Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

It's been another busy hobby month, so it's another long update.  I finished a number of units, made some terrain and got a game in.   Completed This month I have mainly been working on Warmaster Revolution.  I've set myself the target of completing both the 10mm Chaos Dwarf and Ogre Kingdoms armies before Salute in April.  I've been cracking on with these and have completed the following:   A regiment of Gnoblars for the Ogre Kingdoms army.  The third and final regiment of Chaos Dwarf Axemen .    A regiment of Hobgoblin Wolf riders . A regiment of Bull Centaurs . A pair of Hobgoblin Bolt Throwers . I also threw together a few more scatter pieces for  Mediterranean/Algeria games.  Dead simple to make, I already had the bases cut out from when I made the first batch , I just collected a few more stones from a car park on a day out.  These will also do well for a Post-Apocalyptic wasteland project I'm starting on....

The last unit for the 10mm Warmaster Revolution Chaos Dwarf army is a pair of Hobgoblin Bolt throwers.  I can only take one of these for a 1,000pt army, but they came as a pair in the army deal I got from  MGS Miniatures  so I did them both.  These were really nice little models as all of them have been.    I used the same colour palette as I did for the Hobgoblin infantry  and cavalry which sped the whole thing up.  I spent more time doing the bolt throwers than the crewmen.  

The latest addition to my 10mm Warmaster Revolution Chaos Dwarf army is a unit of Hobgoblin Wolf Riders.  These are 3D printed figures by AnkyloMiniatures from  MGS Miniatures .  I knocked these out very quickly, probably because I've been painting nothing but 10mm for months now and I've finally got the knack of it!    I used the same colour palette as I did for the unit of Hobgoblins .  This was focused on a few primary colours for smaller areas such as the standard, hats, shields etc. and muted natural colours for the larger areas.  I think it's worked well.   This was the last real unit for the Chaos Dwarf army.  I have a pair of Hobgoblin Bolt throwers and the Chaos Dwarf general himself to do and then the army will be ready to wreak havoc.  

A busy and successful hobby month, consequently this is quite a long update.  I got some units finished, played a couple of games and even got some terrain work done.   Completed This month I've completed the following:   A regiment of 10mm Hobgoblins for my Chaos Dwarf army.  You can see them here . A regiment of 10mm Ogre Leadbelchers for my Ogre Kingdoms army which you can see here .   I did some work on making my terrain more usable specifically for a game of Burrows & Badgers.  I made some veg beds out of old credit cards and based all my Renendra wattle fencing.  I'll try and do a post when time permits.  In progress The following are on the table as February draws to a close: A regiment of 36 10mm Gnoblars for my Ogre Kingdoms Warmaster Revolution army.  I've just got the details to do on these and they'll be finished early in March.   I cleaned up and primed my last unit of 10mm Chaos Dwarf Axemen and a un...

The latest unit for my 10mm Warmaster Revolution Chaos Dwarf army is a regiment of Hobgoblins.  There's 36 of these pesky varmints in the unit, 12 to a base.  The sculpts are by  AnkyloMiniatures, bought as part of an army deal from  MGS Miniatures .   These are lovely characterful sculpts, the details are incredible on something so small, and I doubt could have been achieved on anything apart from 3d sculpts.  This is a mixed unit with archers, close combat troops and even some Sneaky Gits mixed in.  This gives great variety on each strip with none of them the same.  The Chaos Dwarf army is coming along well now.  I'm aiming to get most of it done by Salute. 

I've decided to switch to monthly rather than the weekly updates which I did for all of 2022.  I'll still be posting when I complete something, but time is very precious at the moment so this works much better for me.   Completed This month I've completed the following:   A regiment of 10mm Ogre Ironguts for my Ogre Kingdoms Warmaster Revolution army which you can see  here .   Six 28mm Norse warriors for my Ragnarok project.  You can see more of them here . I prepared a load of 2ps to use for bases for 28mm plastics.  This involved giving the edges a good thick coat of Humbrol Khaki enamel, followed by a couple of coats of Vallejo German Camouflage Black Brown, then varnished in Humbrol Gloss and finally a coat of  Vallejo Satin varnish to tone the gloss shine down.   In progress The following are on the table as January ends: A regiment of 36 10mm Hobgoblins for my Chaos Dwarf Warmaster Revolution army.  These are v...