Medieval Retinue

Chaos Mutants

Finally been getting around to painting some of the Chaos Army mutants from Eureka miniatures.
These are both really fun and really fast to do!

These guys are destined for a chaos warband for Open Combat, but will of course very likely see use elsewhere too.

Mercenaries

Just a quick update, since its been quite a while. Im (of course) back to working on medieval fantasy again. These guys are meant for a scenario, posing as mercenaries/assassins.
More about that later

The miniatures are from Claymore Castings and a frostgrave cultist with a head from a frostgrave soldier.
I really like the Claymore Castings miniatures. Theire very expressive and characterful sculpts, with well-defined details. Makes them a joy to paint, really. It helps, of course, that I am a huge sucker for the look of the period covered.

Song of Gods and Glory - Part II: Plaguelings and Retinue tables.

Moving on, the next element of Pestifex' retinue. I managed to roll up a whopping 4 Plaguelings: Small and mischievous demon-children of the Plague-Father.

Orcs'n'Goblins

 Preparing for an experiment into a homebrew "big battle" SoBH in a couple of weeks, I've added to my greenskin forces, making this small warband.

They'll form one of 3 subdivisions in the overall force.

As 'ard as dey get, at least according to Torkborg himself. A claim he backs up with a bloody big mace.

Maraudin'

In a barren pass, a warband of chaos fights its way through an orc ambush.

I am slowly working away at a proper chaos retinue, inspired ye' olde Path of Glory. Its a theme I find myself returning to continously. Warbands of crazed followers of dark gods, mutated with barely understood eldritch magic running trough their veins and battling for a faint chance of eternal glory, their ultimate fate most likely being madness... that's some cool imagery, and quite fertile grounds for modelling projects. 

Orc Chief

.... aaaaand I am back to painting fantasy. In preparation for a project I am working on, I've started painting up some more fantasy models. This orc is a cheap one from CP Models that I've had for a long while. Not a super impressive sculpt, but I like it. It has something of a simple charm about it.

I've been experimenting with under-painting using matt medium, very much inspired by the style of Delaney King (and a couple others). The orc took me an hour from black base coat to finish, which is a time I am very happy with, considering the result.

Sniper

Kaya works as part of a specialist Insurgence Team of the Civilian Security Corps, Civsec, classed with the investigation and neutralisation of criminals beyond the scope of the street officers. Their work often brings them into heated conflicts with the various gangs of the Low Security Sectors, and thus the teams are chosen and trained as regular soldiers. Apprehension is not always an option, or even financially desirable, and a Civsec Insertion Team will not hesitate to use lethal force if necessary.
Lately, Kaya and her team has been investigating the heightened trade of illegal body-augs, and unauthorized cult-like rituals and activities in concurrence with this.

Kaya is sharp of mind and eye. A Sharpshooter of the highest calibre, though years of service has left her personality a bit grim. She is wholly committed to her job, and has even had certain augs of her own, improving on both her physical and mental abilities.

There's a bit more of a ramble about the painting of the mini over on LAF

The Challenge

So, for the next month, I want to do a challenge.
I took a look at my table, and I saw too much of this:

Fightin' Fungi

So my kickstarter pledge finally arrived. Being a great fan of Song of Baldes and Heroes, I of course just had to back Ganesha Games kickstarter for Fightin' Fungi. And also because the miniatures were such nice oddities.

Anyways - I quickly set about painting them up, and this is what I have got so far:

Bits and bobs

 I needed a break with the Frostgrave stuff, so I broke out som eof my 25mm Fantasy again. It's always nice to paint a knight, especially when its one of the lovely ex-citadel ones from foundry.

A Crossbowman

Another guy finished for my Frostgrave warband. This guy didn't turn out quite as good at the first one, but I am still decently happy with him. This guy is more straigth out of the box, with the only addition being a sword from another kit.

Frostgrave-things!

This arrived today: 

  It's been quite a bit of time since I got such a large box of goodies, so I was quite excited to get stuck in.

Something different - The Back-End Blasters

I'll admit that I am mostly a fantasy sort of guy, but occasionally, I get hit with urges to do other stuff. To that end, I have, over the years, accumulated a pile of *other* stuff, that's mostly unpainted.
Well, it's one of those times. I've got a hankering for some small-scale scifi or cyberpunk skirmish gaming, and thus have fished out a couple of minis to paint up.
Meet the Back-End Blasters:

Fire Elemental

Just gonna do a quick cross-over post from my lead-adventure blog, since I want to show off a just completed miniature:

A dwarf fighter desperately tries to stop the Fiery Harbinger before it immolates the entire village.

I quite like the miniature - very elegant and simple, if a little bit silly (Fire with a perfect bum -  cheesecake). It is a cool, and archetypical, design, though. I like the rising dynamic of the pose, and the slender shape contrasted by the huge wings. Good stuff.

I loosely followed this tutorial in the painting, though it didnt quite turn out as well as I had hoped (mostly due to me not having the patience to properly blend stuff).

I haven't flocked the base yet, as the varnish is still drying.

Cheers! And thanks for reading.
~Affun

Painted New Lead

Just a quick post to show off some of the dwarves, painted. So far, I've got these two fighters/shieldwallers done. Great miniatures to paint. I've tried to go with a less uniformed look than I usually do, Only keeping a common red between the miniatures, to tie them together. So far, I think it works pretty well. 

Dwarven Fighters driving a tribe of lesser goblins away from an important mountain road.

New Lead

Just got a pile of stuff from the mailman: Alternative Armies relaunch of some old dwarves! As well as some of their Asgaard Barbarians.

Good stuff - Looking forward to painting them. These are some characterful chunks of lead. My only annoyance is the variance in miniature size: The Blunderbuss dwarves are quite noticably chunkier than the rest.