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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: DivisMal on April 25, 2018, 06:37:02 PM
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Hi folks,
I haven’t posted anything of my fantasy forces here, yet. So here we go.
The beginning is made by some recently acquired models with lots of character. Some might recognize them. They are bade tempered, have lots of slaves and want to conquer the world.
The models are simply adorable. I haven’t based them yet and must still decide what kind of basing they will get.
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Very cool - I keep meaning to pick some of these up from Etsy. They're quite small aren't they? 15mm-ish to the top of the hats?
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Very cool - I keep meaning to pick some of these up from Etsy. They're quite small aren't they? 15mm-ish to the top of the hats?
Thanks!
About the size: They're actually quite bulky, comparable to the Demonworld dwarfs (maybe even a bit bigger) with large heads! I'll post some comparison shots on the weekend, but they're definitely larger than 15mm to the top of the hats.
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Hi folks, here is a shot quickly taken before breakfast and getting ready to go to a convention about interior house design with my wife (...yeah, yeah, just laugh!).
It shows one of the excellent 15mm Chaos Dwarfs next to a Demonworld elf, dwarf and human wizard. Excellent matches as far as I’m concerned. The Demonworld dwarfs are a little smaller, but since the Chaos Dwarf design is incompatible with anything else, that’s no big deal for me.
I’m really enjoying painting the little beardy bastards and am wondering what I should do with them?
Any ideas? 15mm Kings of War? Warhammer 4th?
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And here are my first units and character. The dwarfs have been joined by more of their brethren and a chaos familiar from the latest KS by Diego/Knightmare Miniatures (awesome miniature!) to lead the bunch into battle.
I love the minis and want to keep them single based if possible, has anyone experience with a good way to put minis based on cent coins on multi-bases?
And where should I go concerning the bases? Yellowish sand?
Ach...and what should I do about the shields. They’re too small for my abilities to paint freehands. Are there good transfers available?
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Inspired by the discussion on oldschoolmfantasy featuring Arthurian knights like in the movies and books of our childhood (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=108946.msg1364071#msg1364071), I started to paint some Demonworld stuff.
Here is a WiP of my first knoght and his magical advisor. Still thinking about names.
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[...] Here is a WiP of my first knoght and his magical advisor. Still thinking about names. [...]
If you don't mind a little bit of silliness you could name the knight Lord Ness, after all his shield allready is emblazoned with a sea monster.
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If you don't mind a little bit of silliness you could name the knight Lord Ness, after all his shield allready is emblazoned with a sea monster.
Well, I’m not averse to a silly joke. Would I paint little dollies, as my significant other likes to cal them, if I was? But is it indeed Lord Ness or just Sir Ness?
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And here is Sir Ness with his finished shield!
And my next knight. Sir Kerunos!
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Sir Ness, finished and based.
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Sir Kerunos, the bloodthirsty.
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And a magical advisor. It is said, he (?) is a demon halfblood!
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A knight from the otherworldly fae. How about naming him Corleth the Fay?
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In my imagination, these characters live in a world very close to the Prince Valiant comics or old romantically blurred images of knights. Part Dark Age reality with Medieval setting and rests of prehistoric fantasy.
Therefore this high elf from Grenadier is noone less than Sir Priamos, one of the knights of Rome...in some versions of the Arthurian epics, Arthur at one point fights Rome in open combat. So, yes it’s silly and anachronistic, but it’s fun and was somehow part of the myth!
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And another Fae/Fey. This one has no name, yet.
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Since we had May 1st, on a Tuesday, I was able to take a day off and have a four day long weekend. Awesome!
And how could you spend the given time better than with some painting. Apart from the knights, I currently have great joy painting my 15mm Chaos Dwarf army. I’ve now got enough for some small units.
Now I just need warmachines and hobgoblins!
First the shot!
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And now the axes!
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And an overview over what I have until now.
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Over the holiday I finished a couple of new knights for my old school pseudo-Arthurian project.
Please have a look:
First comes an evil knight wearing a skull mask-helmet. Either Sir Mordred in young years or a squire to an evil knight.
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A giant from the northern frostlands. It’s actually a 20mm barbarian from a set that was heavily „inspired“ by the Arnold version of Conan. I think he serves pretty well as a bad guy for knights on a quest or an ally for the dark guys who sit at the table round!
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And here is one of the best bad guys in the group. I intend to use him as a Mordred-like. Good guy turned bad (or bad guy camouflaged as a bgood guy)!
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Found some more time to paimt. Here comes the next batch.
Svend, the Troll-King
A trollwife and a young troll or big goblin.
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Loving all these crazy likkal dollies of yours!
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Those Chaos Dwarves are pretty damn cute and those Trolls are great.
8) 8)
Oh, and I reckon that Magic User fella is just shy, that is all.
;)
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Cool looking figures and paint jobs. Really liking the Chaos Dwarves they have that right amount of nostalgia.
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Loving all these crazy likkal dollies of yours!
:-*
Those Chaos Dwarves are pretty damn cute and those Trolls are great.
8) 8)
Oh, and I reckon that Magic User fella is just shy, that is all.
;)
Thank you, sir!
The magic fellow is actually a chaos familiar, I still am not 100% satisfied with his backside, where he sports a demonic tail! The chaos dwarfs are a real joy, I cannot praise them too much. Not very dynamic but perfectly capturing the spirit of those grumpy 4th Edition Warhammer big hat guys.
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Cool looking figures and paint jobs. Really liking the Chaos Dwarves they have that right amount of nostalgia.
Thanks for the praise. As said before the chaos dwarfs are also one if my favorites. I have just received another batch and do plan to build a whole army for Minihammer with them.
They are sold via etsy.
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Finished another three.
This time its two versions of a lady in a red cloak. Would she make a good Morgana the Fay? And she is accompanied by no other than the devil himself - mischievous little brat that he is!
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Another knight of the table round finished! I really enjoy the setting and am currently very much absorbed by Lyonesse and Arthurian legend!
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Great stuff - that last knight in particular!
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Sir Grum the Paunch.
He is rumored to have Dwarven blood in his line. But be careful, not to say that into his face! :-X
Ah...and maybe you should also be careful to mention his constitution...he is rather proud to have lost weight and quick to anger! ::)
An old Demonworld miniature. Again, I’m amazed how much character these old miniatures have. Amazing.
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Great stuff - that last knight in particular!
Thanks. I’ve recently been bitten by the Arthurian legend-bug and bery much enjoy painting stuff that reminds me about all those books and movies I enjoyed as a kid.
High medieval romance and knoghts in an Iron Age/Post Roman world. The idea is to play Song of Arthur and Merlin with it!
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For my 1000th post in this lovely forum, I have chosen another model from my current pseudo-Arthurian painting spree.
This model will represent Arthur himself as a grown man. Sadly, I had an accident with the superglue when I based him, and destroyed the paint on one foot. The repair is sub-par, and I will need to work again on him.
Anyway: Where can I get a suitable Lady and court for him?
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An orcish knight. Will he prove brutal, yet valorous and thereby earn his place at the table round? Or rather join Mordred and his renegades?
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Another orcish knight. This one is certainly poorer and has less elaborate armor. Yet, he swings a mighty broadsword, called Cleaver, forged by Saxons. Will the King aloow him to join on a quest?
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Nice work! I particularly like the orc knight with the inscribed sword. That's a great skin tone!
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Nice work! I particularly like the orc knight with the inscribed sword. That's a great skin tone!
Thanks! It's a relatively harsh highlighting up to a very light whithish-green in just three steps that's then toned down with washes.
What really amazes me, how many flaws become visible once you photograph your minis and show them here. I guess the rune-sword is in need for some improvement of the runes, while the eyes of the lower orc were not as well on target as I had hope... o_o
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[...] Anyway: Where can I get a suitable Lady and court for him?
Maybe stick with the old Demonworld minis? I think the one you have chosen for Arthur is one of them as well.
The Empire range (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/demonworld-15mm-c-76/demonworld-classic-c-76_151/the-empire-c-76_151_80/) deos feature some knights.
Ral Partha is selling single minis as well as the bigger packs, depending on paintjob (and with a little carefull cutting and filing if you don't like the sword) this might work as Mrs. Arthur (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/barbarians-c-195_198/di535f-barbarian-princess-p-3917.html). Or maybe the one on the right (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/demonworld-15mm-c-76/demonworld-classic-c-76_151/the-icelords-of-isthak-c-76_151_84/4217a-ice-witch-temple-guards-10-p-3620.html) with a greenstuffed skirt? Essex have some mounted ladies (https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/collections/15mm-medieval-feudal-early-medieval-1/products/mid68d-command-king-general-two-mounted-ladies-1300-1360ad) in their feudal & early medieval range, as well as (unsurprisingly) some knights- no idea how well they do scale with other ranges though.
For Morgana/ Morgain/ whatever some of the Ice Witches could work: 1 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/ice-witches-c-195_225/di226b-war-witch-p-4460.html), 2 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/ice-witches-c-195_225/di228a-witch-queen-wrunesword-p-4461.html), 3 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/ice-witches-c-195_225/di228b-high-priestess-p-4462.html).
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Maybe stick with the old Demonworld minis? I think the one you have chosen for Arthur is one of them as well.
The Empire range (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/demonworld-15mm-c-76/demonworld-classic-c-76_151/the-empire-c-76_151_80/) deos feature some knights.
Ral Partha is selling single minis as well as the bigger packs, depending on paintjob (and with a little carefull cutting and filing if you don't like the sword) this might work as Mrs. Arthur (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/barbarians-c-195_198/di535f-barbarian-princess-p-3917.html). Or maybe the one on the right (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/demonworld-15mm-c-76/demonworld-classic-c-76_151/the-icelords-of-isthak-c-76_151_84/4217a-ice-witch-temple-guards-10-p-3620.html) with a greenstuffed skirt? Essex have some mounted ladies (https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/collections/15mm-medieval-feudal-early-medieval-1/products/mid68d-command-king-general-two-mounted-ladies-1300-1360ad) in their feudal & early medieval range, as well as (unsurprisingly) some knights- no idea how well they do scale with other ranges though.
For Morgana/ Morgain/ whatever some of the Ice Witches could work: 1 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/ice-witches-c-195_225/di226b-war-witch-p-4460.html), 2 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/ice-witches-c-195_225/di228a-witch-queen-wrunesword-p-4461.html), 3 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/fantasy-15mm-singles-c-195/ice-witches-c-195_225/di228b-high-priestess-p-4462.html).
Many, many thanks. Those links are excellent! I thought I knew the Demonworld range quite well, but I am again amazed just how good and extensive it is even though it’s one of the older lines!
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A follower of the evil Lord Doomdark!
Again a magnificent Demonworld miniature painted for my pseudo-Arthurian (i.e. kitschy Romance/Fantasy with knights) projects.
Also finished the next bunch of chaos dwarfs, but need to take pictures.
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A young Saxon warrior, noble, proud and savage. I plan to use Demonworld Thain as Saxons and Celts for a truly Arthurian feeling of high medieval knights in an Iron Age/Dark Age world!
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The Devil! Himself!!! lol lol
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Evil.
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Evil.
He DEFINITELY is!!! lol
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Another addition. A goblin sidekick armed to the teeth!
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The Greene Knight!
I used an old 25mm Chaos Knight to make him much larger than life. Even though the actual model does not resemble the painting that inspired me at all,the enormous size of the knight of this John Howe work was always in my head... http://theoddmentemporium.tumblr.com/post/21645666420/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-by-john-howe
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A gray wanderer, some say he is the keeper of the secret flame of Arnor!
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...and an unknown lord from Eire, methinks, loyal to Arthur but also wordbound to his kinsmen!
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Ulfric, a Saxon Lord. My most recent achievement is again one of the magnificent Copplestone Northerners.
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I loved the wizardry series of rpgs as a kid and here is the closest I found to a 15mm mook. It’s actually a mutated goblin from the citadel preslotta times.
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Good to see that old chaos goblin - one of the best ranges Citadel ever did, I reckon. Nice work on him!
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Good to see that old chaos goblin - one of the best ranges Citadel ever did, I reckon. Nice work on him!
Thank you! Those Chaos Goblins are indeed some of the best minis GW ever made, and it’s such a shame that they never got continued.
Here are some more exploits of a week where it was far too hot to do anything else than sitting in beergardens and painting minis!
An old mini from an unknown manufacturer. He makes a brilliant beastie. Reminded me of MOTU Beastman and therefore I went for yellowish-orange colors.
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And a scale shot of the Greene Knight approached by an orcish knight.
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Here are some minis I have already shown, but this picture is slightly better.
