Ogres, Part 3

Scratchbuilt Ironblaster I wanted an ironblaster that would ‘go with’ my Scrappie, so once again I used a toy rhino. For the gun I used a pen, parts of a broken (pen) torch and milliput. Very unconvinced by my efforts, I was hoping it would be transformed by a paint job! Here are all the […]

Ogres, Part 2

Here are the models that feature in Mangler the Merciless’s campaign army – aka Mangler’s Band. (He is an NPC mercenary.) For several years I had an Ogre battalion which I used to bolster my friend’s Ogre army (to the size he required for a campaign) and as Dogs of War units in several of […]

Ogre Models Part One

This post feature two of the models that feature in the Tilea Campaign Part 8 story entitled “Fleshmeat”. Scratchbuilt Scraplauncher I started with a plastic, toy rhino and lots of wooden sticks and chains. Some of the workings were made from plastic from my bits box. I gave it some thought (not a lot was […]

Tilean Campaign, Part 8

Fleshmeat Spring 2402, The Via Nano, south of Tettoverde Forest, Eastern Tilea His goblins emerged from the trees, scuttling over the rocks in their usual, higgledy-piggledy manner. Habbdok did not bother to count them, as he could see there were still plenty enough left for his purposes, which was all that mattered to him. Most […]

Tilea Campaign Part 7

Battle of the Princes, Epilogue: We Surrender A few miles south of the city of Trantio, Winter IC2401-2 Even before he opened the chest’s lid, Ruggero knew it would be waste of time. He raised it anyway, in the process almost snapping one of the rusted hinges. The lid fell backwards with a thump, to […]

Tilean Knights

I wanted some very ‘Tilean’ knights for the NPC forces of the various city states in my campaign, particularly Prince Girenzo of Trantio’s bodyguard. So, like I did with my pikemen and swordsmen, I turned to RW history for inspiration. If the Empire is a bit Germanic, then Tilea has to be a bit ‘Italian […]

Tilea Campaign Part 6

She Returns Near Viadaza, northern Tilea, Winter 2401-2 Biagino found it difficult to keep up with Ugo. Not that Ugo, a coachman by profession, clad in a long, thick, leather coat over a mail shirt and carrying the heaviest looking firearm Biagino had ever seen, was particularly fleet of foot, rather that he was less […]

Warp Lightning Cannon

Here’s a kitbash project utilising an Airfix historical kit. I wanted to come up with a Skaven Warp Lightning cannon that moved under it’s own power. I wanted a steam-punk sort of look, to go with my Doomwheel. So, in a spirit of taking the direct approach, I got myself a kit of an early […]

Skaven Doomwheel

Skaven Doom Wheel – part ‘kit-bash’ / part scratch build I love the idea of a doom wheel, but I wanted (as so often I do) to build my own version. And so I began the enjoyable odyssey that making such a mechanical model involves. I wanted a machine with steam powered locomotion, not scuttling […]

Condottiere

Now that the Compagnia del Sole free company has made an appearance in the Tilea campaign (Part 5, ‘What to do with Caution on a Still Day’) here is a post about painting some of the figures. The halberdiers and mounted men at arms are Perry Miniatures plastics, the foot men at arms (used as […]