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 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).

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 :).

MODheim: Fishmen (PIP)

This is a Catch-up post showing the present state of the MODHeim Fishman warband i'm working on.

The warband undercoated

I decided to try a rather different approach to painting these guys to try and make them more "fish" like. I did this first by undercoating in a light colour (Army painter Bone spray) and then painting them with watered down silver (in this case GW Chainmail). I then proceeded to paint the fleshy areas with GW Azurmen blue ink (which is probably now OOP).

I personally feel that the paint job worked pretty well and left the minis with a nice metallic sheen, which is what I was going for.

Sea trolls with some paint on them (GW River rolls)

Carg with some paint on them (Privateer Press Bog Trogs)

 I also have the following Sea Demon miniatures from Four A miniatures  (http://www.fouraminiatures.com) to add to the warband.