Greetings Terrans, time for another very quick update on my OldHammer redo of my Tzeentch warband – this time adding a quartet of chaotic (with a small ‘c’) Dwarfs:
Nothing too much to say here – they are all ‘Norse Dwarfs’ from Foundry, and they are all are broadly painted as per the earlier warband members. The only exception is the pale skin & more extensive blue markings – whether these are warpaint, tattoos, or marks of Tzeentch is unclear!
Here they are with Scynir and some of her human followers:
Greetings Terrans, just a quick post today – I’ve been chipping away at members for Scynir’s warband since last post, starting with her human followers – three axmen and three swordsmen:
Not too much to say about these really – they are all Foundry vikings, so they fit well with the Norsca setting of the November event. I painted them up with orange cloth & yellow hair, and I added blue face paint to better tie them in with Scynir herself. The shields were fun – I used a bit of a pointillist approach to suggest a Tzeentch symbol… Kinda chaos with a small ‘c’. I’m quite happy with how they turned out!
Greetings Terrans, it feels great to be writing this after a 7 month break from the hobby! I have been up to my neck in studying an MBA, but have now happily finished & that’s it – I solemnly swear to never ever do any academic learning ever again. I actually wrapped things up in April, but I had to wait until last week for the results and I found I had no motivation to do any hobby at all during that time. It wasn’t just painting – I’m way out of date with following and commenting on other blogs, and I honestly just can’t see me getting caught up with that side of things… Fresh start and all that.
Anyway, with all that in mind, I really needed something to get my juices flowing again. Luckily BOYL is around the corner, and Aidan was cooking up a lil’ WFB game and was looking for some 20ish-strong Old World warbands for a trip to Lustria. Aidan always puts on amazing games, so putting my hand up was a no-brainer. I thought about buying some new minis for the occasion, but thought it would be a good idea to raid the mounds of unpainted lead first… I found I had enough assorted Fantasy minis to put together a force. You’ll see over the coming weeks that the group is somewhat eclectic, but I think it’ll all come together in the end. The gist is that a wizard has come to Lustria to raid the Temple of the Golden Frog for some wizardly reason, and has hired a rag-tag group of pirates, natives, trackers and mercenaries to keep his wizardly ass safe in the steamy jungles.
This first group forms the backbone of the warband – mercenary Spearmen of Nuln:
Now, anyone who knows OldHammer knows about the near mythical Spearman of Nuln from the C-series Fighters range… I won’t get into all the background but suffice it to say that the original was unreleased, and so the actual mini is as rare as rocking horse poo… Luckily I had a slack handful of fan sculpts that I assume I picked up at BOYL, though I can’t for the life of me remember who made ’em… (Pop in a comment below if you know please!)
The minis are very much on the nose in terms of capturing that OH vibe – sure, the proportions are crazy and some of the casts are pretty bad, but they just ooze character and joy – they actually remind me a bit of the monopose Nightmare Legion, and that’s no bad thing in my opinion. More importantly, they weren’t a daunting paint job, which is something that I definitely needed to think about after such a long hobby break! Here they are in smaller groups:
I checked the interwebs for suitable colours and a banner design – black, red, yellow and cannon imagery were very much the order of the day. I challenged myself to practice my freehand a bit & while the striped trousers were frustrating, I’m really glad I did them… I’m bloody delighted with that banner!
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