I’ve been on a bit of a roll with my painting recently, and it’s largely down to Midlam Miniatures. They’re one of my favourite miniature manufacturers, and I talk more about them in my Oldhammer Miniature Companies article.
My projects recently have been fairly straightforward. Collect and paint any fantasy miniatures I like the look of for either skirmish-level or dungeon crawler games.
Midlam’s Kraken Cult collection have such a great Lovecraftian vibe to them. I’d painted up some Kraken Cultists already, but I wanted to try a few more with slightly different colour schemes.
I see Midlam are now Kickstarting more Kraken cult miniatures. The way I’m going I’ll end up with enough of them to make a full Warhammer Fantasy Battles army.
Moving away from robes and slithering tentacles, I’m also a sucker for a Chaos Warrior. Not those joyless modern types though. I mean real Chaos Warriors.
The first one I’ve named Brother Rust. He’d have fitted in with my retro Chaos Warrior warband, but alas, he will never know them.
I’m not sure if the second guy is an actual Chaos Warrior or if he’s just cosplaying as one. Another lovely little miniature nonetheless, though.
So these guys will all go into the mix for future dungeon crawler adventures. They’ll make ideal opponents for my party of heroes.
This Cave Lurker reminds me a bit of the old Ambull from the Citadel Combat Cards.
And speaking of Citadel, let’s temporarily leave the Midlam universe. I found a pile of old metal Blood Bowl beastmen in a box in the attic last year. I very nearly stuck them on Ebay, but I decided to paint them up instead.
I’ve got 9 in total, so this might well be an excuse to complete a full team and hunt out a copy of the game.
Back to Midlam, these two guys are pals of the Cave Lurker. I actually managed to prime, paint, and base them both in one single day.
Same with this guy. I wonder if he’s related to the big sweetcorn salesman?
‘Rocky’ here could easily pass for a Rock Demon in Peter V. Brett’s Demon Cycle series.
As for this lad, I wonder how he’d have integrated into my old lizardman army. We will never know because I sold the thing.
So that’s my latest work from an unusually productive period. I’d just recently finished a batch of miniatures including some Battlemasters greenskins, Chaos Dwarfs, and an old Warhammer 40k Hero.
Next up on the painting table? Would you believe it… some more Midlam Miniatures…