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

[Severian]

Wow - that's a very effective 20 minutes' work!

Keen to see how he develops - although he's very striking already. The red cloak looks great. Like (I suspect) many people, I struggle with reds.

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks! Here's the next stage (there have been some interruptions to help children build and bake Fimo creations - and to repair the warrior's axe, which broke half-off after I dropped him!). Nuln Oil has been washed over the metals, and Coeliac Greenshade (or whatever it's called) over the plate armour.

The thin red wash (Citadel's Evil Sunz Scarlet thinned with water) over black and white shouldn't work, but it does, somehow. I might put a "wash" wash over it, but maybe not - this is speed-painting, after all.

[Hobgoblin]

More interruptions - Fimo, the baking and painting thereof. But here's the warrior after some more washes and (rough) detailing. Also, a start on the base.

[Hobgoblin]

And he's done. I might do some more to the shield later, but then again ...

He'll be joining the ratmen; the eventual recipients have already been creating some marvellous backstories for them.

Meanwhile, my son's feverish Fimoing has produced an "alien cyborg bounty hunter".

[Hobgoblin]

I got a couple more 10mm things finished: an orc chariot and an orc commander.

[fred]

Cool stuff (again!!)

Where is the orc  chariot from, its not one I recognise (though the wolves perhaps look like Irregular)?

The commander is from the BoFA set isn't he, and he has come out very nicely!

[Hobgoblin]

Cool stuff (again!!)

Thanks!

Where is the orc  chariot from, its not one I recognise (though the wolves perhaps look like Irregular)?

The chariot's from Magister Militum. I've got another couple on the way. They struck me as a "quick kill" in terms of getting a viable "cavalry" unit done very quickly.

The commander is from the BoFA set isn't he, and he has come out very nicely!

Yes - thanks! I picked up a small batch of BoFA figures on eBay. They were very cheap, possibly because there aren't enough for complete Warmaster units (three stands). But there are enough for several complete Mayhem units (squares, so two stands).

I took Major Gilbear's advice on basing the Warmaster way, though, and I'm glad I did. Not only does it allow the models to be used in both games (and Sword and Spear), but it also makes it much quicker - and more motivating - to paint them up. Also, there's a lot of potential for mix'n'match units. So, if we're playing Warmaster, a stand of Copplestone orcs can lead a stand of weedier BoFA orcs into battle. And as Mayhem has rules for "heroic" units, there's potential to have some half-units with obviously heroic figures in the front rank. I'm painting up some Pendraken lizardmen at the moment, and I'm probably going to have some stands with a Magister Militum or Minibits 15mm lizardman front and centre, to represent some vast and ancient hero - which can be reflected in the Mayhem army list.

[fred]

Good thinking on the basing - while big bases are cool, its often much more flexible to have smaller bases you can arrange together to  make units.

The Pendraken lizardmen are cool - I've had mine out on the table the last couple of weeks. As can be seen over in Pendraken land
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,15270.msg236621.html#msg236621

[beefcake]

Great work on the Chaos Warrior.
That Alien Cyborg Bounty Hunter is great. It combines all the best things of a sci-fi creature into one. Thumbs Up

[Hobgoblin]

Good thinking on the basing - while big bases are cool, its often much more flexible to have smaller bases you can arrange together to  make units.

The Pendraken lizardmen are cool - I've had mine out on the table the last couple of weeks. As can be seen over in Pendraken land
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,15270.msg236621.html#msg236621

Those look great! I'm going for four to a stand too - it certainly helps with production!

Here's the first of mine (I'm finishing off another seven at the moment).

Thanks, beefcake! What the photo of the Alien Cyborg Bounty Hunter doesn't show is the mace tail! My son's in the process of painting it; I'll post a photo when he's done ...

[DeafNala]

Large & small your new creations are BEAUTIES. OUTSTANDING WORK!

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, DeafNala!

Here are the first eight Pendraken lizards - shortly to be based.

[fred]

Great work on those Pendraken Lizardmen - you have got loads of detail into such tiny figures.

Those new sculpts are really nice too, addded lots of variation to the figures.

[beefcake]

Very nice work on those. And congratulations cracking 1000 replies!

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, both!

Those new sculpts are really nice too, addded lots of variation to the figures.

Yes, the Pendraken lizardmen are great. Getting 25 different figures in a pack at this scale is quite something. Although the Eureka lizardman cavalry are superb, I prefer the Pendraken infantry: they just look a bit more reptilian - like upright Komodo dragons.

I got a brace of goblins finished for our friends' children, again using the speed-painting technique I tried out on the ratmen. The lack of highlighting on the clothes, etc., is deliberate - both for speed and to make the pallid skin stand out.