Lemmy!

Here's one of the Ral Partha Ogres I finished up.  I decided to go full Lemmy on him by sculpting long hairs as well as the stache. I think I'm going to revisit using my ideas from my "Black Lands of Sab'Bath" campaign setting; using a rock'n roll themed fantasy setting for Chaos Wars.

Lemmy is one of three ogre brothers (Fast Eddie and Philthy) who serve in the orc warlord "Snaggletooth" cavalry known as "Snaggletooth's Iron Fist".  I'm just going to have fun with this.
Note I made the grass more pronounced in the front of the base and gradually dying towards the back.  I based this on an interview where Lemmy said "We want to be the band that if we moved next door to you, your lawn would die."

Chaos Wars Mounted Ogre Conversions

Iron Wind Metals/Ral Partha's Ogre Cavalry on Elephants

Iron Wind Metals recently mailed me some minis and among the figures in the box were these Ogres!  I love these figures but I felt they needed a bit of converting just to give them each their own look.

First I started with cutting off one of the ogres arms.  It took a bit of sawing and applying a lot of pressure with the exacto knife but it finally came off.

Then I drilled a hole in the arm and the shoulder with my pin-vise and added a small piece of metal rod in the shoulder hole and glued it.  

Then I inserted the rod into the arm hole and glued that.

I took a bit too much off of the shoulder so I had to sculpt a new shoulder using ProCreate Professional Sculptors Putty.

I decided to give this guy a "Lemmy Kilmister" mustache so I also sculpted some hair.  I may go back and add some layering later on but for now this is what I finished with.

On the second figure I decided to cut his arm off at the elbow.  I cut along the line of his arm guard this way it's easier to disguise where the cut was made.

This is after pinning and gluing the arm.  I had a bit more difficulty with just gluing this one so I added a little ball of the ProCreate on the pin and it held together better.

I decided to sculpt some long hair on this fella.

Back View

And here is the final results.  I like the way they came out and I think the conversions just gave them a little more personality.  I'm no sculpting virtuoso but I'm satisfied with it.

Superior Models Elf

I decided to touch up an old figure I've had since '84 or so.  I remember my brother buying this elf over at Royal Hobby in Rockford, IL.  We were both digging through a little miniatures bargain bin and he really liked this Superior Models elf from their Wizards and Lizards line.  I ended up picking out a few halflings and some goblins whose make still is a mystery today.  I may post those later some day.

Here's a barbarian that I can't remember the manufacturer who made it.  I think it was Lance and Laser but I'm not sure.  If anyone knows, let me know my memory on this one is a bit fuzzy.

And here's a size comparison shot with one of the Ral Partha Kickstarter miniatures.  They all seem pretty compatible.  The Ral Partha figure seems a bit smaller but his base was actually not quite as thick as the other two figures were. 

First Miniature Painted in 2016

This is an old Ral Partha (Iron Wind Metals) Knight I finished up today.  I'm pretty happy with the results!  I love the old War of the Roses or German Gothic style armor.  He'll make a great player character in the near future. 

3 Elves From The Ral Partha Kickstarter

First blog post of the year!  I just wanted to show off a few minis I painted from the new/old Ral Partha line!

Elf Swordsman with bow and quiver

I decided on a Macedonian style shield emblem.  I've always liked that design.

Elf Mage

Elf Champion with spear and shield

Chaos Wars Unboxing!

I wasted no time in basing them. There's an extra pack of archers and a chariot too.

I received a copy of the Ral Partha kickstarter packs this Christmas and I couldn't be more pleased!  I'm honored to have been a part of the illustration team and look forward to doing more work with Ral Partha.

The two box sets signed by the man himself, Tom Meier!

The figures are absolutely beautiful!  I love the old Tom Meier sculpts!  All in all I am really impressed and am diligently painting away and reading over the rules so I can do a demo game at my FLGS!

Books 1-3 plus the scenario book

Side by side the original book (left) and the new one (right). Can you spot the difference?

Elf Captain

Bring out your lead! Ral Partha Reaver Scout

 I've been doing some work for Ral Partha lately and I decided to dig in my old lead treasure chest and found this guy.  This is one of my favorites, he reminds me of the barbarian scout at the beginning of Conan the Barbarian.  He still has the same paintjob I gave him about 17 years ago.  I cleaned up a few dings here and there but it's still essential they original paint.

New Artwork

I did some artwork for Ral Partha's re-release of The Chaos Wars game.  I'm pretty excited about it and can't wait to get some of the classic miniatures!

Classic Minis Revisited - Viking (Wizards & Lizards)

This is one of my earliest miniatures that I bought as a kid.  I'm guessing around '83 or '84, the Viking is from Superior Models fantasy line "Wizards & Lizards".   Being a "Son of Thor" I've always been interested in Vikings and Norse mythology, so naturally I had to pick this up at my favorite FLGS at the time Royal Hobbies in Rockford, IL.   They are still in business by the way, they've been around for almost as long as I have been alive, which is awesome since a lot of the classic hobby and game stores have bit the dust.

This guy has gone through quite a few different paint jobs, and a few months ago I decided to strip it and give it one last paint job.  I'll be posting more classic repaints over the next few posts.

Conan The Wargame

I've decided to move my Conan Wargame posts over to this blog, considering the gaming nature of MR&RPG!

I'm considering Ral Partha's "Rules According To Ral: Chaos Wars" for my ruleset. It's pretty simple, stripped down and looks like a lot of fun. I wonder how it compares to "Iron Winds Of War" this is Iron Wind Metals (they own the rights to Ral Partha miniatures) rules? I bought this box set quite a few years ago but haven't had the chance to try it out. I think I'll give it a whirl!

I'll be blogging soon about miniatures for the Conan game, I've converted a couple of figures and painted a few too. I just need to get some pictures to go with it.

Till later!