A spear-armed warrior of the Fae and an axe-armed warrior. I originally had something like a knight from Rome (in an anachronistic sense like in many King Arthur stories) in mind, but now I am vry much seeing a certain resemblance to the Avatar from Ultima VI - one of my all time favorite computer games.
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The Green Knight works really well! I couldn't quite see how he would until you posted that scale shot, but he looks terrific.
The beastie is Citadel's Man-Beast, from this range (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fantasy_Adventurers_%28Citadel%29). I also have him based up for 15mm, though I've yet to paint him.
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Here are some minis I have already shown, but this picture is slightly better.
A spear-armed warrior of the Fae and an axe-armed warrior. I originally had something like a knight from Rome (in an anachronistic sense like in many King Arthur stories) in mind, but now I am vry much seeing a certain resemblance to the Avatar from Ultima VI - one of my all time favorite computer games.
Hmmm...the picture doesn’t want to be attached to the post it belongs to...well here are the promised models.
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The Green Knight works really well! I couldn't quite see how he would until you posted that scale shot, but he looks terrific.
The beastie is Citadel's Man-Beast, from this range (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fantasy_Adventurers_%28Citadel%29). I also have him based up for 15mm, though I've yet to paint him.
Oh thank you. That range looks promising also for future ebay grabs.
The Greene Knight lay on my painting table for ages and I never had an idea what to do with him. I don’t really collect 25mm models and do not have a large knight collection either.
When I got this urge to paint pseudo-Arthurian knights in 15mm (just finished Lyonesse btw - amazing!), I looked at him again and remembered that John Howe picture from long long ago. When I then put him next to the Demonworld minis, it was spot on.
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Long time, no post....here is some progress. I finished some Fantasy-Saxon raiders/Chaos Barbarians. Models are from the Demonworld range and were lovely sculpts.
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...and some Fae characters which have been on the desk for some time.
They are smallish 28s which IMO fit perfectly as demigods in 15mm.
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...and some size comparison shots for Oberon and Titiana.
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Cool stuff! Who makes that "Beastman" character? Looks ace in 15mm.
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He is called "Oberon", oh mighty Tjub, and was sold by Hasslefree. Currently it seems he's sold out, but afaik this happens regularly with HF and will be refilled soon:
https://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=oberon~hfx015&category=fantasy-%26%0D%0Asteampunk~fantasy-daemons-%26-faerie
And I agree, he is superbly scaled for 15mm (and rather strangely not for the scale he's intended to be used in)...
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As I‘ve already narrated in my other 15mm thread, a forced corona break and some other r/l issues gave me time to go through my collections, and I have been resurrecting my 15mm projects again.
Here are some results of my going through my collection.
Some of the awesome picts produced by Copplestone Castings now distributed by Northstar. When they came out several years ago, I was totally crazy for them. Mark Copplestone was a hero of mine since I discovered the Fantasy Warriors boxed set at a small tin soldiers fair in my hometown…probably more than 30 years ago!
These picts resembled exactly what I imagined them in the Conan novels. I even was in short email correspondence with the maestro himself and sent him some real archaeological finds for the hero set.
(Older works, just freshly photographed)
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And some more:
Roughly 30 years divide these models. The giant is from an army set sold by Grenadier and bought at the holy place of Spiel und Fantasie in Essen. Mark Copplestone’s Barbarians were the very first army I possessed that I bothered to fully paint. The giant is actually 28mm but works equally well with 15mm; it was repainted slightly (highlights added). The columns are another set originally designed for 28mm (GW‘s LotR), but imo it’s much better used for 15mm.
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And a final post (for now; I have recommenced painting):
Kane, a Northman exiled for manslaughter and now roaming the young kingdoms, is accompanied by his friend Brundgor, the famous troll-king, who liked to adventure. Models by Copplestone Casting; some more of their excellent barbarians in the other pictures.
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Nice barbarians. Good work.
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Inspiring work! I have had some of those figures in the lead pile for much too long, yours make me want to dig them out and paint some.
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Thank you LouieN and Pattus Magnus, I do have indeed a thing for classic „conanesque“ barbarians ever since I saw the old Copplestone Fantasy Warriors barbarians. His 15mm are even better imo. Sadly the project lost steam somehow and a lot of potential has not been used. Anyway they’re among the best 15mm minis available.
Inspiring work! I have had some of those figures in the lead pile for much too long, yours make me want to dig them out and paint some.
I know that problem. Dig them out and start small, with games like Song of Blades and Heroes, Crom‘s Anvil or CROM. You’ll not regret it!
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15mm offers some of the best gaming opportunities combining reasonable prices with great detail. Here are some of my conanesque models next to Age of Sigmar terrain. A perfect fit and the AoS optics are suitably strange to go for Atlantis or Serpent Cult.
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Geier‘s Raiders is the most dangerous warband the imperial border province of Burgland has ever faced. The former Knight Panther Garold Nairolf, now known as the Geier by a scared population, has embraced the worship of Tzeentch. He is accompanied by beastmen, a minotaur, a chaos troll and several raiders. Geier is responsible for at least two dozen documented raids and has vanquished two punishment expeditions sent by the count of Neuburg.
Models from Pendraken (the Geier), Demonworld, GW familiars and some old stuff I can’t remember where I got it from.
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First rate.
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First rate.
Thank you, Kriegshund, the models are assembled for a round of Song of Blades and Heroes, and maybe FfoL Fantasy, but slowly I want to enlarge the group to be able to play Dragon Rampant with it. I’m nearly finished with my 15mm Chaos Dwarf army and need an opposing force.
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Another picture from my small, but growing 15mm Chaos collection.
What I really enjoy with smaller scales is integrating models from other scales and using them as something different than intended. Here is a Chaos warband roaming the border provinces. It includes models from the demonworld range sculpted by Werner Klocke, a beastman from a range I forgot as well as citadel miniatures chaos familiars who fit in very well. I use the models both as evil knights in a more down-tuned pseudoarthurian setting as well as chaos raiders in warhammer.
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15mm versions of Elric of Melniboné (during his travels in the Young Kingdoms) and Rakhir the Red Archer. Models from Ral Partha AD&D (long out of production…sadly) and Demonworld sculpted by Werner Klocke and now sold by Ral Partha.
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Another picture of Geier‘s Raiders with a little forest in the background.
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An evil knight (works pretty good as a Chaos Warrior in #minihammer ) who is a perfect model for Mordred fighting an evil cultist. Isn’t it soothing to know that all these evil fantasy armies spend so much time clobbering themselves? Next picture shows an orcish knoght on a quest. Will he join Arthur or Mordred?
2nd picture with an Orcish knight.
Models by the one and only Werner Klocke done for the demonworld tabletop. So many great sculpts can be found in that range!!!!
Last picture shows some models are from my pseudoarthurian project from a few years ago. A wise wizard leading an elven knight, a goblin and a sorceress into chivalrous adventures against giants, saracenes and the evil forces of Mordred!
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Great stuff!
That 28mm chaos thug looks great as a 15mm ogreish type.
(The goat-headed beastman is a Magister Militum figure.)
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Great stuff!
That 28mm chaos thug looks great as a 15mm ogreish type.
(The goat-headed beastman is a Magister Militum figure.)
Thank you, Hobgoblin! I was on a long painting hiatus, but this idea was originally stolen errr borrowed from your thread when you used larger scale models for D&D giants.
It doesn’t work so well from the 90s onwards due to the trend of comically large weapons with many manufacturers, though.
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In the last few weeks everyone in the family was ill, so I didn’t find much time for the hobby. I did, however, continue my 15mm chaos dwarfs, however. I intend to play Warhammer (4th) or Dragon Rampant with these little rascals. I got two good sized units of blunderbusses and axe-dwarfs now. Next in line will be bull centaurs and hobgoblins! Models by Admirality Miniatures!
First some WiPs of Chaos Dwarfs and Hobgoblins. I was looking for a quick paint scheme that first of all allowed me to churn out rank upon rank of evil warriors and second captured the colorful spirit of the 90s big hat evil dorfs!
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Burkhardt „Der Wolf“ Eisenkeaut, one of the most respected and feared witchhunters in the Empire. Together with his trusted companions Luigi Dorks, a veteran from the fearless greatswords, and Niralas a renegade elf, Der Wolf roams the borderlands to root out evil and chaos! Models from the demonworld range by the magnificent Werner Klocke (now sold by ralpartha ; the witchhunter is actually a 28mm halfling from hasslefree miniatures, but I think it works perfectly for 15mm!
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Three models for my 15mm chaos army in finished form. The guy with the big sword is an old citadel minatures chaos familiar. I think he makes an awesome chaoswarrior in 15mm! The next model is something I can’t remember…don’t know what it is meant to be nor where I got him. That’s a good prerequisite for joining the forces of Chaos. Last, but not least a chaos goblins model, also from Citadel.
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good stuff
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Cool updates man! I love the Chaos Familiar with blade...he used to be my Chaos Lord in my 28mm army. I really liked the idea of him being so small due to some random Gift of Chaos. Small in size...but with the power of a true Chaos Lord ;)
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good stuff
Thank you, Louie! I’ll try to post some more 8)!
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Cool updates man! I love the Chaos Familiar with blade...he used to be my Chaos Lord in my 28mm army. I really liked the idea of him being so small due to some random Gift of Chaos. Small in size...but with the power of a true Chaos Lord ;)
Hey thanks! Yeah, that one is my favorite, too. Pretty cool idea of making the commander of a chaos force a mutant! Muc better than just letting him have MOAR skulls!
I lile these old skool familiars so much because they show what is possible in 15mm…a scale still dismissed by many gamers because the models aren’t nice.
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Great stuff! The middle guy is 'man-beast' from the early Citadel Fantasy Adventurers (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fantasy_Adventurers_%28Citadel%29) range.
He makes a great 15mm monster!
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Great stuff! The middle guy is 'man-beast' from the early Citadel Fantasy Adventurers (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fantasy_Adventurers_%28Citadel%29) range.
He makes a great 15mm monster!
Hobgoblin is the man to ask! You really have an encyclopedic knowledge of early metal miniatures which I highly respect. Thank you.
When I retire one day, I’ll approach a full catalogue to keep me busy :)
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Hashut be praised! I have finally a playable 15mm Chaos Dwarfs army for Dragon Rampant!!!
My apologies for these poor shots, but I wanted to pose around a little 🤗🤘.
As I’ve already said in older posts, the models are a real joy to paint and come very near to the Chaos Dwarfs of my personal golden age of Warhammer (what has now become known as middlehammer or oldhammer ).
I intend to field the army either with the excellent dragon rampant rules or will play Warhammer (possibly also Kings of War) with them.
My army at the moment consists of 2 demon generals (elite foot, magician), 2 chaos dwarf axemen (heavy foot, offensive), 2 chaos dwarf blunderbusses (heavy missiles, heavy projectiles), 2 hobgoblins (light foot, fearful), 1 hobgoblin archer (scouts), 1x bull centaurs (heavy cavalry, reduced models), 1x hobgoblin minicannon, 2x chaos dwarf flamer teams and 1x chaos dwarf rocket launcher.
My biggest problem is the ridiculously high postage I currently need to pay to order some models which are missing (I need a couple of bull centaurs, hobgoblins and characters).
Anyway, the project is super fun until now. I am not sure what I‘ll do to get them a suitable opponent, though. I need to find time to arrage the models better….
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Another couple of pictures:
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And the last ones! Praise Hashut and be vanquished, unbelievers!
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Finally I found a little time to paint. And it was really a joy!
It’s a champion of Chaos designed by Varusminiatures . I bought this awesome model from Excellent Minis. Great printing quality, but pricy and I’m not impressed by the service.
The quality of this sculpt was mindblowing. It was designed for 10mm, but I had it printed in my preferred scale of 15mm and it was just perfect. You could probably upscale it another couple of millimeters without anyone realizing! So, as you can see I‘ve finally started with some enemies for my Chaos Dwarfs!
Not sure though which rules I’ll use for play. Apart from Dragon Rampant, I’ve rediscovered Nick Lund‘s Fantasy Warriors and while it had some flaws immediately remembered why I had so much fun playing it in school.
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That one's turned out really well. Lock up your lettuces!
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What a brilliant miniature! I want that snail as a pet for in the garden. Ace paintjob too, love the colours
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What a brilliant miniature! I want that snail as a pet for in the garden. Ace paintjob too, love the colours
Thank you! Our garden is ruined: the snail escaped and now we have Nurgle tomatoes (nurglematoes?) and pestilence cabbage only! lol
That one's turned out really well. Lock up your lettuces!
