Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Elves! But not the Santa's Little Helpers variety

There are twelve in total, all metal Oathmark 28mm ones. Scroll down to see them all.


Above are two heavily-armoured High Elf warriors, a herald and a fearsome fighter with a two-handed sword.

Below, we have a hero with a mighty two-handed mace and an Elven King with a two-handed sword, probably one of those legendary blades forged by Elven smiths at the Dawn of Time.


Next up, another mighty Even warrior and an Elf Cleric.


Next a wise and puissant Elven Mage and his trusty companion, an Elf Ranger


Below are two female Elven warriors, a herald and heroic swordswoman.


And finally, two more Elf Rangers, ever alert to evil beings who might threaten the Elven homelands.

The scenery is all 3D printed stuff and the backdrops are, as usual, from one of my Jon Hodgson backdrop books.

Saturday, 20 December 2025

Victrix plastic Roman auxiliary archers

 These 12 figures have been unpainted and half finished for far too long, so now they are done.


I bought the 24 figure plastic Victrix auxiliary archers set ages ago and until recently they were just sitting in a box, half finished. I decided that I'd get at least the first twelve, the so-called "western" style ones done before the end of 2025, and here they are. To be honest, they aren't my best work, but they are good enough for the tabletop. It is a shame really, because they are really nice models and I should have spent more care on them. The photos are a bit dark too but they are OK. Maybe I'll finish off the "eastern" ones better?

Anyway, they are replacing some metal auxiliary archers in my auxiliary for and I'm planning to use these in an army for Midgard Heroic Battles.

The backdrop is from Jon Hodgson's excellent range of Handiwork Games books. 

Thursday, 4 December 2025

Carpathian Fun and Games

Or maybe not. I've had some of these Bad Squiddo figures for ages. Scroll down to see them all.




 

These are a mixture of figures from the Bad Squiddo Fantasy range, but I decided that the six of them would make a rather nice fantasy Carpathian Vampire Hunting group. As we all know, young women make the very best vampire slayers, don't they? As you can see in the first two pictures, two of our valiant slayers are brandishing their personal Mr Pointy weapons and I'm sure the slayer with a crossbow is reaching for a long range Mr Pointy of her own.

I decided to give the group a colour palette that would tie them together and nothing much goes better than red and green.

Below is another Bad Squiddo figure that I've taken to calling Dave Dead while I've been painting him. I hope he's Grateful. OK, he is literally Death Incarnate, but whatever you do, don't ask him where his Sting is.


I'm rather pleased with all of these. Next, I'll finish off some vamps and victims.

Monday, 17 November 2025

A Bad Squiddo Sci Fi figure .......

 .... but I think she has a very Grimdark Imperial Guard officer vibe.

Definitely looks like she could be leading the charge against Chaos Heretics, marauding Orks from Outer Space or some other enemy of the fascistic Empire of Man. What do you think?

I can see that I made a mess of one of her eyes now, so some remedial brush work will be required. So it goes. She's a nice figure, though.

Thursday, 13 November 2025

The last of my Bad Squiddo D&D figures

Only two, this time;


These two are pretty heavily-armoured, so I've decided that they might as well be Paladins. Of course, they could be fighters, but very well-equipped ones, so hardly likely to be Level 1.

I decided to keep the colours simple, but I do like the green/red contrast theme for lots of things. I'm not sure how one might play the bird of prey in D&D, but I'm sure it could be done. 

Once again, I used a Jon Hodgson backdrop.

I'm working on some more Fantasy figures at the moment, making progress but not very quickly. They'll get done before long, though.

Monday, 10 November 2025

If it's November, it must be Reveille

Yes, it's that time of year again!


 The flyer says it all, but here are the main points;

  • A variety of traders
  • Participation games
  • Demonstration games
  • Free parking
  • Refreshments
So, if you are in or near Bristol, come on down and bag some new toys!

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Guards! Guards!

 Here are four more D&D figures from Bad Squiddo. Scroll down to see them all.


You could use these as fighters or NPCs. I think they work well as a pair of guards who might pop up somewhere in an adventure, which is why I used the same colour palette for both figures. Are they friends or foes? Perhaps you'll need to roll against your Persuasion to find out.

The next two are both much more heavily-armoured and look like the sort of guards who might cause a few problems for your explorers in a dungeon or maybe some other setting, like a forgotten temple in the wild hills perhaps;


I particularly like the figure on the left with the glaive. Her ornate armour is full of nice details. Both of them have a terrific vibe of coming from mysterious or unknown cultures.

Of course, they will fit into all sorts of Fantasy settings, not just D&D.

The Arcane Monoliths are from Fenris Games, an excellent source for lovely resin scenic items and the barely-visible backdrop is from Jon Hodgson at Handiwork Games.

I've got a couple more figures to post, but that's all for today.