Federation Loki / Leo Scout from Studio Bergstrom

On patrol

Yet another fantastic miniature from the excellent Studio Bergstrom Miniatures has finally been painted.

Starfleet Loki / Leo class scout vessel

This one is the 1:3125 scale Leo Scout that also looks like a Loki from the fan film that shall not speak its name but is WAAAAYYY better than Star Trek Diversity!

A great sculpt with very nice detail though my paintwork may not really bring that out in the photos.

Last image is a comparison of the Loki / Leo scout (1:3125 scale) to the ADB Federation Scout (Starline 2400 scale).

Triumph of Death makes its first appearance

So in the last post, I detailed how I planned to paint my Triumph of Death miniatures. This first unit is now done. I have a second unit but I plan to paint that sometime later. So here they are in their bone rattling magnificence. But because they are individual miniatures still, I can use them for Roleplaying games as well. Sweet versatility!

I have these guys based on individual 25mm round bases. This is so that they can be placed on either 10 miniature movement trays for Kings of War or 12 miniature movement trays for Chaos Wars, as you can see above.

Two of the personalities for Triumph of Death

Taking hits can easily be identified in either game system by removing "casualties" from the movement tray. Looks effective and keeps the unit in cohesion when charging around the tabletop.

These last two images are of some of the personalities you can get for the Triumph of Death. They make good proxies for a 'banner bearer' (above) and a 'drummer' (below) when using the Chaos War's rule system, or just mixing the unit up a bit for Kings of War.

There you go. One unit down. More to go.

Painting the Triumph of Death Skeleton Army

28mm Triumph of Death Skeleton

Skull and Crown miniatures ran a Kickstarter last year for an excellent range of 28mm Skeleton miniatures styled on Renaissance woodcuts and paintings. I was really taken by the style and look of these baddies and being a fan of Undead armies, well I simply had to jump in and support the Kickstarter.

With the painting backlog on my desk slowly being worked through, the time came for me to finally get around to painting the fist batch of these Skelly's. I wanted to paint them in a similar fashion to Skull and Crowns own painting method (see here). But I slightly varied the painting process due to the paints I had on hand.

Painting Method
The Skull and Crown method of painting was very simple and effective. My process was similar and is shown below for reference.

I began by basing the miniature and gluing sand to the base. Once dry, I then base coated the miniature in a Brown spray base colour. In this case it was Mournfang Brown spray. The spray is no longer available from GW but other similar colours in base spray's are available from other suppliers.

I then wet-brushed the model in Rakarth Flesh. By wet-brushing I mean that you dip the brush in to the paint, wipe most of the excess off, and then brush the model as through you are dry brushing it. Due to the fact that there is paint on the brush, this means the model is more heavily painted. However the recesses in the model remain the underlying base colour, thus giving a two-tone effect.

I then painted the metal parts of the poleaxe in Boltgun Metal.

I then painted the more bony areas of the skeleton and the face of the skull in Pallid Wych Flesh. This gave the impression of bone showing through the more rotten flesh parts of the skeleton.

I used a flash in the image above so that the outcome of this process can be seen more easily.

Once dry, it was inking time! I used Agrax Earthshade to give the model that 'just crawed out of the ground' dirty look.

Flash image again to show how the model looks once the Agrax Earthshade has dried.

Next it was back to the Pallid Wych Flesh. At this point I highlighted the areas I had painted previously in Pallid Wych Flesh before washing the miniature in Agrax Earthshade. This gave the impression of dirt stained bone whilst also highlighting the miniature to make the bone areas of the skeleton, such as the face of the skull, really stand out. This, I believe, really makes the model pop and is a very important process. Without doing this you just end up with a dirty brown looking paint job.

Close up on the outcome described above.

Flash image of the above.

Finally I dry brushed the base in Karak Stone. After that, I just applied the flock I desired to use. And your done!

Grin of death!

Sweet! These guys are going to be used for Kings of War, Chaos Wars and Role Playing. Now on to the rest of the lads.

DWMG Robomen

Just a quick post today. These are the latest addition to my Doctor Who Miniatures Game collection. These are from Black Tree Design miniatures and are 28mm scale. A handy addition to the Dalek forces and the odd evil genius here and there.

Death of a Player Character

It is with sad regret that I have to inform you of the passing of a once great player character.

The passing of Ekckhhardth

On the tenth day of the month of June in the Year of Our LORD 2018, an ill prepared expedition of adventurers traveled north from Neverwinter. This foolhardy expedition were beset in the early hours of the morning by Beastmen. Having dispatched the initial assault of these vial creatures, the adventurers were in short order set upon again by more of these fearsome beasts from the same herd.

Ekckhhardth's final moments

In the ensuing battle, Ekckhhardth was reduced to near certain death. In an act of final desperation, his colleagues note that Ekckhhardth performed a desperate act. He cast a Fire Rune spell beneath him detonating the arcane charge.

He gave his life to save his friends

This act of desperation guaranteed his immediate demise but resulted in taking the life of many of the Beastmen as well. Ekckhhardth companions, once recovered from the shock of the detonation, were able to dispatch the few remaining creatures and flee for their lives.

In this way, Ekckhhardth sacrificed his own life to save that of his companions. An act not in keeping with his usual behaviour but one that was much appreciated.

May Ekckhhardth rest in peace...

Or in pieces as it turned out in the end.

Reaper Mini's Death Shroud

Just finished painting up a Reaper Miniatures Death Shroud for my Chaos Wars and Kings of War undead forces.

It's another really nicely made miniature from Reaper Miniatures. I chose to purchase the more expensive metal version as I prefer to have metal over plastic when I can get it.

So I can't speak for the Bones plastic version as to how well it is made. The metal version however is very nice.

This lad joins my undead forces currently being painted for Chaos Wars. But it will also make a nice addition for Kings of War.

I painted this mini by first base coating it in black spray. I then heavily dry brushed it in white paint so as to highlight the more raised sections. I was careful not to paint the interior of the shroud whilst doing this. I then applied a blue wash over the entire mini. Once dry, using a mid-blue colour I once again dry brushed the miniature, being careful to keep the dry brushing to the more raised areas so as to not cover over my previous paint work. I then applied a light blue dry brush lightly over the raised areas, again being careful not cover my previous work. Finally I used white paint to very lightly dry brush the raised areas. After that, all that was needed was basing the miniature.

Ral Partha's Armoured Skeletons for Chaos Wars

These lads are from the Ral Partha / Iron Wind Metals Skeleton Starter Set for Chaos Wars.

Just recently finished this Chaos Wars unit. Took me much longer than I expected due to too many other distractions. But these mini's are really nicely sculpted and worth the money. Nice dramatic poses and look mean.

Another unit added to my undead Chaos Wars army!