Dwarven Pirate

Wraith Blades

Painted for a Client

Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures: Mind Flayers

Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures / Pathfinder Deep Cuts

Pathfinder Deep Cuts and Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures are a relatively new range of unpainted, pre-primed miniatures available to buy for the small price of £3.99.

Perfect for anyone starting out in the hobby and ideal to anyone that fancies trying their hand at painting.

My girlfriend picked up two packets for me and I started painting them right away.  The paint goes on smoothly and they are lovingly detailed.  They are a vast improvement in material when compared to the Pathfinder Bones range, which have a tendency to be warped and need a thorough wash before priming.

When painting the hell hounds I used a purple wash as I needed something spectral on the table top for the next upcoming campaign session.  

By far my favourite was painting these little blighters.  No goblin in my eyes has ever stood up to the cuteness of the Pathfinder goblins and now I have three that live up to the illustrations.

eBay Cultists

Last week I purchased 20 cultists on eBay for a bargain price.  They came today and I painted 11 and one custom genestealer cultists/daemonette (Back left)

Trying to keep to my rule of when it turns up paint it, otherwise it will just become part of the never ending pile...

Creating Chaos Spawn

Illustration from the Chaos Space Marine codex

"A Chaos Spawn is a mindless mutant creature who once belonged to one of the intelligent races of the galaxy and who has become so mutated through his or her servitude to Chaos that he or she has devolved into a twisted and insane abomination. Those seeking immortality and power through the ultimate attainment of daemonhood in service to the Ruinous Powers face the constant possibility of being reduced to Chaos Spawn, either by accumulating too many mutations or being cast aside by their Chaos patrons as unworthy of further advancement because of their consistent failure to serve the will of the Chaos Gods. More simply, they may lack the inherent qualities required for successful leadership of other Chaotic servants and thus be of no further use to their patrons. Chaos warband members who are transformed into Chaos Spawn will either be abandoned by their former comrades or kept as pets or as cannon fodder, to be herded into battle along with the rest of the Lost and the Damned." - Warhammer Wiki

Stepping into the world of Chaos with my Space Marine army I was expecting Chaos Spawn to look like a mix of the Thing and Tetsuo in Akira. Instead we are faced with this:

Rather than investing in these PG certificate daemons, I decided to make my own out of spare bits and greenstuff. this is the result.

In making this chaos spawn I wanted to get across the hopelessness of the champion that has been corrupted.  Cursed for being unworthy of the power that they could not comprehend.  I intend to make another five in time, but for now this little chap should do.

Obliterators

In my pursuit of making a Chaos army on the cheap I have decided to make obliterators and maulers from bits of old marines that I had lying around. These are my first big conversions that I have attempted.

So far I have finished three obliterators and started on one mauler.  I remembered to take some progress shots this time. They have not only performed incredibly well on the table but also received a lot of compliments during games.