Thanks! No lettuce anymore. That snail is evil and I’m afraid 😱! ;)
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After the snail rider, here is another nice Chaos model printed by Excellent Minis. It is modelled after a sub-recent GW sculpt, but I don’t remember the name.
Lovely sculpt - paints up very nice!
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Three models for my 15mm chaos army in finished form. The guy with the big sword is an old citadel minatures chaos familiar. I think he makes an awesome chaoswarrior in 15mm! The next model is something I can’t remember…don’t know what it is meant to be nor where I got him. That’s a good prerequisite for joining the forces of Chaos. Last, but not least a chaos goblins model, also from Citadel.
Wow that hairy guy in the second picture looks fantastic. If you ever recall what it is and where you got him, please let us know!
Thanks
Dan
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Wow that hairy guy in the second picture looks fantastic. If you ever recall what it is and where you got him, please let us know!
Thanks
Dan
Thanks, Dan! Forum memeber Hobgoblin pointed me to the old citadel chaos goblins. Originally for 25mm, they work really well with modern 15/18mms!
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My Nurgle force is slowly but steadily coming along. Here is another model designed by Varus Miniatures - a greater demon or something like that. I’m not really versed in modern Warhammer lore, but he looks more „athletic“ than a Great Unclean One to me. Maybe he’s been training for the Nurgle blood bowl team? :o
Anyway, the model is again highly recommended. Details could easily rival 28mm or larger models, he even had a small sidekick next to him 😎
Next will be some troops. I’m aiming for about 48p of Dragon Rampant units to have an enemy for my Chaos Dwarfs. 8)
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as gross as those are they are really unique and wonderful figures.
Welcome back to painting.
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:-* looks amazing
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as gross as those are they are really unique and wonderful figures.
Welcome back to painting.
Thank you, Louie. It feels good to be back.
Btw, I am now working on some plague foot troops…thosre are REALLY 🤮 gross models! And I am not referring to the quality of the sculpts, but the amount of maggots, sores and pustules on them.
:-* looks amazing
Merci!
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Varus Miniatures are really well sculpted. I managed to get the Demon Prince and the not-Balrog and they’re splendid.
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Varus Miniatures are really well sculpted. I managed to get the Demon Prince and the not-Balrog and they’re splendid.
Oh, I’d love to see your take on them! The not-Balrog is really tempting as well as the not-Swan Knights…
My impression though is that, at least for me, the models are too good for 10mm. The sculpting is ace and there are so many nice details, that I think 15mm or maybe even 20mm would be perfect.
What do you intend to use the models for?
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Not really intended for anything. Once I have several figures I could play any miniatures-agnostic ruleset (low model count though)
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Not really intended for anything. Once I have several figures I could play any miniatures-agnostic ruleset (low model count though)
Yeah, that’s my idea, too. With the not-Middle Earth stuff, though, I am really tempted with multibasing to use the models for HotT, Mayhem or Triumph…while I normally single base on cents and play SoBH, Dragon Rampant or LotRSG…
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Finally after some tough weeks at work, disassembling my exhibition, I’ve found some time to paint. I managed to finish seven middlehammer nurglings.
They are quite imposing demons in 15mm scale and I’m planning to let them join my mage from the great Varus Miniatures!
Below, you see the whole „warband“ in its current glory: a greater demon, a hero on monstrous mount and the sorcerer + demons unit.
For the next weeks, I plan to add two units of lesser warbeasts (pestilence maggots and caterpillars), two hordes (smaller nurglings), one unit of chaos warriors and a unit of beastmen!
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They fit the nurglings perfectly :-*
I‘m exited to see the progress.
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They fit the nurglings perfectly :-*
I‘m exited to see the progress.
Thank you! I’ve really come to enjoy this little side project so much that it gets bigger and bigger.
And now I scrounge through my lead pile and always see new possibilities 😱🤪
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My hobby butterfly struck again…instead of continuing to work on my Nurgle warband, I had to paint this amazing model recently purchased from Excellent Miniatures.
I painted him as a champion of Tzeentch on a flying disc. The sculpt is brilliant - though I don’t remember who was responsible.
Ultimately I want to have three or four 12-24p Dragon Rampant warbands to battle for the favor of the Gods.
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Again, this is marvelous stuff. You're on a roll here. The colours really pop and the minis you've picked are excellent. Warbands for all the main four chaos gods, please.
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Nice Champion, colors are really nice
I mean you already did a minor chaos god with the CD :D But stoping at 4 major ones would be a shame, i mean there are 5 of them. ALL HAIL MALAL!!!
At least thats what happened to me, while diving through the lead pile. My goal is the same first DR or Fantastic Battles and maybe proper Oldhammer, if i want.
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Thank you, gents. Those kind words are mightily appreciated!
Again, this is marvelous stuff. You're on a roll here. The colours really pop and the minis you've picked are excellent. Warbands for all the main four chaos gods, please.
I’ll do my best. Khorne is definitively set. I’ve go so many evil demons, barbarians and stuff that it would be a shame not to go the route of the Blood God!
The biggest question will be how to model the different armies, so that they make an enjoyable matchup. One of the greatest flaws of Warhammer imo is the very, very similar approach to fighting a Chaos army after 3rd (or maybe 4th) edition: they basically all have a killing machine, extra brutal heavy infantry and riders and some spares…
Nice Champion, colors are really nice
I mean you already did a minor chaos god with the CD :D But stoping at 4 major ones would be a shame, i mean there are 5 of them. ALL HAIL MALAL!!!
At least thats what happened to me, while diving through the lead pile. My goal is the same first DR or Fantastic Battles and maybe proper Oldhammer, if i want.
Oh yes, the Chaos Dwarfs will soon face some major problems at their borders! Enslave this you bloody stumpies with the ridiculously large heads!
Mahal is definitely the best of them all… maybe I‘ll build that army around my 15mm versions of Elric (after all the Kaleb Daak was blatantly ripped off of Elric).
I’m also interested in Fantastic Battles, but haven’t come to grip with the system yet. I have been really fascinated by Mayhem and A Song of Armies and Hordes, though.
Oldhammer is great…on paper. But the games drag sooooo much. I was even considering converting all units to Fantasy Warriors (imo the superior set of old school wargaming rules).
That still leaves the question open how to model the different Chaos Gods in Dragon Rampant:
Khorne: many heavy and elite riders, foot plus lots of bellicose foot and some lesser warbeasrs
Tzeentch: sorcery of course…flyers as elite riders?
Nurgle: hordes, warbeasts and some heavy guys?
Slaanesh: light, fast troops + …?
Chaos Dwarfs: mostly a „normal“ army with lots of artillery?
Mahal: errr…no idea
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I'm still undecieded what to use, but i will try them all. Maybe simplyfie the oldhammer rules a bit, to shorten turn but keeping the fluff.
Khorne: more elite
Tzeentch: also more elite heavy and magic
Nurgel: more swarm and horde style
slaanesh: need for speed
CD: few normal units with many gobo slaves
Malal: few models, more hit points and monsters maybe
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Yeah…the fluff, that’s what we all want, but the games are still…let’s say an experience! :) not necessarily bad, but very, very long….
That’s why I think DR might be ideal…it’s very toolboxy and requires not too many minis.
Ok, let’s see:
Korne: Elite Foot & Riders and many, Bellicose Foot wildly charging at the enemies, maybe a couple of chariots, greater and lesser war beasts etc.
Nurgle: Hordes, Pest Flyers (Flying Cav), Lesser Warbeasts and my small existing stuff
Tzeentch: Many wizards and wizardlings, flyers and if I want to stay true the modern lore: many bluish beastmen.
Slaanesh and Mahal…let’s wait till I’ve finished the others;)
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A treat of a thread to look through; great for getting ideas on repurposing some larger scales, and I like the Chaotically vibrant colours!
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A treat of a thread to look through; great for getting ideas on repurposing some larger scales, and I like the Chaotically vibrant colours!
Thank you! Love to hear (er read) nice comments. Repurposing models from the lead pile is half the fun, and I found some more nice stuff: I worked on my Nurgle army a bit. Here is a unit of chaos spawns made from iirc old 25mm Ral Partha or Rafm Cthulhu models.
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And I also finished this little beastie: A really nice model of a beastman on a mutated polar bear. It’s a slight break from my colors, but the beastmen can in this way also join other chaos gods!
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Excellent beastman from Demonworld. They are quite original, riding polar beara and such.
The fellow on flying disc comes from Varus Miniatures, same as your Nurgle army.
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Excellent beastman from Demonworld. They are quite original, riding polar beara and such.
The fellow on flying disc comes from Varus Miniatures, same as your Nurgle army.
Oh thanks! Varus again? He‘s really skilled and his models are a joy to paint!
The Demonworld range is one of my all time favorites. It’s hige, it has no significant scale creep and all the minis are somewhat original and not just 1:1 GW ripoffs. Plus, it‘s what lile 30 years old. Not bad, what Mr Klocke and the guys from Hobby Products did back then!
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Today, I finally found some time to finish several models that have been lying around for a couple of weeks in half-finished state.
Here is the Fly (formerly Venerable Wolfram) mutated into an abominable half-man that was chased out of town by his own family. He is joined by six blood maggots.
I’ll feature the latter as Lesser Warbeasts with a slightly toned down version of Venomous. @6p
The Venerable Wolfram will be a lesser magician that is played with the Scouts profile.
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And last but not least a picture of the current state of my warband. Next in line: Beastmen!
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Great looking warband
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That's a cracking warband
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The old Cthulhu monsters fit right in as chaos critters! Nurgle armies always make me go “ewww”, but you’ve done a great job on them.
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That's a cracking warband
Great looking warband
Thank you, gentlemen. It’s already a good size for a smaller Dragon Rampant battle…probably will crank it up to some might 48p.
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The old Cthulhu monsters fit right in as chaos critters! Nurgle armies always make me go “ewww”, but you’ve done a great job on them.
Thanks. I am not a big fan of the modern grim dark blood and gore (or in the case of Nurgle: pustles, vomit and gore); I rather prefer the tongue in cheek sculpts of the „olden days“. Recently GW released some models that fitted very well into that design (especially the snail rider is brill), and thank goodness, now that we have 3d printing you can easily find very good proxies.
The Cthulhu stuff is just breathtaking. I ignored it mostly when it was still on sale, but there are so many good sculpts useful for many settings. It’s a shame no one makes such models anymore (well no one except Bob Murch, but he does only historical and pulp these days).
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Painting time is currently even more precious than usual with my daughter and wife sick. I sneak to my table in the evening before sleep and in the morning when everyone is still sleeping.
I managed to finish a couple of slimy insects from East Riding Miniatures iirc which will feature as lesser warbeasts and an old Rackham goblin mutant that makes a perfect chaos troll in 15mm imo. Especially when the models are bend or facing downwards, many larger miniatures are perfect for integration into a 15mm force.
What do you think? And sorry for the crappy pictures again…one day I’ll arrange for a proper photo corner, I promise!
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They look great - especially that goblin-as-troll: a perfect fit, as you say!
Hope the family feel better soon!
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Thanks, Justin! As you with your current projects, I simply love to go through my lead pile and look for conversion potential. The earliest Rackham goblins are brilliant. I‘m just now in the process of recycling some more and made one into a very tolkienesque troll already!
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Just a quick shot…I’m working through some of the smaller Nurglings feom my lead pile. 22 are more or less battle ready and I aim to have enough for at least three hordes (36 models in Dragon Rampant). Maybe I’ll add some more demons and cultists to go for 48 or even 60 models. 5 hordes is just between 5-10 points.
First that’s just what a proper Chaos army should look like - my vision is rather Stormbringer than GW here and second it will help to make this warband different from the Chaos Dwarfs and the coming hordes of Tzeentch (mutants & magicians) and Khorne (elite and bellicose beasts).
Sorry again for the pictures just took them before going to bed. In the background you can get a glimpse at my other projects…😱
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Great work as always, I love the gobo as a chaos troll. :-*
More hordes of rotten friendliness coming to your neighborhood.
Divis just a small question, what 3d printer do you use. Your guys look good, and I’m a bit tempted to get one o_o
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Great work as always, I love the gobo as a chaos troll. :-*
More hordes of rotten friendliness coming to your neighborhood.
Divis just a small question, what 3d printer do you use. Your guys look good, and I’m a bit tempted to get one o_o
Thank you LoxIslay!
The answer is simple: I don’t have any 3d printer…. I feel still that it’s too much work and I have a 3year old daughter who is very curious about anything daddy does, so I don’t want to have all those substances not in my limited hobby space. Plus: I already work so much with computers…
So actually to answer your question: the ones shown here are from a print shop called excellent miniatures. It’s not cheap, the guy charges double the price of the 10mm minis for a custom 15mm one, but the quality is really amazing. Apparently there is resin and resin.
