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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Ogrob on November 29, 2019, 10:48:58 PM
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Note from the future: this thread now contains several projects, large and small. I tend to refer to them by name and not always by game system so here is a little reference list if you happen to be reading from the start:
Guardians of the Autumnwood: For SAGA Age of Magic, the Lords of the Wild faction. Theme is rangers, druids and wild animals in a sacred forest
Kingdom of the Black Duns: For Oathmark. Theme is a sort of alternate Dunlending human/or/goblin alliance, fairly dark age looking
Kingdom of the Brambles: A dwarf/halfling force for Oathmark.
Knights of the Rusty Cross: Otherworld for SAGA Age of Magic
Plus some terrain, some Dnd monsters and some Rangers of Shadow Deep.
Hey, new project, new thread!
Since Saga Age of Magic was released I've been eyeing the Lords of the Wild faction. It's right up my wheelhouse as I love themes of wilderness, mysterious forests and rangers. I've been thinking about starting this project for a while, and finally got going this week when my latest North Star order turned up with some female wizards and a couple of Rangers for Rangers of Shadow Deep.
Having made a rough army list, I set about building. I will need 36 infantry for the list to begin with, 12 each of melee weapon/shield, bow and javelin/shield.
For the first I settled on Frostgrave female soldiers with arms from Shieldwolf's shieldmaids. I love parts of both kits, but they can really improve each other I feel.
(https://i.imgur.com/MLYL3fK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/knNc1lq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HQOwREi.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4vJWuoP.jpg)
And for the archers I went with a mix of Oathmark humans and Frostgrave barbarians with Perry arms. Hooded heads sources mostly from Oathmark and Fireforge Northmen.
(https://i.imgur.com/WlApqN7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/spWBnRw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MzeCWLj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oOEUmMz.jpg)
Seeing lots of imperfections that need to be fixed before painting, but pretty happy with the builds all the same.
What do you think?
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I don’t know the background to the different factions, but they look like a really decent blend of kits...looking forward to seeing them painted up.
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Cracking job making the units 8) 8)
I’m looking forward to you flinging some paint at em :D :D
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Thank you both!
The factions for Saga Age of Magic are by design very generic, which I find really cool. There is a lot of freedom to be creative and model them. The Lords of the Wild can be anything from wood elves to beastmen to dryads to forest goblins, as long as they have a connection to the wild and use combined arms tactics.
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Looks really great. Any chance of getting enough bows from the two female plastic packs, or did you go to Perry for that reason?
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Monkeylite: Thank you! The frostgrave sprues tend to have two bows per five models, so not enough to make a unit of archers. Oathmark humans have bow arms aplenty, but I really favour Perry for the look and natural poses of their longbows so I always default to them.
While we are here, I have a small update for you. Kitbashed from Oathmark elves and Shieldwolf Shieldmaidens we have four Hearthguard with swords and shields (well, shields to be added later for ease of painting).
(https://i.imgur.com/2YrMSOt.jpg)
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Some brilliant kitbashing there mate!
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Fantastic kitbashing.
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Great units, love the variation. :)
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And mostly just for completeness sake, two characters. Didn't even need to use any greenstuff on these.
The Ranger is from North Star, and will be a Ranger hero, and the Druid is from Fireforge and will be a Sorcerer. They are on 30mm bases as SAGA allows larger bases for heroes.
(https://i.imgur.com/hYpFWsR.jpg)
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Those kitbashed minis look really good.
I really have to get my hands on these plastic kits, they have so much potential.
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Those kitbashed minis look really good.
I really have to get my hands on these plastic kits, they have so much potential.
Thank you! It is great fun to kitbash, and so many nice kits on the market. My sprue collection fills three shelves at the moment.....
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Very well contructed charactors. Cant wait to see them painted. Any thoughts on how the palette to be used?
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These look great! I'm certainly looking forward to invading the Autumnwoods with my orcs.
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Terrific work! It’s definitely a golden age of plastic kit parts at the moment. I really appreciate the manufacturers who supply lots of extras on the sprue.
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Very well contructed charactors. Cant wait to see them painted. Any thoughts on how the palette to be used?
Painting is begun. I'm going for autumn leaves type colours, earthy reds, oranges and yellows supplemented with brown and a little bit of green.
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Sounds excellent. Looking forward to seeing the finished results! :o
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Little bit of painting done, and testing out basing. I do need to drop more pva on those leaves, they come of pretty easy at the moment.
The Lords of the Wild can field a unit of Levy called the Swarm, which represent any type of small animal you want. For my rangers I settled on dogs, partially because I had the models already. Half of them are Gripping Beast irish hounds, and the other half are Crooked Dice dogs that I used for Frostgrave. Rebased and touched up the paint jobs. There is a spare model in there as I had 7 irish hounds, and didn't want to leave one unpainted.
(https://i.imgur.com/RWfhRJl.jpg)
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Really good looking dogs - like the autumn leaves - and think this will be a good colour scheme across the force.
The kit bashed models look good too.
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Just a small interlude, I have finally put finishing touched on the minis for my current DnD party. We have a Fire Genasi rogue, a human paladin, a tabaxi monk, a human cleric (my character) and a human bard who really wants to be Batman.
(https://i.imgur.com/Aup3ynt.jpg)
And an upcoming gift for the DM, as we're playing a giant-themed campaign. That's a 60 mm base for scale reference. Wizkids Frost Giant:
(https://i.imgur.com/F1aSvz6.jpg)
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Brilliant use of the Shieldwolf minis. This is going to be an amazing warband.
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These are fantastic! I'm working on a ranger-themed Lords of the Wild warband myself and this is great inspiration, though I'm taking mine in a more "Robin Hood" than "Middle-Earth" direction. In your experience how do the Northstar plastics compare to the Perry plastics proportion-wise? I've used Gripping Beast, Perry, and Warlord parts together and it looks natural but I'm not sure if Northstar leans more in the Games Workshop heroic proportions direction.
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These are fantastic! I'm working on a ranger-themed Lords of the Wild warband myself and this is great inspiration, though I'm taking mine in a more "Robin Hood" than "Middle-Earth" direction. In your experience how do the Northstar plastics compare to the Perry plastics proportion-wise? I've used Gripping Beast, Perry, and Warlord parts together and it looks natural but I'm not sure if Northstar leans more in the Games Workshop heroic proportions direction.
Thank you! North Star does lean more heroic than Perry and the strictly historical, but not all the way to GW town. You can definitly mix them, but not all parts will work as well. I decided not to use any bow arms from the Oathmark humans, as they do look fairly different to the Perry longbows. Check out my Game of Thrones thread for more kitbashing, I use a lot of Perry and Frostgrave there.
And Koyote, thank you! Looking forward to seeing updates of your Saga projects as well.
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Great job on the Frost Giant
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The Wild Hunt are tenuous allies to the Guardian Rangers. Druidic and capricious they are as likely to hunt intruders as innocent wanderers who stray off the path.
Test model for mounted hearthguard with composite bows. Kitbashed from GW Wild Riders, with Oathmark elf weapons and a Victrix viking head for that wild look. I cut down the silly antler crown on the deer and just stuck the antlers to the side of his head instead. May need a little bit of greenstuff to fill some gaps, but overall I feel it has come together really well.
What do you think?
(https://i.imgur.com/brUgyP3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4Z4hMEL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/If7yoac.jpg)
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Seems to be update Sunday. I've also managed to finish basing the first couple of models for both units.
As you can see the ombre effect on the cloaks are reversed for the male and female models. Should help a bit with quick identification in game.
(https://i.imgur.com/2hEwQOc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sllYg7X.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eO04Vi3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BuhDSRY.jpg)
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Really nice color scheme and painting! Thanks for sharing. Love the bases.
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I am really impressed with all the kitbashing on this thread... the rider is just amazing!!
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Lovely! :o :o :o
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Thank you all! I've managed to build a second Wild Huntsman today. Temporarily based for painting.
(https://i.imgur.com/4wWSFkR.jpg)
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I quite like your builds :-)
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Love the new couple of builds - where is the head from on the last one?
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Love the new couple of builds - where is the head from on the last one?
Thank you! He's also from Victrix Vikings. Probably my favourite head on the sprue, a great windswept beard. You can see the same head on the Paladin in the DnD party.
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Thank you! He's also from Victrix Vikings. Probably my favourite head on the sprue, a great windswept beard. You can see the same head on the Paladin in the DnD party.
Another sprue set I need to add to the growing mountain of plastic
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The Wild Hunt assembles! Five for now, we'll see if I get more later. These are the riders, just mounted on bases for painting. Just have a look at pg 2 for an example of the deer they ride.
GW Wild Riders with heads from Victrix vikings and Frostgrave barbarians. Spears, bows and quivers from Oathmark Elf infantry.
(https://i.imgur.com/QCkoeuD.jpg)
What do you think?
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Another bunch of warriors finished. Both my last models painted for 2019 and my first for 2020.
(https://i.imgur.com/VrRhU6h.jpg)
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More spiffing creations :-*
I must get that Frostgrave female soldiers set... ::)
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Some great work here 8)
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Thank you both! The Frostgrave female plastics are really nice, though I think the wizard set has much better sculpts for heads.
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The Autumnwood can be a dangerous place, but there are those who call it home. The wild tribes of the deep woods are often happy to help the rangers in a scrap. Undisciplined as they are, they can be clever at harrying an enemy from the terrain
A point of Levy, 12 models. I used what was left over of the two kits of Perry Ansar that formed the foundation of my Irish project a while back. Link here. (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=111153.0) I also had some Perry Zulus around, and they contributed some bodies but I stuck to the Ansar javelins as the Zulu weaponry is a bit to distinctive. Heads from Victrix (a couple of Gauls, kindly donated by Koyote), Frostgrave and Oathmark.
(https://i.imgur.com/0WcIxll.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/AtSap8N.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think that is some excellent kit bashing.
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Excellent work, all around.
Where do you buy your orange leaves?
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Excellent work, all around.
Where do you buy your orange leaves?
Thank you! The leaves are Green Stuff World, their Orange Autumn leaves.
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The running warriors look great!
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Progress! Last day of winter holidays, and I've just about finished a playable force. Two more units to do, but one of those is almost done, just needs varnish and basing.
Warlord:
(https://i.imgur.com/WvCW6ou.jpg)
First Ranger:
(https://i.imgur.com/JCTAuhC.jpg)
Archdruid:
(https://i.imgur.com/80btiqn.jpg)
12 Warriors:
(https://i.imgur.com/Kb3rgyO.jpg)
12 Warriors with bows:
(https://i.imgur.com/XLNmtRw.jpg)
3 Bears (quadruped creatures in SAGA)
(https://i.imgur.com/0GhqQBi.jpg)
Along with the dogs posted earlier, this is 7 out of 8 points needed for a regular size game. Pretty good progress since November in my opinion.
What do you think?
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A great looking collection of figures, particularly like the colour scheme on the archers.
Can I ask where the bears are from?
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A great looking collection of figures, particularly like the colour scheme on the archers.
Can I ask where the bears are from?
Thank you! Mama bear is from Bad Squiddo. The other two are from Otherworld.
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Brilliant work!
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great job, love the warm tones and bases.
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8) way cool !!!
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brilliant kit-bashing and paint-jobs.
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Amazing work, per usual.
Thanks for sharing with me your supplier of the leaves. I've already ordered the autumn leaves for my cursed wood Undead warband.
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Thank you all!
Koyote - that sounds really cool. Had another peak at your thread, and it's really inspiring. I'm considering getting a Lord of the Feast and use it as a Wild Hunt warlord with some appropriate large animals.
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Great thread :)
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And here we have the finished Wild Hunt! I quite liked how this unit worked out in game, and I may need another but really not sure if I want to buy even more GW models....
(https://i.imgur.com/2KfAdfX.jpg)
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These wildmen levy took forever to get finished, I really struggled with motivation to get all that skin painted. In the end it's not my best work, but they should look ok on the table.
(https://i.imgur.com/zZiV6wl.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think you are doing yourself a disservice mate, they look the part as a unit.
I’d missed the photo of the finished Wild Hunt....fantastic job 8)
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Thank you! I am happy to make some progress on this army, there are still a number of options I want to get modeled.
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Thank you! I am happy to make some progress on this army, there are still a number of options I want to get modeled.
Any chance of a group shot?
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Sure! Group photo is always a struggle, but I did recently put in some new lights in my hobby room and that seems to help a little bit.
Here's where the Guardians are at the moment, almost 10 points for SAGA I believe. The fourth bear can be seen in my Frostgrave thread, it's a Phil Hynes sculpt.
I need a treeman of some sort, and I want to try Shapeshifters so I need 4 werewolves, and for game purposes maybe another point of melee warriors to have some list options.
(https://i.imgur.com/YrUuBFi.jpg)
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Bravo! Respect.
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Wow...they look pretty damn good altogether like that - the colour scheme and the basing really tie them all in
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great - I'd missed the wild hunt conversion 'till now.
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Thank you all!
Finished up a few models over the weekend, including this Reaper Bones skeleton ogre. Will be used for Rangers of Shadow Deep mostly, and I think I will start posting my models for that game here instead of my Frostgrave thread.
(https://i.imgur.com/HxJTgH4.jpg)
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Nice work. You captured the look I was going for when I painted the same guy...but I didn't, so I sold it off :D
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Wow! Great work. I need to get one of those
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Thank you all!
Finished up a few models over the weekend, including this Reaper Bones skeleton ogre. Will be used for Rangers of Shadow Deep mostly, and I think I will start posting my models for that game here instead of my Frostgrave thread.
Oh yes he'll fit right into the shadow deep!
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Fantastic work on the rusty armour.
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Excellent work all around. Love the basing on the LotW warband.
Have you played many games with them?
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Excellent work all around. Love the basing on the LotW warband.
Have you played many games with them?
Thank you! Two games yet, against Horde and Underearth. The first one was a narrow win (or loss, can't remember... fairly even anyway) with a rater odd scenario generation, and the second was a massive victory helped by some good dice at clutch moments.
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My big projects so far this year has been the Guardians in this very thread, Rangers of Shadow Deep and a Norse Gael force for SAGA, but beside this I've been doing the usual collecting plastics and kitbashing bits and pieces. These have just sort of accumulated on my work bench in anticipation of being used for something, maybe Rangers, maybe Frostgrave. Thought I'd post some here, hope you enjoy!
Frostgrave arms and Ghost Archipelago head on a Fireforge Northman body:
(https://i.imgur.com/FgVjrUl.jpg)
Fireforge peasant arms and Victrix viking head on an Oathmark body:
(https://i.imgur.com/E75WTRN.jpg)
Straight up Fireforge peasant:
(https://i.imgur.com/ymxpuey.jpg)
Fireforge Templar head and Northmen arms on a Victrix viking body:
(https://i.imgur.com/761Dred.jpg)
Perry Agincourt cavalry arms and Frostgrave Wizard head on a Frostgrave Soldier body:
(https://i.imgur.com/BQuc5Q0.jpg)
Frostgrave barbarian arms and a Victrix viking head on a GW Kairic Acoloyte body:
(https://i.imgur.com/L1XT3v1.jpg)
What do you think?
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Some really interesting combos, especially like 1,4 & 6...must get me some Victrix Vikings to add to the pile.
Is the cat part of the FF peasants sprue, or a Frostgrave Wizard familiar?
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Some really interesting combos, especially like 1,4 & 6...must get me some Victrix Vikings to add to the pile.
Is the cat part of the FF peasants sprue, or a Frostgrave Wizard familiar?
You're right, it's from the Wizard II kit. I had to check, but there are no animals in the Folk Rabble kit.
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Nice, the first one with the double handed sword over the should reminds me of Rutger Hauer in flesh and blood, I like the last one to, nice kit bash. The undead ogre, is the head a seperate part? Could you make a regular armoured ogre with a head swap?
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Nice, the first one with the double handed sword over the should reminds me of Rutger Hauer in flesh and blood, I like the last one to, nice kit bash. The undead ogre, is the head a seperate part? Could you make a regular armoured ogre with a head swap?
Thank you!
The ogre is a Reaper Bones Black model, and they come pre-assembled. I imagine you could get the head out of there, but it would take a lot of work.
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OK, thank, yeah, I have a heap of reaper bones and bones black, sometimes they come in parts and need to be assembled, did one last night, the 2 headed Etin, needed to glue the heads and hands on, was hoping this guy would be the same.
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Hey guys!
Getting pretty hype for Oathmark now, couple of people in the club who are interested. I for one really like what we have seen with Kingdoms and the very flexible army construction rules. Started fiddling around with the Kingdom construction rules that were previewed on Ospreys' blog and created something that features grassy plains that turn into hills and tall mountains further from the capital. I envision a cavalry heavy human army with some Ogre and Goblin allies. In my mind I see the Dunlendings from Lord of the Rings, but maybe as a more developed nation.
With that in mind here is a little hobby update for the weekend. First a repeat post from my Game of Thrones thread. This unit is build from Fireforge Northmen, Oathmark humans and a lot of Victrix viking bits. I had thought they could be Umbers, but I think I want my Game of Thrones models to be a little closer to high medieval. I will stick to Claymore and Perry in the future of that project. Instead these fellas will find a home in Oathmark.
(https://i.imgur.com/BxxB7Bj.jpg)
They are joined by today's work. I inventoried my Victrix sprues and came to the conclusion that I had a perfect amount of armoured bodies left. My Dark Age projects are focused on SAGA, and that ruleset mostly asks for lighter armoured troops, so I had pillaged every unarmoured body from the sprues leaving me with 18 mailed bodies, one unarmoured and one in brigandine. Perfect for a 20 man oathmark unit. A little greenstuff fur serves to make them look more fantasy and less pure historical. I think I will also go with square Oathmark shields for the army to reinforce that they are not vikings.
(https://i.imgur.com/9WTV0GK.jpg)
What do you think?
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Great looking kitbashing. Your reasoning seems sound.
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The units are looking very cool. I'm quite excited about Oathmark as well and planning to get a couple of small armies ready for the release, so I'm looking forward to seeing your models painted to stay motivated.
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Thank you! I think I will build a bit more on this before we get painting, but that's just because I really like the building part.
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In a good groove right now with building, so here are some more recruits for the Grey Company (because they are unpainted, get it? *groan*)
Five horsemen built from my last remaining Fireforge Northmen cavalry from the kickstarter haul. Will have to get another box to fill these out to ten strong. Fireforge horses and riders, with Oathmark human arms, Victrix viking axes and a mix of Oathmark heads and Fireforge northmen archer/peasant heads. Will go back over these and add some pouches and extra weapons. Not sure if these will get the square shields of the infantry, or round.
(https://i.imgur.com/86V8n0S.jpg)
And then as I sat an pondered my next step my eyes happened across the lovely Aethelflaed from Footstoore. I bought this model on nothing but pure want, with no plan at all. However with a new horse she will make an excellent leader for this army. Very hard to photograph in her shiny white resin. She comes both mounted and on foot.
(https://i.imgur.com/jLWdV0e.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7T0fYQi.jpg)
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Great progress...really like the new additions.
Personally round shields make more sense for horsemen...less likely to get caught up on your gear?
:)
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The fur trim adds a lot to those cav models. Love it!
Well done all around.
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Stop teasing and get some paint on them :)
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I have plans for another two units before I even think about paint ;)
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Looks great!
I have a bunch of leftover shields from Oathmark Humans if you need more.
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That is some very good looking fur!
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Thank you!
Gandalf, thank you for the offer! I should have 60 sitting around, but I'll get back to you if I run out :D
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You guys wanted pictures of painted miniatures right? Well, guess what? I kitbashed more stuff instead.
This unholy creation uses my favourite weapon from the Oathmark sprues and favourite head from the Victrix kit, stuck on a Warhammer Kairic Acoloyte torso on top of a Fireforge Northmen cavalry model. He will serve as unit leader for the cavalry.
(https://i.imgur.com/0lYNCME.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/0lYNCME.jpg)
That looks seriously awesome!! :o
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And another update. Still no painting done, but another 20 infantry built. I know there is some difference between Soldiers and Spearmen, but not sure what's preferable yet so I built some Soldiers to go with the Spearmen and Warriors shown earlier.
Fireforge Northmen and Frostgrave Barbarian bodies with Oathmark human arms and Victrix viking weapons and heads. There are also a couple of Frostgrave, Oathmark and Conquest medievals heads spread in there.
(https://i.imgur.com/jbQhGgd.jpg)
What do you think? (I know, I know, you think I should get on with painting them :P)
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Brilliant stuff.
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What do you think? (I know, I know, you think I should get on with painting them :P)
They look the biz mate
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Always nice to see you slap some paint on them, but to be fair I’ve gone through a bit of a barren patch myself in terms of painting ... at least you are still being productive, churning out models for the paint queue.
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Nigh impossible to photograph due to massive size, but here he is anyway. Oathmark also gave me the motivation to finish this Warploque Frost Dragon that I've had half finished on my workbench for maybe four years. The base is 50x100mm.
(https://i.imgur.com/Hd99Etq.jpg)
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Here we go, first unit painted. Square shields as discussed earlier, tried to stick to a very limited colour palette. Also finished a Hero, the foot version of Aethelflaed.
(https://i.imgur.com/8FDuURM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FSeSrik.jpg)
What do you think?
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Looking pretty good!
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great stuff- that limited colour palette has worked a treat - and love the dynamic overall look.
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Great work, I tried something similar with some statuesque heads and female warriors 2 kit. It worked well. You achieved great animation and real character with these figures. Please post some pics of them when they are painted!
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Great work, I tried something similar with some statuesque heads and female warriors 2 kit. It worked well. You achieved great animation and real character with these figures. Please post some pics of them when they are painted!
Thank you! If you mean the female soldiers on page 1, there are painted pictures on page 2 and 3 of the thread.
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Quick interlude. This Copplestone Frost Giant is really a 15mm model, but perfect in size as a 28mm Ogre. I intend to use this one in Rangers of Shadow Deep.
(https://i.imgur.com/jU4fjUK.jpg)
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Got my spearmen painted. Took a shot from the side as well because I'm quite happy with the hedge they form ranked up.
(https://i.imgur.com/3BqaRwj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dL1yFrr.jpg)
Thoughts?
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Those look great! The parts from the different sets blend really well and I like the palette you chose.
The only question I have is about the formation- is it possible to rank the figures so the the men holding the spears in two hands are in the second rank and attack past men in the first rank who are bracing their shields? It could give the impression of a shield wall meeting the enemy, but maximizing defense. The current formation gives more of an aggressive, charging to contact, impression. The current formation is great, just wondering if the other posture is feasible.
I’m looking forward to seeing the other units you have in progress when they are complete!
(Just curious- what size base is the 15mm giant/28mm ogre on? I may add one of those guys to my collection!)
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Not sure, will have to try. I think a couple of the spears are most likely to low to rank up.
The giant is on a 40mm round base.
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Well, even if they don’t rank up well as a shield wall, the look suitably intimidating the way they are!
Thanks for the information on the base size, 40mm is the answer I was hoping for.
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Lookin’ good!
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Great additions mate...really putting me to shame with your productivity.
Particularly like the spear men, look very impressive en masse.
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Thank you! Once I get going with a project, I can usually churn out units pretty quick. Quicker if I limit myself in colour choice as with these.
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Today I managed to finish the mounted version of Footsore's lovely Aethelflaed. I have started building a unit of armoured cavalry for her to lead. She is mounted on a Fireforge northmen horse as her original horse is much smaller.
(https://i.imgur.com/AuTJ6vm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VtYTc6C.jpg)
What do you think?
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Looking good!
And slightly late of me, but the spearmen turned out great!
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Another little update. I got some more Victrix kits to kitbash armoured cavalry, but it ended up being more work than I had bargained for. The victrix gaul horses are tiny ponies, which would not fit with the Fireforge horses I had already used. For my first three models I used these spare metal horses from my collection, and now I'm having a look to see if I have or need to get something more.
(https://i.imgur.com/WgNb0nj.jpg)
Thoughts?
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I think you did a great job with them...my only query would be the cloaks, which suggest dynamic movement, whereas the mounts are stationary...I guess it could be a windy day though ;)
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Agree, that is a bit of a concern. I've thought of swapping the horses out because I can't make a unit of ten from these anyway.
Will have to wait until the rest of the unit are built, and then we'll see how they look.
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Swapped the horses out for Perry 100 year war horses. Didn't have anything that matched the metals anyway, and like Akula said, the riders look better with more dynamic horses.
(https://i.imgur.com/qmeK3Y1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qJ0SUa5.jpg)
I think kite shields for these, what do you think?
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The new mounts look a thousand times better...like you said much more dynamic
Re:shields - kite shields would work, or a small round one. Either way, great work mate
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fantastic work on the kit-bashes... so many on these boards now seem to be doing lovely conversions / green-stuff work ... yours look some of the best !
and think you're onto something with the limited colour palettes.
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Those cavalry are looking great. The mounted Aethelflaed leading the cavalry will be a brilliantly dynamic looking unit. Looking forward to seeing them painted :-*
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The full unit looks great! And agreed, the speedier looking horses definitely pair up well with the flowing cloaks!
