2024... So long old chap!

 Another year down: older, greyer but not fatter!

I actually painted a lot less models this year with only 433, but with 83 blogs the painting has been more consistent  throughout the year compared to 2023.

Big projects have been the Chaos Warriors for Old World, Orgoth for Warmachine and Slovakia for Bolt Action... The planned FEC for Sigmar were shelved and turned into a Mordheim project as 4th ed went even further from the game i really enjoyed a few years ago.

Trench Crusade will be big at the club next year, i have my first game lined up on the 22nd with Black Grail vs Prussian Free State and i cant wait whoop! Warmachine and Song will also see more play as the local ASOIAF scene is massive and I've booked to play in the East Anglian GT run by Yecats Miniatures... It will either be Song or Warmachine at the LGT this coming year i reckon.

Next year i plan to finish my Brotherhood without Banners army for Song, get all my BattleTech Mercenaries Kickstarter toys painted and played with, and get my Orgoth army finished up!

A Song of Ice and Fire: Brotherhood Peasant Levy

 Another unit down for my Brotherhood force, this time one of the two Peasant Levy units:

Superb and characterful sculpts again, and a joy to paint up! On with some of the Knights next!

A Song of Ice and Fire: Brotherhood without Banners Men at Arms

 Almost two years since i last painted a Song model but i'm back in now with the new Brotherhood faction haha!

First up are these Men at Arms, a 6pt decent infantry unit:

More units and characters will follow over the coming days as these are my holiday project ready for games in the new years! I've signed up to the East Anglian GT run my my good mate Grant at Yecats Miniatures so will need to have my game face on for June!

Warmachine: Quickfangs and completed

 Last but no means least are the two units of Quickfangs; Stalkers and Wind Strikers!

And a full army shot of my 75pts of Pokemon Khymaera haha! Great fun to do and will hopefully perform well on the board.

Warmachine: Shyryss and Bellighul

Finished these off last night, the Warlock Shyryss painted as Lucario and Master Bellighul painted as Ash Ketchum haha:

Closing in on the end of this project now with just the light infantry guys to go!

Warmachine: Wyrmspire Shadowmancers

 Next up is the Khymaera support unit of Wyrmspire Shadowmancers:

Again painted as a tribute to Milotic haha, these bring the fury management to the faction and will be very handy!

Warmachine: Moar Khymaera!

 A few more bits completed yesterday with a unit of Talon Death Dealers and a Shadowmancer Solo:

The Shadowmancer was painted as Milotic and the Death Dealers as Salazzle haha!

Warmachine: Khymaera i choose you!

 A few weeks back Wayland were having a sale and some of their older Warmachine MK4 boxes were 40% off! Too much of a bargain to resist so i picked up a Khymaera starter box and an additional Hydrix.

I has stumped for colour schemes until my girls suggested painting them as Pokemon hehe... so here's the start!

Vipex - Heavy Warbeast

Hydrix - Heavy Warbeast

The Vipex is painted as Rayquaza and the Hydrix are as Hydregion hehe, more to follow soon!

Trench Crusade: New Antioch Pt 2

 Here are some of the more basic troops for New Antioch with the four Yeomen and two Stormtroopers!

Looking forward to getting some games in now haha

Warmachine: Ulkor Axers and Gnashers!

 Finished just in time for some games tonight whoop!

Trench Crusade: New Antioch Pt 1

I've printed off the models for a New Antioch warband now, and am slowly getting through them for painting! Here's the first bunch:

Trench Priest

Sniper Priest and Medic

Heavy Mechanized Trooper

Lieutenant

I have six Yeomen / Stormtroopers ready to go next!

Trench Crusade: Cult of The Black Grail Pt 3

 Last few bits have now been completed with this Plague Knight and Corpse Guards!

A Cheeky full warband shot at the end there!

Warmachine: Maulgreth the Charnel Plague

 I painted this whilst prepping an upcoming project, another mercenary solo that might see a bit of play but its such a cool model i had to add him to my forces:

  

Hopefully the additional Ulkor units i ordered will be here next week!

Trench Crusade: Cult of The Black Grail Pt 2

 Next up for the Trench Crusade is my Lord of Tumors proxy:

Certainly not as imposing as the official model but it will do a job hehe.

Trench Crusade: Cult of The Black Grail Pt 1

 A load of the guys at the Bunker are backing Trench Crusade so I've decided to build a few proxy warbands to get playing with and keep the hype going while we wait for the goodies to arrive hehe.

