A few more Nurglites to add to the group, including big boy on his couch of doom. I experimented with the Nurgle’s Rot technical paint on boss man’s couch, although I cannot decide if I like it or not. The palanquin itself has ooze sculpted onto the model, so I felt obliged to use the technical paint on it, although I am not a fan of glossy paints in general.
I still have about 5 of these old nurgle sculpts to finish painting. I’m missing a couple, but unlikely to pick them up at the prices they are currently going for.
I added a few more Jes Goodwin Tzeentch chaos warriors to the collection. Some of the sorcerors looked quite Tzeentchy, so I painted them up to match. With respect to the Jes sculpts, I only have 3 or 4 left to go (although I’m still missing a couple from the collection that I need to track down.)
I hope you enjoy the pictures, and until next time happy painting!
I always get a hankering to complete a mini-project around the holidays. Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s my job, maybe it’s having young children (or all of the above) but my hobby output during weekdays is virtually nil. Weekends (sometimes) and holidays is when I have the time to actually enjoy painting these days.
The Grom miniature is very special to me, since I used the model as the general of my all-goblin army, back in the days of 4th edition Fantasy (most of the rest of the army was, alas, unpainted). I’m referring to the actual Grom model itself, and not the chariot with all the bells and whistles. I remember painstakingly painting Grom, as a teenager, to the best of my ability. I also remember being pretty chuffed with the paint job, although I have long parted with that army so it may have been utter rubbish if I were to see it again today.
This time, I cringed at the thought of painting the chariot in non-metallic metal, although I wanted it to match the rest of my night goblin army. Insanity to paint a night goblin army in NMM? Yes, more than a bit of that. But it forced me to learn to paint NMM quickly, which I have managed to reasonably accomplish using Ben Komets’ ‘loaded brush’ technique.
The banner is hand-painted, to the extent that you can use the term to describe coloring in between the lines of a banner print-out. Apart from the metallic bits of the models, which were done in NMM instead of TMM, I copied the box art as faithfully as possible.
I hope that you enjoy this piece, and until next time Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Every Oldhammer aficionado is familiar with this model, and it is hardly surprising why. Even more surprising is the fact that the model remains available for sale from Iron Wind Metals for a reasonable price.
I enjoyed painting this guy, as it is on models like this that the airbrush excels. I had some fun with the base, as I wanted it to appear as though the zombie dragon was prowling along marshland.
Overall a thoroughly enjoyable paint job. Can’t decide whether I should stick an undead rider on top of him…
This project has been in the works for a while. I believe that it was first conceptualized when the Arachnarok spider was first released, which has got to be about 13-14 years ago now!
I only started working on it about 5 years ago, though(!), which is about the time that I purchased the smaller, metal spider. I can’t remember the manufacturer, but I bought it at a bring and sell type event. I thought that the spiders would fit in well with my forest goblins.
It’s pretty satisfying to see the project finally come together, and they make good centerpieces for a forest goblin army. As goblin generals know, it’s good to have models that add some height to an army of weedy foot troops.
Not sure if I will end up using them in war games, but I am primarily a painter and collector so that is not so much of a concern for me
We’re back to Khorne this week. As you may have surmised given recent posts, I’m rotating between painting batches of 5-7 Jes Goodwin warriors from each of the chaos gods. You can find previous entries related to this painting project here, here, here, here, and here.
The only named one from this batch of degenerates is, I believe, the first pictured model which is actually not a warrior but a chaos sorceror aptly named Darumogt Lizard Priest.
Enjoy, and see you for the next batch: more Tzeentch.
In the dense, twisted forest of the Darkenwild, Thalk the Ungor nursed his ambitions alongside the perpetual fires of chaos. While his brethren, the stronger Gors, led raids and basked in the glory of battle, Thalk was relegated to tending the herdstone, an altar of dark power that served as a focal point for his tribe. His smaller horns and lithe frame marked him as weaker, unfit for the front lines, but what Thalk lacked in physical prowess, he compensated for with cunning and guile.
Unknown to the tribe, Thalk had discovered an ancient, weather-worn scroll partially buried under the roots of a gnarled tree near the herdstone. Using stolen moments, he deciphered its chaotic script, learning of a ritual to invoke Lorr, a minor god of cunning and deceit. Thalk saw in this an opportunity, a shortcut to power and recognition.
Waiting for the night of the Blood Moon, Thalk conducted the ritual in secret. As he chanted the final verses, the herdstone pulsed, its chaotic energy resonating with the incantation. A rift in reality tore open, and from it stepped a shadowy figure—Lorr himself, amused by the audacity of the Ungor.
“Your offering is accepted,” the god whispered, granting Thalk a twisted dagger imbued with dark magic. “Bring me souls, and your power will grow. Fail, and become a soul in my dominion.”
Armed with his newfound power and weapon, Thalk began to shift the dynamics within his tribe. Small accidents befell his rivals; leaders were misled by cunning traps, and each misfortune swelled Thalk’s influence. The dagger’s power grew with each soul it consumed, and so did Thalk’s ambitions.
