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Friday, 9 February 2024

Why did I need the boost - this is why

It only seems fair as I show-off the results of my recent efforts, that I show you why I needed the boost to my morale - this little lot, the last knocking as it were, more original Citadel C series mixed in with a whole lot of other stuff. My rational is that'll be so easy to stop now as there's more than enough done to play any size game I'm likely to be invited to play in the future. So here's my to do list.

My back story for this army is with the fall of the old ones, the Slann were failing to survive in a rapidly changing old world. So have brought into their influence other cold-blooded races which they'd never have accepted prior to the fall. Hence, first up are Snakemen the GW ones and I think Diehard ones to bring up their number. I originally based the GW ones on 25mm bases but didn't think they worked well, much too close in my opinion, so switched to 40mm with works well with the larger Diehard figures and their much more dramatic poses. I've started and stopped with these numerous times, hence their half done state.




 
The last of the C series Slann, to bring the sprawn bands up to strengh, provide the slave handlers and the last of the mage priest guard.



Following on are a few more C series Lizardmen/Slann coldone riders 
 

The next batch of Tom Meier lizardmen will provide me with another regiment of forty figures and bring the other regiments up to a similar numbers.
 

I also have a later edition mage priest carried by slaves, my thinking here is that this is a younger slann, born after the fall that hasn't yet come into its full powers and probably never will, hence the slaves and parlanquin. I've started this model at least twice, but never come close to finishing it.


Now for the newer stuff which I've added to let me have a try of later editions of warhammer fantasy battle and just add a bit of variety to the host. First up the later GW stuff - Terradons and Stegadons



These figures from Diehard are considerable larger than the original C series figures so I'll more than likely end up useing them as some form of elite unit in third edition .


Next up is a unit of intelligent beasts - Coatls, which can be wizards/mages, imaging half a dozen of these flying around your oppenents back line! These are from www.gctstudios.com , picked up from a visit to salute a couple of years ago. Let me asure you even with superglue and pins they're an interesting build!



Lastly, a unit of snakemen from RAFM miniatures, an impulse buy off Ebay.


So, as you can see, still a fair bit to do.

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Morale boost whilst painting a long term army project - How my Slann/Lizardman army has grown

Hi All, long time no post, particularly as far as this project has progressed. My original Slann/lizardman army post was back in June 2019, just before BOYL and whilst it's been slow progress over the intervening period, those of you who are members of the various oldhammer fce book groups will know I've been busy of the last three months spreading a considerable amount of paint over my C series Slann, lizardmen and adding a few newer figures to my collection to bring them to some form of near completion(Who ever finishes an army?). So in an effort to keep up the pace, here's a video and a few pictures of the 'new' stuff mixed in with the old.


 Here's the mage priest surrounded by his guard, matching in the newly painted figures was trick given the original paint work is a few years old.



Next up are the original Palace guard, no new figures here, but the picture shows them off a treat.


Here are the Lizardmen for regiments, lots of new additions to these units.



Now for one of my fravorite units Lizardmen coldone riders, I've learnt with this unit that broken figures are an opportunity to add a little extra to the original mono-pose figures.


Next up are the slaves all I've added here are a couple of Slann officers to lead (I've still to paint the slave handlers).

Here are the specialists - those new  figures I've added to play later editions of Warhammer.



Almost there, heres the Slann coldone riders, no new stuff here, but to complete the post here they are.



Last, but by no means least the Slann skirmishers


Hope you like what you've seen, hopefully, more to follow soon.