Sci-fi Aenur and a Pig from Space

And to prove that I actually do paint .... if not often then occasionally  :)


Sci-Fi Aenur 
First, I took part in a little challenge in the awesome Emporium of Rogue Dreams Facebook group.

The Challenge was rather simple, as it appeared that so many people had an unloved Aenur laying around, that it was only natural that the participants tried to comes up with the best repurposing of this unloved miniature.

Unfortunately I gave up my piece many years ago, but a fellow member kindly donated a copy.

So all I had to then was start chopping up the Mordheim Elf Hired Sword, and convert it into a sci-fi miniature - rather simple :)

So right after receiving it i put clippers to the miniature, as I knew that the more I look at it, the more sorry I'd feel about doing it.

So took me just a few hours turning this:

into this:

Rather straight forward head and weapon swap. Only real challenge was the repositioning of the right arm.

And then I had like 10 weeks to paint it. But like everything else in my life it ended up being a last minute thing. But as always, I managed to finish, of course. So, here is my Wasteland Aenur:

I haven't painted anything Sci Fi in years but now feeling the Sci-Fi painting mojo again I recently grabbed another Sci-fi piece I have had sitting here for long.

A Pig in Space

The miniature is a custom made/private sculpt given to me as a present due my long recovery fase - and in return of this great gesture, I've actually painted it, now.

The miniature is as said a costume made sculpt and made in a kind of homage to an unreleased Foundry range of Sci-Fi Pig Faced Orcs, that John Pickford did some years ago. It's a terrific sculpt that's made in a lovely retro Sci-fi style but with a nice WW1 vibe to it.

Hopefully Foundry will soon release all his brothers, as this guy is getting lonely and could use some company.

Ewal Dvergar

For last round of the Brush Slave League I had to go with the Ewal Dvergar from my own little range of miniatures. Theme was actually doing mounted miniatures,but with this pile of pure new lead just arrived here, I just had to do some of them.

So here is my Round 8 - and final - team for the 2012/13 season:

A mixed bag as there is 4 set #2's, 1 set#1 and then an old Citadel Chaos Dwarf Crossbowman.

The 4 form set #2 are:

Clam Minis: Ewal Dvergar Core Warriors set #2

All using bits for the new set #2 release

Also a Dvergr from set #1 sneaked aboard. Was made ready for a previous entry but never finished. Round 8 seems like the right time doing him.

Clam Minis: Ewal Dvergar Core Warriors set #2

The 6th guy on this team is an old Citadel Chaos Dwarf Crossbow man. Reason for doing him was that John and I are actually planning on doing a Crossbow Warrior upgrade for the Ewal Dvergar. First step, has been creating a suitable crossbow, so this one here was sculpted and mastered with the second batch of Dvergar.
Having the crossbow in hand, I really had to see how it looked in the hands of a dwarf - and for that the Citadel Chaos Dwarf was perfect - and suits him quite well, I think :-)

Citadel: Chaos Dwarf Crossbow 2

And before I leave you all, I'd like to congratulate Jaeckel, Brush Slave Champion 2012/13. He did an incredible job, this hole season. A deserved winner of our second season. Way to go Jaeckel - and your prizes have just been sent.

Will look forward seeing your painted version of this BSL Mad Painter.

Gunline taking shape

Don't have much time for playing with my miniatures - but the dream keeps this project alive - creating a WfB Chaos Dwarf army.

So the 'Blunderbuss' unit starts to take shape. Still need to find a suitable model for the rare ranks. Thought of using old Citadel Chaos Dwarfs with plastic crossbows giving them a suitable blunderbuss replacement.

Here is the 12 man unit (thought it's only 10 man and a Swivel Gun). Mix of Twisted Tales and old Citadel and Marauder Miniatures.

 And a few close ups:

Master of Puppets

Today's post is actually an old piece. The 'mini-diorama' was actually meant for the 10th Golden Hat competition at the Chaos Dwarf Online forum in November 2009. But like always, I fail making deadlines,but I finished it in Marts 2010.

It's meant to represent a Chaos Dwarf and his fly creature - the great Taurus - and to be used for Warhammer Fantasy Battles. But as I had the Big Hat/Bull approach to the Chaos Dwarfs, I choose something different.

The miniature used are the awesome HM009 Azaroth the Fallen One Daemon from Heresy Miniatures and an old Citadel Chaos Zombie Dwarfs. To make the conversion work I had to sculpt the guy a new right arm. The rest is pretty much straight out of the box, really.

Here are a few more pictures: