Circle of Orboros

Hi all,

As promised, here are a few pics of my growing Circle of Orboros force for Hordes. I don't have that many minis completed yet but i'm chipping away at them gradually. First up is my Warlock, Baldur Stonecleaver. He is central to the 'Constructs' theme of the force because he is the guy that creates everything then holds them together. I have a pic of him on his own and then with a few Wold Stalkers (I havn't finished the whole unit yet)

I'm going with the wood and stone look with lots of mute browns and a deep blue. Simple but looks cool on the table. The next pic shows the first beast for my force - A Wold watcher. He is a light beast and so a little smaller than the Wold Guardian ive just picked up.

So just a few minis to share but hopefully more completed in the coming weeks. I'm waiting for the MKII rule book to be released so i can start gaming again. My buddy has trolls and they are great fun to play against - except when they keep making their tough rolls...

Ive had the terrain bug over the weekend and ive been painting some buildings and making some generic terrain tiles. Not a huge fan of making terrain but i get the urge every now and then. Hopefully i'l be able to post pics of games now that i have something at home to play games on.

cheers

Rob

Old West Pinkerton

Hi all,

Another Artizan mini today, this time from the old west range. Ive had this guy for ages, part of a pack of three. I completed the other two ages ago, i think there are pics on this blog? Very nice to paint, very simple and kinda sinister looking in his long coat. Should make an excellent addition to any ones old west collection.

Oh and guess what arrived today...

Really excited to make a start on this guy. Seeing him and some of the other new Hordes releases has really got me interested again and i cant wait to start rolling some dice.

I'm going to take some photos of some of my Circle of Orboros minis in the next few days, havnt got many completed but it will give you an idea of what i'm going for.

But enough of this - I've got a Wold Guardian to put together!

Cheers

Rob

Tau Pathfinder

Hi all,

Still waiting for my Wold Guardian to be delivered :(

But on the plus side I have another mini to share. This time something from GW - a Ltd edition 40k Tau Pathfinder. I really enjoyed painting this guy, made me realise how much I like the Tau range. Shame I don't like the game... The yellow was GW Foundation Tau sept Ochre, a very nice colour to work with and i used P3 Menoth White Highlight for the highlights.

I'm working on some more single minis for sale. Got some Artizan and Copplestone on the table so looking forward to sharing those. Other than that just working through commissions.

Cheers

Rob

Thrilling Tales Ali

Hi all,

Another productive week of painting ahead (i hope). I have another single mini to share today. Again, just something i painted on the side of other projects. A break from Darkest Africa though and he's from the Artizan Thrilling Tales range and his name is Ali. Im pleased with how the brown on the robes turned out, ive been struggling to find a good highlight for darker browns. I used P3 Battlefield Brown and added P3 Rucksack Tan for highlights. Seems to work better than bone colours being added? He will be up for sale eventually and i hope to have some more minis from Artizan painted soon.

Ive got some Foundry Darkest Africa minis for sale, drop me a mail if interested. Heres a reminder of the trio:

Hopefully they will go to a good home :)

Back to the brushes, working on commissions this week as well as more singles and hopefully my Hordes Wold Guardian when it turns up.

Cheers

Rob

DA Hunter

Hi all,

I have another Foundry DA mini to share. This time a hunter / explorer type character. Again, bags of character and great fun to paint. He is for sale so send me a mail if interested. Im still planning on painting single minis for sale, i have some artizan thrilling tales and old west up next and looking forward to it!

Im painting a few ltd edition GW models as a commission and i'm really enjoying them. One is a Tau fire warrior and its made me realise how much i enjoy painting Tau minis.

Me and my buddy went to see "Predators" at the movies on Thursday and i cant recommend it enough. Very Very cool. Naturally it left us frothing gaming ideas and weve started to think about using GW Inquisitor or Necromunda. Who knows if anything will come of it but its never a bad thing to froth!

Warmachine and Hordes are still some of my favourite games and we tend to game intensively for a few months and have a rest. I think i'm starting to get the urge to game intensively again. I have a HUGE menoth collection for warmachine and a small Circle of Orboros force for Hordes. My Circle force is based around "constructs" such as tree men and rock monsters and ive just ordered the latest warbeaast for circle and i cant wait to paint it - check this out (obv not my paint job and taken from the PP website)...

So hopefully i will be showing you my own Wold Guardian pretty soon :)

Cheers

Rob

DA Gentleman

Hi all,

Two posts in a week - what's going on! Like I said I'm trying to get back into the swing of things and its definitely working painting a few of these Foundry DA minis i've had lying around.

Here's a Foundry DA gent. A very nice sculpt with some great character. Would be a brilliant addition to anyone's collection as an explorer, archaeologist or trader.

As with the Belgian before, he is not going to be for my collection so if anyone is interested in buying him, drop me an email.

Im working on a few personal projects in 15mm. Me and my buddy are painting up some WW2 pacific theatre forces to game using disposable heroes. I've nearly finished my 1st USMC Platoon and if i'm feeling brave enough there maybe some pics...

Cheers

Rob

It's alive!

Hi all,

Long time no post.... Due to lots of reasons but I'm trying to get back into the groove of blogging and taking pics of my minis again. I've had lots of commission work to keep me busy and havn't had a huge amount of time to paint anything for myself really. I want to break the commissions up by painting a few random minis here and there and then hopefully sell them to fund my hobby as funds are tight.

So heres a Foundry Belgian officer from their Darkest Africa range. Nothing spectacular but i was happy with the blue and the black strapping. I love the Darkest Africa range and will have more for you in the future.

He is for sale so drop me a mail if your interested, if i don't have any interest he will end up on eBay.

Thanks for reading and heres to more regular updates!

Rob