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Thanks guys! Painting is underway. Still waiting on my rulebook, would really like to start making army lists so I can plan the next step in this force.
Still, managed to get this Hasslefree sorceress finished. Got her in their kickstarter a couple of years back along with a bunch of other models, and they have slowly been finding their way into my different projects since. She does look a lot like Mrs. Santa Claus in this colour scheme, but whatever, it'll be fine with an army around her.
(https://i.imgur.com/4JTDbnE.jpg)
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Lovely paint job.....have the same mini in my paint queue, but a much more dull colour scheme in mind - the red looks cracking though :)
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What a lovely figure :)
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And here we go, last day of my easter holiday and going back to work tomorrow. Did manage to finish painting the cavalry and another Hasslefree character.
Took some shots of the cavalry in action as well as with Aethelflaed in the unit. I'm already halfway to breaking the spears, will have to replace them with something a little sturdier very soon.
(https://i.imgur.com/jlhKCYP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/K3xhOt4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tTOjHUV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XaYPebC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LPkZPg9.jpg)
What do you think?
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Really impressive kit bashing on those cavalry- very natural looking.
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The cavalry look superb, as does the entire army :-* :-* :-*
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Stunning work!
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great stuff.
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Very effective :-*
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Thanks all! Might have another little update very soon.
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Here we are, two more models finished. I stole the idea for these conversions from someone, but I can't remember where. Frostgrave armoured wraiths with Barbarian heads. For Oathmark they will be Champions, the fighty unit leaders. These old men are just out to murder some people, they do not care to give orders.
(https://i.imgur.com/v83dV4F.jpg)
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The whole force is excellent, but those last two figures are just :-* :-*
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Remember those metal horses that I tried out for the cavalry unit? They came from a set of three russian bogatyrs from a strange russian ebay seller. I got them a while back, but never really settled on a project where they would fit.
Last night I grabbed the riders for a second look and thought they might be ok in this army, with it's vague dark age northern aesthetic. Two of the models had helmets that were a little bit too eastern in flavour though, so I did a quick job with a jeweler's saw and grabbed two of the spare helmets from Victrix's saxons. Really nice to be able to get a clean nose guard with a helmet swap.
(https://i.imgur.com/zDF2Ag7.jpg)
I have some Bad Squiddo mounted shieldmaidens coming, and we'll see how these fit together. Maybe put some cloaks on them, maybe swap the shields.
What do you think?
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A very tidy job on those helmets.
I look forward to seeing what you make of the Bad Squiddo shieldmaidens - cloaks and shield swops sound like a good way to knit different sculptors figures together into a more cohesive unit...that and the palette you’ve chosen
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Very impressive work here. I particularly like the cavalry and the old bloke on the left - looks like James Cosmo, aka cousin Angus. Great painting, kitbashing and general execution.
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Here we are, two more models finished. I stole the idea for these conversions from someone, but I can't remember where. Frostgrave armoured wraiths with Barbarian heads. For Oathmark they will be Champions, the fighty unit leaders. These old men are just out to murder some people, they do not care to give orders.
(https://i.imgur.com/v83dV4F.jpg)
As I said on FB, this is hugely inspired. Made me look at the whole Frostgrave metal range in a completely different light. These guys even look like army generals, to be honest, they're far too badass to just be unit leaders - there's a real Geralt and Vesemir vibe to them.
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As I said on FB, this is hugely inspired. Made me look at the whole Frostgrave metal range in a completely different light. These guys even look like army generals, to be honest, they're far too badass to just be unit leaders - there's a real Geralt and Vesemir vibe to them.
Thank you! Oathmark has Champions, who are unit leaders that are extra good at murdering things. That's what I have a mind to run these as.
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The projects in this thread have to a large extent been about kitbashing with things I already own. Like all of you I also have a huge lead mountain and a lot of it is vaguely northern in theme, bought with the vague excuse that I can use it in Frostgrave. This project has been great for getting paint on a couple of untouched models, and todays update is one of those. Bad Squiddo's Norse Witch on Moose. Lovely miniature, I had been eyeing it for Saga but not gotten around to painting it before.
(https://i.imgur.com/tUycQc3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7L7MnaY.jpg)
What do you think?
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She is great! So unusual, and on the face of it quite vulnerable in a battle. But her expression is so calm and steely I think many normally brave warriors will be unsettled...
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Managed to kitbash some archers that fit the look I'm going for. At first I had no thought to add bows to the Victrix bodies as they are so dynamic in pose but then I saw someone had done it on a Rangers of Shadow Deep group so I gave it a go and came up with some (in my opinion) pretty decent archery poses. I've tried to pose quivers to explain some of the strangers poses as drawing arrows. All parts are either Victrix or Oathmark.
(https://i.imgur.com/z1JZcPj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/w0UEwrV.jpg)
What do you think?
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Fantastic conversions!
I’m really loving this thread thank you ;)
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Those are super dynamic! Hadn't considered using the Oathmark arms on Victrix, that's inspired. Did you find any issues making them align properly?
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Those are super dynamic! Hadn't considered using the Oathmark arms on Victrix, that's inspired. Did you find any issues making them align properly?
They acctually align really well on the torsos that take full length arms, so shoulder width seems to match really well. I tried Fireforge Northmen bow arms but they were much trickier.
Of course a lot of the Victrix models have upper arms molded on their torsos so I have done a bunch of cutting on several of these to make more natural fits. For example the guy in the gambesson i nthe second row has his oathmark arms cut down to fit onto the gambesson sleeves.
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Fantastic conversions!
I’m really loving this thread thank you ;)
Thank you! Glad you enjoy!
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These look great! The green-stuff elbows for drawing arrows turned out great too, probably a good idea to stop them becoming contortionists!
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Also managed to get these Soldiers finished today (or yesterday mostly, just had to rebase the Officer so that his cloak would allow ranking up behind). I posted the builds earlier, but the main thing is that I cut Victrix weapons and hands onto Oathmark arms. I was a little worried about making these and Spearmen before seeing the rules, just in case one was much better than the other but I think that there is a place for both. Soldiers are cheaper and only miss out on a little defense against charging cavalry.
(https://i.imgur.com/hyokLmE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XBDgulo.jpg)
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Absolutely ace kitbashing on those archers!
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yes, looking fantastic.
and the limited colour palette continues to work a treat.
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I've had this model for a while, from Bad Squiddo's shieldmaiden kickstarter. I love the artwork that it's based on (Frey by Johan Egerkrans) but struggled to find a home for her in a project. I've rebased the model three times with different games in mind and it seems third time is the charm. Oathmark has a monster called Indriks, which are supposed to be wooly Rhinos, but the stats fit a giant boar pretty well.
If I end up playing Saga: Age of Magic with these same models she could also be a Warlord on beast.
(https://i.imgur.com/lUxjuDF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/U0LsBNs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ePPRiLe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GPVh3Wh.jpg)
What do you think?
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Got the Barbarian kitbash painted. He may see some action in Rangers of Shadow Deep if I get around to playing solo at some point.
He's a kitbash of GW Kairic Acoloyte, Vicrix viking and Frostgrave barbarian.
(https://i.imgur.com/OSQJPVv.jpg)
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Great looking work!
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Waow, very nice that barbarian!
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Some great additions over the last couple of updates mate, that deep red really works well en masse, and the barbarian is possibly your best kit bash yet.
:)
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Excellent work!
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Got the Archers painted to a tabletop standard. Wasn't super into working on these, but they turned out ok I think.
(https://i.imgur.com/AyUpDPK.jpg)
Also finished some form of Hero that can join the unit if needed. Our current theory for Oathmark is that Commanders acctually go pretty well in ranged units.
(https://i.imgur.com/iCgX5Fv.jpg)
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I think they came out great! I also like the hero. Nice color choices.
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And we come back briefly to the first project in this thread, the Guardians of the Autumnwood. Had to have this lovely model from Phil Hynes' Bears Head minis. I had been looking for a good Ent-type mini to use, especially as I can awaken forests in game with this force.
(https://i.imgur.com/ok7JorT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2RtwCju.jpg)
Thoughts?
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Bears Head miniatures do some very interesting and characterful miniatures, dont they? (They also offer good service - I ordered a couple for a friend one evening a few weeks ago and they arrived two days later). I like the way this Ent has the hint of a face without it being too obvious. The autumnal paint job looks great too. Where did you get the leaves from?
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Bears Head miniatures do some very interesting and characterful miniatures, dont they? (They also offer good service - I ordered a couple for a friend one evening a few weeks ago and they arrived two days later). I like the way this Ent has the hint of a face without it being too obvious. The autumnal paint job looks great too. Where did you get the leaves from?
Yes, and he does some of the best animals around too. The leaves are from Green Stuff World, I think they're just coloured birch seed pods.
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Great looking mini and an excellent paint job
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Also finished some form of Hero that can join the unit if needed. Our current theory for Oathmark is that Commanders acctually go pretty well in ranged units.
(https://i.imgur.com/iCgX5Fv.jpg)
Where does this mini come from?
Grimm
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It's a kitbash. The body is from Victrix saxons, from the command sprue in that set. The arms are from the Oathmark elf kit, cut down a little to fit on the saxon body. The head is a Frostgrave wizard bit.
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Nice work on the Guardian, mate - you must have enough of a bestiary by now to run a hell of a Frostgrave/RoSD game.
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Nice work on the Guardian, mate - you must have enough of a bestiary by now to run a hell of a Frostgrave/RoSD game.
Thank you! I have a pretty massive bestiary for Frostgrave indeed, far from all of it posted online. Did an extended random encounter table in our last campaign just to accomodate my collection :D
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A small update for my Autumnwood Guardians. The Lords of the Wild have a special unit of shapeshifters that can hide in units of Warriors that seem pretty fun. Just need some more melee Warriors.
The models are from North Star.
(https://i.imgur.com/CgP6Xa8.jpg)
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Lovely paint jobs (and bases)....hadn’t seen those figures before - good work all round
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Great work again!
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Finished a couple of units for my Oathmark army. Nothing fancy, but it will do. A box worth of oathmark goblin wolf riders and five small wolves.
As you can see from the side shot, the wolf riders do not rank up well. I had to take the rear bar of off the Sarissa movement trays as they were way to tight.
(https://i.imgur.com/hpeaPkC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xB7aiW1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3brCTPH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XCVeUlg.jpg)
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Nice job - what make are the wolves...are those Northstar?
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Nice job - what make are the wolves...are those Northstar?
No, they are all Phil Hynes sculpts. Three are sold by Bad Squiddo and the two slightly smaller are directly from his shop, Bears Head Minis.
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I'm not a fan of the Oathmark wolves, but you've done a really good job on them.
Love your work.
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Nice work!
Also I'm a bit late to the party, but those werewolf sculpts are pretty great!
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Thanks guys! More goblins are incoming as I just got a big delivery of Oathmark goodies today. Couldn't resist starting with a kitbash using some bits from the Elven Light Infantry, so here are a few more warriors for my Guardians.
Bodies are Frostgrave Soldiers II, Wizards II and Fireforge peasant. Heads are from wizards and peasants and Shieldwolf Shieldmaids. Cloaks are all Victrix gaul bits, and finally the arms are from the Oathmark light elves. Really wish I had this kit when I started the Autumnwood project.
(https://i.imgur.com/LOrqK8r.jpg)
What do you think?
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Great work, as usual mate! Looking forward to seeing them painted. Reminds me that I need to get some female Outlaws done for my project.
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Ended up building a bunch more because I really like how these came out. The elf kit is super handy with some great bits. The metal character in these photos is from that same release and I tried to genderswap two plastic elf bodies to match her. Think they came out pretty well. The rest are built from the same kits as above. All will get round shields once painting is complete.
(https://i.imgur.com/Y3hPWXi.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/AeCYIDH.jpg)
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More great figures. I like the addition of the cat. I will need to get some of that Elven light infantry it seems.
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Some good additions there, looking forward to seeing the painted shots
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Some very cool looking poses, the girl with the cat looks like she aint taking any prisoners!
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Thanks guys, they were a lot of fun to make and have moved up to the head of the painting queue so I hope to have some progress to show you soon.
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They look great. I clearly need yet more plastic kits! :D
So these are principally made up from, what, Oathmark elf light infantry and Frostgrave female soldiers? Plus the Shieldwolf stuff?
You are well and truly addicted to kitbashing, BTW. I thought I had it bad, but you are way out ahead lol
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Cracking conversions 8)
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They look great. I clearly need yet more plastic kits! :D
So these are principally made up from, what, Oathmark elf light infantry and Frostgrave female soldiers? Plus the Shieldwolf stuff?
You are well and truly addicted to kitbashing, BTW. I thought I had it bad, but you are way out ahead lol
Thank you and yes, those are the main kits used. I've also used a couple of Fireforge peasant rabble bodies and heads for variety. I also really like the Frostgrave female wizards kit for head sculpts, it has some really good variety and expressions.
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I don't think I showed the builds for these because not all of them are new. A couple of these have been shown in my Game of Thrones thread but never got finished for that project. Ahead of a game of Oathmark I pulled together those old build and any dark age cavalry bits I had remaining to make a unit of 10 Mounted Rangers. Bits from Gripping Beast, Victrix, Oathmark, Conquest Games. The leader is one of those russian cavalrymen shown earlier in the thread.
(https://i.imgur.com/GAteUlg.jpg)
What do you think?
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Nice kitbashing! The combination of kits works great!
If anything, the dynamic leaning poses for the archers work better on horseback!
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I've managed to paint up the new female Soldier/elf Light Infantry kitbashes. Personally I think these turned out better than the earlier builds with Shieldmaid arms.
(https://i.imgur.com/bJZRV9C.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/iRgax7m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HjfRcZx.jpg)
What do you think?
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What do you think?
Personally I’m still in two minds about the actual sprue/female boxset but those are the best paint jobs I’ve seen for the figures, and might sway me to buy a box or two. Great choice of palette as always.
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Very nice Ogrob 8)
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Great work! And agreed with Akula, the woodland-tone palette works really well
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The conversions are lovely and I enjoy the autumn color theme
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Looking good mate!
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Great stuff. I hadn't checked since page 7 and I'm glad I didn't because I had an absolute feast looking at all your wonderful work. Very nice!
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excellent :-*
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Beautiful group of dangerous ladies, +1 on the color choice!
Also I hadn't seen the rangers yet, lovely work to use so many kits and still make them look like a unit.
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(https://i.imgur.com/LOrqK8r.jpg)
Are those Fireforge Northmen shields?
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Thanks everyone, glad you like them!
Are those Fireforge Northmen shields?
Yes, that's right.
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Yes, that's right.
Thank you very much! I think they should sell bits bags of those shields - I really like them - they are so simple yet detailed and a great canvas ... :)
Ohh ... and it goes without saying that I really like your kitbashing/conversion. Inspiring - please consider your ideas stolen!
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You knocked these out of the park. They're so good I'm tempted to buy the Elf kit for some female soldiers too (and I never touch knife-ears). Awesome, awesome job.
In the very first painted pic, the female ranger on the far right, is her sword part of the Elf plastic set?
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You knocked these out of the park. They're so good I'm tempted to buy the Elf kit for some female soldiers too (and I never touch knife-ears). Awesome, awesome job.
In the very first painted pic, the female ranger on the far right, is her sword part of the Elf plastic set?
Thank you! I'm sure you'd like the kit, it makes great human rangers as well. The long sword is indeed in the kit, one on each sprue so six in a box.
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Thank you! I'm sure you'd like the kit, it makes great human rangers as well. The long sword is indeed in the kit, one on each sprue so six in a box.
Damn it....pushing me towards another box as well lol
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Damn it....pushing me towards another box as well lol
North Star should pay me :D
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Speaking of North Star's models here is a small update. Since this is my first goblin hero painted in a long long time he will inherit the name Ogrob which I've used online since the mid 90s.
Presenting Ogrob Headtaker, riding his ferocious Dire Wolf One-Eye:
(https://i.imgur.com/UIGLtj9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/o1fIbR9.jpg)
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Nice one!
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Strong kitbash here! Really nice ! Jealous of the ideas !
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Nice
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Nice work...especially like the human head dangling by the riders side.
:)
I keep seeing figures armed with that sort of pick axe now...I guess it’s a simple but effective improvised weapon.
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Don't usually post my terrain and scenery here, but I thought I would make an exception for this one. Been wanting to get my hands on one of GW's Rohan house kits for a while and finally got around to it last week. I'd seen some other examples of one turned into a blacksmith shop and so I simply followed a video on YouTube about it.
Added a base and a bunch of details to make it come alive.
(https://i.imgur.com/raXbC5f.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/U0HmHaX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TEe2Dl0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/riq8dD9.jpg)
What do you think?
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That's a beautiful job you've done there. You really should post your terrain on here, because of this one is indicative of the rest, it looks great!
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I like what you have done with that. Good work.
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Brilliant work! You have really taken that GW model, which is admittedly cool, and made it even better. I love you vision and sense of imagination.
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Looks great :)
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Love it - as others have already said, you’ve taken something decent and improved it further still.
The steps are a particularly nice touch.
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Nice build.
I'm just waiting for the blacksmith's apron to go fluttering away in the breeze and land at the bottom of the steps ;)
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Between you and Akula, I'll need to keep a list soon of the number of ideas I'm getting from your threads.
Great stuff, as ever. My only comment would be why you don't share the rest of your terrain on here - it looks blimmin' awesome!!
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Thank you everyone! I should say that I did not come up with the modification to the building itself, here is a Youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3j3sunEyIM&t=1085s) that I used. Recommend watching that guy on 0.75 speed though, he talks super fast.
Nice build.
I'm just waiting for the blacksmith's apron to go fluttering away in the breeze and land at the bottom of the steps ;)
Haha, and a ranger rides by wistfully looking at the apron in the breeze. Something is not right in the blacksmith's house....
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Nice piece of scenery. Rohan house works nicely for that.
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Since you guys liked the terrain here is a quick snap of my collection of Fogou Models stone huts. I can not recommend them enough, lovely product.
(https://i.imgur.com/dH3otQD.jpg)
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They look great! A fine crop o' beehives!
Thanks for sharing
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Wow, lots of great stuff here. The mounted Viking-esque cavalry especially. Great work!
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Terrain-tastic 8)
Useful also if you want to create a Jedi Master’s retreat ;)
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Super collection of the lovely Fogou stone buildings.
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Lovely buildings.
I hope they're not in the same village as the blacksmith, or he might start to wonder why the guy with the forge is the only one in the village with a flammable house!
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I especially like the one on the hill.
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Here's another episode in "What I kitbashed recently". No particular game in mind for these, may not even paint them, but I really like how they came together. Oathmark light elves with bits from Perry, Fireforge and Victrix to make some Tolkien-inspired Rangers.
(https://i.imgur.com/vfssGCm.jpg)
Thoughts?
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Thoughts?
Excellent - those Rangers look like they’d fit in with a variety of fantasy settings.
Trying my best not to order the elves ... don’t need any more plastic right now ;D
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They look the part! Great work, yet again!
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Since you guys liked the terrain here is a quick snap of my collection of Fogou Models stone huts. I can not recommend them enough, lovely product.
(https://i.imgur.com/dH3otQD.jpg)
I really dig what you’ve done here. As I’m about to order some Fogou huts, I’m curious what it is you base them with? Plastic? Wood? Foam?
I’d love to read about your basing technique here!
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I really dig what you’ve done here. As I’m about to order some Fogou huts, I’m curious what it is you base them with? Plastic? Wood? Foam?
I’d love to read about your basing technique here!
All of the above. Two of them are based on 2mm mdf, two on 2mm plasticard and the hilltop one is foam. I use Vallejo texture paste to texture and then a mix of flocks, finshing with some grass tufts.
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I just found this topic. One of the best fantasy kitbashings I ever seen!
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yes, it's really great stuff.
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I just found this topic. One of the best fantasy kitbashings I ever seen!
Thank you! Been a bit unproductive lately but I hope to have some updates here again soon.
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Since you guys liked the terrain here is a quick snap of my collection of Fogou Models stone huts. I can not recommend them enough, lovely product.
(https://i.imgur.com/dH3otQD.jpg)
Thanks for the plug, these look awesome! And this is the first time I've seen this thread too, brilliant conversion, kit bashing choices and painting that ties everything together really nicely. Now pics of the minis with the huts please! ;)
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All of the above. Two of them are based on 2mm mdf, two on 2mm plasticard and the hilltop one is foam. I use Vallejo texture paste to texture and then a mix of flocks, finshing with some grass tufts.
Any particular reason some are on MDF but others on plasticard? Is there a preference? Do you need a specific tool to cut and round MDF?
Thanks again!
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Thanks for the plug, these look awesome! And this is the first time I've seen this thread too, brilliant conversion, kit bashing choices and painting that ties everything together really nicely. Now pics of the minis with the huts please! ;)
Check my Dark Ages thread for a few at least. Great job making them!
Any particular reason some are on MDF but others on plasticard? Is there a preference? Do you need a specific tool to cut and round MDF?
Thanks again!
What I had lying around. 2mm mdf can be cut with scissors and hobby knives, but thicker mdfs need proper tools which I lack.
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Another little random kitbash for today. Using the new Frostgrave Knights kit together with the barbarians to make a more barbaric Templar for Frostgrave/Rangers of Shadow Deep.
(https://i.imgur.com/BwxhFSY.jpg)
What do you think?
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Very nice, I like it!
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Got some painting done today too. Going to spend some time getting a beastiary expanded for Dungeons and Dragons (in case I run that in the future) as well as Frostgrave and Rangers of Shadow Deep.
This cute boy is from Steamforged Game's range called Epic Encounters, made in a kind of hard board game plastic. Painted up nice and quick.
(https://i.imgur.com/uu4uCtN.jpg)
What do you think?
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Looks great, I've been considering grabbing the kobold and dragon boxes, the dragon seems quite impressive and I could use them for D&D games anyway.
How well attached are the minis to the bases?
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Looks great, I've been considering grabbing the kobold and dragon boxes, the dragon seems quite impressive and I could use them for D&D games anyway.
How well attached are the minis to the bases?
Pretty firm but it was possible to get the basilisk off its base without ruining either. Had to cut through a foot tab that was glued into the base.
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Nice work on the basilisk.
Really like the Frostgrave kitbash as well....haven’t got a box of the knights yet, but on my todo list
:)
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Very cool 8)
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Another little update. I've had my eyes on the Reaper Bones stone circle for a while. It's one of those things where I could break out the foam cutter and make one myself, but the Bones is very affordable and will be a lot more durable for transport and play. Quick and dirty drybrush and some tufts to get it ready for the table:
(https://i.imgur.com/KLFBHPM.jpg)
What do you think?
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Another small update today, got the Barbarian Templar kitbash painted. Very much doing odds and ends right now, some Rangers of Shadow Deep, some Dungeons and Dragons, just trying to chip away at the mountain of plastic.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZhIzxGW.jpg)
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That’s a handy piece of terrain...must confess hadn’t looked at their terrain before now.
I like the pant job on the kitbash figure as well...keep chipping away at that mountain ;)
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That kitbash works well. I had not really considered Reaper Bones terrain either but you did a great job with it.
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That fighter came out great and the terrain.
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I've done one of their circles as well, they paint up rather well and easily.
I've been thinking about getting a second one that would fit with some of the more dark ages style army that I've been working on rather than the deep woods version that my initial one was.
The one thing that mixes really well with it is their stone altar piece, I think it was, initially, intended to be the centerpiece of the circle but was made separate because it would work well as a cheap, generic fantasy terrain piece for the wilderness.
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I've done one of their circles as well, they paint up rather well and easily.
I've been thinking about getting a second one that would fit with some of the more dark ages style army that I've been working on rather than the deep woods version that my initial one was.
The one thing that mixes really well with it is their stone altar piece, I think it was, initially, intended to be the centerpiece of the circle but was made separate because it would work well as a cheap, generic fantasy terrain piece for the wilderness.
That is a nice piece indeed. I already have some stone altars, but one can always have another, right?
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That is a nice piece indeed. I already have some stone altars, but one can always have another, right?
It's also extremely cheap and easy to paint. I've seen a few others beyond the one I have thanks to a couple being in the local stores stockpile for terrain along with a couple other people having them for D&D stuff and none of them seem to need any cleanup...
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ha! I didn't know Reaper did terrain either. I've already bought Fogou huts because of this thread...now I'm buying stone circles!
is this the stone alter people are referring to?
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gh34KQaD7pI/WbzD2qtoOeI/AAAAAAAAI-Y/7kyEyoSEBjMeYxe2R9zptrv0zmS_AnTcQCLcBGAs/s1600/20170915BonesAltar2.jpg)
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ha! I didn't know Reaper did terrain either. I've already bought Fogou huts because of this thread...now I'm buying stone circles!
is this the stone alter people are referring to?
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gh34KQaD7pI/WbzD2qtoOeI/AAAAAAAAI-Y/7kyEyoSEBjMeYxe2R9zptrv0zmS_AnTcQCLcBGAs/s1600/20170915BonesAltar2.jpg)
Yeah that's the one. It slots into the center of the mystic circle
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Recently received Westfalia's kickstarted Pride Knights set and one of them fit the look quite well for my current DnD character. A Perry longbow, some arrows and a dagger to make sure it's correctly armed.
