Author Topic: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Rust Monster face reveal) (Read 401273 times)

Bloggard · « **Reply #2070 on:** May 11, 2020, 10:21:09 AM »

those ghouls are superbly painted.

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #2071 on:** May 16, 2020, 07:30:52 PM »

Thanks, all!

Quote from: Bloggard on May 11, 2020, 10:21:09 AM

those ghouls are superbly painted.

Just don't look too closely!

In the past few sessions, our D&D party has returned from a southern city to the keep on the borderlands in the north. So no more messing around in ghoul-infested crypts and back to the Caves of Chaos. I thought there was a high chance that they'd raid the bugbear caves this afternoon, so I hastily got these fellows ready this morning. As it was, the players contented themselves with massacring orcs. But these chaps and a few more will be waiting for them tomorrow ...

Grumpy Gnome · « **Reply #2072 on:** May 16, 2020, 07:37:23 PM »

So much epic painting in this thread. Thanks for continuing to share and inspire mate!

Gibby · « **Reply #2073 on:** May 16, 2020, 10:11:54 PM »

Looks like the adventurers are going to have quite the battle on their hands!

Battle Brush Sigur · « **Reply #2074 on:** May 17, 2020, 12:33:45 AM »

Great thread! The number of pages, along with the title, should be a warning to us all who aren't aware of what sort of rabbit hole 28mm fantasy games are.

I picked up on the fact that you also use them in RPG games, but just for SoBH/Sellswords&Spellsligers it would be absolutely normal to get curious about getting into pretty much any fantasy range out there. You display a great mix of figures, and I actually had completely forgotten about Mantic's Naiads. Those look rather useful. Somehow I'm intrigued by deep sea fantasy things.

Really dig your collection of Bugbears and old Citadel Orcs.

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #2075 on:** May 17, 2020, 12:19:51 PM »

Thanks, all!

Here are a couple more reinforcements for the bugbears (who may be in action very shortly ...): a goblin from the same boardgame painted up as a young or female bugbear, and an Essex bugbear painted a couple of years ago but rebased to fit in (kind of ...):

Severian · « **Reply #2076 on:** May 17, 2020, 01:24:30 PM »

A fine crew of bugbears!

The boardgame guys have a distinct Lewis chessmen feel to them; the Essex guy is more Noddy Holder, perhaps... but the shared colour scheme does an excellent job of bringing them all together as a tribe. Grand work as usual.

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #2077 on:** May 23, 2020, 09:20:11 AM »

Thanks! Sadly all slain several times over now ...

Quote from: Severian on May 17, 2020, 01:24:30 PM

The boardgame guys have a distinct Lewis chessmen feel to them; the Essex guy is more Noddy Holder, perhaps... but the shared colour scheme does an excellent job of bringing them all together as a tribe.

Yes - maximum mass in minimum space for the boardgame guys - and yes, indeed, on the Essex fellow!

Here are some old chaos warriors swiftly rebased for D&D. There's no shortage of demand for plate-mailed bandit chiefs, evil clerics and malevolent fighters in old scenarios, so that's what these guys are serving as.

I find these dull, square bases perfect for D&D as they work well with grids and are unobtrusive on both indoor and outdoor terrain. And they open up possibilities for 'square-based' wargames too (MicroHotT, OGAM, Book of War, Oathmark ... maybe even an effort to give the kids a fleeting taste of Warhammer ...). I don't really use grids for movement in D&D, but I do use floorplans and gridded mats, with the grids more important for drawing the rooms than anything else.

Bloggard · « **Reply #2078 on:** May 23, 2020, 10:33:55 AM »

great stuff.

that bugbear is priceless (an Olley I think - one of his naff ones, but somehow good too, lovely character in the face, and your painting has brought that out with a lovely [arthur!] Rackham water-coloury vibe), and you've done a super job on him.

Severian · « **Reply #2079 on:** May 23, 2020, 01:29:43 PM »

Very nice work - the neutral basing sets off the different armour colours very well.

Dr Mathias · « **Reply #2080 on:** May 24, 2020, 07:02:20 AM »

I don't think I've seen that tusked bascinet helm guy before, very cool. Interesting colors too!

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #2081 on:** May 25, 2020, 03:16:38 PM »

Thanks, all!

Quote from: Dr Mathias on May 24, 2020, 07:02:20 AM

I don't think I've seen that tusked bascinet helm guy before, very cool.

He's Nekris Demonblade from the Citadel Warriors of Chaos boxed set:

As we're now 35+ sessions in to our lockdown D&D campaign, I've decided to paint up all the bits of Fantasy Forge scenery that I've got kicking around. These are the first few bits. I've gone for very simple paintjobs with bright colours so that they show up well over Zoom:

Spinal Tap · « **Reply #2082 on:** May 25, 2020, 05:20:44 PM »

I've lurked on here for a while and have managed to go through every single page of this thread.

Amazing and relentless work.

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #2083 on:** May 30, 2020, 01:20:53 PM »

Thanks - and glad you've enjoyed it!

Here are some proudly pantless Essex lizardmen. I think these fellows should work fairly well with the old Grenadier AD&D lizardmen - and they at least explain why those more civilised types are wearing loincloths!

There are pretty crude figures, but they have a certain charm. I went with a deliberately simple paint scheme - just two colours and a wash on the green and no faffing around on paler underbellies.

Severian · « **Reply #2084 on:** May 30, 2020, 03:43:26 PM »

Nicely done. I do like the old Essex range.

Do the bronze weapons mean they'll be doing double duty as dragonewts?

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