Finally something to post

 As I preciously mentioned, I haven't had too much time to paint recently, but last week I managed to squeeze in a few hours and I managed to complete a "project" that I started before moving back from Canada in 2025.

It is the big unit of Ral Partha orcs, I can field it either as two 24 men strong units, or as a single uber unit of 48 boyz.

I had a lot of fun painting them and doing all the orcs in different colours gives me a very 80s vibe.

Following are pictures of the last fifteen models I did and of the complete unit in its two variants.

The latest recruits.

The spearmen unit. 25mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

The regular infantry unit. 25mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

The whole Legion deployed for battle.

More cavalry

 This week we have a slightly belated post, I was in the mountains and when I got back life took over and I didn't manage to post until now.

I have another trio of historical cavalry models, this time Macedonians from RAFM, the classic models in 25mm with separate heads and shields, with wire lances.

I painted these more or less at the same time as the Greek ones I posted last week.

I used some leftover 15mm Greek transfers for the shields, they are not 100% historically accurate, but still better than what I could have done freehand, so I call them a win.

They might, as the Greek ones, end up being used in fantasy wargaming as well as historical.

Maceonian cavalry. 25mm, RAFM, painted by Ginzio

Some cavalry

 This week I have a trio of Greek citizen cavalry from Ral Partha. As usual, I loved painting these figures, very simple and very good looking. 

I don't have a Greek army, but I might be able to use these models as mercenaries in my tiny Macedonian force or, as often happens, in some D&D or Battlesystem game.

I am also posting a single Blood Bowl snotling that my friend Tino converted and painted at the end of the 90s. It is part of some figures he gifted to my brother last year. Its base was not done, so I just completed it in the same was as all our other Blood Bowl models are.

Greek citizen cavalry. 25mm, Ral Partha, painted by ginzio

Blood Bowl snotling lineman. 25mm, Citadel, converted and painted by Tino

Dragonlance, Huma on Silver Dragon

 This model is part of a trade that IlVJ did with one of his co-workers years ago.

 It is a quite old Ral Partha model that we got already painted and I just wanted to touch it up, unfortunately one of the wings broke and it sat there waiting for almost fifteen years. I finally decided to repair and restore it.

I touched up the dragon itself and repainted the rider, the famous Huma Dragonbane from the Dragonlance saga. 

I also mounted it on a base that I decorated with rocks. I'm pretty pleased with the result, it turned out to be way more work than expected, but it was worth the effort.

Huma Dragonbane on Silver Dragon. 25mm, Ral Partha, refurbished by Ginzio

Terrain pieces

 This has been a slightly unproductive week, I've been busy with other stuff and I got stuck on restoring a model that is almost done and you will see next week that took quite a bit of time.

What I have this week is a set of hedges that come form some boardgame, I can't remember which (maybe Battlemasters?). They are basically 2D pieces with some shallow details, it took literally no time to finish them, not the greatest, but they are decent enough and, as per my usual policy, anything with some paint on is worth of a gaming table, so they'll add to the terrain collection which is never big enough.

The second thing I'm posting is an old banner that used to be IlVJ's wood elf army standard. When he stripped that army, we saved it, mostly out of a nostalgic feel and now, after many years, I had the idea to put it on a base with some rocks and use it in a baggage train setup (if we'll ever use one in a game).

Following this I am currently doing the same with the banners from the first incarnation of my dwarf army, it is a small thing, but brings my memory back to 30+ years ago when we were young and had that kind of enthusiasm that gets lost (or better changes) over the years.

Field hedges. 28mm, unknown manufacturer, painted by Ginzio.

Wood elf army standard. 28mm, built and painted by IlVJ in the mid 90s

Orcs get command

 I managed to finish three more stands of Tom Meyer's orcs, two of which are command stands with very peculiar standards.

Three regular orcs. 25mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

Command groups with Motorhead standards. 25mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

The unit so far, at the moment it is 33 models strong, I still have 15 or 16 to paint, so I should be anle to field 2 units of 24 or one giant unit of 48-49 orcs.

More of Tom Meyer's orcs

 I managed to finish some more of Tom Meyer's orc unit, I usually work on these as a side project, but I recently decided to focus on them a bit to move the unit along, this is where I got so far.

I still have about 30 to paint, I guess it will take me a few more weeks to finish them up, the unit should look pretty spectacular once done.

Orc infantry. The shields without the central spike have an "Ace of spades" motif, I plan to use it on the banners as well. 25mm, Tal Partha, painted by Ginzio

Bretonnian kinghts unit complete

 I finally managed to complete the unit I've been working on (with a lot of distractions) recently.

As seen in the previous posts, it is a unit of "Noblesse d'epée", nobility of the sword, one of the more basic types of knights in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd edition Armies book.

They are a mix of Ral Partha models with a couple of historical crusaders from an unknown manufacturer that I added to bulk up the unit.

Noblesse d'epée. 28mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

The completed unit, ready to charge into combat.

More slow progress

 The unit is slowly coming along, I hope to finish it this week, for now this is one more knight I completed, with the remaining three well on their way to be done.

There is also a partial unit picture.

Noblesse d'epèe, Bretonnian knight. 28mm, Ral Partha, painted by Ginzio

Unit of Noblesse d'epèe so far, the last three members of the unit should be completed soon.