A while back I picked up the Warband rules and a couple of starter armies. Finally getting some time to put them on the painting table. This is my second go at 10mm and I have to say I'm really having fun with it. There's so much character in these little guys!
King Braggust Coalfist VI
King Coalfist listened attentively to the latest report from General Thorgeld Bromlow while the anger he felt slowly began to creep into his expression. When the report had finished, he spat upon the floor and looked first at General Thorgeld, and then the rest of the assembly. He measured his voice and said, "That foul Lich Shilvain and his minions have tainted our borders with their stench for too long. It is time we showed them that the Dwarves of Halvoskaar are no mere fleas to be picked at and smashed." He rose from his thrown and all the assembled Dwarves bowed before him. He exclaimed, "Rise my warriors! Call forth the clans! Assemble the armies for we march to meet Shilvain and his accursed horde!"
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Heart of the Mountain
Whenever the Dwarves of Halvoskaar march to war the King will command his Grand Mage to retrieve the Heart of the Mountain. The Grand Mage will take his entourage into the Mine of Basvick to search for a large piece of rock that has magical properties. The Geomancers will shape runes upon the stone that aid the mages in battle. Although the Heart of the Mountain is merely symbolic, and not some ancient relic, many enemy armies have wasted valuable troops and resources to seek it's destruction in battle.
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Those are superb!
Might have to steal the stone gollem idea...
:-bd =D> :-bd
Like'em Like'em Like'em. Great explainations too. :-bd
Excellent, that man !! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Great stuff :)
Very good looking units. Are they on double thickness bases?
Quote from: fred. on 12 September 2016, 06:40:23 AM
Very good looking units. Are they on double thickness bases?
I think that's the table edge!
Nice troops :)
Excellent work 8)
Thank you everyone!
Quote from: fred. on 12 September 2016, 06:40:23 AM
Are they on double thickness bases?
As toxicpixie guessed, it's the edge of my painting desk. I'm using the MDF bases that came with the Hill Dwarf starter.
Seen worse....
IanS
Thanks everyone!
Next up... some pony riders!
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Superb!
:-bd =D> :-bd
Very nice, indeed ! 8)
Cheers - Phil
Splendid :D
thumbs up!
Are Dwarves still dangerous from a distance? Yes...
Do they still smell as bad? No...
Well, that's good at least. :-\
Here's some more (long range) Dwarves for my Warband.
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(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_D_72fICh0I/WAQGgyrtiII/AAAAAAAACjI/wr6AaxbPcZEjmGRQdcZu6A_oIuDvFGnKACLcB/s1600/Dwarf_Artillery.JPG)
Very nicely done.
:-bd =D> :-bd
Would black bores help those cannon :-\
Thanks guys!
Quote from: paulr on 17 October 2016, 03:24:43 AM
Would black bores help those cannon :-\
Actually, they are darkened with a wash... but my lazy picture taking let the light "wash" it all out. Probably should have just used black in the bores to start...
Same stand archers, xbow and arquebusiers, Great.
Like the colors and the look of the big bases. What ruleset are you going to use?
Very nice. :)
Very nice indeed ! 8)
Cheers - Phil
Good stuff. Nice to see some tourquise Dwarfs
Quote from: jchaos79 on 17 October 2016, 05:28:13 AM
. What ruleset are you going to use?
I'm guessing Warband.
Very nice indeed
Take care
Andy
Top work on those shooters!
Excellent work. I love the three ranked "archers". Bringing ALL the weapons! :D
Thanks everyone!
Quote from: jchaos79 on 17 October 2016, 05:28:13 AM
What ruleset are you going to use?
Warband to start. But we're also thinking of dabbling with Mayhem as well.
Wrapped up two units of Dwarf warriors.
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(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SbJacakbtO0/WDtVqgADgtI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/SfCQ0LFp4q8y088WTFlGEFMBwUwzJ6jcACLcB/s1600/Dwarf_Warriors11.JPG)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IkIvS7Q3gXc/WDtVqai5mcI/AAAAAAAAC9U/IRSyQAH4NXYEQf_LUdW3L42tmm12KhNhwCLcB/s1600/DwarfWarriors12.JPG)
Quote from: DFlynSqrl on 02 December 2016, 12:30:11 AM
Wrapped up two units of Dwarf warriors.
