Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: Diedrich's Men

 All done and ready for undercoating, also finished off the last two below, that's all the NPCs conversion work finished, just need to paint them :).

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: Diedrich's Men

Just  quick update to shop 3 more NPCs that may or may not be found in some scenarios, survivors from the routed Ostermark army

Same as usual parts list, greatsword heads, militia arms, with the exception of the greatsword who has one empire captain arm and a hand from a flagellant, torsos are from empire pistoliers but I push moulded 2 breastplates as I am running low on that torso, the back of those two guys is an empire militia torso (with the straps to make it look like they are holding the breastplate on). Cadian legs of course and 30mm "DS" style bases. Still need some kind of pommel for the end of the greatsword and some greenstuff work, particularly around the necks.

Still have to do one more spearman and a handgunner. Technically the halberdier isn't in the Wargame weavers roll for possibilities.... but if it's an empire army, there would have been halberdiers! lol.

Southlanders Update - Painting

So i've got a bit of paint on the last 2 figures for the southlanders. They still need final highlights to finish off but I was running out of light to get some decent photos so had to finish up.

They do look a little bare without any pouches or packs so i'll have to rectify that at some stage.

Southlanders Update

  
Finally got around to finishing the last champion for the warband :). (started here)

 
























The two champions have now been undercoated ready for painting (though I will probably go back and add some equipment to them at some point.

The head (face) I have chosen in the end is from the empire militia set.

Southlanders Update

Minor update today showing one of the almost finished Southlander Champions.
I have added his second arm ~(empire militia) and greenstuffed the head and hands where needed, and given him a tash.

I still want to add a little more puff to the left arm and I need to give him more straps to match the painted guys, but he's close to finished now.

The other guy i'm still trying to find a head for :(.

Southlanders Update

So I decided to do a couple of "champion" types for the southlander warband to finish it off, it presently has 4 Swordsmen, 2 young blood types, the captain and 2 marksmen, so to be a full Mordheim merc warband it just needed the 2 champion models. Generally the champs get some slightly heavier gear, to this end I chose a Halberd and a great weapon.

With the middenheim "hairy head" being the source of the arms used in the rest of the warband I decided to go simple and use the great hammer from that sprue for the great weapon. Unlike the ostermark halberdier (Gerhardt Lowenherz) I have already put together I decided not to use the state troops arms but the Militia halberd arm, I will use another militia arm and either greenstuff or transplant a hand to hold the other end of the halberd.

The parts are: Catachan jungle fighter legs with the pockets shaved off, push molded armour (from the OOP state troops set (read further for my opinion on Instant putty if you like), Empire pistollier torsos (extended with sprue and then green-stuffed over), Bretonnian helmets and neck armour. The guy who has a face, the head used was one of the empire huntsmen / archers.

On Instant putty, the brown/dark grey putty used on two of the knee pads is instant putty, the product sold to be used with instant mold. I had lots of fun with this... trying to clear the damned stuff from my fingers after it dried in about 4 mins and crumbled everywhere and stuck to my hands...
I managed to get 3 molds filled, one un-successfully, the rest of the putty set on my desk (I was hoping for 10 mins out of it I guess). It dried incredibly crumbly, with little flexibility in it, the guy on the right for instance had to have some repair work after the knee pad cracked, and it's not exactly bent a great deal!.

I'm going to try mixing the instant putty with greenstuff at some point to see what happens (obviously not on anything important as it'll probably just create a mess of dry with lumps in it or something lol). I'm hoping to get more flexibility, but a shorter working life, I know greenstuff can be put in a "putty oven" but the instant mold goes soft when hot, so I want to give this a shot to speed up the molding of some items.

Mordheim Vampire Hunters: Ernst Kauffman, Burgermeister

Last of the NPCs for the Vampire hunters campaign :), now I just have to paint them lol.

Ernst is a shade past middle age, but a commanding presence. An ex soldier, he can still handle himself in a fight. He has a sword, a dagger, heavy armour, and a helmet. Ernst has the  Fearsome skill.

This conversion as resulted in a rather large model, but he's toughness 4 so i'm quite happy that he's on the larger side.

The parts are: Empire General legs, OOP Empire champion torso, OOP empire head, Cloak (and arm) from Pistolliers boxed set and the other one is from the Huntsmen set, the Pistollier hand is much bigger but i'm going to paint it like a glove so hopefully it won't look too bad... lol.

