Some More Flights of Fantasy

It's been a while between posts.  I've been cleaning out the figures box, trying to get some of the old gems painted up.  Here's a few 28mm fantasy bits and pieces from a variety of sources.  Sorry for the photo quality- they were taken on the mobile phone.

Old Citadel High Elf Conversion

Citadel High Elf made from bits and pieces

Black tree pilgrims and priests

Barbarian from unknown maker

Very old Citadel LOTR figure - Beorn 

Crazy eyed Sorceress- Unknown maker

Old Citadel AD&D 3 stage Illusionist.   Painting the robes was great fun!

Adventurer- Unknown maker

Adventurer- Unknown maker

Magic User- Unknown maker

Female warrior- Unknown maker

Wood Elf - Citadel 

Wood Elf - Citadel 

VIKING RAIDERS!!

Here are some of my Viking raiding party.  Made up of mostly old Citadel Norse figures and Black Tree figures, they are a wild and mad bunch- especially those blokes in wolf skins.  There is even a Gandalf conversion to a real Viking hero!

Blowing the Horn to summon the raiders!

The wolf boys!

Olaf the elder

No longer grey....

The veterans

Viking hipster

Beserkers! 

Raiders

More raiders

More Norman Invasions

Inspired by TigerZouaves excellent Viking figures, I have persevered in painting my mountain of Norman figures sitting around.  It's been a labour of love.  But Im pleased with the result.  I'll keep adding to them as I go along- but I think its time to paint a few different things for a bit.  It's good to have more space in the unpainted figure cupboard too.  They are based very close-  4 infantry to a 60mm x 20mm base. I think it gives a good effect.  Maybe the cavalry rode in looser formations- I don't know. The photos don't really do them justice though.  They weigh a ton!  One day these guys might even see battle!

Norman Shieldwall. Believe it or not- there are over 200 figures here!

A few archers

Norman Cavalry- 70+ figures

Odds and Sods

Here are some bits and pieces from the painting table of late.  I have been painting a few figures just for the fun of it!  

Some Crusader Miniatures Nubians- All crusader figures seem to paint up so well and easily too! When TigerZouave visits next these guys can join his collection!

Here are some odd Warlord Roman I put together to form a command base of sorts

I bought this guy from ebay- missing an arm.  The arm and lance were from my bits box.  I'm not sure if the Romans Auxiliary Came corps  used lances like this- Maybe this guy was an innovator?

Some Black Tree Athenians.  I have been painting quite a few Greeks lately.  I must take a pic of them en-masse

More Romans and a few hairy Celts!

I have been a bit quiet of late, but that is because I have been slowly going mad painting Roman Red!
I am close to finishing an army.  In addition to the Warlord figures I displayed in an earlier post, I have added some more Black Tree figures.  I really like the Black Tree Ballista figures and their western Roman Archers.  I am working on an Auxiliary Cavalry unit and then they should pretty much be done.  All infantry are based on 40x40mm bases.  This was not for any particular ruleset, but to offer the greatest flexibility when playing.  Also below is another diversion!  War and Peace games had a ridiculous sale on the Warlord Celts plastic set, which I could not resist.  These figures are great fun to assemble and paint.  There is plenty of scope to individualize them and a real dynamic feel to the poses.  I don't intend on building and army of Celts, but as a contrast to the regimented Romans they were a fun project. 

32 Hairy Brutes looking for a fight!

2 Black Tree Scorpions and a larger ballista - sorry about the dodgy photo

The boys with the eagle must be in charge!

48 Black Tree Romans. 

The Little Big Men shield transfers really come up well.

Centurion 'bung-eyes' leads them into battle

Black Tree Western Archers.  These are really nice miniatures to paint.

Some very old Citadel Roman Eastern Archers- courtesy of tigerzouave!

Wargames Factory plastic Roman cavalry.  These guys are hard work to paint.  The detail is not great at all and really needed work to get them to this stage.  I have some Warlord Metal Command figures to add to them to hopefully make the unit look better.

The General!

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Teacher: Why did the Romans build straight roads?
Pupil: So their soldiers didn't go around the bend!


Here are my efforts over summer.  Im still painting Gladiators, but I have begun assembling an early Imperial Army contingent just in case I play Hail Caesar one day!
They are mostly based on Warlords Box sets.  I have painted up the Roman Legionary set, the Veterans kit and the Auxiliaries box set.  Funnily, the Auxiliaries are bigger in size than the Legionaries.  They were great to paint too.  I have based all figures on 40mm x 40mm bases.  Im looking to add another couple of units, but will have to wait until they arrive in the mail!  I was using a different camera today and backgrounds, so some of the results are not quite as good as normal.

Thumbs down! 

Go get them!

The Relentless Gladiator trainer

A bit of light entertainment. For the wolves.....

These were great figures to paint.  Old Citadel wolves!

Eureka Romans.   These brutes are 28mm Heroic scale (about the same as Reaper)
They are great figures.  I wish I had more!

Warlord Auxiliaries

Warlord Auxiliaries again

An old Hinchcliffe Ballista, manned by two Warlord Plastics

Warlord Plastic Legionaries

Warlord Plastic Legionaries

Warlord Plastic Veterans

Warlord Plastic Veterans

A stand of Black Tree Romans.  

Another Stand of Black Tree Romans (Sans Capes)