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."

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. 

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

Horned Society Plar Rostal and Banner Bearer

Here's some progress I've made in my Greyhawk in 15mm.  Sorry for the blurry pictures but I just wanted to get some quick images.   By the way, the Bannerman is a Rebel Minis Barbarian Bannerman with a bit of procreate sculpted on to create the flag. 

Grey Hawk Wars 15mm

I recently started a new project.  After letting my Hyborian stuff fall by the wayside I started another daunting task, creating the armies of Greyhawk.

I decided to start off with The Horned Society.  I just find them mysterious and interesting.  This particular miniature is supposed to be Plar Rostal the cavalry leader of The Horned Society.  There's no description of him that I can find so I'll have to use my imagination.  I figured if Warduke is a Heirarch of The Horned Society then maybe Plar Rostal would also have similar arms and armor.

The main body is a Museum Miniatures English Mounted Man at Arms and I just did a head swap with a Black Hat (Gladiator) Renaissance Italian swordsman.  I added some Pro Create for the cape, fur lining and horns.  I'm pretty happy with the results and we'll see how well it paints up.

Chaos Wars first edition box set

I bought a second hand copy of Ral Partha's Chaos Wars about twelve years ago.  Since then I had the opportunity to do some artwork for their re-release of the new Chaos Wars game.  I'm pretty excited for it's release!  Here are some pics of the original game minus the figures.  I have them but only one is painted, I'll post all four later when I finish them some day.



This is the front and back of the box.  It got a bit flattened but over all it's still in great shape!

This is the the front cover of the folder, and the inside of the folder.

This is the Chaos Wars Rule Book along with the Press Gang Scenario Booklet.

An Easy Reference Chart, the box actually includes two of these.  And an Army Roster which is easily photocopied.

An official Ral Partha Painting instruction book!  I find this really interesting and a fun addition!

And a Quartermaster Coupon!  I wonder if it's still valid?

Just a great box set and a simple set of rules for any wargamer or wargame novice!

I'm A Winner

At least this one time.  I won a drawing over at Arjun Choong's great blog "Cor Blog Me".  All Ancient Wargaming, which is my favorite subject.  I've seen these books at game stores in the past but haven't read through them.  I hope to post reviews on each one later on.  Thanks a lot to Arjun, I hope to put them to good use.

Garrison Miniatures

Garrison miniatures produced a nice brand of Sword and Sorcery miniatures that fit well into the Hyborian world.  Unfortunately they closed up shop before I could put in an order with them, now I wish I had discovered them sooner, I'd love to create some Hyborian armies using mostly Garrison.  Oh, well that's the way it goes.  Here are a couple of figures from their website the first one would fit in well as a Black Dragon knight, the second is a great Gunderman Pikeman and the last are Teutonic Knights that fit very well as Nemedian knights.

  

Speaking of Garrison miniatures here is a wonderful blog that showcases the Garrison minis Beneath His Sandaled Feet.   I hope he gets back to blogging soon because his minis are fantastic!  

Orc Warband Leader

This is one of Splintered Light Miniatures 15mm orc personality.  I'm using this one for a warband I'm painting up.  I'd love to do Warhammer or Mordheim in 15mm!

Black Raven Size Comparisons

I know some people in the past have asked about various miniature lines size comparison.  I'm just doing my part in making it a little more clear.

On the left is a stand of Splintered Light Dwarves, from the "Splintered Lands" line of miniatures.  As you can see they're a bit big and would probably fit better with true 25mm.  Still great miniatures in their own right!.  

The middle is a stand of Black Raven Foundry's Wraiths and on the right are Splintered Light's orcs.  The orcs are the "Heavy Hitters" and one command figure.  These are actually a bit larger than the rank and file orcs.

The left side is a stand of Splintered Light's Arthuran Wolftail warriors and on the right is an Arthurian Warlord.

The figure on the right is an old plastic 1/72 (I think Airfix) barbarian.  I really think the classic 1/72 range which run from 20mm - 24mm are the best size fit for the Black Raven Miniatures.

Hope this helps anyone look at any of these ranges.

Splintered Light Minis Arthurians

The single figure is my "Arthur" command stand.  I love the dramatic pose and think he looks the part.
Here's a stand of Splintered Light Miniatures Romano British.  The big guy in the middle with the green cloak is Derfel Cadarn leading his Wolf Tail warriors, sporting the "Star of Powys" on their shields.  I mounted this on 60mm x 30mm to use with Dux Bellorum.

In my opinion Splintered Light has the best 15mm line of Arthurian miniatures on the market!