Psyber's Super-Duper Dungeon (Warhammer Quest)

[Frugalmax]

These look great!

I have similarly mixed feelings about painting old metal miniatures! On the one hand they are heftier, which I like, and there's a nostalgia factor, and they were certainly more detailed than their contemporary plastic models (especially the one-piece castings with no undercut areas- Talisman, WHB 4th Edition, etc.). On the other hand I find that sometimes just getting the paint into all of the nooks and crannies is a real chore (chains or torn clothes often have little specs of metal or primer showing), and the paint will sometimes chip off the edges before I even have a chance to varnish them (which doesn't seem to save the edges anyway). But what can I say? I like them all. Metal, plastic, what have you- it's all good fun.

Thanks for posting and good to hear the camera is still working!

[Pattus Magnus]

They might not have been a joy to paint but they certainly look good! I can’t see anywhere that doesn’t look right.

[mikedemana]

I like the crisp detail of metals and the ability to dry brush a pattern on them easily. With 3-D print, you have to worry about a dry brush or wash picking out print lines. With plastic, the detail is often not crisp enough to do an easy dry brush...

Mike Demana

[psyberwyche]

These look great!

I have similarly mixed feelings about painting old metal miniatures! On the one hand they are heftier, which I like, and there's a nostalgia factor, and they were certainly more detailed than their contemporary plastic models (especially the one-piece castings with no undercut areas- Talisman, WHB 4th Edition, etc.). On the other hand I find that sometimes just getting the paint into all of the nooks and crannies is a real chore (chains or torn clothes often have little specs of metal or primer showing), and the paint will sometimes chip off the edges before I even have a chance to varnish them (which doesn't seem to save the edges anyway). But what can I say? I like them all. Metal, plastic, what have you- it's all good fun.

Exactly this. The old skool charm of the metal miniatures keep me coming back to them - and don't even talk to me about chipping 

[Vladimir Raukov]

They might be fiddly to paint, but you did a great job with 'em!

[psyberwyche]

AWAKEN, O THREAD!

I got some more stuff painted. I know! And this time it's not Skaven. Sorry if anyone was waiting on some more ratties, but I honestly got a bit tired of them so decided to switch things up.

Long-time followers of this thread may recall that way back on page 4 (TEN WHOLE FREAKING YEARS AGO!) I painted a single, solitary Troll. Here he is:



Well, now that I'm playing regularly, and we have a party of Level 4 adventurers, we need three Trolls. So the time finally came to climb into the attic and dig out his two buddies. GW released three of these "Common Trolls" back then - a blister pack of two metal ones, and very slightly smaller plastic one in the Battle for Skull Pass Warhammer starter set. They never made any more, so thankfully I bought all three at the time.

The biggest challenge with these guys was that none of the paints I used on the original Troll are in production anymore, and I don't have any left, so even though I actually wrote down the recipe, it didn't serve me terribly well. Thankfully, with the aid of some online conversion charts I managed to get "close enough". I also seem to have improved as a painter in the last ten years, but I really didn't want to start sprucing up old models that are perfectly fine, so instead I slightly "dumbed down" my painting to make them match the OG. I think I have a real OCD issue... 

Anyhoo, here's the new big metal guy:





And the plastic Troll:





And the family portrait:



Cheers!

[Frugalmax]

Awesome. Makes me think I should repaint my old "Battle for Skull Pass" troll- great work!

[Little Odo]

They look great - nice paint job on some characterful figures

[mikedemana]

Those look great! If you get a higher level party and need even more trolls, maybe consider the metal Gripping Beast ones. Not as exaggerated on the details, but very characterful. Here's the link:
https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/Trolls--category--1180.html?srsltid=AfmBOoo39Pip3VslPlGnEoZ24SNQewogL2onFHknL2tLbzrwJEyCzN-_

Let's see if the image link works for one of them:


I love your trolls, too!
Mike Demana

[psyberwyche]

Those look great! If you get a higher level party and need even more trolls, maybe consider the metal Gripping Beast ones. Not as exaggerated on the details, but very characterful. Here's the link:
https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/Trolls--category--1180.html?srsltid=AfmBOoo39Pip3VslPlGnEoZ24SNQewogL2onFHknL2tLbzrwJEyCzN-_

Let's see if the image link works for one of them:


I love your trolls, too!
Mike Demana

Thanks Mike! I really like that model, but he doesn't fit this particular project stylistically. I think he'd fit in well with the old-skool fantasy / LOTR-style games I'm planning though. Definitely one to bookmark.

For Warhammer Quest, I actually caved on the recent Old World releases and pre-ordered three of the classic metal Stone Trolls. I love them, but it was eye-watering paying current GW prices 

[beefcake]

those globadiers are my favourite skaven minis. They look great. Trolls are very nice too.

[psyberwyche]

Two updates in two weeks? Come on, it's like the old days!

I squeezed in an extra Warrior. Actually, I didn't intend to use this model as as a Warhammer Quest hero initially. I bought him on a whim on a visit to Warhammer World, and then decided that Josef Bugman would be the ideal - no, the ONLY - choice for the unofficial Dwarf Brewmaster Warrior.



A while back, I purchased a resin print Brewmaster from Etsy, which came with two optional scenic bases, representing a ruined Dwarf brewery. When I tried the OG Bugman on the resin base, it was a perfect fit. So, even though it means he's based differently from my other models, I decided it was fate, and couldn't resist. (I actually tried triple-pinning him so I could transfer him from regular base to display base, but it just didn't hold up to gaming, and so I bit the bullet and glued him down.

Rear view - the only real pop of colour on this guy is the shield, so I spent a lot of time on it.



Hope you like!

[Frugalmax]

Great work! Wow, his eyes and his face are really amazing- several drinks in, but still clear eyed enough to clobber goblins. Very impressive!

[Lord of Moria]

Lovely work! The face & beard are ace!
cheers

[psyberwyche]

Had a great game of Warhammer Quest last night, using the Lair of the Orc Lord rules. I managed to get Growler the Cave Squig painted up for the game. He appeared right at the end of the game, and sadly didn't put up too much of a challenge - I don't think Orcs & Goblins are much of a threat at the mid-level mark tbh. Still, a fun game, and these special characters from Lair have some really characterful rules.

Can I pet that Dawg?