Old World or is it Kings of War- preparing for a classic good vs evil mash up

This week has seen a shift from dwarves as we need to flesh out some of the other factions which will take part in the battle. So this entry has shifted to evil. Love this big guy. Great model and had my eye on him for a long while so pulled the trigger a few weeks back . The model is great, good detail but not over bearing. He is massive but the great thing is the value for money so cheap comparing it to other manufacturers of models this size. I added a rock to the base as he had a tendency to topple that tree he carries for a club is heavy 😂. Really happy with how he looks. Not bad for under a weeks work. Onto the next unit!

Also this week I completed a greater earth elemental from Mantic. Iv always loved this model so picked him up a couple of weeks ago. It’s a big chunk of resin s as nd was fairly easy to clean up and build. For the size of the model it was a quick paint job most of which was dry brushing and washes so it was all done in a matter of hours. Happy with the result and pleased to finally have one in the army!

After a couple of months off painting things for other people it’s back to the Kings of War project. We have booked a date in June for the big battle so now will start painting other factions as well as dwarves 😂. This week I have also completed a dwarf horde unit. They are plastics from battle for skull pass. Nice models with good variety for monopose models. 21 minis in the unit rather than the normal 40 in a horde so shows what you can do building dioramas in KOW

Next new unit done this week. I’m getting to the end of my dwarf miniatures. I had some of these much maligned monopods plastic miniatures and wanted to use them. They are very good for their time. They are simple to paint and think they look well with a fairly quick paint job. The use of 3 command figures gives the unit some interesting aspects. Iv done this with a few units which I may show off later in a showcase of the army when it’s done! overall happy with the result of the unit.

Not dwarves for a change! Iv had these since the 90’s and they had never been painted. Not sure why I even purchased them as I never had an empire army. Oh I know because they are awesome miniatures! Another crazy concept of a war machine which I love. They will fit on the good side of the battle nicely

Next unit finished was the old dwarf flame cannon. I’d painted this as a child so it has been stripped back. Love the absurd nature of this flame cannon “let’s launch fire out of something mainly made of wood!”. Love the crew models very characterful. Great fun to paint

This could be my favourite unit that Iv painted. So many good models. The majority come from a GW made to order I think the thane with his helmet off at the back might be my favourite dwarf sculpt ever so was happy to get my hands on him. The banner bearer is from highland miniatures, the dwarf wearing the wolf pelt is from four A miniatures and the three with two handed weapons are heartbreaker miniatures which are really characterful. I aimed to push bright colours. Often when I paint bright colours the highlighting leads to desaturation of the colour and they do not look bright anymore. I pushed the highlights up to nearly white here and used several glazes (really watery paint lol) to bring back the vibrant colour and blend in the extreme highlights. Think it has worked well. Very happy with this unit

Next unit is an interesting one. Couldn’t resist a GW made to order of the classic old world sculpts. Rarely buy GW these days but prices for these on eBay are astronomical. Love the GW classic sculpts