I’m still not 100% sold on 3d printing as there are so many excellent models from Demonworld, Copplestone and Splintered Light, but what’s really awesome about printing is that you can have so many models that are blatant rip-offs of GW designs… very much inspired and imitated in flattering admiration from the latest GW designs by a very active community!
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Thank you for the answer.
The space and the substances etc. are also what kept me from buying one.
I can really understand the interest of your daughter in daddy’s stuff. Then I was little I crushed the first laptop pc of my dad, because he always told me of the mouse (computer mouse) and I wanted to see it :D
To be true, my newly sparked interest was also not fantasy, but these nice historic boys for silver bayonet or turnip and some historic wargaming. https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=139179.0
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Thank you for the answer.
The space and the substances etc. are also what kept me from buying one.
I can really understand the interest of your daughter in daddy’s stuff. Then I was little I crushed the first laptop pc of my dad, because he always told me of the mouse (computer mouse) and I wanted to see it :D
To be true, my newly sparked interest was also not fantasy, but these nice historic boys for silver bayonet or turnip and some historic wargaming. https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=139179.0
Yeah, that’s the way kids learn what to like…;)
About your models: I have not yet done this, but several other gus in the instagram 15mm scene, and I want to try it soon: buy the files and send them to a local print shop. If you’re going for hundreds of models, prices are still too high and it takes quite some time if you do it at home. So here metal still seems to be king.
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Thanks ;)
I’m torn between hunting 15mm on eBay and starting 3d printing lol
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Thanks ;)
I’m torn between hunting 15mm on eBay and starting 3d printing lol
If you’re in the EU…do 3d printing and send me a model from time to time ;) otherwise do both!
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I’m still mostly nursing when I’m at home. Nearly no time to paint, but at least I was able to take a couple of shots with my phone of my ever growing Nurgle horde.
By now I have the snail rider, a greater demon, a beastman hero, two sorcerors and masses of nirrglings of various sizes as well as two units of six lesser warbeasts. Quite a playable force with Dragon Rampant. When my beastmen, chaos warriors and some more Nurglings are painted, I’ll have enough choices and models for quite a huge game!
Ladies and gentleman, the army of pestilence on the march. First Lord Pustle on his trusted beast Slimák Pus-snygel.
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A better short of Yckro Boogerman, chaos troll of Nurgle with his brood of pestilence worms.
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Furunculus, a Great Unclean One summoned to the plane of the living, and Ormtartar, a beastman champion on a diseased polar bear.
Flugöga, a Chaos sorceror slowly mutating into a fly can be seen to the left.
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And some final shots with all the Nurglings (I got nine large and 18 smaller ones. The aim is to have 1-2 units of big Nurglings and 3-4 units of small ones counting as hordes).
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That’s a horde worth of nurgle. Lovely stuff.
For sure you get some print if I start :D
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That’s a horde worth of nurgle. Lovely stuff.
For sure you get some print if I start :D
Thank you, Peter! I really like how the nurglings, while not huge, become serious monsters in 15mm…a nasty horde.
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I didn’t manage a lot those last days, but here are some older minis.
Some of the excellent deep ones produced by Khurasan Miniatures. Lovely and very dynamic models right at home in the Hyborean Age where they raid settlements with their Pictish allies!
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And two single shot which show really nicely the details of these models.
Long, long time ago I also bought some 1920s cops which might meet fierce resistance on a crackdown at Innsmouth :D
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And finally a lovely demonworld centaur champion that will be part of my next chaos warband. Also a model painted some time ago.
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That Nurgle warband, man. Wow! :-*
Also, bluurg.
Brilliantly horrible in every way.
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That Nurgle warband, man. Wow! :-*
Also, bluurg.
Brilliantly horrible in every way.
Thank you, Old Hob! My greatest difficulty is making good photos of them! I really need to learn that…
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I didn’t manage a lot those last days, but here are some older minis.
Some of the excellent deep ones produced by Khurasan Miniatures. Lovely and very dynamic models right at home in the Hyborean Age where they raid settlements with their Pictish allies!
I want to see that RAID! Picts already done?
The Deep Ones are so lovely. :-*
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I want to see that RAID! Picts already done?
The Deep Ones are so lovely. :-*
One day, my friend, one day…
I’ve got quite some Picts ready, but these are from the tme when Mark Copplestone had just released them…awesome models…very Frazetta like.
So what I want to actually say is, the new characters set is still missing and I am not sure if I remember my exact color recipe … lol
Will post some pictures of them soon, right now we spent an afternoon and evening at the children doctor and chasing anti-fever juice for kids.
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One day, my friend, one day…
I’ve got quite some Picts ready, but these are from the tme when Mark Copplestone had just released them…awesome models…very Frazetta like.
So what I want to actually say is, the new characters set is still missing and I am not sure if I remember my exact color recipe … lol
Will post some pictures of them soon, right now we spent an afternoon and evening at the children doctor and chasing anti-fever juice for kids.
No stress ;) hope you had success, it’s hard to get at the moment. And hope your daughter gets well soon.
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No stress ;) hope you had success, it’s hard to get at the moment. And hope your daughter gets well soon.
Right now she’s sleeping and fine, but that’s only due to a double dose of paracetamol and ibuprofen…I’m slightly afraid of the night and tomorrow. Will post updates asap.
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Here and there, usually in the middle of the night, I was able to steal myself away for a couple of minutes. This is the result:
I found two excellent barbarian models from Rackham and David at Bronze Age Miniatures and decided they might make good chaos ogres or giants.
The Rackham sculpt is called a drune and slightly inspired by 2000AD, it’s pretty imposing in 15mm and looks just right of of Corum. He might live on as a Foi Mhyore. Rackham quality and a joy to paint.
The other mini is even more interesting; I simply love the dynamic pose, but it’s the crouched position and the look facing slightly down that makes it a perfect 15mm model. The more I look at the pose the better I like him. Why should larger humanoid monsters always be clumsy and inflexible?
Right now I see that tje sword will require some reworking.
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Good stuff
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Cool model choice, i plan to use an oldshool chaos ogre as a 15mm giant :D
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The giants look tremendous - especially the stooping guy! As you say, that pose is just perfect for using the figure in 15mm.
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Good stuff
Very much appreciated, LouieN!
Cool model choice, i plan to use an oldshool chaos ogre as a 15mm giant :D
Thank you, Peter. Chaos Ogres as giants sound like a cool plan! Looking forward to your choice and paintjob.
The giants look tremendous - especially the stooping guy! As you say, that pose is just perfect for using the figure in 15mm.
Thanks, Justin! It’s a pretty cool model anyway. If Bronze Age models would not sit in the US with horrible postage rates, I regularly order there. They also have nice „dwarf trolls“ among others.
That barbarian has been sitting around for years. It’s sad but true, but my time of painting 28mm barbarians was in school with Mark Copplestone and Fantasy Warriors.
Recently I scrounged through my lead pile with my daughter -she loves daddy’s toys - and my daughter played around with it and some Demonworld models. Then it dawned upon me, that the crooked pose could not only mean he was dodging a blow but also that he was bending down to attack!
Today I did some finish on both and am very happy!
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Now I’m sick, too. We’re heading towards a very coughing Christmas…
Anyway I found some time to finish a plague ogre magician in Hobgoblin’s tried and tested quickpaint method.
It’s an old Nick Lund sculpt and actually quite good. I can also see myself using the model in larger scales as an orc or goblin.
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I normally don’t post WiP shots, but this not-Balrog produced by Khurasan and sculpted by Tom Meier is just too good and I cant wait till it is finished!
I have a huge amount of respect and it lay around for some time before I dared to start. I think, the wings need to be darker and the fire (=burning whip) needs some more touches.
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Can't wait for the Balrog :-*
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Can't wait for the Balrog :-*
Your wish is my command! Here is another WiP:
I aimed to work on the whip to give the impression of flames, worked on the axe-blade to have it look like it’s glowing, did more constrasts on the body and darkened the wings.
My new best friend: contrast medium. Pricy, but mix it with any of GW‘s contrast paints and you can shift the transparency without changing the other effects. If played around a little.
So first another couple of WiPs.
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The ranks of the orcs had opened, and they crowded away, as if they themselves were afraid. Something was coming up behind them. What it was could not be seen: it was like a great shadow, in the middle of which was a dark form, of man-shape maybe, yet greater; and a power and terror seemed to be in it and to go before it. It came to the edge of the fire and the light faded as if a cloud had bent over it. Then with a rush it leaped across the fissure. The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air. Its streaming mane kindled, and blazed behind it. In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs.
(Lord of the Rings, Vol. I, The Fellowship of the Ring, pp. 328-9).
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That’s a very cool figure and I love how you painted it. I’ll echo what you said about the contrast medium, it is very useful stuff. I find it very helpful when working with the darker contrast paints - it produces much subtler gradients.
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Your wish is my command! Here is another WiP:
I aimed to work on the whip to give the impression of flames, worked on the axe-blade to have it look like it’s glowing, did more constrasts on the body and darkened the wings.
My new best friend: contrast medium. Pricy, but mix it with any of GW‘s contrast paints and you can shift the transparency without changing the other effects. If played around a little.
So first another couple of WiPs.
:D I didn’t know I had such power.
Love the result, ready to tear some dwarfs apart.
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Fantastic additions! Especially like the Magician
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Great work on both of those! That hobgoblin shaman is one of my favourite miniatures of all time.
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That’s a very cool figure and I love how you painted it. I’ll echo what you said about the contrast medium, it is very useful stuff. I find it very helpful when working with the darker contrast paints - it produces much subtler gradients.
Thank you, Pattus. I only discovered it some weeks ago as usually it way sold out in the hobby store, I usually visit. And you are totally correct, suddenly all those very dark shades become interesting again.
I mixed it just using a clean brush, but I think I need another solution to replicate certain formulas.
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:D I didn’t know I had such power.
Love the result, ready to tear some dwarfs apart.
Try to test it on someone else! Maybe you have super powers?! Yeah, Balin‘s expedition will be the logical next step. But first I need some more orcs for him!
Fantastic additions! Especially like the Magician
Great work on both of those! That hobgoblin shaman is one of my favourite miniatures of all time.
Thank you, Malebolgia and Hobgoblin! It’s a sculpt I really cherish, because seriously: no one makes such models anymore! With the Oldhammer revival we have many pastiches of the late 80s/mid90s comical GW style, but now one has really discovered what was before (and parallel to) it!
And a strange side effect of all this 15mm painting is a renewed interest in the old Nick Lund Fantasy Warriors line…oh my as if I don’t have problems focusing within one scale…🤦♂️
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Try to test it on someone else! Maybe you have super powers?! Yeah, Balin‘s expedition will be the logical next step. But first I need some more orcs for him!
ORCS ORCS ORCS, you never have enough of them. That reminds me that i'm in dire need of some. What is a dwarf without a orc to slay.
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ORCS ORCS ORCS, you never have enough of them. That reminds me that i'm in dire need of some. What is a dwarf without a orc to slay.
Hmm Father Christmas is using all his powers to block yours, but I will see what I can do!
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„Glaurung, the first of the Urulóki, the fire-drakes of the North, issued from Angband’s gates by night“ (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion)
Some time ago, I ordered an excellent wingless dragon from Khurasan. Brooding over what to do with him coincided with my rereading of the Silmarillion, which indeed gets better with my own aging. Anyway, I decided to do him as Glaurung, the father of dragons.
I was hugely inspired by this excellent blogpost from Mogsy telling all you 28mm guys how to get an imposing tolkienesque dragon out of a Schleich toy for less than £15:
https://mogsymakes.net/2021/10/27/glaurung-the-first-dragon-of-middle-earth/
The project stalled in the summer suffering from new „Oh shiny!“ models, but this year’s Christmas had my sister give me a beautiful book full of strange and fascinating images drawn and colored by Prof. Tolkien himself (highly recommend). Its title illustration is none other than said Glaurung. Remark the yellow back, the wyrm-like shape and the blueish/greenish face!
So I sat down the last two evenings (wife and daughter are still sick, coughing and sneezing…) …😎
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Looking at it now, I think my Glaurung is a bit too blue…my first attempt was pretty green so I „repaired“ it yesterday night with poor light 🙄
Anyway here is the father of dragons based for HotT:
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The beast is very difficult to photograph with my mobile, here’s a last attempt.
Seeing it now, I am happy with the colors, strange and not what everyone has been served by d&d and Warhammer, but I need to go over that rock base again…🤦♂️
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Lovely oldschool Lindwurm. I think you captured Tolkins imagination very well, with the color scheme. Your evil forces grow fast, pretty worrisome.
