Way Back Machine - Necromunda Adeptus Arbites

 Greeting fellow Grognards and Young Guard!

Continuing with the deep dive into the pile of shame, I present for you my Adeptus Arbites.  Having collected about half of what you see below over 25 years ago(?), within the last year, I had some ebay luck and found some additional troops for a great price!  Of course, I couldn't pass up some OOP minis to add to the pile for 'cheap', so the purchase was made.  

With the pending trip to Pennsylvania this past October, I was pressing hard to paint up all of the old Necromunda forces to take them with to have them available for gaming.

All of my old paint jobs were "touched up" and the new troops were painted to match.  I'm quite happy with these guys.  I really love the Arbites models and can't wait to get them on the table.

Hope you enjoy!

With these 16 models, I have broken the 400 miniatures painted in one year threshold and continue to drive up the record anew with each model completed!  2024 is going to be a tough one to break this record.  Maybe I should stop painting?  (Hmmm...)

Let the Ganger scum of the Underhive beware, the Adeptus Arbites are on the move and will be cracking some skulls!  GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 412!!!

Late "Orktober"

 

Greetings Grognards and Young Guard!

Sometime the real world gets in the way of the hobbies we love.  Of course, the real world tends to pay for the hobby habits we have, so not really complaining!

Unfortunately I missed the "Orktober" submission this year, but thought I'd put it out there anyway.  Some of these models have been sitting in my "pile of shame for decades".  

As I was going to see some old friends in Pennsylvania in October and our plan was to play some Necromunda, this gave me an opportunity to knock out painting/ re-painting my Necromunda gangs as well as getting to the Orks that had been collecting along side of them in an old GW figure case.

Many of these miniatures were from the Gorkamorka line, but I can't wait to use them for some Fistful of Lead Galactic Heroes or in a Necromunda game or campaign.  Who knows, I might even build a Xenos Rampant army of these Greenskins (UPDATE:  I have some more Orks with Shootas and Choppas ordered and on the way to make that come true!).

Hope you enjoy the troops below!  This also continues to pad my 2023 Painted miniatures record and is going to make breaking it in 2024 a real challenge!  Fortunately, there is a large "pile of shame" ready to supply minis to help me break the record in 2024!

Until next time....Happy (belated) Orktober!  GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 396!!! (400 is just around the corner!)

Vampire Warband - Dragon Rampant

 Welcome Fellow Grognards and Young Guard to another post of 'Of Dice and Army Men'!

This episode, for your enjoyment, I offer the Vampire Warband for Dragon Rampant!  Inspiration for this army comes from Count Vlad in Dracula mixed with the Vampire army in one of the Underworld movies.

I've been wanting to build this army for sometime now and have been working to collect the variety of figures in the army for a very long time.

Vampire Warband .. 45 pts.

Vampire Mtd Lord (Elite Rider/ single model) ... 6 pts. (Games Workshop)

Vampire Wizardling (Elite Foot/ single model) ... 8 pts (Reaper Miniatures)

Vampire Knights (Elite Riders) ... 6 pts (Games Workshop)

Vampire Warriors (Elite Foot) ... 6 pts. (Reaper Miniatures)

Vampire Spearmen (Light Foot) ... 3 pts. (Reaper Miniatures)

Vampire Swordsmen (Heavy Foot) ... 6 pts. (Reaper Miniatures)

Vampire Archers (Light Missiles) ... 4 pts (Chronopia)

Vampire Axemen (Bellicose Foot) ... 6 pts (Chronopia)

Until next time....GAME ON!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCOREBOARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 214

2023 Painted Miniatures: 366