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Collection Map

This section covers all the game systems that I have encountered over the years as well as some information about my armies for each system. All photographs are of figures in my collection. Virtually all were painted by myself, except the odd Ebay purchase in the early years.

Uploading army pages takes time, especially for the backlog of older armies created before this blog was established. I will only put up menu links when a page is completed so there will never be “dead/empty” pages on this site. Below is a list of completed pages and “what’s to come”. All in, there are presently over 14,000 painted figures/bases with a bit over 9,000 left to paint (and surely many more left to buy!).

Fantasy Collection – Dragons and Magic

Warhammer Fantasy Battle (~2,200 painted, ~900 unpainted)

About half of the collection are armies from my initial entry into the hobby in the 90’s. I bought the other half when Games Workshop killed the range to preserve as much of the Old World as I could.

  • Bretonnia (finished, not yet photographed)
  • Chaos – Nurgle (unpainted)
  • Dwarves (mostly finished, not yet photographed, Citadel era)
  • Empire
  • High Elves (in progress)
  • Ogre Kingdoms (unpainted)
  • Orcs and Goblins
  • Skaven
  • Undead (finished, not yet photographed, 90s style)
  • Vampire Counts (in progress, not yet photographed)

Warmaster (~600 painted, 500 unpainted)
Warmaster is a 10mm mass battle game set in the Warhammer universe. I painted most of these armies in the early 2000’s and then bought the remainder of the range when Games Workshop shut down Specialist Games.

Mordheim (~400 painted, ~150 unpainted)

Mordheim was the original skirmish game of the Warhammer world. Most of these warbands are the original releases from the late 90s and early 00’s with a few custom additions.

Warcry (just getting started)

The spiritual successor of Mordheim, Warcry was released in 2019 with slightly larger 32mm figures. I bought the first few boxes, painted a few warbands and then lost the race against Games Workshop’s release schedule…

  • Askurgan Trueblades (unpainted)
  • Claws of Karanak (unpainted)
  • Corvus Cabal (unpainted)
  • Cypher Lords
  • Darkoath Savagers (unpainted)
  • Horns of Hashut (unpainted)
  • Iron Golems
  • Khainite Shadowstalkers (unpainted)
  • Rotmire Creed (unpainted)
  • Scions of the Flame (unpainted)
  • Spire Tyrants (unpainted)
  • Splintered Fang
  • Tarantulos Brood (unpainted)
  • The Jade Obelisk (unpainted)
  • The Unmade (unpainted)
  • Untamed Beasts (unpainted)
  • Monsters (unpainted)

Man-o-War (all ~118 painted!)

Man-o-War was released in the 90s as the naval warfare system of the Warhammer world. I stuck with the original style of the era so the figures are absurdly colourful.

Blood Bowl (~140 painted, ~170 unpainted)

Blood Bowl is both the strangest and probably most successful Specialist Game from the 90s. Fantasy American Football in the Warhammer world! The teams are mix of 1st and 2nd edition metals, as well as plastics from the later re-launch.

  • Chaos (finished, not yet photographed)
  • Chaos Dwarves (unpainted)
  • Dark Elves
  • Dwarves (unpainted)
  • Pro Elves
  • Goblins
  • High Elves (unpainted)
  • Humans
  • Lizardmen (unpainted)
  • Nurgle Rotters (unpainted)
  • Orcs
  • Tomb Kings (unpainted)

Lord of the Rings (mostly unpainted)

Games Workshop released the original Lord of the Rings Strategy Games in the early 2000’s, I painted a few figures but stalled pretty quickly. More recently, I have become interest in the 3D printed designs from “The Printing Goes Ever On” which might give me a second start into this range.

