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Heyo, back again with a quickie. I was still in the chaos mood and I finally got my hands on this sculpt so immediately painted up...



The chaos mowhawk dude from the 1983(?) chaos warriors box. I have dubbed him Rotwang for obvious reasons Something about this guy just screamed red and silver

Attempted some free hand of the little familiar I did awhile back and it is delightfully amateur lol.



Here he is with his body double, I do wonder who came first unless they went to all that trouble to sculpt another leg ?

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 Pariah Press wrote:
Nice work!

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Very nice, indeed.

Thank you thank you

Great work on Rotwang, especially the shield.

Lots of us older hobbyists talk about "character," and how modern models don't have any. These pre-slotta Chaos dudes have character in spades, don't they?

Heya! back again after last nights server blackout Another classic for today and it's...





One classic Slann Trooper from 1983 One of the only 3 pre slotta slann I own lol. These guys are soooooo hard to find especially in the states! Hoping one day some collector finally empties his basement so I can get a chance at more.

I was in the green mood but didn't have an orcs prepared so went with this, I think it is a nice shade of green myself ?

Hope to paint a bit more before the hot weather finally settles in but until then thanks for stopping by!


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 JoshInJapan wrote:
Great work on Rotwang, especially the shield.

Lots of us older hobbyists talk about "character," and how modern models don't have any. These pre-slotta Chaos dudes have character in spades, don't they?

Every single one I've painted has definitely been a joy I'm hoping to finally get that dang regiment finished this year but keep getting sidetracked...

Heyo, Been away in the cave surviving the heat, got something I've been working on...





Olmerk the Ratman Slayer! Those of you who can guess from that totally clever naming convention this is my take on making my own Kremlo for the DnD party since an original cost about as much as an army box now a days lol.



Unfortunately he turned out a little big I'll just hand wave that away by saying he's from a now extinct tribe of giant Slann who were wiped out my those blasted Skaven

We've entered the time where my miniature output will slow to a crawl due to the heat, but I do got something special planned next week (weather compliance)

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Alright, after struggling through the heat I got this special lad all done!





From 1982(3?) Saxon Manufacturing The Treeman... My first Ent! I really like the look of this guy, especially compared to other treemen of the same era. I have taken to calling him Adam Ent because of clever naming conventions



The DnD party consulting Adam Ent for any sage advice, also to show off the sheer size of this mini lol. Pictures turned out a little too glossy so might go back down the line and try to tone that down some but oh well.

I had a debate on whether to just completely hide the base tab or expand it out to what it is and glad I went with that option, see if you can spot the seam

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I agree. This fellow looks pretty good for an early 80's ent! Nice work.

Been a bit eh? Finally got a relatively mild week so decided to finally paint something lol.





From the good ole C01 Citadel fighters line, around 1983 to 84 I think. Nothing too fancy with this lad since I've apparently been 3 weeks out of practice Did try to give the cape some rough texture and I think it looks alright ?

I am still working on a varnish ratio so nothing is too matte or too semi gloss and may have finally found something I liked

Gonna try to not take another 3-4 week break but anyways...

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 Pariah Press wrote:
I agree. This fellow looks pretty good for an early 80's ent! Nice work.

Thanks! Alot of the ents of that era are all a little too weedy for my liking so finding that on a late night ebay binge was sure a miracle

Heya! Finally back again after some brutal heat aka summer we've been having Got a little something to help me get back in to the swing of things.





C11 1984 Halfling AKA Lando the Large. Although I will be calling my particular copy Chester lol. Got him on a teeny tiny 15mm base and boy are Halflings from this era small!

You can't notice it here but the hand and sword were kinda merged into one so I had to finagle some lines to make it look like he's got a blade guard and not just holding a piece of rectangular metal.



There he is with Bran, the potential startings of a new DnD Party? Haflings and Lesser Goblins were the only minis(?) to be on 15mm bases for a brief time before they were switched to 20mm in 2nd ed fantasy. I quite like the look of the 15mm bases
though and may do that for the rest of my teeny tiny hobbits

Thanks for stopping by!

The shield is really nice, but the cloak is superb-- especially given how tiny that model is.

I like dwarves and halflings, but the stumpy little legs make painting their lower bodies and bases frustrating.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
The shield is really nice, but the cloak is superb-- especially given how tiny that model is.

I like dwarves and halflings, but the stumpy little legs make painting their lower bodies and bases frustrating.

Thanks! It's funny you should say that, there isn't a single thing sculpted below the waist! its just a blank void and the foot sticks out from nothing

 bong264 wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:
The shield is really nice, but the cloak is superb-- especially given how tiny that model is.

I like dwarves and halflings, but the stumpy little legs make painting their lower bodies and bases frustrating.

Thanks! It's funny you should say that, there isn't a single thing sculpted below the waist! its just a blank void and the foot sticks out from nothing

Well, that's certainly one way to solve the problem.

I have returned with a little something neat. There's a story behind this although it probably isn't that interesting Behold!



