Fogou's Battle at the Farm set.

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After the joy of painting Fogou's Fantasy ruins and Ringfort, I was still in the groove and eager to paint the other stone model set I have by Fogou - the battle at the farm set. 

For those of us of a certain vintage, the phrase "Battle at the farm" may make us misty eyed as we recall playing the battle using the counters at the back of the 40K Rouge Trader book. Even replaying the game once we had miniatures (painted or otherwise), most of us would have been using proxy models to make the farm. 

On seeing Fogou's set, I had to have it. 

The set has a ruined farm house, enough low walls and barricades to make up the defenses. It also comes with some scenic scatter. 

The models were painted exactly the same way as the Fantasy Ruins. The ammoboxes, oil drums and pots were painted with appropriate colours and also treated to the magic wash. Is there any model this wash doesn't improve? Maybe, the magic wash needs it's own blog post? 

This means I will have to replay this classic scenario at some point. 

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Take care out there.

Fogou Fantasy Ringfort

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After painting the Fogou fantasy/dark age ruins, I was in the groove and pulled the Fantasy Ring Fort from the pile of shame. 

I ordered the Ring Fort after receiving the Fantasy ruins from Fogou, after a short period of oohing and ahhhing of course (less than 3 seconds). 

To be honest, I have no idea what I will use it for. Maybe a stronghold on a distant frontier world? 

The painting was done exactly the same way as the Fantasy Ruins. There was the additional step of using the Down and Dirty Moss effect paint to give it the mossy look. 

The painting of this large model was surprisingly quick. One thing I noticed is that it had no steps to get to the ramparts. I quickly ordered a couple of sets from Fogou. They arrived quite quickly and were painted on the day they arrived. That's how quick the paint process is. The longest part is waiting for the magic wash to dry. 

I also ordered the Kev Addams Fantasy gate for this model. When I decide what colours to paint it, there will be a follow up post. 

Next up - Battle of the Farm set. 

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Take care out there.

Fogou Ruins

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Time for a visit to some beautiful resin terrain by Fogou Models. 

I ordered the Fantasy Ruins from Fogou's Kickstarter campaign. 

They could be used for Post Apocalyptic too, but I intended to use them for either Frostgrave or perhaps Late Stone Age fantasy. 

A colonial defence force investigate some old ruins. 

Fogou's models are cast in a heavy Jesmonite resin. They are very durable on the tabletop. While being heavy the resin isn't brittle. One of the nice things about painting Jesmonite, is that it doesn't usually need a undercoat. Paint goes on nicely and doesn't wear off.

My painting approach was quick. The steps are: 

1. Despite what I said above, these models were primed with Acrylic rattle can primer. 

2. The models all got a heavy dry brush with Coat d Arms Mid Grey (I prefer to use paint in pots for terrain rather than dropper bottle paint). 

3. If you look at any old stone buildings the stones are not uniform in colour. I picked out individual stones with the following colours. Note: don't pickout too many stones, it is only to break up the colour.

I. Coat D Arms Hairy Brown

ll. Nostaliga 88 Snakebite Leather

iii. Coat D arms Light Grey

4. Lightly dry brush with Coat d arms Light Grey

5. Pick out the wood with Coat d arms Bone.

6. I give all the models a wash with my magic wash formula (wood included). This is mix of Burnt Sennia acrylic craft paint and Sepia Ink in a rough 80:20 mix. This is watered down to a 50:50 and then a drop of washing up liquid added to aid flow. Just apply the wash, dilute it in places. The aim is to get the wash into the nooks and crannies as well to tie all the colours together.The wash doesn't have to be even as when it comes to stone buildings uniformity of the stone colour doesn't exist. 

7. Once dry the wood parts of the models were given a further wash of Army Painter Dark Tone Quickwash.

I was thinking of adding tufts to these models but then I want to be able to use the models in different settings, including Sci Fi. I also like the rubble inserts for the edge of the walls.

I know I am lucky to have quite a few of Fogou's models in my collection, to my mind these models are well worth the coin. 

Note: I am not affiliated with Fogou in any way other than being a fan of their models. 

