Samuel’s Empire - Grand Army of Nuln - Rank & File III : Gunnery School Handgunners (185 pts)

This month I finished off the handgunners that I started before the unfortunate mulligan of last month. Even with the extra time though it was still a struggle due to crazy work schedule and unfortunate lingering effects of sickness. 

The scheme is the same as the previous gunnery school models so no changes there. Really very lovely sculpts. I especially like the champion and am really satisfied with how he came out. Over to the pics to do the rest of the talking:

Rank & File III (Apr): 

 - 17 x Handgunners : standard, musician = 152pts

 - Champion: handgun = 33pts

Next month I tackle the last of the Rank & File, but I get to explore new scheme as I move on to the Flagellants.

 

Peace out

Samuel

Nathan’s last rank and file month (260 points)

Well as the post says it is my last rank and file month. I nearly took a mulligan as I haven’t actually finished all the witch elves that I want to paint up (five more are on my painting desk and will be finished by the 10th of May) but I did end up painting enough figures to meet the monthly requirement. All up I finished these:

- 7 witch elves with two hand weapons and light armor (77 points)

- 1 death dealer (Level 15 hero for witch elf unit) with two hand weapons and light armor (131 points) 

- 1 crossbowman with light armor, shield and hand weapon to get my unit of crossbow men up to 15 (13 points)

- 1 helldrake - +3 shock elite on cold one with hand weapon, light armor and shield (39 points)

Here they are:

 

 

John Bentleys Dwarf Thunderers (162 points)

 Thunderers Arriving with command

always fun to paint old school dwarfs

hope all of you were able to enjoy your month painting

Group Shot - Ready to rain lead

Champion

Musician

 

Standard Bearer

Even Kraggi lends a hand

Rock formation in the back was also painted this month 

Always glad to paint some happy little Dwarfs

Hope you all are still going strong and enjoying yourselves

PaulM - Mórr's Wild Hunt (231 pts) - R&F month 3

Short one this month.

Was just prepping to finish up for the month and my daughter proceded to break her arm (for the second time) and I'm not long back from the hospital as I write this and don't have it in me to do much more than the bare minimum in terms of post content or pictures. Mea culpa. 

Proof of the month's progress below:

The Kindred of Equos - 5 Glade Riders with Command - 231pts

I also managed to get a load prepped for the coming month, having managed to get hold of some 4th edition era Morley archers and some more Trish Carden Dryads from a friend who was massively downsizing his collection, as well as Groth the Treeman (sculpted by TC also) which was a birthday gift from my gaming group. Lastly I managed to track down a Scarloc mini. So that's an added bonus. 

Watch this space...

Anyway, normal service to resume in my next post. Peace. 

Byron's Hippy Wood Elves - Wild Card Month (280 points)

Thornback the Grouch was awoken in the night. The elves were at it again, partying with their loud music and festivities. Oh how he hated the noise.

He crept down from his perch on the forest rise and began his trudge downhill to quiet the racket. His rage growing with each step. "Do they not know what hour it is?" His grumbling grew to a gripe as he was now speaking aloud. "I bet they've got their hoota maloots and their strumma malums all playing their blasted song-alongs!"

Bleary-eyed and cranky Thornback entered the clearing to see the gay elves prancing, jamming, grooving, and otherwise having a proper happening. Then he saw the rare winter flowers in their hair and he roared a roar that was as if ages of pent up slights, once dammed, were unleashed at once. 

"They come with music, they come with games. Dancing, jumping, shouting, playing, blaring! Pluckers of flowers! Curse them!"

He tore through the merry-making; a real drag on the vibe. The disrespectful young elf folk dispersed in a flash. 

Thornback dragged himself back to his wooded hillock to try and get more sleep. There were only two weeks left in winter. "Burárum. Third time this decade." He muttered to himself; exhausted by the elves overly-frequent antics. 

Presenting Thornback the Grouch - Treeman (280 points)

Many of our keen-eye hobbyists will recognize Thornback as Durthu the treeman character. However, he is no ordinary Durthu. He is converted at considerable effort. I've never liked Durthu. I've always wanted one of the other, older, marauder treeman sculpts. However, Durthu is what I had so I had to make do. 

As the pictures below show there was a lot of work to do. Durthu has too much of a neck, so the neck had to go to make him look like a proper treeman. Then, his arms weren't quite right. I wanted him to be positioned like a 4th edition rat ogre with both arms over his head. This meant the left arm had to be repositioned and the right arm cut into 3 parts and then repositioned. Lots of pinning involved in all of it. Then, Durthu has a well-defined waist and that just wouldn't do. So I had to rejigger his legs and cut away at that region of his body so that he had a more trunk-like torso-leg area. Then all the gaps were filled with green stuff and flowers added all over. 

Next the good for nothing Elves making a riotous noise in the woods.

First we have an over-exposed elf doing a Watcher Pose on his Yoga mat. This elf is a giant eagle rider from Grenadier. I didn't have a use for him on an eagle so I figured he sorta looked like he was stretching or something, so yoga elf it was.

Next, an elf tending to a horse. Perhaps I could use him as a rank filler for a cavalry unit?? This guy is another grenadier elf standard bearer and a grenadier horse. Basic conversion for a civilian elf.

This guy was an elf I found in a minis bin at a hobby store for $2 so I got him. He's not remarkable, so I figured that made him good enough for a baggage train.

These elves were plunked on the tree as an homage to Bob Olley's pint pals. Eventually they will get a banner on that pole behind them.

Picture of April's work all together. 5 Elves and a treeman.