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Nice sculpt and great painting. I like the oicture looking into Glaurung's eyes - you have done a good job there - easy to believe the powers of a dragons gaze!
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Lovely oldschool Lindwurm. I think you captured Tolkins imagination very well, with the color scheme. Your evil forces grow fast, pretty worrisome.
Nice sculpt and great painting. I like the oicture looking into Glaurung's eyes - you have done a good job there - easy to believe the powers of a dragons gaze!
Thank you, Peter & Ethelred! Currently have a little aversion against those orcs…but they’ll cone one day or the other. About the model, it’s really strange how difficult it is to find dragons not clearly ripoed off of GW. This one is a real gem!
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A happy new year to you , fellow LAFers!
Over the holidays I had nearly no time to paint. Finally it was my time for a cold and then we cross-infected ourselves a little.
I did manage to finish some older models, though. Here, for a start, is an excellent 15mm giant by the one and only Mark Copplestone. A brilliant model as usual.
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Nice giant! A good start for 2023.
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This one is one of my favorites. It’s a dark eelf from Splintered Light Miniatures. Bloody awesome sculpt. Sadly not compatible with the Demonworld Dark Elf range, but I’m gonna use the latter for something different then.
This guy screams hero to me and that’s how he’s going to be used in my SoBH games.
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Nice giant! A good start for 2023.
Thank you! And happy painting to you, too!
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This one is one of my favorites. It’s a dark eelf from Splintered Light Miniatures. Bloody awesome sculpt. Sadly not compatible with the Demonworld Dark Elf range, but I’m gonna use the latter for something different then.
This guy screams hero to me and that’s how he’s going to be used in my SoBH games.
That’s fast. Amazing Model, he’s a perfect hero. Also ready to slice himself through hordes of zombies
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This one is one of my favorites. It’s a dark eelf from Splintered Light Miniatures. Bloody awesome sculpt. Sadly not compatible with the Demonworld Dark Elf range, but I’m gonna use the latter for something different then.
This guy screams hero to me and that’s how he’s going to be used in my SoBH games.
Would you mind explaining the scale of Splintered Light v Demonworld and Khurasan? I have some weird hippo men from SL but no human sized miniatures from any of them. I’m thinking of getting some models from all three and from your comment above they might not match well. Thanks!
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Would you mind explaining the scale of Splintered Light v Demonworld and Khurasan? I have some weird hippo men from SL but no human sized miniatures from any of them. I’m thinking of getting some models from all three and from your comment above they might not match well. Thanks!
Sure,
here’s a comparison Demonworld vs. Copplestone vs. Splintered Light
SL compares quite well to the other ranges. I’ll see if I find some Khurasan, too. But Khurasan has so many ranges, not everything is in the same size range, so I can only show for what I have. In general though most Khurasan models I own fit well with the ranges shown below.
When buying at SL there is one possible pitfall as the company sells stuff from different sculptors. So iirc Orcs, Goblins, Skaven and Drow fit in very well while their Wood Elves and Dwarves felt really small in comparison.
As an aside: I dont know those Hippo Men. Mind to post a picture?
That’s fast. Amazing Model, he’s a perfect hero. Also ready to slice himself through hordes of zombies
Lol! Nurglings maybe ;) bit I can’t start undead now…;)
EDIT: I just saw, I forgot the picture. Sorry!
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Really useful comparison, thank you.
Here’s a link to their hippo men, in their lovely fantasy/pulp Egyptian range.
http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/hippoguard.html (http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/hippoguard.html)
They’re also doing some not-Glorantha 15mm which I am over the moon about! 15mm Uz (trolls), morokanth (tapir folk) and angry ducks from their Beast-men line.
http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/beastmen.html (http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/beastmen.html)
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Really useful comparison, thank you.
Here’s a link to their hippo men, in their lovely fantasy/pulp Egyptian range.
http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/hippoguard.html (http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/hippoguard.html)
They’re also doing some not-Glorantha 15mm which I am over the moon about! 15mm Uz (trolls), morokanth (tapir folk) and angry ducks from their Beast-men line.
http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/beastmen.html (http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/beastmen.html)
😮 These look really interesting and the various beastmen are excellent and very useful. The beastmen in the second link are definitely from the same sculptor as the aforementioned orcs and ratmen, so they should fit very well with Demonworld. I have some Khurasan orcs which are smaller (ad they should be because they are Tolkien style orcs), so some Khurasan fantasy stuff should also work.
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At last I had two evenings in a row to paint a little, and I finished a unit of Chaos Warriors for my Nurgle army. These guys are from Alternative Armies 15mm range. And while the sculpts are far from perfect and especially the different areas could use more definition, I have really come to like them!
They have a very special charme that modern 3D prints often lack. Furthermore they are all unique and fairly dynamic!
There is one other model in the unit: an Otherworld halfling fighter. He is quite massive and looks perfect as a leader of the gang.
I’ll field them as Elite Foot in Dragon Rampant or use the profile for Spartan hoplites in OGAM.
Next in the queue are some beastmen and the rest of my Nurglings (used as plague demons).
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I love these warriors. AA Hase a big variety in sculpt quality, but I also like these dark paladins 8)
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Well done
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I love these warriors. AA Hase a big variety in sculpt quality, but I also like these dark paladins 8)
Definitely true. But their range is vast and many models are pretty cheap, so I often give them a go. The SF series are really good: they have excellent postapoc stuff, the magnificent Ikwen and the fairly large and good Ion Age stuff.
Well done
Thank you LouieN!
I have managed to get some better pictures of the Chaos Warriors in the meantime. Here they are, some of the chaps are really cool.
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Nurgle armies don’t feature dragons…usually.
Sometimes, however, indeed very rarely an elder dragon succumbing from the pollution that is spread by men and dwarfs, turns to worship the Lord of Decay.
Papa Nurgle is pleased when he hears the bid of one of the Old Ones who were there before Chaos came to Earth. In return for stopping the poison he asks only for one thing … loyalty whenhis herald calls!
On the day of reckoning when the Champion of the Master of Sickness musters his host, the great dragons will be awakened. The Plague Dragon crawls from his cave and spreads rot and decay wherever he goes.
Such is the suffering that sometimes whole cities pray to Nurgle to relieve them from the plague. Thus, the plague dragons gain great masses of followers: cultists, zombies and nurglings in the thousands follow their flight and bring destruction to the world of the Living!
My plague dragon is a model from the CMON boardgame „Trudvang Legend“. Actually I don’t even intend to play that game, but I admit I pledged for it just to get some of the models.
The dragon is in the basic set and an impressive monster in 15mm. Slightly larger than the Khurasan dragon I posted some time ago. For 28mm he would still be okay, but several of the models from the box scream to me that they’re actually 15mm monsters. Stay tuned!
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Wow, I love that dragon!
Dan
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That’s a cool dragon :-* love the teeth, gives him a real corrupted smile!
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What a brilliantly vibrant monster - any opponents had best have their disinfectant handy
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What a brilliantly vibrant monster - any opponents had best have their disinfectant handy
Lol! And hopefully they have tons of that stuff!,,
That’s a cool dragon :-* love the teeth, gives him a real corrupted smile!
Thank you, Peter. Yes, he’s definitely one of those dragons who like to smart-ass and talk to their victims!
Wow, I love that dragon!
Dan
Thank you, Dan! Sadly, it’s one of those models which are pretty difficult to get.
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I’m still struggling with the last batch of Nurglings, but made good progress with the beastmen. A twelve monster u it is progressing steadily…
…so I thought I’d reward myself with going for yet another warband. In the end I want to have each of the fove major Chaos Gods in roughly 48p for Dragon Rampant.
So why not do a little Khorne for a change?!
Here’s a Chaos Warrior 3D print scaled to 15mm. I bought it from Excellent Miniatures, and while they aren’t cheap, the quality is very good. Details are craip and the resin they use is very flexible and I recommend them.
This guy will be either part of a 6 man Elite Foot unit or I model Chaos Warriors as 12 man Heavy Foot/Offensive - haven’t decided, yet.
Hope, you like him!
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Very nice addition. You are realy motivated the last days! Inspiering!
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The Trudvang game dragon is übercool. Now I want to see the rest of monsters you pull from there.
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Very nice addition. You are realy motivated the last days! Inspiering!
Thanks! It’s basically the result of weeks of being able to do only minor steps (like basecoating) or leaving minis unfinished. I’m also quite motivated thanks to the resurgence of 15mm threads here! How‘s Hermann coming along?
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The Trudvang game dragon is übercool. Now I want to see the rest of monsters you pull from there.
I hope to have something ready soon. There are several minis that work for 15mm.
@Trudvang: I wasn’t 100% sold on the basic set. Sure there is awesome stuff like the dragon, but then one of the basic monsters is actually a minotaur (called „bull-troll“ to make it even more ridiculous); that is one of the least nordic monsters I can think of…totally out of place if you ask me. Furthermore the box with the stretchgoals is still missing …:(
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The work on that axe is exquisite. Well done.
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The work on that axe is exquisite. Well done.
Merci! I have to admit that GW‘s coontrast colors over a pre-shaded figure do most of the work.
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How large should monsters be in fantasy worlds?
Classic metal models had technical limitations but were also inspired by ancient depictions. Most of those that were made for 25/28mm lines can easily be used for smaller scales imo.
I still remember how much I awed the Ral Partha dragons and The Grenadier war giants designed by Nick Lund and Mark Copplestone.
Then came plastic and monsters grew larger with every year until they reached absurd dimensions. Don’t believe me? Check out the latest stuff by GW or even better the 15mm dragon from Joan of Arc Time of Legends. It would still be a huge model in 54mm scale…
I think those gigantic beasts destroy any suspension of disbelief. Looking at said dragon or the dragon from Peter Jackson‘s Hobbit (he is NOT Smaug!), I cannot see how these beasts could be defeated — even in fantasy.
Anyway, I found this model of a hydra on my pile of shame carefully curated collection of miniatures and consider it almost perfect. It’s from the game Mythic Battles: Pantheon. Sizewise it’s meant to be 28-32mm, but looking at the beastie, I think it would be dwarfed by many an ogre. In 15mm it’s threatening, dangerous indeed. It could chew a few knights, but would it survive an arrow volley or a cannon shot?
Those are things, I consider important. My units are Dragon Rampant sized, so 12 minis max, and will sooner or later kill the hydra in one game or the other.
I went for a slightly different technique here as a hydra is very useful for many settings. So its not bound to a specific chaos god. The base is still WiP, but I wanted to show a picture.
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That's nice - a realistic, Komodo-dragonesque hydra!
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That's nice - a realistic, Komodo-dragonesque hydra!
Thanks, Hobgoblin! Yes, it’s somehow pseudo-realistic and will also be a great enemy for any historical heroes. I thought the heads resembled moray eels. They’re nice and creepy…and copy neither Gw nor WoW, which I find really refreshing.
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Again a week where my spare time was mostly spent as a nirse, but spring is coming I heard and it’s warming up here!
So, what did I do: spent a couple of minutes here and there and finished a 12ee unit of beastmen. Except for the leader, which is from Magister Militum, these are Demonworld minis. Cracking little nasties! I like that Werner Klocke went for boars and not rams for his beastmen.
I kept them in blueish tones and added clothing and armor in orange, green and red to somehow connect them with the rest of my Nurgle forces. Sorry for the light again, dudes, but it’s around midnight that I paint.
Next on my table are the rest of the nurglings and Khorne followers!
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The Demonworld beastmen are truly original designs. Cracking work you've done on them.
Let the 15mm frenzy go on!
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A great motley crowd - I'll have to add those to my wishlist
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The hydra is amazing :o
And the beastman are as always lovely. They are so nice sculpts, loved to paint them! Great progress as always.
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The Demonworld beastmen are truly original designs. Cracking work you've done on them.
Let the 15mm frenzy go on!
Yes, Demonworld is still imo the best range available. Its scultps are pretty good, still on par with the best modern 15mm like Copplestone, but it’s also vast and doesn’t suffer from Scalecreep. Ral Partha thankfully has everything (afaik) back in production. The desire to be different yet recognizable GW is the main charm. Of course they have beastmen, but not *those* beastmen!
A great motley crowd - I'll have to add those to my wishlist
Do that! Just check the prices from „boutique“ 28mm ranges and buy an army for the price of a unit!
The hydra is amazing :o
And the beastman are as always lovely. They are so nice sculpts, loved to paint them! Great progress as always.
Thank you. That hydra actually lay for years on my pile of shame until I realized that it’s the perfect size for 15mm. And it’s a refreshing break from most comically exaggerated hydras.
