The Herd so far.

Here are a few photos of my 15mm Herd Army so far. They have a regiment of Longhorns, and a unit of Centaur archers which can be used as two smaller units. There is also a unit of Minotaurs, a Brutox and a couple of command figures. I have just 'made' a totem bearer from a spare longhorn figure, drilling his hand to take a spear to which I have added a spartan shield and helmet-but does this mean they are allies or enemies of the Spartans?

Terrain Crate on the Horizon

Another 'non post' while I try and find the inspiration to actually finish anything.
(It's a bit lacking at the moment, and when I try and paint, I invariably end up unhappy with the result).

Terrain Crate is almost here.  Apparently it arrives in the Mantic warehouse later this week and is due to be dispatched within a week. I suppose the nature of the product, pre packaged boxes, means that there should be little chance of packing errors, and that the individual orders will be easy to sort.

I'm looking forward to the terrain crate stuff, I love using 3D furnishings in D&D etc, and this promises to be good.

I suppose that means more painting...

Ah well.

An Angry Kickstarter

Just a quick mention of another kickstarter, but a little bit different.

When I'm not painting or modelling I am a GM, mostly for Dungeons and Dragons.  I have found the Angry GM to be a font of help and inspiration, and he is now publishing a book of very useful advice for DMs.  It is being kickstarted here.

Whilst his angry persona might not be to everyone's taste (I rather like it), he still has some very helpful and insightful things to say, and his advice on how to run a 'less worse' game is top notch.

Anyway, take a look at the project and his blog if you do (or plan to do) any GMing at all.  The video on the kickstarter page is worth a look in any case.

I'm Back

Bet you never missed me.

I've spent a few days on the North Yorkshire coast, well away from gaming, playing some of the most sublime music ever written.

Back and invigorated (apart from a stinking cold) and I should have something to show off, just as soon as I get some more grass tufts.

More Hobgoblins

Just a quick post to show some more Reaper Bones Hobgoblins.  I have just finished four more of the basic trooper types.

Two are pretty much the same as the ones I painted here, but the two above have had their weapons swapped.  This was pretty easy to do, 'Bonsium' cuts easily, and glues with superglue.  If I were being more meticulous about it I would have done something about the scabbard, shields and quivers on the back; as it is, the female has a second small shield on her back, and the male has a second bow.  For ordinary grunts this doesn't bother me too much, but next time I might try and fix it somehow.

So now I have eight finished hobgoblins, two leader types and six grunts.  That will do for now (I think 6 is the maximum I need for the Lost Mine starter set adventure), but I'll come back to them when I next dive into my big box of unpainted Bones.  It would be nice to have at least one 'wizardy' type, I might convert one of the spare leaders, or have a look at what I have left over from the WotC D&D prepaints.

Scythian Cavalry part 5

At last, I've finished the minis I need for a Clash force for our small scale KoWH variant.  Here's the last troop, actually the second half of the cavalry regiment, and the hero who leads the force.

This troop can be fielded as a Troop, but the intention is to place it behind the troop I did here to make the mandatory regiment for a Clash force.  I only used four minis here, I wanted to easily differentiate between the different cavalry units, since the Scythians will have quite a few different types.  So heavy cavalry have five minis to a troop base, cavalry have four and light cavalry and horse archers have three.  (I based up the first cavalry base before deciding this).

The Scythian leader.  For Clash games he is the standard Hero with a mount, but in larger battles I can upgrade him.

I have a couple more units ready to varnish and base up, but this is the minimum I need to play, and it will form the core of my larger KoWH Scythian army.  Its going to appear on the table top as a Varangur force in KoW as well.

All the minis in this army so far are by Falcon Figures UK (which is now US based).  I really liked them when I got them, over 20 years ago.  I guess they don't stand up that well today, compare them with the War and Empire Forged in Battle minis or Xyston for instance; and what is it with the tiny horse heads on some of the minis?  Still, they have a certain charm, and certainly a great variety of pose and equipment.