Tale of 4 Oldhammer Gamers - Pt.9 - Goblin Shaman

Tale of 4 Oldhammer Gamers.

Those taking part are:

James author of Realm of Chaos 80's

Steve author of Eldritch Epistles

Paul author of The Black Hole

and Myself.

Wow Pt.9 already, times going by fast and I'm now almost done with this army (Woot?)

So today I have just 1 figure a Lvl 15 Goblin Shaman.

Evil Dead: Army of Darkness Pt.1

As mentioned in the last post I've been busy painting up a Evil Dead inspired KoW Undead army.

It seems I now have enough to show, this is a slow burn project and one I'm not spending much money on (90% came out of my bits box or unstarted projects (Fireforge Templars).

Tale of 4 Oldhammer Gamers - Pt.8 - Hobgoblin/Goblin Chariot

So arhhh back to whole Blogging wotsit then!

2 whole posts this month and it's a far cry from 1 every few days, but have no fear I'll try to update more often.

Anyway on too the Blog post!

Tale of 4 Oldhammer Gamers.

Those taking part are:

James author of Realm of Chaos 80's

Steve author of Eldritch Epistles

Paul author of The Black Hole

And of course myself.

So the idea being is paint a 1000pts in 12 months.

Anyway here's this months entry:

Ral Partha Ghost Dragon

Just a quick post,

But well it seems that I've got my painting habit back and managed to get a few hours painting over the last few days.

As you remember I happen to win a Ral Partha Ghost Dragon (More info HERE) and since my KoW Varangur army likes to bind monsters dead or alive to their forces it would seem rude not to include it eh?

He's a big beastie as you can see with a Hasslefree figure for scale.

Painting was interesting as I've never painted a Ghost/Ethereal before so kinda winged it  but here's what I did:

Black Undercoat

Army Painter Hydra Turquoise

Drybrush VGC White Primer

2-3 coats of super thinned down Hydra Turquoise  

Would I change anything if I painted it again, Hmmm I'd maybe start with a White Undercoat (Never ever have a used a White undercoat though so maybe not).

Well thanks for looking and now I'm off to work! 

Ugh!

Ral Partha Zombie Dragon

Painting time is once again happening, but nowhere near the time I had before.

Yesterday night I had a spare 2 hours and a pre-based and sprayed Zombie Dragon waiting for some love to join my Kings of War Varangur force.

I didn't want to go for the classic rotten look as I wanted it to retain it's colour from life, in this case a red fire Dragon.

A Rather Nice Surprise

So today after getting back in from a long and tiring morning/afternoon in the cold and wet and open my front door to a large package (No my zip wasn't open ;) ).

I had to double take as at my feet was a old GW Citadel Mail Order box.

Puzzled..

I looked further..

Upon inspection it had come all the way from the states..

Thinking I was loosing my mind as I had no trades coming from there and I took the plunge and opened it..

Fimir Project Reboot Pt.5 Malalite Demon-Hag WIP

So with the Reboot still going strong and all the repaints/tidying up complete it was time to expand my collect. 

Putting up a trade post on the Oldhammer Trading Group (Which is a part of a series of groups I'm a admin for) I was able to get one of the few Fimir's missing from my collection..

A Meargh

Blood Bowl: Real Perverts Wear Pink Pt.8

It's been a month since the last BB  painting update as I took a little break away from the pink side to paint something less ''Arhhhh my eyes!''

But I have finished painting the Coach and another mutated Chaos Warrior.

Blood Bowl: Real Perverts Wear Pink Pt.6

The team is getting closer to getting finished with just 1 Beastmen, Coach & 2 Cheerleaders to finish Phew! That'll give me the following:

4 Chaos Warriors

1 Mino

8 Beastmen

1 Star Player

Mascot

Coach

2 Cheerleaders

Mascot

Blood Bowl: Real Perverts Wear Pink Pt.5

As you can see the team is growing with the core now painted leaving me with a few more Beastmen, Mino, Star Player & Coaching staff/extras to finish.