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Okay, working on many things simultaneously, but here’s an impression of what I already have painted and battle ready. Papa Nurgle is pleased with me, I hope!
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And some more.
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Your army looks superb. I love the choice of figures, especially the latest beastmen. I picked up some of the larger models from the Demonworld range for 1/72 / 20mm (the minotaurs and the giant beastman) but it would have been great to be able to use more of them. They are really nice sculpts.
I also love the use of the Trudvang dragon and the hydra - they look amazing in your chosen scale.
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That hydra is an amazing sculpt, beautifully brought to life by your painting. The beastmen are different being boars, but beastmen should be nicely chaotic afterall. The overall look of the army is fantastic.
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I’ll echo those comments! That’s an amazing collection and very well done painting.
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Your army looks superb. I love the choice of figures, especially the latest beastmen. I picked up some of the larger models from the Demonworld range for 1/72 / 20mm (the minotaurs and the giant beastman) but it would have been great to be able to use more of them. They are really nice sculpts.
I also love the use of the Trudvang dragon and the hydra - they look amazing in your chosen scale.
Thank you! Your 20m/1:72 eye candy really makes me think about adding a few modern plastic sets to play around. After all one of the greatest thing is that many things 10/15/20mm are fully compatible! The Beastmen might even fit your collection, they will, however, be rather cute beastlings :)
That hydra is an amazing sculpt, beautifully brought to life by your painting. The beastmen are different being boars, but beastmen should be nicely chaotic afterall. The overall look of the army is fantastic.
Thanks, the hydra is a great sculpt and one of the reasons why I didn’t sell my Mythic Battles core box. I plan to add more variety to the Beastmen in Nurgle army phase II.
I’ll echo those comments! That’s an amazing collection and very well done painting.
Thank you, Pattus!
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After bringing the Nurgle army to a playable size, I’m now going to tackle the other Chaos gods. Khorne and Tzeentch in particular where I have already identified a lot of usable stuff from my lead pile.
These Otherworld kobolds were bought when everyone went crazy for Northstar‘s plastic gnolls. Since those were 28mm, I was a bit frustrated because I could not join the fun. Then a fellow LAFer iirc pointed out the possibility to convert 28mm kobolds to 15mm beastmen.
Next day I visited Battlefield Berlin and bought all sets I could see. I quickly started them but for reasons I can’t remember they were left unfinished until two days ago. I added some shades, highlights, the shields and the bases and voilà: 15mm gnolls!
These will form a crack unit of beastmen; they are accompanied by a preslotta camel beastman (25mm mind you!), which I consider a perfect fit.
They will either follow Khorne or maybe rather Mahal…not yet sure.
Ladies and gentlemen, here they come!
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And some more shots if the little buggers.
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Cool additions !
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Very nice additions to the armies of Chaos
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Very nice kobolds/beastmen. You might look at Reaper as they have a fairly large range of Kobolds in 28mm in both metal and plastic that would give you even more options for conversion.
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The horde looks great - disgustingly uniform.
And nice to see some old school kobolds as well
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good stuff
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Cool additions !
Very nice additions to the armies of Chaos
Cool additions !
Very nice additions to the armies of Chaos
The horde looks great - disgustingly uniform.
And nice to see some old school kobolds as well
Thank you, guys! Your comments are very much appreciated!!! :-*
Very nice kobolds/beastmen. You might look at Reaper as they have a fairly large range of Kobolds in 28mm in both metal and plastic that would give you even more options for conversion.
Oh, didn’t know that and will check! Thanks.
The horde looks great - disgustingly uniform.
And nice to see some old school kobolds as well
Thank you, guys! Your comments are very much appreciated!!! :-*
Very nice kobolds/beastmen. You might look at Reaper as they have a fairly large range of Kobolds in 28mm in both metal and plastic that would give you even more options for conversion.
Oh, didn’t know that and will check! Thanks.
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So I have started seriously now with my Khorne force. It’ll be designed for Dragon Rampant and Of Gods and Mortals, too, so I can do battles as described in Moorcock’s novels (especially the Corum series and Stormbringer).
Khorne will be designed very offensively with offensive Heavy Foot, Elite Foot and Bellicose Foot assisted by a few Demons and Warhounds.
I’m currently doing Chaos Warriors, but found this cool 28mm Oldhammer chaos warriors in my leadpile. He’s nicely sized for a mutated Chaos Giant or some other crazy thing creeping through the Chaos wasteland. Actually the somewhat strange poses of many a slotta based Oldhammer Chaos model make them very suitable to be reused as huge 15mm monsters.
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Cool fellow, and interesting color choice. I think he will fit in perfectly.
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Cool fellow, and interesting color choice. I think he will fit in perfectly.
Thank you, pal! The yellow/red is my current plan to somehow make the Khorne army a little different from what everyone does and GW prescribes. Stay tuned! ;)
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Indescribable! Indestructible! Nothing can stop them!
I found these models on my lead pile. I vaguely remember a pretty funny KS simply called Balks where they could be from. The paintjob was pretty fast. After a zenithal shading I used contrast paint, picked out derails, did the eyes and played around with the blood effect.
They’ll either be warbeasts or cavalry in Dragon Rampant and with six models, I’ve got a full unit!
I imagine them to be a bit like the Blob, maybe I’ll try to go on one for more slime effects, not sure, yet. They are added to the already relatively large Nurgle host since they really don’t fit to other Chaos Gods imo.
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Some more Globs of Nurgle.
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I think you need a dungeon to host these blobs.
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Perhaps some glossy varnish so they look quite slimy?
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Perhaps some glossy varnish so they look quite slimy?
That’s actually a good idea. I’m at the moment experimenting with slime demons and had some interesting results by playing with various contrast paints.
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I really like these evil blobs :)
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I think you need a dungeon to host these blobs.
Hehe, that’s totally right! Poor adventurers stumbling into a slime. Maybe even one that can grow? I still got six more of those!
I really like these evil blobs :)
Thank yo a lot. I got them from a KA long time ago. Macrocosm should sell them by now if you’re interested.
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After having assembled a decent sized Nurgle army, I need an opponent. And who would fit better than the Blood God?
Here is another awesome model fromthe Trudvang game by CMON. It’s some kind of giant or troll or giant-troll. Honestly, I could not care less. When I saw it, it was immediately crystal clear to me that this brawler would be a nice centerpiece for a Khorne army.
I went a little crazy with my color choices; green highlighted to blue for the skin, red for the Bronze, yellow for gold and Bronze ornaments and green for the hair.
I want to pick a few highlights and details over the week, but already now, I am really impressed by the sculpt. Truly a fallen giant!
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That’s a nice butcher!
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Ay, well done! Love that one.
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Ay, well done! Love that one.
Thank you, Fram!
That’s a nice butcher!
Of course, the Butcher! That’ll be his name for now. He may not look like the one in Diablo, but he’s certainly doing that job in the armies of Khorne!
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I know, I know, I should continue grinding through my Khorne warband so that Papa Nurgle has something to stomp.
But then I saw this stunning model made by Varus Miniatures and was lost! This is one of the best Slaanesh champions I’ve ever seen - 28mm options included.
I have a few other models for Daemonettes - I’ll proxy them with ice witches from Demonworld and my plan is to get some of those Demonworld goblins and Splintered Light Dark Elves to swell the ranks. What I am really missing, though, in 15mm are Slaaneshi Chaos Warriors and Beastmen.
Maybe one of the many 3d artists will hear my call or the LAF hivemond can point me into the right direction?!
(Better pictures to follow).
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I think this shot is better.
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Wow - great figure and great paintwork!
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How could one resist the tempting call of slaanesh ;) Love what you did with that model!
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Where can one purchase that... snake demon knight? ;)
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Wow - great figure and great paintwork!
How could one resist the tempting call of slaanesh ;) Love what you did with that model!
Thank you, guys! Yeah, how can anyone skip a party with the great Lord:Lady of sex, drugs & violence? S*he is just a fun guy, really!
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Where can one purchase that... snake demon knight? ;)
I bought mine at a printshop called Excellent Miniatures and asked to print him in 15mm scale. Afaik the creator has also a Patreon called Varus Miniatures. Hope that helps.
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This is a pretty crazy sculpt. I actually have no idea where I got it from. 🤔I suspect it was part of one of the Oldhammer kickstarters I backed…maybe from Old School Models (OSM)?
Anyway, when I looked at the model, I liked two things: slime and the pose looking downwards - the „thing“ is certainly aiming a bit low for most 28-32mm models in my collection, but it’s perfect for 15mm scale! I’ll field it as a demon/giant/thing of Nurgle for Dragon Rampant. Maybe a reduced model/reduced size Bellicose Foot with some special rules.
Painting was real fun. Most of the work was a zenithal shading with several green, yellow and white layers over which I played with Contrast paints and picked out some details.
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I think you found your boss, for the dungeon slime party ;)
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I think you found your boss, for the dungeon slime party ;)
Oh yes! For sure. That’s a good idea. Oh woe those poor lvl 1 adventurers! lol
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„ Further and further into the ranks he sliced his way, until he saw Lord Xiombarg in his earthly guise of a slender, dark-haired woman. Elric knew that the woman’s shape was no indication of Xiombarg’s mighty strength but, without fear, he leapt towards the Duke of Hell and stood before him, looking up at where he sat on his lion-headed, bull-bodied mount. Xiombarg’s girl’s voice came sweetly to Elric’s ears. ‘Mortal, you have defied many Dukes of Hell and banished others back to the Higher Worlds. They call you godslayer now, so I’ve heard. Can you slay me?’“
Michael Moorcock, Stormbringer
The stories about Elric of Melniboné are among my favorites in the vast ocean of (mostly poorly written) fantasy literature.
The sequence quoted above is one of the best and creepiest descriptions of the Chaos Lords and so how could I resist on doing an Oldhammer version of King Xiombarg as a champion of Slaanesh. I chose an ice witch from the Demonworld range sculpted by the great Werner Klocke and as a mount some new chaos beastie from a GW set about battles in the chaos wastelands („Warcry“ iirc).
Both got a decent Slaaneshi paintjob with lots of blue and pink. Taking the pictures was tricky. As usual I finished in the middle of the night and furthermore I need to fix Xiombarg somehow on the chaos lion. Hope you like the pair!
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I currently have a really great run and managed to do another miniature tonight. This sculpt represents a southern prince. It’s a brilliant sculpt by Greenskinminiatures!
I used it as a champion of Slaanesh and am really happy how he turned out. I’ve been churning through Chaos Warriors that are also 3d prints and are often annoying to paint. This is not the case with this mini: a clean, clearly structured, elegant and yet dynamic sculpts that was just a joy to paint!
So I guess, I’ll play this as an Elite Foot unit with reduced models for Dragon Rampant. Now my Slaaneshi champions will need some units!
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Amazing Charakters! The chaos lion looks so evil.
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Love your work, perfect representation of Sigvald too! Pretty sure I'm following your insta too, was very impressed seeing these the other day
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Amazing Charakters! The chaos lion looks so evil.
Thanks, Peter, I have some more from the Warcry boxed set which includes some amazing stuff. I’m tempted to modify one of those into a Manticore for a Khorne/Dark Elf champion!
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Love your work, perfect representation of Sigvald too! Pretty sure I'm following your insta too, was very impressed seeing these the other day
Hey thanks, RustyT! Yeah, I posted not-Sigvald (let’s maybe call him Zigvald in a poor man‘s imitation of the old Mario/Vario joke) a few minutes earlier on Instagram. I really need to work on my photography, though. After being a childcarrier for some years, I do find some time to paint, but usually either very early or very late. And with my mobile only 🤦♂️
In imitation of a certain great WHQ thread I plan to scrounge through my leadpile tonight and paint a few 28mm for a change, though!
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Hey thanks, RustyT! Yeah, I posted not-Sigvald (let’s maybe call him Zigvald in a poor man‘s imitation of the old Mario/Vario joke) a few minutes earlier on Instagram. I really need to work on my photography, though. After being a childcarrier for some years, I do find some time to paint, but usually either very early or very late. And with my mobile only 🤦♂️
In imitation of a certain great WHQ thread I plan to scrounge through my leadpile tonight and paint a few 28mm for a change, though!
Haha, sorry Zigvalt The Magnetic
I only use my phone, its usually just lighting and turning down the ISO if your phone let's you.
Great idea! Looking forward to seeing what you dig out!!
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Those are wonderful, really wonder.
Those are LONG boots on the princess of evil.
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Haha, sorry Zigvalt The Magnetic
I only use my phone, its usually just lighting and turning down the ISO if your phone let's you.
Great idea! Looking forward to seeing what you dig out!!
