Monday 18 March 2024

Kitbashed Skaven slingers


 

We've been playing a bit of Mordheim recently. Skaven slingers are handy in that game, and I had but one metal original painted up. So I've started converting some from Oathmark goblin slaves, using Plague Monk and Mordheim Skaven heads and greenstuff tails. 

I painted these guys up pretty quickly, relying on washes over a burnt umber/grey/ivory base for the most part, with a few bits treated with more care.



Sunday 11 February 2024

The world's oldest Space Ork?!

 


This is a converted Fantasy Tribes Orc from Citadel. He dates from 1982 and is a variant of FT06 (Orc Swinging Axe). His axe has not escaped the 80s, so I thought I'd make him a sci-fi figure in the tradition of Gary Chalk (whose converted C15 Orc Chieftain with assault rifle featured in an early White Dwarf).


I have a small warband of converted old-school orcs underway; next up will be Copplestone and Lund conversions.


Oh, and happy Year of the Dragon! Here's my son's latest offering to celebrate the Spring Festival: