Refurbished RPG miniatures

 This is the second batch of models that I received from Luca and that I restored.

These are a few D&D models, old Ral Partha and Citadel pre-slotta pieces that I really enjoyed fixing up. The two Three-Kreen I would not have painted green, but that's how they came and I wanted to keep the models in the colours they were originally painted in.

Female frost giant. 25mm, Ral Partha, refurbished by Ginzio

A couple of Thri-Kreen of Athas. 25mm, Ral Partha, refurbished by Ginzio

Were(teddy)bear and werewolf. 25mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

An unexpected surprise

 This is the first of three posts about some models I was gifted by my friend Luca.

One of his coworker is a long time D&D player and gave him, a while back, a little box of old miniatures because Luca is a very active (and very good) game master of all sorts of Rpgs.

Luca, when I came back from Canada, gave that box to me since I am the miniatures guy in our gaming group.

The figures had a quite good paint job, but is a slightly dated style, so I gave them a wash and a few highlights to modernize them a bit and stuck them on some bases to make handling them safer.

There were three batches of figures, this is the first one, a bunch of old Ral Partha, Grenadier and Metal Magic pieces for The Call of Cthulhu.

They are a great addition to mine and IlVJ collections, really lovely models, many thanks to Luca and his coworker for their generosity.

I'll try to put these to good use as soon as possible.

Intrepid dilettante investigator. 28mm, Grenadier models, refurbished by Ginzio

Deep ones. 28mm, Ral Partha (I think), refurbished by Ginzio

Mi-Go, my favorite model of the whole lot. 28mm, Grenadier models, refurbished by Ginzio

Serpent people. 28mm, Metal Magic and Ral Partha, refurbished by Ginzio

Servitor of the outer gods. 28mm, Metal Magic, refurbished by Ginzio

Battletech clan vehicles

 It looks like I should manage to post on a weekly base again, after the move, the settling down, the distractions, I am back to a somewhat normal painting and modelling schedule.

Here in Italy I have a more active social life, I play more games (rpg at the moment) and I go out with friends and family more often, but I should still be able to keep a decent production rate.

I will also reduce commission painting to a minimum, just doing some figures for friends here and there, so most of the painting will be for myself.

This week I have a trio of models I painted as Battletech Clan hover tanks, they are from RAFM I believe, produced under license for an old game called "Renegades". It was a miniature vehicles game that also spawned an rpg, but I know very little about it.

I got these, as most of my figures in Canada, from my friend Dave, in a trade for some painting.

They have a quite sleek look and I thought they would fit as clan machines.

Clans don't use many vehicles, but I decided to include them in my smaller clan forces to add a bit of variety.

Hephaestus of Clan Diamond Shark. 1/286, RAFM painted by Ginzio

Hephaestus of Clan Jade Falcon. 1/286, RAFM painted by Ginzio

Hephaestus of Clan Wolf. 1/286, RAFM painted by Ginzio

Finally something painted

 I managed to finish something. It is a unit of Warhammer 40K ogryn that I managed to put together over the years.

the leader (the one in the center) is an old Rogue Trader model by Bob Olley, an absolute treat to paint. It is supposed to have a back banner, but I don't have the original piece, so I decided to omit it for now and see if I have the will power to build one and paint a banner for its back.

The three identical models are from 3rd edition, the model was a special character called Nork Deddog, but I managed to gather three of them and use them as troops.

The last one is a 4th edition one, much bigger than the other ones, but I don't really care too much, it feels like the big guy in the unit.

Imperial Guard Ogry squad. Citadel 28mm, painted by Ginzio