  • Isenguard Force (unpainted)
  • Gondor Force (finished, not yet photographed)
  • Elvish Force (finished, not yet photographed)
  • Goblin Force (finished, not yet photographed)

Battle of Five Armies (all unpainted)

Games Workshop released this 10mm mass battle companion to Lord of the Rings using a very similar ruleset to Warmaster. I love Warmaster so I bought not only the core armies but a lot of additional figures from Cobblestone Castings. And then GW dropped the game and all my enthusiasm bled away. One day…

  • Good Alliance (unpainted)
  • Evil Alliance (unpainted)
  • Rohan (unpainted)
  • Gondor (unpainted)
  • Harard (unpainted)

Sci-Fi Collection – Spaceships and Bolters

Warhammer 40,000 (~800 painted, ~1,200 unpainted)

My foray into 40k started with an old school Rogue Trader era Imperial Guard army and I picked up a few other forces over the years.

Epic Armageddon (all ~2,300 painted, big yay!)

The 6mm mass battle variant of Warhammer 40k, EPIC was my great love in the 90s. I then foolishly sold all of my armies to cover student fees. Later in the early 2010’s I rebuilt the collection and went through a burst of painting spurred on by the community on the Tactical Commands forum.

Necromunda (all ~800 unpainted…)

Necromunda is the long-running skirmish game in the 40k universe. I bought all the original warbands in metal and then all the re-released plastic ones. Now they just need to be painted…

  • House Cawdor (unpainted)
  • House Delaque (unpainted)
  • House Escher (unpainted)
  • House Goliath (unpainted)
  • House Orlock (unpainted)
  • House Van Saar (unpainted)
  • Corpse Grinder Cult (unpainted)
  • Palatine Enforcers (unpainted)
  • Plague Zombies (unpainted)
  • Ratskins (unpainted)
  • Redemptionists (unpainted)
  • Scavvies (unpainted)
  • Slave Ogryns (unpainted)
  • Inquisition (unpainted)
  • Mercenaries and Persona (unpainted)

Battlefleet Gothic (all 345 painted! Yay!)

Spaceships in the 40k universe, this the last of the old Specialist Games from the 90s. Like Man-o-War, I managed to paint everything!

Games Workshop Boxed Games

Since the mid 2010’s, Games Workshop has been releasing a variety of boxed games set in either the Warhammer or Warhammer 40k universe. I picked some of them up, painted where inspiration struck me but then fell behind the release train (and ultimately got off it…).

Dystopian Wars (all done!)

Another fleet system, another completed collection. Dystopian Wars is a now-discontinued game of steam punk fleet and land based mass combat at a very small scale.

Historical Collection – Ancients to Modern

Age of Rome (~350 painted, ~300 unpainted)

These are all 28mm mass battle armies for Hail Caesar or similar game systems.

Age of Vikings (~270 painted, ~500 unpainted)

My Dark Ages collection is centred on the SAGA game system in 28mm.

Age of Chivalry (~400 painted, ~600 unpainted)

With the release of SAGA Age of Crusades and Age of Chivalry, my 28mm SAGA collection is slowly expanding to this new period.

English Civil War (~250 unpainted)

In 2021, Warlord Games launched a new 13.5mm scale mass battle system termed “EPIC” in multiple waves. I bought a good number of figures for the American and English Civil War range.

  • ECW Royalist Army
  • ECW Parliamentarian Army
  • ECW Covenanter Army

Napoleonic Wars (~4,700 painted, ~3,200 unpainted)

After initial success with Hail Caesar, I just could help myself but to start a massive 28mm collection for the Battle of Waterloo. This will remain a major block in my painting schedule for a while!

American Civil War (~400 unpainted)

Another collection based on Warlords 13.5mm figures.

  • ACW Army of the Potomac
  • ACW Army of Northern Virginia

World War II (~700 painted, ~50 unpainted miscellaneous)

Flames of War with its 15mm WW2 figures was my first step into the world of historical miniatures. I painted up a few core armies, each designed to be fielded in many different configurations during most stages of the war. Added to this are small fleets for the British and German forces using Warlord’s Cruel Seas figures.

De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) (all 216 painted!)

The trusty De Bella Antiquates rules are almost boardgame-like so I am listing them separately. A small but fine – and painted! – collection.

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