Very nicely done. Like those a lot!
Quote from: Ithoriel on 02 December 2016, 12:41:43 AM
Very nicely done. Like those a lot!
Seconded!
Very cool - they really pop out, very full of aggro and piss and vinegar :D
Guess they all had their Ready Brek and Irn Bru this morning :D
Because this is where they belong:
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Since my painting diary died a painful death by apostrophe (the "hacking" event of 2016"), I never got around to posting up my last unit of Dwarf Warriors. I did want to make a group shot to post though so here's some pictures of the starter Dwarf pack for Warband. I did toss in a few extra figures like some pipers. wizards, and stuff. Kudos to my lovely wife for help with the photography.
That's 3 stands of warriors, a ranged unit, artillery, cavalry, a magic user unit and the leader.
The "family" shot.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6b-0lsXr1Bs/WI6ZOWqiIoI/AAAAAAAADRY/s1I3lZsLS5wL14rm051z51zQRUhE2YKogCEw/s1600/Dwarfs1.jpg)
Just the Leader, magic user, artillery and cavalry units...
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jIW3S5lPT4w/WI6ZM2o9aMI/AAAAAAAADRY/RnKDmxQl4yci_iaHbcs-iOWmzU4hQuo8wCEw/s1600/Dwarfs3.jpg)
And the 3 units of warriors and a mixed range unit (blunderbusses, crossbows and bows... because Dwarves don't mess around!).
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8hW5kmjkaQ/WI6ZNn6QYzI/AAAAAAAADRc/nkVhg8rAhWgEHNcHdEXVEvUUbo72xXQxwCEw/s1600/Dwarfs4.jpg)
There's a discussion on another thread about NMM (non-metalic metals). I used a very "basic" version on these little guys. Just 3 shades of gray. I think it gives a little pop to the metal bits but isn't exhaustive to paint.
These are really lovely figures and a pure joy to paint.
Cheers!
Rod
Finally had a chance to look through your pictures - wonderful. Your style for fantasy figures is excellent. It has been mentioned that they are very crisp, bright and wonderfully detailed - I'll second that also. It sort of reminds me of a graphic novel - keep it up!
Thanks for inserting these OldenBUA!
Quote from: d_Guy on 31 January 2017, 03:11:33 PM
Finally had a chance to look through your pictures - wonderful. Your style for fantasy figures is excellent. It has been mentioned that they are very crisp, bright and wonderfully detailed - I'll second that also. It sort of reminds me of a graphic novel - keep it up!
Thank you. Very kind. At table-top distance they really don't turn out that much brighter, but it does kind of accent some of the features. An angry mob of noses and beards!
And now for the start of my Undead army. First up some Skeletal Cavalry.
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(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8voq5IHnSXM/WJfTAa_aYoI/AAAAAAAADTg/XqlQcTB6oIIrNNaFyrDC4GbT6OQ4_50GwCLcB/s1600/SkelCavS.JPG)
I'd actually planned to assemble the catapults first, but can't seem to wrap my head around putting them together. Even when staring at the pictures from the website. I guess I'm just being incredibly dense this week. :-[
Thanks for all the kind comments!
Rod
Lovely stuff !
Cheers - Phil
Progress continues on the Undead army...
So here's a shot of the three new stands together. We have a skeletal crossbow unit, a necromancer unit, and the leader unit. One thing that came about with doing these units is that I decided on a army color scheme. With my Dwarves I had chosen Red & Blue. Deciding to give my units a sense of uniformity I went with Purple and Yellow.
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The Undead Army box only comes with 4 figures for the General unit (or at least that's how I interpreted the packaging). That seemed like a rather large base for just 4 minis so I added a couple of ghouls and vampires I had ordered separately.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yFt9WSk95rI/WKNKA8sfWfI/AAAAAAAADVw/YArECncSyhMsSsQ0EsbZS2Iu1Eq2Wn_iACLcB/s1200/Leader.jpg)
The same thing goes for the Necromancers. There were just 4 in the package and the spooky monolith. I wanted to make it look like these guys meant business. So I had also ordered some spirit figures. I added 6 to this base and I think it makes these guys look like a unit to be wary of just rushing into for a fight.
