Going deeper underground (Warhammer Quest/Generic Dungeoneering project)

[Gunbird]

Awwwww....?   Why?

Nice to know 28mm has caught your eye again!
If you'd like to get a few games of Mordheim in before you set off to Piers with the band, call me. I've still got all my Mordheim kit, and wouldn't mind getting them out once more.

Well I can never shut up anyway so.....originally, these we're made to be bland fresh or worn concrete and details painted on seperate pieces to be placed when needed, which makes them infanetely more useful then being just aimed at, say, 40K. I have to say getting the stuff sawn at CvT (near the Dobbelsteen, next to the Jumbo) wasn't that expansive at all, all of the wood set me back around 100 and I think I binned loads that you never got..... Actually, I'm contact with them right now to have a simple paint stand made for my new painting stands...just a few pieces of wood that need holes drilled really, but I don't own equipment to do that anymore, sold everything before leaving Tilburg as there is no room here.

Mordheim would be nice, even if it means painting those damned 28's, so I will accept your invatation, provided we can offer up a toast of tea ot the Elder Gods 

[Modhail]

I know how generic/flexible you planned to make the core setup, and I really like that idea. That's part of why I'm hesitant to use them now, and irrevocably lock them into a fantasy dungeon only.*
On the other hand, I can't justify to the misses having a whole new set sawn with this one still laying about...
*:That, and the prospect of detailing all that surface by hand. This project may yet drive me to seriously experiment with casting large things.

Great, it'd be nice to have a game again and catch up a bit. Let me know when you've assembled that Mordheim warband and we'll set a date. And that toast will certainly be made, never hurts to stay on the Elder Gods good side. 

Argh! 
I knew that he donated them to you, but had hoped that you´ll forward them to sunny Germany someday when you notice that you´d never use them...

Hehe.... They're mine, my precious. My preciouuusssss....... 
(That being said, I'll consider this "dibs" if I ever do need to get rid of them, and Johan doesn't want them back.)

[Modhail]

Remember that WIP shield I showed when I finished my skeleton spearmen?
Well, it's done, and so is it's owner.

I present to you, Hieronymus Lightbringer, Paladin Solar:








Hieronymus, as a Paladin*, has dedicated himself to the concept of the Sun as representation and symbol of the Light Divine. Hence the sun in splendour on his shield.

The miniature was originally a Paladin of Menoth from Privateer Press' Iron Kingdoms Miniature line. I filed away all his Menoth-specific details and removed his chimney-like helmet. The latter I replaced with the top half of a bare head from the GW plastic Bretonnian knights sprue.
To prevent confusion about what he is I wanted to stay clear from the tradional Menoth colours, but still get a sense of purity and faith. To achieve this I went for clean, shining metal, blue and (off)white as a contrast colour.
The mini really demanded I took my time highlighting and shading his armour to prevent him just looking like a lump of metal, and to really emphasize his bulk and weight.
I'm quite pleased with how he turned out. Especially when sat next to the rest of my heroes. He looks like a tank, and then there is the ludicrously heavy/large sword. He's clearly got to have more than mere human muscle and determination driving him to be even moving around, let alone fight as vigorously as he looks to be doing!

Speaking of the rest of my heroes, here is a little shot of the collection as it stands now:

As you can see, the shelf is getting somewhat crowded... And I'm not nearly finished with this!

I'll need to re-arrange my display cabinet at some point, or find a way to add extra shelves to it...

*: A little background note: In my (as yet loosely defined) personal fantasy/chivalry setting Paladins are not really a religion or Order in the strictest sense. Paladins are holy, spiritual warriors who take one concept, often an abstract or esoteric one, from their religion or the chivalric ideals and dedicate their entire being to it. They are Knight-Mystics who channel the divine in their fighting skills. Most, if not all of them are wandering ascetics. They serve no lord but their own ideals and their otherworldly patrons/inspirations. As much apart from Knights as Knights stand apart from the peasantry, they are universally considered beings of awe and wonder.
The New Faith views them with some doubt and reservation as, while their ideals are pure and wholesome and they inspire piety and good in others, their practices and beliefs are often almost shamanic, at times borderline paganistic…

[Gunbird]

Well thanks Erik, thanks a lot.