I scoured Cults 3d for some suitable proxies and soon ended up with a sizable selection of Black Grail models to print out! Here's the first batch of them:

Amalgam

Heralds of Beelzebub

Grail Hounds

Grail Thralls

Thats all the minion style models i'll need sorted, next up will be the character ones.

Bolt Action: Slovak Officers and Teams

 Last bits finished off for the Slovaks with two more Officers and some weapon teams:

This gives me enough Officers for a 1250pt game and rounds out my heavy weapons team hehe

Bolt Action: Panzer 3 for Slovakia!

 Warlord finally sent my rulebook but have thus far squatted all the non "Armies of" nations so not a happy bunny! I have my first game lined up for a couple of weeks time and needed something a little heavier than my go-karts haha so picked up this Panzer 3!

 

The Old World: Warpfire Dragon!

 Time for some heavy reinforcements for the Chaos boys with this big flappy haha:

Not too bad to build or paint, a much better kit than most other forge world models ive bought over the years!

The Old World: Archaon!

 Painted up my old Archaon on foot model i've been saving for a rainy day haha:

He's large enough to fit in with the newer AoS chaos stuff so will look good leading them as a chaos lord on foot at some point in the future.

The Old World: Skinwolves

 Next from the pile of Chaos toys are these Skinwolves:

The models aren't great but they will do haha... i will need to get some more Marauders to actually be able to use them as they are locked to The Wolves of The Sea theme force doh!

Warmachine: Horruskh and Butcher!

 Finished up my next two casters today:

Horruskh the Thousand Faces

Orsus the Betrayed (Butcher!)

Cant wait to use these two in games, far more my brutal direct approach to Warmachine than the others... Horruskh in particular is quite a simple caster to use so will be great for learning the intricacies of the game all over again! 

The Old World: Dragon Ogres

 Got these and a few other bits on release but only now found time for them:

I was going to get two boxes but the skinwolves and warpfire dragon also needed a purchase haha.

Warmachine: Orgoth Warjacks

 On a roll at the moment with the Orgoth, here's another couple of Warjacks completed:

Tyrant Heavy Jack with Flail and Gun Shield

Jackal Light Jack with Mace and Claw

Both are fully magnetised but I've only painted these loadouts as thats what i expect to be running most of the time with these.

Warmachine: Therion Vhanek and Vulcar Forgemaster

 A couple more solos completed today:

Vulcar Forgemaster - support Solo / Mechanic

Therion Vhanek - Character Solo / Warwitch Buff

Two lovely models that i think have turned out quite well, hopefully they will be decent in upcoming games! 

Warmachine: Reaver Skirmishers

 Back after the LGT and a particularly savage week of work haha:

The light melee version of the standard Reaver unit. I should have a couple of solos completed tonight then its on to the stuff i ordered from SFG as that showed up just before the LGT! 

Conquest: Magmaforged completed

Finished the back rank of the unit yesterday evening:

Looking forward to giving the boys a run out tomorrow against my old Wadhrun nemesis haha

Conquest: Dweghom Magmaforged

Back on the Dweg train, slower than planned with work being a bitch this last week but half my regiment is ready:

Magmaforged are a defensive powerhouse with high resolve, aura of death and lethal demise so they should be able to punish anyone that wants to get into a grind with them haha.

The next three stands are dry brushed ready for the slapchop to begin tomorrow on my last Monday off before i start back full time at work.

Warmachine: Orgoth Ulkor Axers and Gnashers

 A couple more units completed over the last few days:

Ulkor Gnashers (Cursebound Cadre)

Ulkor Axers

 

From tomorrow its back on with Conquest as i have the LGT to prep for so the rest of the Orgoth will have to wait for a bit!

Warmachine: Grhotten Champion!

 Finished up the big lad last night and pretty happy how he turned out!

Its a bit of a pain to photograph so this was the best angle i could sort out, the sword glow is the same as on the previous cadre models with the green and stone drybrush.

On to the Gnashers tonighr!

Warmachine: Helexus the Warlord and Rhok Harriers

 A few more bits completed today in a unit of Rhok Harriers; the Orgoth cavalry, and Helexus the Warlord; a powerful melee solo!

I have a Grhotten Champion in progress that will hopefully be completed tomorrow along with another unit of some sort ahead of Wednesdays games.