*

Recent Topics

Author Topic: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Frostgrave undead and construct)  (Read 496539 times)

Offline DeafNala

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Elder God
  • *
  • Posts: 10333
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (orcs do not tire ... me)
« Reply #720 on: December 11, 2016, 01:55:37 PM »
I do LOVE these trips down Memory Lane. AND some of the Old Warriors are new to me. OUTSTANDING WORK!
I'd NEVER join a club that would have me as a member.  G.Marx

Online Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5420
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (orcs do not tire ... me)
« Reply #721 on: December 11, 2016, 03:24:32 PM »
Thanks!

Here's the based element:


Online Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5420
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (orcs do not tire ... me)
« Reply #722 on: December 11, 2016, 04:03:01 PM »
And here's a warg. He's destined for a magician element's base; I hope to finish the magician this afternoon.

Offline Severian

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 471
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg)
« Reply #723 on: December 11, 2016, 04:53:40 PM »
Fine work on those orcs - your hoods are particularly effective.
There truly is no end to the variants on those codes...

I recently finished a couple of them (with new weapons to replace broken ones) that I hope to post pics of soon.

And that's an excellent warg! Where is he from? He's not unlike one of an Essex triad I have (but much better painted).

Online Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5420
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg)
« Reply #724 on: December 11, 2016, 05:45:52 PM »
Thanks!

The warg is from an old Grenadier boxed set: Sauron's Dark Ones. I picked him up second hand in some eBay joblot. I also have the orc captain from the set, acquired separately.

I look forward to seeing your FTO orcs. Weapon replacement is often a necessity with these; I have a few more of variants of the orc with the axe held out, but this is the only one who has survived the decades intact. I'm planning to drill through their hands and perhaps use them as standard bearers. The orc on the right had to have his axe replaced with a plastic one.

Online Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5420
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg)
« Reply #725 on: December 11, 2016, 06:15:51 PM »
And here's the magician. He's an old Chronicle hobgoblin shaman. I love this figure: he's crude but effective. I have another kicking around that I'll paint up for skirmish games.

Offline Severian

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 471
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #726 on: December 11, 2016, 06:46:20 PM »
He's great!

Cracking work with the symbols, too. Are these brushwork or some type of pen?

Offline Argonor

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 11378
  • Attic Attack: Mead and Dice!
    • Argonor's Wargames
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg)
« Reply #727 on: December 11, 2016, 07:07:02 PM »
And here's the magician. He's an old Chronicle hobgoblin shaman. I love this figure: he's crude but effective. I have another kicking around that I'll paint up for skirmish games.

Chronicle - Nick Lund?
Ask at the LAF, and answer shall thy be given!


Cultist #84

Online Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5420
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #728 on: December 11, 2016, 09:27:18 PM »
Thanks!

Severian, the symbols were done with micron pen - much quicker than with a brush. You can get a pack of them for about a tenner on Amazon, if memory serves. John Blanche and Aly Morrison used to recommend pens for eyeballs and details. I think they work very well for 'bringing up' an otherwise rough and ready paintjob.

Argonor, yes - from this range:



Those hobgoblins loomed large in my childhood - I can remember primary-school "wargames" that involved toppling them from fortifications built with wooden blocks by dint of shooting them with a toy crossbow bought in Sienna!

Offline Argonor

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 11378
  • Attic Attack: Mead and Dice!
    • Argonor's Wargames
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #729 on: December 11, 2016, 09:37:00 PM »
I always use a 0.05 black permanent felt marker for the irides/pupils of eyes. Never occurred to me to draw musters/symbols with it  :)

Offline Severian

  • Scientist
  • Posts: 471
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #730 on: December 11, 2016, 09:53:14 PM »
Great, thanks. I'll add some to my Christmas list...

Online Hobgoblin

  • Galactic Brain
  • Posts: 5420
    • Hobgoblinry
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #731 on: December 11, 2016, 11:15:03 PM »
They're handy for tattoos too:



Here's a very basic paintjob on a fairly basic miniature: an old Acropolis bear. I've added a club and shield for Moorcockian reasons (a reference to the Corum books specifically). He won't win any prizes, but he'll take his place at the back of one of the next chaos horde elements.

Offline Dr. Kevin Moon III esq.

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 681
    • My Blog
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #732 on: December 12, 2016, 07:19:55 PM »
The paintjob on the warg is amazing! Love the shaman as well (and everything else!), he's always been a favourite fig of mine as well.

Offline Katsuhiko JiNNai

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1635
    • My BLOG
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #733 on: December 12, 2016, 07:58:09 PM »
Nicely painted oldhammer miniatures  :D Long live GREEN bases  :)

Offline Argonor

  • Elder God
  • Posts: 11378
  • Attic Attack: Mead and Dice!
    • Argonor's Wargames
Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (now with a warg and hobgoblin)
« Reply #734 on: December 12, 2016, 09:32:52 PM »
They're handy for tattoos too:

I just wish I could find some alternatives to black around here (as always, Denmark is a complicated country to live in for miniature painters/gamers).

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
11 Replies
4825 Views
Last post February 29, 2008, 12:27:39 AM
by Bob da dowg
5 Replies
3331 Views
Last post January 18, 2009, 02:06:54 AM
by grubman
7 Replies
10784 Views
Last post March 18, 2009, 09:12:39 PM
by kenohhkc
9 Replies
3842 Views
Last post February 28, 2015, 09:53:46 AM
by Nord
16 Replies
6899 Views
Last post October 30, 2016, 10:03:18 AM
by Gabbi