tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673509599802536742024-03-13T15:32:22.405+00:00Plastic MalpracticeKitbashing, Wargames & StuffPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-68122669393055433072024-02-28T09:34:00.001+00:002024-02-28T09:34:47.722+00:00Mini Sorta-Vikings<p>My friends are very patient. They've been playing <i>Blood Bowl </i>7s (a.k.a. the best version of <i>Blood Bowl</i>) for a while and allowing me to take their teams to the field while deciding what team I want to build myself. That's taken... several months.</p><p>Part of the problem was that, while I have really been enjoying the game, little of the current range of official miniatures really appeals to me. Fortunately, there's a huge range of third-party companies offering Fantasy Football miniatures so it became a case of figuring out the kind of team I wanted and hunting down some appropriate minis. Realistically, the first part of that equation was simple - running, dodging, and passing are for teams with more skill than guts - so I pretty quickly settled on the Norse for a straightforward smashmouth style. That done, I found the "Fenrir Sons" range from <a href="https://hungrytrollminiatures.com/18-norse?page=1">Hungry Troll Miniatures</a> which were exactly what I wanted - simple, clean sculpts that would paint up really quickly.</p><p>Or so I thought. The models were brilliant and I can't speak highly enough of Hungry Troll's service - but, once basecoated, my momentum just evaporated and they sat on my desk for months. It's only this last week or so that I turned back to them and got them finished. Truth be told, they painted up really well, so I'm not sure what the obstacle was!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RcNuPNDfz1d64sdvBFx96-QTO_HC54YT6Ix2c1V8C_8yLBdEhTQohXFvmcm_RAukG2xWkr30b0MPm2SjveRO2E5_2g4CGsK2F1hM-MxLlWoXUWpP-ItUJIFKutyDd9cfTMtJxlwtMPVBNabp960ZiiFieyILKF1ef1RGexAfODBjXre4rgeAqYMZ/s2331/BB1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2331" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RcNuPNDfz1d64sdvBFx96-QTO_HC54YT6Ix2c1V8C_8yLBdEhTQohXFvmcm_RAukG2xWkr30b0MPm2SjveRO2E5_2g4CGsK2F1hM-MxLlWoXUWpP-ItUJIFKutyDd9cfTMtJxlwtMPVBNabp960ZiiFieyILKF1ef1RGexAfODBjXre4rgeAqYMZ/w400-h155/BB1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">First out the gate were four basic Linemen to make up the numbers. Most of the time, I'll probably only be fielding three, but I figured a fourth would be useful to have just in case. The slightly crouched one in the helmet had some horns clipped off just to blend better with the other helmet-wearing model but, outside of cleaning up maybe three stray supports from the printing, that was the only prep I had to do on the whole selection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ueeHq-WVarsbEAFWAdIGqX8aikFQkl89l57CDaxsTref_M34Qm3Eq1fgqKUDdBN9GT7eRV4F7ADjf-wH-cYfqkLbs_pdk0KqWIsNkRSyfaE48qaGBvdZQ5xM79fhbcTub4xUEC0C_LjE3OJnxhtrU_SURC3O77W1mSBJrfWQ9tcK38-vqE88_7Kk/s1401/BB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1401" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ueeHq-WVarsbEAFWAdIGqX8aikFQkl89l57CDaxsTref_M34Qm3Eq1fgqKUDdBN9GT7eRV4F7ADjf-wH-cYfqkLbs_pdk0KqWIsNkRSyfaE48qaGBvdZQ5xM79fhbcTub4xUEC0C_LjE3OJnxhtrU_SURC3O77W1mSBJrfWQ9tcK38-vqE88_7Kk/w400-h258/BB2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">With the basic players out the way, I then got onto the specialists. First up, inevitably, were two Ulfwereners - even more berserk berserkers. While actual Berserkers are an option, I MUCH preferred these models, so that made the team selection for me! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Painting all of these was a doddle - flesh and dark steel for the most part, with dark grey for the trousers, dark brown for straps and belts, bone for the bone codpieces, and light grey for loincloths and fur. I wanted a very dark theme as I was, right up until the last minute, toying with the idea of finishing off the models with corpse paint to theme them along the lines of a Scandinavian metal band! I changed my plans there, but the dark scheme really works well with the green pitch and white lines, I think.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8YuMlgcmS89t3p6ugq1M2b6-RHuAjrORtAJEsDV9yfIHdkjaL6jSBnrM0zSqph_Hngxs5UwNBqOubT5bYiSKrIVrHaotAgBivcT7B58qSAovUfbJE8rEXUAuCugaASF-nHxnXrYkklQB20LVQ1b117ZJ5Z6HEgW1ug5L4LdfjH1tIdv2mIti6Qle/s900/BB3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="779" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8YuMlgcmS89t3p6ugq1M2b6-RHuAjrORtAJEsDV9yfIHdkjaL6jSBnrM0zSqph_Hngxs5UwNBqOubT5bYiSKrIVrHaotAgBivcT7B58qSAovUfbJE8rEXUAuCugaASF-nHxnXrYkklQB20LVQ1b117ZJ5Z6HEgW1ug5L4LdfjH1tIdv2mIti6Qle/w346-h400/BB3.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Having said that actual ball skills are for cowards, I did figure that I needed at least one model capable of scoring, so drafted a Valkyrie. I think the Hungry Troll range was originally designed for a previous version of the Norse team, so this model is 'officially' a Thrower (a role since merged into the more jack-of-all-trades Valkyrie). 'Official' Valkyrie models did come with the rest of the team (presumably, Hungry Troll updated the range in line with the new edition), but I just preferred this model - even though it is carrying a ball. In a game where an actual ball is moved about the board, it has always irked me that so many models are permanently carrying one! Tucked under the arm, though, is relatively unobtrusive compared to many, so I'll live with it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzQK0bmRWrALjdzLZXKYFHJBpRcAMSavIVkdJJwRDLjXun683f7eTcCF_aHSbHPxmRbwiSAcVlN0bhJw8-LMXeKNtA7OsowBapTQW-iAFj_qXW43YSn3hZkVJM1vs_UrU6sVwpFolTVSN4lZjf9MSMkMdDMrXrjM0hWXgaV2B06s0yWlCP3DWp4tx/s950/BB4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="943" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzQK0bmRWrALjdzLZXKYFHJBpRcAMSavIVkdJJwRDLjXun683f7eTcCF_aHSbHPxmRbwiSAcVlN0bhJw8-LMXeKNtA7OsowBapTQW-iAFj_qXW43YSn3hZkVJM1vs_UrU6sVwpFolTVSN4lZjf9MSMkMdDMrXrjM0hWXgaV2B06s0yWlCP3DWp4tx/w398-h400/BB4.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Of course my final player is a Yeti. Given the choice, it was ALWAYS going to be a Yeti. This was the only model I thought had a bit of a flaw, however - the mane of hair on its right shoulder is very flat, with practically no texture. Looking at the stock photos on Hungry Troll's website, I think it's the sculpt itself, rather than any issue with the printing. A minor negative, but a noticeable one given the proximity to the focal point of the model and the pronounced texturing on the rest of the fur.</p><p style="text-align: left;">For basing, I actually applied my usual Polyfilla/mud effect and painted it all up. I even 'sculpted' some gouges in the earth that I left mostly free of the static grass applied thereafter. The idea here was to give the effect of a churned-up pitch. I didn't love it until I added the white lines, breaking them where the pitch was also broken. A few drops of a couple of brown washes on the lines and everything tied together nicely!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-gIrLrafVltX_A1jA32Rg7d2NxcoYtL3G74oW-6PjTHo8kEdJ-vOSjC5oLAXrrtCsHA0I39RZNkJYUNM5qw600VWPxY-G-mBSaP9WWVkOkR2_wPxO5GkOtNZezKWze4Nxxw1CjcD6KhsahuGwfc-4SK8DVG0E203C6kxMK4I0E4hinU7yL9cMOUm/s2265/BB5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="2265" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-gIrLrafVltX_A1jA32Rg7d2NxcoYtL3G74oW-6PjTHo8kEdJ-vOSjC5oLAXrrtCsHA0I39RZNkJYUNM5qw600VWPxY-G-mBSaP9WWVkOkR2_wPxO5GkOtNZezKWze4Nxxw1CjcD6KhsahuGwfc-4SK8DVG0E203C6kxMK4I0E4hinU7yL9cMOUm/w400-h168/BB5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I'm really pleased with how everything came out - it was definitely worth the wait! Not sure when they'll be taking the field for their first game - hopefully soon.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I do, however, need a name for them. Current front-runner is the <b>Djúrabý Draugar</b>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-size: x-small;">***</b><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-14074166598394853382024-01-29T10:43:00.001+00:002024-01-29T10:43:36.726+00:00You Dirty Rats...<p>Not exactly 'hot on the heels', but my <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2023/11/there-were-rats-dad.html">recent Skaven painting</a> gave me the urge to paint a few more of the verminous lads. As I said in that post, it was the old Rat Ogres that first brought Skaven to my attention, and so, in a fit of nostalgia, I went looking for something that hit my impression of what a Rat Ogre should be.</p><p>First to be rejected were the official GW ones. Enough said. I did consider tracking down the classic Jes Goodwin ones, but they're a little on the small side these days and there's only two of them - I wanted three to better suit monstrous units in <i>Dragon Rampant</i> and <i>Oathmark</i>.</p><p>I eventually found some 3D prints on Etsy of Rat Ogres from a studio called <a href="https://www.myminifactory.com/users/ResinWarfare">ResinWarfare</a>. They've got a fairly substantial range of Fantasy Rat-Men, including multiple Rat <i>Brute</i> designs. I opted for the most vanilla ones - no weird steampunk weapons or bladed limbs, just hulks of muscle and ferocity. The sculpts themselves are lovely and the prints were very tidy. One pose looks a <i>little</i> like its cocking its leg to relieve itself, but otherwise they're splendid!</p><p>Unfortunately, the tails broke in shipping and I just couldn't get them to reattach securely. In the end, I clipped off the stumps and green-stuffed some more fur over the remnants. Honestly, I thought it would bother me more than it does. In any case, the classic Rat Ogres didn't have tails, so this is continuing that fine tradition!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREAFZ-XDpt5Y8pngjdidETO9FK27coHcyOAtt0qyztkEyCiTS_baemEIpmsX-yJShA7sF6x2vYQhHIPYtafjlRUTdlCBcYBFH2wx9gLTrHJVPpCBNzmSf0sDawnhqg2cg2IhWQHB1UH4NUbfq-OM_Js4ajZa8G0Dn05lMUAe-WrwHa_ZU200etChz/s1769/RatOgre1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1769" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREAFZ-XDpt5Y8pngjdidETO9FK27coHcyOAtt0qyztkEyCiTS_baemEIpmsX-yJShA7sF6x2vYQhHIPYtafjlRUTdlCBcYBFH2wx9gLTrHJVPpCBNzmSf0sDawnhqg2cg2IhWQHB1UH4NUbfq-OM_Js4ajZa8G0Dn05lMUAe-WrwHa_ZU200etChz/w400-h204/RatOgre1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Painting was a doddle too - the size of the models and the well-defined detail on the sculpts meant that it was easy to pick out teeth, eyes, and the like. Even so, most of the work was done with dry-brushing - a bone/khaki for the flesh and, originally, light grey for the fur. I had initial plans of going with an albino-style look, but this didn't really work in practice - the skin and fur weren't distinct enough - so I went back and darkened the fur with a darker wash.</p><p>All told, I'm really happy with them, and I suspect they'll be auto-includes in my <i>Dragon Rampant</i> force.