My main project for 2023 is to get a couple of fantasy armies on to the tabletop. I started late last year and have a head start with a good number of Orcs and Goblins already painted. These will be rebased a unit at a time as I paint up another unit. I am using a mix of miniatures mainly from the Kings or War range and Games Workshop.
This week I finally finished some Spirit Hosts which I had started before Christmas and had put aside. While they were fiddly to glue together, they were fun to paint with a base of white, blue wash, and a heavy white dry brushing. On their 3x3 inch base they looked a little lost, so I quickly added some gravestones, nothing fancy, just made from MDF board and roughly painted.
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| Spirit Hosts recently completed with gravestones added. |
An Orc cavalry unit was selected for rebasing. This was painted over a decade ago.
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| Orc cavalry. |
On the wargaming table I have been playing a bit a sci-fi this week, using some simple one-hour wargaming style rules with different chance card deck for each army to reflect their abilities. There will probably be more posts on this over the next couple of weeks.
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| Sci-Fi game underway |
I can imagine those Spirit Hosts were tricky to assemble, but they do look great. Good to see those Orcs too, which I've always loved.
ReplyDeleteThe Orcs have lots of character and make fun looking units.
DeleteSpirit guys look cool. Very unique to me as I’ve never seen the like. 😀
ReplyDeleteI think it is one of the newer Games Workshop miniatures. I bought it at the local games shop when browsing.
DeleteNicely done with the Spirit Hosts Peter. Adding the grave stones is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI am very interested to see your adaptation of the OHW for SciFi.
Enjoyable figures to paint. As for the sci-fi rules they seem to be progressing and written up over the next two weeks.
DeleteVery nice. I am starting to experiment with Fantasy and 40K again after having dropped it for ages, and even have a library/school pack on the way from Games Workshop. Probably more painting than playing, but we'll see.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I hope to eventually get my Orcs from a decade ago, or more, into a game for the first time.
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