tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51295129647170243752024-03-05T15:03:53.019+00:00Eldritch EpistlesSteve Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16970745876897456734noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129512964717024375.post-17686509106446715282018-06-04T14:49:00.003+01:002018-06-04T14:49:51.688+01:00Sons of Horus Sicaran and Leviathan Dreadnought finishedMy last post was an update on my progress with the Questoris Knight and the Sicaran tank I've started painting; since then the hobby butterfly struck and I also picked up a Forge World Leviathan Dreadnought which I wanted to add to my Sons of Horus force. The good news is I've actually finished the Sicaran and the Dreadnought, and made significant progress on the knight.<br>
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These both represent my first proper attempts at airbrushing, and I'm pleased with how things are going so far. Lots of weathering, washes etc to go, plus the various transfers, but so far so good.<br />
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So here's a roundup of what I've been upto so far this year.<br>
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Back in 2014 I reported (<a href="http://eldritchepistles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/update-on-unreleased-unseen-heroquest.html" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://eldritchepistles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/unreleased-unseen-heroquest-prototype.html" target="_blank">here</a>) on some unreleased figures that I'd found in Bryan Ansell's collection, which we believe may have been unreleased prototypes for Heroquest. I've been very lucky to acquire a set of these, which I've started to paint. So far I've completed the wizard and the elf:<br>
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Thanks for the update Kev!Steve Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16970745876897456734noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129512964717024375.post-65594192333814749242017-10-09T16:00:00.003+01:002017-12-13T14:13:04.539+00:00It lives...Blimey, it's been over a year since my last post. To be honest I've found that my hobby interest has waxed and waned repeatedly over the last year, but here I am with a new post. I figured if I shared my hobby output more often it will help with the, er, waxing as it were....<br>
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I've got some preslotta giants on the go, from the Perry twins and Tom Meier, and I've been trying to paint them in a novel-ish manner, that is not your usual mountain/stone/fire etc. First up is "George the Giant", who was a Citadel Fiend Factory release:<br>
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This month's offering is a small unit of Slann warrior priests, the <i>Brotherhood of the Sacred Heart</i>:<br>
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These are Trish Carden sculpts from the 1980s.<br />
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As per my lizardmen last month, I've given these "counts as double handed weapons" for those things they are carrying, which comes out at 44 points per figure, so 176 points in total this month.<br />
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Troglodytes cause fear but suffer from stupidity. On the plus side they are immune to fear and panic. Amusingly they also "cause nausea" which mean they smell so badly that anyone in combat with them suffers a -1 to hit! So hopefully all told they should cause some fun on the battlefield.<br />
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I've gone for a bish-bosh approach again with painting these...there are possibly even some parts I've left unpainted.<br />
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Basing-wise, I've tried recessed bases on these (40mm) and I think they've turned out OK. Minimum effort for mediocre results is my maxim for this force. I haven't painted the rim of the bases because yet again I'm being indecisive about the base colour. In my defense I'm just about out of the old Calthan Brown, so I may have to repaint all the bases with some different shade of brown.<br />
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So, we are about halfway through this challenge now and I keep putting off painting some Slann. I've got a Troglodyte hero lines up for next month, but from April it will be Slann all the way.Steve Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16970745876897456734noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129512964717024375.post-58922169245718945292016-01-26T09:38:00.001+00:002016-01-26T09:38:36.896+00:00TFOG January 2016: LizardmenMy entry for this month's <i>A Tale of Four Oldhammer Gamers</i> challenge is a small unit of Lizardmen:<br />
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The Warhammer Armies book gives these as 20 points each. I've given them "counts as double handed weapons" for their long axes at an additional 4 points per model, so that's a points total of 96 this month. Lizardmen have a toughness of 4 and 2 wounds each so not too bad. How they actually fare on the day is a different matter of course.<br />
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At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking that I've fielded four identical figures, but they are actually variants of the old Citadel AD&D range. In fact, technically they are AD&D Troglodytes, but I'm fielding them as Lizardmen. This range was noted for producing a number of variants for most of its figure lines, but in a number of cases you would have to look closely to see where the actual variation lies. The full variant set for the Lizardmen can be found at <a href="http://www.solegends.com/rsadd/add64/index.htm">The Stuff of Legends</a> (images provided by Richard Scott of Otherworld).<br />
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The paint jobs are very basic, and were quick to achieve using mainly dry-brushing; the scaly skin on this figures makes dry-brushing a doddle.<br />
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Also, I've finally decided on a basing design. I've decided to base all the figures in this army (with the possible exception of the spider) on round bases with a simply sand and tufts decoration.<br />
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The figure in question is what has been labelled a "Transition Marine". They are composed of a bunch of armour mark variants and were sculpted in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<br />
