LOTR wargs

In this post we have a couple of wargs from Games Workshop Lord of the Rings game. I never really liked the game, but the models (the metal ones especially) have always been really good.

I never collected any, especially for gaming purposes, but I enjoy painting some here and there.

As mentioned in the previous post, a former coworker of IlVJ passed away and his wife gave him some models, these two are from that lot.

At the moment I'm still waiting for the pallet with all my painting tools and as these two figures were already built, I gave then an undercoat and a coat of paint, just to keep the brush moving.

These will be used in RPGs and random games, they might not see much use soon, but they were a lot of fun to paint and are one more step in the project of painting all of Tsuchiya San figures.

 

Lord of the Rings wargs. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Some unusual models

 This week we have the first of a few posts that will irregularly appear.

As readers might already know, IlVJ worked for Games Workshop Japan for some 7 years in the early 2000s.

After he left and the Japanese branch was restructured, most of his co-workers also left the company.

One of them, Tsuchiya San, ended up opening an independent store with another guy from GW Japan.

Unfortunately Tsuchiya San recently passed away and his wife donated his collection to former co-worker and friends in the hope that his miniatures would find a new home.

My brother sent most of these figures to me since he does not have much space in Japan and I am (at least I was before the move) a more prolific painter, so that we can honor the memory of his friend and fulfill his wife's wish.

So far I managed to restore some figures he had already painted and get to us chipped and a bit damaged. More stuff will come in the future without a plan and whenever I manage to complete something.

I will make sure to point out which are Tsuchiya San figures every time I post some of them.

The first little bunch are some Warhammer Fantasy Skinks.

Skinks salamander handlers. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Tsuchiya San and refurbished by Ginzio

Chameleon skins scouts. Citadel, painted by Tsuchiya San and refurbished by Ginzio

More refurbishments

 This week we have more refurbished models.

The first three are Warzone figures, specifically Tribes of the Earth Templar horde troopers. As before they had been dipped and I went over and highlighted them a bit.

The other one is a Dark Eldar figure. I was never a fan of the concept of Dark Eldar, but this was a model I was gifted by a friend half painted for a Necromunda game. 

She was used as a Necromunda hive scum, after more than fifteen years I decided to quickly finish it and get it done with.

Templars horde troopers. 28mm, Heartbreaker, painted by Ginzio

Dark Eldar, Necromunda underhive scum. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Some refurbished models

 This week I have some old Warzone figures that I had painted with a quickshade years ago, and now decided to highlight a bit to improve them a bit.

A few years back I had a period of heavy use of the quickshade/dipping product, the idea was that if they were models I would probably never paint, I might as well dip them to get them on the table. Some of them will probably never be touched up (I have a good amount of 40K and fantasy orks done like this), but who knows? I might end up highlighting some of them once in a while.

For now I have these first edition Warzone models for you:

Dark Legion Hellfire Cart and High templar of Ilian. 28mm, Heartbreaker, painted by Ginzio

Tatsu, Mishima personality. 28mm, Heartbreaker, painted by Ginzio

The first models from Italy

 I made it back to Italy. The first few weeks were very busy dealing with the bureaucratic monsters of this country, but now I'm kind of settled and ready to go.

I brought my paints and few brushes with me, but the bulk of the stuff is still on a boat crossing the ocean.

The urge to do some painting finally won and I pulled out some figures that had been kicking around for almost 10 years here, an old primer can and tried to see what I could do.

The results are not great, the main missing item is my magnifying lens, so painting is way harder than it should be, but I managed to complete a couple of figures and have another 2 or 3 on the way.

Ork boy with heavy bolta and Dok of the Bad Moon clan. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Another forgotten mini

 With me in Canada and IlVJ in Japan for many years and models brought back to Italy on a regular basis, it is not surprising that some of them were forgotten and never got pictures taken.

Here is another odd one, an Iron Maiden Eddie, the one from the Killers cover, that IlVJ bought in a herocliks pack and repainted.

It is really just a fun figure, not intended for any game, but it might see some action as a zombie or in a Cyberpunk/Shadowrun kind of RPG.

Iron Maiden Killers Eddie. roughly 28mm, WizKidz, painted by IlVJ

Forgotten miniatures

 This is a couple of miniatures we painted long time ago, but for some reason never got around to photograph.

