A few years ago I realized the best method to get things done in this hobby is to go with the themes one's passionate about,
not building and painting minis for a specific game.
To those who play historical games that's certainly no new information.
You collect, build and paint minis that represent a faction that you find interesting from a time period you find interesting.
But yeah, it took me many years to get my head around that one.
Or that I could do the same thing people do with the historical games with my sci-fi and fantasy.
So I went looking: what are the things I am really passionate about?
Well, for one anything "barbarian". The barbarian archetype is always my favorite in any kind of setting.
Then there's paleontology, if it's extinct I'm interested.
It all started with the dinosaurs as a kid, but quickly evolved (huh-huh) into an interest specifically in the pleistocene.
You know, when our species and giant creatures inhabited landscapes at the very same time.
Mammoths, giant sloths, cave bears and sabre-toothed cats.
Awesome!
From there I moved forward and developed the idea of a "pleistocene themed army of barbarians", which would
mainly be used for Warhammer (6th edition) and maybe Kings of War, but really any game where those minis would fit.
The army is led by "Barbarus The Beastmaster", also known as "Barbarus The Bloodthirsty", "Barbarus The Banished" and "Barbarus The Brutal".
(some might also call him "Barbarus The Bada$$"
)
He's got a whole backstory of "shakespearean" dimensions full of betrayal, bloodshed and revenge.
And I will certainly write it down at some point.
Anyway, he really looks like a certified bada$$, riding on this giant hyena
(which I made from a collectible toy)