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I decided on the following colour scheme for the armour, following GW's recommendation: Macragge Blue base, Altdorf Guard Blue layer, Calgar Blue layer and edge highlight, with a very slight edge highlight of some GW grey that I forget (I think it was Astronomican Grey?). I glazed with a few layers of Guilliman Blue. I used this neat, but a chap working at GW Nottingham suggested I should mix it 1:1 with Lahmian Medium, and about 7 parts of water. Or was it 4 parts? I forget. Anyway, I'll give that a bash next time.<br />
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I went for a very retro look on the chainsword. All in all I'm pleased with how he's turned out, and I thimk I'll be painted more of these intergalactic peace-keepers...(!)<br />
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Blood Angel next!Steve Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16970745876897456734noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129512964717024375.post-23693405556250274652016-01-04T13:39:00.000+00:002018-08-08T14:56:04.863+01:00Aly Morrison's Marauder Miniatures sketchbookHappy New Year Oldhammer devotees! I've got a cracking first post of the New Year for you. Last Saturday I attended Games Workshop's 40th birthday bash at their HQ in Nottingham, partly in the hope of seeing some old miniatures on display. In truth there wasn't much to be seen, but I did hit upon an absolute nugget of gold that made the trip more than worth the effort. Aly Morrison was manning one of the display tables and he had brought along his old miniatures sketchbook from his days at Marauder Miniatures!<br>
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It was great to chat with Aly, and he was more than happy to share his memories about his early years at GW/Marauder. His sketchbook was absolutely fascinating, and Aly very kindly gave his permission for me to photograph it and share the images with my fellow Oldhammerers. I was so excited I decided to photograph every page! There's somewhere in the region of 73 pages here, so you may well want to grab a cuppa and a biscuit and settle down to enjoy the view...These pages are roughly in the order in which they appear in the sketchbook, but some of them will be out of order because I've grouped some similar pages together.<br>
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I've always been a big fan of Aly's figures, but one thing I have to confess is that I had no idea how good an illustrator he is. In addition to his scrapbook he also brought along some very early illustrations he did at GW. Jon Boyce has already published some of these on the Oldhammer Facebook group, and I'll upload some more in a future blogpost; in my opinion they really are the epitome of Oldhammer.<br>
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Another characteristic of Aly's that is evident in many of the illustrations is his sense of humour. It's well worth taking a closer look at some of his notes to see what I mean!<br>
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Finally, before I let you loose on the images, I wanted to point out that I have included links to various <a href="http://www.solegends.com/marauder/index.htm">Marauder Miniatures</a> pages on the Stuff of Legends website throughout my accompanying notes. I have done this simply because the similarity between Aly's concept sketches and the finished product is quite uncanny, which I think is testimony to his ability as a sculptor.<br>
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If you want to see any of the images in closer detail, simply right click on a an image and choose open in another tab.<br>
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First up are some MM20 Orcs. A number of these weren't illustrated in the <a href="http://www.solegends.com/marauder/mm20orcs.htm">catalogue pages</a> but can be seen in a <a href="http://www.solegends.com/marauder/marfly/index.htm#nov1988">mail order flyer </a>from the time:<br>
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So in the interests of trying to write at least one blog post per month on my progress, here's a side-by-side of two different colour schemes I'm contemplating:<br />
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"Traditional northern European" green vs "Amazonian tree frog" blue and orange. So what do you think? Any preference?<br />
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I've managed to get this blog post in on the very last day of the month. This is due in part to much of my hobby time this month being spent on a new pursuit - sculpting. I enjoyed converting my Odo figure last month so much I figured I would try to sculpt a complete figure, and here he is:<br />
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He's based on a painting that can be found on the rear cover of the Lost and the Damned Chaos book. I'm pretty pleased with him as a first sculpt, although I acknowledge of course that there's a lot of improvement needed! But the main thing is I really enjoyed doing this, and I hope to do a lot more next year.<br />
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I wish you all a happy, healthy and hobby-filled 2016!Steve Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16970745876897456734noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129512964717024375.post-65063030588863040732015-12-02T11:18:00.001+00:002018-08-08T15:00:54.819+01:00Odo the Melange-addicted mutant space pirateThe <a href="http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/">Oldhammer Forum</a> has been running a painting challenge organised by Jon Boyce (aka axiom) as part of their Oldhammer Legacy Warband theme. The premise is simple - contributors paint a themed model (this year's theme is "space pirates"), all contributors enter a draw and the winner gets to keep the entire warband. Due to the disparate nature of entries, a spot colour of turquoise has been chosen, and the eventual winner will do the basing, to tie the warband together.<br>
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My contribution was originally intended to be an "alien bounty hunter". I had the idea of converting an old Citadel Fiend Factory figure, but somewhere along the way I lost it! It was while I was looking for the figure that I hit upon a different idea after discovering the body of an old Citadel AD&D Umber Hulk and the head of an old Citadel C Series giant in my bits boxes. Odo was born:<br>
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