SDE - Here comes the Kobolds!

Hi again fellow readers!

So it is November and this is the second SDE Theme post. As you might guess from the topic the Super Dungeon Explore Kobolds are in the spotlight.

In the box there are enough Kobolds to make up two identical Kobold Spawn hordes. I tought about for a second if I would paint all the Kobold with the same colour scheme. In the end I decided to have two "Tribes" of Kobolds with different  colours. This will make it easy to identify all models belonging to one spawn card.

My Tribes need some cool names so please leave suggestions in the comments! For the time being they are called "Green" and "Blue" tribes.

But here is my progress so far. Enjoy!

Work In Progress - Base  Coating

The Green Tribe Gougers

Gougers - Your run of th mill Kobold minions with spears. As with other Kobolds they are stronger in mobs. Don´t let them gang up on you heroes!

The Green Tribe Knuckleheads

Knuckleheads - Armed with a sword and shield and armour they can take a bit more punishment than Gougers. Also stronger in large mobs.

The Blue Tribe Gougers

The Blue Tribe Knuckleheads

All the painted Kobolds in a group shot

Total Progress painting the Kobolds, I would say bout 42% ready.

Total War: Rome 2 release celebration

I have been busy playing Rome 2 that was released last tuesday, To celebrate the release I decided to paint a Greek Hoplite. (Victrix range). As the box did not come with Transfers I tried to paint the Athenian Owl on the shield, and frankly it  looks quite horrible. Well I have 47 other dudes to practice on :) Well Enjoy! Best not too look to close when you watch the pictures!

Sun Steppe Orcs encounters Dark Elves

Hello,

This time I show you a few pictures of my finished 5 Orc strong Sun Steppe clan patrol. I am quite pleased with the result.

Some Dark elf explorers encounters the Sun Steppe Orc patrol.

Another project I started is to assemble a plastic AoW Dwarf berserker with a two-handed axe. I was surprised that the second hand holding the axe comes in two parts. A bit of tinkering getting the hand in right position and aligning it with the hand. The Dwarf will be my miniature for a DnD lvl8 Dwarf Barbarian Kildrak, so I want to step up my paint job for him. 

Aow Dwarf Berserker 2-h Axe. Note hand in  two parts!

First almost painted projects

During the last two evenings I painted two miniatures. One DarkElf Corsair and One Ax Ork. The colour scheme for the elf is the same I used over a decade ago. For the Orc I am testing a kind of steppe/desert nomad orc coulour scheme. Armour, helmet and shield is bronze, axes are iron. I also did not want to go the usual green but a kind of dark brown leather colour for the orc.

Ax Ork - His home is the steppes with scarce resources so Bronze is used for the armour but the choppa must be Iron to be able to cut through "the Civilized peoples" chainmail and plate armours. 

A Dark Elf Corsair painted in a the same colours as my early Dark Elf army, Front vieiw

Back view of Dark Elf Corsair, It is really fun to paint the cloak

The Videos of the unboxing

The Unboxing videos as I promised. This is really my first attempts at making videos so please feel free to comment If you would like to see more or leave improvement tips. Enjoy!

Part 1 

Part 2

Shipment arrived, unboxing

Today I received my order from Wayland Games. So as I promised, little text and many pictures. I made som unboxing videos also as a test. I will be uploading them in my next post.

The box contents:

Helldorado:

-Saracen Starter Set

-Alchemist

-Lancer

-Tarik ibn Malik and Hunting Eagle

-Dibbukims

-Infernal Ambassador

Avatars of War:

-Avatars - Plastic Dwarf Beserkers Regiment

-Netherhound

-Marauder Champion

-Orc Warlord

Gamezone:

-Imperial Wizard

Hasselfree miniatures:

-Bugharoth first HF demon

-Aquatic Troll

Ax Faction:

-Jotnars Bane - Troll Hunter

Freebooters miniatures:

-Sorceress

Army Painters:

-Warpaints Mega Paint Set

Here are some pictures of my unboxing:

Just opened the box

All the stuff taken out of the box

Here are all detailed pictures of the different Blister packs. Unfortunately for you I will keep them packed until I plan to assemble them. 

Ax Faction Jötnar Troll Bane

Avatars of War - Dwarf Berserker sprues

Orks say "We need paint!"

Hi,

I started this new blog to show my reinvented interest in collecting and painting 28 mm fantasy/sci-fi figures (or are they called miniatures?)

About ten years ago in my early twenties, my interest in Warhammer Fantasy faded and I was left with boxes filled with unpainted miniatures. We have been playing some DnD (Dungenons&Dragons) with my friends and that partly reignited my interest as we play with 28mm miniatures.

My goal is to collect cool figures with no specific bias toward any manufacturer. In the beginning it may be a bit Games workshop heavy as I have loads of old miniatures. I am still waiting for my order of a new paint set (Army painter) as my old 15 year old paint pots have dried up (silly Citadel paint points with the black screw on hat). Meanwhile I bought my first new miniatures in a while and assembled them. They are Mantic Kings of War AX Orks. I never collected any orks, so I wanted to try that. Below is a picture of Orks demanding paint "Paintz uz, or we stompa you!" Love the small Snottlings that came with the kit. I will try to limit text and have lots of pictures in the future. Well until next time!