Although I had not planned to do it, I ended up completely repainting my old school metal Plague Marines to match their much larger plastic brethren. You can view the old paint job on this post.
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| More tufts arrived, so I can finally finish all of the bases. |
I managed to finish assembling and painting all of the Boar Boyz I got myself for Christmas (the Plague Marines were also self Christmas gift). Two of them just needed to be glued to their boars, but the rest were in various states of disrepair.
I haven't taken a picture of them yet because I'm just starting in on basing.
And I started with the seven Boar Boys I picked up previously (painted by their previous owner).
I decided that I want to approximate the old Goblin Green basing common for Citadel/GW figures way back when (Not having been a wargamer back then, I have no nostalgia for it, I just love the way it looks).
So, using a recipe I found here: https://www.goonhammer.com/how-to-base-everything-goblin-green-bases/
I tried and ...
I love the way it came out! I could probably dry brush a little more yellow on top but I think it looks good enough.
The picture below shows my two fantasy armies lined up for no other reason than I wanted to. This was taken *before* I did the bases above, so any green you see, came already painted on the bases.
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| I get giddy just looking at this! The bases are 5" x 2.5", ostensibly for One Hour Wargames Dark Ages. |
Although there are round-bases pictured above - all of the lizards have been rebased to squares, just like the Black Orcs on the far left. I decided I just like it better. The difference is that most of the lizards have integral bases, and I haven't decided if I'll make an effort to smooth the transition or just say "who cares?"and leave them on little hills.
Because, when I think about it, I really don't care if the are on little hills.
After watching copies come and go at prices I could not justify, a reasonably priced copy of, Warhammer 40K, Second edition, came along. And for reasons I can't fathom Blogger refuses to post the picture without rotating it. So, no picture, I guess.
I also acquired a copy of the Wargear book (literally a book dedicated to the variety of weapons and their abilities), which is generally available at throw away prices. No picture of this because I haven't taken one.
I have PDFs of both, found online, but I like being able to flip through the pages. The artwork in the books is perfect. I have a regularly expressed preference for Moldvay B/X D&D, the rules and its artwork, and this era of 40K feels like it's in the same lineage.
Finally, here's what's currently on my painting table:
The second figure from the left in the front row, on a "rock" (foam core), is an old metal Adepta Sororitas Hospitaller. She is so tiny. So so tiny. I think this figure was undersized compared to its contemporaries even.
I ordered it at the tail end of 2025 (so she doesn't count towards my purchase tracking), but it just arrived this past week. I bought it because I had read Faith & Fire (which features Hospitaller Verity as an important secondary character, and I have now also completed Hammer & Anvil, and she's in that, too. More on those books in another post).
You can't see it, but there's a mutant Chaos Cultist in the rear left, in front of the bright green crocodile. I picked up the cultist because of Faith & Fire, as well. Not because there are cultists in the novel, but because I want to use the figure as a psyker for Space Weirdos games. This figure looked way more like how I imagine psykers than any figure, "official" or otherwise, I found.
All of the lizards are Reaper Dark Heaven. The in-progress red lizards will let me round out two of my existing units - the red lizard warriors and the red lizard archers. I haven't decided how I'll paint the unprimed lizards. I am thinking of going with the spider-man lizard They'll act as a guard for the frog shaman.
The Tyranids are the first figures I'm working on from the large 9th ed. 40K starter set I picked up last year on ebay for a song. Eventually the 20 in the box will join the 20 I already have. I have no idea where or when I'd *need* 40 termagants, but painting them is easy and I can just pop on the Golden Girls or Bob's Burgers and listen while I paint.
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