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

[Hobgoblin]

Cheers! Meanwhile, I've found a use for Warlord's Marlburian infantry (after a lopping of legs and head or face transplants). These will be my goblin 'spitters' (archers) in Kings of War:

[Hobgoblin]

I've had precious little time for painting in recent weeks, but I have managed to rebase 60 or so orcs during breaks. These are from the early days of this thread, about eight years ago. I've touched them up in places - especially the metals, which I didn't bother highlighting in those days. These are four of them:



I will add some tufts of greenery to the bases at some point.

[Hobgoblin]

Here's a venerable dwarf. I've had the body since the 80s but lacked an intact head until last week's Claymore.

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

those “spitters” would be a great goblin augmentation for Silver  Bayonet or other gothic horror games. Anachronism is good!

[Hobgoblin]

those “spitters” would be a great goblin augmentation for Silver  Bayonet or other gothic horror games. Anachronism is good!

Absolutely - and in Hobgoblin (the new KoW-ish war-game from Mike Hutchison), they can simply be goblin musketeers without having to pretend to be archers!

[Hobgoblin]

This guy will serve as a "lord on frostfang" for Kings of War, at least until I get two more done, when he'll be demoted to the ranks.

[Pattus Magnus]

That looks very sharp! Is it an older chaos warrior sculpt kit-bashed with a Scotia-Grendel resin riding beast? In any case, it works. I like the colour palette, too.

[beefcake]

Cool. I've always thought the Scotia Grendel resin things weren't that great but you've changed my mind.

[hubbabubba]

Great painting on that toad thing

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, all!

Is it an older chaos warrior sculpt kit-bashed with a Scotia-Grendel resin riding beast?

Yes - exactly! The beast comes with a metal orc rider, but the top half of the chaos warrior fits perfectly.

I've always thought the Scotia Grendel resin things weren't that great but you've changed my mind.

These ones are by Kev Adams; I think they're as good as anything he's done. The orcs he did for Grendel are very nice too - I have some of the metal prototypes for the resin series, including one that was never cast.

[Vladimir Raukov]

Great stuff in this thread, as always!

[Old Hob]

The new stuff is great (especially the spooky dwarf - I really like that look), but it's also nice to see some of the old crew again. Who's that radiant vision in her beret? Ooh la la!

[batu]

Love to see the old Chaos Warrior kit in action 

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, chaps!

Who's that radiant vision in her beret? Ooh la la!

She's quite the looker, isn't she? She's both a RuneQuest Mistress Race troll and a C23 ogre from Citadel. She's clearly based on the illustrations from the RuneQuest Borderlands supplement - before RuneQuest trolls acquired their distinctive snouted look!

Here's a Minifigs gnoll - the first of a few for D&D. I increasingly prefer Minifigs fantasy miniatures to all others - there's something wonderful about their simplicity:

[Plisken]

I love the old Minifigs fantasy miniatures... never got any of the gnolls but they do look great. I especially love the painting on the fur jacket on this guy. You've really achieved a perfect effect of furriness that adds a lot of depth where it probably doesn't really exist on the miniature.

Who's that radiant vision in her beret? Ooh la la!

I think it's technically a tam o' shanter, not a beret... but, yeah those old Runequest trolls are radiant visions.