(https://i.imgur.com/dUQt9hW.jpg)
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And painted, together with three friends.
(https://i.imgur.com/3J2UTmx.jpg)
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Cool party!
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Cracking paint jobs, really like the palette
The figure with the longbow looks like he has just shot an orc at 200 yds while somersaulting through the air, and isn’t even going to look because he is THAT GOOD ;)
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Cracking paint jobs, really like the palette
The figure with the longbow looks like he has just shot an orc at 200 yds while somersaulting through the air, and isn’t even going to look because he is THAT GOOD ;)
That's certainly what I would like to be able to do :D
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Decided to have another look at one of the projects in this thread, the Kingdom of the Black Duns for Oathmark. This is intended to be a mix of humans, orcs and goblins but I'm still waiting for Orcs to release from North Star. The army began with a mix of fantasy and dark age bits but then I built some units from purely Dark Age models. Looking back this created a split in appearance between the more high fantasy parts of the army and the more historical looking. I decided to re-focus on the more fantastical kitbashes.
I bashed up ten Human Linebreakers (heavy infantry with two-handed weapons) by kitbashing Frostgrave barbarians, Frostgrave knights, Perry 15th century weapons and Victrix saxon heads. Their leader is from Black Scorpion and fit right in with this aesthetic.
(https://i.imgur.com/8bJIAwA.jpg)
I then figured that this five-man cavalry unit from my Game of Thrones army is a better fit here; the men of the Black Duns wear a lot of Brigandine, while my Starks are really more about the partial plate. They will get a partial repaint and rebase to fit the colour scheme.
(https://i.imgur.com/ISjhQhZ.jpg)
And then to round them out to ten I built these fellas. They will get cloaks and fur collars one I have painted the hard to reach areas.
(https://i.imgur.com/KxuKbD0.jpg)
With the change in aesthetic priority these guys are also back in the painting queue:
(https://i.imgur.com/86V8n0S.jpg)
So yeah, sometimes one has to take stock and scrap things that don't work. Happy to move forward with this project with a stronger idea of what look I'm going for.
What do you think?
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Nice models.
Those cavalry conversions look particularly good. Who makes those horses? The discarded helmets look like Fireforge Teutonic command sprue.
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Nice models.
Those cavalry conversions look particularly good. Who makes those horses? The discarded helmets look like Fireforge Teutonic command sprue.
Horses and rider bodies are from Fireforge. The helmets are indeed Teutons and the arms are from Perry.
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Great stuff, as usual mate!
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Wonderfully inspiring kit bashes
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Well, I have made some progress. I partially repainted the heavy cavalry from my Starks, and this is what they turned out like:
(https://i.imgur.com/bDiLRpE.jpg)
The heraldry is two black peaks with snowy tops.
Then I got going on the medium cavalry, must say I'm very happy with the look of these. They feel like proper ruffians.
(https://i.imgur.com/OqydU7T.jpg)
What do you think?
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Bloody hell that was a fast paintjob! They look fantastic mate, really fit your theme and the freehand on the shields is top notch.
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Cracking paint jobs. Really like the hood/fur cape combo on the ruffians.
8)
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Cracking paint jobs. Really like the hood/fur cape combo on the ruffians.
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Thank you! They are one of my favourite builds recently.
Bloody hell that was a fast paintjob! They look fantastic mate, really fit your theme and the freehand on the shields is top notch.
Thank you!
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That was fast indeed! They look great, good choice of colours and well painted. I like the shield design on the medium cav better than that of the heavy cav. The abstract design of the mountain peaks looks better to me than the realistic design.
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Awesome paintjob!
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Thank you! Neunfinger, really happy to hear that the abstract shield design came through. I was a little worried it just looked like an M.
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Brilliant work yet again mate!
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Excellent painting! I've probably said it before but I really like the gradient shading on the shields, it looks great! Keep up the great work!
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fantastic :-*
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Excellent work.
The painted base looks good as well.
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Here we go, another update. Got these four Black Scorpion ogres a while back, and have now put some paint on them. They are a little cluttered for my tastes, to many small details, but nice sculpts anyway.
(https://i.imgur.com/cGgspSJ.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think they look excellent- I especially like the color palette; it’s subdued but has enough variety to be visually interesting. They’ll be a tough fight for whatever opponents end up on the other side of the battlefield!
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Excellent job! And definitely agree the muted tones for the cloth work really well here (big fan of the really dark purple especially!)
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Very nice work.
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I love those ogres! If I hadnt got 5 from Reaper (which ones are also nice sculpts), I definitely would have bought these too. They armor and weapons are fit very well for mercenary ogres.
Nice paintjob by the way!
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Nice job mate, particularly like the one on the left with the skulls 8)
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Latest Frostgrave kit arrived today, and I had to have a quick go at a kitbash with it. The torsos are a little narrower than the Knight kit, sp they take Perry arms more easily. Overall, quite happy with this guy who will join my Linebreakers.
(https://i.imgur.com/1VqzKQl.jpg)
Thoughts?
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I wondered who'd be first to do a kitbash with the "humanoid" legs from the Demons kit, and look who it is... :)
Really good stuff. I think this would be a great base for a heavy infantry unit, it fits your Linebreakers perfectly as you said.
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I wondered who'd be first to do a kitbash with the "humanoid" legs from the Demons kit, and look who it is... :)
Really good stuff. I think this would be a great base for a heavy infantry unit, it fits your Linebreakers perfectly as you said.
Shame I only got two sprues, I split a box with a friend. Still, should be enough to fill out the unit I already have. Will probably add some fur to this one just to match the others better.
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Ooooh. I like him 8)
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Nice looking kitbash 8)
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Nice look, but arent the arms a bit thin in comparison with the feet? How do you want to use the other bodies?
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Nice work.
How many are you going to get per box?
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Nice look, but arent the arms a bit thin in comparison with the feet? How do you want to use the other bodies?
Little bit perhaps, but not enough to bother me. I will make a few more Linebreakers and then a couple of Demons for Frostgrave.
Nice work.
How many are you going to get per box?
There's three bodies with useful legs on the sprue, so you could get 15 of these from a box.
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While there are Giants in Oathmark, this big guy is not intended for the Marches. He might see use in Frostgrave, maybe some DnD, but mostly I just wanted to have the mini. If you can call it a mini... Storm Giant from WizKids. A Perry medieval commoner for size comparison.
(https://i.imgur.com/hgrkhb2.jpg)
What do you think?
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Heck, look at the size of that thing.
How big is it? It looks like Action-Man sized.
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Heck, look at the size of that thing.
How big is it? It looks like Action-Man sized.
While the heights of them vary between the Nolzur's line giants, they're on 3" bases if that helps.
I've painted a Frost Giant and that thing towers over normal most minis.
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While the heights of them vary between the Nolzur's line giants, they're on 3" bases if that helps...
At a guess then, about 7"/175mm. Maybe a little more with the fancy helmet!
Whatever the actual number is, I think you're right to question the term 'mini'!
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mostly I just wanted to have the mini.
As good a reason as any
Good work mate
:)
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At a guess then, about 7"/175mm. Maybe a little more with the fancy helmet!
Whatever the actual number is, I think you're right to question the term 'mini'!
By my measuring, he's about 5.5" to the top of his head, 6" to the top of the crest. A big lad for sure.
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(https://i.imgur.com/HW255Lf.jpg)
Partial army shot as I lined up the foces to play a game of Oathmark in my living room.
2500 pts, scenario was Lost in the Hills from Oathbreakers, the first scenario of three in an expedition to conquer a mystic tower.
The game was very interesting, with a lot of rough terrain on the table but very little that blocked line of sight. To add to the confusion we got to deploy each others armies! I smacked my opponents catapult in a far of corner, and he countered by placing my Human heavy cavalry in the opposite corner. Otherwise the armies mostly just spread out on a random line as we had fairly narrow deployment zones. In the end my heavy cav with Blade Master on them were able to roll up one flank supported by some very accurate Mounted Rangers, while my Ogres and Soldiers did a decent enough job at holding of some Elf Cavalry and Dwarf Warriors on the other flank. Won the game on points and got to add a Mountain Pass to my kingdom.
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Good to see them altogether. It’s a real achievement 8)
Did you ever paint the rangers? They were such nice builds.
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Good to see them altogether. It’s a real achievement 8)
Did you ever paint the rangers? They were such nice builds.
Ah, no, they lament unpainted on the shelf. Maybe some day.
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Really good looking army!
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Nice army.
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They look really great altogether 8)
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That is quite the force - I like the choices of colours and the consistent basing. They seem like they would be a tough force in battle, enough solid infantry to hold a battle line as well as enough cavalry to respond flexibly. In other words, a good combined arms mix.
From the sound of your description of the battle, they performed pretty well!
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Did up another little Human Linebreaker, that is a heavily armoured warrior with a two-handed weapon, for Oathmark from the Frostgrave demon kit. Quite happy with this guy, but I will need to tidy up the greenstuff on the handle once it cures. Arms are Perry, greatsword is Frostgrave soldiers, head from Fireforge templars, body from Frostgrave Demons.
(https://i.imgur.com/hhZJVBa.jpg)
What do you think?
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Cool kitbash. The sword handle seems a bit long, but I wouldn't worry about it.
What are your thoughts on mounted archers in Oathmark? I haven't used them in a game yet. They seem quite expansive and and don't have the same bonus as a unit of footsloggin archers. Only bonus I can see so far is their speed, so maybe they could be used to flank&shoot the enemy line?
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Cool kitbash. The sword handle seems a bit long, but I wouldn't worry about it.
What are your thoughts on mounted archers in Oathmark? I haven't used them in a game yet. They seem quite expansive and and don't have the same bonus as a unit of footsloggin archers. Only bonus I can see so far is their speed, so maybe they could be used to flank&shoot the enemy line?
I am a little ambivalent on them. The speed is very nice, but as you say they lack the punch of a big unit of foot archers. They have been great in some of my games and terrible in others.
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What are your thoughts on mounted archers in Oathmark? I haven't used them in a game yet. They seem quite expansive and and don't have the same bonus as a unit of footsloggin archers. Only bonus I can see so far is their speed, so maybe they could be used to flank&shoot the enemy line?
If your opponent likes to use artillery then they are a nice response to that. They can also be used to take out Spellcasters. They are expensive for general use though
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Yes, you can harrass vulnerable and valuable units with them. Against an 8-9 defense a single line can be enough, and they can avoid close combat. But I still think that they are too expensive (especially by the elves).
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Yes, you can harrass vulnerable and valuable units with them. Against an 8-9 defense a single line can be enough, and they can avoid close combat. But I still think that they are too expensive (especially by the elves).
Oh yeah, the elves are right out. I still can not comprehend that they have don't have the two combat dice of all other cavalry.
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Oh yeah, the elves are right out. I still can not comprehend that they have don't have the two combat dice of all other cavalry.
Me neither...
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Like that last kitbash, must admit I haven’t used the great swords yet, but it looks good.
:)
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Grabbing bits and pieces from the lead mountain to assemble some more heavy infantry. Some kitbashes, some conversions and a Frostgrave metal model that fit in. Wanted a few more women in the unit so I found the Frostgrave templar, the Eowyn model and stuck some partial plate of a female plastic soldier, and finally because my Oathmark kingdom has Orcs in it, a Reaper half-orc that has been waiting for paint for an age.
(https://i.imgur.com/lhErO0f.jpg)
What do you think?
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(https://i.imgur.com/HW255Lf.jpg)
Partial army shot as I lined up the foces to play a game of Oathmark in my living room.
2500 pts, scenario was Lost in the Hills from Oathbreakers, the first scenario of three in an expedition to conquer a mystic tower.
The game was very interesting, with a lot of rough terrain on the table but very little that blocked line of sight. To add to the confusion we got to deploy each others armies! I smacked my opponents catapult in a far of corner, and he countered by placing my Human heavy cavalry in the opposite corner. Otherwise the armies mostly just spread out on a random line as we had fairly narrow deployment zones. In the end my heavy cav with Blade Master on them were able to roll up one flank supported by some very accurate Mounted Rangers, while my Ogres and Soldiers did a decent enough job at holding of some Elf Cavalry and Dwarf Warriors on the other flank. Won the game on points and got to add a Mountain Pass to my kingdom.
Wouldn’t want to face that massive army. Goblin wolves must have dominated if so many! Nice kitbashing ideas too.
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Fantastic stuff. They're perfect for linebreakers and your GS work seems to be getting better and better (especially a fan of that sword on the previous page). Really keen to see these guys painted up.
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Nice conversion.
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Just a small update for today, as I've mostly spend the weekend working on terrain. The Linebreakers needed a standard bearer but I was short on flags. As the other units in the army have sculpted flags I wanted the same here and ended up doing a flag in greenstuff. I draped it hanging down and attached a little chain and skull bit I found in the box. May go back and add something were the chain attaches to the pole. The mini itself is a Frostgrave knight body and head with arms from Frostgrave demons, a Victrix viking sword and a lance/banner pole from Fireforge.
(https://i.imgur.com/XS81Fxe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sIHIqrx.jpg)
What do you think?
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Rather good :)
The flag is really well done. Not easy to work with sheets of Green Stuff in my experience.
I’ve just acquired a sprue of the Frostgrave knights. They are very shiny and smooth aren’t they? lol
Some nice components on there though. A couple of the bodies may find their way into my uruk-hai.
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:o Great work! Dealing with thin sheets of green-stuff is a nightmare, you've done an excellent job with the flag!
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Can only echo the previous comments - it’s not easy to make a convincing flag out of green stuff, but you’ve done a cracking job mate 8)
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Thanks guys! I worked the greenstuff out thin and then got it flat by working it against some wetted mdf. I think I got most of the fingerprint texture out and an even thickness in the end.
Captain Blood: Yeah, their new kits are a bit smooth and shiny, but also very good I think. The new kits are all a bit similar in that regard. Digital sculpts I think. The female wizards are my favourites since the Barbarians, but the Knights and Demons both have some good bits.
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Nice figure conversion, and an excellent sculpted flag.
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Hello everyone!
Today we played the second game of Oathmark from the Military Expedition mentioned above. These are three-scenario mini campaigns, a great concept from Joe MacCullogh. I won the first game but lost the second as I failed to route my opponents dwarven infantry before he could claim the road we fought over.
As I was planning out my army list for this I did come to the conclusion that I could probably use another unit of basic infantry to fill out some lists. I have built a bunch of cavalry, mounted archers and ogres and such for this force but it is good to have options. I did some mental inventory of my sprue collection (it is reasonably well sorted so I have a decent idea what's in there) I found that I had almost two full sets of Fireforge Northmen Archers which I had not built.
So same deal as the other infantry: Fireforge bodies, Oathmark arms (pretty much out of these now), Victrix or Oathmark heads and weapons. For a little variety I included some Gaul heads and swords in this unit, I don't think they look to different to the viking, saxon and Oathmark heads.
As you can see in the second picture the Fireforge archer bodies have hoods, so that'll be a nice way to tell the units apart. I ended up really liking the wide legged archer stances as they gave me some nice bracing/blocking poses.
(https://i.imgur.com/cGEUsM2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2u65cw2.jpg)
What do you guys think?
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I like those a lot- they look like solid main line infantry. You’re right that the wide stance gives a really good sense that they’re bracing to defend against a change! The Oathmark arms certainly seem to fit well with the bodies. I like the variety of heads and helmets, too, varied but not too random.
I’m looking forward to seeing them painted!
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You’ve done a great job of kit bashing those mate, and they look great as a unit.
:)
I’m still a little undecided personally over the FF Northerners sprues...was playing about with a box of them yesterday.
I should be buying them by the truck load, but they are quite wide and squat compared to the FF Medievals, more so than the Frostgrave - the weapon arms are getting some use for my next set of kitbashes, but I’m torn over the bodies...if I was starting from scratch I’d use them for my Stark forces, but I’m happy with my existing Perry’s. :?
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Thanks guys!
They are definitely big compared to Perry. I would not put Perry bodies and Fireforge Northmen in the same force, but as Knight-Captain Tyr has shown us you can use Perry bits on Northmen bodies. Oathmark bits work pretty well on them as they have more suitable proportions. If you go back in this thread you can see that I mixed Fireforge and Oathmark bodies in another unit. I've also previously mixed in Frostgrave barbarians and now Demons and Knights as they too are a bit on the chunkier side of 28mm.
The reason I put mostly Victrix weapons on my soliders in the project is that I feel Oathmark and Fireforge swords are too chunky. I prefer the more realistic look of Victrix swords. For Spears I settled on Fireforge, as they are a good balance between sturdy and real looking. Victrix make their spears super thin and fragile.
After posting the photos I went back and added some more detailing to the soldiers, a variety of pouches, daggers, side axes and such. Will show these off once painted.
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Just a small update for today, as I've mostly spend the weekend working on terrain. The Linebreakers needed a standard bearer but I was short on flags. As the other units in the army have sculpted flags I wanted the same here and ended up doing a flag in greenstuff. I draped it hanging down and attached a little chain and skull bit I found in the box. May go back and add something were the chain attaches to the pole. The mini itself is a Frostgrave knight body and head with arms from Frostgrave demons, a Victrix viking sword and a lance/banner pole from Fireforge.
(https://i.imgur.com/XS81Fxe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sIHIqrx.jpg)
What do you think?
Have to give you enormous credit for this one - this made me sit up in my chair and go 'wow'. The head, the fur (is that hand sculpted or a texture plate?) and the detail on the flag are all spot on. And the flag itself as others have said is a banger.
You really have stepped it up on this force lately - I wish I had a crowd near me as keen on kitbashing as converting as you are, it'd make for an amazing spectacle to face. Keep it up fella.
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Have to give you enormous credit for this one - this made me sit up in my chair and go 'wow'. The head, the fur (is that hand sculpted or a texture plate?) and the detail on the flag are all spot on. And the flag itself as others have said is a banger.
You really have stepped it up on this force lately - I wish I had a crowd near me as keen on kitbashing as converting as you are, it'd make for an amazing spectacle to face. Keep it up fella.
Thank you! The fur is hand sculpted with my usual method, sometimes it turns out better and sometimes a little rougher. I make triangles in a pattern that kind of radiates out from the neck of the figure, and then add some light stripes to simulate fur strands.
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Thank you! The fur is hand sculpted with my usual method, sometimes it turns out better and sometimes a little rougher. I make triangles in a pattern that kind of radiates out from the neck of the figure, and then add some light stripes to simulate fur strands.
Your GS work has really improved then. That fur looks professional, to me!
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Nice! How do you flatten green stuff so evenly thin?
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Nice! How do you flatten green stuff so evenly thin?
Flatten with fingers first, then work it on a smooth wetted surface. I had some mdf lying around that works ok, unless you get it too wet and water soaks into it. Any thick plastic would work as well. You need to smooth the greenstuff with your fingers against the wet surface, then flip it over and work it some more. Use a wet knife to cut edges and then drape. Any remaining fingerprints can be smoothed with a needle file after curing.
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Thanks!
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Getting some painting done too, not just kitbashing. Got to take advantage of working from home and pick up the brushes now and then.
Here are the five new Heavy Cavalry I built to bring my unit up to a full 10 for Oathmark. Fireforge Northmen with Perry arms and head from the Teuton Knights set. Three of the cloaks are plastic, and two are greenstuff. Fur is greenstuff. I added the cloaks halfway through painting to make sure I could get paint in the visible but hard to reach areas.
(https://i.imgur.com/zF8OOFt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RI4dnRi.jpg)
And here is what they look like all together:
(https://i.imgur.com/E6BS4qb.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look great! The GS cloaks have turned out really nicely too, having them actually drape over the horses is a nice touch!
Keep up the great work!
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they look brilliant :-*
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Great kitbashing and painting on the Cavalry - there's some really characterful (and mean!) figures there!
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Look great mate, those sigils work really well :)
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Thanks guys! Glad you like the shields. I have to add the design to my banners as well, but I keep angsting over getting it to look good.
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They look fantastic. The heraldry is bang on and the bigger profile the cloaks + fur give each miniature put the Teutonic helm decorations into better scale. They look really intimidating now, just as they ought to.
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As I said, been taking advantage of working from home lately (a new experience for me these last few weeks, the school level I teach only went distance learning after Christmas) and getting some painting done.
Here are my 20 Human Linebreakers for Oathmark, that is heavy infantry with two-handed weapons. These are a little more eccletic in their kitbashing than many others in the force, but the main bits are still Frostgrave and Victrix, with some Perry and Fireforge mixed in. There's also a Black Scorpion resin miniature (the Officer), an old metal Eowyn and a metal Frostgrave female templare in there.
(https://i.imgur.com/YsgYCVF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rutrue6.jpg)
What do you think?
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Awesome. That fellow at the front with the two handed sword looks mean as heck.
Any chance we can get a shot of the whole force?
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That unit looks great, and should make an impact on your opponents!
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(https://i.imgur.com/FSeSrik.jpg)
What a great collection you have there, Ogrob. You are quite the artiste Dr Frankenstein with all those body parts.
I must say, there is something Sauronic about that Aethelflaed on foot. She would make a great Annatar, if one shaved a mil or so from the chest.
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Don't usually post my terrain and scenery here, but I thought I would make an exception for this one. Been wanting to get my hands on one of GW's Rohan house kits for a while and finally got around to it last week. I'd seen some other examples of one turned into a blacksmith shop and so I simply followed a video on YouTube about it.
Added a base and a bunch of details to make it come alive.
(https://i.imgur.com/raXbC5f.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/U0HmHaX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TEe2Dl0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/riq8dD9.jpg)
What do you think?
Well done!1
It is a lovely kit. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the settlements bundles for half price and I am in the process of putting it all together. The amount of variation you can do is really inspiring.
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Awesome. That fellow at the front with the two handed sword looks mean as heck.
Any chance we can get a shot of the whole force?
I will at some point, I promise! I keep telling myself I will just get this unit painted and then....
What a great collection you have there, Ogrob. You are quite the artiste Dr Frankenstein with all those body parts.
Haha, I love this characterisation.
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Continually great work mate!
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The infantry look great! Also, the GS banner turned out fantastic painted up! Keep up the great work!
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So I wrapped up the last two units from this force that waited on my painting table. There will be more of course, but for the first time in ages I have no units waiting to be painted for Oathmark. Time then for that army shot.
Here we are, a bit over 4000 pts for Oathmark:
(https://i.imgur.com/pV4qkKj.jpg)
New additions are these soldiers, I call them the Red Hoods. Painted rather quickly, a few days ago they were in plain white primer only.
(https://i.imgur.com/U9xcAqB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hlSa003.jpg)
Also finished up these archers who have sat half-painted for a couple months:
(https://i.imgur.com/DI4faTe.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think that Im jealous. :)
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Great looking army. Those Red hoods are worthy of extra praise - nice job on those!
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Great looking army. Those Red hoods are worthy of extra praise - nice job on those!
I realise I maybe should have photographed them from behind so you could see their namesake red hoods...
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Fantastic looking army. When are you going to be able to get a game in?
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Beautiful work. It's an army to be proud of.
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Fantastic looking army. When are you going to be able to get a game in?
I actually played a 2.5k game last weekend. One of my regular opponents lives near and I have space to game at home. Gaming club is closed of course.
(https://i.imgur.com/UcorqwI.jpg)
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Yesterday we played the last game in the Farseer Tower expedition. Since my opponent had won the second scenario he got to defend and I had to cross the table and try to secure his side. I felt that this suited his mostly dwarf army quite well, and I had a tough time gaining ground. I lost two full units to artillery fire before even engaging in any melee combat. Still, the game ended with not too bad a loss as I was able to kill or disorder several of his units with some cavalry charges.
I only took one photo, of my army list before the game. Note the Dire Wolves used as unit fillers to get a full unit of 10 wolves. Wasn't super impressed with these, so I won't stress over finding proper models for them.
(https://i.imgur.com/evSmsRA.jpg)
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A very good looking force there! It looks like a heavy- hitting army with enough variety to have a bit of tactical flexibility.
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Very good looking army!
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Thank you guys!
Just a small update today, I made some tokens. Always enjoy seeing Captain Blood's immersive tokens and have been wanting to do some myself. These represent that the unit has activated (footsteps because they've gone, so clever, right?). Just a quick and dirty job with some bases and earth texture.
(https://i.imgur.com/TDbR0ag.jpg)
Thoughts?
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I like those, a clever idea with the footprints!
They should work well to show activations, and blend with the table
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Nice idea.
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Nice work on those activation markers - very effective, and a damn sight easier to make than ravens...wish I’d thought of it lol
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Thanks all! Still have to make some tokens for Disordered. My mate made some broken shields, but I am out of the square shields I've used for the army. Maybe some broken weapons....
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A (not so) small update for the day. Bought these Star Wars trees from MicroArt studios, and snazzed them up with some paint and flock. They do come pre-painted by I wanted to do a little fixing to cover some mould lines and ended up repainting them. These are hard foam, super lightweight and feel pretty sturdy.