</p><p><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1203779790268056185" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8704167275283918905" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5893322382998414885" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8061926519047741325" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div><b style="font-size: x-small;">***</b><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-57366711266719490912023-11-27T10:32:00.001+00:002023-11-27T18:55:17.759+00:00Big Chungus<p style="text-align: left;">I'm a big fan of including a large model or two to break up the silhouette of a warband or army (previous waffle on the subject <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2018/10/on-warbands.html">here</a>) and, looking at the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/Choleric%20Order%20of%20the%20Yellow%20Bile">Choleric Order of the Yellow Bile</a>, I realized that I didn't really have anything that fit that description. <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2017/04/dirty-frank.html">Dirty Frank</a> is a big boy, but he's really only about twice the height of the average human model... that's not <i>big</i>, right?</p><p style="text-align: left;">Well, let me introduce you to Big Chungus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr0KEJVKoLdsdcicUDIHL3BFXY__pp_oBwcY1w6wtkUl2qXg6c4UvkWwSauq9W_IpKcEY8vbHUf_zNVsK16_ZWA1vjH6SjtL7h_9jlZE6SOHQrr6v0j1n7GaL-mLA8ZLUSF-tm7eq8tr8EMaGTfTpyaVacr1njGex_Xahsj7DJRynzCeThlJywdOX/s1200/PlagueGiant1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="982" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr0KEJVKoLdsdcicUDIHL3BFXY__pp_oBwcY1w6wtkUl2qXg6c4UvkWwSauq9W_IpKcEY8vbHUf_zNVsK16_ZWA1vjH6SjtL7h_9jlZE6SOHQrr6v0j1n7GaL-mLA8ZLUSF-tm7eq8tr8EMaGTfTpyaVacr1njGex_Xahsj7DJRynzCeThlJywdOX/w328-h400/PlagueGiant1.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Big Chungus is a '<a href="https://rocketpiggames.com/Bloat-Giant-p296584157">Bloat Giant</a>' from Rocket Pig Games. Covered in sores and wounds, and with a shaggy pelt of back hair, he's a great fit for the Cult. He's also <i>immense</i>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The model itself was picked up from a retailer on Etsy - I think it's the first 3D-printed model I've ever painted! That process was... a bit of a mixed bag. First off, the model was pretty cleanly printed, with sharp detail and most of the supports cleaned neatly off. It was entirely hollow and, given the size, I thought it needed some more heft - so I mixed up some plaster of Paris and filled the whole thing via the holes in its base (you can't tell from the aftermath of my basing, but it's standing on some sculpted rocky ground). After everything had dried, I had the heft I wanted... but discovered that certain seams on the model (the armpits and an earhole) had allowed the plaster to leak out. I don't know if those sections were perforated or were just thin enough to give way or what, nor if it's a design issue or a printer issue - but I do know that it meant that I had to scrape away a fair bit of plaster from the surface of the model.</p><p style="text-align: left;">And then to basing. I stuck it on a large MDF disc and thought nothing of it. Except, for the first time I can remember, the MDF warped and, when dry, had a distinct 'wobble' to it. I sanded down the base to flatten it off again - no massive job, but by this point I was getting distinctly fed up by the whole thing.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Am I ever glad I persevered, though. After getting the flesh basecoat down (which took three coats for decent coverage!), everything just flew by. Once all the basecoats were on, I gave everything a khaki drybrush - which is the first time I've tried that, but it did give some nice highlights once the classic brown wash went over everything. Before that, however, I threw a variety of washes (red, purple, and green) onto the flesh to create some odd, unhealthy-looking complexions, mixing and blending them on the model itself. Once the all-over brown wash went on it helped bring those more disparate colours together. Really happy with the gruesome effect.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEjf81AM1LolmqrjUrhpl7nSZsXMy1MG_VC67nWGtOyDm6g3Eg3m7ZNGahmYor1L8smkY8S729DhDdeHDcd8IaFE-zHhBn-plnF-3_kUy9wippMpLAIKd0LK1_7LMhfgeD1iXeCmqYDdHJaAn0HXlmKNd8UOKbUx7K9vfO0OdrVJeppxzEt8M93HP/s1979/PlagueGiant2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1979" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEjf81AM1LolmqrjUrhpl7nSZsXMy1MG_VC67nWGtOyDm6g3Eg3m7ZNGahmYor1L8smkY8S729DhDdeHDcd8IaFE-zHhBn-plnF-3_kUy9wippMpLAIKd0LK1_7LMhfgeD1iXeCmqYDdHJaAn0HXlmKNd8UOKbUx7K9vfO0OdrVJeppxzEt8M93HP/w400-h243/PlagueGiant2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Aside from the inside of the loincloth, the only tricky part of painting was the wraps on the arms - they wind over and through the hair on the forearms and the detail on my model was a little soft. In fact, the only criticism of the design I have is that the back hair stops very abruptly on the back of the neck - I would have preferred a less harsh line and, were I doing it over, I'd probably green-stuff a little more pelt. Still, it's a small criticism - the model is phenomenal, and I'm already looking at Rocket Pig for other centrepiece models that could inspire a collection.</p><p style="text-align: left;">And Big Chungus really is a centrepiece - as I said, he's immense. Dirty Frank may be almost twice the height of a human, but Chungus is almost twice the height of Dirty Frank!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjayDwSz6xFl7HYEiaGG0C5EM_UWZT0eXblSxANaWUQD9W3JdBeVUvdU-Vl_EfcTLrg8mxXR_bf03gomLxgoPMoNs9saVxcfUgORhAuI__RkJnnKOIESf7EegfjupPnqpZh2SFOB3HRDCmzVE8Auq6CEX_o9IGhogIuVnnnrPgsRPLDZMdj_7hIPQRa/s1200/PlagueGiant3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjayDwSz6xFl7HYEiaGG0C5EM_UWZT0eXblSxANaWUQD9W3JdBeVUvdU-Vl_EfcTLrg8mxXR_bf03gomLxgoPMoNs9saVxcfUgORhAuI__RkJnnKOIESf7EegfjupPnqpZh2SFOB3HRDCmzVE8Auq6CEX_o9IGhogIuVnnnrPgsRPLDZMdj_7hIPQRa/w400-h400/PlagueGiant3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="post-footer" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1203779790268056185" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8704167275283918905" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5893322382998414885" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8061926519047741325" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-size: x-small;">***</b><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-52197346476204323082023-11-24T09:00:00.010+00:002023-11-24T09:00:00.143+00:00A Fresh Outbreak: Poxwalkers<p style="text-align: left;">I'm still no great photographer, but I'm much better than I used to be! I figured it was about time to revisit some of my older pieces from the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/Choleric%20Order%20of%20the%20Yellow%20Bile">Choleric Order of the Yellow Bile</a> and update them with some new pics.</p><p style="text-align: left;">First up, the Poxwalkers: <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2017/03/poxwalkers.html">original post</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRyY6lDvCHBVpDzN2RB58EBFNei1tMU1LrMI_PXbhYy6aVe27qY2mHXyQfQcrYvJoQCSmVOGp4zdO_wFCFrf1iw5RiN2V_ERjOZS_nlauiotJhn5UpiSocSbG2cqlUEv0iXk-qsVNVU_VozUYK9S-s1qqK1NY75WDFczM_1FcF0QDv_EJ1RYS7An1/s1200/PoxwalkersNEW2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRyY6lDvCHBVpDzN2RB58EBFNei1tMU1LrMI_PXbhYy6aVe27qY2mHXyQfQcrYvJoQCSmVOGp4zdO_wFCFrf1iw5RiN2V_ERjOZS_nlauiotJhn5UpiSocSbG2cqlUEv0iXk-qsVNVU_VozUYK9S-s1qqK1NY75WDFczM_1FcF0QDv_EJ1RYS7An1/w400-h214/PoxwalkersNEW2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLs2EiAY1j5h1KPFXlvr9h9qLZ92zTHuxXU0BR9J7g9gbsG7E-aWC-_DK6uGKsZ1xIxnJxBi_0EJd_FUcqyPoR_2A4vR9l8E9Z60mar7NENKxTF986TW0oa5PD1imxvs5Sk5AM9idqCx1KlspqFJh_y0pEuXHdKOtiuEs3-iQDhQ0KdBmPubLwg6P/s1200/PoxwalkersNEW1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1200" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLs2EiAY1j5h1KPFXlvr9h9qLZ92zTHuxXU0BR9J7g9gbsG7E-aWC-_DK6uGKsZ1xIxnJxBi_0EJd_FUcqyPoR_2A4vR9l8E9Z60mar7NENKxTF986TW0oa5PD1imxvs5Sk5AM9idqCx1KlspqFJh_y0pEuXHdKOtiuEs3-iQDhQ0KdBmPubLwg6P/w400-h228/PoxwalkersNEW1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-12037797902680561852023-11-23T10:47:00.004+00:002023-11-23T10:49:41.939+00:00There Were Rats, Dad...<div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>"There were rats, dad."<br />"Rats?"<br />"Yeah. Big ones."</blockquote><p>I think my very first GW purchase was the yellow "Monsters" deck from the original Citadel Combat Cards, and it was definitely the start of my love of Skaven. That deck included a picture of one of Jes Goodwin's classic Rat Ogres (I don't think both were depicted, but might be wrong). It's weird that, to this day, I have never actually acquired and painted one (or both) of those classic models... that's something I might have to remedy. When I got my first <i>Warhammer</i> army book a few years later, it was - inevitably - for the Skaven.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lMBPdPis3CQSulRvCDLeNqyutngvv4gXvyyE9uJbdxu98LVDUOmw6qTg0p325Uo3sqUPv7KSl4HzIYmalUhhcVJuV3hEOfkdi0i0JTCYuKP5eI2b4aEOM3sXFFa_Cz6wznRvKpFVniaEYw1UblNU9d3L8V2z41j3AMWSbjFTR3keNj-lnwZ36829/s1200/Skaven3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lMBPdPis3CQSulRvCDLeNqyutngvv4gXvyyE9uJbdxu98LVDUOmw6qTg0p325Uo3sqUPv7KSl4HzIYmalUhhcVJuV3hEOfkdi0i0JTCYuKP5eI2b4aEOM3sXFFa_Cz6wznRvKpFVniaEYw1UblNU9d3L8V2z41j3AMWSbjFTR3keNj-lnwZ36829/w400-h283/Skaven3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Of course, I wasn't able to afford a whole army, let alone have the patience to build and paint one - especially one like the Skaven that demanded huge numbers of troops! By the point where I had the time, attention, and disposable income to indulge my wargaming hobby (thank-you skirmish wargaming!), the then-current Skaven range didn't really appeal to me as much and I found other models more to my liking.<p></p><p></p><p>Fast-forward more years than I really care to remember and, with the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/Choleric%20Order%20of%20the%20Yellow%20Bile">Choleric Order of the Yellow Bile</a> an appropriate home for them, I decided it was time to paint some rats!