Blood Bowl: Real Perverts Wear Pink Pt.3

Painting continues on the El Pinko's with 2 more Beastmen finished (Almost just need to finish a base) and 2 Beastmen converted up from Ral Partha figures. I've also half way though converting up my version of Max Spleenripper Star Player.

Full painted team so far

SAGA: 4pts Viking Warband complete

Arhhh that feels good, it's been awhile since I first started this Warband and to have them finished at last (6 weeks for just 21 figures ugh!) of course I still have 2pts left to paint for larger games (Not that my regular players play more then 4pts) but they can wait.

SAGA: Viking Warlord

Did that theme get yu in the mood for some hardcore Viking action.. well it did me!

SAGA: Anglo-Danish 4pts Complete

So after a rather horrible night last night spent in A&E with the Wife who had a allergic reaction to something (No not my wang!), I finished my 4pts this morning. They were finished Wednesday but since them I've re-based and done some work on the shields.

SAGA: Anglo-Danish Ceorls Part 1

Arhhhh so at last my Mum and Auntie has been sent packing back down to Barnstaple and the family which gathered for my Mums 70th has dispersed back to their various holes.

As such I haven't had much chance to paint this week but I did knock out 8 Anglo-Dane Ceorls (Warriors).

2 Points completed, 4 to finish.

SAGA: Anglo-Danish Warlord

So following on from my last post I've been busy hunting though my lead pile and sourcing various bits and pieces for my Anglo-Danish (I'm sure there's a Bacon joke somewhere.. Hmmm Bacon *drools*)

I started with the Warlord, lucky for me he come equipped with a Dane Axe a state of the art weapon for the time. I also wanted to not to stick to historic 100% as well that just ain't my cup of tea (Or pint of Guinness).

Anyway hunting for my unloved projects I came across the perfect figure for a war loving Anglo-Bacon (Yup I found the Bacon joke).

The figure is a Ral Partha Tyrant Berserker, a rather nice figure If I do say so myself. Adds alittle fantasy touch to the setting :)

Orctober: Half-Orc Khornate Cult Part 2

Wooo I have finished my pledge for Orctober, a unit of 20 Scabbies or Half-Orcs. You can view Part 1 HERE if you haven't already so check that out then come back and enjoy.

Half Orc unit complete.

Chico's Top Ten Miniatures: Part 1

Image stolen from axiom

Now I'm jumping on the Top 10 miniature Blog post band wagon started by Magpie and Old Lead. Which he himself ''borrowed'' from a FB post :D

It's not really a surpise that while I love old Citadel a large % of my list will be Alternative Companies.

In no real order:

Oldhammer Goblin

The Oldhammer Goblin by the master Himself, this will be pride of my Greenskins

Hasslefree Kalee

Whats not to love about this figure? Boobs and Malal...Oh dear sticky undies!

Heartbreaker Hobbies & Games

So a discussion popped up on the Oldhammer Facebook Group about love for other companies and as OoaB readers known I love my old lead alternatives and have done a few articles about other companies.

Seen here:

Ral Partha Europe
Grenadier Models UK
Asgard Miniatures

And the subject changed to how now RPE sell some of the Kev Adams Heartbreaker range and it got me thinking.. Do I need a Orc army and yet another project? Well short answer is Yes, long answer is Hell Yes!

HHG's Orc Shaman by Kev Adams

Ral Partha Europe

Ral Parthe Europe was established in 2000 to manufacture and supply classic Battletech and Ral Partha Fantasy miniatures to mail order and trade customers throughout Europe and the Commonwealth.

They relocated in 2010 to our new, larger factory premises and shortly after relaunched our mail order service as RPE Miniatures & Games (it's easier to type!). They have  since added new ranges such as 'DSA- Das Schwarze Auge' and recently acquired 'Demonworld 15mm'

Nearly all the miniatures listed on this site are in production and manufactured  in Liverpool by the lumbering cave Trolls that are Martyn and Paul.

Now I have to admit until today I never really have a great look at the RPE site except for a brief look for Goblin Aid awhile back preferring to use suppliers which sold Ral Partha products such as Second City Games.

But today I spent a nice hour or so going though everything and there are some real golden products to be found.

Sadrak Whassoi Orc Marshall