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 bong264 wrote:
how quaint the inverted cross seems now a days

Yeah in the 90s people were scandalised about inverted crosses in Doom

I like the stippled highlighting you’ve done on the robe. It looks like fraying or stitches.

What another post so soon! I'll be retiring to the cave to paint so figure one more post before disappearing lol.



C15 Orc bodyguard, gonna use this lad as a Lieutenant for the upcoming orc band.

Every Orctober I assemble and paint as many orcs and gobbos as I can to bolster the horde. This year it'll be all oldies 👍

My first pink orc and I hope I did it right, I'll let Pariah Press judge me on that

See everyone at the end of Orctober!


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 Pariah Press wrote:
I like the stippled highlighting you’ve done on the robe. It looks like fraying or stitches.

Thanks I always have a hard time with making any sort of cape/robe look interesting 🤔

Nice I like the pose on this guy

That pink orc gets the Pariah Press Seal or Approval!

Welp, my hands hurt from painting but it has been another successful Orctober

First up is some gobbos



1979 Fiend Factory Goblins, These lads look a bit like old dog kobolds with their jowls lol.



Here's the whole group, about 55ish points according to the 2nd ed book🤔 Next up is the Orc group...



I passionately called this lad Bard the Bow Orc Had a broken bow I did my best to try to make a new top half and I think it turned out alright.



Next is a classic spearman orc in my attempt at brown. I actually have this lad painted in green and was one of the first old lead orcs I painted when I got into this venture!



This here is Graggle Simpson, er I mean a crossbow Orc I hope my interpretation of yellow orc turned out correct because I really like this scheme for orcs.



And lastly here is the rank and file of the orcs. Need to go back and revarnish some gloss I missed but otherwise They were quick to paint up...thankfully.



A terrible group photo to finish off the Orctober season! Been a bit since I've batch painted but I always remember how fatigued I am at the end

Thanks for stopping by and have a good Orctober/ Halloween!

They look amazing all together! My favourite is the guy with the gaping mouth.

Quite a productive Orctober! Nice work.

Alright, I've been away for a bit working on a secret project but finally painted this fine lad



Minifigs Mythical Earth Balrog from 1973. I couldn't stop calling him the cowardly lion Based him off the weird lion butterfly from the 1978 Bakshi Lord of the Rings film.

Did this lad up for the ancients painting contest but figured it fit here too lol.

Unless I'm mistaken this was the first Lion depiction of the balrog before the film 🤔 Wonder if they got the idea from elsewhere or if Bakshi and the sculptor came up with it separately.

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Been a bit eh? Been busy with life and other projects but it feels nice to come back to this niche of mine lol. Got a little custom done for the 1.5/2nd ed chaos force...



An old Tzaangor! Well, its a 1986 (but sculpted in 85!) Ral Partha Runequest Broo I sculpted a beak onto Although going from the big belly I thought was armor I should have made him a pestigor! I got one more of these so that is definitely on the table 🤔





Some more views, especially of the pot belly lol. Gonna see about finishing a chaos warrior regiment within the next month so look forward to that

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day!

That's some pretty slick putty work. It looks like part of the original sculpt. And on such a tiny model, no less! The very few Broo that I have are itty bitty compared to Citadel models of the same vintage.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
That's some pretty slick putty work. It looks like part of the original sculpt. And on such a tiny model, no less! The very few Broo that I have are itty bitty compared to Citadel models of the same vintage.

Thanks! It was alot of back and forth to make sure it was even... It's always weird to go back to true-ish 25mm scale especially compared to today's sculpts

What another post in less than a month 😱 Just a quick one this time because I was in the snooty mood lol





The C08 High Elf fighter has joined the fray. I think this is my first non ral partha elf of the era I've painted 🤔

The way the face is sculpted though head on its more of a pre-cambrian idoneth sculpt with how fishy the eyes are

Had to do some emergency gap filling after priming because there were some nasty cracks all over the robe from the age of the mini (turns 40 this year!)

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 bong264 wrote:
The way the face is sculpted though head on its more of a pre-cambrian idoneth sculpt with how fishy the eyes are

Yeah, that's a classic Aly Morrison face if I ever saw one.

Really enjoying your work. I'm especially liking the Asgard Sci Fi line and your mix of chaos warriors.

Hello! back again to peddle some more old lead. Got something different for today, something I really really struggled with lol.



The 1980 something (couldn't nail a specific date) Citadel Spacefarers Hover Car. Sculpted by the one and only Michael Perry, I am still half convinced he actually carved this from a bar of soap

When I got this thing it was a real arduous task getting this thing together and painted. The grav engine block was in almost broken into three pieces, the canopies were malformed, and I for the life of me could not tell where detail began or ended

But it is done and I can post the accompanying image.



It may or may not have been all for that

Got some imperial marines to do for this months contest but hoping to return to good ole fantasy after this

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 Eilif wrote:
Really enjoying your work. I'm especially liking the Asgard Sci Fi line and your mix of chaos warriors.