Next up, the Fogou Ringfort. Keep watching.

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Take care out there. 

Orc Boss

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Now it is time for a visit to my mythical world of Mytharth. 

I got this figure free with a order. I have a bunch of these old Grenadier Orcs from aeons ago, some of the first figures I ever bought. So it was nice to get the Boss for free. 

I guess a Orc warband is in the future of Mytharth. 

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The spooky tree stump

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Some new terrain in this post - the spooky tree stump.

This is a handy model as I can use it for both Post Apocalyptic and Fantasy games. It may even feature in a seasonal game or two. 

This started life as a pumpkin stalk. It caught my eye as it had a twist to it and reminded me of something you would find in a Tim Burton film. A couple of days later I ripped it out of the Halloween pumpkin and left it to dry out.

The base was sanded flat and hot glued to a plastic gift card. Milliput was used to fill around the base. The base was flocked and once dry the model was primed grey. The base is usual mixes of dark browns and drybushed with lighter colours. The pumpkin stalk was washed several times with thinned cheap brown acrylic paint. 

Some plant tufts and static grass was then added to the base to finish it off.

Thanks for looking. Stay safe out there. 

The return of DEATH!

Hello and welcome back. In this post we return to the mythical realm of Mytharth. 

I wasn’t too fussed with the Death figure I got for Mytharth. He didn’t look intimidating enough. So I got a Microart Discworld DEATH. They scale in at around 35mm which adds the extra height I wanted.

One of the things I like about this DEATH is that he even has a Death Of Rats.

The only thing I have to say about the Microart Discworld figures is that they appear to be display figures rather than suited for tabletop action. The scythe is very flimsy. 

Thanks for looking. Take care out there and don’t fear the reaper. 

Mytharth characters.

Time for another visit to the fantasy world of Myarth. 

Vaan the Barbarian 

Vaan hails from the barbarian lands and is in the barbarian warband of the Sorceress of Eagle Mountain. I plan on using this figure in my Frostgrave games. The figure is a Barbarian Queen by Copplestone Miniatures. 

Invisas Univasitas

The largest city on the world of Mytharth is Lienad. One of the reasons this city holds so much power is the Invisas Univasitas - the Wizard University. Having so many spell casters on hand has stopped neighbouring cities and countries from attempting to sack the city. 

The Invisas Univasitas is Mytharth’s only wizard school and many of it’s members live on campus. The pointed wizard hat is a symbol of wizard office and only worn by wizards of the school. There is no standard style to the hat and they are as often as different as the wizards. 

Wizards don’t always get on and while bickering is common there are serious rivalries in the University.

Susliad the Pink is a senior wizard from Invisas univasitas. He is currently searching the magical ruins with his apprentice Harry Wotsazname looking for spells and riches. He is currently hiring mercenaries to assist his work in the ruins. Susliad the Pink is by Copplestone Castings. 

Dewin Glas the blue is a senior wizard from Invisas Univasitas. He is currently searching the magical ruins looking for spells and riches. He is currently looking to hire an apprentice and mercenaries to assist his work in the ruins. Dewin Glas has a long lasting rivalry with Susliad and will do anything to beat him. Dewin Glas is by Copplestone Castings. 

Marwoleth is a untrained wizard interested in necromancy. He has recently been recruited as apprentice by Skullator. They are headed to the magical ruins in search of loot. Marwoleth is by Copplestone Castings. 

Harry Wotsazname is a student at Invisas univasitas. He has been recruited by Susliad the pink as an apprentice. Harry Wotsazname is by Copplestone Castings. 

This gold chest is an objective for my fantasy games. It is made by Northstar games from the Frostgrave line.

It has taken a while to get these finished. Life has kept me busy. 

Stay healthy and safe out there. Thanks for reading. 

Mytharth Begins.

Death looks down over the world of Mytharth. A world of billons of living things all striving to live. From simple single cell organisms who aren’t aware they are alive to the    wonderfully complex mammals and magical creatures. 

The Death figure is by a random supplier on eBay. It is a resin figure. It’s nice but lacks the size and intimidation factor that Death warrants. A Micro Art Discworld Death is on its way which should solve this problem. 

