Hobbits In Space

Ages ago (perhaps not all that long ago really, but it seems it) I got a sprue of four Wargames Atlantic not-Ratlings off the front of, I think, Miniature Wargames. I didn't really know what to do with them but they will go nicely in the group of stuff I'm painting for C. I decided to do them in browns, and make them look like some kind of corporate security team. Farmer Maggot Foods PLC or something. I also cranked out an old 3rd Edition Obliterator, which I did up as an Iron Warrior sort. Hopefully it'll make a scary antagonist in Five Parsecs From Home or similar.

A little group of ummm hobbit security? Local shirrifs in a space colony, perhaps

Such a simple scheme - browns and khakis! These are absolutely just a very basic tabletop finish but they look good regardless

Obliterator! The left arm is from a very old late 1990s plastic Chaos Warrior, as the original was long since lost - I got the original figure and its one arm from a school friend back in about 2001!

Arm o' missiles!

I don't mind doing hazard stripes on the odd mini, but doing them on a whole army - absolutely not

They do look good though, I won't deny that

With them done I really should get back to that commission and the Space Wolves...!

Painting Points: 
Today: 5
This Week: 12
2025: 338

Back To The Old World

Last year I painted up some Wargames Atlantic Ogres as mercenary Imperial Ogres for my Grand Army of Wissenland. The box came with enough parts to make nine models, so I turned one into a Mordheim Ogre, put five together as the main mercenary unit for the Grand Army, and then - because I could - put the last three together as Leadbelchers (as they're known as in the Ogre Kingdoms) with small cannons as Ogre-sized "muskets". They fit into 6th Edition as Dogs of War Rare choices, or into The Old World as Imperial Ogres with light cannons. This morning they were undercoated, and, after another essentially full day of painting they are now done:

I copied their clothing quite closely from reasonably contemporary engravings

You get a better idea of how colourful they are from the back

Landsknecht types are always fun to paint because they're so bright and colourful, but it's important to try to tie things together by doing things like making sure all their leatherwork is the same colour, or, as here, the wooden furniture on their hand cannons is the same. The champion's morion helmet helps to make him stand out a bit as does the red bit on his feather.

With them done, I'm not totally sure where to go next. I have a bunch of Heresy Miniatures SF to do, so I might make a start on them. Or I might try and get the Tomb Kings' Casket of Souls sorted, although I confess to being a little intimidated by it! Or I might just rummage in the Pile of Opportunity and see what takes my fancy.

Painting Points:
Today: 3
This Week: 22
2025: 22

The Witching Hour Approaches...

 It's nearly midnight where I am and sadly I have not yet finished the Night Goblin mob I'm working on. I have got them to the point where all I need to do is highlight the skin, dot the eyes with red, and paint the teeth on their faces (and shields), plus a few details on the standard bearer - mushrooms, mostly.

Then, of course, base the wee buggers. I've been using third party 20x20mm slottabases bought from the cursed Amazon, as Games Workshop no longer makes the 20mm squares what with The Old World moving to 25mm as its 'standard' base size. The downside of this is that every single base has a bloody great hole in it that needs filling, so at some point tomorrow I'm going to be shoving blu-tac into 40 bases to fill the slotta-bit. Ho hum.

Anyway, once they're done, that's the army complete to a Stillmanite standard of 1,995 points (I can't find anything worth 5 points to add)! which is close enough to 2,000 points for Warhammer work. In theory I could bulk the army up a bit by making some conversions and adding in some war machines and spider riders, but I think I'll leave that madness for another day. 

More likely my next thing will be to finish up my This Quar's War starter set by painting the Royalist squad that comes in the box. I've done the Crusaders - some bad photos follow:

A squad of Crusaders - at rear, the Yawdryl (roughly equivalent to a Sergeant). In front are three three-quar sections, each with two Bogen semi-automatic rifles and one Rhyshi automatic rifle. The Quar on the left is the Milwer (roughly a Corporal), commanding A Section. 

Showing off some details at the rear and sides.

These were quite quickly painted with flat colours, a wash, and a single layer highlight, giving a quite dull and dirty finish - suitable for a more grounded, realistic approach to, er, dieselpunk anteater space soldiers.

I did these a while ago, so I'm not going to count them for Painting Points - I'm going to start from 0.

Anyway, tomorrow approaches at speed so I'm off to have a midnight snack and go to bed.