Hunters of Evil Warband!

I have spent last weekend working up a new warband using bitz from Mordheim box set and my Wargames Factory Vikings. The theory behind this warband is a bunch of fanatics that hate Evil, and will stop at nothing to eradicate it. They will only use blunt weapons when they have become full fledge members of the group, and axes before this. There will all most all ways be one member that has some for of magic, in most cases he will have a book, or scroll that he can read to hold a foe while the rest of the band bashes the Evil from them.

Here are the photos of the raw plastic members.

Leader, with young bloods.

Another angle of Leader, and young bloods.

Three full members of the band, one is the Holy Book Reader.

Holy Book Reader close up.

Holy Book Reader close up other side.

Two More full members.

My Viking Fantasy Warband.

Well I have put my Viking warband together, and here is a slid show of them.
I have also done a write up on my new web page. I am going to use this for both, Mordheim, and SBH. I hope you enjoy, and please comment on them.
The minis are from Wargames Factory, and are the sample vikings sets for $4.95. Great deal, and I got 3 sets.

Web site link.

New Dwarf bases!

Here are the photos of the bases I worked on over the holiday weekend. I painted up some Dwarf cav, and some Dwarf handweapons. I also re-based my Medieval foot knights form 4 to a base to 6 to a base. I have to finish the bases off with flock and such but I thought I would share the photos now.This is my first base of BRF mounted cav.
This is another base of Dwarf handweapons. This is a mix of BRF Mirliton minis.
My re-based knights.

Noel

Photos of my Battlewagon Painted!

Here is a slide show of my completed Dwarf battlewagon. Click on the slide show to see the photos.


Noel

Slide show of my other armies!

Noel

Second Base completed!

Well I completed yet another Dwarf base. I have also changed the number of minis per base, and fixed the first base I completed. The first base was BRF Dwarfs, and the second is Mir.
Side by side view.

Noel

Dwarf Comparison photos!

Well Here are some comparison photos of the minis I picked up. They are from

• Black Raven Foundry
• Splintered Light
• Mirliton
  

I like all the minis I picked up, but will not be getting any more from SL in the Dwarf range, as they are more like 20mm. I will be using the one I picked up but no more. The minis look great just to big for me. I did get a sample from SL of 3 orcs and will be buying these when I re-do an orc army. Photos of these soon.
From Left to right: Splintered Light Hero, Black Raven Foundry Hero, Mirliton 2 heroes.

From Left to Right: 2 BRF hand weapons, and 2 Mir hand weapons. I think these 2 ranges work very well together. I will most use BRF as they are easer to get a cheaper for me in the US.

From Left to Right: SL mounted hero, Mirliton mounted, BRF mounted. The SL range is to large for my taste. I will use them but don't think I will get any more of them. The other 2 ranges work well togerther and love them.
BRF mounted on a sabor tooth tiger, I love this guy.

I hope you like these photos, and I will try and do some more soon.

Noel

Painting Dwarfs 101! Part 1.

This is a small how to on how I paint my 15mm Dwarfs. I used a slide show to save space on the Blog page. Once the show plays, use the controls to move through the slides. I hope you like it.
Any questions place them in the comments for this post.

Noel

What Rules Do I use.

Well I was asked a good question!

The question was what rule set do I use? The answer is this ChipCo’s FR!3 (Fantasy Rules 3). A few years back I decided to make a jump into Fantasy gaming with all the hype about Warhammer, but could not see my self spending that kind of money. So I looked around the net and came up with 15mm as a cheaper way of getting into Fantasy gaming. So before I make this leap I need to find a rule set to use. I looked at a hole bunch before I settled on one. I also spent some money on rule sets. I can’t remember the first one I looked at, but it was not FR!. I can list some I have.

• For the masses (MJ12Games)
• Fantasy Rules 2,3, and TCE (ChipCo Games)
  
• Warrior Heroes (Two Hour Wargames)
• Armies of Arcane (Thane’s Games)
• Warhammer (GW)
• Demonworld (now defunct)
• Hordes of Heroes (kallistra)
  
• The Age of Might and Steel (15mm uk now has these rules)

This is my short list. There were others but none worth mention here. I know some might say I missed Hordes of the Things, but I did not peruse these rules, as I did not feel they were a good match for me.

The first I bought into was Demonworld, but soon realized I did not like the hex based system, and the high cost of the game. Next was some free downloads I found but none paned out. So I had a copy of Days of Knights from ChipCo games, and liked it, so I figured I would give there Fantasy rules a try. Yes they were a bit much in the price, but they were an all inclusive rule set. Once I had the rules there was nothing else to buy, but the miniatures, and game needs. This I very much liked about the rules set. Now I have continued my quest for the best rules set but keep coming back to FR!.

Every one has a different idea on what they want from a game and a rule set, so I have to say FR! Fits mine ware other rules fit others better. I will try a rules review some time but I am sure there are a number of people that have done so. A good Google search should get you what you need.

Noel

Completed my first base of Dwarfs!

Well I have finished my first base of Dwarfs and here are some photos.

Seen here I have based 4 Dwarfs on plastic card, then covered the base with a filler putty. I have given the putty a bit of color to make it easier to cover with paint and flock.

Another angle of the same.

Now this is a completed base. I have added a bottom to the base of magnet, used for cards. You can get then in lots of 100 for about 10.00 US. With a pit of paint and some flock it looks good tom me.

Another angle.

Noel

First Photos of the Dwarfs

Well As promised here are my first photos of the Dwarfs I am working on. The Dwarfs are form the Black Raven Foundry range of Dwarfs. My photos show the new way I am painting 15mm miniatures. From these photos you can see they are mounted on a roofing nail then placed into a block of wood. This made painting the Dwarfs much easier then the way I did it in the past, by painting them on the 40x40 base. When painting I try to work on 2 bases worth of minis at one time, but I mis counted and only painted 7 and not the 8 required. I am going to work on completing one base today. I have mounted 4 of the Dwarfs, and filled the base to give it a better look than just flock.

Noel.