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The last unit is my ranged unit. I went with all crossbows, saving the longbows for a potential later unit to build. I decided that all my skeletal units would be accompanied by a vampire/necromancer. You never know when those skellies will start falling apart! It's like a team mechanic repairing or replacing parts as needed! "Nobby 213 just blew a femur. Let's put the good bones in the scrap wagon and I'll build a new one."
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Cool. They look really good.
Adding figures to the command and wizard stands is a good idea
Ps if you don't get many replies it is down to the apostrophe bug in the thread title.
Thanks Fred!
Quote from: fred. on 14 February 2017, 07:30:31 PM
Ps if you don't get many replies it is down to the apostrophe bug in the thread title.
Yeah, I remove it when I make additional posts now. But I can't find a way to edit my initial post to change the thread title.
Awesome figs. They really stand out.
In fact I 'm sure I posted something along those lines before but maybe the hackers got in the way. We'll see how this goes.
Only thing I might say is that I'm not sure the off white bricks make the best background for the skellies. Not that I should be criticizing someone else's photography.
[edit] Apparently putting a forward slash in front of the apostrophe works but you have to put it in again when you edit.
I added extra figures to my bases too. Good looking units there!
Thanks guys!
Quote from: lowlylowlycook on 14 February 2017, 08:01:24 PM
Only thing I might say is that I'm not sure the off white bricks make the best background for the skellies. Not that I should be criticizing someone else's photography.
Yeah, they came out a bit dark. This is mostly due to me being lazy and not wanting to setup the lightbox. I tried to compensate by playing with light balance on the camera. :)
Quote from: DFlynSqrl on 14 February 2017, 07:49:55 PM
Yeah, I remove it when I make additional posts now. But I can't find a way to edit my initial post to change the thread title.
I've knocked the apostrophe out of the title now so future replies should work fine.
Really good stuff ! 8)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Leon on 15 February 2017, 03:15:06 PM
I've knocked the apostrophe out of the title now so future replies should work fine.
Thank you!
And the Undead army is finished....well..."finished" as much as any miniature army is when you know more toys will be added in the future. I at least have enough to start playing Warband now.
I liked the idea of my skeletal warriors looking like a horde so I order more spearmen to add to each base. There ended up being 25 on each base plus a vampire/necromancer to keep them all in order. You know those skellies won't keep nice ranks and files on their own.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NWoq_28e5WU/WLN3YT5N-pI/AAAAAAAADaQ/Ud4jCMLLzk0WpBRVNUjuNMnpSB5wbIf7ACLcB/s640/SkellieWarriors3.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E0IJb-c2p28/WLN3YNUCTdI/AAAAAAAADaI/s7j48BLyEUod8YOuc-uBVFFGp-CURD6VACLcB/s640/SkellieWarriors1.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EjEewJl4WR8/WLN3YB3AFhI/AAAAAAAADaE/H2dYZ_YY4fszWjTaum-zDLsqclONdsrnwCLcB/s640/SkellieWarriors2.jpg)
And the catapults!
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WrjInXLKSjw/WLN3rGX1IgI/AAAAAAAADaY/ITfgGO54VQoPswkKlsdh0h6rFZrad1ZzQCLcB/s640/SkellieCatapult1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nF5N9YAsmlU/WLN3rH_hm9I/AAAAAAAADaU/6YWExZ0aQTgFhpohpqNbiUAjh7PrWn3ewCLcB/s640/SkellieCatapult2.jpg)
All 4 together.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uLY6hJ9L7OY/WLN3YHEs3uI/AAAAAAAADaM/Up-oyAGiiOgIc2mNkTZcuWLeWE14FUOqwCEw/s640/SkellieGroup.jpg)
Hope you like 'em.
Rod
Very nice work Rod.
Rod, really great work! Continue to like the way you do the skeleton warriors and your choice of color schemes. Seen together it particularly impressive.
These guys look great.
Really like these, great stuff! 8)
Very nice and bright, great work.
8)
Great looking skellies! Love the vampire/ necromancer officers. Nice work on the shields.
Like those, lots ! 8)
Cheers - Phil.
Thank you everyone!
Great units there D.
I can just see them marching Ray Harryhausen-style in relentless ranks towards the foe while the creepy vamps work their will at the back of the formation.
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Very nice indeed Rod
Take care
Andy