Lower Abyssals!

Welp. mostly done.

Fancy? No. But i like em'. I actually made the base with a kind of fade from black to grey to reddish orange with a few small piles of what i hoped would look like vents, but  i could'nt get a good picture. Nevertheless! I'm happy, and they were a lot of fun to paint.

Next: Back to humanity!

Something new...

Well, the problem with hobby stuff is sometimes it's hard to concentrate on one thing. I know that I have this problem, and I have not helped it lately by buying this:

It is neat though! i love box sets like this, all with little campaign books. And i do already have some naiads so it's not completely a disctraction! Only like, 75% a distraction, tops.

That said i've spent the past hour or so working on the lower abyssals, who i am going to give to my nephew. They will have a simple red and copper scheme, and might be what i put up here next, because he wants them as soon as i can get them painted.

Next: What I just said, maybe?

Actual Progress

A few months back i was working on turning my mess of falxmen into falxmen that are actually painted and on a base... and a mess. And I did it! Here they are.

Fancy? No. Ready for a game? Heck yes.

Altogether, I've got about 1000 points for kingdoms of men based, less than that for Thracians. Work work work.

Multibasing!

So, I'm still working on the thracian/kingdoms of men army. But i got some naiads recently! Naiads are another nice one on account of working for two armies in kings of war, I am all about that right now with limited time and space. But I mainly am putting this up because it's my first attempt at multibasing in a scenic way!

Still need to paint, obviously, but i wanted it to look like they're coming ashore on a rocky beach, and I think it worked ok.

Next: Thrace?

Oh no!

As in oh no! I forgot i was doing this!

Well, I still am.

And i have naiads now! That will be seen soon. I made a fancyish multibase for them.

That's all.

Challenges!

Part of the challenge of assembling an army from scraps and bits and leftovers is... well, the fact that it's being assembled from scraps and bits and leftovers. Here's my current project in the story of Fantasy Thracians

I've still got a bit of work to do, but eventually they will be Falxmen/Berserkers!

On that note, the one thing i am already in love with in Kings of War? Multibasing.

Next: Actual progress?

A Longer Introduction

So, why not more details! What's this all about? Why am I here?

Basically: I am a person who likes playing miniature war and role playing games. I also like painting the tiny people that are used in said games, though I am terrible at it. Is that silly? Yes it is. Silly things are nice. And these are the sorts of things I am going to talk about here.

What sorts of games am I talking about? For now I'd like to keep it simple. There's Frostgrave, a fun skirmish game involving wizards. And there's Kings of War, a fantasy strategy game that I'm just starting out with.

Getting to kings of war took me a bit. I've always liked historical games; I grew up playing avalon hill wargames with my dad, and when I found out about historical miniature wargames, I thought it sounded like the neatest thing! But I never knew anyone else who felt the same, so while I picked up a box here and there, I never managed to play a game. I painted some guys scrappily, but had nothing for them to do.

Then I heard from a friend about the kings of war historical supplement, and that it included the Thracians, a group I always found interesting! And that friend is willing to try a game or three with me, though they only played the main fantasy game. Well, it was easy from there. I decided to make a Thracian/Kingdoms of Men army, and that is what I am doing now.

Here is where it's begun:

Not much to look at, but it's a start!

Next: More? More!