My first and probably only 1st edition Chaos Knight or Cleric of Chaos in this case Some more angles first,







I didn't know whether to put the before picture first but this was the state of the poor guy when I bought him several years ago in a lot.



Missing a leg, Missing the weapon, a horse that may or may not have been two different horses The rider is the mounted Fantasy Adventurers Evil Cleric. Did my best to give him a leg back and a new weapon (although that mace should have been longer lol).
The stamp on the bottom of the feet read "Ral Partha 1975" but I couldn't find a horse with a tied up tail looking through the catalogs ? Also when I made new legs they barely lined up anyways! So for all intents and purposes this is my first old school kitbash
I did always wonder how people back in the day made chaos knights for 1st/1.5 ed Warhammer since the forces of fantasy supplement straight up said you're gonna have to make your own. Probably won't do it again unless I come across anymore broken lead...
Whoever had this back then and was planning said kitbash, I hope I did it justice Orctober looms near so this was also in preparation for that, look forward to next week!

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Welcome one and all to another round of my favorite event...ORCTOBER!!! To start things off with...




A Fantasy Tribes Orc bodyguard, this one being a 1984 Ral Partha Imports variant but I don't know what's the sculpt difference ?
Done up in a classic pink orc variant, may or may not go back and paint something on that shield though

As is my personal tradition I will paint as many orcs as I can and do a big ole reveal at the end of the month.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Orctober!

Alright, Orctober has concluded for me and boy was it a long one I present to you now The Rabble:





This one was a pretty rough casting, His arm is basically a twig

















Thats it for the bulk of the main troops, the following is command and character(s)



These Orcs a real big fans of a certain band



Big Green Boss Ogron Foulbreath whose about the size of chaos warrior lol.





And the grand finale of this years personal painting project, the Arcane Monstrosities Orc Wyvern whom I have dubbed as Nimrod Shiny 'Ead!













And here is the rabble all together!



It certainly has been a journey this Orctober! Especially with the Orc Wyvern, 3 pounds (1.3 kilograms) of pure lead which was an absolute to paint! It was decreed by Gork and Mork and Mindy I did paint it though because I A) got a great deal on it B) was the fastest shipped package from the UK that I have ever gotten and C) still has yet to break

Everyone else is a collection of your basic early orc troops, alot of broken one mostly that I mended or converted. The flag bearer I am especially proud of Made from the remnants of a spear orc and the broken off sword of the spear and sword orc from above
(can you guess which one lol) I made a tray but I still need to texture and paint it, made it 6x4 to combine with the orcs I painted last year to make a mighty 24 unit strong regiment

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Orctober!

WOW! A whole regiment plus a monster, all in a single month! Great work!

Great stuff! I love those old, derpy Orcs. I like that you added some variety in skin colors, especially the yellow halberdier.

 Pariah Press wrote:
WOW! A whole regiment plus a monster, all in a single month! Great work!

Thank you kindly, almost went mad at points last month painting Glad I dedicated a whole week early in the month towards the wyvern


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 JoshInJapan wrote:
Great stuff! I love those old, derpy Orcs. I like that you added some variety in skin colors, especially the yellow halberdier.

Thank you! I always try to vary up my greens, with Hobgrot Hide its a lovely color to use due to its yellowish tint

Heyo! Got a quick one for today, may be a preview of things to come though...







I was in the dawi mood for the later half of Orctober so decided to get it out of my system lol. This dashing gentleman is from the old Fantasy Tribes line, a variant on the spear and shield dwarfs.

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Hey @bong264, this is amazing work! So much love and dedication has gone into these minis!

I fell in love with your chaos warriors from the original WHFRP rulebook (I still got mine lying around here somewhere).

Might fine stuff here

Heyo, been a bit but I've been working on a little something. It is neither old nor lead but it is oldhammer inspired... Behold!









The Humble Shopkeep, who may or may not look really familiar

I've had this dumb idea in my head for awhile and started sculpting this lad back in late July. Took a big break and finished sculpting him last month. Been real busy but finally got around to painting him and I will say it's jank but exactly what I wanted.



Tried really hard to get him to fit in with early oldhammer sculpts and I think I managed it, gonna be used for WFRP and DnD shenanigans lol.

Thanks for indulging me and come back next time when I paint something actually old and lead

Have a good one!


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 WBRBloom wrote:
Hey @bong264, this is amazing work! So much love and dedication has gone into these minis!

I fell in love with your chaos warriors from the original WHFRP rulebook (I still got mine lying around here somewhere).

Might fine stuff here

Sorry for the extremely late reply but thanks! That means alot, I have a giant pile of pre slotta chaos that I still need to sort through so look forward to that

Alright back again this time with something that actually existed lol.





Another classic pre slotta chaos warrior Although I cant find the exact date for this lad... Went with a nice green because that protrusion on his head may be a snake or a worm. Taken to calling him Snake Vargas in the meantime





And a back view



Real big fan of the chainmail for this lad, also his little wolf cloak covering the chest heh. May finally work through the rest of the regiment I got of these, got nine left. Either that or finally start on my first siege weapon...

