Paul D's March efforts - Monsters and leaders , 648 points

 Wyverns and Leaders

To be honest this switch to monsters is me taking my foot off the pedal, I find painting big things easy and leaders eat up the points count, so mulligan played. 

So lets show you what I did of March - built the monster, adding missing details and undercoating.

Starting to apply base colours

Applying basing material and varnish

Please note the varnishing didn't go quite according to plan, if you look carefully at the wings you'll notice a crinkled effect to the wings, paricularly noticeable towards the ends, I'm putting this down to the type of varnish I used and the damp conditions I used it in. I'm not unhappy with the look as it gives the wings more texture, in my opinion.

Finally the leaders

 

A collection of three lvl1 shamen, three lvl 2 shamen, a lvl 5 warboss and a lvl10 chieftain provides me with a significant points boost without adding a load of armour and weapons - 648 points, enjoy.

 

Paul D's February splashing a bit of colour over a few old Asgard goblin archers (108 points) Ready to publish

 In my book there's nothing quite as useless in the oldhammer fantasy as a goblin who doesn't carry a bow, unless they're in large numbers and carrying something else they can throw at their foes, usually at long range at their backs or flanks, to give then the opportunity to run away. So, here's a few more goblin archers for your amusement. 

 Since my previous post, I've carried out a little more reseach into Asgard Miniatures and their designers - Apparently Jes Goodwin graced his talents over these evil little fellows, thus, I'm very pleased to express my appreciation of such a skilled chap. 

As the purple skin tones are so appreciated by those who choose to comment on my initail post I've continued with this contribution in the same manner.

 As usual when painting orcs and goblins I provide a fairly heavy Citadel sepia wash over the figures to provide them with a suitable covering of grot.

 

Hope you like em?

 This big bird recently came out of the bath, given that this has been on my wanted list for quite sometime it might just jump to the front of the painting queue, following the addition of a couple of horns. 

 See you all next month.

Paul D - January's submission - Asgard Goblin Archers

Paul D's January's submission - Asgard Goblin Scouts (116 points)

Well this challenge got off to a flying start, mostly due to the Christmas break and the winter storms which meant I couldn't do all those jobs I had planned outside, meant I had bags of time to splash a little colour over these Asgard goblins.

I now painting in small batches, using my five miniature holders, to stop me rubbing off paint I'd previously applied, which was a regular occurance whilst taking part in previous challenges and led to a lot of repainting. Given that these miniatures are so not Games Workshop goblins, from the same period, I've choosen to run with purple skin tones to ensure they're significantly different.

Being goblins, my standard technique is to go with fairly block colours with highlighting, a little detailing, a generous splash of shading with Citadel seraphin sepia to give a sense of grubiness and then attempt to paint those details which add a little something (eyes, claws and rivits etc.).

Here's a few close-up pictures to give an impression of just how characterful these minatures are, as ever my pictures do them no justice.

Here they are with the first applications of basing material fixed to their bases.

Completed the varnishing and basing decoration.

All in all, that went far quicker and easier than I initially thought, quite pleased with the way these turned out now what should I do next - next month's contingent, which will give me effectively two months to paint a spear block for month three!

Paul D's intro post - Asgard Green skins and associated tribes

I recall purchasing these miniatures from Games World, Kings Street, Hammersmith, just down the road from the original Games Workshop store, Dalling Road, back in 1985 as I wandered between Games people play, Gamers in exile and many other London wargaming stores. Back then I was heavily into Warhammer second edition and thus seeking alternatives to GW's Fantasy Tribes and C series, as I considered Asgard of far better quality and much fairer priced, even back then, GW were expensive for my humble pocket. But it was a slow process of purchasing five to ten figures a week, until I had enough to consider actually painting them. 

I'm unsure who the sculpted them, but Asgard were a starting point for some of the best Bryan Ansell, Jes Goodwin and Nick Bibby who found their way to GW and other manufacturers in and around Nottingham. 

Unfortunately, painting them was the worst mistake, following my initial efforts, I considered my efforts and the results just didn't work! Below are a few which have not yet taken a bath. They and all the others were consigned to a storage box in various cupboards as I moved home, as I was loath to sell them, in hope that my painting would improve to a standard where I could do them justice

So, here I am, almost forty years on, considering having another go at splashing a little colour over these truely classic figures. I know there's enough of them to paint ten figures a week, surprisingly, there's almost enough to reach the target of a thousand points with troops, what will take me over the target are my leaders, but just in case to make up the numbers, I have a few Games Workshop Fantasy Tribe and C series green skins, which I'll drop some colour over. But the priority are the Asgard Orcs and Goblins.

As tribute in taking part in this years OWAC - I offer this fellow, which I picked up at Salute two years ago, in a spares box, really didn't deserve being placed there in my opinion, which I've quickly spread a little colour over.

My intention is to paint the following list, but that's very much dependent upon how well the cleaning operation goes!

Type	Description	Number	points
Month One
Goblin Hero Level 5 Scout	Short bow, light armour	1	26
Goblin Scouts	Short bow, light armour	9	90
Month Two
Goblin Hero Level 5 Elite 1+	Short bow, light armour	1	36
Goblin Scouts	Short bow, light armour	9	72
Month three
Goblin Hero Level 10	Spear, javelin, light armour	1	30
Goblin	Spear, javelin, light armour	23	115
	Banner and musician		20
Month four
Goblin Hero, Level 5, Elite 1+	Spear, javelin, light armour	1	53
Goblin	Spear, javelin, light armour	23	172.5
	Banner and musician		30
Month five
Orc Hero, level 10	Spear, javelin, Heavy armour	1	97
	Spear, javelin, Heavy armour	23	241.5
	Banner and musician		42
Month Six
TBA

 Here's looking forward to the journey.