Monday, March 30, 2026

Old School - Adepticon 26

I attended Acon this year, for the first time in a while, and had a really great time. Reconnected with old friends, got to know some new ones better. Bought some beautiful new things and, naturally, found a few well used old ones.

A friend pursuaded me to try AOS (..it was part of a deal).

So.. what better way to start playing a game than by entering a fun narrative tourney and spending a day being schooled.

I took the army I have painted - with a few pieices quickly rebased to match.

The Doom Diver - Scratch built in.. 2003? needed serious cleaning and repairs. Sometime soon, after further restoration, I'll showcase it in more detail.

My opponents were all gracious and patient teachers and I had a lot of fun playing.

My rank and flank brain found the game a bit cluttered and abstract. There was not a lot of opportunity for classic tactics and the number of special abilities slowed things down (for me anyway).

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I also got the opportunity to play a classic game of 6th ed. WFB

Introduced and set up to meet via my local club's Discord channel, my gobbos swapped some chariots for some orc boys, to face Caleb's Dwarves.

It gave me the excuse to bring a couple of classic buildings, red pastic charge tokens, and a pair of artillery dice that seemed to be firmly on the goblin side.

The resultant stubborn quagmire of out-numbered dwarves locked in a war of attrition was inevitable

Adepticon was a wonderful show

Next time I'm gonna think smaller and more portable

Cheers

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

2025 was very productive

At the beginning of the year I gathered together the miniatures I had previously started but left unfinished. And undertook the lofty goal of getting them all done before moving on to other projects. I have marked off what I actually finished

https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2025/01/setting-myself-up-to-fail.html

Did I move on to other projects? Of course I did. Mostly because I have found a great new group of gamers to hang with, and I really enjoyed the flow of enthusiasm in new directions.

Shout out to everyone in Fractured Realms for getting me out of the basement.

Stuff I painted this year:

* Click on the pics to enlarge them *

The Premise of this blog is Pre-Slotta Citadel Miniatures (1978 -1985) so lets start there

Group shot - Pre Slotta Citadel painted in 2025

As a straight count its about 43 minis - But with 4 mounted and 4 really large pieces I reckon my goal of a model each week was met.

The giant, the demons and C series goblin sets I posted previously - Just go back a couple of posts

Last of the C21 Mounted Gnolls, and a couple of minor conversions.

Some additional FF goblins to fill in a regiment

An assortment of uncommon figures

Star Trek ST range Vulcan (She makes a great priestess or noblewoman for the other Citadel 25mm FS villagers), Manchester Rabbit (Store opening 1982), Mail Order Chaos Duck, and an "unreleased" version of the FF46 Caveman.

Other Citadel Miniatures (with them newfangled slotta bases)

I completed a few more of the Citadel/Marauder villagers and townfolk

My old Dark Elves were pressed into service to play several games of One Page Rules Fantasy Regiments. For the escalation based league I needed a new leader:

6th edition Sorceress on 5th edition dark Pegasus.

I also re-based this 1999 Gamesday Hydra sculpted by everyone favourite Monstergirl Trish. It had never actually seen play before but performed admirably in battle.

Other Metals

Some old monsters

Grenadier Fantasy Lords 183 - skeletal dragonmen to complete the tray (there are 3 doubles).

A Ral Partha sabertooth who really didn't photograph very well

Grenadier MM49 - Medusa

Wonderful John Dennett sculpt from the Monster Manual series

A Burrows and Budgers warband:

A couple from Oathsworn: - The fox with the raised sword and the sweet hedgehog. The knight is from On the Lamb Games 2013. The smaller critters are by Splintered Light, and the toad wizard is by the wonderful Delany King.

https://www.delaneyking.com/new-products/spell-toads

There were also a very few assorted 25-28mm NPCs that will go into a future post

Whimsey (something of a departure for me)

This is my take on Allsorts from my friend 5R's Sugar Candy Miniatures range. Resin Print

https://sugar-candy-miniatures.itch.io/snak28

One-Piece Plastics

Plastic characters from boxed games - Sorry guys, no one cares what your names are.

DS, C, AQ, C, HQ, HQ, AQ, BR, HQ, ZBP, DS

Dungeon Saga (2014, Mantic), Conan (Monolith), Altar Quest (Blacklist), HeroQuest (Hasbro 2021), Bloodrage (CMON), and Zombicide Black Plague (CMON).

Two Wizkids Gas Spores, Hell hounds from Descent (2005 FFG) and a Reaper Bones Hell Hound.

..and I really need to keep better notes on resin prints, which is what the skull piles and wyrdstone markers are.

More Large Things

Landship - Printed resin - Last Sword Miniatures

Realtively easy to print and assemble, this model has lovely sharp details. I have not painted a crew for her yet and she may need more decoration.

I added a number of buildings to my growing town this year. This one really stands out.

Windmill - Printed PLA - Black Scroll Games

I added a new neighborhood to my Morheim Ruins

These are resin prints by Gothic Things (some modified)

This year's gentle goals

Citadel preslotta - I'm considering Regiments of Renown and C26 Men at Arms

I am signed up for a couple of up-coming Mordheim events and have original models that need attention and new things that fit with them.

NPC's - Continue to fill out a towns worth of everyday folk.

Small groups of mini's for playing games. Whatever direction that leads; from Hairfoot Jousting to Gaslands.

..and maybe i'll get to some more of the unfinished monsters.

Cheers!

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Old Demons

Tony Akland's massive demons

Annouced in August 1984 and featured in the Citadel Third Compandium these large metal demons

were part of the Arcane Monstrosities series.

Click on the pics to enlarge

TA1-1 Golgoth, Mighty Lord of Balrogs

I added the collar to cover the awkward join at the neck

80mm oval base

TA1-2 A-Angor Demon King

Giagantic Balrog, Slayer of Gods, etc, etc..

80mm oval base

TA8 Saator, Gigantic Demon Lord

about 60mm tall on a 60mm oval base

Between the three of them they weigh a kilo

or 2lb 4oz in old money

I'm already working on a my next post - a year in review with everything I painted in 2025 and a look ahead at projects for this year. So check back in a day or two

Cheers

Caius