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3736Hs0UK4UeCwK0lADx5KkkCfqrqYvCHU-8HqP-_jZniPcYqUrcHU10IhB4OUZU68QvsM37QhRbZjmc4cUOvZ-piggI8JFqHRWYxtWLvOQQ_b736UA9Ry1H48EI2NVlc4hrXmaZbd-TjiveHGh7CAYtP9aWYBmrxGJMHKNL4CMXRkfOLH08T2Ce-/s1200/Skaven2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1200" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3736Hs0UK4UeCwK0lADx5KkkCfqrqYvCHU-8HqP-_jZniPcYqUrcHU10IhB4OUZU68QvsM37QhRbZjmc4cUOvZ-piggI8JFqHRWYxtWLvOQQ_b736UA9Ry1H48EI2NVlc4hrXmaZbd-TjiveHGh7CAYtP9aWYBmrxGJMHKNL4CMXRkfOLH08T2Ce-/w400-h203/Skaven2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The <a href="https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/Pestilens-Plague-Monks?slug=shop&slug=Pestilens-Plague-Monks">Plague Monks</a> are one of the older kits still in the Skaven range, and definitely have the older, more bandy-legged design that newer sculpts have eradicated. Still, they are incredibly on-brand for my army, with hunched poses, bandages, ragged robes (that serve to hide their bandy legs), and boil-marked flesh. With the addition of wire spears and some <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=12386"><i>Oathmark </i>Human</a> shields to tie them to my <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2019/04/chaos-vult.html">Templars</a> and link them more into the force as a whole, they fit right in.<p></p><p>Painting was a doddle - they're relatively simple sculpts and took to my wash-heavy style nicely. I opted for a really pale flesh tone to offset the darker robes and applied a light red wash to their eyes to give them a rheumy, albino effect.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvdRHjooTLMnGI4bo0bMYZv6uYZQ3CrNmjwWrrGUfz03V9tCg1AbsPsSf64QhTvkGHp7BbaO72sY9xOiYxO9zHvajNsv97ITgLGJTQLTDEIR1AXdc4uCxA8dbYqIlWJyFeACokb9A8xUypMSzfW18FaioRlOfIci5Myyds7cYKMhWN8M5KroRSfAJ/s1200/Skaven1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1200" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdvdRHjooTLMnGI4bo0bMYZv6uYZQ3CrNmjwWrrGUfz03V9tCg1AbsPsSf64QhTvkGHp7BbaO72sY9xOiYxO9zHvajNsv97ITgLGJTQLTDEIR1AXdc4uCxA8dbYqIlWJyFeACokb9A8xUypMSzfW18FaioRlOfIci5Myyds7cYKMhWN8M5KroRSfAJ/w400-h224/Skaven1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I have five more of these guys built and ready to go, and I'm toying with the idea of adding some more to the Cult in due course, perhaps a <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2023/11/standard-troops.html">banner</a>, an officer figure, and another three spears to fill out the unit to a full 15.</p><div style="text-align: left;">And, of course, now I also want to track down those old Jes Goodwin Rat Ogres...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="post-footer" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8704167275283918905" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5893322382998414885" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8061926519047741325" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-size: x-small;">***</b><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-58650908066966450962023-11-22T13:33:00.001+00:002023-11-22T13:33:17.029+00:00Wizard-Hunting for Pleasure and Profit<p>I wrote a thing! And it's just been published!</p><p>I'm always toying with little rules and systems for <i>Frostgrave</i>, because I've been elbow-deep in it for so long now, finding new tweaks to entertain myself. Most of these come to absolutely nothing, but I'm fortunate in that I have <a href="https://www.josephamccullough.com/">Joe McCullough</a> himself as a sounding board if I think something has potential. I was fortunate enough to be invited to contribute a scenario to <i><a href="https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/frostgrave-the-wizards-conclave-9781472824059/">Wizards' Conclave</a></i>, and I did also chip in some mounted rules for an early issue of <i><a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/214986/spellcaster-the-frostgrave-magazine-1">Spellcaster</a></i>, Joe's original self-published <i>Frostgrave </i>zine.</p><p>Well, <i>Spellcaster</i> has given way to <i>Old Bones</i> (with so many games under his belt, producing a zine for each game wasn't a viable option!), and I've been playing with more bits and bobs - this time, a set of new NPC 'monsters' and accompanying rules for building small groups of recurring foes to really menace the wizards and their warbands. I bounced them over to Joe for his thoughts, and was thrilled when he asked if I'd like to work them up as an article for <i>Old Bones</i>.</p><p>So, I did, and this week, I came home from work to find an advance copy of <i><a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/459170/old-bones-issue-3-the-joseph-a-mccullough-creator-zine">Old Bones #3</a> </i>waiting for me...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojGOSRMmsObZoxTgSUm5wZLwaM05gmkO6yuUUO1015zWDXVx4uGPAQvk5VVos4LOFb_Ri7rnHi8o0jPYElcaOfHTt9q2-PGvcm_Vdt71sMS71mmkRXb5eU_-3XwDT5ORW5fLb9Sfmu1BKReC4w7Z5b8ht2AlF_tR-MsXBfsmw33BFuikBRfKhdE_X/s1276/OldBones3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojGOSRMmsObZoxTgSUm5wZLwaM05gmkO6yuUUO1015zWDXVx4uGPAQvk5VVos4LOFb_Ri7rnHi8o0jPYElcaOfHTt9q2-PGvcm_Vdt71sMS71mmkRXb5eU_-3XwDT5ORW5fLb9Sfmu1BKReC4w7Z5b8ht2AlF_tR-MsXBfsmw33BFuikBRfKhdE_X/w452-h640/OldBones3.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><p>Alongside Joe's scenarios and rules for Crocodilians can be found my own article: "The Most Dangerous Game". This is a collection of eight new opponents that hate magic and wizards, and who travel in small groups to the Frozen City to hunt and destroy these sworn foes.</p><p>Yes - I looked at <i>Frostgrave</i> and thought "needs more witch-hunters".</p><p>These 'anti-magic cells' are generated by all players in a campaign and (typically) include a mix of these new opponents and regular soldiers, stalking the warbands, and waiting to strike when their prey is at their weakest... And they keep coming until you stop them for good.</p><p>And what are those new opponents?</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Castoffs </b>- victims of spells and experiments gone wrong, possessed of random powers (generated from the Demonic Attributes in <i><a href="https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/frostgrave-forgotten-pacts-9781472815774/">Forgotten Pacts</a></i> or the mutations from <i><a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/416022/grave-mutations-for-frostgrave-fantasy-wargames-in-the-frozen-city">Grave Mutations</a></i>).</li><li><b>Echo-Hawks</b> - birds of prey with the natural ability to reflect spells that bond (and share this ability) with a handler.</li><li><b>Hounds of Zaroff </b>- the answer to the question "what do you get if you cross a nullman with a mastiff?"</li><li><b>Husks </b>- burned-out spellcasters who have lost their magic, now turncoats lending their knowledge to groups of hunters...</li><li><b>Inquisitors </b>- templars, bounty hunters, and paladins that provide a martial backbone to these anti-magic cells. Can be generated randomly or cherry-picked to match specific models.</li><li><b>Lodestones </b>- magnets for magic, able to draw spells away from intended targets and to themselves instead!</li><li><b>Wreckers </b>- we've seen vampire hunters and demon hunters... now meet those that <i>really</i> hate constructs.</li><li><b>Zealots </b>- fanatics that hunt wizards using specialized poison.</li></ul><p style="text-align: left;">I hope the rules offers new and entertaining ways to challenge your wizards.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Oh, and the art by Barrett Stanley is great!</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can pick up PDF and print-on-demand copies from <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/459170/old-bones-issue-3-the-joseph-a-mccullough-creator-zine">DriveThruRPG</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="post-footer" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8704167275283918905" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5893322382998414885" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8061926519047741325" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-size: x-small;">***</b><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><p></p>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-87041672752839189052023-11-15T09:30:00.046+00:002023-11-15T09:30:00.143+00:00Standard Troops<div style="text-align: left;">Hot on the heels of the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2023/11/cult-reinforcements.html">recent reinforcements</a> for the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/Choleric%20Order%20of%20the%20Yellow%20Bile">Choleric Order of the Yellow Bile</a>, I polished off a couple more cult models that have been waiting for ages for a paintjob.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A while back, I realized that my force were looking more militant than I wanted from my cult, so I built a couple of banner bearers to add more of a processional feel (and to add nice focal points to units!).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">First up, a banner for the Faithful - thus filling out that unit to a full 20. This was built from - surprise, surprise - Fireforge's <a href="https://fireforge-games.com/living-dead/364-living-dead-peasants.html">Living Dead Peasants</a>, with a banner from some GW kit or another (Skaven, maybe?). The banner-pole was replaced with a wire pike, clipped to an appropriate length.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdG1RekkfhkSOzSRjot1O6pqWl0fuF110ta78U6jUxclQwxxYBxkizW8MsMV1ocDSy57D_XNpmhY-G7ls6PCsNyC7vXkPK5tmXl4eVvrGXAZksYO4yOnSPz7Ojsf9Qj2R8WyzaVmgF1Qzf9ctmGo9yavU6EnuJPYvfWy8pNICZBmpOjKK42SRD7ym/s1212/CultBanner1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdG1RekkfhkSOzSRjot1O6pqWl0fuF110ta78U6jUxclQwxxYBxkizW8MsMV1ocDSy57D_XNpmhY-G7ls6PCsNyC7vXkPK5tmXl4eVvrGXAZksYO4yOnSPz7Ojsf9Qj2R8WyzaVmgF1Qzf9ctmGo9yavU6EnuJPYvfWy8pNICZBmpOjKK42SRD7ym/s320/CultBanner1.jpg" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-scuzc8MRgTZ80xHD_-NUnArYK9OPCSOR4uTYwjYqP1QNC4c9af7tVHfPuNesdlSqc7dEQFIMvlqkMJG5sL78mMkz2GcR78Epbn6hyphenhyphenHpAE3Zb0ntM4CY5ABahQ97fQuAOxulFFAA04tPBeavK_S-KNyGctdrvT5cz-0caCsEFTnGc72PM3DEornXG/s1212/CultBanner2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-scuzc8MRgTZ80xHD_-NUnArYK9OPCSOR4uTYwjYqP1QNC4c9af7tVHfPuNesdlSqc7dEQFIMvlqkMJG5sL78mMkz2GcR78Epbn6hyphenhyphenHpAE3Zb0ntM4CY5ABahQ97fQuAOxulFFAA04tPBeavK_S-KNyGctdrvT5cz-0caCsEFTnGc72PM3DEornXG/s320/CultBanner2.jpg" width="238" /></a><br /></div>Yes, the fact that the banner is following the line of the pole and not the dictates of gravity annoys me... but not enough to prevent me from getting it painted!