Hordes: Blindwater Bog Trog Trawlers

So I like the Bog Trog minis... and actually played a game of Hordes for the first time in about 6 years so that gave me a little inspiration to paint something. I actually painted my Shambler unit too but not enough light for me to take photos of them at the moment, plus I haven't even undercoated the bases like I managed to do on the trawlers yet.
First guy is not converted but the second guy is. 

This guy I cut off the handle from his right hand and bent the arm carefully, then I replaced the handle on the gun with brass rod and roughly sculpted a strap onto it.
I took the knife off of a Metal GW Kroot shaper for the right hand. 

Hordes: Blindwater pact (Minions) Swamp Horror

He's Still WIP, got a couple of teeth to finish off and decide what to do about the big grey patches on the side (I tried a smooth grey, didn't like it, so went with a smudged grey but I don't like that much either :().

Love this model, if it wasn't for this guy and the Bog trogs I could easily have avoided buying into another army *sigh*. Still I hope that the model can pull double duty in another game system one day.

It sure is fun to paint things in a completely different way / choice of colours than normal though, the minions in general with their varied model races / creatures are well, just enjoyable to paint :) (well the blindwater side at least, I was fed up after my 6th Brigand for Thornfall... lol).

However this picture was taken while the base was still drying (actually it still is) but since taking the shot the damn water simulation type stuff has shrunk a LOT (it basically now just looks like a wet base, rather than a couple of MM depth). :(, going to try another layer in the morning and hope for the best but with the rate of shrinkage so far I think it's going to need about 30 layers.

Hordes: Blindwater pact (Minions) Posse and Wrastler

Latest Gatormen to receive a paint job, the Posse and a Blackhide Wrastler.
I need to re-paint a bit of the posse leader as I failed to notice the gaping holes in him that required a fair amount of greenstuff work to fill.... lol.

So far I haven't converted any of the blindwarter figures but I have a couple of Croak hunters that will be converted and I want to do a bit of work to the ironback spitters before they I start painting them too.

So far i'm finding this army really easy / quick to paint, i'm loving the speed at which the army is coming together :).

Hordes: Blindwater catastrophe

Well as promised here is what befell my minions through the postal service :(.

On top of the pile of bits pictures below were 2 empty trays of egg crate foam (that the miniatures had been packed into) and a bit of bubble wrap... in Royal Mails defence, there was a fair amount of air in the top of the parcel, NOT in their defence... the parcel was sent by special delivery, which is supposed to mean handed to a driver, placed in the van and then hand delivered, not kicked around like a football....

I was pleasantly surprised at least to find nothing missing (bearing in mind a bunch of stuff fell out of a corner as I unpacked it). Some of the resin bases are also a little chipped (not just talking about the paint).

Any painted models were totally ruined (with the backs of the gator heavies acting like cheese graters to paint jobs). Thankfully I didn't buy the models for the paint jobs so all of the above wasn't such a huge slap in the face, though I was looking forward to being able to put models straight on the table, painting the bare metal first and then returning to the painted models to re-paint when I got around to it.... oh well....

Still the seller threw in a second Wrastler as a freebie so I can't complain (just moan a little lol).

Hordes: Blindwater pact (Minions) Bull Snappers

I'm not dead! I didn't really take a lot of photos at Salute and I haven't taken them off the other camera yet, I mostly just took a couple of photos of some ideas to try and copy or impressive bits of terrain. I didn't buy anything either.... I guess I really don't need a lot at the moment...(mostly terrain but I plan on building it myself).

I did however put a bid on an auction on eBay that ended on the day of Salute, I very much expected to get outbid but I guess a lot of the people that might have bid on a miniatures lot were too busy shopping lol. I managed to pick up a large number of minions figures for a very reasonable sum of monies... there was a disasster when it arrived which I will show in another post, for now I have to get to work!

The pictures shows a couple of light beasts for Hordes, much like the last 2 figures these came pre-painted, but this time I totally re-painted them from scratch. I should have done some greenstuff work on the guy with the green spine (I did on the brown one) where the head met the body, the join lines didn't look as bad as that before inking....

Hordes: Blindwater pact (Minions) Thrullg

Just like barnabus this fella came pre-painted (dry brushed green with the pink tentacles), I didn't like the shade of green though so I inked him all over with a mix of turquoise and green inks with a bit of red added (I don't have a dark green ink). I applied the ink to get a stripey effect on the tail and I have put blotches on his head for patterning (but you can't see it very well in the photos). The spine had more turquoise than green ink and was painted in bone before inking (with the very peak I used my finger to lessen the ink so the bone shows through a bit).

Overall i'm pretty happy with him.

Hordes: Blindwater pact (Minions) Bloody Barnabas

Here is my first painted Warlock for the Privateer press game Hordes, Bloody Barnabas.

The figure was second hand and came pre-painted in a vibrant green with the coat and axe in the same colour as pictured, I re-painted all the flesh in a more alligator colour and re-painted all the bones, then I painted the stitching, touched up a few missed spots of paint and inked him all over with Army painter strong tone. Personally I think he turned out pretty good :).  

So far the only other thing I have painted for the faction are the bog trogs (fishmen) posted a couple of weeks ago (and the paint work couldn't really BE more different lol). But the gatormen paint up really easily for me (was easier than the fishmen) so I believe I will finish a couple more models pretty quickly (though I only presently have one more caster and 2 Bull snappers for the gators).

More angles below :).

Cheers for reading.

Fishmen update; Bog Trogs galore

First off sorry for the long delay between posts, last week was very draining, I didn't have any

enthusiasm to do anything at all, some of it is back and a number of items have been undercoated now, so at the very least I should be able to do a little painting in the evenings to update the blog with.

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With rask now out and being a really decent caster for the Blindwater contract (Privateer PRess game Hordes) I had to buy some more Bog trogs to go with the 12 I already had... in order to start building a fishman army. Then I bought a Spitter (giant turtle thing) and i've also ordered a Swamp horror (the Squid beast).... so it looks like i'm now collecting both of the Minion factions ( I have a relatively large force of Farrow already).... oh well... lol.

The fishmen will be pulling double time in some other games at least, even if just some random baddies in Mordheim Quest.

Still haven't determined what i'm going to do with the bases yet, but I have bought some water effects stuff there will be some sludgy or muddle puddles at least on some of them :).

MODheim: Fishmen update

Just a quick update on the fishmen warband with the hero posted below.

The shield is from an Urban mamoth Koroalon Brood figure. I coulden't figure out a good weapon swap with the Bog Trogs normal weapon so I just bent it into a different shape basically... more sword like now....

I have spent way too much this month on bits for conversions and some terrain bits, after last months Car insurance and Road tax.....

I have already bought a 2nd hand 3 pieces suite and a display cabinet, plus looking at a computer hideaway to keep the room tidier..., all in all over £250 on eBay (including furniature).... I wont be buying anything else for a few months if I can avoid it.....

MODheim: Fishmen update

Finished painting my fishmen for MODheim (apart from the bases), I have to do a few more, as there aren't enough (particularly Heroes) to make an entire warband yet but i'm happy with how they came out in the end :).