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	Skeleton Chariot I rather like these old style bone wagons.
	Skeleton chariot The other chariot.
	Skeleton Cavalry The breastplate armor is a neat production simplification: You can glue it on normal skeleton bodies if you like.
	Skeleton Cavalry And for a change, realistic length lances. Unfortunately rather brittle too.
	Undead Army Part of my undead army.
	Undead Army Showing cavalry, mummies and archers.
	Undead Army Infantry on display.
	Undead Cavalry This is from a Ral Partha boxed set called Lord Soth's Charge, of Dragonlance fame. The figures are based on a Keith Parkinson painting, and they're very nice if rather brittle.
	Undead Cavalry That's old Soth himself.
	Undead Cavalry The figures are a bit irritating: one of the poses makes it impossible to place a figure on its right side as the spear is sticking way out.
	Zombie Dragon Detail on the tail.
	Undead Cavalry More Soth and his boys.
	Vampires The obligatory Sucker Section. I think these are RAFM miniatures. While they are rather small, they're really nice.
	Vampires The lady is positively petite.
	Vampires I really like this pose, it evokes a classic Nosferatu feeling.
	Mummies The guys in the rear ranks are from HeroWuest, while the front rank is Ral Partha or RAFM, I forget which. In any case, laughably puny compared to their fellows. Oh, and catch a glimpse of the dreaded Disco King...
	Ethereals Ghostly figures from way back. No idea who made these.
	Doomed Legion Or Legion of Doom or whatever. In any case, this a collection of figures done by Denizen in the 80's.
	Skeleton Archers A mix of different manufacturers, Citadel plastics, Denizen, Ral Partha.
	Skeletons Classic sword'n'shield skellies. Mostly plastic Citadel.
	Skeletons Looks like one metal figure has been included.
	Zombie Dragon The windpipe and ribs are nice touches. Tom's a genius, to this date GW has not been able to put out a better zombie dragon.
	Skeleton Spearmen The spears aren't very numerous... I guess I'll need more.
	Undead Command Various undead hero types. Mostly Citadel metals though the standard bearer is one of the few Reaper minis I have.
	Lord Helmet of the Undead And here's Lord Helmet, scourge of the living and dread to all.
	Undead Doggies Actually, these are Hounds of Tindalos from Grenadier or RAFM (forget which), but they make rather nice undead doggies, don't you think? Now, if I could only remember how I painted these...
	Undead Doggie Closeup on a Hound of Tindalos.
	Skeletons Even though I have my doubts about its usability on a battlefield, the scythe is a classic skeleton weapon.
	Skeletons These are from HeroQuest.
	Empire forces Or pseudo-landsknechts, if you prefer.
	Halberdiers These are all from BattleMasters, and they're rather crappy figures to be blunt.
	Halberdiers Closeup on halberdiers.
	Iron Dragon This is from Grenadier's Dragon of the Month series. I got quite a few of those, but I think this turned out best so far.
	Cannons Yes, I was really this cheap.
	Cannon This is from BattleMasters.
	Standard Bearer This figure is actually from the first edition BattleSystem box.
	Crossbowmen Again, from BattleMasters.
	Crossbowmen As you can see, they are really crappy miniatures. They take just as long to paint as good miniatures, if not longer, but the results are never as good. I wonder why I bothered...
	Crossbowmen These are original Citadel release of these feudal crossbowmen, sculpted by the Perry twins. Later the same models were released by Foundry.
	Crossbowmen Citadel was experimenting with plastic bits for figures - these crossbows are plastic. As I understand it, the Founry re-issues have metal bows.
	Archers Again, these are from BattleMasters. I've actually painted everything from the set except for the Chaos thugs, orcs and goblins. Scary, huh?
	Archers Closeup on the horrible BattleMasters archers.
	Gorgons I bought these to make a custom chariot, but the chariot bit never got made...
	Iron Dragon Again, it's actually just a pretty basic drybrushing job, but for this subject it works.
	Gorgon Not very exciting, just black and drybrush.
	Complete Adventurer This is an old Citadel Limited Edition figure.
	Complete Adventurer Sort of a joke about RPG characters who carry insane amounts of equipment, this guy has everything AND a kitchen sink! Should have painted it more colorfully, though.
	Ancient Galleys These are 1/1200 galleys from NavWar.
	Ancient Galleys Yes, I know they left the sails away when fighting, but they just look so much better with the sail.
	Ancient Galleys I think these are actually Byzantine dromons.
	Cossack I got this as a freebie from Foundry.
	Cossack Yes, the color scheme is intentionally goofy.
	Undead A lone skeleton lost from his fellows.
	Jet Bike This is the original WH40K jet bike, Mk14 Bullock if I recall correctly. The rider is an Imperial Guard conversion.
	Pet Dragon This is a cute Grenadier model. It was originally painted in enamels and later partly repainted (the drybrush). Should have gone all the way.
	Jet Bike Jet Bike from the front. I actually originally got two, but I chopped the other one up and converted it into a spaceship.
	Jet Bike Every dime counts...