Helpful Storm Giant for scale.
(https://i.imgur.com/XFmA43P.jpg)
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Those activation tokens are very clever! Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thank you guys!
Just a small update today, I made some tokens. Always enjoy seeing Captain Blood's immersive tokens and have been wanting to do some myself. These represent that the unit has activated (footsteps because they've gone, so clever, right?). Just a quick and dirty job with some bases and earth texture.
Thoughts?
That's a great idea
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Love the tokens lol
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I love The Tokens too. The Lion Sleeps Tonight took an obscure Zulu song and made it into a classic (though I feel bad for Solomon Linda, don't think he ever got paid for it).
Um... No wait. I meant those ones you made. They are pretty much the same idea I had years ago for a Lord of the Rings figure that I never got around to making. It would have been called 'Frodo wearing the Ring.'
I am slowly coming over to the side of the 'no paper chits' brigade. Don't suppose I'll ever be as fanatical as the good Captain, but I am certainly seeing the benefits of the philosophy.
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Thanks all! Any ideas for Disordered? Blood stains, broken weapons?
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Thanks all! Any ideas for Disordered? Blood stains, broken weapons?
Depends how 3D you want them to be, but after seeing your recent green stuff work, I think something like a tattered, torn, bloody flag on a small pile of broken shields and weapons would look AMAZING in your style. Kind of like https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ddae9fd2-cf9f-4752-ac31-f2c6aef12b7a/db2t8hd-32baa97d-900f-4395-9baa-965ebafa75a1.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvZGRhZTlmZDItY2Y5Zi00NzUyLWFjMzEtZjJjNmFlZjEyYjdhXC9kYjJ0OGhkLTMyYmFhOTdkLTkwMGYtNDM5NS05YmFhLTk2NWViYWZhNzVhMS5qcGcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.2L2ruz-1fU6GA6-t6qW5NQxvKAOD2NcuAzqNz4yrJXQ
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So I have accumulated a variety of terrain over the last five years or so, ever since diversifying my gaming away from competetive Warmachine. Problem is, as it always is, that a varied interest leads to a varied terrain collection. I do not have space for a varied terrain collection, and I hate the fact that all my terrain pieces are not compatible with each other.
I have medieval and fantasy villages, rain foresty bits, ruins that I have yet to snow flock for Frostgrave and green forestland terrain for Oathmark and SAGA.
I've thought about this for a bit and came to the following conclusion: I do not need tropic or wintery terrain fro Frostgrave and Ghost Archipelago at home. We play those games at the club where there is already terrain. I do play Rangers of Shadow Deep though, and I do like the idea of a deep mysterious forest.
Tl:dr I started basing/flocking all my terrain to match a specific style, and the style I picked is lush temperate forests.
These are the first ruin pieces I've flock up in the last days, GW Azyrite kits based on mdf.
(https://i.imgur.com/FIjENPA.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aYgnTje.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Y483g6E.jpg)
And a Bad Squiddo statue and ruined staircase from Ziterdes:
(https://i.imgur.com/I3liCdn.jpg)
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Love your recent additions I really am enjoying seeing your project come to life...
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These look great! Big fan of the basing work too!
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Thank you! The paintjobs are not new, but I never had the lighting to really photgraph terrain before. My new lightbox is a bit bigger, so I can get shots like those above.
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Great work, as usual, mate!
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Great additions mate, quite a collection there :)
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Looks great!
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Looking good. Always on the look out for ruined terrain in 15mm, though I expect there are GW’s?
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Looking good. Always on the look out for ruined terrain in 15mm, though I expect there are GW’s?
Yes, these are GW. No idea about where to find 15mm terrain as I only do 28mm.
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oh - those are excellent.
very timely - I'm looking to do something similar with the same GW pieces for my heroscape project.
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Thanks all! Any ideas for Disordered? Blood stains, broken weapons?
Great figures.
Do you have any casualty figures or left over figures you could kitbash into the deceased?
Alternatively what about getting some 28 mm chickens?
https://www.serious-play.co.uk/products/serious-play-28mm-wargaming-scale-chickens-resin-animals (https://www.serious-play.co.uk/products/serious-play-28mm-wargaming-scale-chickens-resin-animals)
One of them on a round base, perhaps edge the base in yellow. I presume disordered has a negative morale effect? Or you could use these for routing/withdrawing troops if that is a status in Oathmark.
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Alternatively what about getting some 28 mm chickens?
One of them on a round base, perhaps edge the base in yellow. I presume disordered has a negative morale effect? Or you could use these for routing/withdrawing troops if that is a status in Oathmark.
That is a very funny idea! Disordered is indeed a negative morale, the only morale status in Oathmark. The unit suffers penalities if attacked and has to pass a Morale test to activate. If they take casualties and fail a second Morale test they rout completely off the field.
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Another step in the chronicle of turning all my terrain green. This piece is from a company that I really don't like (they never delivered stretch goals and the resin is awful, smelled foul for ages) but in the end it looks pretty good. I added a Mantic dwarf king throne to the top of the piece.
Just like the ruins above, the paintjob is a bit older (several years in this case) but I have redone the base to fit my vision of the dark enchanted forest full of strange ruins. Frostgrave ranger kitbash for scale.
(https://i.imgur.com/nu2ZhQA.jpg)
What do you think?
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It is a lovely piece
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That's a lovely piece of scenery. Your paintjob and greenery work make it look very much like a ruin that would be found in a forest. With the seat, it reminds me a lot of Amon Hen from Lord of the Rings.
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Have to say you've done a super cracking job on that scenery piece - the Mantic dwarf throne really makes it pop and gives it a little story all of its own.
But the company that sells it is terrible. Like really, really terrible. I've had the same issue with their resin (terrible cast quality, awful smell, brought on a bunch of allergic reactions I've had nowhere else) and their customer service matches. Ordered three of their new Trebuchet model, was sent three of the old version, asked for a replacement and was told I'd have to ship the old trebuchets back at my own expense.
Never ever order from Norba. Awful company.
Anyway sorry mate - you made the cast look awesome and it'll be a great gaming piece. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
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No pictures today, but more of a little blog post. Today saw the release of the Hafling list for Oathmark (link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tA3t5boFEdcJ-y9dx3B2KU_OT6Lle8Zk/view)), and I must say I really really like it. Joe nails the flavour as always, and I love the little quirk of them being a "neutral" list. You can not have a Halfling kingdom, but you can have Haflings in your Kingdom.
Equipped with this new list I set about creating a new Kingdom (so easy to mentally start new projects, is it not?). I love how the Kingdom building organically creates a distinct image of this particular realm and how it is different from other realms, so I figured why not do a short write up here.
My initial concept was Halflings, Rangers and probably Dwarves. I named the realm "the Brambles" and started filling out a Kingdom sheet.
To begin with we need a capital in the center of the realm. Since I have two human forces already I went with a Dwarf capital. This city allows me Dwarf heroes, a lvl 1 or 2 dwarf spellcaster and dwarf soldiers, spearmen and archers.
In the second circle there are only two slots. I decided to skip heavy infantry, so went with a Lumber Yard for catapults and Mountain Passes for Border Guard (dwarf rangers).
The third circle is where the fun begins. A hafling village gives me hafling heroes, a lvl 1 spell caster as well aas halfling soldiers, spearmen and archers. Some Tarns (small mountain lakes) provide me with two Eachys. Joe describes them as tall and gangly with rending claws, leaving us to fill in the blanks. Finally, the waters of the tarn are given some healing properties as I select a Healing Well territory. This will allow us to heal any Legendary heroes on campaign.
In the fourth circle I went with a Hidden Grotto for a lvl 1, 2 or 3 halfling spellcaster, some Dells for Halfling Border Scouts (nimble slingers), a Dark Forest which allows me 6 Giant Spiders (or Wulvers if I prefer) and finally some Rocky Mountains for a Giant.
Considering all the terrain an image forms in my head of a tall, foreboding mountain covered in ancient trees. Wild things dwell there, and the short folk who call it home are a sometimes hostile, cantankerous lot. I imagine they also make a lot of moonshine.
And there you have it, the Kingdom of the Brambles is born. Hope you enjoy reading my mental process for making an Oathmark kingdom.
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The Brambles sounds like a place that would be difficult for an invader, with its vertical terrain and mix of short and tall folk!
I also find the kingdom building in Oathmark entertaining. Ideas pop into my head about what I could do with the figures I already have. I (usually) resist buying many new models for my imagined kingdoms, but I think the halflings will get some of my money soon...
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Kingdom of the Brambles seems to be a harsh place with deep valleys, windy mountain peaks, cold streams and dark forests. Very atmospheric, I like it!
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I like your kingdom building vision, the Brambles sounds great.
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Glad you guys like the write up! I already have a box of Wargames Atlantic Halflings and one box of their Spiders, so this would be one of those projects where I can tell myself I don't need too much new stuff, right? :D
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:D sounds fab!!!! cheers to the brambles!!!
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Sounds like an interesting place to game. I am looking forward to seeing more on how you get to build the Brambles and her armies.
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Sound all very roleplay-ey, and definitely campaigny, in an excellent way. Are these advanced rules you are employing or is the game simple set up this way?
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Sound all very roleplay-ey, and definitely campaigny, in an excellent way. Are these advanced rules you are employing or is the game simple set up this way?
I guess technically Kingdom building is the advanced mode, but the basic mode is very simplified. We dove right in with all the advanced rules from the core book with no issues.
The things I have included above are the semi-official Halfling territories and one Advanced Territory (the Healing Well) from the Oathbreakers expansion. The rest of it and the structure of making the Kingdom is all core book.
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Liking the Kingdom of the Brambles. Would love to see your take on a map for these guys (esp for the Black Duns), whether thru Inkarnate or something else.
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Haven't done any maps unfortunately, but I did draft an army list. 13 activations seem decent, and should have a solid mix of range and hitting power with all the monsters.
THE BRAMBLES
Heroes Pts
Halfling Adventurer 112
- Legendary Hero - Seize the Initiative 30
- Golden String Bow 50
Halfling Wizard lvl 2 70
Dwarf Champion 62
Dwarf Champion 62
Dwarf Wizard lvl 1 50
Infantry
14 Dwarf Soldiers 210
14 Dwarf Soldiers 210
19 Halfling Border Scouts 171
15 Dwarf Border Guard 255
20 Halfling Spearmen 200
Artillery
Dwarf Heavy Catapult 140
Monsters
Eachy 120
Eachy 120
3 Giant Spiders 144
3 Giant Spiders 144
Giant 350
Total: 2500
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The kingdom building is a novel idea, really adds to the character of the army
:)
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I really should be trying to finish some other projects, but you know, gamer add and all that. I had already picked up Wargames Atlantic's Halflings and Giant Spiders just to add to the collection of bits. Both have sat untouched for a few months or so on my sprue shelves, but last night I dug them out and got to work on the first models for the Brambles.
As always, we have to kitbash. The WGA Halflings are lacking in bits, and all heads bar one has a helmet. I want my Border Scouts to have a more rangery aesthetic, so I had to find some other heads. Best matches in size (and some of my few clean shaven heads, I seem to collect a type) are Perrys Ansar and Zulus. I also found some spare Victrix sling arms to supplement the WGA options.
(https://i.imgur.com/CGHFfHD.jpg)
Assembling the spiders took some effort and had to find a guide on what goes where. 12 pieces per Spider. Still, I only need three more and then we are done with these lads.
(https://i.imgur.com/WnipKGC.jpg)
And finally I recalled that I had this Halfling spell caster from Midlam.
(https://i.imgur.com/bBNpRzF.jpg)
All in all pretty good, another army project that I can to a large extent assemble from the sprue pile. I still need Dwarfs, Eachys and a Giant.
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those halflings look great. the heads work really well..
taking my first post on this blog as the chance, to say that I also really enjoyed browsing the remaining pages. very inspired stuff! have a large to-buy-list thanks to you and some of the other gifted conversion artists here... ;)
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those halflings look great. the heads work really well..
taking my first post on this blog as the chance, to say that I also really enjoyed browsing the remaining pages. very inspired stuff! have a large to-buy-list thanks to you and some of the other gifted conversion artists here... ;)
Thnak you! I always enjoyed finding these big cool project threads, quite happy to have my own now :D
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Thnak you! I always enjoyed finding these big cool project threads, quite happy to have my own now :D
Very cool indeed mate.
Must admit I’ve been put off of those multi-part spiders (they look just too fiddly for my limited attention span) but the halflings have bags of character.
:)
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Really liking the halflings, the sculpting on the hoods is great! Working with Green Stuff that thin is a nightmare usually! lol
The Ansar heads fit really well on them too! Thanks for showing off the kitbashing!
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Here we go, 20 Halfling Border Scouts completed. As above, bodies and most of the arms are from Wargames Atlantic. I have some Victrix slings mixed in there, and a few Frostgrave bits. Heads from Perry Ansar and Zulus, some Victrix greeks and even a WGA irishman.
I wanted these guys to look quite Ranger-esque, so very few helmets, and more hoods. Also some packs, pans, a lantern and other things that might be good when going ranging.
(https://i.imgur.com/DqUjH96.jpg)
What do you think?
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Very nice result, they really look like some ranger unit!
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Those rangers are a bunch of nice conversions.
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Great looking bunch of halflings. Can't wait to see them painted.
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And yet more short minis built!
Kitbashed 20 Halfling Spearmen by using arms from Frostgrave Soldiers 2 and Fireforge Teutonic infatry kits. There's also a few random heads thrown in from other historical kits.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZMINggn.jpg)
Then I cracked open a box of Dwarfs and decided to kitbash them too. This unit got arms from the Frostgrave Knight set:
(https://i.imgur.com/7vL9pmo.jpg)
And these guys got arms from Fireforge Northmen infantry.
(https://i.imgur.com/FkRNINP.jpg)
That's 70 infantry and a couple of monsters assmbled/kitbashed in just over a week.
What do you think?
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Excellent productivity, and most importantly, they look great.
I’ve no need for halflings or dwarves for that matter, but the more I see of your kitbashing makes me want to get some...must resist :D
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They look great, Im curious to see them painted!
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Thanks lads. I do really enjoy this feeling of inspired productivity. Let's see if it lasts through painting....
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The kitbashes look great! Real seamless mixing of the kits!
(And really impressive rate of production too!)
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great productivity! makes me wonder what I got done this last week...
while I generally do not like the look of the oathmark dwarfs, they look nice and varied in your approach. maybe if I look at those miniatures for a while longer, I eventually like the originals as well...
I feel one of the halflings is not working as well, because of the very characteristic facial expression( second row at the very left).. there I can see that it is a conversion. but all the rest are very nice and believable.
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great productivity! makes me wonder what I got done this last week...
while I generally do not like the look of the oathmark dwarfs, they look nice and varied in your approach. maybe if I look at those miniatures for a while longer, I eventually like the originals as well...
I feel one of the halflings is not working as well, because of the very characteristic facial expression( second row at the very left).. there I can see that it is a conversion. but all the rest are very nice and believable.
Aye, he's the only Fireforge head in the bunch. Stands out a little bit. Let's see if some paint can tie him in better.
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No progress on the Halflings I'm afraid, as I've been mostly painting medievals (if you want to check that project, there's a link in my signature) but I've also made a little foray into buying 3D-printed models from Etsy shops. I got the following from a Polish 3d-printer, all very nice and clean prints that went together with very little prep.
(https://i.imgur.com/vtp9KbP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/54L1nur.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tmbgNkC.jpg)
The yeti will join my bestiary of Frostgrave and DnD monsters, while the runestones and fallen log should be nice in a variety of terrain setups.
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Beautiful work mate!
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Wow, great work!
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Great foray back into your fantasy project. Those are great prints and you've done a cracking paintjob on them. One of the many woes of Brexit is that accessing continental vendors is now a colossal pain :( Enjoy the most of the (comparatively) easier access! Really like the terrain in particular, super evocative.
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Thanks mates!
Tyr, I have certainly been looking more at European sellers recently, as ordering from the UK is now a hassle ;) There are some cool products available for sure.
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great additions! I really like the terrain as well, can fit into a lot of different scenarios!
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Another day, another monster. This is the Giant Ape from Wizkids, lovely huge and cheap plastic mini:
(https://i.imgur.com/pyXWVd6.jpg)
Frostgrave wizard for scale.
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Today's work is a pair of standing stones made out of xps and some real rocks from the roadside. Might use these as Oathmarks or just,you know, terrain.
(https://i.imgur.com/4vOUOh4.jpg)
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Great standing stones.
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It seems it is a weekend for finishing random bits and bobs. I have had these Rangers of Shadow Deep Ogres from North Star for a good while, but my first go at painting them failed. I had washed the resin, sprayed it with varnish and then painted it with my usual Vallejo brush on primer but it was no good, I had pooling and paint refused to stay where I put it. I ended up setting them aside in frustration.
Last week though, I went back to these and gave them a good long bath in a cleaning soap (similar to PineSol I guess) adn when they came out they got a solid coat of black spray primer. This did the trick and they painted up very well, nice and clean sculpts that they are.
Shown here together with the 15mm Copplestone Frost Giant I had painted earlier, as I think the three together would make a nice unit.
(https://i.imgur.com/yZufv5B.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zGJ8roN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oCjHSTx.jpg)
What do you think? Any good ideas for names for these lads?
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blimey - they've come out a real treat - great paint jobs. brilliant sculpts in the first place; work well with the Copplestone one.
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Nice work. I must get around to doing my two ogres !
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Those are well done- it’s nice to see the Shadow Deep ogres with some paint. I also have the guy who is leaning on his club. You’ve inspired me to put some paint on him sooner rather than later!
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They've turned out great! Really characterful miniatures too!
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Thanks guys!
As I said, it was a weekend for finishing old things. These three kitbashes have been waiting for paint for a long time now. Two of them you can see earlier in the thread while the last one never got his photo taken in the grey. Some real old components on that fella.
(https://i.imgur.com/jqOpr6D.jpg)
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I finished this model before the other three, but forgot to include him in the photo session. Fixed that today.
This guy also made an appearance earlier in the thread, Oathmark body with Fireforge peasant arms and a Victrix head and cloak.
(https://i.imgur.com/iQ5ggIV.jpg?1)
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Lovely job on the ogres and great kitbashes.
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Those bruises on the ogres look great, and is an awesome idea!
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Those bruises on the ogres look great, and is an awesome idea!
Thank you! Had a good time playing around with the purples and reds there.
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Had to get these resin terrain bits as soon as I saw them. As said I'm aiming for most of my home terrain to be this mystic, dark forest look, and these fit right in. This is two kits worth, the bushes and the stumps. I grouped them up a bit, made some mdf bases, chucked the bit stump on a foam rock and added some details here and there.
Real pleased if I may say so myself.
(https://i.imgur.com/eSWwvKg.jpg)
What do you think?
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Real pleased if I may say so myself.
You should be, they look bloody nice :-*
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They look great! We wanted those as well when we saw them but the price was a bit more than we wanted to spend just now. You certainly did them justice.
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They look great! We wanted those as well when we saw them but the price was a bit more than we wanted Tomaten just now. You certainly did them justice.
They are big chunky pieces, well worth the price in my opinion.
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They look great. Good job!
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Just a small update for today. I'm still working a lot on completing a collection of enchanted forest terrain, I've been both buying some bits and building some bits from foam. Today we're going to be playing a little bit of Frostgrave 2nd edition here at home and I thought I would just share a quick picture of terrain set up.
Some of the scenery I have posted pictures of in the past, while others are very recently completed. I may do a full showcase of this collection in the future.
The mat is from Playmats.eu, my only non-Deepcut Studios mat. I guess I am a little bit odd but I prefer vinyl over mousepad mats for home gaming. They are very space efficient as you can store them rolled up in a cardboard tube.
(https://i.imgur.com/HndWat6.jpg)
What do you think?
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8) way cool!!!!!!!!!
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Great stuff. Would love to see some game pics!
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Looking good mate! Some brilliant pieces you have there.
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Thanks guys!
Some quick snaps of the game coming here. My Ranger patrol led by the mage Fana Flametouched and her apprentice encountered both a band of aggressive wild gorillas and some rather unfriendly wood elves in the woods today. Fortunately the woods were covered in mist and we escaped unharmed by elf arrows.
(https://i.imgur.com/s5Irbhn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dyGLcae.jpg)
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Lovin’ it!
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Great looking patrol - nicely painted. The table also looks suitably full of stunning scenery.
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Thank you! Inspired by the first game of Forestgrave I painted up another couple of basic soldiers. They could also pull double duty as companions in Rangers of Shadow Deep.
One Fireforge peasant with Frostgrave head, one WGA irish with a Frostgrave backpack and bottle, one Oathmark light elf with Frostgrave head and arms.
(https://i.imgur.com/uHqZeJB.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think they look great! Good looking kitbashes mate.
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:D fab work....looking great!!!
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Another little kitbash today. I built this one a while back, not even sure exactly when. Grabbed it last week and started putting some paint on her and now she is done. She should work well as a Treasure Hunter for Frostgrave or a Recruit for Rangers of Shadow Deep.
(https://i.imgur.com/kMikh5I.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think that it looks great! Its very characterful: the tired ranger!
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Some lovely kitbashing there. Wonderful additions to your adventurous collection.
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Another little kitbash today. I built this one a while back, not even sure exactly when. Grabbed it last week and started putting some paint on her and now she is done. She should work well as a Treasure Hunter for Frostgrave or a Recruit for Rangers of Shadow Deep.
(https://i.imgur.com/kMikh5I.jpg)
What do you think?
The look of absolute exhaustion in her face is ace. “I’m too old for this s**t” she seems to be thinking.
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The Kingdom of the Black Duns is home to several races. While humans and goblins are the most numerous, the strength of the marshland orcs is an integral part of the fledgling kingdom. The orcs hunt in the highland moors and are skilled at taming the creatures of the wetlands.
GW's new Orcs. The regular infantry are fairly reasonable in size really, and can be made to rank up. Using a 50x50 base for the Champion makes it a little easier to fit everyone else around. These make 15 orc spearmen with Champion for Oathmark. May have to try to pick up a few extra to fill the unit out to 20.
(https://i.imgur.com/TorqA0U.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YazVK1B.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think you made them look excellent! I like your back-story for them in the Black Duns kingdom, too. Kingdom creation and making stories for armies I’d one of the many things I like about Oathmark!
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Wow! You certainly doing a good job to convince me on the new GW Orruks.
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They look great :)
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They are indeed great, you really brought out the best in the new Orruks. I'll never understand why they were poorly received by some GW fans, although I suspect that's an unanswerable question. They really evoke brutality and savagery better than some of the more 'Warcraft-esque' giant orcs do.
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They are indeed great, you really brought out the best in the new Orruks. I'll never understand why they were poorly received by some GW fans, although I suspect that's an unanswerable question. They really evoke brutality and savagery better than some of the more 'Warcraft-esque' giant orcs do.
I think you answered your own question. The massive difference in style between these and the older orc sculpts (many of which date back to the 90s and WFB) pisses off people who already own the other figs and are pretty clearly not getting any new sculpts for that part of the megafaction any time soon, if ever. It's not dissimilar to the feeling of folks (self included) who'd like to have some hope of getting more new, properly sized marine kits in 40K when we have no hope of anything but Primaris freaks from here on out.
You could call it sour grapes if you felt ungenerous, but those swamp orcs are such a departure from the older style (including the WoW-like AoS-only ones) that it's really hard to look at them next to each other and see a unified army.
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You did a fantastic job on those Orcs.
I personally dislike most of what GW has put out in the last few years, however I am quite taken with these new guys(whom I refuse to call "orruks").
Size wise they look compatible with Ral Partha Orcs.
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I think you answered your own question. The massive difference in style between these and the older orc sculpts (many of which date back to the 90s and WFB) pisses off people who already own the other figs and are pretty clearly not getting any new sculpts for that part of the megafaction any time soon, if ever. It's not dissimilar to the feeling of folks (self included) who'd like to have some hope of getting more new, properly sized marine kits in 40K when we have no hope of anything but Primaris freaks from here on out.
You could call it sour grapes if you felt ungenerous, but those swamp orcs are such a departure from the older style (including the WoW-like AoS-only ones) that it's really hard to look at them next to each other and see a unified army.
But aren't they an entirely different sub-species? E.g. they exist in addition to, rather than instead of, the Ironjawz type orcs etc. Not to derail Ogrob's thread!
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But aren't they an entirely different sub-species? E.g. they exist in addition to, rather than instead of, the Ironjawz type orcs etc. Not to derail Ogrob's thread!
I think due to the nature of Age of Sigmar, new models means new rules (unit choices etc) and it gets frustrating to play a faction that does not receive any new releases when others do. One of the many reasons I am happy to have moved over to indie games from my competetive Warmachine days.
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Those orcs really did turn out well! Great to see those GW figs on square bases :)
Inspiring stuff!
