Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Paging Dr. Moreau
A figure from Rackham's Confrontation line: "Nurbald the sculptor". I dare say he will make an appearance as a fiendish Dr. Moreau type in a dungeon crawler. All I need now is a sewer island, a lab and few suitable subjects for vivisection. Bwhaahaahhhaaaaaa. Sorry.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Grenadier now EM-4 plastic fantasy Orcs
This project has been picked up and put down on a few occasions and with time, I've found that some of my painting techniques have changed. When I started cleaning up and undercoating these very cheap Grenadier figures now sold by EM-4, I went with a dark grey gesso undercoat and a 2 tier "Dallimore/Foundry" base and highlight, followed by a wash. If I were starting from scratch, I would undercoat with brown spray, base coat only and then hit the model with a dip. The end result would be the same or thereabouts regardless of the method, but I've found my current technique to be the faster of the two.
Who's to say that I won't be painting in a completely different fashion in a year or two (house paint and pliers?)? This is one of the challenges of painting an army over a long period of time. Another would be remembering a painting recipe and even the availability of paint itself. I'm sure most of us have had a colour discontinued or a range dropped (ask GW customers about this..) usually sparking a run on "Tentacle Pink" or "Fistula Green"...
These chaps mostly have been painted with a grey gesso undercoat, single base colour followed by the dip and a dullcote. They frosted up after the dullcote but I fixed it by rubbing a little olive oil over the figures with a bit of old blister pack foam. I've yet to find the shields for the swordsmen (choppas?) but will post a little update when I've got that sorted out.
These figures have quite a history, being Grenadier's failed answer to Games Workshop's Warhammer starter box set plastics.
Fantasy Warriors by Grenadier was a game designed by the sculptor Nick Lund and released in 1990. According to Boardgamegeek, the box set contained the following:
On the whole, I'm keen to give the game a go as it is has a fairly exhaustive set of army lists for the genre (a barbarian list that isn't GW "Chaos" too!) and interesting rules that aren't too unfamiliar. It's a bit of a novelty and I've got a stack of the plastic Orcs and Dwarves from EM-4 and a box set from ebay.
A word of warning regarding the miniatures: There are mold lines galore and a big fat injection nub on the back that needs to be ignored, or clipped and filed down (I chose latter). A real prick to deal with as the plastic is particularly tough. They're super cheap though and easy enough to paint up.
Who's to say that I won't be painting in a completely different fashion in a year or two (house paint and pliers?)? This is one of the challenges of painting an army over a long period of time. Another would be remembering a painting recipe and even the availability of paint itself. I'm sure most of us have had a colour discontinued or a range dropped (ask GW customers about this..) usually sparking a run on "Tentacle Pink" or "Fistula Green"...
These chaps mostly have been painted with a grey gesso undercoat, single base colour followed by the dip and a dullcote. They frosted up after the dullcote but I fixed it by rubbing a little olive oil over the figures with a bit of old blister pack foam. I've yet to find the shields for the swordsmen (choppas?) but will post a little update when I've got that sorted out.
These figures have quite a history, being Grenadier's failed answer to Games Workshop's Warhammer starter box set plastics.
Fantasy Warriors by Grenadier was a game designed by the sculptor Nick Lund and released in 1990. According to Boardgamegeek, the box set contained the following:
- 102 Plastic Miniatures (Orcs and Dwarves)
- 51 Plastic Shields
- 5 Dice
- 150 Order Counters
- 56-page Rulebook
- Quick Reference Sheet
- A very flimsy box
On the whole, I'm keen to give the game a go as it is has a fairly exhaustive set of army lists for the genre (a barbarian list that isn't GW "Chaos" too!) and interesting rules that aren't too unfamiliar. It's a bit of a novelty and I've got a stack of the plastic Orcs and Dwarves from EM-4 and a box set from ebay.
A word of warning regarding the miniatures: There are mold lines galore and a big fat injection nub on the back that needs to be ignored, or clipped and filed down (I chose latter). A real prick to deal with as the plastic is particularly tough. They're super cheap though and easy enough to paint up.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Rackham Boy Band
These chaps were a bit of a bastard to put together but it is satisfying to have them done and in the glass cabinet waiting for the call for gun toting fantasy dandies...
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Space Ork Nobz
These chaps are from the 5th edition 40k boxed set, picked up cheaply on ebay. They were great fun to paint and I was able to try out a rust effect that looked ok after a good dipping. Recipe: Metal, stippled brown, then orange.
Space Orks with 'Eavy Weapons
Always a silent "H", am I right?
Here are some dipped Mantic Marauders (Orks) with (h)eavy weapons.
Here are some dipped Mantic Marauders (Orks) with (h)eavy weapons.
Space Ork Nob in Mega Armour
After an annus horribilis, I have returned to painting and blogging and the first cab off the rank is a fella that I painted earlier in the year but never got around to basing. 4 more to go!
I'll be fielding him in a 2nd Edition Warhammer 40,000 Space Orc force at some point. Why 2nd ed? Well, if I was being entirely honest, it would be for reasons of nostalgia. My first foray into 40k (having started with Epic Space Marine and Space Crusade) was very late in the Rogue Trader days. In fact, we never called it Rogue Trader, everyone knew the game as 40k. Before I knew it a new edition was out (some things never change) and with it, a big box of plastics and some wacky, yet well organised rules.
Since the days of 2nd, I've found that in an effort to simplify and speed up the game, a lot of the actual fun of playing has been lost. Everything seems to be "4+ to Hit, 4+ to Wound, 4+ to Save". Sort of just endlessly flipping a coin.
The pendulum seems to be swinging in the other direction for 6th edition but it is a little too late for me. Make mine 2nd!
I painted the Nob by my now usual technique of spraying brown, base coating, dipping and matt varnishing. In this case, I applied chips to the armour with Vallejo steel prior to the dip. I used a chestnut Dulux wood stain rather than Army Painter as my dip as I wanted a dirtier look.
I'll be fielding him in a 2nd Edition Warhammer 40,000 Space Orc force at some point. Why 2nd ed? Well, if I was being entirely honest, it would be for reasons of nostalgia. My first foray into 40k (having started with Epic Space Marine and Space Crusade) was very late in the Rogue Trader days. In fact, we never called it Rogue Trader, everyone knew the game as 40k. Before I knew it a new edition was out (some things never change) and with it, a big box of plastics and some wacky, yet well organised rules.
Since the days of 2nd, I've found that in an effort to simplify and speed up the game, a lot of the actual fun of playing has been lost. Everything seems to be "4+ to Hit, 4+ to Wound, 4+ to Save". Sort of just endlessly flipping a coin.
The pendulum seems to be swinging in the other direction for 6th edition but it is a little too late for me. Make mine 2nd!
I painted the Nob by my now usual technique of spraying brown, base coating, dipping and matt varnishing. In this case, I applied chips to the armour with Vallejo steel prior to the dip. I used a chestnut Dulux wood stain rather than Army Painter as my dip as I wanted a dirtier look.
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