The "Wish they were still here" category... Ilyad minis uncovered!

I accidentally ran across these images as I was searching for something else.  A number of of of my favorite minis from Ilyad.

These were always very fun!  I have more of these to show you.

Our quest for the expanded RAM capabilities met a major snag, as just about every attempt to increase RAM has over the years.  Not sure why, but it always works out that way.  So we are stuck at 1 Gig for now.

Powering up, Easterling Kataphrakt command

We will be getting a very early start today on another Kickstarter Quest... this time to boost the RAM on the machine from 1G of RAM to 4G.  The editing software needs a minimum of 2G, and these video files are going to be pretty huge, so it was advised to go big.

I was very big on my Easterling cavalry, as it was a vital cog in my Axles of Evil army for Bibo's Bash in November.

This was a converted War Drum figure, using some Lizardman bits.

The accidental champion had to have his sword replaced anyway, since it was little more than a twisted chunk of pewter by the time it got to me.  So, I took the sword from a chaos warrior and replaced it.  He became the unit captain.

Here we have the War priest, Captain and Black Dragon

I think most of you have seen the converted banner figure.  Tomb King bit, and then my patented green stuff/tin foil banner.  You can see the posts on how these were made as well by doing a search...

And the whole group!  Now I have to get some sleep, since we leave in about 4+ hours...

More individual shots of the Easterling Kataphrakts

It just occurred to me that I never took true individual shots of the various Lord of the Rings figures from my Bilbo's Bash tournament armies aside from the heroes and such.

So, I started out by snapping some pictures of the Kataphrakts.  These first miniatures were the 'grunts'.  Later I will post the command figures and group shots.

I did add some extra things here and there, such as the skulls on the saddle of this guy, as well as a few pointy things on the horse's armor!

More to come!!!

Minis for the Mastadon...

As everyone cleans up wrapping paper and bows, along with broken toys, it's time to show some pictures of the miniatures I used on the Mastodon diorama.  These are some classic Gael warriors from the Celtos line.

I have saved a bunch of these for years, hoping to eventually run some Slaine RPG's.  That systems seemed very interesting.  There are no alignments, and almost no magical weapons that kill eveything in sight on a 1+ :-)

I always enjoyed the wide open surfaces on these, the flesh, shields and armor were mostly unadorned, and that left much more blank canvas for me!!

A few final views of the project as a whole...

And then it is back to work!

Digging up trouble? Another Stonehaven kickstarter Dwarf

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!!  It was pretty busy here.

Now we have another one of those Stonehanven Miniatures Dwarves.  He is North Garrox, Miner.

I had some fun juxtaposing the bright gemstones with the grungy clothing of the dwarf.  Finally, a little Object Source Lighting on the helmet, and a tiny bit of green cast as well from the strange stones!

Can't get enough Mastodon? The more the Merrier!

Happy Holidays!  I hope everyone got what they wanted, or found the things they wanted to get for others! :-)

More pctures of the Mastodon.  This time, some of the crew!

The face painted... no more pink horns!

Mastodon on the March!

Some scouts flanking the Big Guy!

Santa driving his sleigh?

More face...

And another scout!

How many toys can you fit inside the howdah?

Lots of room for passengers too!

Once again, many thanks to all the loyal Wappellians who help keep the blog rolling!  By the beginning of January, it will be 10 months since the start, and it will be close to 500,000 page views!  Pat yourselves on the back!

Best wishes for the Holidays.

The first images of the painted Mastodon

Well, Merry Christmas!  Happy Holidays to one and all!

On this busy day for everyone, I have a little something for you to look at.  Here we have a variety of long distance shots of the painted Mastodon.  For those who did not see the work in progress images, I suggest that you check out those posts from a few days ago.

These long shots give you a pretty good sense of the scale of this piece.

The wooden plaque was pretty huge, and this beast took up a fair chunk of that space. :-)

Well, I hope that Santa brings everybody of very cool stuff!  Take care, and many thanks for helping me to make this blog such a wonderful addition to my own life in 2012!!!