<div><br /></div><div>Added to a unit, I reckon she looks good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitB-Ezhxe_DIvNLJXiqHmEBSl-RKtmQfmyuDlXRq1OZ4DVkBy5L12gbrUZPXcmB7AagYuX95LGE_FtAWJ7Ug1OmmaDwQEXbzeOtCHmyOSb_2T_jdiWTUMgmAbT2QuxSDmi4v_t0WeGN4pjAgqnbdWC91beZisOuDapg26OBC6_deQ521txQs4AFQKz/s1829/CultBanner3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1829" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitB-Ezhxe_DIvNLJXiqHmEBSl-RKtmQfmyuDlXRq1OZ4DVkBy5L12gbrUZPXcmB7AagYuX95LGE_FtAWJ7Ug1OmmaDwQEXbzeOtCHmyOSb_2T_jdiWTUMgmAbT2QuxSDmi4v_t0WeGN4pjAgqnbdWC91beZisOuDapg26OBC6_deQ521txQs4AFQKz/w400-h265/CultBanner3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Next up, a banner for the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2019/04/chaos-vult.html">Templars</a>. While the Faithful's banner is relatively modest in size (some might say "sensibly sized"), this one is... objectively too big. I was genuinely concerned that it would not actually stay upright (the metal base isn't the most substantial of counterweights!), but it seems to have held together. Like the other banner, this is from a GW kit - I'm guessing Ogre Kingdoms by the size and the fact that there are random rocks tied to it - and had the banner-pole replaced with a wire pike. The bearer, like the previous Templars, is <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=12386">Oathmark Human Infantry</a> with a head from the <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=7731">Frostgrave Cultists</a> kit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGj5abAyJM98UyvdkusBz89M3t7Zv58N3U8zNY6T_EOMYMDk7G8rQ2VzHpRCdxoOtwm_250QZ_3sh66rdlS7tcVrVFepAs7ldk7q88Afr3T_-WVs1kd_yub36kZgn_0UA_FPpeLEKUDWLKazME6wGqUp3mwVxh9jc7X8UUMs28ANFoHX7p2EmcnT45/s1212/TemplarBanner1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1135" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGj5abAyJM98UyvdkusBz89M3t7Zv58N3U8zNY6T_EOMYMDk7G8rQ2VzHpRCdxoOtwm_250QZ_3sh66rdlS7tcVrVFepAs7ldk7q88Afr3T_-WVs1kd_yub36kZgn_0UA_FPpeLEKUDWLKazME6wGqUp3mwVxh9jc7X8UUMs28ANFoHX7p2EmcnT45/s320/TemplarBanner1.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBT5QlaK6OEiyBlvYW4yVLkKy5DUnnlw_Gsx3KzGHTNRU2O6BFmaGZjaeg8vO2OTyvSJpw455Sq_ssXqcYWgrQpxzN2KrlWA5mB1XXfcuHXaVMESa9xKlpUG5BVSB2-QHCHiF09qrZVrGi20NRERiNG-LiZ2ciTl2JAGJGVpr9tqp3DkcmSp33Fy3/s1212/TemplarBanner2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="873" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBT5QlaK6OEiyBlvYW4yVLkKy5DUnnlw_Gsx3KzGHTNRU2O6BFmaGZjaeg8vO2OTyvSJpw455Sq_ssXqcYWgrQpxzN2KrlWA5mB1XXfcuHXaVMESa9xKlpUG5BVSB2-QHCHiF09qrZVrGi20NRERiNG-LiZ2ciTl2JAGJGVpr9tqp3DkcmSp33Fy3/s320/TemplarBanner2.jpg" width="230" /></a><br /></div>Both these models (the Templar one especially) reminded me of why I dislike painting yellow. On a small scale (the Templar cowls, a spot colour on a cultist's clothing, etc.), it's fine, but on bit sections like this, it just doesn't suit my wash-heavy style. Still, brown wash makes everything better (if not good), and I'm just about happy with it).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwlMIzUkXvEvsKHivaHAdWDyzI5MgSNw7XhWhZUoiogH_HS9g-Ppo0UT99Ljlm2VqkZ-nn3_ah1ZSnaVacHFJ9pozehVpzZFRmzV7LxuETvSghdZReClGd1NX7xrptVNIPS-8hoWq6K5x6ppQDSD_pKLNoSVpHrnuAHdM2MueQ91uN5wBl4_UgjsS/s1314/TemplarBanner3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1314" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwlMIzUkXvEvsKHivaHAdWDyzI5MgSNw7XhWhZUoiogH_HS9g-Ppo0UT99Ljlm2VqkZ-nn3_ah1ZSnaVacHFJ9pozehVpzZFRmzV7LxuETvSghdZReClGd1NX7xrptVNIPS-8hoWq6K5x6ppQDSD_pKLNoSVpHrnuAHdM2MueQ91uN5wBl4_UgjsS/w400-h369/TemplarBanner3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I'm not currently sure what insignia or emblems I want on the banners... I might not want any, with the 'purity' of the yellow sheets representing the 'purity' of the Yellow Bile itself... or I might just not have had the right idea yet. I might go back and apply some transfers... but I will not be attempting free-hand!<br /><div><br /><div>I kind of want more banners now. And some musicians...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="post-footer" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5893322382998414885" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8061926519047741325" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-size: x-small;">***</b><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-58933223829984148852023-11-14T09:29:00.004+00:002023-11-14T09:30:34.241+00:00Cult ReinforcementsI got the urge to paint the other week and, with my Blood Bowl team (more on that later) still en route from Spain, I turned my attention to some reinforcements for the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/Choleric%20Order%20of%20the%20Yellow%20Bile">Choleric Order of the Yellow Bile</a> that had been patiently sat waiting for a lick of paint for a looooong time (so long, in fact, that I can't remember when I kitbashed them).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio400zMzpQE2UutxNFJyY00GMKQnuVXMmYLnaLBk1yjzEnjYJlYUGDMCUYKew-0BH00noi6VQ5qSAlDGkZdvwrBI2RxFGGS3BBMvp84V286jMgKpdiKzeWm1Bkl5d8-mfwi0t151L8x3jm6bcSCnGAyxdnFk9fXrvr3Gu6t7puJsu3Md3G2Jl-MCX/s1891/CultReinforcements1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1891" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio400zMzpQE2UutxNFJyY00GMKQnuVXMmYLnaLBk1yjzEnjYJlYUGDMCUYKew-0BH00noi6VQ5qSAlDGkZdvwrBI2RxFGGS3BBMvp84V286jMgKpdiKzeWm1Bkl5d8-mfwi0t151L8x3jm6bcSCnGAyxdnFk9fXrvr3Gu6t7puJsu3Md3G2Jl-MCX/w400-h256/CultReinforcements1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>Like the previous cultists (<a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2019/05/rabble.html">here</a> and <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2019/05/more-rabble.html">here</a>), these were built from Fireforge Games' <a href="https://fireforge-games.com/living-dead/364-living-dead-peasants.html">Living Dead Peasants</a>, which, alongside their regular non-undead '<a href="https://fireforge-games.com/northern-kingdom/370-folk-rabble.html">Folk Rabble</a>', really are the gift that keep on giving! Four of them received wire spears, and one was built as a dual-wielder, so that I have a readily identifiable 'officer' for each stand should I need one.</div><div><br /></div><div>That said, I doubt that I'll ever field a whole unit of spear-armed cultists, so I'm going to sprinkle these amongst the other rabble, giving the whole unit an even more ramshackle look.</div><div><br /></div><div>These five bring my unit of the Faithful to 19 figures (including their two <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-morbid-taste-for-bones.html">Magisters</a>), so I have just one more to go...</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8061926519047741325" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-size: x-small;">***</b><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-64626936580307177742023-09-27T09:11:00.003+01:002023-11-14T09:10:39.189+00:00Slinkers and Stinkers<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">It has taken me altogether too long to get these four models finished off! They've sat on my desk for months in various stages of completion, and I'm kind of glad to have finally got them done.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU9QwnMgEnidBOT8-8FOfn5ZgZMnowpOCUMu-1LpFn6S3vC6HlocBPlmK2ZJFztkJ4I-kXHj_HVLAvxEXON9P2CLdwCbItUNtq8582I2E4_9e6rkDe4hj1tfv4M819ffSc6_bA3K6wcb1OQjaMHBrapkazYuWCSpFO5k4CMBxvtjVaLocUUMRmxyZ/s2000/Urghul1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="2000" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU9QwnMgEnidBOT8-8FOfn5ZgZMnowpOCUMu-1LpFn6S3vC6HlocBPlmK2ZJFztkJ4I-kXHj_HVLAvxEXON9P2CLdwCbItUNtq8582I2E4_9e6rkDe4hj1tfv4M819ffSc6_bA3K6wcb1OQjaMHBrapkazYuWCSpFO5k4CMBxvtjVaLocUUMRmxyZ/w400-h155/Urghul1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">They're Ur-Ghuls from the Blackstone Fortress box, and while I love the aesthetic and design, I really dislike the fact that there are only two poses that are incredibly similar. I would love a box with these creepy blighters in a wider range of poses, creeping and skulking their way across the tabletop.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The only alteration I made to the base model was filling in the deep holes above the mouth with some liquid green stuff, smoothing out the head a bit more. Painting was quick - I used a really diluted glaze to apply the purple tone over a light grey basecoat, then dry-brushed on a couple of lighter greys.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">On that note, I've become a complete convert to using makeup brushes for dry-brushing and now have a set of about a dozen in various sizes for about half the price of a single hobby-specific one.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">As to what these are going to be used for... well, they're perfect weird mutants for hunting my <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/01/stalk-line.html">Stalkers</a>, weird aliens for <i>Stargrave</i>, Nullmen for <i>Frostgrave</i>, and they may or may not make an appearance in future <i>Rangers of Shadow Deep</i> games...</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5669690963993351429" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><p></p><div class="post-footer" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6293636725578100999" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1241576325304576497" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8427556609073037763" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-56696909639933514292023-06-20T15:23:00.000+01:002023-06-20T15:23:03.072+01:00The Scarlet Imp-in-Hell<p>This was an unexpected addition to the painting queue, but one that I had to paint pretty much as soon as I got it! The figure is a Reaper <a href="https://www.reapermini.com/search/bog/sku-up/03902">Bog Homunculus</a>, but in Bones plastic, rather than metal (presumably the product of a recent Kickstarter not yet available for retail). It was a gift from a friend at UK Games Expo earlier this month, and I love the ugly little thing!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPlaOBxH8WpVSXjbovb5rH9W_uuM20z5BSKw5WxPHO7qojCtq5glzFCvjxYnqxiuzZb6UVykAXZp6Mp1FQI5NPlIFd2NHfcIlKiw-dI21ck2Id-I0qPzOJSo6SpJCZmLaaQruzdMZMVNPWQt_J1P6vkaHrt5HAP6hwwYbH-nwcxwmd1QiPsNQC1fj/s865/Imp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="865" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPlaOBxH8WpVSXjbovb5rH9W_uuM20z5BSKw5WxPHO7qojCtq5glzFCvjxYnqxiuzZb6UVykAXZp6Mp1FQI5NPlIFd2NHfcIlKiw-dI21ck2Id-I0qPzOJSo6SpJCZmLaaQruzdMZMVNPWQt_J1P6vkaHrt5HAP6hwwYbH-nwcxwmd1QiPsNQC1fj/w400-h346/Imp1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I'm not a huge fan of Bones, especially for smaller figures, but this was relatively straightforward, with most of the work in prep was fixing the integral base - I have never seen a model with such a concave base! Clipping and sanding the base to something flat enough to glue down was quite a chore!</p><p>Painting was a doddle - various fleshy tones, a couple of washes, and some bone to pick out the teeth and talons etc. The eyes were large enough that I (for once!) painted them - a bright red, with a dot of yellow just to add a little more impact. For once, my efforts have actually photographed semi-well, and I'm even more pleased with how they look in person. Will I start painted eyes on all my models? Well, no...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA6kn6aI8MSZ8ns1ZrS7SaptCSlghaFPMrJW9uFrXUvp0OqkIz7hFvo-spu93PVlxwA8TNO_XswKHhSZX2O-s2C1-fRqhkypIUM9QAJ0uBtmmWr73MUVeYC5TrxYcrLi5f5_YpMPJCa-Akvbv_WkbsjVF6IQwLErjNgaoWAMspuNzGE9VTkY4f6zr/s865/Imp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="865" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA6kn6aI8MSZ8ns1ZrS7SaptCSlghaFPMrJW9uFrXUvp0OqkIz7hFvo-spu93PVlxwA8TNO_XswKHhSZX2O-s2C1-fRqhkypIUM9QAJ0uBtmmWr73MUVeYC5TrxYcrLi5f5_YpMPJCa-Akvbv_WkbsjVF6IQwLErjNgaoWAMspuNzGE9VTkY4f6zr/w400-h346/Imp2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Not altogether sure what I'll end up using this little imp for - maybe the start of a new cult? He'll almost certainly be my go-to for a small demon in games of <i>Frostgrave </i>and <i>Rangers of Shadow Deep</i>.