Marienburg vs. the Undeadish (update: undead & spooky stuff)

[ZeroTwentythree]

Painted a couple more odd hobbits. I probably won't use the mounted guy for gaming, but wanted to re-paint him for nostalgia's sake.




And another ongoing hobbit comparison shot.



Left to right: Westfalia, Goblin Factory, Citadel, Ral Partha, Marauder, Effin Cool, and... ho ho, who do we have here on the right? Some upcoming figure(s) yet to be painted...?


Since I've been painting short folk, I thought I would paint up my my favorite old goblin figure. I have/had a few others but I think they've all been traded off or given away. I'm keeping this guy -- it's my last one.

[Schrumpfkopf]

Lovely stuff - especially the Lotr hobbits bring back memories.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Lovely stuff - especially the Lotr hobbits bring back memories.

Speaking of memories, I was busy and lost track of an eBay auction for the old Grenadier halfling box. They were some of the first minis I owned/painted. I still have some of them, but would love a complete set. I know better and should have just bid high from the start. 




Minotaurs, painted for the same person for whom I previously painted a few beastmen. Although I loved the beastmen, I'm not terribly fond of these plastic minotaur figures.

Probably won't be painting much more commission work for the foreseeable future.

[white knight]

They really are horrible models. Good paintjob, but...

[ZeroTwentythree]

  Thanks.



The Month of Marsh is upon us! Been busy with other things, so just finally squeezed in a little time this weekend to finish up these eight figures I had started last summer. Converted from Citadel plastic savage orcs, using my resin Fomorian heads.







They will serve as lesser Fomorian warriors, or regular Fimm for WFB.

[beefcake]

That pitch fork is nicely done (along with the rest of what you have) did you scratch build it?

[tomrommel1]

very nice additions 

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!

That pitch fork is nicely done (along with the rest of what you have) did you scratch build it?

Yes. After posting WIP pics of the first few, someone suggest I try giving one a frog spear, which I thought was a great idea. I made it using some plastic tube, a bit of wire, and a small bead on the end, along with a tiny bit of putty to clean things up a bit.

Supposed to look similar to one of these: http://www.mudhole.com/4-Tine-Frog-Spear-GIG-4

[ZeroTwentythree]

Does it count as a St. Patrick's day thing to work on miniatures inspired by Irish myth?

I finished the the Troll Outpost swamp mercenary/Fomorian/Fimir.







I've finished the sculpting work on the Reaper orc conversion. I happened to have one of my (very) few resin cast tails available, so I used that. The foot looks big in the photo, but I swear, it's not that far out of proportion IRL! Also prepped the four classic Citadel Fimir Fianna/Nobles. The guy on the left was originally mine back in the day, but had been converted to a champion of Slaanesh in the 3rd ed. RoC days, and had wings and a bright paintjob. At some point I gave it to a friend who was collecting Fimir because I figured that was a better use for it, and eventually it (along with the rest of his small but almost complete Fimir collection) made it's way back to me last year.



So that's what I will probably be working on next for the Month of Marsh!

[Andym]

Oooooo! Fantastic! Those Fimirs look amazing! The champion especially!

[DeafNala]

The Swamp Folk are wonderfully converted/painted/based creations...I also love the pitchfork. As always, VERY WELL DONE!

[Major_Gilbear]

Lovely work - and thank you for the rust tutorial (especially as I seem to remember asking you abut it myself).

I agree the plastic Minotaurs are... Not great. Which is a shame, as the plastic beastmen are really nice. I like your paintjobs on them though.

[Keith]

Sigh ... I love visiting this thread. Nothing constructive to say other than that. :-)

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!


This may be the end of what I can get done for the Month of Marsh... but we'll see. Maybe one last push still to come!  I have BIG plans for April, once again! 






I also based up the old Ral Partha figure I used for my rust tutorial. Sir Rusty is based on a 40x40 base, due to his wide stance.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Also...



I enjoyed concocting an excuse to paint some of my giant collection last year, and even got a game with an all-giant army at the last Oldhammer USA Day.



So I'm going to do it again for April, 2017!

Once again my goals are large (heh heh) and probably larger than possible. But that's OK. I still have the Warploque giant primed & ready to go from last year, along with a few more. My usual Empire volunteer included, as usual, for scale reference.



Not pictured above is one more, The Otherworld GIant. (Ignore the trolls for the moment, I will get to those later ) Just got him in the mail, so he needs some clean-up and assembly.





Looking forward to doing this again! But for now -- still a week of Marsh/March left, so I'm going to try squeezing in a bit more swampy themed stuff for that challenge.