A veritable cornucopia of miniature delights and exotic vistas to delight the eye
When I saw a fan sculpt figure representing Warduke on an Oldhammer miniatures Facebook page, I knew I had to have one. I had the action figure as a kid (which went missing), and ended up replacing it with another a couple years ago. I'd had him on the backburner for a few months and he ended up being my first finished mini of 2022.
Looks like the sculptor went off an old drawing rather than the action figure, but still super cool :)
Two ne'er-do-wells I kitbashed a couple months ago. Mal and Droyt take advantage of pious fools by selling them 'genuine' relics of Imperial Saints.
I continued working on my non-ruined Imperial city project in 2021. Here are some pictures of some random citizens and acolytes.
I can't recall the name of this mini right now, she was from Armorcast and I think OOP now. No major change other than a little Imperial Icon on her wand. She is a Schola Progenium Headmistress.
Acolytes from the Inquisition ranges.
The shrine is a combination of a cheap plastic tea light I found at a thrift shop, a 3d printed platform I designed to fit, and a relic made from Milliput, jewelry parts, a clear tube, and a plastic skull.
I've not been diligent at uploading to the blog this year, and taking a look through my entries revealed that I neglected to post a lot of entries.
Here's a collection of Inquisition and Servo-Skulls that I've completed in the last few months. I've been pretty much on track completing one servo-skull per month for #servoskullsaturday, and one Inquisitor a month for "Inq28th". I got off track in November-December due to time constraints and the fact that I didn't actually have one of the Inquisition I thought I had purchased, Karamazov on his Throne of Judgement.
A couple of weeks ago my friend and I were able to squeeze in the last scenario of the basic campaign presented in the Rangers of Shadow Deep rulebook, "The Last Stand". The scenario called for some things that I didn't have in my collection, such as civilians, trolls, and a burrow worm. I had the building done quite a while ago. Here's some pics of the minis for this scenario, along with some action shots.
The scenario was a nail-biter, with a lot of careful tactical decisions. A few companions were knocked out, along with one civilian dying. All in all a fun campaign.
I really love the Colony 87 sci-fi range. I was a backer of the very first Kickstarter as well as the 'Return to Colony 87'. I was happy to see the range picked up and expanded by Crooked Dice.
Having painted all the figures, Crooked Dice approached me to paint another set for them- what I ended up doing was trading my painted set off... I knew I wasn't going to have time to paint another set up to standard by the date needed.
I really don't enjoy re-doing a project... so the replacement unpainted set took me a long time to get finished up.
To celebrate I decided to create an old-fashioned Rogue Trader era White Dwarf ad. Hopefully it looks legit!
Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
The attentive reader has likely deduced that the citizens of Ophatran Secundus celebrate an unusually high number of holidays, some of which can be traced to the pre-industrial era of the planet, or even to Holy Terra. One such event is Harrow’e’en, celebrated in ancient times as a harvest festival and tied to primitive ideas about the nature of spirituality. Harrow’e’en now coincides with the traditional yearly arrival of the Emperor’s Tithe Fleet, and is celebrated a day before the first voidship docks with the orbital stations above Ophatran Secundus.”
The arrival of the interstellar voidships cause many citizens of Ophatran Secundus great concern. The local Ministorum Preachers teach that the veil between the Empyrean and reality is at its thinnest on Harrow’e’en. Hostile warp entities are said to cling to the ships and make their way to the planet surface on this day. Pious citizens practice reciting prayers and charms in the preceding weeks to protect themselves. They must put their warding phrases into practice if they happen to meet the ‘Spirit of the Warp’ and its attending procession as they go about their daily business.”