As moons passed, Thalk became the tribe’s shadowy puppeteer, his deeds hidden but his newfound influence palpable. Now, the Darkenwild whispers his name with both reverence and fear, for everyone senses that Thalk’s ascent is far from over—and that the flames of chaos burn ever brighter in the depths of his cunning eyes.
I started this army back in 2017, with the Old World Army Challenge. It has since gained several cult followers, most notably thugs and other outcasts of the Old World. Identified by the mark of the Blue Serpent, and gathering followers including minotaurs, centaurs and more thugs, the force continues to pillage and burn outlying cities of the Old World.
This particular group has attracted the attentions of a minotaur lord, who needs no weapon except for his bare fists.
I continue to slowly work my way through classic Jes Goodwin chaos warriors. To keep it interesting, I’m alternating between Khorne, Nurgle and Tzeentch since I finished all my Slaanesh warriors here and here.
I’ve got to say that I absolutely hate painting yellow, and I spent an inordinate amount of time on it. I also spend so little time painting yellow that a yellow-based color scheme needed a bit of thought. I think they turned out alright though. I’m already dreading painting the next set of Jes Tzeentch warriors though … can’t you tell.
Here is another set of nurgle chaos warriors. Well, nurgle-ish. Second from left is actually a slaanesh champion, although he fits well with the nurgle theme, having tentacles and all. Third from left is a chaos sorcerer named Stabb the Acolyte.
The warrior in the middle is a beautiful sculpt from knightmare miniatures (‘Festemus’), based on some realm of chaos artwork. I lavished him/her/it with particular painting attention. To the far right is another chaos sorceror, ‘Hess Poison Breath’. Must be why he wears a mask, I guess.
Next on the painting table is another set of chaos beastmen. Until next time!
Well the last post (Nurgle Chaos Warriors) was pretty well received, so I thought I’d bung up a few of my Goodwin Khorne additions. These were painted to match my Khorne Daemons from 2018. Sheesh, time flies and all.
Again painted using the zenithal basecoat technique, followed by tinting for basecoat, oil washes and edge highlighting. Until next time!
I’ve slowly been adding to the beastmen army I started for the Old World Army Challenge,called the Blue Serpent Clan. This was designed as a non-warrior chaos army composed of beastmen and chaos thugs. Here are some of the recruits since the army’s inception.
First is the hideous jabberwock. What can I say except that I absolutely love this model.
Next are a few foot troops. The freehand work on the shields is not the greatest, but it will do.
This is a fan-commissioned war altar, designed by Tim Prow I believe.Painted to match the Blue Serpent color scheme.
I had planned to add more to this army during the Crown of Command 2 challenge. However, my heart was not fully in it, due to other life priorities, and I joined the field of bones after a few months. I did paint up a unit of ungors and a couple of beastmen units, so all was not in vain. I will post pictures soon. Until them, happy painting!
“Harken, ye weary souls, for the veil of darkness descendeth upon the land. From the ethereal realm they emerge, the twelve riders of the apocalypse, bearing ominous names and fearsome might. As the heavens weep and the earth trembles, Azrael the Reaper, draped in shadows, leads the charge. Alongside him, Eremiel the Conqueror, with fiery countenance, spurs forth, heralding war’s relentless fury. Malachi the Harbinger, with sickly pale visage, rides forth, unleashing famine’s merciless grip upon the feeble masses. Raphael the Plaguebearer, a harbinger of pestilence, spreads contagion with each baleful breath. Behold, these dark riders, donned in colors foreboding, embodying the very essence of despair, desolation, and doom. With crimson, black, and putrid hues adorning their forms, they sow chaos, misery, and retribution. The land quivers beneath their hoofbeats, and the air grows thick with foreboding. As their presence looms, woe befalls all who bear witness, for the world stands at the precipice of eternal darkness, and none shall be spared their wrath.“
Zephaniah the Avenger (Retribution)Eremiel the Conqueror (War)Jabez the Afflicted (Suffering)Raphael the Plaguebearer (Pestilence)Seraphiel the Arbiter (Judgement)Azrael the Reaper (Death)Jezebel the Desolate (Despair)Hephzibah the Devastator (Desolation)Belial the Corrupter (Deception)Abaddon the Destroyer (Eternal Darkness)Uriel the Victor (Conquest)Malachi the Harbinger (Famine)
Well, it’s only taken me about 18 months to convert and paint these 12 knights. I hope that you enjoy the result. I’ve embarked on a journey of painting the Jes Goodwin chaos warriors, so pictures of those should start trickling onto the block. Watch this space!
I’ve made it one of my hobby goals this year to paint as many of the Realms of Chaos warriors as I can. They are such characterful sculpts, and a joy to paint. These models are painted using a zenithal highlight, tinting by using washes and Contrast paints, an oil wash and then edge highlighting using opaque colors. They didn’t take too long to paint, and while they are not painted to the best of my ability, I think they look pretty good nonetheless.
You have no doubt noticed that the fourth model from the left is not a Jes Goodwin sculpt. It is from the Knightmare Games line of miniatures, but fits in pretty well. Thanks for reading, and until next time, happy painting!
