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Wave 3 – Back to Blogging

After a few years in hiatus, I will give blogging another try. This will be the third attempt after the initial burst in 2010-2012 and the revival in 2014-2015. Maybe the third time is the charm!

To inaugurate this third wave, I purchased a nice macro camera with fancy backdrops. I will be taking pictures of newly painted models as well as some of my existing collection. These will be updated over time – there are literally thousands of models to photograph – but the updates will come (12,000+ actually at current count :)).

On the painting side, will be fighting my way through a few major projects:

Warhammer 40k: I have a Blood Angel army to complete. Mostly vehicles and specialists which will take some time.

Warhammer: After the collapse of the Warhammer World, I bought a bunch of armies before they disappeared entirely. So now I have a whole bunch of unpainted Warhammer armies: Orcs and Goblins, High Elves, Ogre Kingdoms, Skaven, Chaos (Nurgle), and Vampire Counts. My Empire army also needs finishing while my Bretonnia and Dwarf forced need refurbishing. So there is plenty to do in this category. My first goal will be to complete two new armies – selected by my older kids as Orcs and High Elves – and ideally finish up the missing Empire units.

Specialist Games: I have tons of warbands, gangs, fleets, teams and even a few EPIC armies still to complete. I will paint these as fillers in between the big lots. My near term goal will be to finish up at least 5 skirmish groups and one of the missing EPIC armies (probably Tyranids).

Historical: I made a pretty decent dent in my SAGA list during the last wave of enthusiasm, but the unpainted pile is still large. Moreover, a recent birthday gift resulted in a whole Early Imperial Roman army for the Hail Caesar game system waiting for me on pristine sprues. So I will try to make a dent in that pile as well.

 

So, 3 full 28mm armies, finishing up two more, and topping it off with a handful of smaller warbands. I have a small head start – a few Orc units are painted already from a paint scheme test – but this will still keep me busy for a while.

As a teaser of what is to come, here is a new photo of some Forest Goblins that will be part of the above-mentioned Orc and Goblin army. More to come soon!

WFB Orcs - Forest Goblins.JPG

 

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Irish

The Irish have arrived…

I went with a wilder, more bare-skinned look to distinguish them from their other anglo-centric cousins. Also, lots of green and yellow tones to go with the style of the shields. Finally, I trimmed down all the shields to be more like bucklers – reflecting the faster “hit and run” style of the Irish.

SAGA Irish - Bonnachts 2SAGA Irish - Bonnachts 1SAGA Irish - FiannaSAGA Irish - Fianna with Dane AxesSAGA Irish - Curaidh

 

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Irish Hounds

SAGA Irish - Dogs

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Valkyries Part 2

More Valkyries. A command Hearthguard unit as well as one with Dane Axes. The heroes cover the general Warlord as well as any Heroes that my daughter might want to take. In their first game, the Valkyries/Jomsvikings soundly trashed my sons Vikings!

SAGA Valkyries - Valkyries 1 SAGA Valkyries - Hero 3 SAGA Valkyries - Hero 2 SAGA Valkyries - Hero 1 SAGA Valkyries - Dane Axe

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Valkyries

My daughter asked me for a SAGA warband but wanted women. So after some searching I went with Shadowforge Valkyries models. I am using Jomsvikings rules which seems to reflect their elite/angry style. Some minor conversions gave me four units of Hearthguard plus some additional models that are in progress.

SAGA Valkyries - Valkyries 5 SAGA Valkyries - Valkyries 4 SAGA Valkyries - Valkyries 3 SAGA Valkyries - Valkyries 2

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Man o' War Painting

Man-o-War Chaos Fleet

This is the last of my Man-o-War fleets. Somehow, I never finished it during the “Great MoW Burst” of 2010. Like the other fleets, the sails are printed on fabric to keep a cloth-like texture.

MoW Chaos - Bloodship MoW Chaos - Ironsharks MoW Chaos - Deathgalley 3 MoW Chaos - Deathgalley 2 MoW Chaos - Deathgalley 1

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Ragnar & Rollo

Ragnar Lothbrok and, inspired by the great Vikings TV series, his brother Rollo (old Gripping Beast model).

SAGA Vikings - Warlord SAGA Vikings - Ragnar Lothbrok

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Berserker

SAGA Vikings - Berserker

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Egil & Vikings

Egil and some Viking Hirdmen.

SAGA - Egil SAGA Vikings - Hirdmen 2 SAGA Vikings - Hirdmen 1

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Painting SAGA

SAGA Viking Bondi

Here comes the core of the Vikings. Two units of Bondi. I went with axes mostly to visually separate them from the spear-armed Anglo-Saxons.

SAGA Vikings - Bondi 2 SAGA Vikings - Bondi 1