Something Evil

I've had a touch of hobby burn out lately.  I did get a few things done but mostly took it easy.

The Night Stalkers finally have some blood worms to add to the ranks.  These are plastic worm things from the Halloween store and fishing lures.

The murderous elves now have a tree herder that looks fabulous!

And a regiment of heavy cavalry!

And no longer do my artillery pieces have to go into battle in grey plastic color...

Oh and I decided to go crazy and take some giant group shots...

Yeah I have a problem...

The Fishy Finish Line

Thats right the Trident Realms army is done.  It came together pretty fast and it was an enjoyable project for sure.

 Had to add an extra troop of Heartpiercers in.

 And the army was lacking in cavalry so why not add some large ones with the wyrmriders?

Check out more pics of the whole army here in the completed projects.

Revisiting

I decided that it was time to add a bit to some long neglected armies as of late.

Had these guys kicking around for some time and finally conscripted them into the Night Stalkers army.  These will be used as nightmares.

The League of Rhordia army really needed some more halflings so why not add the first spear horde.

Add in a vaguely overcompensating army standard and a miniature gandalf and Rhordia has been bolstered!

I thought it would be good to get an updated group photo of both armies while I was at it too.

Oops not fish people!

Needed a few characters for the Empire of Dust...

Two army standard bearers with very slight conversions (tomb kings and dark elf parts for the banners with a bit of chopping to make them look worn).

And a second Cursed High priest on pony!

Almost There...

Just about cleared the 4000 points of fish mark with this batch.  One more unit left to make before I can switch projects...

Since for some reason Mantic hasn't made placoderm hordes I've got some reaper Deep Ones sitting in on the role.

And two hordes worth of tidal swarms gets me close to finishing up this army!

A few reaper sea creatures, Some extras from the new Gloomtide Shipwreck from GW and some Crab toys make for instant tidal swarms!

O-Fish-Ally An Obsession

It's time again for some more Trident Realms!  Yes the army is well over 3000 points now and I worry about my own sanity...

The Thulls are an interesting model.  Kind of a pain to put together and clean due to all the resin venting that was needed to cast them but they look great and paint up easily.

Reaper has provided a VERY nice Coral giant though considering the rest of the Neuritican army models I may have to change if Mantic ever releases their own. Especially if they can top the Greater Water Elemental!

The Riverguard seem like a very odd unit on paper so I'm interested to see if their 6 inch fly can be useful on the field.  I wanted all the different races being used in the army to stand out as different paint schemes but maintain the super bright effect of the army.

And finally two Riverguard captains and another Thul Mythican!

Waves!

Finished up a lot of Trident Realms stuff and a unit for Empire of Dust

First troop of Naiad Heartpierces as I'm sure the grey plastic ones will eventually get paint splattered on them.

Two good old fashioned Leviathan Banes

My new favorite model of all the Mantic Greater Water Elemental.  This is both a joy to paint and just an amazing sculpt.  They could have been super lazy with this elemental and it would have been fine but they really put the effort in!

Seriously pick one of these up and have fun!

Eckter got a quick paint up too as a placoderm is just to hard to resist in a low def army.

And finally two regiments of Swarms for the Empire of Dust!

Making Waves

After another fun paint-a-thon I've expanded the Trident Realms army.  These obnoxiously bright color schemes are a real joy to paint!

I'm really loving the Mantic models in this army.  The wyrm riders are a bit of an assembly chore but they really turn out great.

Mantic hit it out of the park with their water elementals and pictures do not do the model justice at all.  The only issue is how heavy they are being entirely metal.   Thought I would sneak a purple dolphin in just for some more crazy colors though.

Thanks to multibasing I had enough to make an extra regiment of water elementals so why not go for it!

And I finally have some heroes on foot to add some back line support.

More Bones!

The Empire of Dust army is really coming together now.  Well past the 2k points mark now and moving fast!

Boney Giants

Thanks to spray paint pre shading these guys painted up in about two hours.  They look a lot better now that they aren't bare metal!

Fire Raptor

Finished up another commission, this time a fire raptor.  This big old gem of a model was a level 3 and ended up having a lot of freehand and just fun stuff all over.  The turrets move (as well as one would expect considering forgeworld resin!) and even the space marines manning them are painted.

The wings have been given wings so as to ensure the imperial brick like thing stays aloft.

Client wanted a clear canopy so as to glimpse the cramped pilot inside.  Seriously that can't be comfortable to fly!

Added some more fun freehand on the underside as well.

The OSL was added near the end as I wanted to give the model a splash of color to accent it.  It's still very unnerving that this whole thing balances on a relatively small base though.

From Oceans to Dusty Desert

I swear it's not Hobby ADD!  But I did  convert and paint up the Restless Souls of Raia from the Edge of the Abyss campaign book.

Just some tomb kings skeletons with a few bits and pieces added.  There a a few cartoon like bombs added in as well!

Torches, gunpowder and brainless skeletons....

I've got Crabs and Kraken...

The kraken is released and now I have crabs...

The gigas horde are the mantic models.  They are a fun cross between crab and lobster I like em!

And reaper has supplied my kraken with this gorgeous model!

The army is starting to come together already at 1300 points so I thought I should take a little group photo for fun

These Tanks Are Fight

Finished up another commission.  This time some dark angel tanks:

First up a Deimos pattern predator.  The turrets for the side sponsons are well designed but the forgeworld resin certainly doesn't do them any favors in the durability department.

Added in some free hand to fill the blank spaces and make it a little more interesting.

The spartan landraider is a real beast of a kit! The side hull and tracks are single pieces on each side!  Weighs a lot as well.  Again worked in some fun freehand to fill spaces.

Gave it some wings on the sides to help with mobility obviously.