Skullator 

Skullator is a evil wizard from the Chaos Wastes of Mytharth. A long time ago massive magical war killed all living things in the what is now the Chaos wastes. It was left a barren wasteland filled with highly unstable magical hotspots. It is a evil place filled with trapped souls and twisted animals. 

Skullator is a Masters of the Universe Skeletor figure (as if you needed telling) by  Quest Figures.

The Sorceress of Eagle Mountain:

The Sorceress of Eagle Mountain dwells in the Blue mountains on the edge of the Barbarian lands. 

The Sorceress of Eagle Mountain is a Masters of the Universe, Sorceress of Castle Greyskull by Quest Figures. 

The Grey Seer: 

The grey seer is the Verman equivalent of a Wizard. Vermen are thought to have started life in the Chaos Wastes spawned from rats eating human corpses which had been killed by excessive levels of magic. They have now spread across the world of Mytharth. If there is a large human settlement then there is a good chance a Verman colony is living somewhere underneath it. Vermen seem to have a natural hatred for humans and some colonies work to destroy the human settlement above. 

This Grey Seer came from evil bay painted. I touched it up and gave it a couple of washes. I plan to use him with my post Apoc Gothrats/Vermen just in case they need a psiker. 

The Grey Seer figure is a GW Warhammer Skaven Grey Seer.

I plan for Skullator, the Sorceress and Grey Seer to lead warbands in Frostgrave. Each one will probably need an apprentice. Skullator will have some sort of Chaos warband (not the weird and wacky GW type chaos, but the plain old pure evil and anarchic type). The Sorceress will most likely run shiny hero types and barbarians. Meanwhile the Grey Seer will get a warband built from the old Skaven sprues I have stashed, meaning to build even more reinforcements for my Post Apoc Vermen. That said they could still beef their Post Apoc cousins up as a melee gang. 

Hang on! But there is more.....

I have knocked together this statue which can see action in the ruins of Frostgrave, my Fantasy City terrain or even Post Apocalyptic terrain. 

This is a Zone Immortals figure which I got from the recent cheap magazine offering. The plinth/column is simply a sweets tube salvaged from the Christmas rubbish pile. The whole thing was treated to a couple of coats of thinned down textured paint. Then it was painted light grey which was followed by some heavy white dry brushing. A few dark brown, brown and green washes where applied. A simple easy build. 

This little lot makes a few marks on my 2020 Hobby Bingo Card.

That’s all for now. Thanks for looking. 

Mytharth

Hello and welcome back to my hobby blog. 

Now for something completely different.

During the dying weeks of 2019 I have been thinking more and more about a fantasy setting, which is weird as Fantasy has done nothing for me (hobbywise) for at least 3 decades. In some respects this may be my desire to paint figures in something other than the usual blacks, greys, drab green and browns that seem to be a staple in the post apocalyptic genre. 

The idea is to collect random fantasy figures and fit them into my own setting. I started by picking up the Frostgrave rulebook (as usual years late to the party) and strangely I enjoyed the fluff. Admittedly battling warbands in ancient ruins hell bent on grabbing as much loot as they can is very similar to some of the Post apocalyptic games I like. 

There was some debate scale wise. 15mm is far cheaper and is easier to store. 28mm offers a lot more variety figure wise and my current figure collection can be raided for all manner of critters. Deep in my figure store there lies some treasures from the late 80’s which I expect may need repainting but it will be nice to see them on the table again. 

The fantasy world is called “Mytharth”. I am not expecting this to be the usual Lord of the rings clone jaunt. Apart from Frostgrave, my main inspirations are Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, The age of Hyboria/Conan, Shriek and Mythology. Like Mattblackgod’s World this will be a whole world setting. I am resisting the temptation to start a blog purely for this but then Wild Galaxy and Blood & Fire use this blog too. Best keep it all in one place. 

Initially I will start by using figures already in my collection to make some Frostgrave warbands. I should try and get some terrain built for it too. Plus I may start looking into making a Wizard faction. Then I will be creating and inventing in my usual haphazard manner collecting figures that grab my imagination. 

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Stay safe out there.