Knock, Knock. Who's there?

Whilst painting up some graveyard scenery last week for my RPG game (the sepulchre is visible in the previous post) I did a quick paintjob on an old Frankenstein mini that had been sitting on the shelf for a few years. My (poor) memory seems to think that is was a ebay purchase listed as an old Foundry figure, but the sculpt is pretty rough by usual Foundry standards (the hands and sleeves are the very basic) so I'm having second thoughts. There were no manufacturer marks on the figure base before he was glued to the plastic one you see in the picture. Can anyone help?

Back to the RPG

After a break for the festive season and weather I was glad to welcome back the group (including a new member) to continue with our 1st Edition Warhammer Fantasy campaign. We're about halfway through the "The Enemy Within" Campaign and much enjoyment is to be had, even if the published campaign trail can be a bit tenuous at times. As a picture I give you a crypt robbing scene from last nights game:

Note that the Dwarf in the foreground ("Geddi") is not actually keeping watch but more trying to distance himself from the fact the party are looting the tomb of a venerated hero of Sigmar in the crypts of a Temple Of Sigmar. Such paranoia - I don't know why? Strangely he's become the moral voice of the party in the last couple of sessions since he changed career from drink obsessed Troll Slayer to Judicial Champion (albeit still obsessed with drink).

Skaven warband - Planning ahead

With the final stages of my current project underway I find my mind wandering to the next great thing - a Songs of Blade and Heroes warband. I have 3 non human ones lined up in my mind, although I don't have all the models yet. Goblin, Skaven and Wood Elf. Of the 3 I have way more old plastic Games Workshop goblins in a painted state already so they whould be quite quick to add a few more models to, but I think that Skaven will be the ones for few reasons:

1. Skaven are dirty mutated vermon. This will obviously be reflected in the paint job - so I can quickly get them table ready with a base coat and a dip.
2. I want to theme the warband around the pack/swarm/horde/mischief of rats feel - so lots of warriors/scouts rushing in groups (to take advantage of their gregarious special rule) with a couple of personalities.
3. My Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying group are just about to get back and I've been short of decent skaven models to throw at them so far. (RPG Disclaimer: Please note to those in the group this does not mean you will meet skaven in the next couple of sessions!)
   

After a trail through ebay I've picked up these which should the job. The "new" GW skaven are full of character and variety. With so few models on the table I want a variety of poses. I also wanted a mage like figure, and this plague monk Lord Skrolk fits the bill well without being too OTT. In a box somewhere there are also sitting a few old giant rats (Citadel perhaps), so a Skaven Beastmaster with his Rat Pack (or perhaps controled swarm?) will give something different within theme. I'm sure there will be a conversion friendly figure in the group that I bought to keep costs down.

Off to the cupboard to get the paint removal products (Dettol)

Ral Partha 2 Headed Ogre (1982)

A quick post with a 1982 Ral Partha 2 Headed Ogre painted at the same time as my Dog Soldiers Squaddies. This had been sitting undercoated on the paint table for a few months so and it's double glare finally wore me down.

The "high contrast" paint effect attempted on the Werewolves had gone quite well, so thought I'd try it again on this figure as the body structure was defined, but more subtly than more modern sculpts and I didn't want it lost. Wasn't too thrilled when I finished it, but happily the more I come back to it the more I like it. Nothing like a bit of cooling off time on a paintjob.

I actually thought it was an old 2 headed Giant (or 2 headed medium by today's scale creep standards), but Megaminis put up the 1983 Ral Partha catalogue online (with a good few others) which corrected me. I don't know if it would have affected my colour choices if I'd known before hand or not...