Thanks! that means alot lol, hoping to get back to painting more of said chaos warriors here real soon...

Alright I finally got to paint another fantasy mini lol. I got some more grenadier pics but I'll post those after the contest has ended, in the mean time...



1975 Heritage Men of Ruin Axeman, I saw these and absolutely had to see what they looked like in person! I've been looking for some kind of auxiliary force for my chaos warriors and these would make excellent proto chaos dwarfs 👌

Not a bad sculpt for being 50 years old Although from this picture I didnt believe eyes were even sculpted.



"sculpted eyes" more like pits with a very tiny lump lol. Definitely plan on trying to source more for my chaos army.



Here he is compared to a citadel dwarf from 83/84 and yeah that looks about what i'm going for

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Nice find! That model is nearly as old as I am. You did a great job painting him up.

Yeah, the old Der Kriespielers Fantastiques range was dripping with personality. I’d like to get some of their orcs and goblins someday for my slowly growing horde.

Back again with possibly my favorite mini I've painted this far (need a tally on how many times I've said that)...



1979 Fiend Factory Cyclops or Gargarnesis for my Age of Mythology fans out there Not a bad little sculpt considering the time, plan on maybe using him as a beastmaster



A view from behind and finally...



Gargarnesis up against his sworn enemy Barrachus. Just need some harpies to finish off the ancient greek motif lol.

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 Pariah Press wrote:
Yeah, the old Der Kriespielers Fantastiques range was dripping with personality. I’d like to get some of their orcs and goblins someday for my slowly growing horde.

They're pretty great! Had a chance at nabbing the big horn pair and regret every day not getting it

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Nice find! That model is nearly as old as I am. You did a great job painting him up.

Jeez, wouldn't mind hearing any stories from the early days!

I think the space marine contest voting is over and at request got some additional pictures of my Grenadier Imperial Marines









Still got a lot of marines left from that box but if I go back to sci fi it may have to be some more asgard stuff 🤔

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Heyo! The painting mood has struck me so back again with another oldie.



1983(84?) Weird Fantasy "The Dwarf With No Name". Finding out where this guy is from is apparently a mystery since he was in both Ral Partha Imports but also Citadel Dwarfs in 1987 🤔

Anyways lol, I'm a big western fan so it was a pleasant experience painting this guy up Trying to free hand over folds...hats out to the painters who pull that off flawlessly

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Ral Partha Imports was (at least initially) the line they used for the Citadel minis that Ral Partha produced for the North American market (while Citadel produced Ral Partha minis in Britain).

 Pariah Press wrote:
Ral Partha Imports was (at least initially) the line they used for the Citadel minis that Ral Partha produced for the North American market (while Citadel produced Ral Partha minis in Britain).

Cataloging old minis is a hobby all its own

Did a little digging and I think mine is the Ral Partha imports variant, I know they did minor resculpts and the other one has a straighter pistol for some reason lol. The earliest I see this figure is from the 1982 Citadel catalogue 🤔

Nice to see these old minis. I had never seen the Spacefarers Hover Car before. What a find.

Heyo! Back again with some more oldies, got a lad who will be part of a sub squad of the DnD party



1982 Citadel Fantasy Tribes Fighters Adventurer in Chainmail. Planned on using this guy as a paladin but considering the swanky leggings and the fur cloak I may have to change tracks on that

Got a variety of stuff prepped and primed, just need to not be lazy lol.

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 vim_the_good wrote:
Nice to see these old minis. I had never seen the Spacefarers Hover Car before. What a find.

It was one of those finds out of the blue lol. I've got alot more spacefarers stuff and find it funny how wildly out of scale they are with fantasy counterparts that released in the same year(s)

I like how so many of the old Fantasy Adventurers have backpacks. They're ready for anything!

Heyo, finally back again after a hiatus, but for good reason! The sculpting bug hit me again and decided to attempt to actually finish a mini this time instead of abandoning it halfway through.

But first said minis' partner in crime...



The man himself, Harald Hammerstorm AKA Harry the Hammer! was saving this lad until I had finished the bulk of the chaos regiment but figured I'd do it now to go with my next mini...



Bob, the Chaos Warrior. Or Corncob Knight as I've been affectionately calling him If you've ever taken a gander at the bottom right of the official Harry art you'll see poor bob in the corner. It's alot like the second marine in the DooM art



Made from greenstuff, paperclips, plasticard, and a penny. Kinda sculpted a whole body underneath you can only see up close but oh well lol.

Knucklebones has an infinitely better version of this guy and you should check him out I wanted to make something that wouldn't look out of place with my other vintage stuff and proud to say he fits right in!



Now I just need a pile of C13 skellies for everyone to go up against!

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 Pariah Press wrote:
I like how so many of the old Fantasy Adventurers have backpacks. They're ready for anything!

Always need a place to keep tinctures, ampoules, elixirs, and miles upon miles of rope

Nice work!

Very nice, indeed.