Thanks for stopping by though and have a good day!

 bong264 wrote:
Heyo, been a bit but I've been working on a little something. It is neither old nor lead but it is oldhammer inspired... Behold!









The Humble Shopkeep, who may or may not look really familiar

To those whose kid plays a lot of Minecraft Dungeons, by any chance? Otherwise he just looks a lot like my old mate Chris

Welcome back, and so soon too eh Had this guy in the back log for a bit and decided to challenge myself (naively btw) at some minor free hand...behold!





1983 C08 High Elf Thief, or in this case the Harlequin Thief lol. Mini was a bit plain so decided to try my hand at some multi pattern painting. Hats off to the people who can do Eldar Harlequins because I went nearly mad



One thing about the whole C08 line is they all have really thick tabs, guessing because High Elves like to be above everyone else Tried to go for some sorta rocky base sculpt but will try something new when I get to the others. The makings of the High Elf DnD party soon!

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To those whose kid plays a lot of Minecraft Dungeons, by any chance? Otherwise he just looks a lot like my old mate Chris

Gonna have to look that up now The shopkeep is based on a video game character called Morshu who was popular during Youtube's heyday (imo) from about 2007 to 2012. Do let me know
if your friend also has a fabulous green fedora with a lavender feather as well

Stripey pants FTW!

Looking good!

As for the chunky bases, if you're ok with 25mm, EM4 sells a very nice Square with recess. It's labeled "with lip" but the sides are the same height and angle as GW square but the center has a nice deep recess. I've used it for a number of chunky based vintage figures that I've incorporated into my Chaos warriors regiment.

https://em4miniatures.com/en-us/products/25mm-square-with-lip-x-20

Another option is just to cut away the floor of a regular base, put the figure in there and fill in the open area with epoxy, cement, etc....

One thing about the whole C08 line is they all have really thick tabs, guessing because High Elves like to be above everyone else Tried to go for some sorta rocky base sculpt but will try something new when I get to the others. The makings of the High Elf DnD party soon!

Thanks for stopping by!


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 Skinflint Games wrote:


To those whose kid plays a lot of Minecraft Dungeons, by any chance? Otherwise he just looks a lot like my old mate Chris

Gonna have to look that up now The shopkeep is based on a video game character called Morshu who was popular during Youtube's heyday (imo) from about 2007 to 2012. Do let me know
if your friend also has a fabulous green fedora with a lavender feather as well

Alright, been putting this poor lad off for about 6 or 7 months but he's finally finished...





The Fantasy Adventurers Cleric, either from 1980 -1982 but definitely early in the line lol. Back when crucifixes and religious items were everywhere in fantasy gaming Tried to go for a blackened armor which just translated to me doing very minor highlights.
This is another one of those minis where it was sculpted from a certain angle, looking at him head on he looks like a monkey or half his face was burned
If anyone has a decent black armor recipe lemme know I have taken to calling him Grimmy, and he will finally be joining the core DnD party!



This was my second to last mini of the year and I have one more in me so look forward to that heh.

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 JoshInJapan wrote:
Stripey pants FTW!

If it wasn't so tedious I'd be painting stripes on all of my old school lads

 Eilif wrote:
Looking good!

As for the chunky bases, if you're ok with 25mm, EM4 sells a very nice Square with recess. It's labeled "with lip" but the sides are the same height and angle as GW square but the center has a nice deep recess. I've used it for a number of chunky based vintage figures that I've incorporated into my Chaos warriors regiment.

https://em4miniatures.com/en-us/products/25mm-square-with-lip-x-20

Another option is just to cut away the floor of a regular base, put the figure in there and fill in the open area with epoxy, cement, etc....

Thanks! Definitely saving this for some later copplestone stuff and RAFM chaos warriors and orcs I've mostly been relying on 2mm flat bases my friend cut out for me although I'm starting to run low... May finally invest in a jewelers saw to cut down the more egregious bases.

Alright, got my last mini of the year all done, kinda shocked I haven't done a figure like this yet...





1983(?) The Golden Paladin from the Dungeon Adventurers Starter box set. I've taken to calling him the first bretonnian Gonna pair him up with the witch hunter to track down their nemesis Thulsa Doom.



Hint hint at some upcoming works lol. Also no that isnt a gem but a really big reindeer schnozola

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy new year!

Welcome to the first post of 2026 for this blog lol. The first mini of the year is done and its...





A humble dwarf clansmen One of many variants from the Fantasy Tribes Dwarf line, this one in particular being "Dwarf with polearm and sword". Expect alot of dorfs here in the near future, I've been itching to get a small warband together to face off against the chaos forces.

The helmet on the sculpt was beat up so tried to take advantage of that via stippling put I don't think it came off as well. Also trying to see what that auto adjust image function does in the gallery and I think its not as washed out

Any who, thanks for stopping by! Baruk Khazâd!

Nice work on both the paladin and dwarf. The yellow on the shield is particularly nice-- dirty without being dingy, if you take my meaning.

I've tried using the auto-adjust feature, and while it does make the brights brighter, I find the shadows to be so deep they mask any of the darker areas. I supposed I should actually learn how to adjust camera settings...