Introducing Ashara: Archon of the Fire Talons

Here is my latest Raging Heroes figure.  This is Ashara, a special character that comes with many extra weapons, heads and other gear.  In fact, there were so many additional pieces, I was able to use them to convert Kabal warriors into Incubi!

As usual, there was very nice casting on the parts, making it very fun to paint.

I enjoyed the glowing back panel, as I thought it would go well for this army.

I will be painting the Incubi squad that goes with this character so you can see what they look like at some point.

Here she is next to one of the Raging Heroes sci-fi Vestals.

I can't wait to see what Raging Heroes has in store with the upcoming kickstarters!!!!

Something old and crazy... Orcs on dragons?

Check out this old timer.  I am pretty sure it is from the Ral Partha range.  It would be an interesting character for a few games that I can think of... such as Celtos.

This is another one of those minis lost in the archive! :-)

Moving in... some figures in the fortress.

OK folks!  Looks like the Grey Knights set up house in the fortress.

I snapped a bunch of views, and here they are:

I was very glad that everything worked out in terms of size, and everybody can see over the walls, etc.

A close up...

The Justicar is in charge... 

These side pieces are designed to be placed in different patters, etc.  You could also make 2 different forts from this set.

If I get to play the test game this week, I will try to get some shots of it in the various configurations.

Till then!

Dragon Dude... Ral Partha perhaps?

I am pretty sure that this guy is a Ral Partha figure.  I could be wrong, of course!

The biggest challenge was in basing this, as the tail hung down below the feet.  That's why I did the sculpey rock base.  I was able to adjust and change the shape of the rocks so that everything was supported.

This is sitting on a 60mm base, so that gives you an idea of how big this guy was!

Girl power! A classic from Dark Sword

Here's one of those 'uncovered' Dark Sword figures!  Another grand old figure sculpted by Dennis Mize.

Another break from terrain... Ladies from Ral Partha/Iron Wind Metals

Before I post some images of the 40k fortifications with some marines in them, I have some more of those 'recovered' images to show.  In fact, there are many more Ral Partha and Dark Sword minis to come from the Archive...

At least I think these are from RP/IW.  I remember snagging a big batch of minis on ebay many years ago that had a massive variety of figures which were almost entirely unknown to me.

Some of them are more recognizable, such as these ladies.

I have some unusual creatures coming in the next day or two that I unearthed!

As always, stay tuned!!

Finishing up the fort

After abandoning the windy brush for the hairy sticks, I set about to finish this the 'old fashioned' way.

I took Catlthan brown and mixed that with Reaper grey liner to do a combination of darker shading and rust/weathering.  I didn't want to get too crazy with it.  If I had more dullcoate around, I might have even used some weathering powders...

I focused on making streaks of rust and stains, which I thought would show up nicely with the angle I had cut the walls.  The extra rivets came out well, and the cereal box plating stood up equally as well to pretty watery paint.

After all the weathering was done, as well as the door, I used the grey liner pant to create the cracks in the concrete sections...

Close up on the door:

Zombie Attack!  How did he get in?!