</p><p></p><div class="post-footer" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6293636725578100999" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1241576325304576497" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8427556609073037763" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-62936367255781009992023-05-31T09:00:00.006+01:002023-05-31T09:00:00.138+01:00Dark Hills<p>My terrain collections is... scattershot. It's generally <i>just</i> enough to accommodate most games, albeit with a bit of squinting and hand-waving. </p><p>Recently, though, I have been on a drive to bulk up my options, with a view to consistency, and now have enough to build a small rural village or farmstead that serves most purposes from Medieval to Fantasy, ruins in the same style, and, recently, even some trees! What I didn't really have were hills (aside from one old GW hill I think I inherited from a friend). Perhaps this is down to living in middle of the Thames Valley, but all my games were taking place on a similarly level playing field.</p><p>I decided that it was time to rectify that omission, so I snagged a few of Gale Force 9's '<a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/gf9online_store.aspx?CategoryID=13170">Battlefield in a Box</a>' rocky hills and escarpments. I am a big fan of the GF9 terrain and have more than a few pieces in my collection. As always, these were largely usable straight out of the box, though the application of the supplied flocks (two different types, which is a really smart inclusion!) and a spray of PVA glue to fix them really added to their impact.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTNAeYxrxTqa9jin1d-x6RzPaf1eaoFMKbAuAi4KH2FaBuJFiZ_1hBv3GiqwthTrLQpLXGuZl94Qw7zIz7FiS1t5FpWYik3ucUNv3TGTAVpQlM_cVtPyLs-RO5EODfPKg9X9_owS5Z_oIXfCEtreEL4tbaGMuEOdLheuXyTw2koVPt8E9iULK2g/s1500/Hills1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1500" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTNAeYxrxTqa9jin1d-x6RzPaf1eaoFMKbAuAi4KH2FaBuJFiZ_1hBv3GiqwthTrLQpLXGuZl94Qw7zIz7FiS1t5FpWYik3ucUNv3TGTAVpQlM_cVtPyLs-RO5EODfPKg9X9_owS5Z_oIXfCEtreEL4tbaGMuEOdLheuXyTw2koVPt8E9iULK2g/w400-h306/Hills1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Simple, quick, and effective - exactly what I want from my terrain! If I had any complaint it's that the two larger pieces don't actually sit especially flat - there's a noticeable gap between hill and table on some edges. Unlikely to be an issue in-game, but still a little annoying now that I've noticed it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25tHGmbN2ekr1hi4N3IOLhhF1GWU85HDPPlrS7emedtvwJx8UOKGGSK6tU-Bcu8SYZty5N8ewI3vbGpBSH-GmIuEJdNVNI1AtDXf-M81r3ivEwIaQshA3UO0VbnVAUqkNcwbNIJvjvFvae-MAo-XVc4eXhOIpwoiN4s9fJXXMbYg5OoninMHBCg/s1500/Hills2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1500" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25tHGmbN2ekr1hi4N3IOLhhF1GWU85HDPPlrS7emedtvwJx8UOKGGSK6tU-Bcu8SYZty5N8ewI3vbGpBSH-GmIuEJdNVNI1AtDXf-M81r3ivEwIaQshA3UO0VbnVAUqkNcwbNIJvjvFvae-MAo-XVc4eXhOIpwoiN4s9fJXXMbYg5OoninMHBCg/w400-h203/Hills2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>With luck, they'll see their first games of <i>Rangers of Shadow Deep</i> very soon...</p><p></p><div class="post-footer" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1241576325304576497" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8427556609073037763" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-12415763253045764972023-05-30T08:37:00.000+01:002023-05-30T08:37:29.982+01:00Rats!<p>Every good plague cult needs a swarm of vermin. It is known. I've had a bunch of these <a href="https://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/rat-swarm">Anvil Industry rats</a> knocking around for a long time, just waiting for some attention. Well, over the long weekend, they finally got it! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKsgsqJk95G4oRhgbXMaQzRfWpyok-rf7YKVcnYl0mgbA424YLFI7nm__lTCyx79vRvp9Fijb3Hvq-DDzhV89vQyRQi5YHyFQFsrY8E8tlFkxJ3sDqUV25d7C0Rm5VXX8HxPmYZC8RK8c-T-l9SgStuG_ZBoshZE44MpqpAJ3SlfFKyxktzUPjw/s1500/Rats2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1500" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKsgsqJk95G4oRhgbXMaQzRfWpyok-rf7YKVcnYl0mgbA424YLFI7nm__lTCyx79vRvp9Fijb3Hvq-DDzhV89vQyRQi5YHyFQFsrY8E8tlFkxJ3sDqUV25d7C0Rm5VXX8HxPmYZC8RK8c-T-l9SgStuG_ZBoshZE44MpqpAJ3SlfFKyxktzUPjw/w400-h180/Rats2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I chose to mount them on individual 25mm bases, rather than on larger 40/50mm bases to better match the rest of the army... jury's still out on whether that was the right idea, but I can honestly say that I'm not painting up any more rats for a while! </p><p>They're lovely sculpts, with plenty of variety in the set - some groups, some individuals, some up on rubble, etc. - and nice, sharp details that take well to my wash-heavy approach. The only issue I had painting them was the low profile meant handling them was a little awkward, especially when it came to varnishing and finishing the bases. I might need to invest in a proper painting grip or handle or something.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkAY0a4AF-UoDxENvisOj45oPLN1MTTKUHXG-d7SmTi3bxfo_CC28VHZynBMerMwKrKJU9H2OQ_A1idUDUxZmUH11gXGCA0BfFwZEtzpJ5CY62mP9abXno4LI507Ywtcp8HQxeh5NOsHxfWPanVOKXaUTCN-G-4TazG0K9XLmONp_ewDDzeQErg/s1500/Rats1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1500" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkAY0a4AF-UoDxENvisOj45oPLN1MTTKUHXG-d7SmTi3bxfo_CC28VHZynBMerMwKrKJU9H2OQ_A1idUDUxZmUH11gXGCA0BfFwZEtzpJ5CY62mP9abXno4LI507Ywtcp8HQxeh5NOsHxfWPanVOKXaUTCN-G-4TazG0K9XLmONp_ewDDzeQErg/w400-h224/Rats1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The low profile also seems to make photographing them a challenge, especially with my limited skills in that field. They could do with a re-shoot soon, along with some of the earlier models on this blog - while my painting hasn't improved substantially, my photo set-up has and I can definitely do better than the muddy brown photos of the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2017/03/poxwalkers.html">Poxwalkers</a> and the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2017/04/plaguetouched.html">Plaguetouched</a> (it's the photos, not the paintjobs - honest!).</p><p><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8427556609073037763" itemprop="description articleBody" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 626px; word-spacing: 0px;"><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-84275566090730377632023-05-10T09:12:00.000+01:002023-05-10T09:12:24.406+01:00Pac-Man From Hell<p>It has been altogether too long since I did any miniatures stuff for pleasure (Feb 2022), and even longer since I painted anything (July 2020!). Recently, though, my minis mojo has been on the rise, and I've been dabbling with a few projects, some new, some unfinished. I've even been inspired to break out the paints again!</p><p>I wanted to start with something relatively simple to get a quick 'win' under my belt, so opted for a single creature, rather a new unit or something. As it happened, the target of 'simple' was achieved on all counts! The model I selected was a <a href="https://www.minisgallery.com/index.php?id=4233&task=image&imageName=roiling-oil">Roiling Oil</a> from the Pathfinder Battles line of pre-painted miniatures. As I've said before many times on this blog - I love the <i>D&D</i>/<i>Pathfinder </i>pre-paints for big monsters. They tend to hold better detail than smaller figures in the same lines (fewer bendy weapons!) and they're usually fairly cheap to pick up on the second-hand market despite the arbitrary rarities allocated to each model. Mould lines are often a bit of a drag to remove but, again, easier to do on the larger models.</p><p>This one was a large ooze - a perfect addition to the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/Choleric%20Order%20of%20the%20Yellow%20Bile">Choleric Order of the Yellow Bile</a>, which has gone a while without reinforcements. Naturally, the black ooze was re-skinned to represent one of the cult's sacred idols, a physical manifestation of the Yellow Bile itself (or so they believe).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfTfBSh2qwsJ0a7CQUEVcc1rLZGJuVxF017QUe6TfEZE_0B46nciYW-tvAbgZPkAWXP7Id37bZ4DG_d4ZTqIpviVft1MOn1-E9DlsAAxd1scrJbA1m1W-jPkOKA5rb1PaZ5LAxLzvZbrcLFaMLjVUqJFo4YMzfkzOI40t2uTXpyL3yR1fENRcbg/s3145/Ooze1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="3145" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfTfBSh2qwsJ0a7CQUEVcc1rLZGJuVxF017QUe6TfEZE_0B46nciYW-tvAbgZPkAWXP7Id37bZ4DG_d4ZTqIpviVft1MOn1-E9DlsAAxd1scrJbA1m1W-jPkOKA5rb1PaZ5LAxLzvZbrcLFaMLjVUqJFo4YMzfkzOI40t2uTXpyL3yR1fENRcbg/w400-h101/Ooze1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The paint-job was simplicity itself - brown base-coat, dark yellow all over, brighter yellow highlights, brown wash all over. Done.</p><p>All told, I'm rather pleased with it and have found it a home alongside the Choleric Order on my shelves. It's actually a more effective centrepiece than I first thought - the model is much larger than one might expect. That works nicely enough given the fluff of the force!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNVY-FRTbNPVK4ZKqmUQZg3pqjbhKKF8l3ckzkFRpGidUjExYe_-T8nxqiDDSbEt9YpIuApUz6eq4Yb-_eZ25knCKeOdB_IDY_PSEKT1-vHU2VzW9mV-NR5tfAlZjkNqVgys0_YWLoPiv-rYnGmAzoqODh9nxEzPzmQhekFK2efMxBmmVRovQeQ/s1273/Ooze2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1273" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNVY-FRTbNPVK4ZKqmUQZg3pqjbhKKF8l3ckzkFRpGidUjExYe_-T8nxqiDDSbEt9YpIuApUz6eq4Yb-_eZ25knCKeOdB_IDY_PSEKT1-vHU2VzW9mV-NR5tfAlZjkNqVgys0_YWLoPiv-rYnGmAzoqODh9nxEzPzmQhekFK2efMxBmmVRovQeQ/w400-h251/Ooze2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>All I need to do now is figure out what stats I want to give it. Of course, it's a big, yellow maw, so I reckon it has to have some kind of bonus against ghosts and other ethereal undead...</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79tsvt7kZxL0bBmKZuEyZq-CDkvila5pZ7iKhTLnOy4ps79oLYk-sQiHI33d1d-ud5sjdx2bRZo9-VRSbT3yps9uWRXxYZSybPkejwP7JOjCjyLPRr4fJiCZUPoyOopuuZj0eJKmiEUibLCaiEzUWHZP77TY8nGP4ZWEwtMZiO6tTgIN9m9gwQQ/s1700/Ooze3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1700" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79tsvt7kZxL0bBmKZuEyZq-CDkvila5pZ7iKhTLnOy4ps79oLYk-sQiHI33d1d-ud5sjdx2bRZo9-VRSbT3yps9uWRXxYZSybPkejwP7JOjCjyLPRr4fJiCZUPoyOopuuZj0eJKmiEUibLCaiEzUWHZP77TY8nGP4ZWEwtMZiO6tTgIN9m9gwQQ/w400-h189/Ooze3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nom nom nom nom</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-57027059335993189392022-02-28T16:45:00.005+00:002022-02-28T16:49:10.041+00:00Heavy Lads<div style="text-align: left;">So it goes again - back to models after a long layoff. In between a few smaller ideas (which I hope will grace this blog soon), I have revisited the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Nameless%20Army">Nameless Army</a>, adding a bit more weight to the force in the form of five heavy infantry.