Thanks
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Those orcs looks great 8)
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Another little kitbash today. I built this one a while back, not even sure exactly when. Grabbed it last week and started putting some paint on her and now she is done. She should work well as a Treasure Hunter for Frostgrave or a Recruit for Rangers of Shadow Deep.
(https://i.imgur.com/kMikh5I.jpg)
What do you think?
That is really nice.
I had not really thought about the Fireforge Folk Rabble. On my shopping list. Thanks.
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That is really nice.
I had not really thought about the Fireforge Folk Rabble. On my shopping list. Thanks.
Thank you! It's a nifty kit with some useful bits. Always good to have some variety in heads, especially female which are rare enough.
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Hey, remember when this thead was about a SAGA Age of Magic project? I have a hundred other things I'm working on, but the new Oathmark human cavalry had been sat untouched for a few weeks and cried out for attention, so I decided to make eight warriors on horse with composite bows for the Autumnwood guardians.
Really enjoyed building these, the oathmark cav is a very nice looking kit and has some wonderful new hooded heads. I used Oathmark light elf arms as I really like how they look, some light elf heads as well, and finally cut two Frostgrave female torsos off their bodies and built to female warriors as well. All of the models have a variety of bags and spare weapons from different frostgrave sprues too.
(https://i.imgur.com/HHhiX0x.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aUWGoqt.jpg)
What do you think?
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Great kitbashing as usual mate!
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Looking very good so far. Can't wait to see them with a lick of paint.
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They look grate! I want also something similar for Oathmark Mounted Rangers...
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They look grate! I want also something similar for Oathmark Mounted Rangers...
Thanks! These were fun to build, so I may come back and make a ten man unit in my Oathmark colour scheme as well. I bought two boxes of the Cavalry with no real plans for what to do with them, and I don't really need any medium Cavalry.
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Haven’t picked up any of the Oathmark Cavalry yet, but seeing yours makes me tempted - nice work as always mate :)
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Those look great! I like the kit bashing you do to get some variety in the units.
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They look great :-* :-* :-*
One problem,however; the quivers placement would probably make for a very nervous and discombobulated horse ;)
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Ogrob, you say, haven't you started a bajilion projects this summer? Did you finish those Dominion orcs, or paint the mounted Rangers yet? No, of course not. I built a new army instead!
For some background this army came about for a couple of reasons. When GW previewed Yndrasta, the Stormcast hero from the new core set, I was really taken by the model in a way Stormcast haven't before. It was the Orcs that made me buy a copy of Dominion, my first GW box in two decades, but I did want to do something with Yndrasta as well.
Second, an idea has been sitting in the back of my head for a while now of making an angelic themed Otherworld force for SAGA: Age of Magic. Otherworld is the only faction not played at our gaming club (soon opening again after a year of pandemic closure). I liked the idea that Otherworld doesn't have to be evil demons, and I had this idea of something like the Archangel from Heroes of Might and Magic III.
And third, I saw Johan Egerkrans' fantastic take on a down to earth Stormcast with a Sallet instead of the facemask. Put these things together and I decided to build the Dominion Stormcast side as my angelic Otherworld army for SAGA. Yndrasta would be a Warlord, and I decided on some Winged hearthguard and some regular Hearthguard from regular Stormcast. I ordered some bits, and upon returning from a visit to my parents last night, said bits had arrived. Naturally I spent the day bashing bits together.
Here is everything assembled so far:
(https://i.imgur.com/WIaa3lt.jpg)
Yndrasta is just straight build from the box:
(https://i.imgur.com/wL8tXej.jpg)
Three hearthguard, the two ladies have Fireforge teuton heads, and the man has a Scibor knight head
(https://i.imgur.com/KgBrPI9.jpg)
Two more hearthguard, one straight from the box (there are some nice bare heads there) and one Scibor knight head
(https://i.imgur.com/92W2SZZ.jpg)
Three fancier hearthguard (elite Stormcast). The lady has a head from the original kit, the two lads another pair of Scibor heads.
(https://i.imgur.com/79ly8By.jpg)
Two winged hearthguard, again a Fireforge and a Scibor head. Wings are resin prints.
(https://i.imgur.com/SZNAfpe.jpg)
Another Scibor head and a bare head from Dominion.
(https://i.imgur.com/a3ONkdZ.jpg)
This lady has the Champion head from the Oathmark human cavalry, while the lad has another Scibor head.
(https://i.imgur.com/kwFCdwF.jpg)
I plan to paint them in rusty dented steel armour, with dirty white cloth and probably a fair number of crosses to create that Crusader feel. I call them the Knights of the Rusty Cross.
What do you think?
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The conversions look great so far! The resin wings are fantastic
Really looking forward to seeing them painted up!
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WOW...those are going to look pretty stunning once painted...love the wings
:o
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Got a bit more progress on the Dominion miniatures. If I bought the thing I'm going to be using the minis damnit :D The hobgoblins have two daggers and grenades, but are like all modern GW models not kitbash friendly. I toyed with the idea of converting them to blade and shield to better fit in Oathmark, but in the end I decided to just paint them up as is. Quick and dirty paintjobs, some rust on the armour and they will do just fine as a unit of Goblin Soldiers in Oathmark.
(https://i.imgur.com/zBsCaqK.jpg)
What do you think?
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Much better in green, good choice.
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Looking good!
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Green is great.
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Hi Ogrob, those winged archangels are impressive!!
Where are the wings from? I'd like to try and print some of those
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Hi Ogrob, those winged archangels are impressive!!
Where are the wings from? I'd like to try and print some of those
Thanks mate! They are from Asgard Rising miniatures.
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Some more Dominion progress. I do really like these miniatures, but not sure that they fit in terribly well with my Dunland force.
Probably end up using this as a Knucker in game, a great swamp beast.
(https://i.imgur.com/upox69X.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LVEYKZn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pfsesl5.jpg)
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Just fantastic mate. Truly excellent work.
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Very nice!
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Looks a lot better than the garish GW catalog images, that's for sure. The surprisingly wide variety of weird critter mounts in the swamp orc range (most of which aren't out yet, of course) are a big chunk of the appeal for me, combined with the generally more grungy overall aesthetic. Still some cartoony stuff made worse by GW's hack paintwork, but your images really show how much it can be toned down with a better choice of colors.
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The sculpt is a bit busy and over the top for my taste, the helmet in particular but your brushwork and color palette is spot on for my kind of thing. Nicely done mate!
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The sculpt is a bit busy and over the top for my taste, the helmet in particular but your brushwork and color palette is spot on for my kind of thing. Nicely done mate!
Exactly the same here!
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Very nice. Looks amazing!
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Thanks everyone! I may very well grab one or two more of the beasties coming out for the swamp orcs, maybe try to make a riderless Knucker. Seems like GW has pried open my wallet again... oh well.
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The sculpt is a bit busy and over the top for my taste, the helmet in particular but your brushwork and color palette is spot on for my kind of thing. Nicely done mate!
Yeah, I agree, it is the colour choices that really make the figure look good. It looks like an easy miniature to get wrong!
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A couple of big monsters added to the bestiary today. First up is the Cosmo Wolf from Wizkids Magic the Gathering range. Bought this on a whim, but absolutely love how he turned out:
(https://i.imgur.com/E7ssbmL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Txc58SB.jpg)
And second the big temple snake, this guy is from Steamforge Games' Epic Encounter range. I think that's a 100mm base it's on.
(https://i.imgur.com/cmhhzyN.jpg)
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Brilliant work mate!
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Both of them look fantastic!
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Those are excellent! Really smooth tones and transitions on the temple snake. It must be huge if that's a 100mm base? I love the wolf, real Sif from Dark Souls vibe there.
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Thank you and yes, they are absolutely massive beasts. The wolf is ona 75mm base as well, it towers over regular 28mm models.
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Jumping back and forth on projects as usual, this week I managed to finish the eight mounted Rangers. I built these back in July, unpainted pictures are on page 31.
Simple kitbash for the most part, some Oathmark light elf arms (and a pair of elf heads too) on Oathmark human cavalry. Two of the figures are a little more involved, cut down Frostgrave female soldier bodies with heads from Fireforge's peasant sprue.
These guys will function as warriors with mounts and composite bows in SAGA, giving my Lords of the Wild a bit of speed.
(https://i.imgur.com/mpYNMUR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fT1Bnuo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/A6XFzwf.jpg)
What do you think?
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Those mounted rangers are fantastic - brilliant kitbashing and paintjob. I particularly like the bases, the different colour tufts really make the bases pop. And I think that the female ranger conversions look great, well worth the effort.
That’s enough gushing for now! lol I recently bought the metal mounted ranger champion for use in Rangers of Shadow Deep, think I’ll get him painted soon.
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Brilliant work as usual mate!
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They are amazingly good!
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Very nicely constructed and painted, as always :)
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They look fabulous - the kit-bashing, painting and bases are all wonderful. Great job!
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Thanks everyone! Quite happy with these, though no idea when they will see a table :D
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Very nice conversions.
The autumn colours are a nice touch.
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they look great.
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They look great. The birch seeds really give them a nice touch...
speaking of birch seeds... are you painting these? The ones I just recently collected have a more greyish-brownish color.. if so, is there any special trick involved?
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The trick is to be too lazy to do it yourself, and buy them pre-stained. Greenstuff World has tubs of green and orange leaves, which I believe are stained birch seeds, but not idea on how they do it.
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The trick is to be too lazy to do it yourself, and buy them pre-stained. Greenstuff World has tubs of green and orange leaves, which I believe are stained birch seeds, but not idea on how they do it.
I agree whole heartedly., but they look good.
https://www.green-scenes.co.uk/store?productlist-categories=little-leaf-company (https://www.green-scenes.co.uk/store?productlist-categories=little-leaf-company)
There was a discussion about their source here: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=116831.0 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=116831.0)
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Stellar stuff as usual. Really love the tones you choose, as always.
How are you finding SAGA Age of Magic? Is it replacing Oathmark for you?
My gaming group has cooled slightly on Oathmark recently with a few players stating it feels a bit 'samey'. Hoping we get at least another few months of use out of it though.
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Stellar stuff as usual. Really love the tones you choose, as always.
How are you finding SAGA Age of Magic? Is it replacing Oathmark for you?
My gaming group has cooled slightly on Oathmark recently with a few players stating it feels a bit 'samey'. Hoping we get at least another few months of use out of it though.
Not at all, different games for different occasions. I love Oathmark's military expeditions, and I honestly haven't had a chance to play very many games over the last year so I want to play the new onces in Bane of Kings. During the period the gaming club was closed I've had one regular opponent who lives near me, and we have played maybe five games of Oathmark. Not played SAGA in about a year, but eager to get back to it.
SAGA is a great pickup game, especially if you have Book of Battles, Oathmark probably wants some narrative or campaign structure to shine and not get too samey.
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I received my Oathmark light dwarf infantry preorder the other day, and thought I would do a little mini review on here. Haven't seen too many of these out in the wild yet.
Let's start with a quick look at the metal heroes. In my opinion these might be the best metal heroes North Star have done yet for Oathmark. Full of character and lovely clean sculpts. Casts are also really good for the most part, but my drummer is missing a little bit of the thin rim from his drum.
(https://i.imgur.com/avF5NNM.jpg)
On to the plastic kit. Overall, I'm really happy with this kit. I thought there was going to be repeat heads from the regular Dwarf Infantry, but it is all new sculpts and plenty of them as well. Nice character and a good mix of hats, hoods and helmets. I plan to mostly build Border Guards with this kit, so hoods are going to be my first choice. However, I have one big issue with this kit. They are meant to be built as either archers or with two-handed weapons but not a single of the five bodies has a pose that can work for shooting a bow. They are all either mid stride or in wide dynamic stances with their hips turned in completely the wrong direction for archery. There are arms posed as if loosing an arrow, but I feel like they do not work at all. I opted to build all of mine as fighting with a one handed weapon and just holding their bows in their off hand.
Still, between the great heads, cool set of improvised two-handed weapons and nice bits and pieces I have to say this is a really nice kit.
I built five Border Guard almost straight from one sprue, just with one regular Dwarf Infantry head, and two small pieces of equipment from a Frostgrave sprue.
(https://i.imgur.com/f4Zd58p.jpg)
I also replaced a few heads from some Brambles Dwarf Soldier, and as you can see the heads swap over easily between kits. The head on the right with his hood down is probably my favourite of them all:
(https://i.imgur.com/I4BtMPi.jpg)
What do you think?
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Glad to see this project back!
One quick Q - did you find the metal dwarf heroes slightly smaller than their plastic brethren? For the Undead release, the metal heroes were noticeably smaller than plastic counterparts, which looks a little odd when ranking up.
Keen to see the dwarves painted up - definitely grabbing a sprue of these when I can.
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They do seem to be a little smaller, you are right. When I've built a little more I'll get a photo with a metal hero in a unit.
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Thanks formte review, they look great! I definitely need some.
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What exactly are Brambles Dwarf Soldiers?
My googling failed.
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"the Brambles" is the name I picked for my Dwarf and Halfling kingdom for Oathmark, somewhere back in this thread. They've not yet been painted unfortunately.
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Hey guys, back again with another little review! Not so much time for painting right now, but as always, managing to add more and more to the grey pile.
This time, Fireforge's new Spanish Almughavars. I have no idea about the historicity of these, and I don't terribly care. What they do offer in my view is a nice complement to the Oathmark and Frostgrave series of plastics, as they fit really well with these as far as size and proprotions.
The kit comes with some nice options that Oathmark is missing, especially the javelins. They also have cleavers, swords and spears available. There's also a nifty accessory sprue which has a variety of shields and some nice packs of javelins. You can see sprues on Fireforge's page here (https://fireforge-games.com/spanish/843-almughavars-bulk-edition.html)
I assembled one quickly out of the box, and here is what he looks like next to a Victrix Saxon, an Oathmark human and a Perry man at arms.
(https://i.imgur.com/VKMGa0g.jpg)
All told, I really like this kit. It fills in some missing options in the generic dark age human range, and scultping is pretty good. Not quite as good detail as Victrix, but pretty similar to Oathmark and Wargames Atlantic.
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Thanks for taking a look at the set! I'd totally missed the announcement on those!
It's great to see them slightly skinnier than some of the older Fireforge kits so they scale in with the other ranges, and having a source of mail bodies is always a bonus lol
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I can't quiet tell by looking at the pics on thier website- are some of the bodies armored in scale armor?
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I can't quiet tell by looking at the pics on thier website- are some of the bodies armored in scale armor?
No, there's two in mail, three in some leather jerkin type things and one body with a fur or sheepskin over his mail per sprue.
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Thank you!
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Thanks for the review mate, I was unaware of these being released.
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I don't know that I need a unit of Javelin upgraded Soldiers (or Warriors) for Oathmark, but when has that ever stopped anyone?
This is about a sprues worth of Almughuvars, with some light kitbashing: two Oathmark human heads, two Victrix heads, some backpacks and pouches from random sprues, a Wargames Atlantic Irish shield and an Oathmark skeleton shield.
(https://i.imgur.com/Nd1JoJL.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look great, and it’s certainly not about “needing” ...if you “want” them, that’s a good enough reasons 8)
Have I missed something though, or is the figure second from the right wearing a Father Christmas hat and matching beard ;)
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They look great, and it’s certainly not about “needing” ...if you “want” them, that’s a good enough reasons 8)
Have I missed something though, or is the figure second from the right wearing a Father Christmas hat and matching beard ;)
It is one of the funnier heads on the Victrix viking sprue. Seasonally apropriate at least.
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Have I missed something though, or is the figure second from the right wearing a Father Christmas hat and matching beard ;)
'Tis the Season! :D
But yes, they definitely look the part! Looking forward to seeing them painted up!
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So I built a few more. I really do think that these mix very well with Oathmark humans. Both arms and heads mix well. I only found two Oathmark infantry bodies, or I would have done a few more. I think they look really good with the Almughoravid heads and arms. I also had a go at kitbashing with some Victrix bodies, making a champion and a regular soldier. This is a little trickier, as the design on the Victrix kits is a bit more distinct in style and proportion. It can be done, but I would consider it a little more advanced kitbashing.
(https://i.imgur.com/X7dL8uA.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zZGbGt3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qrsHjtg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/R80lkSl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ipc5640.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look really great!
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Thank you!
Managed to build the last four today to make a unit of 20. These use Victrix saxon bodies with Almughavar weapons. Heads are a mix of Oathmark and Fireforge. I still have almost half of the spanish kit left for other kitbashes.
My favourite here is probably the one with the hood getting ready to stab someone in the face (I have really enjoyed building and posing with the cleavers in this set, need to make some Frostgrave thieves with them as well). The one in mail would make an excellent Rohirrim I feel as well.
(https://i.imgur.com/WVStNAw.jpg)
What do you think?
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Wow! You're getting a lot of mileage out of the kit!
The kitbashes look great, the dynamic poses work really well
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Brilliant work mate, very dynamic!
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Sometimes you just see things and want them, right? This new dragon kit from GW really grabbed me, best dragon they have ever designed I think, and with the added benefit of being hard plastic. The only modification I made to this was to green stuff over the sigmarite comet on his chest.
(https://i.imgur.com/yIgKd0r.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BK5nKds.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/msUZbYa.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0OgeV6y.jpg)
What do you think?
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Good work mate, you’ve done a great job with it - I agree it is a lovely looking kit.
I’d be tempted to get one myself (minus the front set of limbs) for Westeros
:)
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You did a brilliant job mate!
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Wow!
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Really impressive work!
Quick question, how does it scale up against the Oathmark figures?
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Very nice. Turned out very well with your wonderful paint job.
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Looks great 8)
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Thanks everyone! Really happy with him myself, I set myself the challenge of not drybrushing any surfaces and using a very limited palette. In the end I think I only used six or seven tones on the whole mini, not counting the base.
Really impressive work!
Quick question, how does it scale up against the Oathmark figures?
He's a big boy, too big for Oathmark for sure. He comes on a 160mm round base, but I put him on a 130mm instead and he just about fits. I will probably use it for DnD (if things ever get to high level and in person...),Frostgrave and maybe SAGA Age of Magic.
(https://i.imgur.com/jg2SE5W.jpg)
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Now THAT'S a dragon.
Amazing paintwork and great job covering up the Sigmarite emblem. That's truly a model which deserves Oathmark's somewhat bonkers dragon profiles.
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Lovely finish you've achieved . Wasn't even aware these dragons had the emblem on them. Let alone notice it'd been covered up.As I'd only given them half a glance on the GW thread.
I'm half tempted myself now. But a six inch diameter base is quite the storage issue for me( I think my biggest Dragon base is 2"-3" and that causes issues with It's tail and wings sticking out at odd angles from it.)
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As my Christmas holiday is coming to a close, allow me to share a sneak peak on another quite large project in the works. I inted to make a decent amount of Rohan themed things this year, starting with expanding my collection of GW Rohan terrain. This long hall uses four of the Rohan house kits (though with lots of left overs, I can probably bash something with it all).
Since the walls in this kit are detailed on both sides, but only in order to give options for the outside facade, I will be going the Black Magic Craft (check him out on Youtube) way for interior terrain: the roof is glued down and I will eventually make a base from which the entire building can be lifted off to reveal a floor design.
(https://i.imgur.com/dfceGn8.jpg)
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Looking good mate!
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Very nice! I saw a YouTube video (zorpazorp maybe) of some similar modifications to the Rohan buildings. I think yours looks very natural; the dormers are genius.
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Bonkers. Love it. Is the plan to do a force for the actual MESBG, or more Rohan "inspired" for Oathmark, Saga etc?
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That is an impressive and beautifully painted dragon. Love the subdued, more naturalistic colours. Especially the wings look leathery. I thought the GW dragons all had arm and neck armour, but I am glad they also have 'naked' ones. That longhouse looks very good, too. Will you add some interior detailing and furnishings?
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Bonkers. Love it. Is the plan to do a force for the actual MESBG, or more Rohan "inspired" for Oathmark, Saga etc?
Thank you! The plan is definitely Rohan-inspired. I don't think majority cavalry works in Oathmark, and I don't need a third human army for that system anyway, so the plan is to base them for SAGA. I have me eye on Horde for Age of Magic, and I am considering using them as Normans and possibly Spanish in AoV/AoC. I am waiting on Victrix norman cavalry and dark age archers, and plan to kitbash those with both Saxons and Vikings to create that Rohan vibe.
Very nice! I saw a YouTube video (zorpazorp maybe) of some similar modifications to the Rohan buildings. I think yours looks very natural; the dormers are genius.
Thank you. Zorpazorp's video is indeed one of my main references for techniques and ideas. GW also made a video themselves including a long hall. I made my entrance a little different from theirs though.
That is an impressive and beautifully painted dragon. Love the subdued, more naturalistic colours. Especially the wings look leathery. I thought the GW dragons all had arm and neck armour, but I am glad they also have 'naked' ones. That longhouse looks very good, too. Will you add some interior detailing and furnishings?
Thank you! The plan is to have a floor, so I can lift the entire building off the table and reveal the interior floor. Probably keep it simple from there, maybe a firepit in the middle or something.
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Good use of the kits 8)
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Spectacular hall :-*
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Now that's a hall worthy of a king.
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Another small thing from the lead pile to the display shelf. Got this guy from Fenris' last kickstarter, the Wyldwood one. Figure I may use it as a werebear in something or other at some point. Very nice mini either way, little bit of flash but nothing major.
(https://i.imgur.com/GYrjzp4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cpFOiax.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GYrjzp4.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think he doesn't look that small!
He looks absolutely ferocious, and just about strong enough to wield that enormous blade! Nice painting, and I really like the base too. :-*
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He is rather cute and really unusual love him.
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What do you think?
I think that if polar bears ever gain opposable thumbs and swordsmanship, we humans are screwed.
Nicely done. 👍
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He’s a bear,what’s not to like :)
Excellent painting ,love the patina on his falchion 8)
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Thanks fellas! With my Sludge-kick for the last six months it seems I've just started doing all my metals with heavy-handed brown washes for patina :D
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A great figure, nicely painted. That blade really sings.
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I've been trying to think of a good pun since you posted this but they're all pretty unbearable.
(Great work as usual)
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Got some more scenery finished. I bought these 3D printed webbed trees a while back and they had been sitting untouched for several months when Kromlech released their next set of Dark Forest scenery. I love this whole range, excellent quality heavy resin pieces (you can see the bushes and stumps sets painted a couple pages back). I bought all the new trees, expensive but well worth the price, and a notice board.
Last night I finally got it all finished with some tufts and leaf scatter.
(https://i.imgur.com/IavqXyV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NJWjgqL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lyCV3vy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YbmGhsk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WT42gSe.jpg)
What do you think?
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Creepy! Great work mate!
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Fantastic :-* :-* :-*
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The trees look amazing. Great job!
Love the little details, like the mushrooms.
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A lot to love here, I was surprised to see I had not commented before I tend to peek my head in on a regular basis. The collection of terrain is vibrant and lovely, I especially like the notice board.
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This was a little spur of the moment decision, and had I known Sludge Nations would release the same week (check my black powder log) I would probably have held of this purchase. Still, here we are. I have been playing a lot of Mount & Blade Bannerlord, and loving it's low fantasy dark age style setting. The different civilizations are all quite cool and I love that they step away from having the english/french analogue as the central realm. Instead the three large kingdoms that remain from an older empire are decidedly Byzantine in style. There's also a realm with very strong Rus vibes.
The game's title screen looks like this and I think it is a great look:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zEgYwXUoJJ4/maxresdefault.jpg)
So I ended up buying 20 varangian guard one late night with the idea of using them as Linebreakers for my Kingdom of the Black Duns for Oathmark. I ended up grabbing Fireforge's pack of 12, a pack of 4 from V&V miniatures and a pack of 4 from Stronghold Terrain. V&V are definitely the best sculpts of these, while Fireforge frustrated me the most with trying to match up the four point connections on their models. Still, at less than half the price per model compared to the other two, I can't complain too much.
I decided to model these completely sans shields as Oathmark Linebreakers lack the shielding ability. In the end, two models needed to get shields anyway as I only had left arms with shield straps left (a result of wonky design from Fireforge, but their kit does come with the option of either dane axes or shield + spear, so at least I had some arms I could use). I also used Victrix scabards as I prefer their design compared to what came with most of the models.
(https://i.imgur.com/gtV9TZ9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HHPlfrd.jpg)
Really happy with the banner mirroring the title screen above:
(https://i.imgur.com/KyDPJHW.jpg)
V&V:
(https://i.imgur.com/81iOPUL.jpg)
Stronghold:
(https://i.imgur.com/6NQxANl.jpg)
Fireforge:
(https://i.imgur.com/JWjdJjX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sKUJUlI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CGDdZhg.jpg)
What do you think?
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The whole unit is wonderful! Great work!
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Well, they look fething stunning. I was so close to picking these up recently - you might make me go back and buy them after all. Really good work on the furs in particular. Super inspiring as ever.
And (since I'm here) - sounds like the answer is 'yes', but have you found Bannerlord worth it generally over its predecessor Warband? I heard it had a buggy start but is somewhat better now?
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Well, they look fething stunning. I was so close to picking these up recently - you might make me go back and buy them after all. Really good work on the furs in particular. Super inspiring as ever.
