The everything miniatures wargaming thread

[Richard Hakluyt]

Also get a powerful adjustable reading light, as prep for further inevitable disintegration 

[Iormlund]

But, but ... I'm still young. 

[PDH]

Yeah, after I got old the magnifying light was definitely a needed item.

[The Brain]

Posters of a certain age may remember my Tomb Kings army that I did on Old Languish. I've had some loose Tomb Kings ends lying around, and I decided to finish my Tomb Guard that I only started on way back when. So here they are. Pic not awesome, normally I would take the pic on the balcony in better light but whatchagonnado.

My Tomb Kings army is generally white and gold, so to make the Tomb Guard stand out they got black and gold instead. The rest of the army has bronze weapons, these guys have better swords which in my case means they're made of meteoritic iron (which I've always found fascinating). They're based to fit in with the rest of the army, today I always paint the sand I use for basing but I didn't back then for this army.

I've gotten a bit into Warhammer Fantasy Battle recently, even if Games Workshop stopped supporting the game years ago...

[The Brain]

And the Battle Standard Bearer is done! This guy is metal and seriously unbalanced, as you'd expect.

I still have some Tomb Swarms unpainted, but I don't know if I can be bothered. In GW fashion they have a lot of little details that make speedpainting less than straightforward.

[Sophie Scholl]

Awesome! I'm about to start a WHFRPG Campaign with some friends. As such, I've been delving into the lore again myself.

[The Brain]

Finished two Tomb Swarms, with a quick and dirty paintjob. I may take a pic some other day when the weather is better, but there's not much to photograph, they're a mass of bugs crawling over the ground. Feels good to have them in the army though.

So what's next? I just got a fresh delivery of historical figs...

[Iormlund]

Care to recommend one of those fancy magnifying setups? Amazon is finally open.

[The Brain]

Care to recommend one of those fancy magnifying setups? Amazon is finally open.

I have a very simple one, a desk magnifying lamp with multiple LEDs forming a ring around the lens. If possible of course it's nice to see and feel it "in the flesh" before buying (I did), but anything with reasonable reviews should be fine. I'd go cheap, even a cheap one will be a huge improvement over nothing.

[The Brain]

When I saw recently that The Assault Group had a Machiavelli figure I obviously had to buy it. He came in a pack together with Cesare Borgia and Leonardo Da Vinci (giggle).

[The Brain]

Perry Miniatures have reopened their webstore! I've gotten into WotR again (I'm always into WotR but more than usual), I might be tempted to place a new order.

[Sophie Scholl]

I should really read some of the papers I've been stockpiling on the WotR. York forever!

[The Brain]

I ordered some WotR stuff. Since last time I did WotR the Perrys have released plastic foot knights and light cavalry. I also ordered enough other stuff to flesh out my army even more.

[The Brain]

While waiting for the new Perry stuff I did some mounted men-at-arms I had lying around (I built my prickers from the mounted men-at-arms boxes since back then there was no light cavalry box from Perry). Even if the mounted charge by men-at-arms wasn't common in the WotR there's always the possibility, and Bosworth. I didn't put on a lot of horse armor since my understanding is that it wasn't commonly used in combat in the WotR.

Perry miniatures are always a joy to work with.

[The Brain]

I got some very nice Egyptian ruins from Scotia Grendel, and gave them a simple paintjob. I thought I'd give my Tomb Kings some battlefield terrain. Of course they also work in historical settings (including pulp), and can stand in as ancient ruins in various fantasy/SF settings.