Ogre Kingdoms Army - Warhammer Fantasy Battles

 

Greetings Fellow Grognards and Young Guard!

It has been some time since my last post.  Life had a way of getting in the way of all of the fun stuff.  I hope to remedy that soon.  I've also been in a bit of a painting funk, so I have been digging through my pile of shame and building minis to put into my new shelving units in my home office.  At least this way, I will see what I have (get depressed at what is unpainted), prevent myself from ordering duplicates of items on ebay where not needed and send a pile of cardboard boxes currently holding these unbuilt, unpainted minis to the recycler.

Today, I'm posting some pics of a Ogre Kingdoms Army for WFB I finished earlier this year.  I have a few other projects in the works (don't we all!) like more of my Tiger Claw Space Marines, a Reaper Fire Giant Jailer conversion to a Demon for yet another army I am building for Dragon Rampant and some additional trooper for my Brotherhood army for Xenos Rampant.

Of course, Dragon Con 2024 (Atlanta GA) is quickly approaching and that will put a halt to any painting projects for a week.

Hope you enjoy these pictures and GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 544

2024 Painted Miniatures:  99 (more to come...SOON!)

Terrain on a Budget - Mushroom Forest

 Welcome Fellow Grognards and Young Guard!

Post 52 brings us something a little different!  Walking through Hobby Lobby with my daughter, I was on the hunt for anything that could be converted into anything for wargaming, particularly if it is on sale.  My daughter, knowing her father well, spotted something in the Fall section and quickly yelled out, "Dad, you need 'shrooms'!"

I turned to see just what the heck she was talking about and there on the shelf were these little bags of foam mushrooms, in brown caps or multi-color caps (orange/ yellow/ red).  

My mind began to churn and I envisioned a forest of mushrooms on the table top!  I'm sure I saw this on a Dungeons and Dragons cartoon episode (btw...Today is the anniversary of the Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Premiere as well as the Battlestar Galactica 1978 Premiere).

I quickly remembered seeing wood circle and ovals on sale as well and picked up a bunch for bases.  Everything else on the workbench quickly was shoved to the back burner and off I went!

To give these some variety, I cut the mushroom stems to varying heights, before gluing them to the wooden bases.  The undersides and the dots on the tops were painted on and the mushrooms stems painted in 'mushroom' color.  

Some hot glue and a good hot blue burn on my finger later, you see the product below!  I can't wait to use these in a skirmish game!  The whole project yielded 8 bases of 4 and 8 bases of 3.  Now I just need a Cheshire Cat!

Hope you enjoy!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 306