Night Goblin from the Skull Pass starter set. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

This was a test model for the skull pass guys that ended up being goblins of Khorne.

He will join some other goblin unit in the army.

Dwarf giant slayer. 28mm, Citadel, painted by IlVJ

First post from Italy

 Hi all, I am back in Italy.

The move is not complete yet, I have a whole pallet of stuff that has just been picked up in Canada and will get here somewhere around mid October.

In the meantime I tried to do a bit of painting, but without my trusty lens, at almost 50, I am struggling a bit, so that is slow going.

I took the opportunity to sort through some figures and reorganize something and I found I had a few models that needed to be photographed and posted.

I will try to stretch this into two posts, just to have something to share over a couple of weeks.

As some of you might remember, my brother got together with our old friend Tino last year and was very kindly gifted some old stuff. Tino also gave my brother some pieces he had painted for display, Tino was never much of a gamer, but always had an artistic streak and preferred painting over gaming.

These are a few of his works from high school (late 80s, very early 90s). Very typical of those years.

Champion of Nurgle with the arm of a Great Unclean One. 28mm, Citadel, converted and painted by Tino.

Champion of Nurgle with defeated enemy vignette. 28mm, Citadel, converted and painted by Tino.

Troll drummer. 28mm, Heartbreaker, converted and painted by Tino.

Few more figures from Japan

 IlVJ has finished few more figures for his Realm of Chaos Khorne warband, a few goblins with bows, led by a chieftain with mustache.

Very nice oldhammd models sculpted by Bob Olley, Tom Meyer and Kev Adams, all classic and excellent sculpts.

Seven goblin of Khorne with bows, led by a mustachioed chieftain. 28mm, Citadel and Ral Partha, painted by IlVJ

The last Canadian miniatures

 I painted the last two miniatures I'll do in Canada before the move. I won't call these the last Canadian miniatures ever because one can never know, but they are the last for now.

I acquired these two guys in a lot I traded for some painting and, since I had a unit of 23 spearmen, adding these two to make it 25 strong seemed just the right thing to do.

They are orcs from the Fantasy Warriors boxed game, a Warhammer like game produced by Grenadier Models in the mid 90s, a pretty good game, but it could never (for obvious reasons) compete with the heavy weight of fantasy wargaming.

I painted orange and will use them as hobgoblin mercenaries.

There were 7 or 8 more in the lot, but I sent them to my brother, I don't think I need to paint more of these guys.

Hobgoblin Mourngul Renegades mercenaries. 28mm, Grenadier models, painted by Ginzio

IlVJ to the rescue

 As hoped, IlVJ finished another long time coming small project.

He finished the Nightmare Legion, a Warhammer third edition Regiment of Renown that beloged to our friend Cesku when we were teenagers.

He added a similar looking champion to bring the unit to 25 models, a nice large block of skeleton spearmen to fend off the enemy.

He went for a classic red and black colour scheme that looks really striking.

The Nightmare Legion of Ennio Mordini and Renzo Avanti. 28mm, Citadel, painted by IlVJ

A little break

The time has finally come for me to move back to Italy.

I am currently packing all my stuff and getting ready to fly back in august. For this reason I'm not going to be painting any more of my stuff, it is much easier to move unpainted models than painted ones, so I'll still be painting for my friends, but not for myself.

If IlVJ finishes something I will surely post it, but on my end there will probably be nothing until September.

I hopepeople won't loose interest and still come to visit the Owl Bear's Lair when I get back to posting.

Cheers everyone, see you soon

Esci British infantry Indian war "Kiber pass"

 This is another 80s Esci set that I was given by my friend Felè that I finally got around to paint and base for use with One hour Wargames rules.

I had previously painted the Muslim warriors set from Esci and now I can finally play games using these figures.

They will be small affairs, but it is all about the nostalgia e having a game that we could only dream of when we were kids in the 80s.

Box art

A unit of explorers. 1/72, Esci, painted by Ginzio

Infantry fighting in close quarters.  1/72, Esci, painted by Ginzio

Infantry shooting.  1/72, Esci, painted by Ginzio

Indian infantry shooting.  1/72, Esci, painted by Ginzio

The contingent deployed