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

[beefcake]

Wow! I got that one in the Bones too. Should arrive soon for me. Can't wait to see it painted.

[Dr. Zombie]

You're making noises when you play with it, aren't you?

That is what she said...

Sorry i could not resist.

I quite like the big Bones stuff.

[ZeroTwentythree]

You're making noises when you play with it, aren't you?

That is what she said...

Sorry i could not resist.

I quite like the big Bones stuff.

That is also what she said.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Picked up the figure I want to use for a half-orc shaman. Another Bob Olley sculpt for Reaper. The issue I've run into, though, is that he won't fit on a 20mm base and barely fits on a 25mm base. He's tentatively on a 40mm. Not sure how I will ultimately base him yet.

Still not certain on colors, either. Quite a busy figure.




Well, I do have one paintng & basing idea...

[Hobgoblin]

Looks good! One thought on basing: could you do him on a 40 by 20? The figure looks wide but not deep (though that might just be the photo. If you added a familiar - a giant weasel or rat or something - under his raised hand, you might end up with a base that justified "counting for two" while not disrupting the rest of the unit overmuch.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Looks good! One thought on basing: could you do him on a 40 by 20? The figure looks wide but not deep (though that might just be the photo. If you added a familiar - a giant weasel or rat or something - under his raised hand, you might end up with a base that justified "counting for two" while not disrupting the rest of the unit overmuch.

I thought about a few options like that. But given that I rarely game anymore, and still hope to keep my future gaming more relaxed, less rules obsessive, I just went with a big decorative base. I've got a second shaman figure on the way that may fit better on a 20x20 base if it really comes down to that sort of mm-counting at some point. 





Freed, the half orc shaman. I've written the first draft of a bit of fluff/backstory, which may emerge at some point.

[Hobgoblin]

I thought about a few options like that. But given that I rarely game anymore, and still hope to keep my future gaming more relaxed, less rules obsessive, I just went with a big decorative base.

Three cheers for relaxed and less rules-obsessive!

He looks great!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!



Updates, of sorts....



My next half-orc shaman... priestess or whatever. She's a little taller, and more civilized looking. MAybe the other "half" is elf"? Still don't mind a bit of diversity in the half-orcs, and it's really a beautifully sculpted figures. BEsides, if some of those other half-orcs would just stand up straight... 

I've been getting into the half-orc thing so much lately I'm thinking about picking up more from Black Tree. But I'd like some more variety too. It hit me that I'd love some half orc heads to put on various plastic kits -- Frostgrave, Perry, etc. to make some more near-human-ish minis. Since these heads don't -- as far as I know -- exist, I'm thinking about putting my own (very) modest sculpting & casting skills to the test.


For the moment, though, I have just speed-painted trial figures for two small units of scouts. Or should that be two units of small scouts? Whatevs.

[Reed]

What about the ex-Wargames Factory orcs' heads?

[DeafNala]

GOOD LOOKIN' MUSHROOMS! The minis are pretty cool too.

[ZeroTwentythree]

What about the ex-Wargames Factory orcs' heads?

Not bad, but not sure they're readily available.





Eventually I will post a bit of backstory about these two units. I'm increasingly fond of creating a narrative behind the units I paint. These were painted with the idea of two rival units of scouts. One a group of bandits who appear suddenly, raid small settlements, then slip back into the woods. The other a group hunting them.

The B.F.G., lead by the Notorious G.O.B.
Mostly Westfalia steppe goblins, plus a couple of old plastic classics I recently found, lurlking in the background. (The latter don't really fit aesthetically and may end up being used elsewhere.)





Hawk's Blue Forrest Rangers
Black Tree Design minis, one of two flavors of halflings they sell.

[tomrommel1]

stunning additions

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!


I've been wanting to get to work on the Westfalia halflings since I got them, but have been procrastinating (other than the crossbow unit) because of the bent spears & lances. So I finally tried hot & cold water (straight from the tap) to re-position one and it worked pretty well. Just straightened the goat knights lances and it was easier and quicker than expected. So... looks like hobbit's back on the menu boys!







Pic's a little dark, but wanted to post it because they're an Oldhammer paradox for some - old, but blobby plastics! My friends & I never would have gotten nearly as deeply into WFB if it wasn't for the Fantasy Regiments and Skeleton Army/Horde boxes when we were young. The armies in our group and at the two area game stores also reflected this. Almost everyone played armies that could be bulked out with a couple units of plastics.

I recently got these two goblins and a few of each of the others in a box of stuff I won on eBay, and it's a fun bit of nostalgia.

[von Lucky]

Indeed.

And nice to hear about the new chef

[ZeroTwentythree]

Finished a rushed paint job on this unit of old Citadel wight/skeleton cavalry. They were a rare eBay win, and they were (are) in somewhat rough shape -- but the price was unexpectedly reasonable.