	Pet Dragon The mono-color collar and spine don't look good compared to the rest of the model.
	Nightgaunts I'm not sure whether these are Grenadier or RAFM. IIRC, Grenadier held the Call of Cthulhu license for a while before RAFM acquired it. Then Grenadier basically just relabeled their figures and sold them as generic horror stuff.
	Nightgaunt It's difficult to see, but the figure is not actually black, but very very dark blue.
	Hunting Horror Or at least I think it's a Hunting Horror... Grenadier and among the first miniatures I got. It's been repainted, you can see the original paintjob in the 'Trouble in the Snow' pictorial.
	Hunting Horror With such a huge bulging eye, I should have given it a slit pupil or something.
	Moomin Assault Squad These are actually made from vinyl keychain figures.
	Moomin Assault Squad Actually, I'm not too happy with the repaint. The moomins are so round and smooth that the wash wouldn't stay in the crevices.
	Pan Tangian tiger handler These are old Citadel figures they did to support the launch of the GW edition of Stormbringer. I curse myself for not buying more of these... well, the current elves are still somewhat in the style of the Melniboneans, but you just get anything like these Pan Tangians anymore. Actual Babylonians are close, but not quite the same thing.
	Pan Tangian tiger handler Closeup of the handler.
	Pan Tangian tigers Ofcourse, they look nothing like real tigers. It's so easy to fall into the trap of general stereotypes like 'horses are brown, period' and paint animals in way more monotone colors than they really are - the end result resembles those cheap plastic farmyard and jungle sets more than real animals.
	Werebear Old Grenadier 25mm.
	Werebear You can clearly see how it's been ruined by bad varnish. Now that I look at this, I can't help but wonder how on earth I let this go on for so long before ditching the offending varnish? I always thought I did something wrong and the varnish was really ok. Yeah, right...
	Big Guys A collection of ogre-ish figures from a variety of manufacturers.
	Skragg the Slaughterer This was originally a Citadel Limited Edition figure, but I think it was later relaunched as part of their ogre lineup.
	Skragg the Slaughterer This is done entirely in enamels, very very long ago. I still think it's among my best work, ever. Sad, huh?
	Skragg the Slaughterer Back view. You might not see it, but the base is actually rather bent. At the time I was using Bostik contact glue for fixing metal miniatures to bases. Bostik has a high content of solvents (it's a classic favorite of glue-sniffers) and those solvents work havoc on the plastic bases. And it's not even very good glue! Oh why, oh why I didn't just buy 2-component epoxy glues?
	Giant Orc A Grenadier model, if I'm not mistaken. You'll note that by this time I had shedded the 'orcs are vegetables' brainwashing by GW.
	Giant Orc You'll note that this is in the classic 'pig face' style of orcs. Too bad you can't get them anymore. I really like the musculature on this model and I think it ranks among my best work from the early acrylic period.
	Ogre This is a very old Citadel ogre from a set called 'Chaos Marauders'. I think I still have the booklet with the official stats - from the time Warhammer had letter codes for toughness. These miniatures were already very old by the time I got them, and this one sat rather long in the painting queue. The mace head had snapped off so that had to be fixed.
	Ogre You'll note that this is another model ruined by the bad varnish.
	Big Ogre This is the plastic ogre from the Milton Bradley game BattleMasters. I stuck on a Citadel plastic shield but otherwise it's vanilla. If I recall correctly, Citadel also made a very similar model in metal.
	BloodBowl Ogres I didn't play BloodBowl, I just got these because they looked cool.
	BloodBowl Ogre Small compared to some other ogres, but still towering over puny humans.
	BloodBowl Ogre This one was miscast. I fashioned the ball and chain from the remains of the miscast hand, a bit of chain and some epoxy filler, which is okay for filling in seams and such, but does not really have sculpting qualities.
	Thrud The original Thrud the Barbarian Limited Edition from Citadel. I really wish I had painted him better.
	Samurai Cavalry The one on the left is Grenadier, the one on the right is from Dixon. AD&D Oriental Adventures had just come out and we just had to play it.
	Samurai Cavalry Closeup of the Grenadier samurai.
	Samurai Cavalry Dixon samurai. I think this has been partly repainted at later date.
	Samurai Cavalry At the time, my character in our Kara-Tur campaign was a member of the Tomato clan - thus the banner.
	Wolf This is an original Citadel LotR goblin woflrider wolf. The poor goblin lost his leg in my inexperienced hands...
	Assorted Adventurers A bunch of old figures, Grenadier, Citadel and some I can't place.
	Adventurers The guy on the left is a Citadel fighter, repainted. The one on the right came from a Kinder egg.
	Clerics Citadel and I don't know what. Both have been repainted at later date.
	Wizards Both are Citadel, but the one on the right is an original LotR Gandalf. Rather good, especially considering it's done in enamels. Way better than most of my work from that period.
	Elves Two Citadel elves, one being of the dark variety.
	Fighters The one on the left is old Citadel (note the added rapier in the left hand - I think this was made specifically to model a PC). The knight is old Grenadier.
	Evil Cleric I think this came with the original BattleSystem box.
