After two years I'm back to painting (or finishing painting) the Empire troops that I have and plan to use for both Battle Masters and Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Kings of War. Perfectionism really help up the completion of the general figure, but once that was done, the other figures came together pretty quickly, and there's more on the block now! Check out the general, the last five halberdiers, and the first five archers in the Empire Image Gallery.

Along with the Empire figs, I've also updated the Battle Masters Image Gallery with the Halberdiers and the Archers on their Battle Masters unit bases. I'm excited to play a game of Battle Masters with two entirely painted armies... maybe that will happen within the next few years, lol.

Just over a year after the last update I'm back at painting the Bretonnians! I rebased my old Kings of War ment-at-arms regiment onto single-based 25mm bases, and also painted up a few new figures to round the unit out to 18 men (and women). Why you ask? Well, because of the impending release of Warhammer the Old World. It's exciting to see new figures and life into Warhammer Fantasy, and so I'm totally on that train again. It's odd because I used to absolutely hate the bloated, confusing, and unsatisfying rules of Warhammer Fantasy, and I loved Kings of War in comparison for it's simplicity and gracefulness... But I always liked the Warhammer figs and world more I guess, especially since it was Warhammer Fantasy that first got me into miniature gaming all those years ago. In any case, check out the new Bretonnian unit all formed up and ready to go with their new banner bearer in the Bretonnian Image Gallery.

I saw about a year and a half ago that Mantic was having a sale on a starter set for their Armada game, and I thought I'd give it a try. I always wanted a fun ship game, and none of the other ones really grabbed me, and so I jumped in. I painted up the two ships included in the set, and then picked up two more and painted them up. It was fun, and also it was a lot of circling, which I didn't really enjoy all that much. On top of that, I had no fun painting the Basilean ships because I decided to use contrast paints, and it was a disaster... In any case, I finished painting them back in autumn 2022, and it took me this long to post pictures! Check out the images in the new Armada Image Gallery.

I have finally completed and taken pictures of the Ulfenkarn Monsters Bloodbowl Ice Hockey team. It was a lot of work, and also a lot of fun. It turned out pretty well, and I also cut some corners here and there. I haven't completed the second team quite yet. It will be quite a bit of work to get those done because I'm going to start with some figures that I already have and I don't have any more Bloodbowl or Dreadball figs already in sporting poses. It should be interesting. In any case, check out the images in the Ulfenkarn Monsters Image Gallery.

What's next? I have a half-finished unit of space marines, some half finishes Necrons, some half-finished Empire general for my Battle Masters armies, a pumpkin knight, a few Bretonnian halberdiers on bases, a Battle Masters ogre, Khagra's Chaos Warriors from Direchasm primed, a multimelta-weilding Sister of Battle from when they were good, and a single Bretonnian knight primed and ready to go. Things are moving slowly though, so until next time, take care.

It's been tough to dig out time to paint these days with everything that's happening. Still, I managed to get paint on three of the hockey figures and managed to get the first one in a few half-decent pictures. Check out the monster hockey player images in the Ulfenkarn Monsters Hockey Team Image Gallery. There's also a group shot with the three figures done. I'll have more pictures of that third skater, and also I just finished a fourth skater, so expect those pictures soon!

I also got my hands on the Warhammer Quest game, including all the figures. Not sure if that was a good idea... I probably will never play and never paint all of those figures :)

The first team to make the scene are the Ulfenkarn Monsters, a team straight out of the bustling metropolis of Ulfenkarn. Sure, they don't play clean all the time, but they sure keep the fans on the edge of their seats! Check out the very first member of the team in the Ulfenkarn Monsters Image Gallery.

I have the rest of the team already converted, and I just have to put putty on a couple of them before I start painting. I imagine they will be the next few figs that I work on here... Yeah, I totally got distracted by this idea and almost bought new figs for it, but then I remembered that I had a Blood Bowl team that I knew I would never use and blammo, here we are. I **might** buy new figs for the next team though because I really want a team of rats... but we'll see. I also have some Corvus Cabal that I likely won't do anything with so perhaps I'll convert my next team using those figs! Untill then...

I really wanted some foot knights in the style of the Old Games Workshop foot knights for Bretonnia. That classical Bretonnian style, but on foot. Well, it's a tough job to find those on eBay for a reasonable price, so I looked around at other options and found these Reaper Heraldic Knights sculpted by Werner Klocke. They are definitely inspired by those old Bretonnian figs, and they look pretty fantastic to me, so I picked up the set... well, almost the whole set. I skipped the helmetless one. After finishing those Battle Masters figs I was bored of painting groups of the same figs, so I decided to paint one up in bright colors! Check out Lord Roland 'The Gray' Tristement of Bretonnia Check out the images in the in the Bretonnia Image Gallery.

Next up, I've been fiddling around with converting some of those Bloodbowl miniatures into hockey players... I have one half-converted and one half-painted so far! Until then...

After many months on the table, I finally finished painting, basing, and battle-masters basing the Empire Crossbow unit! Three months it took for these figures to wrap up! I was working on some other stuff here and there (those poor Necrons...). But yeah, I had a hard time painting them because I'm kinda not so much the assembly-line, big-army painter that I used to be. I will likely do some little projects here and there over the next while I think... In any case, check out the Empire Crossbow unit in the Empire Image Gallery.

Next up? I have a half-painted Reaper Bretonnian knight on foot currently, and Empire plastic general mounted, an old metal Sisters of Battle multi-,elta wielding figure, Khagra built and primed, and also one zombie Blood Bowl figure that I started a special project with.... yes precious, I bought some Blood Bowl figs even after selling all of my Dreadball stuff... that is a good, fast-paced game, but I was never a basketball guy and I don't like football or baseball... but there is one sport that I played a lot of in the Great White North... stay tuned for that!

After six months, my first vampire-themed Sisters of Battle squad is complete! My plan is to re-use my old metal figs for the squads, and so that's where I started. Also, this squad was the test squad, and I'm pretty happy with it. I might change a few things, but for the most part I'm pretty happy with it. Check out the images of the assembled squad and the individual shots in the Adeptas Sororitas Image Gallery.

I'm still working through those Space Marines, some more Necrons, and also now some Battle Masters Empire Crossbowmen. Also a second Battle Masters ogre, a Bretonnian knight, and an Empire General... Who knows which one or when that will actually come together! Until then though...

I never intended to start collecting or playing a Necron army, despite how obviously undead-like it is. Terminator was a paradigm that was too mainstream for me :) But with the whole COVID-19 lockdown world spinning around me and the release of a new edition of Warhammer 40k, it was tough to resist. Honestly, I didn't really intend to collect Space Marines (again) either... but that's another story. In any case, I chose a favourite colour and a very simple paint scheme that would be very quick to do and went with it. All of these figs came together pretty quick, so it might be possible that I paint all of those Necrons eventually... lol, as if! Who am I kidding? Anyway, check out the images in the Necron Image Gallery.

Another thing, I've decided to start making terrain specifically for pictures. I mean, I haven't actually played a miniature game for over five years (other than Battlemasters), but I still take pictures. So I think I'll start telling stories with pictures using manageable terrain... I could do it all with fancy 28mm terrain, but it's too much space and time. If I have tiny, forced-perspective terrain then I can store a lot more of it and tell more stories... The Necrons above are the first foray into that idea...

I have three more Sisters of battle that I'm almost done, some half-finished Assault Intercessor Space Marines, some Skorpek Destroyers half done, and five Empire crossbows from Battle Masters blocked out... what will be next? Honestly, maybe one of those, maybe none!