Desert Characters for Rangers of Shadowdeep

The up-coming "Across the wastes" Mission for Rangers of ShadowDeep has got a desert theme... so we're going to need some suitable characters! I ordered these dudes from Wargames Foundry - They're from their "Darkest Africa" range, and I thought they would be great miniatures for new companions for our Rangers, or any NPC characters that might show up...

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/darkest-africa-zanzibari-arab-slavers/products/da041-zanzibari-characters

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/darkest-africa-balichis/products/da051-baluchi-swordsmen

Liche King Diorama

This is the Liche King Diorama from Mantic that I painted up today... 

it's a metal model, and you can get it for 25 Mantic Points from their website. 

"Sand Blades"

"Sand Blades" are a new creature that appear in the "Across the Wastes" mission for Rangers of ShadowDeep... "Semi-Ethereal Desert Warriors""... I got a set of these Mantic Kings of War Mummies as I thought they fit the description pretty well. 

They painted up quite nicely in the end, but they were a bit of a hassle to put together. They're made of some kind of hard plastic resin that doesn't melt with the usual plastic cement I use. I had to superglue them together, and there were loads of big gaps between parts that I had to fill with milliput.

https://www.manticgames.com/games/kings-of-war/undead/mummies-troop/

Model Railway Crews

My friend Nick builds "O" Gauge model trains.

Occasionally he asks me to paint up some crew to ride in the engines... 

Here are an engine driver and engineer that I've painted for his latest model.

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/profile/30363-nickd/

Skeleton Ogres

Here are a couple of "skeleton ogres" that I got for some up-coming Rangers of ShadowDeep scenarios... They are chunky oldschool metal miniatures from Ral Partha (see links below)...

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http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/dsa-the-dark-eye-28mm-fantasy-c-30/armalion-c-30_36/19305-undead-ogre-with-club-p-1190.html

http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/dsa-the-dark-eye-28mm-fantasy-c-30/armalion-c-30_36/19304-undead-ogre-with-axe-p-1189.html

Dropzone Commander - UCM forces

I bought the two player starter set of DROPZONE COMMANDER a couple of years ago - it contained small starter forces for two factions -  the UCM (Humans) and the SCOURGE (bio-mechanical aliens)...It is a 10mm scale sci-fi tabletop battle game set in the far future.  I have been steadily collecting and building on my original starter set over time. 

Recently the game IP was sold by HAWK wargames to TTCombat - the game has been re-booted with more streamlined rules - downloadable for free from their website. They are in the process of recasting the models, and making available the ones that have gone out of print (still not all available yet at the time of writing)... 

I have finally finished painting my UCM faction. 

I went for a grey camo pattern for the ground forces (Army painter Wolf Grey / Ash Grey) - and a plain (Wolf Grey) scheme for the Dropships/Air support.. I'm pleased with the final result - but these were really a bit of a slog to get through towards the end with all that camouflage!

I'm waiting for the final few Scourge models to come back into print before I start painting them... I want to paint them all at the same time for continuity with the colour scheme.

UCM Ground Forces

UCM - Air support / Dropship  Forces

Phoenix

Falcon Gunships

Raven Light Dropships

Raven Light Dropships

Condor Dropships

Titania Eagle

 

Titania Raven Dropship

Albatross Heavy Dropship

Archangel Interceptor

 

Praetorians

Colonial Legionnaires

Wolf LAV

 

Longbow Howitzers

Battlewalker

Kodiak ACV

Katanas

Ferum Class Dronebase

Bear APCS

Broadsword

Gladius Battle Tanks

Scimitar Battle Tanks

Sabres

Rapiers

https://ttcombat.com/collections/dropzone-commander

https://www.dropzonecommander.com/

Armored Skeletons

Here are a bunch of old Games Workshop metal armored Skeletons I've painted... they will come in handy for Frostgrave and Rangers of ShadowDeep...

Zombie Camels!

One of the new creatures included in the new ACROSS THE WASTES mission for Rangers of Shadowdeep is a Zombie Camel! - Currently there are no available zombie camels from any miniature manufacturers that I could find.... but standard camels certainly are available.. I bought a couple from WARBASES in the UK, and modified them by gouging out some bits and adding a bit of milliput under the holes to represent some gruesome bits of rotting flesh...

Sand Husks...

I recently got a copy of the "Across the Wastes" mission for Rangers of Shadow Deep... this latest mission has a desert setting, and reading through the booklet I found mention of a bunch of new interesting monsters and characters. One of the new monster types are "Sand Husks"... a type of desert zombie.."dessicated corpses filled with sand"... a rummage in my bits box, and these are the result.. using bits of old plastic Games Workshop zombies and skeletons, plus some bits of Frostgrave cultists, some milliput, pva glue and sand...

Warmaster - Norse Army

I've been working on my second Warmaster army on and off between other things for about a year. 

After searching through the lists, and doing a bit of research on available miniatures, I decided on a Norse Army. 

Kalistra have a great selection of 12mm Barbarians in their fantasy range, and they also have Vikings in their Medieval range. They are very reasonably priced, and nice miniatures too. I sourced a Giant and some figures suitable for Giant Bears from Copplestone Miniatures, the war mammoth was from Alternative Armies and some Giant wolves and Valkeries from Magister Militum.

So I now have two fully painted Warmaster Armies... I just need to find a local opponent and get them out on the table!

Some useful links:
WARMASTER REVOLUTION (Current free rules and army lists)
WARMASTER PODCAST
WARMASTER Facebook COMMUNITY
KALISTRA - 12mm Fantasy miniatures
COPPLESTONE - 15mm Barbarians etc (Giant and Bears were from here)
MAGISTER MILITUM - (10mm Wolves and Valkeries)
ALTERNATIVE ARMIES - (War Mammoth)

Here is the finished army:

BONDSMEN - Kalistra Barbarians

HUNTSMEN - Kalistra Barbarian Bowmen

BESERKERS - Kalistra Vikings

JARL and HEROES/WIZARDS - Kalistra Barbarian Command Characters

JARL - Kalistra Barbarian Command figure

WEREKIN - Copplestone Bears

CAVALRY - Kalistra Barbarian Horsemen

CAVALRY - Kalistra Barbarian Bison Riders

ULFWERENER - Magister Militum Fantasy wolves

HUSCARLS - Kalistra Vikings

VALKYRIES - Kalistra (left) Magister Militum (right)

WAR MAMMOTH - Alternative Armies

STORM GIANT - Copplestone Giant

HORN OF RESOUNDING - Kalistra Barbarian Chariot with Horn crafted from Milliput.