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIggfjoaP4mq39g8Pgwp8PbwpacUc2e-nnPILbjbInnZFtpoQabGTtPAxwRO886u02pp3WIVjXIwDcZSN59FV3-2nBxFveKdTrHwZWkgxkI6NKng1ewllRzwmRjhWMJLZ2RuvD9uFZZgT86oy_y8UAScN66UPjBYT4tPYZ5HyyCQyatm7iTgWerQ=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="2000" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIggfjoaP4mq39g8Pgwp8PbwpacUc2e-nnPILbjbInnZFtpoQabGTtPAxwRO886u02pp3WIVjXIwDcZSN59FV3-2nBxFveKdTrHwZWkgxkI6NKng1ewllRzwmRjhWMJLZ2RuvD9uFZZgT86oy_y8UAScN66UPjBYT4tPYZ5HyyCQyatm7iTgWerQ=w400-h145" width="400" /></a></div>Unlike the standard Nameless Army troops, who are fairly stock models from the <a href="https://fireforge-games.com/northern-kingdom-47">Fireforge Northmen</a> kits, these chaps are made from a fairly eclectic mix of parts. The legs and arms are from the Fireforge kits, but the torsos are from GW <a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Empire-Greatswords">Greatswords</a> with the skulls and wreaths on the breastplates filed off. These parts didn't mesh up especially well - the GW torsos are designed to sit on much more narrow-hipped legs, so I carved back the hip area on the legs to blend them in a little better. The join between the two was still a little severe, so I added some tassets repurposed from the <a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Necromunda-Van-Saar-Gang-2018">Van Saar gang</a> shoulder-pads to help balance out the two elements. Only one of the tassets ended up wonky, so I ensured that it was covered by a tightly held shield arm.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDORmv8331wVKTuy8Re8WNylYXXUXb8xRjPoSiQgY6dQSml2k8z04z_8_5acHbTengoGfasqbyXUxhJJ2E2kW6YUH_FSlI87Kjb3_rGhtxYlIibWKTpC2jiEd7qZVo6XWlBpr1vocyrZyaEpGFrDgVdrIRQbMI9GUY4SBX_GTUG3O8p-ab6DQrcQ=s2604" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="2544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDORmv8331wVKTuy8Re8WNylYXXUXb8xRjPoSiQgY6dQSml2k8z04z_8_5acHbTengoGfasqbyXUxhJJ2E2kW6YUH_FSlI87Kjb3_rGhtxYlIibWKTpC2jiEd7qZVo6XWlBpr1vocyrZyaEpGFrDgVdrIRQbMI9GUY4SBX_GTUG3O8p-ab6DQrcQ=s320" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very wonky tasset at bottom right. Slightly less wonky tassets everywhere else.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The heads came from Anvil Industry's <a href="https://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/burning-rose">Daughters of the Burning Rose</a>. Though intended for Gothic SF, these visored barbutes are perfect for Fantasy and fit nicely alongside the helmets worn by the rest of the force (they also have hooded versions if I ever want to do something more Templar-y). I did need to do a bit more carving to enlarge the neck sockets on the Greatsword torsos and, as the heads are resin and I wasn't convinced by the contacts between the elements, I pinned all of them in addition to super-gluing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqBmg94ckEO81fVd7AX1iOgjJwpn5alEUI5YDxRUADaMmdYlT1T_HQN4bebmq_o2gccGtP5FvvR-RUg7XLzqNdjQXWBaNNUQ4CGE5H26_NCgzVoD2vO7dwNf8BsaVxhc8A4qduk_KMkWRZi5Z1trLH6aNnieTFTDHTb3YOKvc-NkMeJczECjYugA=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="2000" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqBmg94ckEO81fVd7AX1iOgjJwpn5alEUI5YDxRUADaMmdYlT1T_HQN4bebmq_o2gccGtP5FvvR-RUg7XLzqNdjQXWBaNNUQ4CGE5H26_NCgzVoD2vO7dwNf8BsaVxhc8A4qduk_KMkWRZi5Z1trLH6aNnieTFTDHTb3YOKvc-NkMeJczECjYugA=w400-h145" width="400" /></a></div>They're not perfect, and the smalls of the back still
attest to the fairly significant size different between the tops of the legs
and the bottoms of the torsos, but I'm pretty happy with them! Once painted,
they will add a much-needed bit of hitting power to the Nameless Army, lending
support to the single five-man unit of <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/04/productivity.html">swordsmen</a> I currently have.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b><span>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></span></div><p></p>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-59060790195478914822021-05-10T17:32:00.002+01:002021-05-10T18:22:01.974+01:00Chernobog<p>The kitbashing urge remains strong... even as the painting urge remains zero! Fortunately, the <i>Stargrave </i><a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=295&page=1">plastics</a> offer ample opportunity to muck around with plastic and build some random stuff!</p><p>Since I first saw the AK-looking weapon in the <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15451">Mercenaries kit</a>, I've known that it would eventually find its way onto a Stalker-type model to accompany my <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/01/stalk-line.html">existing zone raiders</a>. Moreover, one of the torsos in the same kit (the one with the chest pouches) was a vaguely near-future SOF-style get-up. I even grabbed a helmeted head, backpack, and grenades from the same kit, causing me to worry that I was building a 'stock' figure for the first time in ages!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbPh_iPfq6o/YJldsdPd5BI/AAAAAAAACRo/fvyMIF_q3Mom-J9w0Y90medeUc1o6urKgCPcBGAsYHg/s1500/Chernobog2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1500" height="191" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbPh_iPfq6o/YJldsdPd5BI/AAAAAAAACRo/fvyMIF_q3Mom-J9w0Y90medeUc1o6urKgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h191/Chernobog2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Fortunately, my desire to add <i>stuff</i> to the model to really kit him out like a seasoned zone raider meant that I had to dive into my bits box to find some random gubbins. There's a Geiger counter bit of tech on his left hip that's off the <i>Necromunda</i> <a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Necromunda-Van-Saar-Gang-2018">Van Saar sprue</a>, and a bedroll from... somewhere. Canteen, holstered pistol, knife, and a couple of extra pouches from various <a href="https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/bolt-action/plastic+infantry-squads-teams">Warlord WWII kits</a> rounded out the ensemble.</p><p style="text-align: left;">So, I give you Chernobog, an ex-Spetsnaz operative, now active in and around the Zone. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yf3nEv8xZ3Q/YJlefeMD3SI/AAAAAAAACR0/onIEKeYFmO8DPWNvqZHKmb7RJ2E85ECZgCPcBGAsYHg/s824/Chernobog1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="719" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yf3nEv8xZ3Q/YJlefeMD3SI/AAAAAAAACR0/onIEKeYFmO8DPWNvqZHKmb7RJ2E85ECZgCPcBGAsYHg/w349-h400/Chernobog1.jpg" width="349" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Still need to finish off a couple of things (filling some gaps with green-stuff and drilling out the gun barrel), but otherwise he's ready for basing and painting!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span><br style="font-size: x-small;" /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b><span>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></span></p>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-5860540298263214452021-04-26T13:18:00.000+01:002021-04-26T13:18:06.914+01:00Space Dwarf<p>Having built my <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2021/04/space-devils.html">Space Devils</a> the other week, I was still in the mood for kitbashing with the new <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=295&cat=730&page=1"><i>Stargrave</i></a> sprues. Fortunately, the sample <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15450">Crew</a> sprue had arrived, so I had even more options to play with!</p><p>I love Dwarves in Fantasy, and I love Space Dwarves in Sci-Fi. Normally, I'm not interested in 'Fantasy in Spaaaace', but there's something about Dwarves that transcends that. Perhaps it's the 'dour engineer' stereotype meshing so well with the classic Fantasy Dwarf stereotype. Whatever it is, I have no problem with Space Dwarves even though I might scoff at Space Elves/Orcs/Goblins/etc.</p><p>I've been sat on a box of GW's <a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Kharadron-Overlords-Arkanaut-company-2017">Kharadron Overlords Arkanauts</a> for quite some time, without really having any plans for them - I like their boiler-suited look, and some of them aren't overloaded with bits, pieces, gubbins, and skulls. All told, a cracking starting point for a more industrial Space Dwarf. To this, I added one of my favourite heads from the <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=10843"><i>Ghost Archipelago</i> Crew</a> sprue (the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/04/productivity.html">last time</a> I used this particular head, I managed to mangle an ear... happily, I avoided that this time!). The arms are both off the <i>Stargrave</i> Crew sprue - I've been waiting to use this shotgun since I saw the digital renders! This was the trickiest part of the kitbash. While the separate supporting arms make porting across to different kits easier, the Arkanaut body is very wide, and the flat surfaces where the arms attach slope in towards the chest. I had to flatten those surfaces out a bit, and actually used a different supporting arm than the one intended for use with that particular shotgun. A little slicing and filing, and the judicious application of polystyrene cement, and it's worked out pretty well!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ii8Ul1YJQ8g/YIauRF3z59I/AAAAAAAACQY/ua5Fu1xp_CUIe_ClFJ9eRwQN2HbGgI9YQCPcBGAsYHg/s923/SpaceDwarf1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ii8Ul1YJQ8g/YIauRF3z59I/AAAAAAAACQY/ua5Fu1xp_CUIe_ClFJ9eRwQN2HbGgI9YQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/SpaceDwarf1.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Incredibly chuffed with this guy, and looking forward to getting him painted up!</p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span><br style="font-size: x-small;" /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b><span>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></span></p>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-51839340034602158432021-04-12T17:54:00.002+01:002021-04-12T18:06:55.003+01:00Space Devils<p>I've been in a real lull minis-wise recently (since, umm... July), but am, <i>finally</i>, back on the horse! </p><p>The other day, I got a parcel containing something I've been eagerly awaiting for <i>months</i> - a pair of test sprues for the <i>Stargrave</i> <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15451">Mercenaries </a>and <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15452">Troopers </a>(still not seen the Crew!). Having checked these to get them rolling for production, I couldn't resist kitbashing a few crewmembers. Naturally, I also couldn't resist mixing in a variety of components from other kits...