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

[beefcake]

He's nice.

[Vladimir Raukov]

I love the little scratches on the mace. It really helps it pop!

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, all!

Saw this on IG. 👍 Nice.
Do you own a 3D printer now?

No - that would be step too far (and domestically unpopular, I fear ...).

Here's a chaos thug for my retro-Warhammer project (a second-edition scenario). He started life as a Copplestone half-orc, but he's now a chaos thug:

[tikitang]

Perfect! And what fantastic models they are.

Definitely using them for Fanged Deserters in my Painflail Quest project!

[JollyBob]

That looks great, really good idea to use him as a chaos thug.

The shield is wonderful, too, really nicely done. A touch of melancholy in the face, I think.

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, both!

Definitely using them for Fanged Deserters in my Painflail Quest project!

You MUST and SHALL! Very much looking forward to seeing what you do with them!

The shield is wonderful, too, really nicely done. A touch of melancholy in the face, I think.

Thanks - and yes: "Blood? Blood again? Really ... ?"

[DivisMal]

Saw this on IG, too, and must say I’m more than impressed! Those old Copplestone Half-Orcs make brilliant thugs. Much better than those rather ridiculous SM/Conan-hybrids GW tried to sell us as barbarians living in the north!

I’m tempted now to add some to my own Oldhammer collection!

[Maceface]

Woweeee that Half-orc looks amazing as a Chaos Thug... might have to do this for my oldhammer army too! Would also be easy to do headswaps with chaos helmets too...

Great paintjob man!

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, both!

Here are some ratmen slingers from Ral Partha Europe. They're taller and spindlier than classic Skaven, and they lack tails. But I'm all for non-conformity among the creatures of chaos, and I think they'll fit in with Jez Goodwin metals.



The discovery of MDF slottabases has helped me rationalise my basing schemes; anything metal now goes on a square, whether solid-based or not, while plastics go on round bases. That way, metal skirmish bands expand the available troops for massed-battle games. I also find 20mm squares much more viable for RPGs than 25mm rounds.

Plastics are less satisfactory on squares because they lack the heft to hold blocks together.

[beefcake]

Those are very cool Ratmen. I'll have to look into them for my next RPE order.

[Hobgoblin]

Those are very cool Ratmen. I'll have to look into them for my next RPE order.

They're tucked away at the end of the Chaos Imperium range (under Ral Partha/Fantasy Armies). That's an old Bob Olley range for RP proper, which RPE has expanded with some slotta-based figures, including these. I think they might be by Tim Prow, but I'm not sure.

[DivisMal]

They do look really nasty, not so cute as the (pretty cool but very much ott) old GW doned do. Make a perfect enemy for anything in a more grittily realistic fantasy.
Nice job!

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks! Yes, they have more rat-like heads than genuine Skaven, I think. And because they've got fur sculpted on the snouts, there's no debate on how to paint those! Early Citadel Skaven were typically painted with furry snouts, but people started painting them with bare snouts later on - which sometimes looks suitably horrid but also makes them less ratlike.

Here are a couple of gnolls. The chap with the Lochaber axe is a Rieder Design Homo Hyenus, now sold by Alternative Armies as a "dog man". The fellow with the sword is an Essex gnoll - one who has a certain iconic status, I think, as he often featured in Essex adverts in White Dwarf. The two ranges go quite well together; they're both quite bulky and squat. I'm mixing them in with spindlier gnolls by Ral Partha and Citadel figures with a sort of intermediate build, though: down with conformity among the creatures of Chaos!

These will also make suitable Khornate beastmen for the retro Warhammer game I'm planning ...

[Pattus Magnus]

Excellent job, as always! I especially like the expression on the face of the gnoll with the pole axe. Has a great snarl.

[DivisMal]

Retro-Warhammer? That sounds like the way to go! Conquer the system with non-GW models!