	Rohan Warrior More of the old Citadel LotR figures. Ugly, isn't it? I wonder if he's tournament legal? After all, it IS an official Citadel LotR figure.
	Half-orcs Citadel half-orcs. The one on the right was modeled after a specific PC, named Denethor III.
	Extra crew The Grenadier war engine crew kit I used for the war turtle conversion came with four crew, but only three would fit in the howdah. Thus this guy was left over. He's vaguely asiatic, but impossible to place exactly.
	Chaos Sorcerer The original Citadel chaos sorcerers came with these neat little familiars.
	Chaos Sorcerer And this is the other chaos sorcerer I got. Note the treebark base. I personally think this is among the best man-size work I did with enamels during my 'double drybrush' period.
	Chaos Sorcerer Closeup shows the double drybrush effects.
	Paladins Old Citadel paladins. These guys demonstrate the 'ink-on-bare-metal' style.
	Paladin Old Citadel paladin. Enamels and ink on bare metal.
	Paladin Old Citadel paladin. Enamels and ink on metal. If you look closely, you will note that his pants are silver too - I guess I missed that detail when I painted him.
	Fighters An old Citadel paladin (painted in variant skin tone as an experiment) and a dark elf warrior.
	Fighters A very old elf chick, repainted at least once, from an unknown manufacturer and a Citadel half-orc.
	Adventurers A converted (the beard) Citadel elf and I think the mage is Grenadier.
	Fighters More oldies from the Citadel Chaos Marauders box.
	Adventurers The mummy is from HeroQuest while the wizard is from the old Citadel Chaos Marauders box set.
	Halfling Old Citadel. I did not paint this one.
	Chaos Army Chaos warriors through the ages assemble for battle...
	Chaos Warriors Both are old Citadel. The one on the left was actually sold as 'evil fighter' while the one on the ledt is from the Chaos Marauders box set.
	Chaos Wizard From HeroQuest. One of the better miniatures in that set, actually.
	Kaleb Daark Ah yes, the venerable Kaleb with the DreadAxe. Remember him? I even got the eyes almost right... Why didn't I buy Jaek and Helwud while I was at it? Oh, bugger!
	Kaleb Daark Where is Malal these days anyway? Haven't heard anything from him in ages... Unfortunately, this great miniature was also ruined by bad varnish. Aaaaargh!
	Chaos Warriors These came with HeroQuest. Note the dynamic single pose.
	Chaos Warriors These guys are from the BattleMasters game.
	Chaos Warriors The BattleMasters warriors up close. These are actually rather good models. The cape does a lot in hiding the imperfections of single pose plastics.
	Chaos Warriors Original Citadel Chaos Warriors from way back.
	Chaos Warriors More original Citadel Chaos Warriors. These were among the first models I painted with acrylics.
	Chaos Warriors As you can see, this was in my 'stupid slogans in ink' period.
	Chaos Warriors Back then every figure Citadel put out was individually named. One of these guys is called Papworth Organgrinder, I just fail to remember which one.
	Chaos Warrior This figure demonstrates the 'blades in bare metal' technique.
	Red Redemptionists These are one of the old Citadel Regiments of Renown, though I actually bought the late-80's reissue.
	Red Redemptionists These were the last figures to be ruined by the bad varnish. After spending quite some time with these, I just completely swore off brush on varnish.
	Red Redemptionists Champion and musician. The old Regiments of Renown followed the same basic pattern: commander, standard bearer, champion, musician and a number of identical trooper models.
	Red Redemptionists Basic troopers.
	Red Redemptionists The leader. Note the detail on the book cover. It's supposed to be some sort of chaos tome of whatever.
	Red Redemptionists Standard bearer. This is my first attempt at blending.
	Demons I think these are Grenadier.
	Demons They're pretty boring, really. I wonder what the heck I was thinking at the time...
	Chaos Dwarfs Original Citadel Chaos Drwarf, before the silly hats / Babylonia motif.
	Chaos Dwarfs Originally, these came in a boxed set of, I believe, seven dwarfs. One of them was never painted.
	Zombie Dragon This is a Tom Meier classic from 80's.
	Chaos Dwarfs More chaos. These are among the last figures I did with enamels.
	Chaos Dwarf I particularly liked this guy, for whatever reason.
	Chaos Dwarfs More chaotic stunties from the 80's.
	Chaos Dwarf Shield He's obtained the Demonic Shield: Hideous Visage (cause Terror 12" radius) Chaos Gift.
	Dark Elves My small Dark Elf 'army'.
	Dark Elves Crossbow elves from Grenadier, scuplted by Mark Copplestone.
	Dark Elves Closeup on the crossbows.
	Dark Elves artillery Original Citadel Dark Elf Repeating Crossbow from way back. I have to admit that the new model looks better, though.
	Undead Chariots These are the old Citadel plastic skeleton chariots.
	Undead Cavalry Old Citadel plastic undead cavalry. Remember when you got eight of them in a box?
	Zombie Dragon I really like this figure, and I think it's among the best work I've done with enamels. This is largely done with successive levels of drybrushing.