same. There are good deals to be found, but flippin heck, one has to have a LOT of patience in order to hunt them down!

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  13. Good to see that the jungle terrain has more than met you expectations, and of course you get loads of the stuff for next to no money! Nice figures too and glad to see this project is coming along nicely:).

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    1. Thanks Steve, I’ve been a bit held up this week waiting for a can of primer. None to be had out here in the wilds so I’ve had to use the interweb and Robert the postie. Working on a sarissa colonial bungalow today…looks very nice too against the jungle.

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  14. Mrs B is wonderful. That looks marvellous.
    Enjoyed your bios of the ladies in the coming play. (Dai cracked me up with 'ladies with character and backstory').
    I see from Jon's report that half of the cowdies died in the latest shoot out. I could tell who was whom, unless I missed it. Were you amongst the living, victorious, bad guys?!
    Regards, James
    p.s. I was not aware of 'Jungle is Massive' and went against your advice. Wished that I had not. I could only ever take Ali G in small doses 'back in the day'. Bet that you didn't realise that the song was so deep: https://jungleismassive.net—'cept this is referring to a different version...

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    1. Hi James, that will teach you to go against my helpful advice! Ali G: vaguely humorous for 5 mins in about 1990? Wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole ordinarily. Lol. When I’ve mustered sufficient courage I’ll check out your link.
      As to the shoot out I was sadly one of the dead “bad guys” Wild Bill Briscoe, shot in the back through the block house window…then shot again…and again…and again, while unconscious on the ground, by just about everyone that passed by. Not many hobbies where you can get brutally murdered and still have fun while doing it!

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    2. Quick correction…I was one of the Pinkerton “Good” guys! Got a bit mixed up cos I’ve played it several times now.

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    3. Ouch. Those outlaws were really playing to (stereo) type then?!
      The link is not dangerous.

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  15. Yes it is! Like the green plastic, it looks ace! Ladies with guns are great too and who can argue with an ox cart and an elephant, delightful, I'm looking forward to the bungalow!
    Best Iain

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    1. Cheers Iain, I’ve made it my watchword, never to argue with an elephant - especially after that incident at Dudley zoo. Thankfully I was never charged. Bungalow coming along nicely thanks!

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  16. I like the new jungle, it reminds me of my shrubbery, but with more tigers. I’m half expecting to see a Mr Kipling with notebook and tray of cakes ready for tiffin.

    Elenderil

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