Just picked up a partial Mordheim Beastmen Warband, plus a flyhead Nurgle champion to lead them, and a old Citadel plate mail fighter just because of your incessant postings and me feeling the need to join in. Eventually. Oh, and a halfling with a broom for comedy value.

And Gosh, that fig of yours really is sculped like a tank. Whats his platemail made of, 2 inches of hardend steel armour?

[Elbows]

Not a fan of the sculpt, but your painting is excellent.  He'll fit in nicely.

[Funghy-Fipps]

That Paladin looks ready to dish out some punishment to some unfortunate dungeon gribblies. 

[Modhail]

You're welcome, Johan... 
That sounds like an interesting group you've got together. Do show them off when they're done!

His armour is, erm, special, isn't it? Normally I prefer my fantasy armour somewhat feasibly at least, but from time to time I just need something over the top and silly to compensate... Paladin Mack Trucke is one such thing. 

[DeafNala]

You have amassed a LOVELY collection of WONDERFULLY painted & based Dungeon Dwellers. VERY WELL DONE!

[Michi]

Great work. He looks very fanatic to me, but that may be appropriate for a paladin... 

[Gunbird]

Erik, do you have Bertrand the Trobadour and that Jester chap already?

[Modhail]

Thank you DeafNala, that means a lot to me. I've always admired your unique whimsical/creepy style, it's inspirational.

Michi, thanks. Fanatic, violent nutter... Po-tay-to, poh-tah-to... 

Johan, yup, got those. I believe I have most of the 90's special characters.  What I'm hunting for most is infantry with halberds and foot and mounted squires. Don't have any of those in storage. Though there are acceptable alternatives for the halberdiers these days (Perry Agincourt, BTD, Foundry, or Claymore Castings for example), I just love the style of those old Perry sculpts, and the squires are still rather unique in style and looks.

[Gunbird]

Roger that, I'll add those sculpts on the hunting shopping list and use my Jester as trade fodder I think. I think I saw someone sell a few blisters of what you want but I think it was just 3 of the same command blister of foot squirers or archers, and I think you have those. I did find you a Fenryll treasure chest. 

[Modhail]

Actually, I don't have any squire miniatures at all, command or not and any metal archers would be very welcome, to break the monotony of those old single pose plastics...
But take your time to wait for deals and don't spend too much on my behalf. Those old Perry sculpts are nice-to-haves but not essential items for this project. I appreciate the effort and enthusiasm though.

Oooh, a treasure chest.  Those are always nice to lure fools heroes with...

Ack, I wish it were weekend already!  I want to finish painting the little roadside shrine I started on yesterday and either start on a new mini, or visit the model railroad shop to look at dungeonbuilding materials. I vaguely remember seeing a roll or sheet of semi-flexible foam stonewall last time I was there, and would like to see if would be of use for cladding dungeon sections...

[Modhail]

Well, I went to said model railroad shop, to find that not only did they not have the item I remembered seeing anymore, but they are also in the process of closing up shop!  This means that in the city I live in, and the two cities nearest to it, there is nowhere left to go for terrain materials. The shop in my hometown closed about two years ago, the shop in the other city has abolished all train stuff and focuses on RC stuff, so it's effectively useless to me. Only this one was left... Grrr. 

On a more positive not, today I finished the roadside shrine I couldn't finish last week and I painted the first hero for the missus' Warhammer Quest set.
Here's the shrine: (Sorry about the dark pictures, I don't have a fancy photo booth and it was rather overcast and dreary today...)


It seems someone has tacked a page from a manuscript to the back:


And the Warhammer Quest hero, a stout dwarf:


As he's for my wife's set, I played it somewhat conservatively, and kept to the colours in the artwork. The only deviation was replacing the yellow gloves with buff leather ones.

Still pondering the whole terrain issue. But at least I made first steps in all of my (informal) resolutions/goals for the coming months.

[DeafNala]

The new additions, both Sign & Dwarf, look SPLENDID...EXCELLENT brushwork. VERY WELL DONE!

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