The marksmen have been converted in another post, but I finished off the quivers (from high elf archers) with some plastic card straps and added pouches from the High elf White lion set.

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: Gerhardt Lowenherz, Militia Sgt

Finally got around to painting the Sgt, some of the greenstuff push moulding doesn't look great on the leg armour, but for an NPC, I think he looks pretty good :).

I painted him in the same uniform as the Ostermark soldiers, as they are from the same state, I figured perhaps his trousers were hand me downs from a relative who was in the army, and this way he could be used in the same warband should they ever get used for that, but the paintwork is different enough that he shouldn't get mixed up with them (e.g. brown coat instead of black / dark grey) :).

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: Diedrich's Men

So I thought I was done with  Diedrich's Men, however I read the revised version of the vampire hunters rules... In the revised rules the players may find more of the routed soldiers in the surrounding areas with the best odds being more spearmen but also they could find crossbow men, swordsmen and greatswords (surprised no halberdiers actually as they are a staple in most Empire armies).

So I thought why not make enough Ostermark soldiers that they could be used as a human merc warband in other games, so I set about building 2 crossbow men. I couldn't find my kneeling cadian legs anywhere but I was kindly donated a couple from Frothers unite members D70 (beware should you check out the froth forum that it comes with a 15+ rating).

So with all the parts in hand I set about producing some Crossbow guys, I have run out for the time being of the eagle torsos that I used on the spear men, but I figured that they might well be a unit marking rather than an army marking and the crossbow guys are likely to be less well armoured anyway.

These guys are primarily done in the same way as the southlander marksmen, just with different heads, quivers and legs.

Parts list:
GW Cadian kneeling legs
GW Empire militia torsos (and the head without the feather).
GW Empire huntsman / archers head
GW Empire state troop arms
GW High elf quivers (one not yet glued on, I shaved off the hearts))

They still need plenty of GW work and some accessorising to finish.

Pain scheme wish they will be the same colours as the spear men, but their leather armour will be black.

Anyway that's all for now.

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: Diedrich's Men

An update on Diedrich & his men Men. I have painted them, though they still need highlights and the base finishing of course as per usual. I found a better purple than the purply red I had used before in a bunch of long lost paints :).

I'm pretty happy with how Diedrich turned out and the guy with the mega stash, not so happy with the other two, but as NPCs.... they'll do.

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: Gerhardt Lowenherz, Militia Sgt

Here is the 2nd to last NPC I need to complete for the Vampire hunters campaign, (the last one being the toiwn Burgermeister) here is a snipiet from the wargame weaver's campaign rules found here.

The commander of the militia is a brave and loyal man, but his few militia members have all been slain. Perhaps the heroes can help him train some new recruits! Gerhardt is armed with a spear, shield, light armor, and helmet. 
The conversion uses the following parts:
GW mperial guard tank crew legs
GW Empire Militia torso (with coat) & Head, Empire greatswords torso front (with laurel).
GW Empire Soldiers OOP set leg armour (push molded).
GW Empire State troops spear arm (& eventually tip).
I think the dagger is from the high elf spearmen.... 
He will obviously need more sculpting work so far i've only worked over the torso with pro-create to blend the militia and greatsword torso.

MODheim: Southlanders Update

I've now finished all the Southlanders (I'm planning on basing everything at once when all the painting is finished). So I thought I would take some better shots than the ones seen so far :).

The whole warband "finished".

 I actually quite enjoyed painting these, I don't normally paint anything in red but I was inspired (game of thrones) to try out a red and gold scheme. Turned out quite nicely I think :). If I ever get good at freehand (or applying transfers) I might finish the shields properly one day lol.

Captain Flasheart & Magi Sidious

 I love the way the captain came out, anyone following this blog would know that originally he was just going to be another swordsman or champion, but I ran out of ideas / models for a captain conversion and decided to add the sash and sheath to make this fella more grand.

Swordsmen

Pages and Assassin

Marksmen

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPCs: PIP

Paint in progress of the Ostermark troops who are holding up in Nachtdorf after routing from a battle in the area (presumably against the undead).

I went with a slightly different scheme to traditional Ostermark as I don't actually posses any pinky / purple shades at all.

Still lots to do but i'm suffering from a lack of inspiration / motivation at the moment :(.

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPC: Diedrich's Men

Continuing on with the NPCs for the Vampire Hunters Mordheim Campaign, here are Diedrich's 3 surviving soldiers (though you can find more as part of the vampire hunters campaign in the wilderness).