</p><p>I've always had a soft spot for <i>Star Wars</i>' Devaronians - the space-demon-looking chaps. No idea why, really - I just like the look!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G54g3WtwBCA/YHRyn7z0pnI/AAAAAAAACOY/mM8IjqcSwgsprLja6O8NF0gnCZzcJz9JwCPcBGAsYHg/s2000/DevaronianNEGAS.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1010" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G54g3WtwBCA/YHRyn7z0pnI/AAAAAAAACOY/mM8IjqcSwgsprLja6O8NF0gnCZzcJz9JwCPcBGAsYHg/w203-h400/DevaronianNEGAS.jpg" width="203" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Devaronian, by William O'Connor, from <i>The New Essential Guide to Alien Species</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Fortunately, I also happened to have a sprue of the <i>Frostgrave</i> <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15222">Demons</a>, which includes a couple of heads that work perfectly for Devaronians and also fit nicely with the <i>Stargrave</i> figures in terms of neck joint and scale.</p><p>My first one was a simple kitbash - Trooper arms on a Mercenary body with a Demon head. The only work that was needed for the head was to flatten off the ball joint on the bottom of the neck a bit to both reduce its length and fit better in the socket on top of the body. He's not quite finished - I still need to base him (once I've decided how I want to do that) and drill out the gun barrel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-12jbOvavmpI/YHR1IMYTOKI/AAAAAAAACOk/hzxNUpXlP84sUnR2n2QeF-CU-0Mu74pJwCPcBGAsYHg/s719/Dev1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="482" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-12jbOvavmpI/YHR1IMYTOKI/AAAAAAAACOk/hzxNUpXlP84sUnR2n2QeF-CU-0Mu74pJwCPcBGAsYHg/w268-h400/Dev1.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Having got this guy done as proof-of-concept, I decided to try something a little more involved for my second one. The base elements of this second Devaronian were the same - Demon head, Mercenary body, Trooper arms (this time the machine gun from the sprue). Given that he was toting a big, ammo-chewing gun, I dug out the large backpack from the <i>Frostgrave </i><a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=14919">Knights </a>sprue. This didn't quite fit flush to the back of the Mercenary body, but a little bit of filing and carving soon fixed most of that, while a knife from one of the <i>Stargrave</i> sprues filled a small gap and some ammo pouches from a <i>Bolt Action</i> sprue over each shoulder helped make it feel a little more heavy-duty. At this point, I felt that the backpack itself was a bit plain, so I found some random pouches from my bits box and mounted them to the sides.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Je20BsV3Pj4/YHR5aNBRHKI/AAAAAAAACOw/ypH8M_1LRywTNfZNyCXTQn0vbR8MA0N5QCPcBGAsYHg/s967/Dev2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="967" height="311" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Je20BsV3Pj4/YHR5aNBRHKI/AAAAAAAACOw/ypH8M_1LRywTNfZNyCXTQn0vbR8MA0N5QCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h311/Dev2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Really enjoyed both of these and am very happy with how they came out. My kitbashing was a little rusty after going so long unused, and my use of polystyrene cement was a little heavy-handed, but it's good to be back!</p><div><div><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">***</span><br style="font-size: x-small;" /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Disclaimer: </b><span>All links to third-party sites are solely for the purposes of sourcing the products I have discussed, if anyone is so inclined. I have simply linked to the original manufacturer or the source I used (but feel free to shop around!) and make no money from people clicking through.</span></span></p></div></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-7995725866254853142020-07-02T08:58:00.001+01:002020-07-02T08:59:28.186+01:00Good BoysHaving built and painted the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/06/doggone.html">kennelmaster</a>, it was a somewhat tough wait for his hounds to arrive! Fortunately, Otherworld Miniatures delivered two packs of their <a href="https://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/shop/fantasy-scenics/fs14-war-dogs-2/">war dogs</a> really quickly (many thanks, Otherworld!), so he wasn't long without his best friends.<br />
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These were the first metal miniatures I'd worked with in quite some time, but there was barely a mould line to be scraped away - really lovely, clean sculpts. The paintjob was basic, but is nice enough in person, though I cannot, for the life of me, take a decent photo of them!</div>
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And that's it - the last unit I currently have planned for <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Nameless%20Army">The Nameless Army</a>. There will be more, I have no doubt, but it's time to move onto something different for a bit. Of course, I <i>am</i> waiting on a couple of upcoming kits (no spoilers) that are earmarked to provide characters for the force, so there's a good chance they spin out into full units, and I have just caught myself thinking "maybe they need an artillery piece...". And I do quite fancy adding some more <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/06/light-relief.html">light infantry</a>, perhaps in the form of scouts and militia. Yeah... this isn't over, is it?</div>
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Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-37415209073216740712020-06-25T16:12:00.001+01:002020-06-25T16:12:40.864+01:00Doggone!This chap, thrown together using parts from the <a href="https://fireforge-games.com/northern-kingdom/370-folk-rabble.html">Fireforge Folk Rabble</a> kit and the head from an <a href="http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=12386">Oathmark Human</a>, marks the first of the final five models currently planned for <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Nameless%20Army">The Nameless Army</a>.<br />
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He's a kennelmaster, and will be joined in due course by a pack of hounds. Right now, he is armed with little more than a staff and a ferocious moustache. His mutts are under way, and should be finished soon, but I got this guy started while waiting for them to arrive.<br />
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The staff is just a metal spear cut to size. While he's painted to match the <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/06/light-relief.html">light infantry</a>, I wanted a slightly less 'rank-and-file' feel, hence opting for a less military choice of equipment and a slightly more flamboyant head.<br />
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All told, I'm really pleased with how well he came out, considering the simplicity of the model!<br />
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Having completed the officer alongside the last batch, this lot are just four rank-and-file grunts - two for a nominal front rank (spears lowered), and two for a rear rank with spears grounded. Here's the full unit in all it's glory...<br />
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With just four figures for this army that don't come from the Fireforge boxed sets (and which haven't arrived yet... they're due to go into the last of the currently planned units), and just two components (heads) from other kits, this is - hands down - the most consistent force I've ever mustered. Happily (or, at least, reassuringly), the characters will be a much more traditional mix of bits and pieces from all over. They're somewhat in limbo until a certain new release is available so, in the meantime, I'll be moving onto a new project, with the rough ambition of balancing out the Conquistador-y vibe I've been getting from this bunch...<br />
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I covered how the troops were built in my <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/06/two-horse.html">last blog</a>, and there's not a huge amount to say about the painting - standard job for the officer, Mostly blue-grey for the footsloggers. So, a short and sweet post this time out!<br />
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Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-81042033847359023462020-06-04T09:37:00.000+01:002020-06-17T21:11:40.106+01:00Two Horse!Following on from the previous batch of <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/05/to-horse.html">three cavalry</a>, I have just finished the final two in this little unit of five. As the 20-day gap between the batches shows, I <i>really</i> don't like painting cavalry. Halfway through painting these last two, I got frustrated and built, based, and primed ten light infantrymen to accompany <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Nameless%20Army">The Nameless Army</a> (more on those later). Still, the horsemen are done now, and I can't see myself adding any more any time soon. Well... <i>maybe</i> a commander...<br />
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Here, then, are the final mounted trooper and the officer for the unit. The officer has the now-familiar shoulderpad on his right arm. In the absence of sufficient 'reins-holding' arms (per my previous post about the cavalry kit), the left arms are those I snagged from the other kits. None of the options I had came even vaguely close to looking like they were holding the reins, so this was the pick of a poor bunch. I'm not entirely displeased with them, however - again, I think happiness at having completed this unit is trumping my usual fussiness!<br />
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Paint-wise, I opted for two dark brown horses to accompany the various greys I'd done previously. Nothing special, really - dark socks/stockings on one, and a grey/white on the other.<br />
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Much as I moan about cavalry, I have to admit that they do look pretty impressive when all is said and done.<br />
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Right. Enough horse nonsense... back to the footsloggers! While painting may have paused, productivity did not, and I put this bunch together over a lazy Sunday.<br />
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The bodies and arms are from Fireforge's <a href="https://fireforge-games.com/northern-kingdom/370-folk-rabble.html">Folk Rabble</a> kit, while the helmets and shields are spares from the various other kits in the range. While the clothing shows slight variation, the helmets are distinct and really tie the unit together (plus, I'll likely give them a more uniform paintjob). The one exception is the unit's officer, who was built entirely from spare parts from the more military-looking kits. He does seem a good bit taller than the rabble he leads, which I kind of like. Unlike the existing officers, he did not get a shoulderpad - I figured that, amongst the light infantry, simply having the armour of a regular infantryman was enough distinction.<br />