And (since I'm here) - sounds like the answer is 'yes', but have you found Bannerlord worth it generally over its predecessor Warband? I heard it had a buggy start but is somewhat better now?
I never played Warband, I picked up Bannerlord on the strength of a let's play after the most recent large patch, which seems to have sorted out a number of old issues. I've not had any major bugs at all, and have put in over 100 hours so far.
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It’s a shame that the Fireforge Varangians are a chore to assemble, but you certainly got them to look good! The unit looks suitably intimidating! I’m looking forward to seeing them painted.
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This was a little spur of the moment decision, and had I known Sludge Nations would release the same week (check my black powder log) I would probably have held of this purchase. Still, here we are. I have been playing a lot of Mount & Blade Bannerlord, and loving it's low fantasy dark age style setting. The different civilizations are all quite cool and I love that they step away from having the english/french analogue as the central realm. Instead the three large kingdoms that remain from an older empire are decidedly Byzantine in style. There's also a realm with very strong Rus vibes.
The game's title screen looks like this and I think it is a great look:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zEgYwXUoJJ4/maxresdefault.jpg)
So I ended up buying 20 varangian guard one late night with the idea of using them as Linebreakers for my Kingdom of the Black Duns for Oathmark. I ended up grabbing Fireforge's pack of 12, a pack of 4 from V&V miniatures and a pack of 4 from Stronghold Terrain. V&V are definitely the best sculpts of these, while Fireforge frustrated me the most with trying to match up the four point connections on their models. Still, at less than half the price per model compared to the other two, I can't complain too much.
I decided to model these completely sans shields as Oathmark Linebreakers lack the shielding ability. In the end, two models needed to get shields anyway as I only had left arms with shield straps left (a result of wonky design from Fireforge, but their kit does come with the option of either dane axes or shield + spear, so at least I had some arms I could use). I also used Victrix scabards as I prefer their design compared to what came with most of the models.
(https://i.imgur.com/gtV9TZ9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HHPlfrd.jpg)
Really happy with the banner mirroring the title screen above:
(https://i.imgur.com/KyDPJHW.jpg)
V&V:
(https://i.imgur.com/81iOPUL.jpg)
Stronghold:
(https://i.imgur.com/6NQxANl.jpg)
Fireforge:
(https://i.imgur.com/JWjdJjX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sKUJUlI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CGDdZhg.jpg)
What do you think?
Bannerlord is the way! Playing M&B from the beginning ans still playin'
I have planned to paint my early byzantine army with colors from bannerlord's Empire faction
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Woah, I totally missed Bannerlord releasing! Great work on those linebreakers.
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I have put in over 100 hours so far.
That's all the endorsement I need lol
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;)
(https://zupimages.net/up/22/12/xefz.png) (https://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=22/12/xefz.png)
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Another small update for the Kingdom of the Black Duns. I got two bags of Victrix norman cavalry on release, and plan to use them for a Rohan-inspired Saga Age of Magic force. The kit has a lot of nice little bits and pieces, and one of them are these heads with faceplates. Quite liked the look of these, and also happened to see a bit of Bannerlord artwork with that exact helm on a warrior wearing a fur shoulderpiece. I decided to go back and modify my heavy cavalry, taking of their Teutonic style great helms and replacing them with the norman helms with face plates. I think this brings them nicely in line with the other dark age heads in the army.
(https://i.imgur.com/jplkVi3.jpg)
What do you think?
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Looking good, as usual mate!
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(https://i.imgur.com/gtV9TZ9.jpg)
What do you think?
I think this unit looks f*cking amazing!
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I loved that unit before with the Teutonic look, but the new one works really well (and definitely matches the slightly more Dark Ages feel of the force). I'm about to do similar to my cavalry units and replace some of the older helms with 3D printed versions which look much better, so glad to know I'm not the only one revisiting past completions :)
Looking forward to seeing those Linebreakers painted up too - they're really good.
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Thank you all. I have been meaning to do more Sludge stuff first, but I may need to move the line breakers upp in the queue. Hope I remember the recipe for the red...
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Well, here we are, the Linebreakers are done.
Need to think about backstory a little bit, but I imagine they would be some kind of Jarl's or King's huscarls up in the highlands of the Black Duns.
(https://i.imgur.com/bo86p3J.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/g1dOlgv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CzgUEQ3.jpg)
Trying some new photo settings, I think these might be better than the photos of the cavalry above. Thoughts?
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Lovin’em!
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Very Bannerlord. Great looking unit, I look forward to seeing some games with them.
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You may have noticed if you read my plogs that I can often paint with some speed. Some even suggest I should do comissions because of high output. However, it has become very clear to me that I need quite a lot of excitment about a project in order to be fast and productive. I have a lot of started, half painted things lying around as I do stall out on things. I've found it best to just move on to the next fun thing and get something done.
The Linebreakers got me some momentum to work on my Oathmark collection again, and I was able to finish the last 25% or so on these javelin soldiers. I had finished the base coats several months ago after posting the builds, but then set them aside to work on Sludge and other things. Nice to move these to the display shelves at last!
Models are kitbashed, primarily some combinations of the Fireforge Almughavar plastic kit with oathmark soldier bits and a few Victrix things here and there.
(https://i.imgur.com/83NHWxu.jpg)
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You’ve done a fantastic job on those and it’s very valuable to see how all those different different kits fit together. Thanks.
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Thank you! The almughavars fit very well with Oathmark humans. Combining either with Victrix parts is a little trickier and may take some greenstuff, but you can get some nifty results. The rightmost model in the front rank is one of my favorites, combining all three kits.
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Lots of character n display mate, great work!
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Nice work. Had my eyes on the Almughavar kit for a while.
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Would you say these are substantially smaller than Fireforge's Northmen line?
I've had my eye on the kit, as you say, for kitbashing opportunities, but it would be good to know if they tend toward Fireforge's 'new' heroic scale.
And yes, lovely work as ever :)
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Unfortunately I don't have any plain Fireforge northmen bodies at home, everything seems to be a kitbash. I took a shot where I think you can see the difference in body size. Looks to me like the body is a mm shorter at the shoulders. Heads should be pretty much exact matches and the Spanish use bowl necks like the northmen, not shelf necks like the Crusaders.
The big difference is arm size. I would happily put Spanish arms on Oathmark bodies but not on Northmen bodies. Oathmark arms seem to go fine on both sets of bodies, so they are not too far apart to kitbash with.
(https://i.imgur.com/lwjD6XI.jpg)
I would be happy to use these in the same army but probably not the same unit. To my eye they are within tolerance, while something like Gripping Beast vikings would be too small to pair with either. The spanish are excellent for representing irregulars that may not be as bulky as the more heavily armoured and well fed regular soldiers.
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Great work! And thanks for the showcase on the kits!
I've ordered a couple of the Almughavar sprues off the back of this!
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Same, thanks for that. They're smaller than I thought for sure, although not to the point of incompatibility. They fit your Black Duns chaps very well, keen to see them in a game.
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This here is a sneak preview of my next project. I think I may have mentioned them already, not sure.
The game is SAGA, the theme is Rohan! I have wanted to do a Rohan army for a good while. In fact I used to have a small War of the Ring Rohan force, but they are long gone. I'm not terribly keen on the official GW models, so I have been holding out for some good historical minis. You saw my first attempt at Riders with the first heavy cavalry unit for the Black Duns, but now I have access to Victrix normas which are much better base for Riders, at least armoured Riders.
Not ready to show any horseflesh just yet, but I have built the first point of levy with bows. 12 old men, farmers and herdsmen most like, ready to defend their homes alongside the more professional warriors of the rohirrim.
Built from Victrix dark age archers, Victrix dacians, a Victrix ango saxon and some Oathmark heads.
(https://i.imgur.com/rSR0SjK.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look great! I have had a similar idea in mind for a long time with the sprues set aside for it but I just have not had time to get to it. Your photo is proof to me that the idea is sound.
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Nice, been wanting to see the Victrix dark age archers out in the wild. Which battle board are you going to use as Rohan?
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Nice, been wanting to see the Victrix dark age archers out in the wild. Which battle board are you going to use as Rohan?
Multiple is the plan. Mainly Horde in AoM for some massive cavalry charges, but I am also going to reserve the option and do the equipment options to run Spanish in AoC and Normans in AoM.
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The plan is two units of levy archers, 24 models in total. For the second unit I wanted a few women present, but my standard frostgrave soldiers would look out of place in this theme. It occured to me that I had some Fireforge angry peasants still, so I had a go at building a pair of female archers with dacian arms, Fireforge bodies and a Frostgrave head.
The theme of the archer levy is very much peasants defending their homes, so these are not shieldmaidens of Rohan but rather brave young women who have joined the levy.
(https://i.imgur.com/TlsvAMG.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think I wouldn’t want to come home a little too late and smelling of mead if I was married to either of them…
They’re great kitbashes. They’ll add a bit of variety to the levy archer unit. I’m looking forward to seeing the whole unit painted!
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Fabulous!
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Excellent kitbashing yet again mate!
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The theme of the archer levy is very much peasants defending their homes, so these are not shieldmaidens of Rohan but rather brave young women who have joined the levy.
(https://i.imgur.com/TlsvAMG.jpg)
What do you think?
These are brilliant!
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These are brilliant!
What Koyote said. Wonderful work.
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Thank you both!
I have finished building and greenstuffing the next set of minis for this project and now I think it is time to start painting. Its been a while since I did this much greenstuff work, too used to just put plastic bits together with no sculpting needed. Anyway, I think it turned out fine after some trial and error.
So we have here a Warlord, perhaps Theoden himself or another king or lord of the mark, his champion (they whisper behind his back that his mother was a beorning or perhaps a dunledning, but he is strong and loyal), four elite Riders with javelins and four with hand weapons. I decided not to equip any with spears as I want to clearly show javelins/no javelins as that is more relevant in SAGA.
Kits used for these are all Victrix: Norman cavalry, Vikings, Anglo-saxons and Dacians.
(https://i.imgur.com/qZhKUB0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/io8Mr99.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LtCMTqq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mdIawc4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/44FQ1h4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YzLZhVt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wrUp1aY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VoegT99.jpg)
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Most excellent! Great use of these Victrix miniatures.
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Great work!
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Brilliant conversions!
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Very well done :-*
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I had originally hoped to use Victrix normans as both hearthguard and warriors, figuring I could perhaps differentiate with helmets, aventails or no aventails or something. When I started building though the minis I came up with gave me strong hearthguard vibes and I realised it would be hard for an opponent to tell what was what if I used them for warriors too.
Looking around, there's not a ton of options that match Victrix that well, but I found some 3D minis. basque ligth cavalry, from Reconquer designs (bought prints from Stronghold Terrain, they sell some of these at really good prices) as well as the one pack of Norman cavalry without maille that V&V make. For the V&V minis, I ended up discarding the horses and javelins as I wasn't super keen on the resin, as well as replacing some heads and adding some cloaks. All the plastic parts are Victrix.
In the end, I think I mangaged to build 12 models that are reasonably coherent looking, fit the brief as Rohirrim (beards, long hair, horses, cloaks), as should match reasonably well with my Victrix armoured riders.
(https://i.imgur.com/nBRFjO9.jpg)
V&V/Victrix kitbashes:
(https://i.imgur.com/enhyMWD.jpg)
Reconquer 3D prints:
(https://i.imgur.com/ySMuBMX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lfVmrl9.jpg)
What do you think?
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They looks great, I think they match well.
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Trying to get on with some painting now, hoping to have something more to show soon. In the meantime, I snapped a shot of the second lot of levy with bows. You saw the kitbashed ladies earlier, I added some Viking archers from stronghold terrain and then build a few Victrix.
The armoured lad is a Victrix saxon with arms from the archer set. He will represent a unit leader responsible for trying to keep the peasants in line. Also used a few hooded heads from Oathmark.
(https://i.imgur.com/EoSY65f.jpg)
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Great work as always mate!
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Thank you!
Now for something painted for once. Not shown these before but I built these Bad Squiddo mounted shieldmaidens back when I made my first set of cavalry fro the Black Duns force. However, it quickly became evident that I had no use for Medium Cavalry in Oathmark, and they sat primed on my desk for a long time. Picked them back up last week and decided I may use them for Rohan.
I am approaching this project as I do all my source material, which is to say as inspiration only. Tolkien mentions the word shieldmaiden of Rohan, and that is plenty excuse for me to include a whole bunch of them if I can find minis.
(https://i.imgur.com/khItQn5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/i25m8SX.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think they look great! Definitely too good to sit on the sidelines- I would be inclined to use them in Oathmark games on a ‘counts as’ basis. As long as you’ve paid the points for them as ‘heavy cavalry’ and your opponent knows that’s what they’re classified as, it shouldn’t impact game play! If you need to justify that classification, it’s magic or exceptional training, or whatever… (I might be more flexible than average about this, but to me making reasonable accommodation is part of wargaming, especially in a fantasy game like Oathmark)
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Absolutely agree with you on being accomodating. I realise I forgot to add that I have plenty of heavy cavalry for Oathmark, and these will now come in handy as Warriors (lightly armoured) in SAGA. With these and the 3D printed models I posted earlier I have the option of javelin or no javelin for my Rohan warriors.
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Ah, I see! That makes sense. They’ll make a great addition to a Rohan themed army in whichever game system they’re used in - they’re quite nice!
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And here we are, the first Knights of the Mark are painted. In SAGA you have three basic troop types: hearthguard, warriors and levy. Depending on the faction you have just a few different equipment options for each. For hearthguard we are usually just talking heavy weapons, javelins and horses. As I am planning to be able to play both historical and fantastical factions I am making hearthguard with the option for both javelin and no javelin.
I've also taken shots from the back so you can see how my greenstuff work held up:
Mounts and javelins:
(https://i.imgur.com/fVjxQ7q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wCUFjzB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/D5pQmU8.jpg)
Mounts:
(https://i.imgur.com/TTjOZNR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pxIEviv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2buTwPj.jpg)
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They look fantastic. The green stuff work came out really well, and as you say, they'll be perfectly usable for a very wide range of factions.
Are you planning on heading to any European Saga events in the future?
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Those look amazing! A great interpretation of the riders of Rohan!
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They look fantastic. The green stuff work came out really well, and as you say, they'll be perfectly usable for a very wide range of factions.
Are you planning on heading to any European Saga events in the future?
No travel plans at the moment no. Have a 6 month old at home, so a little restricted. I am considering the tournament in Malmö late July.
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And here we have the two characters painted. In SAGA terms, it's a Warlord on his large base, and a Champion, the hero that the Horde can field in Age of Magic. The Champion is a purely fighting hero, and I feel the miniature matches that in appearance. The big tufts are from Serious Play UK, first time using them and really like them.
As far as fluff goes, I have very little settled. The Warlord is not intended to be Theoden, but could perhaps be a Lord of the Westfold or something similar. The Champion is his most loyal retainer, but whispers abound of sinister parentage, that he is a Dunlending or worse.
(https://i.imgur.com/hNT2q1k.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zaMCRtS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4cnxvEn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZFr9TYm.jpg)
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Brilliant! 👍
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Very nice models, painting and basing!
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Lovely work there Ogrob, splendid painting,and brilliant conversions :-* :-* :-*
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They look brilliant mate. Really nice tones on the green and white especially. Would love to see some game photos with them.
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Some more progress on this. I was able to batch paint all 24 archer levies and get them done quite quickly. Pretty happy with these, even though they are quick and dirty paint jobs. Victrix models are always great fun to paint as they have great detail that takes washes well. I also love painting green, so that helped.
As I mentioned before, these I imagine as militia called on as a last resort to defend their homes. There are profesional and semi-profesional warriors in Rohan, but these are not it. They are old men who can still draw a bow and brave women who probably lack training in war. To that end I painted most of the male figures with gray or graying hair. The female figures are wearing dresses so you can clearly see a difference in attire from the Shieldmaidens who ride to war.
(https://i.imgur.com/EbFE5BV.jpg)
Some closeups of minis I really like:
Captains (Saxons bodies + bow and greenstuff cloaks)
(https://i.imgur.com/AJDXwEZ.jpg)
A look at Oathmark heads on Victrix bodies:
(https://i.imgur.com/ytiqnnP.jpg)
A couple of good examples of what the Dark Age archer kit provides:
(https://i.imgur.com/bHIyBQv.jpg)
And possibly my favourite in the group, almost entirely built from the Dacian kit:
(https://i.imgur.com/qjUIwnG.jpg)
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Those look great, very nice work on them! I think the Oathmark heads worked pretty well on the Victrix bodies. The female archers turned out quite well, too. Are some of them Fireforge peasants and some others by Brother Vinnie? In any case, the whole unit blends together and looks cohesive.
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They're fantastic. I can't help but notice you've mixed the same Victrix Dacians/Dark Ages archers, Fireforge peasant rabble and Stronghold Terrain shieldmaidens as I've been thinking of picking up for my Saga archers. How did you find the Stronghold stuff compared scale-wise?
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Most excellent, love everything so far! Great work 👏
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Thank you all! There are indeed two kitbashed female archers, Fireforge bodies, Victrix arms and four that I bought from Stronghold Terrain under their own brand name. I guess they are the same as Brother Vinnis that he also sells.
I have a couple of sets of these, these viking archers, their shieldmaidens, a pack of varangian guard and for some reason also a pack of crusaders with great weapons. I find that they scale quite nicely with Victrix. The female models are a bit slighter, but that seems quite reasonable.
And Tyr, yours and Koyotes use of the Dacians was a big reason I included them in this project. Your pagan rus forces are a big inspiration for anything viking age adjacent.
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Loving the brilliant mix of kits mate!
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Excellent work! And like others have said, really great use of multiple kits for these! The kitbashes and conversions are really effective
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Great stuff :)
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Small interlude today. Had a delivery of Fireforge's kickstarted dwarf kits the other day and put two together just to check. So far these look really good to me. I usually find some little thing to quibble about with Fireforge's design, but these look to be really good. Possible a bit better then their Northmen kits even.
I will probably end up making a SAGA force out of these, but they will have to wait a bit.
Here's a size comparison with an Oathmark light dwarf, an Oathmark light dwarf hero and a kitbashed Oathmark dwarf (didn't have any straight builds of these unfortunately, and no built heavy dwarves either). One Fireforge Dwarf warriors and one Dwarf crossbow. The crossbow uses some of the extra resin bits you could order in the kickstarter, but there are female options on the sprue.
(https://i.imgur.com/7BJgswd.jpg)
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Thanks for the comparison. Really interesting, I think I'm going to pick up a sprue of these guys and try some conversions.
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I imagine you'd be able to put them to good use :D
Lots of things turning up this week, today was the new Oathmark orc infantry. I coulnd't resist putting together the unit champion with that lovely two bit axe. This kit looks quite nice as well, essentially human sized so they should be useful for say bandits or more ragged human troops as well. Wish there were more heads as we of course don't have much to kitbash with.
I also had a quick play and built an orc based on a Frostgrave barbaian body, and a draft of an Orc Linebreaker using a Frostgrave demon body.
(https://i.imgur.com/uOe7Wyn.jpg)
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Absolutely splendid work!
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Looking good! I am pleased they all work so well together.
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Those are nice conversions! How do the Oathmark orc heads compare size-wise to the old Wargames Factory/Warlord Games orcs? The heads were probably the best things from those old kits and could be useful for conversions with these.
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Those are nice conversions! How do the Oathmark orc heads compare size-wise to the old Wargames Factory/Warlord Games orcs? The heads were probably the best things from those old kits and could be useful for conversions with these.
Don't have any of those unfortunately.
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I don't have the new orcs, but I do have the Wargames Factory heads, and here's one placed on the FG demon body. Similar enough in size I think.
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Those look excellent! The kitbashes seem very promising!
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Thank you for the comparison photo. They don't look too different.
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Right, let's get back to the Rohirrim shall we? Finding good Warriors was for sure the hardest part of this project. Lots of good choices for soldiers of foot (Victrix Saxons, Normans, lots of cool Shieldmaidens out there) but mounted warriors who are not heavily armoured and good sculpts? Not so easy. I dismissed Gripping Beasts dark age cavalry, as I find the horses a bit iffy. In the end I decided to try ordering some 3D prints from Reconquer Designs, which looked very promising. I also bought the one pack of lightly armoured Norman cavalry that V&V offer.
And having typed all that out I realise that I posted unpainted pics of these models a few pages back, didn't I? I guess I already said much that same thing.
Story wise I reckon that these Riders of Rohan are trained warriors, but not professional soldiers. Perhaps they are farmers, farriers, smiths and what not, who owe limited military service to their liege. They own their own horses and are strong riders, trained in war, but not as well equipped as the elite Knights.
Also, discovery of the summer for me has been Serious Play UK who make just fantastic tufts, especially the little mini-diorama style ones. Well worth the fee for importing from the UK. I had a delivery the other day and took full advantage on these warriors. After seeing the result, I also had to go back and add more grass to my hearthguard's bases, as they felt barren and dull in comparison. Going for a dry grassland look, shiting from brown grass to some autumn tones with a few remnants of green here and there.
(https://i.imgur.com/I153Y5t.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/m4GOX5Q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rJkzDl8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/N1QkZ62.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/ebtB5qg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5xNntf2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aFzcn3s.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think they’re very well done,spot on :-*
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I think they look great and will fit right in with the rest of your excellent Rohan army! I like your line of thinking about how these fit into the army as trained part-time warriors. In most places those would make up the bulk of the foot soldiers, but in Rohan it makes sense that they would be ‘medium’ cavalry. Nice work all around!
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They look great! A really dynamic feel to them!
And those new tufts work really well too!
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Those riders are excellent stand-ins - how do they scale with the GW Riders of Rohan? Your paint jobs really make them look like a trained and drilled militia as opposed to the hearthguard professionals. Excellent work.
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Thank you!
Little Odo, not entirely sure unfortunately. I have not had any GW Riders for a long time. I imagine that they are a bit bigger, especially the horses. The minis I get for this project tend to be bang on 28mm to the eyes, and LotR of course is slightly smaller than that. If you 3D print yourself you can scale them of course, or perhaps even ask a seller if they can scale them down a touch for you.
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Cracking on, I've built another four hearthguard. Looking at the lists I am most like to play first, Horde and Normans, hearthguard without javelins is going to be my priority first. Probably four more once these four are done. For Horde I also have the option of Warriors with mounts and composite bows, so I may have to give some thought to making some archers....
Anyway, four hearthguard with mounts. Used plastic cloaks for these, might go with that for the rest as well. Sculpting has pros and cons, but a big con is certainly the time it takes. The leftmost cloak is from Wargames Atlantic irish kit, I both like and dislike it - it drapes beautifully over any shield arm, but is so very thick that it looks a tad unrealistic.
(https://i.imgur.com/yFo61fs.jpg)
Thoughts?
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Looks a bit too large for the model but still good enough in my opinion. Might be good as a base for some greenstuff where you use the cape but slightly resculpt the part covering the chest and shoulders. Great conversions though.
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I did not originally have any plans for mounted archers in the Rohan project, but I was asked on Instagram about suitable models and it got my gears whirring a little bit. It also occured to me that the Horde list for SAGA Age of Magic has no javelin troops, but does allow Warriors to be mounted with composite bows, so it might be fun to have that option.
I did up a trial model using Oathmark human cavalry as base, with Victrix dark age archer arms and head. With the first model coming out quite well, I decided to built another two and see how I feel about them. I think in the end they look quite good and should blend decently with the other figures in the project.
(https://i.imgur.com/YhhThfx.jpg)
What do you think?
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Those 3 horse archers look great
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I think they look quite good. Using the (very lively) Oathmark horses for mounted archer/ light horse units seems like a great way to get some mileage out of that set.
Just curious- how difficult was it to get the Victrix bow arms to work with the Oathmark riders? The poses you came up with look quite natural.
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I think they look quite good. Using the (very lively) Oathmark horses for mounted archer/ light horse units seems like a great way to get some mileage out of that set.
Just curious- how difficult was it to get the Victrix bow arms to work with the Oathmark riders? The poses you came up with look quite natural.
Thank you. They were not to bad really, especially if you select the arms that are full length. There are some combinations possible that do not require greenstuff at all, but most will need some as many victrix arms do not connect at the shoulder but rather at a sleeve or elbow joint. The aiming pose is going to need greenstuff for the right upper arm, but it was a simple job to glue and pose it first, and then sculpt the arm in once the glue is dry.
Another method would be to just cut the hands off Oathmark arms and replace them with Victrix hands. You could get the same aiming poses with slightly bulkier sleeves and no greenstuff needed.
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A small update for today, finished to character figures that I have been working on. Minis are Footsore's Aethelflaed and an Oathmark human spellcaster. I swapped both horses from some resin V&V horses.
The Shieldmaiden I imagine as a leader, perhaps the Lady to my Warlord. She might even be the true military mind behind this force. Not sure what I am using her for in game, but I love the mini and it fits well here.
The Spellcaster is a must for SAGA Age of Magic, but I feel like Tolkien never mentions lesser wizards or humans who know magic spells, does he? Anyone better versed in lore than me?
