Warmaster Mercenary Ogres ready for battle

 

My hoard of Warmaster Mercenary Ogres is finally completed and on the battle field!

These are the latest recruits to the Ogre Merc's.

One final unit of Bull Ogre Warriors.

A Butcher (Wizard) with walking food pantry and halfling cook assistants.

A Bruiser (Hero) to assist command on the field.

And the Ogre Tyrant (General) for the mercenary band.

Ready for battle. I can feel a battle report coming soon.

Making Tree's for D&D and other roleplaying games

 

https://youtu.be/yEbY4ksmdt0

I just wanted to highlight the excellent YouTube channel DM's Craft. Linked above is one of his videos on making trees for roleplaying using a BBQ stick, paper towel, dunny paper and white glue (PVA glue). Below is one of mine that I made following DM Scotty's process.

Only point I would add, is that it does take some time to complete as you wait for stuff to dry. If, like me, you've also made the trees a little too tall or leaning, you can also hot glue a flat washer to the based of the tree.

I've been doing a few other DM's Craft projects as well, which I'll show off in future blog posts.

Lich Priest

 

Here's another one of an upcoming D&D adventure. This dude is a now OOP GW Tomb Kings Lich Priest.

Next project...

Angler for D&D and Fallout

 

I'll be running soon the Dungeon Crawl Classic adventure Shadow under Devils Reef. Albeit with a bunch of changes.

My version will be including a few little extra surprises such as Anglers. These blighters are inspired by the Fallout 4 Far Harbour DLC but I needed a suitable miniature. Casting around my unpainted pile of shame, I found these Reaper Miniatures Tiik Warriors that fitted the bill to a tee!

The Angler's from the Far Harbour DLC come mostly in brown colours so that they blend into the bleak landscape of the Island. I however wanted something more colourful.

I opted for a process of wet brushing downwards on the body of the miniature using the following colour process:

• Base coat in Black Spray
• Dark Brown (whole of body)
• Lighter Brown (most of body)
• Red (head, shoulders and torso)
• Dark Orange (head and gills)
• Lighter Orange (face)

The dorsal fin and tail fin were painted using a downwards brush stroke using:

• Dark Purple
• Light Purple (dry brush)

At all times, I wanted to keep the darker recesses of the body still visible as black. I then inked the model in Reikland Wash to provide a reddish blend in the colours and make the model appear glossy and wet. It was a very simple process in the end.

The Angler's bioluminescent light was achieved by using a darker yellow built up with two successive lighter yellow colours as I approached the tip of the light. The coral base is made from Deer Moss broken up to look like dried coral.

Should be fun when the players get onto the Royal Dawn wreck and then look out across the angry surf to see these things emerging from the waves below them!

Tree-man for 10mm & 28mm by Eureka Miniatures

 This mighty dude is from Eureka Miniatures and is an 18mm Tree-man. As you can see from these images, he works well for both 10mm and 28mm.

There are three different sculpts, two of which are near identical. However, being metal, you can bend their limbs to provide a good variety of poses. This one is mounted on a 40mm base. Time to paint some more.

Elf Maiden by Dark Sword Miniatures

 

Stand and deliver!

Dark Sword make some very nice miniatures and this Elf Maiden is no exception. I wanted to find another miniature to be the avatar for one of my players' character for D&D. The miniature I was currently using wasn't the best sculpt.

I was trolling through Magister Militum's web page and found this beauty to add to the collection. Definitely going to get more Dark Sword miniatures. Great sculpts.

The Watcher in the Water

 

In keeping with the theme of nasty things in the water, here is my Watcher in the Water.

This is a early Watcher in the Water model from Games Workshop, the body of which was made from plaster and the legs from metal.

I've mounted the body of this beasty onto an old CD as a base. I then used sand to make the bubble effect and painted it using the same method I use to paint my naval ship bases.

I inked the model in the a gloss brown ink and, once dry, then painted the entire model and water/base in GW 'Ardcoat in order to made to look wet.