The Witch Hunter

Hello! I accidentally started an Empire army a while ago... Now I have nearly 1500pts (with characters) in a box. I was really excited about having a Witch Hunter in the army. Mainly because I seem to lose every challenge I ever have to fight (no matter which army I'm playing with)...  I'm not very good at gearing up my characters :)
Witch Hunter might be the right medicine for me, for it is a potential character in the army, getting rid of those annoying, geared up enemy generals from a distance... with pistols blazing!

My broblem was, that I did'nt have any suitable miniature for a Witch Hunter, so I had to go bashing my bitz box. This is what I came up with...

I was short of any suitable bitz (the pointy hat and a cape), but I managed to find the most important piece, the accusative finger. "I want you"!
Then I added the blunderbuss, crossbow, and a pistol on the waist.

Also glued on some protective writings to the crossbow and blunderbuss, hoping it'll effect positively on my dice rollings :)
Well, there you have it. I'll be back with some knightly orders shortly. Bye now!

It's a Jungle out there..!

Hi there! Found some time for hobby again, and made up some more jungle stuff... Here's pics.

This time I tried to make few higher trees, I made half of them with two levels of palm leafs on top of each other. I think they look nice, and make a richer canopy to the terrain piece. Not realistic..?
Hey, they're for fantasy game!

With a tree high as this one, and a 40K infantry base, it's a good idea to glue a washer under the base, to give it the needed balance. Or be smarter as I am, and use a bigger base... I'll be back with these, when painted. Bye now!

Blood Bowl: 2nd Edition Plastic Minis

Hi there! I needed a brake from Warhammer minis, and decided to dig up my Blood Bowl teams. I have two "official" Human teams, one converted Orc team, and the Dwarfs Team, that I have made from old Citadel Plastics. I try to paint them all (this year) and get some small time League action going on in our game group... We'll see how that goes :)

Here's one of my 2nd edition plastic Human models. This was the second one I've ever painted of these... As you can see, the sculpting is not spoiled with too many details :) and paints up really nicely. I used only metal, red, flesh, and some white. So it was a one evening job for me. I try to keep it simple, so I can finish the team in this life...

The broblem with this team is, that all the minis have the same pose... I try to make the difference between the players with some special color choises, and painting the bases with different color for Linemen, Catchers, Throwers, Blitzers, etc...

2nd ed Minis came with these nice small slotta bases, and different colored rings, that you can clip on...

to make a difference between the players. I decided to use normal size slotta bases and paint the edge with color I choose, and write the players "position" on the side. That clears out for everybody what the model represents on the field. I save the classic bases for later...

Here's the whole team. Primed with black. They are actually casted in blue plastic, that looked abit funky... On the right edge you can see the mini on the classic base... and old paint job. More to come soon, I hope. Bye now!

Home Made Jungle Trees... and other "Shrubbery"!

Hi there! Here's how to put together some decent looking, cheap, home made jungle trees...

Go to your local petshop, and purchase some plastic water plants that most reminds you of jungle canopy. Well, this one really reminded me of the stuff that you put in the pipe and smoke away... but I got a good feeling, and a vague vision of how to turn them in to jungle trees. And it was only 9€.

When you get home... Cut three groups of leaves out of the vine.

Use some hot glue to put them together.

Next cut a straw in comfortable length. Then use hot glue again, to attach the leaves on the straw.

Use a 40K round infantry base (or what eva) to make it stand. Then glue some sand on the base.

Paint the trunk with Mournfang Brown, and the base with a layer of Steel Legion Drab.

Use the "bamboo pattern" to enliven the trunk abit. First dry brush some small areas with Tau Light Ochre in even distances. Then, between the areas, paint a thin stripe of the same color. Don't worry, it's easy to do, and pretty fast.

Finish the base as you like. And there you have it! Here are the first two of my experimental jungle trees. Maybe they still need some coco nuts. I dunno...

Here's some other plants I made at the same go... They are made of some old plastic plant that I found from my hobby supply. Cheep and fast. Just the way I like it :)

And here's a picture with some minis. Orcs and Goblins in jungle action. Bye now!

Troll... Again

Here's yet another Troll. This one is converted to a close combat Troll, and it has a Black Orc drum as a helmet.

Still more Trolls to come... Bye now!