Barbarian Raiding force for Warrior Heroes: Armies and Adventures

 Hey, bloggers! Well, it's taken a little longer than I thought, what with the holidays and such, but I finally got my Barbarian force by Pendraken ready for my Warrior Heroes: Armies and Adventures games I intend to play soon! This is just the first group of guys from the various armies I've ordered. Very happy with how they turned out, as it was my first attempt at painting 10mm. Luckily I studied some well painted miniatures beforehand and had a plan of attack, which was to make only two layers, shade then highlight. Also, the highlight would be at least two steps above the shade. While a bit garish when viewed closely, it really blends together when on the battlefield. So here they are!

The Barbarian Raiding party in all their splendor!

Swordsmen and hero ready to pillage...

Bison riders from my previous post...

No army is complete without archers!

Spearmen and a Hero...

War without warmachines is no fun!

 With the exception of the Swordsmen, I crafted the shields myself with some Green Stuff. It was my first attempt at sculpting. While pretty simple, I'm very pleased with the results!

 Up next, the Undead!

Project Talisman!

 My girlfriend and I have started playing the current edition of Talisman and she mentioned that she'd like to see painted miniatures roaming the regions! What more encouragement does one need? :) Currently I have all but one of the expansion sets, so I'm looking at a ton of painting ahead of me on very small scale minis (I'd say 20 mm scale?). With this in mind, I think my plan of attack will be to paint a base coat and a highlight, black/brown lining, eyes may or may not be added depending on the mini, and the base will just be a plain black. I think the rocks and stuff on a base would just get knocked off eventually anyhow, so no problem. The mold lines are pretty irritating, so I won't spend a whole lot of time on them but hopefully nothing too noticeable will be left unless it endangers the miniature!

 Here's the first batch primed and ready for painting!

 I picked out the ones with a lot of similarities. These guys have either a lot of steel and/or red, so it will speed up painting not having to mix a lot of paint for red. Basically an armor style painting of five or six at a time...I'll admit though, I really can't wait to paint and be the Leprechaun!

  We played a game last night and a funny thing happened. Her pack mule got turned into a weremule and attacked her! I thought that was pretty funny, maybe it's just me. We never did finish the game due to time constraints but it was a lot of fun. You should definitely check it out if you haven't already.

 Game on!