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

1. I then marked out some squares to look like paving slabs and scored in the lines gently with a hobby knife
2. the score lines were then widened with the point of a ball point pen. I
3. I then used the bottom end of the pen to depress some areas of the paving slabs to add weathering and variety
4. cracks and chips were then randomly drawn in to the foam with the ball point pen tip.
5. I then cut some
6. foam fort the sides and back walls of my structure and a raised plinth out of 20mm xps foam. This will give the base some height

1. I started with a unit tray 100mm by 80mm and a sheet of 5mm xps foam.
2. The foam was cut to the size of the base with a sharp knife. If your knife is not sharp the foam will tear.
3. The foam was glued in with PVA
4. I then used a crumpled ball of kitchen foil to roll and push into the foam to add texture

Something slightly different next, well a different faction. My uncle had started these miniatures but lost interest so I’m going to give them a repaint and base them as a regiment for his empire army. These are Black Scorpion Miniatures with a couple of old GW command figures. Black scorpion are some of the best minis around give them a look if you have not already.

Well these are done fairly happy with the result although had a disaster with the varnish fogging so had to do a rescue job. Great fun to paint these old models. Love the sculpts as they look just like dwarves should.

So I managed to finish my first unit in just under a week. I really love how they have turned out. They are such fun to paint. I’m happy with how the basing turned out. The painting was done using various browns and creams. On placing the minis the slot bases were pushed into the foam then glued and they stand very solidly. Added some grass tufts and calling this unit done.

Prepped up my next unit for painting. Love the King and his shield bearers. I think I like it better than the new sculpt. He will be leading some Marauder Iron breakers along with a classic standard bearer and musician. More blasts from the past.

Spent some time putting a base together. I have used xps foam cut to size of the movement tray. Looked to make it more rock like by carving and tearing  the edges randomly. Also I used a rolled up ball of aluminium foil to roll in a texture for the foam. I added some sand cat litter and foam flock to represent smaller rocks and dirt. I gave a spray of watered down mod podge which makes it all a little more durable and helps stop foam melting when using super glue. Doesn’t look much now but hopefully some paint will help.

First up I’m going to do some slayers from the 90’s I believe. I only have 7 and don’t really want to buy any more. The beauty with KOW is that as long as the base size is correct any amount of miniatures can constitute a regiment troop or horde. To pad this out I’m going to do some diorama basing hopefully they will look ok.