Minotaur II

Done! Well... apart from the base. He is entirely in keeping with the goat team, and I must say that I am quite pleased with him. Easy to do, but looks the business.

He may be shaded too dramatically if anything, but it was a fast paintjob, and I did not want him to stand out from the goats in terms of style, so there you have it.

Minotaur

Working on a new minotaur for the chaos team. Quite happy with this easy snip job with pads and a little adjustment of one hand and green stuff repairs.

He is quite slim, but animalistic still, and not too humanoid. Looks like an easy paintjob too, so he should be ready for next round.

Hobgoblins wip

Done the skin on these scoundrels. It is basically three different washes over a bony base coat.

I will do their shirts next, if I can figure out the best choice.

Book review: Magestorm

I actually read this a few weeks ago when I was on a business trip. I find that these books are ideal for a trip on a budget airline with all the waiting and needs for distraction built in to the whole thing. This book perhaps more so than others... And that's not a compliment.

This is, sadly, another example of where Warhammer books become these sad instruments, this filthy mixture of advertising and teaching tool. Usually their stock and trade are.... well, stock characters, cliches, mass destruction, and these frighteningly shallow characters who are basically these odd Moebius strips that have a certain personality because of what they are, and are what they are because of their personalities. Explanation? Not needed, but basic and from the "so, what have you come up with for your Mage character then, Carl?"-category that anybody who has ever actually sat down and thrown dice across character sheets will recognisze. Sad, mr. Green. Sad.

Lets run through the plot. It won't take long. A mysterious (Really? Not to me, man.) fire mage is caught up in the fight against Archaon's invading forces as some staunch defenders try to prevent Wolfenburg from falling. Also featured: A warrior priest, a witch hunter, some other wizards... Everyone doing exactly what you might expect. As an aside... Does anybody know of ANY Warhammer book where there is an even remotely cool Jade wizard featured?

Our main character, Gerhart Brennend, has a fiery temper, a noble heart, but his liasion with magic, the very stuff of Chaos does of course set him apart... No surprises here. And we are at it with the German names again, obviously. I have heard that it's considered a "love it or hate it"-thing, but I find it mildly distracting when it gets TOO thick, or when we encounter yet another slew of people with the same handful of German first names. THEN I get annoyed, but normally I can stomach it just fine. I am tolerant. Laid back.

Almost all other characters are worthy of little attention. Some are pretty cool, but with no depth. No twists, no surprises.

Is there nothing good? Oh Green CAN write, and probably does it best when it is about the spellcasting itself. However, I have read other books by the same author, and this one is by far the weakest. If I was not a fan of magic, Chaos, etc, I would have been in a worse mood when I finished it, but it was adequate, and might be a great primer for someone new to Warhammer.

Rating: 2 out 5. Empty calories. You'll be hungry again soon.

Beastmen

This is a bit of a side project... or rather an unfinished former project that is now getting a little more love.

It needs a minotaur. Selecting one, converting, painting. That may well be next, as it is also most fun.

Chaos warriors. Need a quick paintjob. Otherwise done.

Imperial halflings group shot

The Landsknecht Spooners... for your amusement. Currently first in their league, having beaten undead and ogres.

No, I do not play them without treemen, but those are still not completely done. They are in that awkward phase where I hate them and feel tempted to replace them, but hopefully I can settle for just painting the eyes in a fancy way.

Imperial halflings wip 9

Grassed up! Not the most sophisticated job done with flock in the history of basing, but I consider it quite a success. In the future, I think I will do blood bowl bases like this, unless I am going for ye olde astrogranite look.

I like the grass tone. The minis are all quite bright now, in spite of the somewhat dark iron armour.

Treemen need work still. Tempted to do glowing eyes, space marine terminator style... Red or green?

Imperial halflings wip 8

Another shitty day drives me to hermit-like hobbying... this means basing, something I have taken quite a bit of flack for not having put much work into in the past. But yes, point taken, why put the effort into painting if the bases let the miniature down? So out came the glue, crap brush, over priced sand, jar...

Treemen wip

Got a lot of washing done. Horrible day other than that, so tried to occupy my brain with painting.

Quite satisfied with these so far.