I got an iPhone bought second hand. The photos are pretty good, bit miniatures and bad light are two things where I see potential for optimizing!
Just was a bit in my man cave…pretty cold down there at this time of the year and with f@€§1&ng Putin causing electricity and heat bills to explode hmrph! Too many choices…damn! I need some real initiative…I therefore grabbed some relatively new GW goblins and a troll from that Underworld game. Really good models imho, still capturing the spirit of the Old World. Maybe I can motivate myself to start them when I am through with those Khorne Chaos Warriors…
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Those are wonderful, really wonder.
Those are LONG boots on the princess of evil.
Thank you LouieN, your kind words are very much appreciated!
I’ll take a shot from behind if I can remember it…that witch is definitely little bit kinky. Those boots are *very* long!
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I love everything in this thread! Brilliant collection and painting.
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I love everything in this thread! Brilliant collection and painting.
These are very kind words, Dubbya, and I am happy to read them!!! You, too, seem to have a rather extensive and interesting collection!
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Im nearly through with several Khorne chaos warriors from a 3D guy, but these were by far inferior to the last couple of 3D prints and not really enjoyable.
Well anyway, I did another Chaos troll. Again a simply brilliant Rackham model of a slightly mutated goblin. I love the little rascal. The pose, again, is rather strange for a 28/35mm model as the goblin, who is small in that scale, looks down. Does he want to stab someone in the foot? Are the goblins in Aarklash usually fighting moles?
We’ll probably never know with Jean Bey and Confrontation long gone, but such models are pretty neat for smaller scales as they are perfectly understandable as big guys looking down to fight smaller beings.
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You definitly have the most pre planned collection of 28mm guys looking to the ground ;)
Rackham had some great models, love what you did!
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You definitly have the most pre planned collection of 28mm guys looking to the ground ;)
Rackham had some great models, love what you did!
Of course, in fact, three decades ago I started collecting them. And so that no one got suspicious, I camouflaged this behaviour by pretending to play Warhammer and especially Confrontation (seriously the worst tabletop rules I’ve ever played with the best models ever made for a tabletop). ;) :D
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Rackham models were awesome! Yours look great man. I had a huge collection of goblins, really liked them. But they were hard to mix with other brands, so I sold them in the end (shaaaaaaaame!!!)
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Rackham models were awesome! Yours look great man. I had a huge collection of goblins, really liked them. But they were hard to mix with other brands, so I sold them in the end (shaaaaaaaame!!!)
Awesome praise from you, thanks. And, yeah, a constant issue with Rackham stuff is the size of their models. Stylistically their early orcs, goblins, trolls and dwarfs *would* fit in nicely with GW & their imitators. Alas, their goblins are the size of Chaos Marauders, their orcs could also be ogres…
…I wanted to sell mine several times, but whenever I do sell some, I regret it andnot only keep stuff, but buy some more…
While I always want to build some SoBH/FFoL warbands with them, I don’t really make progress . Yet, I’ve found quite a lot of uses for many models of my collection: goblins work brilliantly as 15mm trolls or Chaos Mutants. There’s even the possibility that some of my models might appear in MotU: Battleground;)
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Today was my daughter’s birthday. We had a lot of fun: granny, godfather, aunts everywhere, presents, cheering, singing, cake!
Anyway I managed to finish some models in the last night. Here they come, my first unit of Khornate Chaos Warriors!
A mixture of Alternative Armies, 3D printed models, stuff I cannot even guess where I got it from (the large guy in the pseuo-samurai armor, and GW bits. The AA anti-paladin had his head chopped off and a skull from the very useful GW skull set was added. There’s wven a renegade nurgle demon born again as a bloodied skinlesss worshipper of Khorne.
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Took a day off and will be heading to the lake with my daughter, but before we do that, I was allowed to take some pictures. With some daylight they are slightly better..
First & second: Zigvald the Magnetic („Ziggy“ to his friends and he could have become famous with music videos).
Third : Queen Xiombarg again on her chaos lion.
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And a couple of Chaos Warriors I did over the last days. These two are Alternative Armies sculpts with headswaps from the above mentioned GW set „Skulls“. Very useful and gives the right Old School spirit imo.
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And a third chaos warrior, this tome female, for my small Slaanesh warband.
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Very nice progress! Can we get a better pictur of the guy in samurai armour?
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Very nice progress! Can we get a better pictur of the guy in samurai armour?
Here he is. Don’t ask me where and how I got him. I really don’t know. Possibly with an eBay lot. Maybe the LAF hive mind knows?
The sculpt is rather mediocre. The sword especially is poorly sculped and many details aren’t clear - what I originally saw as a bent pommel seems to be a ribbon with a sword bead. I used a samurai armor from our exhibition as an archetype, that’s why the horns are painted in the same color as the rest of the suit. The highlights got a layer of gem effect as my other chaos warriors.
Anyway, I kinda like him as a beefy Chaos warrior. I got another one, originally intended for some 28mm goblin warband, which at some point I’ll turn into a Mahal warrior.
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Here he is. Don’t ask me where and how I got him. I really don’t know. Possibly with an eBay lot. Maybe the LAF hive mind knows?
He's from Alternative Armies, sculpted to accompany their re-release of the Rieder Design's 'Hard Corps', which I think were originally evil warriors, but with scale creep and what-not have now been downgraded to 'armoured goblins'. So 'Chaos Warrior' is probably a return to his roots.
It's great to see the chaos warbands grow (I knew you'd end up doing all the Powers lol). I'm particularly taken with Queen Xiombarg. Cracking stuff.
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Great work on these! The skull conversions work really well - big enough to be helmets with the-gods-know-what inside. And Xiombarg is just magnificent!
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Man oh man, so many cool models! Love them. Especially Ziggy is very well done, awesome paintjob
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Here he is. Don’t ask me where and how I got him. I really don’t know. Possibly with an eBay lot. Maybe the LAF hive mind knows?
The sculpt is rather mediocre. The sword especially is poorly sculped and many details aren’t clear - what I originally saw as a bent pommel seems to be a ribbon with a sword bead. I used a samurai armor from our exhibition as an archetype, that’s why the horns are painted in the same color as the rest of the suit. The highlights got a layer of gem effect as my other chaos warriors.
Anyway, I kinda like him as a beefy Chaos warrior. I got another one, originally intended for some 28mm goblin warband, which at some point I’ll turn into a Mahal warrior.
Thanks! hes a fun model
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He's from Alternative Armies, sculpted to accompany their re-release of the Rieder Design's 'Hard Corps', which I think were originally evil warriors, but with scale creep and what-not have now been downgraded to 'armoured goblins'. So 'Chaos Warrior' is probably a return to his roots.
It's great to see the chaos warbands grow (I knew you'd end up doing all the Powers lol). I'm particularly taken with Queen Xiombarg. Cracking stuff.
Oh, thanks, OldHob! Then he’s probably gotten into my leadpile via a shopping trip to AA. They may not have the best models around, but there are so many unique miniatures that I’m somehow always happy they still exist!
And, yeah, going all in here: Nurgle, Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, Mahal, Hastur and the Horned Rat are planned … maybe with Dwarfs and Orcs, too ;)
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Great work on these! The skull conversions work really well - big enough to be helmets with the-gods-know-what inside. And Xiombarg is just magnificent!
Thank you for the kind words! There is a huge amount of skull, also from non-humans. Great potential for conversions…also for all you 1/72 guys.
Man oh man, so many cool models! Love them. Especially Ziggy is very well done, awesome paintjob
Thanks, man! Zigvald still needs some mirrors to admire himself, but the sculpt was great, basically painted himself:)
Thanks! hes a fun model
Indeed, he is, especially since he’s pretty original. That lets one forget the flaws.
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So, slowly I‘m building up new forces.
Khorne will get some demons, beastmen and the infamous Legion of Khorne spearmen, while some scattered Nurglings and a demon toad are waiting for the lord of decay. Tzeentch has a hoard of Splintered Light stuff that I’ve been saving for just such an occasion and Slaanesh will get a giant equivalent, some fun-loving trolls, beastmen and chaos warriors.
And for Mahal, I’ve got something special planned.
Anyway, here are two leftovers from the last weeks.
First of all an orc champion devoted to Khorne. An excellent model by Werner Klocke for Demonworld.
The other guy could be a great representation of Elric in his dragon armor - afaik the text never specifies whether Elric’s helmet is open or closed and we all only have the image of an open helmet by a myriad of artists who wanted to show Elric‘s face. The model is also from Demonworld and absolutely brilliant. Highly recommended for all kinds of dark knights!
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Khorne Orcs are the best Orcs. :-*
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Khorne Orcs are the best Orcs. :-*
It’s actually a great loss in modern Warhammer that Chaos now is a purely human thing!
I miss Khornate Stormboyz and Nobz!
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Here are some group shots of my blobs and slime demons and the Snail rider with the Chaos Warriors.
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And last, but not least a giant Beastman from Demonworld.
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As always nice additions :-* love the group shots.
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As always nice additions :-* love the group shots.
Thank you, Peter. I’m still learning… here is a recent attempt of a group shot with my mobile phone.
Probably need to invest in a photo app and need to start working on some terrain features as background.
Here are three Rackham Confrontation goblins repurposed as chaos trolls. The one in the background was meant for my pseudarthurian setting and therefore is based slightly different. They give a nice solid Dragon Rampant unit with 4 wounds each.
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And another group shot of my Nurgle Chaos Warriors. Most of them are Alternative Armies sculpts.
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Great stuff!
The other guy could be a great representation of Elric in his dragon armor - afaik the text never specifies whether Elric’s helmet is open or closed and we all only have the image of an open helmet by a myriad of artists who wanted to show Elric‘s face. The model is also from Demonworld and absolutely brilliant. Highly recommended for all kinds of dark knights!
Yes, he would make a great Elric - and I seem to remember that the text does either specify or imply some sort of visor or face covering (I always drew Elric with an elaborate visored helm when I was a kid!). In fact, here's the description in Stormbringer:
Upon the table, among the open books, a tapering black helm, engraved with old runes, lay, its crown gradually rising into a spiked, standing almost two feet from the base. At this base, dominating the eye-slits, was a tiny replica of a spread-winged dragon, with a gaping snout ... Now he picked up the helm and fitted it over his head so that it covered the top half of his face, only his red eyes gleaming from the shadows. He refrained from pulling the side wings about his lower face but for the meantime, left them sweeping back from the bottom of the helmet.
So it sounds like it is a fully visored helm when all the bits are in place - and that cracking miniature would be at least as accurate as any of the standard Elric illustrations.
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Great stuff!
Yes, he would make a great Elric - and I seem to remember that the text does either specify or imply some sort of visor or face covering (I always drew Elric with an elaborate visored helm when I was a kid!). In fact, here's the description in Stormbringer:
So it sounds like it is a fully visored helm when all the bits are in place - and that cracking miniature would be at least as accurate as any of the standard Elric illustrations.
Thank you, sir Hobgoblin! That is also a marvelous discovery. It’s far too often that some specific artwork dominates our vision of a certain fantasy world. A closet helmet makes indeed much more sense - and is a refreshing change opening up many possibilities.
The little knight shall be known from now on as Elric, Champion of Mahal (a.k.a. Arioch)!
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Impressive all around
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My daughter was pretty sick the last few days, I had a cold, let’s say, I didn’t manage a lot. Playing around a little with my mobile, though.
Zigvald the Magnetic steps down from his throne of handsomeness to confront a Nurglitch Slime demon assisted by two chaos warriors.
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Elric of Melniboné joins forces with a Champion of Tzeentch to battle Svend, the Troll King of the North who had forget an alliance with a Nurgle warband.
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A mighty Doomstrider Wargiant is brought to the front by a group of Khornate chaos warriors.
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A unit of Khornate chaos warriors. Many an army has broken just from witnessing a charge by the devout of the Blood God!
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A lesser chaos giant assisted by a unit of marauders prepares for battle.
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Skaditz, once a proud lord of the dragons, is now part of Papa Nurgle’s Rotten Circus.
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Nice troop shots!
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Impressive all around
Nice troop shots!
Thank you gentlemen. Today we have the second part of my daughter’s birthday (with kindergarten kids) and then I’ll be busy for a lecture next week in Heidelberg. After that I’ll hopefully have some more time to paint again.
I realize, I need to start thinking about suitable terrain…
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Very nicely painted Chaos thugs and warriors, where did you get them from?
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Very nicely painted Chaos thugs and warriors, where did you get them from?
thanks!
The Chaos Warriors are from a variety of sources:
Alternative Armies Anti Paladins and 25mm Hobgoblins
Magister Militum Beastmen (18mm range)
And some 3d prints I’ve bought with Excellent Miniatures, not sure who created them for the horny, spikey very much inspired by current GW models.
