Author Topic: Army of Fomorians (Read 2010 times)

James Morris · « **on:** August 18, 2019, 05:13:41 PM »

AN ARMY OF FOMORIANS

Many years ago I bought the first Alternative Armies Celtic Myth miniatures from Karl Tebbutt at Another World in Nottingham. Inspired by Slaine in 2000 AD, the Fomorians were always my favourites. Although they are a race of giants in Irish mythology with links to the sea, in Slaine they were full-blown ‘sea demons’ and this was the look that was captured by the Alternative Armies range.

As well as the AA models, I collected all kinds of other miniatures which I felt would fit in with the general Fomorian aesthetic. Many of these sat in a box in the loft until this year when I resolved to get them all painted up and based as an army.

So here they are: fishy and fierce! They’ll be having their first public outing on September 1st when we’re planning to run a ‘Battle of Moy Tura ‘ game at the Hereward show in Peterborough.

The painted background in the close ups is a download from Jon Hodgson:
https://www.patreon.com/jonhodgsonmaps

AKULA · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2019, 05:17:47 PM »

Love ‘em

Great paint jobs on some really characterful figures

Inkpaduta · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2019, 06:50:54 PM »

Great figures,

But, if I may ask, who are what is Slaine?

Elk101 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2019, 06:55:36 PM »

Quote from: Inkpaduta on August 18, 2019, 06:50:54 PM

Great figures,

But, if I may ask, who are what is Slaine?

He's a 2000AD character:

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/slaine

Lovely army. The character second from bottom is excellent

James Morris · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2019, 07:31:42 PM »

A few more pics...

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2019, 08:01:42 PM »

Great army! Nice to see the old Citadel bugbear and Runequest troll in there, along with those great Ral Partha trolls.

jhonpog · « **Reply #6 on:** August 19, 2019, 12:24:27 AM »

love those old AA fomorians. Did you ever pick up the celtic elves?

Blackwolf · « **Reply #7 on:** August 19, 2019, 12:40:24 AM »

Wonderful, and love the choice of figures

M.O.T.N · « **Reply #8 on:** August 19, 2019, 08:23:27 AM »

What a great collection!

Ragsta · « **Reply #9 on:** August 19, 2019, 11:18:21 AM »

Fabulous, what a great army! I bet the game will be great fun.

MrMidblight · « **Reply #10 on:** August 19, 2019, 01:37:03 PM »

Really cool misshappen horde (always was a fan of the Fabry/Bisley Slaine stuff 'SlaineTheking/TheHornedGod')!

James Morris · « **Reply #11 on:** August 19, 2019, 07:23:57 PM »

Quote from: woodface on August 19, 2019, 12:24:27 AM

love those old AA fomorians. Did you ever pick up the celtic elves?

Yeah, I have some in my mythic Celts.

James Morris · « **Reply #12 on:** August 19, 2019, 07:26:53 PM »

Quote from: Hobgoblin on August 18, 2019, 08:01:42 PM

Great army! Nice to see the old Citadel bugbear and Runequest troll in there, along with those great Ral Partha trolls.

Thank you! I bought a lot of second hand stuff from
Fraser at POP Enterprises during the 90s, so many of the old school figures came from him. I just picked anything I fancied would fit into the army, really.

majorsmith · « **Reply #13 on:** August 20, 2019, 03:16:24 PM »

All kinds of awesome!

Arundel · « **Reply #14 on:** August 20, 2019, 03:19:20 PM »

Outstanding work!

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