Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Some more AI

Hi,

Some more pictures made with AI against boredom in hospital. I guess I will have to stay until weekend but things are doing great and the doctors are satisfied with my development.

My mate Franz just brought me some sprues containing Victrix Republican Romans for building some units that I like to use for LionRampant special rules for PunicWars. So maybe next Post will show pictures of this.

Cheers

Mike


I asked for a picture of the church of Leuthen in order to use it for my JohnJenkinsDesigns display of the Battle of Leuthen as a background. The result was a picture of a complete battlefield 
My Sarrissa Ranch
My Tyrolean project
Flying fists in the WildWest.
An Austrian General in the SevenYearsWar (from my wargaming collection).

Irish Regiment Lally in India during the SevenYearsWar (original figures JohnJenkinsDesigns).

German 3rd Seabatallion 1900 during the BoxerRebellion (original figures TeamMiniatures).

Bavarian regiment Minucci during the SevenYearsWar (original figures are my own one - DreispitzMiniatures).

Just asked the program to create a Hospitaller Knight with a suitable background.

The death of General Wolfe at the battle on the plains of Abraham (September 13th, 1759). Original figures JohnJenkinsDesigns.

Teutonic Knights in Livonia (original figures TeamMiniatures).

My Sarrissa-Ranch for DeadMansHand 

Enjoying a good beer in the WildWest.

Hurons fighting in the woods (original figures PerryMiniatures).

Austrian regiment of Nadasdy Hussars (original figures WargamesFoundry).



Sunday, May 10, 2026

Playing with AI

Hi,

it’s really astonishing what AI is able to create. I am in hospital at the moment and had to fight against boredom. So I played around with AI and let it create paintings from some pictures of my wargaming and toysoldiers collection.  

I will have to check how to combine this with the hobby. Maybe creating some unit cards for rulesets?

Cheers 

Mike








Ok - this one went wrong with General Washington in his later uniform of the AWI












Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Toysoldiers - "The last of the Mohicans"

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesigns (with one single figure that does not belong to this manufacturer

Scale:   60mm (1:30)


Hi, 

this is another post about a display I tried to optimize. I have several mounted woodland Indians, two canoes, two wigwams (the greater one is not JohnJenkins), two female prisoners and the three heroes of the novel written by James Fenimore Cooper - Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas. All of these figures don´t really fit to my other displays. So why not combining them into a separate display and call this one "The last of the Mohicans"?

The setup is different to the movie, but it had been the best way to combine all the figures of my collection that had not found use in other displays yet. It shows Major Duncan as a captive in a canoe, while Alice and Cora are already lead to the centre of the village as prisoners. The canoe that transported them is carried next to the women. From the woods Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas are advancing in a hurry. Some Hurons already noticed them. They are shouting and threatening. 

Again the display needs a suitable background. Watching the video (please turn on the tune) you will recognize that the glass in the background worked like a mirror. You can see my daughter and me filming the scene. I had also a closer look and saw that my daughter looks really fascinated at the display,. She said to me "Daddy, this looks very nice!". Maybe I will have the luck to get her in touch with wargaming and toysoldiers some time.:)  (Dream on, you little fool!)

Cheers

Mike


Alice and Cora are lead to the village as prisoners.

Major Duncan is still in a canoe.

The mounted Hurons are watching the captives.

Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas are advancing...

..and are noticed by some Hurons immediately.