Heroic Miniatures French Cavalier

This is a 75mm French Cavalier, model #7501, that is my most recent finished project. The figure was a pleasure to build and paint up with minimal cleanup. I had wanted to enter him in the latest Lone Star Figure show but was unable to attend this year. I think the pose is perfect and shows the haughtiness that only a guy in purple pants and stockings could pull off. I mean if your going to dress that way you might was well look proud of it and this character certainly does. I don't know if this company (Heroic Miniatures) is still in business, but if your looking for this kit they are out of Hungary. I would definitely purchase another one from this company as the casting and fit was first rate.

Space Marine heroes and a Confrontation

Just a quick post to show a couple of the old space marines heroes that I painted up many years ago. I know they have some official name for their character but I have no idea which one is which. Its interesting to go back and see how your style changes as a painter and these really show how much I have changed in my approach to basing! Wow, I really liked gray cork back then! Anyways, not much else to add. The last figure is one of the Confrontation line that is now OOP. Luckily I have a ton of them and will be painting them up soon. They are some really great and imaginative sculpts and a lot of fun to paint.

 

Yes  I know her spear is bent.

Games Workshop Dark Eldar

This is a set of Dark Eldar that I painted a few months ago. I went back and forth with different color schemes and finally decided that as their name is Dark Eldar they should probably be pretty dark. So I went with black with a green border on the edges. Real original I know but it does work. The figures come from a GW starter set that I think was the 4th edition. I have the Space Marines also painted up and will post them soon. Anytime a starter set comes out I buy one as I am not a gamer but do like the value that a starter offers and they are something different to paint up. I did pick up some of the newer Dark Eldar forces including the Battleforce as I think those are some of the best sculpts to come of GW in a long time. There are a few metal hero or leader type figures that I have picked up over the years and added those to the basic rank and file troops.

The entire force.

 



A witch and some warp beasts.

 



 

The heroes and elites.

 

Basic infantry.

 

Witch and posse again...

Battle of Five Armies

Awhile back I mentioned that I had been working on the Games Workshop Battle of Five Armies boxed set. Well it was finished quite a few months ago and I have just now had a chance to take some pictures. I must admit that 10mm was a bit much but it was interesting for a change. People who do entire Napoleonic or similar armies have my respect that is for certain. At least I can say they are now all painted and ready for action. Of course, never having played a wargame like this I am not sure how much action they will see, however, they are ready should the time ever arise. This is all five armies and every hero and accessory as well. The coin is a US quarter used for scale reference so you can get an idea of just how tiny these things are. Again, the camera is lacking and hopefully one day I will get a new one but for now I am using what I have access to.
Here are the pictures:

The first few are the Orc Heroes.

 

Next up are the Warg's with riders. First a single unit then the who detachment.

 

The following are the Orc Troops and these were by far the most numerous.

 

The following are the rider less Wargs.

 

These are the Human, Elf, and Dwarf Heroes along with Gandalf and Beorne.

 

Here are the dwarf units. Not too many of those.

 

Below are the Human Bowmen and Spearmen.

 

These are the Elven Spearmen and Bowmen.

 

The next three photos are of the backs of all the units just in case someone was curious for some reason.

 

So that's it, the entire Battle of Five Armies painted and ready. Its a cool set, and the main advice I would have to anyone attempting to paint it is to break it up into small sections or you will burn out. Paint all the Dwarfs first as they are the smallest unit, both literally and figuratively, and once you see the set painted up you will be more likely to want to continue. Typically when I paint I will paint some wargame figures, like rank and file type of stuff, then a large scale 54mm or above figure, then maybe a 1/35th armor vehicle with some figures in a vignette, and start the process over. I have found I don't lose my enthusiasm for painting and it helps to keep it fresh. The main downside is from going from scale to scale but you get used to it. I know I am not a world class painter and I don't pretend to be. I paint what I like and enjoy it so this process works for me. Your mileage may vary.

Comments or questions?