A Gaggle of Elder Things

 

So what do you call a group of Elder Things? I'm going with 'gaggle'.

Anyway, these are from RAFM Miniatures and are, in my humble opinion, the best sculpt for Elder Thingies on the market.

Painting them was pretty simple. Just wet brushed onto a black undercoat the various colours I wished to use. I think I'll paint their eyes black however. Look more creepier and soulless that way.

Barrage Miniatures Viking Boat also useful for 10mm & 15mm

 

So I posted the other day regarding the Barrage Miniatures Viking Boat being useful for 28mm and using it for my D&D game. One thing I also noticed with the Barrage Miniatures boat was that it would also make a pretty decent Viking Longship for 10mm miniatures. As such, it would also be suitable for 15mm as well. I'll show you what I mean:

It's probably just on the larger size for 10mm, and it would require a piece of dowel rod to make a mast for the ship, but I think it does a decent job of it. The Barrage Miniatures Viking Ship would be too big for this, but their smaller boat is a great price and would be very suitable. If it works for 10mm and 28mm, then it would also suit for 15mm miniatures as well.

Barrage Miniatures Viking Boat for D&D

 

I bought last year some Viking Boats from Barrage Miniatures and recently painted them. These really are beautifully rendered in resin and the lady who now runs Barrage Miniatures was wonderful to deal with. I ended up buying two of the 'Viking Boats' and the 'River Barge' for use in our D&D game. They also make a very nice 'Viking Ship' that is about 1/3 larger than the boat and so would fill the gap of an exploration ship for the player characters.

I'll make another post on this regarding something else I discovered about this boat. So stay tuned.

High Queen Khalida Neferher

 

High Queen Khalida Neferher. I've had this miniature for years but haven't gotten around to painting her. Now however my D&D group are, when we can meet between successive lockdowns :( , exploring  tomb complex and are about to meet her. So that was the impetus for me to finally get around to painting her.

Now I just need to paint her Chief Priest. On to the next paint job!

The Drums of War are beating for Warmaster!

 

I've been planning this battle for some time now, painting and compiling together miniatures and scenery. Getting near now to being ready to play this one. Given the pandemic lockdowns, its going to have to be a solo bash. Still some work to be done, such as painting the rest of the castle. But I will eventually post a Warmaster battle report on this one. For now, this is eye candy. So enjoy!

Chaos vs Medieval (Bretonnian maybe? Still need to decide). Castle walls are by Kallistra. Most figures are GW Warmaster, Pendraken or Kallistra. Roads and river are from eBay. Bridge is from Kallistra. Hill is the old GW Battleboard. Fields are from Hotz mats.

Dwarven Runic Golem from Alternative Armies

 

The latest addition to the D&D bestiary, a Dwarven Runic Golem. This miniature comes from Alternative Armies and is for their 15mm range. However, taking a chance, I decided to get one for our Old School D&D group. Turns out that it works at the 28mm/32mm scale.

The golem is pictured next to a Scibor Miniatures 28mm Dwarf who is standing on a rune stone (and therefor is taller that usual). So you can see that the scale works also for 28mm.

So if you are looking for a Rune Golem I would definitely suggest this one.