With the addition of my version of Gimbrin Finehelm, I've got sufficient dwarves, so next up are the residents of Bogels Farm.
Let me introduce you to Ma (Lorabeth) and Pa (Hunk) Bogel. John-Boy, their eldest, young Willy and Corabell, their daughter. Also present at the farm are Samgaff the halfling farm hand and Fritzy the dog.
Now there are official miniatures for all these, or at least there were specific minis included in the mail order deal. I suspect that in some cases they were clearing out excess stock as the mini often doesn't fit the description of the character.
I'm not trying to match these exactly, I'll just look for something that feels appropriate. And if it comes in useful for Orc's Drift, all the better.
Combing through my Oldhammer minis I found sufficient for all the Bogels.
Ma Bogel is a mini from the Gothic Horror range. Lost Minis Wiki names her ''Old Woman", but she's labelled 'Peasant' on the tab. She's another Trish Carden mini, so fits in nicely with the rest of the Bogels. Her hair style isn't Medieval, but she'll do. I like her bunch of keys, I can see her as the housekeeper of a country house in a Gothic Horror game.
Pa Bogel is a C46 (NPC 09) Militia man. With his hefty club I can see him as a pioneer farmer, ready to defend his family from anything. I actually prefer this mini to the recommended one, xxx who also runs the store in Linden Way.
But I had a problem. My mini was missing his feet! Somewhere I've probably got a slotta base with a pair of feet attached, but it seemed easier to make new ones. I drilled into each leg, starting with a very thin bit for a pilot hole. He was then glued into place and the feet sculpted on out of a greenstuff/miliput mix.
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| Pa Bogel footloose |
John-Boy and Willy
John Boy is the C46 (85-17) Traveller. I'd have preferred the recommended Herdsman mini, but not enough to pay the eBay asking price. The Traveller is also used as the Stable Lad at Linden Way, so he's a mini painted for Orc's Drift as well (in fact I plan to use a couple of the others too, more on that when I get back to the Orc's Drift project).
Willy is the actual recommended mini, C46 (85-21) Male Villager. I've had him in my collection for years.
For Corabell I'm using this Witch (can't find her on Lost Minis, its particularly buggy at the moment*), mostly because my other female Oldhammer minis are even less appropriate. She does have a sort of coquettish look, which I suppose works, if you ignore the wand hidden behind her back. I painted her in dark blue as the mini is, after all, a witch and I wanted her dressed in dark clothing, if not actually wearing midnight.
Samgaff and Fritzy
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| Halfling and Hound - sounds like a pub |
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| Who's fiercest? |
Samgaff is C11 (3C 01) - Hog. These halfings are nice minis with lots of character, and it's good to get some paint on him finally. Unfortunately he had a flattened nose, either the result of being bashed around in a bag of minis for decades or a punch in the face. A small blob of the putty mix makes an acceptable bit of rhinoplasty, though I have rather overshadowed his mouth.
In the scenario, Samgaff has a cowbell tied around his neck, presumably the mini does too. Hog doesn't but at least he's got a bell on his shield.
Fritzy is one of the Citadel Advanced Dungeons And Dragons Blink Dogs. I've already painted one when I was experimenting with Hobhounds, but I've got several, and I thought it would be fun to paint another. It's not the model included in the TotL mail order deal, but certainly one of his litter mates**.
Painting Choices
Painting was pretty straightforward for all the minis. I took a bit more time to shade and highlight rather than relying just on 'Marine Juice'.
I didn't slavishly copy the card counters (only one is the exact mini after all) but I certainly had them in mind and tried to reference them where possible.
I avoided a bright red, as that's not an easy colour to do with natural dyes, at least with any degree of permanence. It tends to fade, which I hope I've shown here.
Well that's seven more minis painted. I've a fondness for the Trish Carden Villagers series and I regret selling off so many of them in the past. I know I sold Corabeth and probably Ma as well.
Still, what I have is nice, and will certainly do for the scenario, and some of them will appear at Linden Way as well.
What's Next?
Well I'm not planning on diving into painting up the forces for the Defence of Frugelhofen (20 archers, 20 spears, 5 heroes, Krell, Kemmler, 20 skeletons and 10 zombies). I do have the minis for most of this though, so I'll get on to them before long. Who knows, they might be my 'Paint What You Got' entry for next year.
I'd like to get the two games played soon though, and to that end I've started making the buildings for Bogel's Farm. There's a few more bits of terrain needed for both games, most of which will come in useful for future stuff as well.
Putting the Defenders of Frugelhofen on one side for now, I'm already part way through another (smaller) batch of undead. While most of them will have a place attacking the village, some of them are for a project that Bodvoc has suggested. More on this later.
And I've also been looking through my small collection of Skaven...
*Checking Oldenhammer in Toronto again I realised she's the C 18 (43) Sorceress, also used as the character Etelka Herzen in the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay scenario "Death on the Reik".
**Just yesterday I found the actual recommended mini for Fritzy. Of course he's now having a nap in Dettol and will eventually replace the painted mini above.
No rush though, I've plenty else to paint.
It will be nice to have two of the official minis, and I might be able to bump this up to three by the time I've got the defenders of Frugelhofen done.
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