Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Frostgrave undead and construct)

[Hobgoblin]

Very true for me as well! If you won't mind, Hobgoblin, I would show a pic of my old orc bunch ...

Please do! 

[Admiral Benbow]

Not the best pic, but here they are:




I think Chronicle, Asgard and even the smaller earlier Citadel orcs mix very well. I did them on multibases with 4 figures each.

[Hobgoblin]

Not the best pic, but here they are:




I think Chronicle, Asgard and even the smaller earlier Citadel orcs mix very well. I did them on multibases with 4 figures each.

Those are fantastic! As it happens, I have three of of the same models on the painting table right now: the hobgoblin chief with the two swords, the fur-hatted fellow to his right; and the stooping guy with the club. Expect them up here in the next few days!

That rat shield is wonderful! Do you have any more of them? Or any more shots of this lot? What game are they based up for? They really look great - and the mix of ranges works very well indeed.

[Hobgoblin]

Not quite finished (and I can't take a decent photo of his face for love nor money), but getting there:

[Hobgoblin]

Perhaps marginally better shots (the Stygian Caledonian gloom isn't helping!):

[beefcake]

Cool. I love the work on the cape.

[Hobgoblin]

Cheers!

Here are a few more of the growing band of hobgoblins:

[Hobgoblin]

And here are a couple more hobgoblins. There are enough for a unit of Elite Foot in Dragon Rampant now:

[Blackwolf]

Lovely work,like 'em a lot

[Vermis]

Heh! I like that guy with the open, 'yelling' mouth. Sort of caricaturised but natural too. Very characterful.

Nicely painted as usual. (You too Admiral! I'll second Hob's question about the game they're based for.)

On photography woes: have you considered a basic lighting setup? I do all right with a cheap fluourescent desk lamp. (+ a foolscap sleeve to dim the intensity of the light and a couple of sheets of plasticard to bounce it around)

[Hobgoblin]

Heh! I like that guy with the open, 'yelling' mouth. Sort of caricaturised but natural too. Very characterful.

A bit like Biffa Bacon, I think.

Nicely painted as usual. (You too Admiral! I'll second Hob's question about the game they're based for.)

Cheers!

On photography woes: have you considered a basic lighting setup? I do all right with a cheap fluourescent desk lamp. (+ a foolscap sleeve to dim the intensity of the light and a couple of sheets of plasticard to bounce it around)

Thanks - I will look into that.

[Admiral Benbow]

That rat shield is wonderful! Do you have any more of them? Or any more shots of this lot? What game are they based up for? They really look great - and the mix of ranges works very well indeed.

Thanks for the nice comments, chaps! There are some more pics on my (very old) website here http://www.mini-universe.de/Fantasy/index.html.

I based them on multi-bases because orcs always appear to me best en masse, not as single combatants. So I didn't have any special rule system in mind but choose a base front of 50 mm which should be convenient for most combat game rules. Today they would be useful for Dragon Rampant, for example, and that's just what I'm aiming for when preparing some more single miniatures of the nice Asgard orcs and goblins range ...  

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks for the nice comments, chaps! There are some more pics on my (very old) website here http://www.mini-universe.de/Fantasy/index.html.

Great gallery - I love the minotaur too.

I based them on multi-bases because orcs always appear to me best en masse, not as single combatants. So I didn't have any special rule system in mind but choose a base front of 50 mm which should be convenient for most combat game rules. Today they would be useful for Dragon Rampant, for example, and that's just what I'm aiming for when preparing some more single miniatures of the nice Asgard orcs and goblins range ...  

Good idea. Those would certainly work nicely for DR. I really like the rat shield on the Asgard spearman.

[Hobgoblin]

We were in Venice last week and took a trip to Padua to see the Giotto frescoes. I had forgotten how often medieval and Renaissance demons are blue. I decided that some blue-grey orcs would add a bit of variety to my "fish-white" cave goblins. So here's the first experimental subject, with inspiration (Giotto's Last Judgement from the Scrovegni Chapel and some demons from the 15th-century Livre de la Vigne de Nostre Seigneur).

I've got four more blue orcs underway. I may - whisper it - even add some in a pale greenish-grey too ...

[Hobgoblin]

And a couple of goblins for a brace of SBH warbands that I'm doing for a friend's son's birthday. I have several more of these done, plus some ogres, orcs and beastmen.

I generally abhor green goblins, but I can see a use for this sort of "greenish" skin tone on some of my aged Citadel orcs - to go with the bluish ones like that above. That sort of green is quite common on medieval and Renaissance devils.