Stop-start progress for me over the past month. I am nearly finished Demon Prince K’thul from Knightmare Miniatures. I love their miniatures, they have a very Oldhammer, nostalgic aesthetic.
I’m still trying to become a barely competent painter and a lot of my miniatures are getting the “minimum effective paintjob” treatment. K’thul here being no exception.
This involves a black undercoat, then a drybrush with both Bronzed Flesh and Snakebite Leather, two remnants from my childhood paintset. This gives minis a sort of rustic and earthy look, but it works well enough for me on the tabletop for now. I’ll finish him up with a wash, probably.
This is also the first time since my hobby comeback that I’ve attempted something “adventurous” on the base. This lad had a lot of room at his feet, so I used some little stones and a GW skeleton to liven things up a bit.
I’ve made little progress on Isaac Bonefingers skeleton guard (below). The skellies themselves have all been done with citadel contrast paint Skeleton Horde. I still need to do their armour and weapons.
Basing is all done, bar a final coat of goblin green, on everyone but Isaac himself. The unit leader and his Ghoul assistant got the minimum effective drybrush treatment, as mentioned above. I added some bits and pieces to his little barrow, too. I imagine them touring round the battlefield, picking up bits of his defeated warriors and putting them all back together.
This is a home-made movement tray (here’s how I made it). I like to have round-based minis to use in skirmish games like Open Combat, but also the ability to form them into a unit to use in Kings of War.
In the background, you’ll also see the hay barn and cart I got from Warbases, which I’ve now painted up.
On the subject of Warbases and movement trays, here are some of theirs I picked up recently. My home-made one is front right. The middle 3 I’ve painted with a green undercoat, prior to adding sand. The front middle one is in a more complete state, with the sand added, and a coat of green spray over it.
The ‘Infamy Mob’ tray on the left works really well for these snotlings/goblins because they’re not in a strict, organised formation. Whilst the archers in the middle line up well in the single row formation. No danger of a rogue arrow in the back there!
And finally, the “I wont buy any more stuff until I’ve painted what I’ve got” thing didn’t quite work (does it ever?). These 6mm-scale soldiers were a recent purchase from Irregular Miniatures. Most of them fit well on existing 28mm-scale bases that I had, though the archers in the middle needed custom bases built. I did this with Fimo Clay, which comes in handy now and then.
By mid-March I want to have these little guys finished, my skeleton guard finished, and all those movement trays totally finished too. Feel free to give me stick if/when I don’t achieve it 😉
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