Pattus Magnus' Fantasy Armies - 15mm Barbarians and Giants

[Neldoreth]

Those are looking great. I haven't painted a 15mm fig in years, but did enjoy how fast a large army could come together... that being said you're going lightening speed on these and they look fantastic!

I'm really looking forward to the shot with the entire army mustered against the barbarians!

great stuff,
n

[Hobgoblin]

The command orcs look great!

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks Neldoreth and Hobgoblin!

The 15mm armies are coming together and hopefully will be battling across a tabletop sometime in the first half of 2024! In the meantime I’ll post progress and some staged shots.

[Peithetairos]

It is very enjoyable to see how much character you manage to add to them with the paintjobs and basing.

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks Peithetairos!

Through January I painted more figures for my 15mm barbarian army. The barbarians are all Copplestone figures, mainly from the Northlander swordsmen and axemen packs, with a few command figures. The giants are from Splintered Light Miniatures.

First, the tribesmen.

[Pattus Magnus]

The giants, with a base of tribesmen to show the relative sizes.

[Pattus Magnus]

And the full war host - 10 bases of tribesmen, two giants, the high chief, a shaman, and a chieftain.

As before, the backdrop is by Jon Hodgson.

[blacksoilbill]

Lovely stuff. And that background suits them to a tee: it gives off the exact same feel as your painting.

[Basementboy]

Lovely stuff. And that background suits them to a tee: it gives off the exact same feel as your painting.

Agreed- where do you get the backgrounds from? (apologies if you’ve answered the question elsewhere)

[Pattus Magnus]

Thank you for the feedback!

Basement Boy, the backdrop is in a book I got through a kickstarter. It is by Jon Hodgson. Annie (of Bad Squiddo Miniatures) is helping with the kickstarters and there is currently another one live.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonhodgsonmaptiles2/jon-hodgson-backdrops-two-backdrops-boogaloo

If kickstarter isn’t your thing, my understanding is that the backdrop books are available through Jon’s company, Handiwork Games, and through Bad Squiddo Miniatures. Some of the backdrops are available as PDFs through Wargames Vault, too.

The two original books have 32 backdrops each, so I usually can find a suitable pic for the figures I am photographing!

[Dean]

Those are looking great mate

[Kikuchiyo]

OK so thanks to those Barbarians my Arthurian project needs to be in 15mm

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks!

Kikuchiyo, your tiny Arthurians are pretty amazing! Your figures and terrain all look great together.

Of course, if you wanted to add some Copplestone goodness to that project, some of the figures in his 10mm character packs might scratch that itch!

[Kikuchiyo]

 Thanks no plans to give up on yhat project

I've been looking at the Wiglaf range for a while now but couldn't decide on a suitable opposition, I yhink you have inspired me to look at the barbarians again

[Pattus Magnus]

I don’t have any of the Wiglaf figures yet, but I remember seeing a side-by-side pic of some next to some of the barbarians and they seemed quite close in size. The barbarians definitely would make suitable fantasy style opponents for a Wiglaf force. The barbarians are fun to paint!