Twang... d'oh!

Yay, finally finished up a unit of arrer boyz. I'm quite happy with how the bows turned out and will probably do the same thing on all bows I do from now on. Quite easy to do as well. I've decided that snow is much better looking when I cover baking soda over the BS/PVA mixture rather than just sprinkling it over straight PVA. Melting snow needs the bulk.

Blue is da Best!

I've decided to really play on the red vs blue theme for this army now, continuing from the chukkas to the boyz. This is the unit filler for the blue team. The boyz below will have blue paint being splattered on them from above. I was happy with how the paint spewing from the cans worked out.

Wheels of Thunder...

I read somewhere to always use your chariots in twos. With that in mind I altered another of my boar chariots. I was happy with the freehand on the banner here, but I must say Gnoblars are arse to paint.

Whiz, bang...

I dropped something onto the goblin chariot the other day and the little ninja hero went flying. I have no idea were we went off to, so I made a new shaman instead. The model is actually a previous edition fanatic that's been altered a little.

I must admit, with a pose like that one, I was VERY tempted to sculpt a tutu on him/her!

Bigfoot...

My decision to include a giant into my Orc and Goblin army was final as soon as the thought of using a Hordes Trollbloods Mauler came into my head. After the intense difficulty of sourcing one in NZ (in time for Natcon 09), I approached the local Trollblood players to beg.

The concept for the model stayed very close to the original as it was being painted. One thing that did change was the sign the goblin is holding. I had intended it to read 'Meet Mr. Hyde', but a Mauler just looks very, very hungry so I changed it. The new phrase also helps to reflect the mercenary nature of the giant. The tribal tattoo was added after inspiration from CMON, and based off a Samoan style.


Skin - Chaos Black, Scaley Green, Skull White
Teeth and nails - Graveyard Earth, Kommando Khaki, Skull White
Loincloth - Scorched Brown, Chaos Black, Skull White
Shoulder Spikes - Chaos Black, Graveyard Earth, Kommando Khaki, Skull White
Porcupine Spikes - Chaos Black, Codex Grey, Fortress Grey, Skull White
Mouth - Blood Red, Skull White
Base - Chaos Black, Codex Grey, Fortress Grey, Skull White

The Babarian Horde...

The horde, as complete bar a few (40 actually) unpainted Orcs. The goblin hero in wolf chariot deserves special mention I feel. He's a kamikaze goblin, thus the traditional flag, and ninja feel with nunchucks. The chariot is converted from a boar chariot also.

And he rode upon a mighty steed...

My efforts in the converting and painting of my lord and current favourite mini. As you can see from above the Wyvern has had a fair few alterations. His torso has been made more vertical, his neck lengthened, armour added to the top of his head, tail lengthened and repositioned, and wing positions changed. The lord is the normal Wyvern lord with a couple of changes from the Warboss box added to bring his look into the 7th edition.