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Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-86059755010840098822020-05-24T10:20:00.004+01:002020-06-17T21:12:33.345+01:00Birthday GorillaI received a parcel the other day from my pal, <a href="http://therenaissancetroll.blogspot.com/">Joe</a>. In it, I discovered copies of the most recent <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/309196/Spellcaster-The-Frostgrave-Magazine-6"><i>Spellcaster</i> </a>and <i><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/309317/Rangers-of-Shadow-Deep-Across-the-Wastes">Across the Wastes</a></i> for <i>Rangers of Shadow Deep</i>... and a little box. Inside said box was a belated birthday present - this big old boy, painted by Joe:<br />
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He's from Reaper Miniatures' Bones line, simply called '<a href="https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/bones/latest/77589">Gorilla</a>' (which does him a disservice, if you ask me - he's clearly not <i>just </i>any old gorilla!). I'd seen the model before, but not really clocked just how large it is - he towers over most of the stuff in my collection...<br />
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He's a really lovely gift - and a thoughtful one - I have been somewhat tempted to build an all-ape warband for a while, using Lucid Eye's fun little <a href="https://www.lucideyepublications.com/search-results/q-simians/qc-products">range of simians</a>. Not that I have specific plans for what to do with them... they'd fit nicely into <i>Ghost Archipelago</i>, to be fair. Perhaps as opponents for the vaguely Conquistador-y models that make up <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Nameless%20Army">The Nameless Army</a>. Now that I've got King Chimp here to lead them, I guess I have no excuse anymore! Thanks, Joe!<br />
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Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-11774505241821770352020-05-15T09:24:00.000+01:002020-06-17T21:13:24.302+01:00To Horse!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm really in the zone with my little force (currently <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Nameless%20Army">The Nameless Army</a>) and, looking at it, realised that it needed some horsemen to add a little more variety to the rank and file. So, I grabbed </span>a box of Fireforge's <a href="https://fireforge-games.com/northern-kingdom/363-northmen-cavalry.html">Northmen Cavalry</a> to match all my infantry. Now, <span style="font-family: inherit;">I <i>really </i>dislike painting cavalry. I've tried doing it with the riders on, the riders off, and never seem to end up with something that I find appealing. T</span>he more figures from this range that I've painted, however, the more I've enjoyed them. This is something of a rarity for me, as I tend to see painting as a necessary evil that allows me to put something I've really enjoyed kitbashing onto the table. They're detailed without being fussy, characterful without being over the top, and are really well suited to my minimal, wash-heavy style. If anything was going to help me break my cavalry duck, it'd be this! And it's a really nice kit... with just a couple of minor issues (one self-inflicted, one not!).<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The chief annoyance - and the only real criticism I have of an otherwise superb kit - is that while the kit is designed to build six horsemen, not all options are represented equally in the box. For example, the weapon options are sword or spear, and you get six of each. There are six shield arms and six shields. If you don’t want the riders to be carrying shields, you have the option of empty, ‘clutching the reins’ arms… four of them in total. So, assuming you don’t want any of your six horsemen carrying shields, you have to raid two left arms from the command sprue or one of the other boxes – none of which really line up with the reins. Not a deal-breaker, and a more determined modeler could no doubt convert something that worked, but an frustratingly odd choice – especially when the kit offers FOUR banner arms (one on each of the two cavalry sprues, two on the generic command sprue)… but only one banner top (on the command sprue).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Regardless, as I wanted to build light horse, armed with just a spear, I decided to press on and make solving that little matter Future Phil's problem. In due course, I will add two more to this little unit (another lancer and an officer), and probably a mounted commander for the overall force with the remaining options in the box. Because I really dislike painting cavalry, though, I just started with three so that I didn't get frustrated and drag my heels - or, worse, abandon the project (though I confess I did detour a little into another project at one point - more on that later).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, the kit went together really well - everything was a good fit, there were no awkward "oh, so you can't use that piece with that, I guess" discoveries, and the extent of my conversion work was clipping off the spears, drilling out the hands, and inserting metal replacements. And then I came to basing them and my self-inflicted issue arose. I like a bit of heft to my minis, which is why I tend to use metal discs rather than the plastic ones included in most kits, so I dug out some 40mm metal discs for these horsemen. Had I been using the polystyrene cement to attach the cavalry to the plastic bases supplied, there would have been no issue, but the really small contact points (all three body options have three points of contact, but these are two horseshoes and the tip of a hoof!) did make it a bit of a chore. My superglue-and-greenstuff ‘cement’ should hold them fast, but I
can’t shake the feeling that they’re a little flimsy. Oh, for a good,
old-fashioned ‘puddle’ base under each hoof!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Painting was really straightforward (as all these kits have been, really). The only real divergence from the infantry was in the horses - I opted for one grey, and one light grey, then added a few little distinguishing features such as socks and stockings. All told, I'm really rather pleased with them, though I'm not sure I'm ready for a whole mounted army just yet!</span></div>
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Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825962977169307885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867350959980253674.post-9517682733993022002020-04-28T17:48:00.000+01:002020-06-17T21:14:11.711+01:00Robin... The Hooded ManAs planned, I pressed on with some archers for my growing (and still unnamed) <a href="https://plasticmalpractice.blogspot.com/2020/04/productivity.html">fantasy force</a>.<br />
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I've still got five cavalry to sort out (well, potentially six, as the <a href="https://fireforge-games.com/northern-kingdom-47">Fireforge Northmen</a> come in multiples of six, but I've got one of them earmarked as a commander), but these were to be the last five infantrymen produced with the kits I currently have. Unfortunately, these didn't go together as smoothly as the previous figures. Don't get me wrong, the kit is largely spot-on, and goes together well - there were just a couple of things that proved awkward.<br />
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There's a brilliant spot of attention to detail in the kit - most of the torsos have a hood hanging down the back. There are, however, a couple of hooded heads on the sprue... and a couple of hoodless torsos to pair up with them. Lovely stuff. The heads themselves have rather prominent neck joints, and for the bare and helmeted heads in the box, this works perfectly. It does, however, make the hooded heads look a little odd - like they're wearing <i>babushka</i>-style headscarves or open-faced balaclavas more than hoods! They also sit awkwardly alongside the hanging hoods, which seem much larger. Not a massive problem, but it did mean that I had to crack out the greenstuff and bulk up the backs of the necks so that they blended into the clothing more. A bit fiddly, given my skills with greenstuff, but I think they worked out well enough. Much as I like that most of the pikemen are helmeted, I really appreciated the variety of head options in this kit. I mixed in hoods, helmets, and a bare head, chiefly to add more variety to the figures in the 'samey' shooting pose but also to give the unit the feel of a bunch of more independently minded soldiers - though with the uniform elements marking them as part of the overall force.<br />
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The annoying element, that frustrated me enough that I put the kit to one side for a day, is that the backs of the quivers are concave, rather than flat (as found on most separate quivers). Going by the pictures on the box, the curve is designed to fit around the waist of the figures. Fair enough. Could I get them to stay in that intended position? No, I could not. Cue excessive amounts of polystyrene cement and a fear that I'd obscured too much detail and ruined things beyond saving! I think the break was helpful - once returned to the project, I was a lot happier, and the painted minis don't show the damage I feared had been inflicted.<br />
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The irony is that, unlike so many plastic figures, there's <i>plenty</i> of flat space for a flat-backed quiver to sit, thanks to the long padded armour the models are sculpted wearing. Were I to do these over, I'd <i>definitely</i> ditch the included quivers and replace them with something from another kit. In fact, I'd probably also switch the archer torsos with those from the infantry box, as the latter have belts across the chest, and plenty of flat space for a quiver on the back! It'd mean no hoods hanging down, but I could probably live with that. Aaaaaanyway, lessons learned if I ever revisit this kit.<br />
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Painting was the usual straightforward approach that's incredibly familiar by this point. At this stage, it's second nature, and I cracked through this little lot over the course of a couple of afternoons. For now, there's just the cavalry left to do. I might take a break for a moment, though, and pick up another project as a palette-cleanser... and to paint something other than blue, grey, and brown!<br />
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