They would also be find as forces from another Southlander Barony for MODheim.

Parts list:

GW Cadian legs (from command set and normal unit).

GW Empire pistollier torsos, Empire Greatsword heads, Empire Militia Arms, Empire State troop Spear tips.

Greenstuff & 30mm bases.

They still need shields (I don't have very many in my bits box).

Mordheim Vampire Hunters NPC: Captain Diedrich

So, this figure is the first of the NPCs required for the Vampire Hunters campaign I hope to run.

In addition to the citizens, four Ostermark state troops are sheltering in the town. Their regiment was broken in a recent battle, and undead chased them into Nachtdorf. These men consist of Captain Dedrich and three spear men.

The Captain is not a great fighter but he's a decent shooter, especially with duelling pistols!

Captain Dedrich

Profile 

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Captain Dedrich and his men gladly help fend off the walking dead. Dedrich is armed with a brace of dueling pistols, a sword, and a dagger. He has the skill Step Aside.

The Miniature has been converted out of:

Cadian Command legs

IG Tank crew torso

Empire pisollier unit arms, head & holster

Empire Greatswords sheathed sword

Empire handgunner powder thingys....

High elf archer cape

30mm base

and of course greenstuff

MODheim: Southlander update

An update today for the southlanders, I still need to get used to my new camera so again, appologies for the photo quality.

I have painted the 2 pages and finished the 2 marksman & Assassin (apart from bases and the heads could use more work... are you sensing a pattern yet...lol).

The pages are based on Bretonnian men at arms (from the command sprue) with arms from the same sprue as well as one from the Empire greatswords (with the axe).

The hammer is from the old middenheim hairy head sprue.

One head is from a saxon set... can't remember the manufacturer, the other is from Privateer press (circle of orobos, druids unit I think).

I used greenstuff to blend in the heads to the neck area.

Here is the only shot I have pre-paint.

The Marksmen have had quivers added and the assassin just had her head finished.

I wish GW would release more fantasy suitable sized female heads.

For a parts list please see previous Southlander posts (use the search cloud on the right).

More shots of the pages (the reds are very washed out here unfortunately):

MODheim city of legend: Southlanders

THE SOUTHLANDERS (30mm MODheim Warband)

This post is a Catch-up post bringing the project up to where it is today.

Below I present the Southlander warband for my city of Legend re-write of the Mordheim rules (still under construction).

The Southlanders are extremely rich, living in fertile lands. The many fiefdoms of the southlands provide taxes and resources for the regions capital.

A Southlander, though outwardly honourable, is just as likely to have you assassinated as to face you on the open field of battle, they worship life (theirs) and monetary wealth above all else.

 

The figure below is an assassin.

It was converted from Militia legs (carved thinner at the top / groin removed), Demonette Torso, Wood elf arms and head. The weapon was taken from a Dark elf Corsairs sprue (helmet bit), the daggers are from the Mordheim sprue.

Southlander Assassin

The following pictures show the 2 Marksmen in the warband (who have since had weapon and head swaps). They were converted from Catachan Jungle fighter legs, Militia torsos, Empire handgunner arms and Bretonnian heads. Accessories were from the Dwarf and Empire handgunner kits.

Southlander Marksman 1

Southlander Marksman 2

The below shot is Shows the Swordsmen.

They were converted from Catchan jungle fighter legs, GW Empire knight torsos, Bretonnian heads (some of them converted with Empire faces) and "hairy head sprue" arms (used to be Mordheim Middenhimer sprue, and then Knights of the white wolf upgrade sprue). 

The pouches are from High elf Phoenix guard

Southlander Swordsmen

 The next shot shows the swordsman I chose from the above 4 models to lead the warband.

Southlander Captain

One of the great thigns about choosing 30mm as the size of the average figure for MODheim was that any 28mm figure would be the perfect size for adolescents :).

The below figures were converted from Bretonnian men at armss, the heads were from the Privateer press Druids of Orboros and a warlord games plastic kit (possible saxons, I fail to remember :( ). Later on I have them arms from the Empire greatswords kit and the Bretonnian men at arms kit.

Southlander Pages

 The Mage below was converted from a Rackham figure (can't remember who), all I did was leave part of the helmet off and greenstuff over the remaining gap.

Southlander Mage

 The Below photos show the current state of the warband

 

Southlander Assassin (head take 2)

Southlander Marksmen after head and weapon swap