Painting in September

 A mixed bag this month, concentrating on wading through my 28mm Fantasy pile.

First up a few more models from the Wildspire Realm Reforged set.

A large crocodile. Lots of uses there, from fantsy to VSF and Pulp gaming.

This big guy had been sitting on the painting table, just undercoated for a while, then we went to see The Odyssy at the cinema and it just had to be done.

Then rest of the pack of Deep Ones to join the lonely gribbly I painted up in August.

 Some 3d printed terrain. I bought a set online "Moonwell Shrine". Unfortunately Evri, displaying their their usual level of care, managed to break the main piece by using the box as a football. Or at least that's what the box looked like when I received it! The vendor was quick to send me a replacement item, no no loss there.

I decided to see what I could do with the damaged piece first, using tufts and vegetation to hide the damaged areas and turn it into a woodland pond or sacred well.

I also painted up the separate standing stones that came with the set.

A bunch of guards for an upcoming Sellswords and Spellslingers campaign, inspired by Guards of Traitor's Toll.

A single gnoll (Alternative Armies Dogman). This was one of a set of four, but the casting's sword broke off in transit. I painted his companions back in January, so I thought I'd better get on with him. I found a suitable plastic axe and drilled his hand out to fit, so he might get on the table sometime soon.

On a different tack, I have recently been introduced to Void Admiral, an excellent (and simple) set of star ship combat rules. Sadly I'd disposed of my GZG and Kallistra fleets some years back, but I managed to pick up some painted models on Ebay. Mostly Kallistra, with a few 3d prints and two metal ships I didn't recognise. These two were just undercoated, so I quickly did them up with some acrylic pens.

I also managed to make a start on the Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court boxed set I picked up on a bit of a whim. I'm still not sure what I will end up using these for (Sellswords & Spellslingers, VSF, Fantasy renaissance?) but I didn't want these to be another project lost and unpainted in the Cupboard of Shame.

Firstly 3 Sycophants, dog-sized insects with long snouts/stingers (to my mind that have a hint of the old D&D stirges about them). Presumably these are responsible for introducing and spreading the mutating disease within the Crimson Court.

A group shot of what I've painted so far. From the left  Manservant, Esquire, Gatekeeper, Courtesan and Chevalier. I'll probably do a separate post on these later on, once I get some more painted.

Painting in August

I didn't think I would get much painting done in the hot weather (paint often drying before I could use it!). But in the end I did get a few minis painted, considering  the heat, which was nice!

Looking for other "different" units for our upcoming Iron Valley Midgard campaign, I can have goat riders in my Dwarf army. I don't have any minis for these, but I did have a few of the old Grenadier Fantasy warriors Dwarf bear riders. I picked up a couple of extras from Forlorn Hope (who still carry quite a lot of the range in the UK) and gave them a quick paint job with Speedpaints and acrylic paint pens. I don't suppose it really matters in the rules whether the dwarven mounts bite the orcs, or gore them, they are dead either way!

I have been asked about the size of the Dwarf rangers that I posted last month (also Grenadier sculpts). Here's a photo with some of my other dwarves.

L-R 2 x Colin Patten sculpts (Vendal or Conqueror), Grenadier, Asgard (Jez Goodwin sculpt), Grenadier, Mythic Worlds (originally Lancashire Games, them ERM) and Games Workshop Middle Earth (one of only 2 GW dwarves in my collection!).I don't have any of Colin Patten's newer Ragnarok Miniatures, but I think they would match the Vendal/Conqueror models for size.

A Reaper Bones Nagengra/snakeman champion.

Getting back to the Wildspire Realm Reforged set, another giant snake.

A couple more for my urban games, an apothecary and a female bandit.

A Deep One type-thingy to crawl out of the sewers and a hobgoblin mercenary.

Painting in July

 July has been a much more productive month, allowing be to get through a bunch of fantasy miniatures, mostly from the Wildspire Realm Reforged set.

First off a batch for a dungeon/urban setting. I'm putting a lot of my fantasy stuff on grey bases, especially if I do not have a specific use for them, on the basis that a grey base in an outdoor setting is less jarring than grass tufts and flowers in a dungeon!

These next ones are really bystanders for urban settings, the children would be quite out of place in a dungeon and the dwarf drummer is bound to attract unwanted attention!

I also pained up a bunch of creatures, mostly suitable for a woodland environment, again all Wildspire except for the mountain lion, which is a repainted D&D plastic mini.

I recently got the Midgard mini-campaign "The Iron Valley" and realised I could use a unit of bears, so I painted the rest of the batch.

A unit of Treemen, these are very old figures (1990s?) from the USA, a company called Fortress Figures.

Some old Grenadier minis, from the Fantasy Warriors range, Dwarven rangers (I think these are Nick Lund sculpts). They will also find use in our "The Iron Valley" campaign.

A couple of last minute bits that I've just finished in time.

A female Dwrarf fighter from the Wildspire set. She will be Prinzessin Adalheid in our upcoming "The Iron Valley" campaign.

And some terrain for a change, a pack of Stratified Rocks, 3d prints from Headbunny. I was tempted to pretty these up with some vegetation growing out of cracks and some tufts tucked into corners. But it occurred to me that to do so would restrict their potential use. As it is, they would fit in almost anywhere, the moors of  Middle Earth (or equally Northern Britain or the West Country), deserts, the snowy wastes of Jotunheim or even on the bottom of the sea! 

Painting in June

 I feel like I've been busy in June, but not much painting to show for it. But I did get quite a lot of rebasing done, which took up a lot of the time.

I finally finished the grand rebasing of my 28mm Late Roman and Foes collection, with some Frankish cavalry.

And some Roman horse archers. I painted up the last 3 miniatures for these that had been festering in the PILE OF SHAME since I bought them over a decade ago!

I also re-based and touched up a load of 12mm plastics for my GNW winter campaign, these are the Russians and...

...these are the Swedes. I have a load more infantry done for both sides, but I will need to paint some more cavalry.

Proper painting now, a Sasquatch which is a repainted Heroclix model.

A Deathgrasp, from the Zombicide Undead or Alive set.

The Plymouth Hound, from the same set.

Painting for March to May

Just keeping abreast of my painting so far this year, March was quite productive  but things ground to a halt after that. Not due to lack of interest, but rather lack of time, two trips abroad in April and a week in Devon at the beginning of May didn't leave me a lot of painting opportunities!

A pair of barbarians from the Wildspire set.

A pair of lizardmen from the same set.

Also from Wildspire, a group of dwarves.

Then various sci-fi scatter pieces, from a batch of 3d prints I picked up. All ready for Scrapjacks.

 Then a return to Jotunheim in May

A resin armoured bear from TT Combat's Max Mini range. This is a test paint for a unit for Midgard.

Happy with that, I've now finished the unit.

A Yeti/Snow Demon, another from the Wildspire set.

A Frost Giant from the Wildspire set.

A Ghost Warg, I'm not sure how to class this yet, an undead/spirit creature or just a large beastie. The model is a 3d print Dire Wolf from Headbunny Games.

From warmer climes.....

...a flying beastie, again a 3d print from Headbunny Games. I'll probably use this as a stand-in for an Orphidian in my Chronopia Stygian army.