New Year, New Projects - Targets

2011 has heralded a new painting project - which I'm fired up about - mostly because the minis look pretty damn good even unpainted.



I dislike Warhammer and its restrictive army lists and codices and thanks to Sir Larkins (again) for bringing Armies of Arcana to my attention.

I also quite like to use other manufacturers minis in my armies.........



So gibbering, staggering and drooling on the sidelines are:



1 unit of GW Grave Guard (I like these that much I might get another box) - plan to put together this week

1 lot of GW Ghouls - in box

Stackloads of skeletons - severely lacking in archers though (recommendations welcomed) of which

5 painted thus far - a mere 33 to assemble........

A corpse cart (above) - I like this as well but it might bit of overkill if I got two!



Zombies...........Brains..........20 in box

Black Knights with Wight King (who I've decided is the Big Boss) - six of thus far- mostly painted

Necromancer on Undead Troll (to go with the corpse cart and zombies, naturally)

New Year, New Project

I've been a bit remiss on the RPG posting front it has to be said, for the simple reason I've not really got anything to say that hasnt been bandied round the "echo chamber" before, coupled with I've not participated/DM'd a D&D style RPG for coming up to two years (I think!)

I'm playing in an excellent PbEM Call of Cthulhu game and that has more than satisfied my RPG cravings over the last six months which has led to me focussing on what might now be termed my "primary hobby" - the collection and painting of the "little men"

2011 means I'm going to start another wargame army, having got to saturation point with the several I've already got.

Dark Elves - on the backburner again - having batch painted two units of spear and crossbow men and ladies (Dark Elves are equal opps employers it seems) in a month, I cant face the Cold One Knights and Corsairs for a while
Still have a couple of character figures on the painting table,suffering as I do from too many Chiefs and not enough Indians syndrome.

Kroot: I've got as far as I can with them without engaging in quite a lot more converting - and need to test them in a wargame to see if they can pound my mates orky horde............and then eat them on skewers afterwards B-)

Inquisition: Sitting in their box

Space Marines: Back burner way behind the Dark Elves

Assorted Scifi Mercenary Scum - need to make my mind up what I'm doing with them, whether to go more mechanised or not in the sense APCs etc

Soooo.......I surprised even myself and went for Vampire Counts/Undead ............not really sure if this is a by blow of playing Call of Cthulhu by email for the last six months or so, going for something "darker".............and they are very "cool" figures as the chaps in blue polo shirts would say.......

Today I've spent all afternoon assembling some Wight Cavalry on skeletal steeds (and they look brilliant even unpainted)

Work in Progress

Is these guys I got the other day on Ebay.......Scibor Miniatures resin Scifi Ogres/Ogryns....

They make the GW one look quite puny in comparison - and I've got a few (!)

They've all had other bits stuck on them since I got them and are still at the early stages yet - thus far I'm pleased with them B-)

Behold the Battlewagon!

Heres a Battlewagon (Right) I'm intending having my Ogryns ride round in.
I've tried to de-orkify it with Guard bitz and weapons

Got through about a pint of washes and Foundation paints to get the weathering right ....

I think the hardest decision was where to put the flippin' main weapon turret!