(https://i.imgur.com/c69hqyl.jpg)
What do you think?
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It seems the small update turns into a big update as I found some more hobby mojo today. Managed to finish the four Hearthguard posted earlier and finished sculpting cloaks on my Riders with bows. Also took a shot of the whole force so far.
First of the hearthguard, or Knights of the Mark as I am fond of calling them. As you can see I have been going overboard with tufts. Massive credit to Serious Play Scenics for their lovely diorama tufts.
(https://i.imgur.com/nx77LWl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/02AWPtB.jpg)
And then we have the mounted archers. In the end I am really quite happy with the oathmark bodies and horses, they work better than I had originally anticipated. Sculpting the cloaks was a bit of a job though.
(https://i.imgur.com/yFvT0hX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uIW1hcA.jpg)
And finally, here is what i have painted for far:
(https://i.imgur.com/gOyuE27.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FQ7O2t4.jpg)
In theory this is 9.5 points for SAGA, but I have not been super focused at list building and I need to finish a few bits and pieces to have playable lists for all the factions I want to run,
What do you think?
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A fine force you're collecting, the Rohirrim are looking fierce. I always enjoy seeing people approaching the world of Middle-Earth in the more Dark Ages spirit that the written works put it as, much as I do like some of the GW products. It always creates something unique to the person, and I'd say you've managed it here very well! Sculpting all those cloaks must have been a hassle indeed.
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That looks great! I have never played a cavalry-heavy force like the Rohirrim and I will be interested to hear about your experiences once this army has a few battles. (I think the cloaks are worth the effort - they look convincing)
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The Spellcaster is a must for SAGA Age of Magic, but I feel like Tolkien never mentions lesser wizards or humans who know magic spells, does he? Anyone better versed in lore than me?
The Mouth of Sauron, described as having "learned great sorcery", in his one scene in RotK.
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Lovely stuff.
I see Rohirrim are the talk of the town at the moment, êrhaps you can help me with the question I just asked.....
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=137716.0
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Cracking :)
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Thanks all. DalyDR, thank you for the reference. Certainly some evidence of humans who knew magic, so the idea of a court sorcerer is perhaps not too unreasonable.
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As I said on Facebook, really brilliant work. I have to say that Champion is especially imposing. You have a real talent for sculpting (horsehair and cloaks especially).
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Thanks mate! I do think I figured out some nice techniques for these last few cloaks.
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Epic work mate, the total is even greater than the sum of the parts. 👏🏻
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Ogrob in April: "I'm going to use only Victrix minis for the Rohan project, it will look great and super cohesive!"
Ogrob in August: "Maybe I could get some Fireforge Turcopoles to complement those Reconquer, V&V and Bad Squiddo minis I have been using as warriors...."
Best laid plans, right? The trickiest part of this project has as mentioned been warriors, that middle category in SAGA that should be lightly armoured but decently equipped. I need a few more with Javelins and horses to make better lists of Normans and Spanish, at least four more over the 12 I made from Reconquer and V&V, and I did not want to just repeat sculpts from either of those. I happened across Fireforge's turcopole kit and liked the look of the horses and realised that it came with unarmoured and lightly armoured bodies with stirrups, perfect for this. Got the kit the other day and put this test model together using some Victrix arms and head:
(https://i.imgur.com/ap5xUJJ.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think it looks seamless - out of interest, is it closer in scale to Fireforge's older historicals or to the newer Forgotten World stuff? (Thinking the horses in particular)
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They feel smaller than the Northmen horses, I was a little worried about matching with Victrix, but that looks ok to me. I guess the Byzantine range that these come from are more like the almughavars in scale, not as small as the old crusaders, but not quite as big as the fantasy ranges.
Hard to compare with painted and based minis, but looks in between the two in size to me, or possibly quite close to the crusader horse.
(https://i.imgur.com/vzKsYiK.jpg)
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Lovely stuff!
The Spellcaster is a must for SAGA Age of Magic, but I feel like Tolkien never mentions lesser wizards or humans who know magic spells, does he? Anyone better versed in lore than me?
There are certainly humans who know sorcery, so it's not just the Istari who can cast spells. I think most of the mentioned sorcerers are baddies, though - like some of the pre-wraithified Nazgul and the Mouth of Sauron:
And he entered the service of the Dark Tower when it first rose again, and because of his cunning he grew ever higher in the Lord's favour; and he learned great sorcery, and knew much of the mind of Sauron; and he was more cruel than any orc....
And then there's this from Gandalf (outside Moria):
I once knew every spell in all the tongues of Elves or Men or Orcs ...
I think his letters and unpublished writings suggest that Tolkien never quite decided who could or couldn't work magic in Middle-earth - not least because he'd made reference to it in published works before he decided to systematise it! So I think you've got plenty of wiggle-room!
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They feel smaller than the Northmen horses, I was a little worried about matching with Victrix, but that looks ok to me. I guess the Byzantine range that these come from are more like the almughavars in scale, not as small as the old crusaders, but not quite as big as the fantasy ranges.
Hard to compare with painted and based minis, but looks in between the two in size to me, or possibly quite close to the crusader horse.
Awesome, thanks a lot for the comparison, that's really helpful! Looks absolutely fine to me and will go well with Fireforge for sure. I think it'll be bang on for Victrix too. Definitely won't stand out in a mixed force anyway.
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Thank you Hobgoblin for the lore, most excellent. Happy enough with the idea of a human sorcerer capable of just enough magic to serve in a noble court.
Now, I had to do some planning and thought about army lists. Looking through the options I came to the conclusion that I don't really need Javelin hearthguard for now. Of my trio - Spanish, Normans and Horde, only Normans have javelin hearthguard, and really only when played as the breton variant. They are supposed to then have javelin foot levy, but I want bow levy, so sticking with plain mounted hearthguard. To that end I have done some handswaps on two models so I have 12 mounted hearthguard now, 3 points for SAGA.
I have 2 points of levy built, but Normans and Spanish probably only want 1 pt of those, so I'd need at least 2 pts of warriors with mounts and javelins. For Horde, we're looking at 8 pts rather than 6, and I have a wizard and champion to take into account. The eight bow warriors I built last week are a point, but I feel I may want another point of mounted warriors in this list too, but they need to be without javelins.
To that end, I reckon my best option is to take the 12 man turcopole box and built 4 javelin warriors and 8 regular. Tonight I set about doing the javelin warriors and here is what I came up with. Dacian arms, two norman left hands, two dacian heads, two viking heads, some dacian cloaks and viking swords:
(https://i.imgur.com/wo6IslK.jpg)
What do you think?
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Very useful comparisons indeed. Thanks.
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They feel smaller than the Northmen horses, I was a little worried about matching with Victrix, but that looks ok to me. I guess the Byzantine range that these come from are more like the almughavars in scale, not as small as the old crusaders, but not quite as big as the fantasy ranges.
Hard to compare with painted and based minis, but looks in between the two in size to me, or possibly quite close to the crusader horse.
(https://i.imgur.com/vzKsYiK.jpg)
Doesn’t seem that much noticeable difference in terms of size to me.
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Right, let us pass another milestone in Rohan. I finished the Riders with bows last night, varnished and based today. With that I have only a few models left to do for this project; paint the last four javelin riders and build and paint another eight riders with hand weapons. Once that is done I am pretty much done with what I had planned for this list. I may come back later and add some monsters and creatures for AoM, if I can find something good. Maybe some 40mm horses as maeras?
Anyway, here we are, eight riders with bows. Oathmark horses and bodies, Victrix heads and weapons. Greenstuff cloaks.
(https://i.imgur.com/rQ53nNh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xSLLGJe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DiuG9KO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QZrW5jY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FHkKRTr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UK9UWHQ.jpg)
What do you think?
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Those are great! I especially like the rider who is picking an arrow from the quiver- I don’t think I have seen one in that pose before. Excellent kitbashes and painting!
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Great work!
I especially like the rider who is picking an arrow from the quiver- I don’t think I have seen one in that pose before
Agreed! It's a really good pose
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As always mate great work! 🐎
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All right, these should be pretty much the last Rohan builds for now (well, I have one more model incoming, more on that in a sec). Seven Warriors with mounts but no javelins for when I play the Rohirrim as Horde in Age of Magic. For variety I used a few Oathmark heads on these, the rest is the standard Fireforge Turcopole horse and body, Victrix arms, weapons and bits.
Super pleased that I found the turcopole set and I almost wish I had got that rigth away. Only issue has been a lack of full length left arms in the Victrix kits. I want to be able to build some of those minis as well, can't take all their arms you know? A little bit too long into building this unit I realised that I could trim the lower arm from the gambesson shoulders and replace with the partial arms from Victrix vikings, since those are plentiful. Looks pretty neat right?
But Ogrob, why seven? Surely Warriors in SAGA come in bunches of eight? Indeed they do, and I did have eight turcopole bodies lined up to build but then my clumsy self dropped a leg into the black void that is my hobby room floor, so now I have seven. I figure I will fill out the unit with the Footsore Aethelflaed or, if it lines up in size, with the new mini I just ordered from Stronghold Terrain, that may just be the final mini for this project.
Enough chat, on with pictures:
(https://i.imgur.com/MwoyQYr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OieR1uq.jpg)
What do you think?
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The figures look great! Interesting observation about shortening some arms to take the surplus Viking parts- it looks like it worked well.
I laughed a couple of times when reading this post. First about “dropping a leg into the black hole of the hobby room floor”. I’ve done that many times in my own hobby space and have no explanation for where the parts go - it is one of the mysteries!
The second time was when I read “final mini of the project”. I’ve heard about that, but it seems like sightings of unicorns or jackalopes- a mythical beast. There is always another figure. Then another. Then it’s a unit!
Joking aside, great work on the Host of Rohan, it’s a beautiful collection.
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Great work again!
Your cloak-sculpting is also really impressive as well!
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Another day, another post as I'm somehow making good progress on this project. Got the four Turcopole-Rohirrim painted, and snapped some a comparison and a group shot with the Reconquer and V&V/Victrix minis I had previously made. Looks pretty good all together I think, but if you look carefully you can see that the Fireforge horses are a bit chunkier than the Reconquer, with Victrix falling in between.
(https://i.imgur.com/yHGuZxg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dypgNDp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/06HfP2n.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yV5651Z.jpg)
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Looking awesome mate! 👍
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Yeah, What Grumpy said.
I looked carefully at the horses and they look well within the size variation for horses. I didn’t find the differences between manufacturers jarring, especially with the consistent painting and basing.
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Yep. Horses look fine given there's a good range, but the basing & weapons are all the same. Same-sized gear is always a near-perfect recipe for making scale variations look natural.
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The horse sizes look great together - not all horses are exactly the same size in real life anyway. Great painting too by the way - a fantastic looking force.
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Thanks fellas! Happy with these, let's see how long it takes to paint their javelin-less friends and then I think it is time for another army shot and some terrain work.
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Great work. Thanks for sharing
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Great kitbashing. Lovely 8)
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Thanks everyone! Another Rohan update coming soon, but for now I have a small interlude, two Giantbloods from Frostgrave. I painted these up to match my dark age forces with the idea that they can be Bipedal Creatures for SAGA Age of Magic. That gives me another option for demo games, just adding a spellcaster and these two to the dark age collection and making a fantasy force.
Tufts are my now standard Serious Play scenics, absolutely love their diorama tufts when working with larger bases.
(https://i.imgur.com/9xhGyXu.jpg)
Size comparison with Victrix:
(https://i.imgur.com/jGZFijN.jpg)
I think these lads are just about 40mm, so I am quite tempted to get a 40mm viking or two from V&V and see how they go together.
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Great job on those figures! I like their style and your painting really suits them.
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Thank you!
Found another spot of hobby time today to wrap up the basing on the last seven riders. One more figure in the queue for rohan and then I'll be posting shots of the whole army.
(https://i.imgur.com/gvES922.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/W4dbRmT.jpg)
And with the Footsore Aethelflaed mini that may join them in game:
(https://i.imgur.com/BcpjUJe.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look really good, mate. I'm loving your not-Rohan army. Also, I'm envious of your productivity. You're a painting machine.
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And here we go, the final mini completed. When I dropped that leg and ended up with seven instead of eight riders I had a look around for alternatives and found Stronghold Terrain's Mathilde of Tuscany miniature. While the sculpt is very nice, the original mini has a very medieval Europe headscarf, so I swapped the head out for my favourite head from Frostgrave Wizards II. I've used if a bunch of times before but fortunately I had a spare one. Strong shieldmaid vibes if I may say so.
(https://i.imgur.com/dHg3uCV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Y0pGpxz.jpg)
and with her, the muster of Rohan is complete for now. I need to do some objectives, baggage and paint up some of my terrain, but the minis are done and the force is playable. Now I just need to find some Norman dice for SAGA....
Here's the full force. 56 cavalry and 24 infantry, 80 minis painted since May.
(https://i.imgur.com/Q6de83p.jpg)
What do you think?
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That is very impressive! It has been great seeing each of the units as it was added and the completed army looks amazing.
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Congrats on the project being completed.
We need orcs now
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Outstanding work mate! 👏🏻
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Lovely work, really well done!
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Great job mate :)
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And now for something completely different. Kickstarter is a funny thing, and I really do understand why some companies rely on it. Normally when seeing a nice mini or range that gets filed under things I may get in the future, when the right project comes up, but with kickstarter somehow you jump straight into all in pledges just in case the right project comes up later and you need those minis. Either way, I was enticed by Midlam's recent city watch kickstarter and those minis were delivered in a timely fashion and arrived a few weeks ago. I painted them up in a scheme inspired by some artwork of the Waterdeep City Watch from Forgotten Realms. May end up using these for some DnD encounters, no real plan otherwise. Feels good to get on of those spontaneous purchases painted rather then just placed on the pile.
(https://i.imgur.com/XNH2zre.jpg)
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Those are nice, I just finished mine too (sorry no pictures yet) But I was really pleasantly surprised at these miniatures and they were fun to paint. I already went in on their next one too(monks and INN people) looking forward to the next ones
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Thank you!
Making good progress on the lead pile, first two bits of Rohan terrain got finished as well. Once I picked them up and painted it's a very quick paint scheme. Decided to base these as I had some very nice XL diorama tufts from Serious Play that begged to be used.
(https://i.imgur.com/wq7IMLt.jpg)
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Those turned out great! I like the colours and highlights on the wood- it looks weathered, but solid.
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You are on a roll with this project. Really nice stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole lot (scenery, Riders and all) in one shot ;)
Did you get anywhere with the longhouses you converted up?
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Great progress :)
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Thanks fellas! No progress on the Hall yet, I really should get on with that. I've also built a stables and I think I have sprues left for one or two regular size buildings. The plan is to have a whole walled settlement, I just need to get on with painting and building it.
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Those turned out great! I like the colours and highlights on the wood- it looks weathered, but solid.
Yes, I quite agree with Pattus Magnus. Great work! 👍
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Right-o, back with some Rohan scenery. As I think I've mentioned back when I built the great hall, I got the Rohan settlement from GW when it was last available. It has six Rohan house kits as well as two sets of walls and towers. You've seen the towers and I'm about halfway through painting the walls. When it comes to the houses, converting the Great Hall takes four kits worth of roof pieces, but a lot less in walls, meaning I have plenty bits to spare.
I built this stables from just a single kit, a simple conversion leaving one wall off, adding some horse head posts and sticking two bits of fence inside. I found some 3D print horses in standing positions, but they are super low detail so not giving you any closeups.
(https://i.imgur.com/7NYW2si.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gVh8F3o.jpg)
And then I put together some surplus walls into an L-shaped building and made a roof out of plasticard. This is intended as a farmhouse, possibly the main residental building on a farm or a larger house in the small town with a little vegetable patch outside. The roof is covered in dirt texture as I'm going to be doing a Norwegian-style grass roof.
(https://i.imgur.com/7N3ZXCs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Msl6vFb.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look good, I keep thinking about grabbing some as they don't have the overly fantasy look to them.
As a side note, if you want some rather good horses, you might want to look at some of the cheap plastic sets in the cheap stores. I'm in the US, and keep finding them in the Dollar Tree where there's about 20 horses in a pack, though that leaves about 6 horses, 2 ponies, and 2 of what looks like a donkey in it...though it's divide by 2 for the sculpts. Only work I had to do was shaving filing the copyright off their bellies and the injection port, and a couple needed a bit of filling at the injection point.
I've got about a dozen of the horses and a few of the others that I based on heavier, wooden craft discs because I offset them enough and based in order to leave space for a 1" miniature base to sit safely on the base besides the horse due to D&D and similar games...but the sculpts tend to be quite good and detailed, just need a good primer option that works on plastic. I've also used them as wild horses and similar, they don't tend to have a bridle or saddle on them
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So I managed to get a game in the other day. My regular opponent came over and the baby was cooperative enough that we could play a solid game of SAGA. I've mentioned that I was going to be using the Rohirrim as several different historical factions, but plans completely changed when my opponent let me know about a couple of book finds. In Age of Invasions the Goth faction, specifially the Ostrogoths, have exactly the right equipment options for me: mounted hearthguard, mounted warriors, archer levy and added benefit they use the green saxon dice, which look very Rohan!
I bought the Age of Invasions book and liked what I saw, but we also noticed that there is an option in Age of Vikings to use the Goths as Lombards. Only difference is other mercenary options, including Breton Horsemen who are javelin cav.
I went with a unit of 8 hearthguard on horses, 2x8 warriors on horses, 8 breton horsemen and 12 levy with bows. My opponent played Jomsvikings, with 2x6 hearthguard, 2x10 warriors and a cheerlead squad of 4 warriors.
We rolled a random scenario in book of battles, notably ending up with fog (three turns of no shooting or charges from more than M away) and survival points. Because of the fog I played very defensive, just tossing out the bretons, trying and failing to do some small damage. My opponent was a bit scared of the unknown Goth board and held back as well, doing minor damage on range with his battleboard (the jomsvikings have no shooting, but an ability that makes a small shooting attack with no range restrictions) and wiping out the bretons.
Most of the game was played in turn four and five, where I had some cool charges, like taking out 6 hearhguard with 8 warriors with only one loss, but in the end my opponent took slightly more points from me and secured a very narrow win.
(https://i.imgur.com/dX4CPXX.jpg)
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Another little hobby update. I've really settled on playing the Rohirrim as Goths in SAGA now, really like the battleboard. If I use the Lombard variant as above, I only have access to a few mercenary options. On a whim I decided to model up the other main option, the Vagrant Warriors. In Age of Vikings these are foreign warriors, lost and desperate. I considered making some Beornings, but settled on something inspired by Dunedain of the North (love me some rangers). Perhaps even the Grey Company itself.
Minis are Victrix Saxons, a viking and an archer body, with oathmark human cavalry and light elf heads. The greenstuff is still curing, I may need to go back with a needle file and try to smooth down some of my mistakes.
(https://i.imgur.com/LRG8lT5.jpg)
I was also able to finish another impulse buy, started roughly at the same time as the city watch. Some GW Darkoath Savagers. Really like the Warcry warbands that they are making, and honestly proportions are really good. A lot of compatibility with my 28mm collection from elsewhere. Notice the one minis with a Victrix head. I think I will paint up the new Frostgrave necromancer and apprentice in this scheme and have myself another Frostgrave warband.
(https://i.imgur.com/wQDRRnm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9YEzmxH.jpg)
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Those Saxons with the Oathmark heads and hoods look fantastic- very well done!
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Great work, as always mate! 👍
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Great work on the Vagrant Warriors, and really good to hear Saga's taken off so well for you. The Goths are a really fun board to use - they hit like a truck and handle Fatigue in a pretty unique way.
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Great work on the Vagrant Warriors, and really good to hear Saga's taken off so well for you. The Goths are a really fun board to use - they hit like a truck and handle Fatigue in a pretty unique way.
Yeah, I kind of had to pick a game to focus on after becoming a parent, and SAGA is a good fit. It's nice to be back in it. Working on getting my clubmates to accept a bit more mixing of eras :D
The Goths are very cool, it is a fun thing to seriously consider arriving in a melee with two fatigue on the unit and still have it be on my terms.
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Do you ever find yourself wondering how you missed a thread, and then obsessively trawl through the said thread because it's amazing? I def just did that. Incredible work here. Your Sludge stuff always wowed me but these rangers, holy moly. I feel like I NEED to rebase my whole army with some real basing materials now lol.
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Do you ever find yourself wondering how you missed a thread, and then obsessively trawl through the said thread because it's amazing? I def just did that. Incredible work here. Your Sludge stuff always wowed me but these rangers, holy moly. I feel like I NEED to rebase my whole army with some real basing materials now lol.
One of my favourite things is reading through a massive hobby log thread for the first time, don't find too many new ones these days. Glad I could provide :D
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The Darkoath lot look great but perhaps a little underdressed for the frozen north? Brrrrr!
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And here's what the Dunedain ended up looking like. Really quite enjoyed working on these. They will also be really useful as just the Goth/Lombar faction has access to four different types of sword and shield mercenaries.
(https://i.imgur.com/NdsIVdK.jpg)
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a great and rugged unit.
The North remembers!
Wrong universe but fitting for Armor.
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I like those a lot! The GW rangers are some of my favorites from their lines, but these have a lot more character/ visual interest to me. Great jobs on the conversions and painting.
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I really like what you have done with the conversions - and the paint jobs really set them off nicely. Great work.
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Right-o, back with some Rohan scenery. As I think I've mentioned back when I built the great hall, I got the Rohan settlement from GW when it was last available. It has six Rohan house kits as well as two sets of walls and towers. You've seen the towers and I'm about halfway through painting the walls. When it comes to the houses, converting the Great Hall takes four kits worth of roof pieces, but a lot less in walls, meaning I have plenty bits to spare.
I built this stables from just a single kit, a simple conversion leaving one wall off, adding some horse head posts and sticking two bits of fence inside. I found some 3D print horses in standing positions, but they are super low detail so not giving you any closeups.
(https://i.imgur.com/7NYW2si.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gVh8F3o.jpg)
And then I put together some surplus walls into an L-shaped building and made a roof out of plasticard. This is intended as a farmhouse, possibly the main residental building on a farm or a larger house in the small town with a little vegetable patch outside. The roof is covered in dirt texture as I'm going to be doing a Norwegian-style grass roof.
(https://i.imgur.com/7N3ZXCs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Msl6vFb.jpg)
What do you think?
Brilliant. Love that set. I am doing the Rohan Royal Studfarm atm.
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A little cheeky double post with the medieval forum, as these figures are intended both for my Pagan Rus SAGA army, and for my Rohirrim. In Middle Earth terms they are woodsmen from southern Mirkwood, who sometimes trade with, and can be paid to work for the Eorlingas. Since I use the Rohirrim as Ostrogoths or Lombards for SAGA, I have several options for mercenaries equipped with javelins and I have been meaning to build some for a long time now. Happily my Pagan Rus also like javelin mercenaries, so time has come.
After staring at bits for a while, I settled on Victrix bodies and heads, trying for heads with bandanas if possible, and fireforge Almughavar arms for those nice chopping knives. Should be handy for clearing out undergrowth. Added Javelins from WGA's Irish kit and Victrix norman cavalry.
(https://i.imgur.com/DywlFhC.jpg)
What do you think?
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You have the absolute best kit bashes!
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I agree, those are excellent! The parts certainly work together now that they’re stuck on!
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Looking good, as usual mate! 👍
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And here they are painted. Always love to paint some muted browns and dull greens.
Bases got some extra touches; same dark brown sand as usual, but spots of Geek Gaming Scenics' Pine Floor mix, and then some tufts and a few fallen leaves.
(https://i.imgur.com/tFKDXh2.jpg)
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Those turned out great, just what I imagine woodsmen in a place like Mirkwood should look like! The large knives/ small swords really fit the look, too, sort of like machetes, except for a northern forest rather than a jungle.
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Thank you!
Not much hobbying done since finishing the scouts, but I did recieve my Dungeons & Lasers encounters package the other day with just a staggering amount of plastics. I decided to assemble the biggest plastic figure I have ever seen to start, their tarrasque mini (hard to even call it a mini to be honest). Went together really easily, just a few little gaps to consider filling.
(https://i.imgur.com/XUt9Uj1.jpg)
V&V Irish Fian for scale.
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Woah! When I glanced at the pic I didn’t notice the fian next to it, then I looked again and did a double take. That thing is enormous!
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:o
You're gonna need a bigger brush!
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Finished a few reinforcements for the Rohirrim. Finally found that lost leg I mentioned somewhere up thread and was able to build the last Turcopole-based Rider. Then I realized 20 is a much better number of warriors in SAGA than 18, and remembered that I still had these two obscure russian models based on the Three Bogatyr painting, that I had lightly converted a few years ago and then left. Their third friend leads a unit of horse archers for Oathmark, but these two have languished.
They already had basecoats on their metallics and the horses, so went really quickly. A little heavily armoured for warriors, but they'll look fine as part of a unit.
(https://i.imgur.com/Cb1Q0zH.jpg)
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Wow as ever to your talents.