The forest goblin army is coming along, albeit slowly. These Kev Adam sculpts are brilliant although the detail is endless. Looking back through the blog, I see that I started this army about 3 years ago. I’m quite proud of how its come along, and it is finally taking the ‘horde’ shape that I always envisioned.
This is what 20 (!) spider riders looks like:
I’m not sure how effective they are in battle, but then again I don’t consider myself a gamer and so it makes little difference to me 😁. They do look cool, though
As part of the army, I also painted another couple of arachnids. This furry bugger was too large for his base, so I had him standing on a tree branch from one of the newer kits
These two big fellas will be mounted by some more of the Kev Adam’s forest goblins, which are currently being painted separately.
Hope you enjoyed. Until next time, happy painting!
Well, it’s been a minute since I updated this blog, and I have a few pictures that I need to add. The first are for my 2nd edition 40k blood angels army. I’m not much of a marine player, but I need an army for my orks to play against. I had already painted a bunch of terminators in a blood angels scheme for Space Hulk, and so I expanded into a full army using the same scheme.
I needed a librarian/psycher for the army, and figured that the older Mortarion model looked the part. I actually love the newer version by GW … if it wasn’t twice the size of a regular marine. So older model it was
Next the dreadnought. I still have to work on a custom base for this guy, but I haven’t started playing with this army yet so I still have time. I quite like how it turned out actually.
I was also lucky to find a jetbike for a reasonable price, after some hunting. I needed some mobile support for the Space Marines, given that their Ork adversaries are loaded with fast moving vehicles.
Until next time, which hopefully won’t be long. Happy painting!
I picked up this army on the fly a few moons ago. It was in poorly painted condition. I must say that I grossly under-estimated the work that would be involved in removing the paint from these miniatures. It may be the amount of time that the paint was attached to the model, or maybe a non-acrylic type of paint was used but, boy, was there a lot of scubbing involved.
General on boar, and wizard on wolf
I couldn’t fathom the thought of starting to paint another, greenskin army from scratch. And so I opted for the easier choice, which was to enlist the services of a commission painter that I have used in the past. I am quite pleased with the result, the models are certainly tabletop standard or slightly above.
Most of this army was commission painted, but I painted this guy myself.
The sculpt is so characterful!
Black orcs
4 goblin wolf chariots. 2 were commission painted, the other 2 were painted by myself.
Goblin wolf riders, one of my favorite units in the army
Nothing quite like a painting challenge to get the hobby juices going again. This year, I decided to participate in the leisurely Call of the Crown painting challenge, the second iteration of its kind, with a commitment to paint 1000 points of beastmen.
This reminded me of my failure to post some other, recently painted beastmen from knightmareminiatures.com. Here are 4 of them. The first three are unconverted, the fourth standard bearer is a converted miniature.
What’s not to love about beautifully painted individual models? Like many in our hobby, as a young lad I used to gaze in disbelief at the hallowed ‘Eavy Metal pages in White Dwarf
Decades of painting later, I can now churn out pretty neat single models. Of course we have lots of tools that weren’t available back then, and that can get you pretty far in a short amount of time. But I will probably never be one who spends days (weeks? months?) painting a single model. I don’t have the attention span, the time or the willpower to do that. What I am is a painter of units.
And here is one such unit that I have recently completed. Ye Olde Orc Crossbows. They are really awesome models, and I have completed 10 more for a total of 20 models in the unit. They ain’t no Mike McVey paint job, but they don’t need to be either when seen as a coherent(?) mob on the tabletop.
These are a few older pictures that I forgot to post. I’ve been having a hard time staying motivated with painting, and I’ve been trying to mitigate this by switching between armies and game systems (fantasy vs 40k).
Undead always make a good distraction, since they paint up so quick, and I have such a large painted collection of them that I go by muscle memory. There is also something quite therapeutic about painting weathered armor
First we’ve got an undead standard bearer. I believe that this is a Forge World model that I picked up at Adepticon many moons ago.
Next is 10 skeletons. I quite like the way they turned
Here is a strigoi vampire that came with the plastic, 8th ed Zombie Dragon kit. Had him floating around in the bits box and I thought I’d try some cool skin color transitions on him.
I shared some Lahmian vampires a few weeks ago, and they appear to have been well-received, so I’m following it up with another of the old bloodlines: Blood Dragons. I’m not too sure whether I like all of the sculpts that were released for this bloodline, but there are two that I am quite fond of: and that is the two models I painted below.
This blood-sucking fellow is slightly modified, since I misplaced his right lance arm. I found a suitable replacement in the form of a dark elf cold one rider’s lance arm. With a little putty work, it fit right into the model.
My favorite part of the model is definitely the over-the-top helmet. Might be somewhat cumbersome to try fighting with that thing on.
There is something that I really like about this next model, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s quite a two-dimensional sculpt, but the model reminds me of the opening scene from the movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I can definitely see this guy as a crusading knight before being turned to a vampire
Last but certainly not least is the 8th edition Krell. Such an iconic model that I had to get him, even though he was only made in finecast. I tried something different on the blade handle. Not sure how I feel about it, but it’s done!
You can see more of my undead army here and here if you wish. Until next time, happy painting!