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Yes-yes, terrain would really round everything up. Plus, it’s so simple to paint yet so rewarding at the same time...
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Yes-yes, terrain would really round everything up. Plus, it’s so simple to paint yet so rewarding at the same time...
Sorry for the late reply was taken down by a rather uncomfortable virus the last couple of weeks. I did indeed manage to scrounge some terrain from my hoard, but that will have to wait a little.
Yesterday I was still not really able to paint lacking concentration, but I experimented a little with photography using a mobile.
I hope you like this, gentlemen. I think I will need to build a small photo station next to my painting desk to document my progress.
I used a light rose paper which my daughter „gifted“ me (in the true sense of the word. Supernatural forces forbid me to throw it away!), used my desk lamp, max ISO on my phone and flash.
Here’s a new female chaos warrior and the Khorne battle giant again.
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And here is the Champion of Tzeentch on his flying Disc. Also photographed in my ad hoc photo station. I’m pretty happy how the colors and details come out now.
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The Snail Rider and his retinue of Chaos Warriors of Nurgle.
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And last, but not least, the Demon Prince with his little pe(s)ts and my Chaos Sorceror (he is some kind lf named character in GW lore) with his summoned pest demons!
Hope you like them.
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I like the gifted paper ;) seems that slaanesh conquered your hard! Nice pictures of your reinforcements.
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I like the gifted paper ;) seems that slaanesh conquered your hard! Nice pictures of your reinforcements.
Definitely Slaanesh! The blue and pink colors, crazily dressed beastmen (teddies mostly) plus hypnotic music, that’s what you experience in her room!
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I’ve had another face off with a virus from kindergarten hell that took most of two weeks o_o thereafter it’s been my wife’s turn again, so hobby time was at an utmost limit…again.
I managed to steal a few minutes here and there and managed to get some trees battle ready. These will soon be „reinforced“ by mutated plants to make up for a true chaos forest.
The models are simple but nice and were part of my Joan of Arc pledge. The game is really strange: some excellent 15mm stuff but many monsters are so incredibly huge that they would still be large in a 54mm game… when I needed space I sold off most of my pledge and only kept the terrain, village and siege sets. I do regret selling the basic box a little because iirc there were some nice models in it, but alas, better regret it than have some 10+ boxes full of stuff you will never paint blocking one‘s man cave…
Well here are my trees and bushes. Apart from creating a forest terrain feature for 15mm, they could also work fine as shrubbery for 28mm.
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Another one with the smaller bushes.
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I played a bit around with my ad hoc photo station. I managed to get a cöean background and might add another light source and a holder for my mobile, but I am quite happy with the results.
Here are some older models from my pseudo-arthurian collection of knights.
1. Dwarf knight vs. The Green Knight
2. Wizard, Hellyboy and a Roman Knight (Grenadier High Elf champion)
3. Arthur and the good guys including two fey
4. the bad guys
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Cool adventurer parties!
I love this green knight! Looks like the perfect final boss of a campaign.
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Cool adventurer parties!
I love this green knight! Looks like the perfect final boss of a campaign.
Thanks! The Green Knight is actually an old 25mm Citadel miniature. I was heavily inspired by John Howe‘s famous picture:
https://www.medievalists.net/2016/04/five-favourite-middle-english-romances/gawain-and-the-green-knight/
Sir Gawain is in the evil posse. :)
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Wooh more cool stuff! Great models as always
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Thanks! The Green Knight is actually an old 25mm Citadel miniature. I was heavily inspired by John Howe‘s famous picture:
https://www.medievalists.net/2016/04/five-favourite-middle-english-romances/gawain-and-the-green-knight/
Sir Gawain is in the evil posse. :)
Great artwork
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These are great - and that chaos warrior is just the ticket for the Green Knight!
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Wooh more cool stuff! Great models as always
Thank you! Words like these are always appreciated :)
Great artwork
Yeah, I like it a lot, too. Arthurian fantasy is so much underexplored in tabletop wargaming. Everyone did Tolkien, now everyone copies GW, few people risk new ideas (there are such things, though, KA and 3d printing made a lot of things possible). Knights both good and evil in a fragile peace solving quests, fighting giants and a world full of pixies, fae etc.
These are great - and that chaos warrior is just the ticket for the Green Knight!
Oh, I forgot that he was one of those early chaos warriors! Of course, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for pointing that out.
I guess, I still have one or two other models from the set. Sadly they are too small for all modern ranges, but thanks to you and this forum, I have really learned to appreciate their originality!
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I’m still testing my ad hoc photo station and what would be better than to go back to the models that started this thread?
Good evening you sons and daughters of vanquished people, fellow hobgoblins and praised Chaos Dwarf masters!
Here are some of my Chaos Dwarf blunderbusses. The models are sold by Admirality Miniatures via etsy. They are really characterful and paint up nicely.
Praise Hashut!
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And here are some of the axe-dwarfs. I haven’t found the time to do the shields. I’m not the greatest painter so I’m kinda afraid of freehands. Is there a good source for 15mm transfers that look proper chaotic and dwarfish?
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My small unit of Bullcentaurs and some CDs for size comparison. Nice models, but I need some more for a good sized unit both in Dragon Rampant and KoW.
Second picture shows a selection of hobgoblin servants. Same problem with the shields here. :(
And finally my commanders and their pet demons.
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Finally, I found back to the hobby. After a depressive phase of having the gritty reality killing my mojo, I used the sunny weather and based all my Chaos Dwarfs with magnets for DBx (28mm/60x30).
Now I’m eagerly waiting for DBF and will play D3H2 in the meantime.
Better pics to follow!
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Excellent work! Chaos dwarves are a unique army- they don’t really look like anything else. I like what you have done with yours.
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a good army.
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They look great!
I hadn't heard about DBF - plunging down that rabbit hole now!
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Awesome!
Big hat Chaos Dwarves are my favourite WHFB army, and now they're available in 15mm too? 8)
HASHUT! Gezundheit...
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Excellent work! Chaos dwarves are a unique army- they don’t really look like anything else. I like what you have done with yours.
Thank you! Yes those little rascals don’t get the love they deserve. GW hasn’t continued the range and most 3rd party producers go for the brutal dwarfs of later editions. I do appreciate the tongue in cheek approach of the big hats.
a good army.
Thanks, Louie!
They look great!
I hadn't heard about DBF - plunging down that rabbit hole now!
I’ve got the playtest rules by Mr Thomas of D3B2 fame. It’s already a very nice ruleset. Better wording, nice layout and some spot-on LotR armylists complete with special rules! It could be what I was looking for. They kept the simplicity from HotT and added just enough granularity to decently represent armies from Warhammer or Tolkien. - Basically it’s HotT 3.0
Awesome!
Big hat Chaos Dwarves are my favourite WHFB army, and now they're available in 15mm too? 8)
HASHUT! Gezundheit...
Hashut be praised indeed! There is a nice little range on etsy under the name Admirality Miniatures. They fit perfectly with Demonworld and Copplestone (i.e. „big“ 15mm) and paint up really well. It’s not 100% complete, but that’s where 3d printing will come in.
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I rebased the Blades, they looked too puny with 3/base - I wanted to let them have a nice battleline, but that didn’t work. - Except for the command bases which are fine.
Here they are now with 4 models per base.
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And a complete shot of my six bases.
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Yeah, that works! The higher density makes them look like a more solid battle line, especially in the pic with all 6 bases ranked up.
I’ve struggled a bit in my own 15mm fantasy project with how many figures to put on each base, and how best to place them on each base to get the effect I wanted. I eventually came to the conclusion that it works best to go with what looks best for the specific army, rather than try and standardize figure numbers (DBX- style). Some figures look solid with 4 to a base, but smaller figures would need 5 or even 6 to fill the space enough for it to look “right” for the same troop type. I just go with the look that feels right, and explain to my opponent before the game what each type is. (I strictly play social games, rather than tournaments, so no problems.)
In any case, I think you have a great look with these bases.
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Yeah, that works! The higher density makes them look like a more solid battle line, especially in the pic with all 6 bases ranked up.
I’ve struggled a bit in my own 15mm fantasy project with how many figures to put on each base, and how best to place them on each base to get the effect I wanted. I eventually came to the conclusion that it works best to go with what looks best for the specific army, rather than try and standardize figure numbers (DBX- style). Some figures look solid with 4 to a base, but smaller figures would need 5 or even 6 to fill the space enough for it to look “right” for the same troop type. I just go with the look that feels right, and explain to my opponent before the game what each type is. (I strictly play social games, rather than tournaments, so no problems.)
In any case, I think you have a great look with these bases.
Thanks, that’s actually very helpful, because I’m still struggling with that!
Stupid past-me based all the Chaos Dwarfs on cents. It started as a small skirmish project and went „slightly“ out of control.
I still have Khorne, Tzeentch and Nurgle based on money (the cheapest way to do it!), so there will be more bases to do.
Once I have a decent number of bases, however, I want to start 15mm pseudo-Middle Earth and I was thinking for days now about how many minis per base. I like your approach.
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And here are the blunderbusses. These work actually quite nicely as 3/base. I did them either all preparing to set aim or fire, so I can build two ranks which I think looks good.
One guy is aiming in the wrong direction. This will have consequences! (I’ll just turn him around, but he’ll probably have to explain this to his superiors first!)
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And my artillery pieces: flame thrower, swivel gun and rocket launcher!
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And here are some more detailed shots of the rest of the units which I took while basing my chaos army.
It’s time for the hobgoblins. First the archers.
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Spears & swords. Not yet sure what I wil use these for. Maybe Auxiliaries?
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And finally the assassins (sneakers).
The first units of the Chaos army will follow soon!
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I finished my first unit for the Chaos army: Chaos warriors of Khorne.
The models are a mix of Alternative Armies, 3D prints, Demonworld and others and I do like how they have come out.
My aim was to break away from the silly uniformity introduced in later editions of Warhammer. That’s why there’s an orc, a beastman, a giant and other monstrosities among the ranks of spiked, horny guys (horny, you know…because of the helmets…ah forget it!).
Four bases are done which gives me a decent force for HotT/DBF but not enough for Warmaster. Now on to the rest so those evil stunties will meet their match!
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Here is the last base and an overview of the battle line.
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And another base ready for play: models from Rackham Confrontation and Bronze Age refurbished as some mean, gigantic race from the cold north. Behold, the mighty behemoths!
Not sure if I will keep the base as it is as the colors for the skin of the crouched giant and the sword of the standing giant are pretty close as I just have realized.
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Love to see the Armies coming together :-* Can't wait to see what comes next!
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Love to see the Armies coming together :-* Can't wait to see what comes next!
Thank you! The next step? I’ve got a few spare models here and there, but also lots of beastly mean and sick (in the literal sense) followers of a certain Chaos god….;)
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So I was away for a few days to talk about very old stone axes on a conference (which I do among other things for a living), but I had prepared these here and they are now finished.
The models are mostly from Alternative Armies and they work just perfect as Chaos Warriors of Nurgle.
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And this little chap is a 3d priint (we live in such amazing times!) from Varus miniatures. He’s a great little model and just perfect as a sorcerer of Nurgle.
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Wow! Great work on those! You’re right, we certainly do live in amazing times, 3D printing is making just about any miniature imaginable readily available.
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Yes, indeed, 3d printing is really shaking things up. And I don’t even have a printer. I fear if one day I buy one, I won’t be able to stop :)
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That is a legitimate worry - two of my friends bought 3D printers and both now have LARGE piles of prints waiting for paint!
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That is a legitimate worry - two of my friends bought 3D printers and both now have LARGE piles of prints waiting for paint!
That might be me if I ever buy one lol
I also have no real place (young kid in the house) and relax after work when I’m *not* at my computer. And the last thing is my biggest issue. Painting (and collecting!) little toy soldiers is a beautiful hobby which gets my mind off the day’s problems and tomorrow’s challenges. And while having the prints would just be awesome, I have no motivation to get into the actual process.
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That might be me if I ever buy one lol
I also have no real place (young kid in the house) and relax after work when I’m *not* at my computer. And the last thing is my biggest issue. Painting (and collecting!) little toy soldiers is a beautiful hobby which gets my mind off the day’s problems and tomorrow’s challenges. And while having the prints would just be awesome, I have no motivation to get into the actual process.
I’m in the same place in regards to printing- I do love seeing the positive impact it’s having on the community though :)
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They all work great and are all suitably slimy. Good work.
Hope you enjoyed your rock-bashing conference.
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Thanks, guys! Yeah I truly enjoy talking about such stuff. And that‘s not even taking into account the beers in the evening;)