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Praetorian Las Cannons, and a Leman Russ
 This is the last of the batch of Praetorian photographs for a while. I have finished off painting three Las Cannon teams, and experimented with painting a tank. I am going to return to the Praetorian...
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Iron Claw Undead.
 Halloween horror! I have no internet and so I am updating my blog via mobile phone, iit is a brief updatI have been sorting through my collection of Iron Claw miniatures sculpted by Bob Olley during...
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Late Rogue Trader era to 40k 2nd Edition Screamer Killers / Carnifexes.
 Whilst sorting through boxes of old miniatures I rediscovered my old Screamer Killer/Carnifex miniatures. I did paint up a couple in a pale colour scheme a few years ago, but thought they needed a...
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Action Force Space Force Bob Olley Iron Claw Squats.
In 1982 until mid 1980s in the UK, there was range of toy action figures produced by Palitoy which were based loosely on the Action Man toy. At first the range was generic 20th Century historical...
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Fantasy Tribes Orcs on regiment sized bases.
At the same time as painting the 40k Iron Claw Squats I am also painting some of my pre-slotta early 1980s Fantasy Tribe Orcs. I am alternating between the two projects, painting some of each as I go....
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The army grows: More Fantasy Tribes Orcs.
 I've had a busy Christmas and New Year. Apart from working through most of it, I have spent a lot of time painting more Fantasy Tribes Orcs and basing them on the regiment sized bases. I even re-based...
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Fantasy Tribes Orc FTO 13 Wyverns, and Fantasy Tribes Dwarfs.
 I've been busy painting again, making good progress with the old pre slotta fantasy Tribes Orcs, and also a few Dwarfs. As I have mentioned previously on my blog I am basing the miniatures on regiment...
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The Fantasy Tribes Orcs so far.
 I started painting the Fantasy Tribes Orcs in late October last year, and this blog post is a summary of just how far I have got. The aim was to try out the idea of regiment sized based units,...
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A few of Rug Longtooths pre-slotta Night Goblins.
 Continuing with my 2nd Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle painting, I have painted a couple of regiments of pre-slotta Goblins. These regiments are based on the Night Goblins from Rug Longtooths army...
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4th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle / Warhammer: The Old World Legacy Chaos...
 With the release of Warhammer: The Old World, I have turned my attention to two of my more contemporary armies; Chaos Dwarfs; and the Tomb Kings. Now leaving aside the Tomb Kings for a while, my focus...
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Chaos Dwarf Axemen with big hats.
 I have finished painting my 4th edition Chaos Dwarf Axemen. There are five regiments of 20 in each, each with a leader, standard bearer, and musician. Four of the regiments are made up from the...
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Chaos Dwarf Hell Cannon and Earthshakers.
 More Chaos Dwarfs, this time some of the heavy artillery, with two of the 1990's Earthshaker Cannons, and a Hell Cannon. I mounted the Earthshaker Cannons on 150mm by 100mm bases to simulate the...
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Chaos Dwarf Magma Cannon and Iron Daemons.
 A final and quick update on my 4th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle/Warhammer: The Old World Chaos Dwarfs. I painted these about a month ago and I haven't had the time to upload them to the blog until...
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'The Book of Battalions': Peasants and archers of Prince Wilhelm's expedition.
 Now due to recent family events and other shenanigans, I have been in the curious situation of having lots of time and opportunity to paint, but very little time to actually sit down and blog about...
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(Extra) Spiky Chaos Dwarfs.
 Over the summer I have been concerned with several different projects, dipping into one or another as time went by. One of these has been my 2nd/3rd edition Warhammer Chaos Dwarfs. Here is a link to...
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Grenadier Miniatures Undead Army.
 At the start of my collecting it wasn't always Citadel Miniatures I opted for. When I started in 1986 Grenadier Miniatures were always an option. I still clearly recall visiting Beaties and Gamleys in...
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Earth elementals.
A short update. I have been painting a selection of random things, including some Iron Claw Goblins (finally, I've got around to painting some Goblins!!!), but more on that in another blog post. I...
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Bob Olley Iron Claw/Essex Miniatures Undead.
 Something ghostly for Halloween: Undead. These undead were sculpted in the 1980s by Bob Olley, and are from his time at both Essex Miniatures (this range is still in production) and at Games Workshop...
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Ironclad Miniatures War of the Martian War Machine (Tripod).
 Something a little more unusual. I have always liked H G Well's 'War of the Worlds' and the iconic Martian Tripods, as well as having a passing interest in the Steampunk genre. Now in my idle...
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A few Iron Claw Goblins.
Finally I have got around to painting some goblins! I chose some Iron Claw range goblins from 1987/8Â because I really love the detailing on them, and they are really fun to paint. Like all of Bob...
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