Wonder when the tarrasque will come to retail at North Star
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Wow as ever to your talents.
Wonder when the tarrasque will come to retail at North Star
Thank you!
No idea really, but Archon Studio strikes me as a very efficient outfit. Almost done with a kickstarter that was due for this coming June. Breath of fresh air compares to most companies.
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Good stuff.
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While trying to just finish some of all the random things lying around, I managed to do some work on the Rohan stronghold terrain that I posted previously.
First, the watchtowers got a touch of Geek gaming scenics base ready to liven up their bases and match them to another project.
(https://i.imgur.com/XBwwNhG.jpg)
The stables got the same treatment:
(https://i.imgur.com/mRHpLC8.jpg)
And finally I worked up the courage to spread static grass absolutely everywhere and finish the farmhouse:
(https://i.imgur.com/kOk69Fl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FlE0nIZ.jpg)
Though looking at it, it may need a touch of pale drybrush to take the green down a bit.
I really like the products I have tried from Geek Gaming. Their glues and sealant spray are nice and easy to work with compared to the old PVA, and the base mixes look really excellent.
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Nicely done 8)
I agree about drybrushing the turf roof. Maybe a couple of darker tones here and there would help as well as the lighter?
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Incredible work here.
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Beautiful :-*
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Oh nice. I'd be tempted to put a figure on a ride-on mower on that roof. :)
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Well, look at that, time for another project. Had a notion the other day to start another Middle Earth themed SAGA-force, and as much as I like orcs, I like low fantasy and humans even more. I was reminded of the hillmen of Rhudaur from watching a fellow play a Lotr themed Total War mod, and felt that they would make an excellent project.
There's also this art piece from Bannerlord which I have long felt looks exactly like what you would get from sticking Victrix viking heads on some Frostgrave barbarians.
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1020570582602322588/ACF28133C45B4356F9831B3A27AFC4C507848B2A/?imw=637&imh=358&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true)
So that's the look I wanted to go for. I've also decided to use quite a lot of Oathmark orc bodies and bits, as they have weapons and armour that will match the look I want. The plan is to build a Pict force for SAGA, so I need a fair amount of shooters, some regular melee warriors, some foot hearthguard and I might want the option of hearthguard (armoured lads) on horses and armed with javelins.
So, after digging around the bit box and lead pile, this is what I have assembled so far:
(https://i.imgur.com/VaMDUsZ.jpg)
What do you think?
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I like that idea a lot. I think the kitbashes you have put together so far are very promising- they’ll be great for hill folk, bandits and any other type of “irregular” fighters you need.
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Lovely!
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Nice one. I love the art on those Bannerlord loading screens.
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Thank you! The bannerlord art always inspires me, that low fantasy early medieval vibe is bang on my prefered genre to work with.
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After running five demo games of Rangers of Shadowdeep at a convention yesterday, I still somehow managed to have the energy to sort out a few more Rhudaur Hearthguard. So six Oathmark orc kitbashes, with some Victrix and Frostgrave heads, arms and weapons are either oathmark orc or Frostgrave barbarian, plus a GW darkoath (i.e the new Chaos Marauders) sword. Two sets of arms instead come from Fireforge's resin Varangian Guard. Decided to swap out the Victrix style weapons for something slightly more fantasy, to match the two Hasslefree metall figures I pulled from the pile of shame and added to the unit. The larger fellow had a very small head (typical Hasslefree), so got a frostgrave one instead.
(https://i.imgur.com/SUd9cmp.jpg)
What do you think?
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Great work mate, loving the Bannerlord touches.
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Love the aesthetic on the Rhudaur figures :-* looking forward to seeing those painted up!
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Thank you both! Painting has started on the spears and bows, but pictures will have to wait as I am going away for a week.
Managed to bash together a third mounted hearthguard today. He got a Victrix norman horse instead of a gaul, as I had one fewer than I thought. Also shown the second build for this unit, built a few days ago but I believe eluded the camera until now.
(https://i.imgur.com/L1ont7F.jpg)
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Loving the hillmen conversions! You've managed to make them both a coherent looking warband and rag tag barbarians! Its excellent work!
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The cavalry kitbashes look great! Quite a different style than the original donor kits. They will add some mobile punch!
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Managed to paint a bit of Hillmen after returning from easter holidays. A lot of shades of brown, and I've started to mix some contrast paints (well, Vallejo and AP) into my rotation.
Bases are done with geek gaming base ready, which I really like, but they got a bit too shiny and wet looking as I put on too much scenic sealant after. Lessons learned. Still, looks pretty good I think.
(https://i.imgur.com/gjRnwcS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8tXndsl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NqF6WpS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8jYztu7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0p2a65D.jpg)
And built another couple of archers to bring us up to 12 and a playable SAGA unit. Oathmark Goblin arms on these instead.
(https://i.imgur.com/c3zFRwO.jpg)
What do you think?
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I think I like these figures a lot, and I really like your use of the goblin arms on the Frostgrave lady barbarians! I wouldn’t have thought of that, but they look quite natural. I’ll add some of those to my own barbarian horde, eventually.
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I think I like these figures a lot, and I really like your use of the goblin arms on the Frostgrave lady barbarians! I wouldn’t have thought of that, but they look quite natural. I’ll add some of those to my own barbarian horde, eventually.
Again I find myself agreeing. Very clever and looking good!
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Thank you! The goblin arms seemed a natural fit after having established that the orc arms work well on the male bodies.
Anyway, have been able to be quite productive so here they are finished:
(https://i.imgur.com/vjeiRCL.jpg)
They are joined by three hand-swapped metal Frostgrave figures (the barbarian thief, falconer and javlineer specifically). Really like how these turned out.
(https://i.imgur.com/gI0hI59.jpg)
And a foot Warlord. This is a Lucid Eye Cro Magnon chief with a GW darkoath axe and the falcon from the aforementioned falconer.
(https://i.imgur.com/2FIcgVd.jpg)
And having taken delivery of some Victrix late romans, I was also able to finish this Warlord kitbash. The plan now, since the Lucid Eye figure turned out so nice, is to have him wait for a Chariot to ride in.
(https://i.imgur.com/Fo0CvUB.jpg)
Have to say I really like how the geek gaming base ready is turning out, making this force stand out a bit compared to my old basing style.
What do you think?
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And another quick little update as I also got the hearthguard finished.
(https://i.imgur.com/edirFJD.jpg)
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Those are just superb! The kitbashes all work really well together and it is fun looking for where the parts came from. The colour palette works great, too!
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Love the hearthguard :)
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Yes, the work on these is incredible and all the troops have a lot of personality & unique differentiation while still keeping a very unified style.
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Thank you all!
It has certainly been a productive weekend, and I managed to finish building another three hearthguard. A friend came through with three more gaul horses allowing me to kitbash these without having to buy a whole new kit of gallic horsemen. These got some new victrix goth heads, just for a bit of variation. Goblin bodies and almughavar arms just like the previous three.
(https://i.imgur.com/4lFS1My.jpg)
And then I took a Norman horse and some scale armour legs, married it to an orc torso, some GW bits and the Arthur head from victrix armoured late roman command sprue to build a mounted Warlord. Ended up with quite a nice Odin-eqsue vibe. Wish I had a nice spear but alas, did not find anything suitable.
(https://i.imgur.com/LCkCTYV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/m1lSqf1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Tl4Kl4q.jpg)
What do you think?
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Loving it all mate! Especially that fellow with the raven.
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I completely agree, the cavalry look great! There’s a lot of character in each of the unit.
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I really like these kitbashes - very creative and really good outcomes.
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I love your kitbashing of victrix horsemen! Especially the Rohan knights!! They inspired me to buy the viking and norman kit for myself and try it :D
Huge thanks for your beautiful work and all the effort in documenting it! Looking forward to more of your builds and paints in the future :-*
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I love your kitbashing of victrix horsemen! Especially the Rohan knights!! They inspired me to buy the viking and norman kit for myself and try it :D
Huge thanks for your beautiful work and all the effort in documenting it! Looking forward to more of your builds and paints in the future :-*
wonderful, make sure to show us how you get on!
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Managed to source a box of Frostgrave Barbarians, giving me the figures I need to build the remaining troops for this faction (I say that, but I am quite tempted to add a few more of Lucid Eye's Cro Magnon...).
First up, eight more warriors. Six male, two female to give me an even 12 of each gender. Orc arms on the men as usual, except one who got some Frostgrave Tribal arms. The women got Oathmark goblin arms, but I swapped the spears for some slightly longer ones as the goblin spears are quite short. Heads are mostly Victrix Late Roman.
(https://i.imgur.com/iddFYSn.jpg)
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And going to be another bunch of pictures up today. First, the mounted Warlord. Super happy with how he turned out. Had to give him my favourite shield, the commander shield from Wargames Atlantic irish sprue.
(https://i.imgur.com/PiudS6r.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/T9jand0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tkT4dH1.jpg)
Then the Chariot warlord, still sans chariot but painted up. Same shield.
(https://i.imgur.com/3TPTU2S.jpg)
Then several attempts at a decent photograph of the mounted hearthguard.
(https://i.imgur.com/vjLeSdx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dXJMll2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ka3Ya4d.jpg)
And finally another six archers. Found some goth heads with top knots on Victrix unarmoured late romans, and really like how these came out.
(https://i.imgur.com/0NbIDuN.jpg)
What do you think?
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Those look amazing! That warlord is just great- he looks like someone not to be messed with. His head and face reminds me of what a middle-aged Conan the barbarian would look like, called out of quiet retirement in Rhudaur to chase off a Rhohirrm incursion. The cavalry warriors are equally excellent.
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Those look amazing! That warlord is just great- he looks like someone not to be messed with. His head and face reminds me of what a middle-aged Conan the barbarian would look like, called out of quiet retirement in Rhudaur to chase off a Rhohirrm incursion. The cavalry warriors are equally excellent.
Thank you! I love getting new Victrix kits and seeing what characters I can come up with with the new heads. Hightligts of the new armoured late romans are certainly the two heads I've used for the Warlord here.
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In between hillmen I also managed to get this Westfalia Dragon painted. Got it from their kickstarter last year, and had to find a base large enough to accomodate the scenic piece it came with. The dragon itself it almost entirely Vallejo's new xpress paints. Did a zenithal prime and then a layer of xpress black. Did some highlights but didn't quite like how they turned out, so in the end I mostly experimented with a few layers of xpress paint and a bit of black wash to darken the underside.
(https://i.imgur.com/58u8p5P.jpg)
What do you think?
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A very fierce looking dragon! Must be quite the sight on a board. I'll have to check out the xpress paints myself.
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Now that is a thing of beauty. :o
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Took advantage of the day off today and finished the last 14 models for the rhudaur as well. Six archers and eight spears. That puts me at 8 points for SAGA, and with only a chariot left planned. Picking that kit up tomorrow.
(https://i.imgur.com/smYRPMN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/z9Zx2ch.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/d7W0eGV.jpg)
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Very nice as usual
On ranking up I usually paint the inside of the tray the same basic colour as the bases 🤷♂️ It hides a multitude of sins 👍🏼
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Wow, absolutely aces! More shots of the dragon by any chance?
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Very nice as usual
On ranking up I usually paint the inside of the tray the same basic colour as the bases 🤷♂️ It hides a multitude of sins 👍🏼
Cheers mate, good idea! For these I only use trays to move them around the painting table, SAGA doesn't use them, so won't be making anything matching.
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Sorry?
You have ‘room’ on your painting table to move things around?!
🤣🤣🤣👍🏼
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Sorry?
You have ‘room’ on your painting table to move things around?!
🤣🤣🤣👍🏼
The trays allow the minis to balance on top of the piles of sprues :)
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Very nice work! Really like how the scales on the dragon look!
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Agree with all the above comments about the dragon - a beautiful piece. The Rhudaur are also a grand looking bunch. A nicely themed and cohesive army.
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Couple of updates today. The first is a new light, I bought a ring light to try out instead of using my lightbox which diffuses light using its cloth sides. The side lights are a bit annoying, take up a load of space, and still leave some shadows on the front of the mini. The ring ligt in theory gives me diffused but frontal light and should give soft shadows and enable nice clear shots. Let me know if you think these photos are the same, better or worse than before.
Second, the Rhudaur force is apparently not quite finished yet. Despite painting 59 hillmen in April, and having only played one game with them, I am going to be building and painting some more. SAGA picts can take a unit of crossbows, and as you can select equipment at the start of the game, SAGA really encourages you to build all the weapon options for your troops. So here we are, 12 crossbows, only slightly kitbashed. Frostgrave barbarians with a few Victrix heads for the men, and the women have heads from Shieldwolf, Fireforge, GW and other Frostgrave kits. Oh, how I wish Victrix would make a set of Shieldmaidens with their usual quality and quantity of head options.
(https://i.imgur.com/4MXcLse.jpg)
I also finished the chariot for my third Warlord, again an option SAGA picts have. It ended up slightly off kilter, so I modelled it as if the driver had just gone over a small rock.
(https://i.imgur.com/3THAO71.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4jjrUAa.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look quite good. The crossbow armed fighters will add some punch at a distance and the warlord in the chariot is excellent!
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Great chariot. Look forward to the Xbows.
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Great work, as usual!
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Lovely chariot :)
I think the ring light pictures are a bit darker then your regular pictures, but I dont see any issued with shadows.
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And crossbows painted, just about ready for a club game day next weekend.
(https://i.imgur.com/mGE7JOp.jpg)
That's it for Rhudaur for the time being, at least until North Star give us orc heavy infantry so I can make some heavy weapon hearthguard. Next project will be in my early middle ages thread.
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As always, I've been distracted by my own ideas. I had started assembling a migration era germanic force from Victrix lovely late roman sets, but did not feel any particular urgency in building another SAGA army as I have very much enjoyed playing the Rohan as goths and the Rhudaur as picts. Only have a handful of games with each force.
So, while idly thinking about different potential army lists, I've ended up building a couple of extra units to join Rohan. First, a unit of spear levy. These can be used when playing the Lombard variant from Age of Vikings. As you can see, equipped with the bare essentials, older, lesser trained men, but eager to defend their homeland. Their leader is modelled as more of a trained warrior. The two figures behind him I have modified since taking the photo, their poses just ended up looking very strange.
(https://i.imgur.com/hPAmEPh.jpg)
Second, another unit of mercenaries. These are meant to be Beornings, to be used as the more aggressive sword and shield mercs in SAGA Age of Invasions. I've tried to make the Beornings look wild, but not as wild as the Rhudaur. Couple of metal figures from the lead pile and some Victrix kitbashes to round out numbers.
(https://i.imgur.com/rqJC085.jpg)
What do you think?
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Good choices. I like the levy Spear. A village call out of sorts. Keep up the work.
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Swapped some figures around, this is what the Beornings ended up looking like.
(https://i.imgur.com/9cxQNJ3.jpg)
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Wonderful minis! :-*
Fantastic thread! o_o
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Excellent work on those, they seem just right for Beornings!
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Spent some time fixing up my hobby space during the week, but now that's done and I can get back to painting and taking pictures.
First out, a holy man for the Rhudaur hillmen. I learned that the Priest mercenary is quite good for Pagan People, so as part of preparing to play that board as well, I painted up this Dungeons & Lasers druid.
(https://i.imgur.com/ElhGBgI.jpg)
And second, a unit of melee levy for Rohan. These are fieldable by the Lombards, who also use the Goth battleboard. Kitbashed from Dacians, Dark Age slingers and Late Romans. A good excuse to use up left over bits really. I imagine these as older men, past military service, but still called up when the enemy threatens their homes.(https://i.imgur.com/EvKlEFx.jpg)
What do you think?
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That’s a classy shaman and the militia look good. I like your approach of using up the spare pieces,.
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The militia looks amazing! I especially like the color gradient in the shield :-*
The holy man looks like a really good Rhadagast the Brown proxy mini! Well done on the paintjob, as well!!
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The militia looks amazing! I especially like the color gradient in the shield :-*
The holy man looks like a really good Rhadagast the Brown proxy mini! Well done on the paintjob, as well!!
Thank you! I engaged in a little bit of two brush blending with the light green highlights, and it seems to work a treat.
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Swapped some figures around, this is what the Beornings ended up looking like.
(https://i.imgur.com/9cxQNJ3.jpg)
I love the eyepatch you gave the guy on the left at the back.
Always a pleasure seeing your dudes - really like how far you've expanded the scope of the LOTR project. Are you planning on doing any big 'named' characters soon?
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I love the eyepatch you gave the guy on the left at the back.
Always a pleasure seeing your dudes - really like how far you've expanded the scope of the LOTR project. Are you planning on doing any big 'named' characters soon?
It's a new head from the armoured late romans, similar to earlier sculpts but with the eyepatch.
I tend to shy away from named characters, so I've envisioned the Rohan force as an unamed Lord, rather than the King himself. So no plans on the character front.
Next plan for Lord of the Rings, which I probably won't start for a little bit, is a misty mountains themed Orc, Goblin and Warg force to be played as Huns. Planning on using oathmark minis, convert orcs on wargs as hearthguard, then goblin warg riders for warriors and finally riderless wargs and goblin slaves as levy.
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Put together a few more Rohan figures, a warlord and six hearthguard on foot. Could be useful to play them as say Visigoths in SAGA, but mostly just because I have plenty of Victrix armoured late romans and they are very nice figures. Five bodies are from the main armoured roman sprue, the warlord is from the armoured roman command sprue, and the other lad with a plastic cloak is from the unarmoured roman command sprue. Couple of viking heads and some scabbards from the norman kit. Greenstuff for cloaks.
(https://i.imgur.com/9pkHuOK.jpg)
What do you think?
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Looking good mate!
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Lovely conversions! :-*
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Decided that before I paint any more Rohan figures I needed to sort out the basing for the army. In between building the main part of the force and the display board, I discovered Geek Gaming scenics base ready mixes and they have since become a staple of my basing. The rohirrim had my old style of base, painted sand with plenty of tufts on, and I was starting to be unhappy with it. So, today, I set about the game of dabbing glue on bases without hitting tufts, and then dunking them in flock.
Here's a bit of a picture of how it ended up looking. 61 cavalry figures and 44 infantry re-flocked.
(https://i.imgur.com/vZ34BLe.jpg)
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Amazing army display! I love the kitbashed Rohan army and I drew huge inspiration from your thread and bought a lot of Victrix minis as well to try it out myself :-*
What bases are you using for the cavalry? I usually used round ones, but they can't be combined to display a charge, since the minis are too far away from each other. Thanks!
I am (https://i.imgur.com/9pkHuOK.jpg)
These look wonderful as well! I regret that I didn't bought the unarmoured roman infantry pack ....
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Amazing army display! I love the kitbashed Rohan army and I drew huge inspiration from your thread and bought a lot of Victrix minis as well to try it out myself :-*
What bases are you using for the cavalry? I usually used round ones, but they can't be combined to display a charge, since the minis are too far away from each other. Thanks!
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These look wonderful as well! I regret that I didn't bought the unarmoured roman infantry pack ....
Thank you! Victrix sure does put out a lot of quality plastics, hard not to get everything....
For cavalry I use 25x50mm pill shaped bases. These seem to be the preferred base among SAGA players. Best source I have found is Warbases in the UK.
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Love the chariot. I must do something similar for my copplestone barbarian army.
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Happened to do a little fantasy build yesterday evening. When playing the Rohan as ostrogoths in SAGA, they have access to a wide variety of mercenaries and it occured to me that I might want to try some melee cav mercenaries. After a bit of thinking about themes and bits, I found I had plenty of Oathmark sprues available and kitbashed these Dunedain horsemen from Oathmark human cavalry and Oathmark light elf heads and arms. They will get teardrop shields to match my foot Dunedain from earlier.
(https://i.imgur.com/Q7UnAwq.jpg)
What do you think?
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Getting little bits and pieces done this weekend. Speedpaints helped make quick work of the Dunedain horses.
(https://i.imgur.com/X8llSPS.jpg)
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a nice unit
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Yes, those turned out great! They definitely have that northern ranger style.
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Let's get even more horses up in here. I received the new Victrix norman light cavalry last week and just finished bashing them into more Riders of Rohan.
(https://i.imgur.com/qRVj0dY.jpg)
What do you think?
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Those certainly look the part, well done kitbashes! I haven’t tried building any of the Victrix cavalry kits yet (I have some Persian cavalry but that project is on hold for a bit). Yours and some of the others I have seen on LAF look excellent and are great inspiration. The kits seem more versatile than I would have guessed.
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Those certainly look the part, well done kitbashes! I haven’t tried building any of the Victrix cavalry kits yet (I have some Persian cavalry but that project is on hold for a bit). Yours and some of the others I have seen on LAF look excellent and are great inspiration. The kits seem more versatile than I would have guessed.
They are great, though not as easy to kitbash as say Oathmark/Frostgrave, as some figures have arms cut at elbow and others at the shoulder. There are so many spare hands and arms though that it's easy to build what you want by cutting and mixing. Same thing with heads, while some figures have integral heads with just a modular helmet, but with some work (and a cloak to cover the gap) you can very often change heads even on these.
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Hm, I guess I never posted the painted Norman-based lighter Riders. Probably because the picture isn't great, but let's have it here for completeness anyway.
(https://i.imgur.com/3eMxXhK.jpg)
And what I came to post are these dismounted Knights of the Mark with their Lord (Hearthguard and Warlord in SAGA terms). Mostly built because I had spare armoured Late Romans, but I could potentially try out the more infantry-based Visigoths in SAGA.
(https://i.imgur.com/GC1hRV6.jpg)
What do you think?
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Great paintjobs. The metals look especially good as do the bases.
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Continually inspirational work mate. Loving it! 👍
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Thanks fellas. Basing on these, as all my recent projects, relies heavily on Geek Gaming Scenics Base Ready. The Rohan army uses the Fields of New Zeeland mix with some dry grass tufts for details. Such as quick and easy way to make good looking bases.
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Really great colours on those Rohan boys, the green really pops
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And what may or may not be the final addition to this collection, some warriors on foot. I've been wanting to have the option, but didn't really fancy another set of Victrix unarmoured late romans, so I ended up going with 3D prints from Medbury Miniatures. A mix of his Carolingians, Vendels and Shieldmaidens. Some small swaps with Victrix bits, a couple of heads and hands for variation.
(https://i.imgur.com/Mx1ZrhH.jpg)
What do you think?
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Those are great! Beautiful painting on them.
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They look excellent mate, great work on the customisation as well as the painting
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Brilliant!
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Bit of a break from the Rohirrim as I have returned to the original project for this thread. I picked up a pack of GW's Faramir and friends on sale a while back, plus I've been getting some new basing products that I wanted to try. Built these up with the idea that they can be bow-armed heroes for my Lords of the Wild.
(https://i.imgur.com/k0d3vWM.jpg)
They also got some sabot bases, I've used flock from Krautcover, then some bits and pigments from Green stuff world, plus the same tufts and leaves as the original figures.
(https://i.imgur.com/UB1pmYu.jpg)
Here's what they look like on the sabots:
(https://i.imgur.com/l9Z7dyc.jpg)
What do you think?
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They look gorgeous, the bases are great.
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Love the autumn palette, as always. Thanks for posting!
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Great work as always mate!
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Amazing thread.
Can I ask, where did you get the plumes you’re using on your Knights of the Mark please?
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Amazing thread.
Can I ask, where did you get the plumes you’re using on your Knights of the Mark please?
Thank you! Some of them are from the gothic heads from Victrix armoured late roman, some are from Gripping Beast's dark age cavalry, and many I have sculpted by first pinning a copper wire into the helm and then covering it with greenstuff. The foot Knights use the afforementioned plastic bits, while my mounted Knights have more sculpted.
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The autumnwood is an old and dangerous place. In times of trouble, the Guardians may find themselves assissted by druids, wild men and even the fae spirits of the woods. Some of these spirits make for uncomfortable allies, as they awaken from the slumber with a thirst for blood...
Finally finished this Dungeons & Lasers figure, it had been sat half painted for six months at least on my desk. Ended up using a lot of speed paints as well as pigments from Green Stuff world to give a natural and mottled tree-like appearance. The two hanging corpses got a heavy splattering of the aptly named Murder Scene and some blood red.
(https://i.imgur.com/MfcRkPK.jpg)
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I love this thread. I really like your recent additions to your Rohan army. :-*
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That ent looks excellent! The painting techniques you used definitely give a natural feel to the model. I like the basing a lot, too.
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That is very good.
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The other day I had the idea that I wanted some heavy weapon mercenaries for my Rhudaur Hillmen force (In SAGA terms, Borderers with heavy weapons for when my Rhudaur play using the Pagan People battle board from Age of Crusades). I quickly threw together some more Frostgrave Barbarians but to differentiate them they got a very different paint scheme compared to the Rhudaur themselves. In my mind, they might represent veterans, deserters or even refugees from Angmar following the wars with the northern Kingdom.
(https://i.imgur.com/d2Acnpv.jpg)
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Gorgeous work! I do love the frostgrave sculpts, they remind me of the classic Conan stories.