Quick, quick, December is on us we must get to the gatherings!

Ah yes tis the season of heavy clothes for keeping warm and to cover your appearance, food being stored up for a big feast and the sound of bells ringing.

Skavenmas!!... Oh right Christmas

This is just a little post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and put up some photos of various minis that didn't get there own post over the last year.

Report Sierra: Large green foot crushes space marine scouts:

The warband grows and Slegg has been busy, not content with his own gear, he has found and corralled a weirdboy into action.

Ah yes the beloved Ork Psyker. Two mastery levels to choose from (2 or 4), no armour or equipment bar the one wargear card and a tendency to be super vulnerable when a Witch Hunt mission is drawn by the opposing army.

One thing I do love about the old Weirdboys and the Warpheads is the amount of models to choose from. With so much character showing from the grumpy looking Goff one to the Deathskull one that sports sunglasses. I mean just look at this selection!

That's a lot of potential explodin' heads!

I especially like that each clan got there own weirdboy as well as the various neutral options. Along with that is the two one piece weirdboys with minderz (aimed vomit one is excellent). I personally own quite a few of these the two neutral weirdboys (not the one with hair). The Bad Moon, Deathskull, Goff and the right hand side 'heavy night out' one, I also own the screaming at the heavens Bad Moon warphead that was released later on.

They also present a novel challenge for painting as although they are associated with a clan or your army they also should be in bright colours to indicate to the lads that a weirdboy is about.

"Oi Wurrzee!" oh fo da luv of Mork.  "The camera is overhere!"

This is Wurrzee one of the non-clan weirdboys. As you can see despite that I have painted him up in a strong yellow colours so he could be a Bad Moon.

"No not there, stop messin wit dat squig!"

I like this model because he is rather animated about something and his staff for grounding the Waaagh energies is very characterful. All those faces along with the hair, makes it all a bit Temple of Doom.

Right then, who's in charge here?

Been a little while since a major post so let's get going with some 40k Orks just in time for Orktobe.... OK well I may have missed the traditional ork month but that doesn't mean the Orky goodness has to stop, just ask Nazdreg.

Telescope bionic eye? Why is that not a thing??

Why Nazdreg? Well today we are going to be looking at my special character inspired freshly painted Boss man.

No not him, we are not in Cobb County, Georgia

Yes Slegg Bloodnug has finally got a miniature painted up again, that didn't take long did it, hmmm I started this blog in 2015.

I used the original Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub model with a slight conversion. Never really liked how he is waving his power fist in the air, as if to say "Hey look at me!" Also isn't he supposed to have a power claw like the art above suggests?

Not a Power Claw Nazdreg.

It's quiet, too quiet ....

Oh how the days pass so quickly and the chance to write anything interesting is swallowed up by other activities.

Bit of Ian Miller artwork to look at.

This is just a quick post to say that this blog is still active and will be getting some cool updates in the near future. Including more Orks, more Heroquest, more chaotic things, a battle report (2nd Edition style) and maybe even a werewolf!

In the meantime here is a photo of a game of gaslands that I played a few weeks back.

Racing into the lead (not my car).

Until next time.

On the Industrial world of Clarlorn, three independant kill teams investigate reports of an alien disturbance!

What is this 8th Edition 40k Kill Team doing on an oldhammer blog? Well just because the models I paint are oldhammer doesn't mean they can't be used in more modern games. As it came to be on a Bank Holiday afternoon where four squads would do battle.

Yes that is a kill team mat combined with space crusade boards!

All the models expect the Eldar guardians & the Lictor are painted by me (the nurgle space marines are very old so the painting quality isn't great but fine for the tabletop)

Original plan was a five turn game, due to time constraints, rule research and setup it instead ended on turn three.

Enough with the filler, let's introduce the teams:

An Ork walks into a bar ....

... a squig fungus beer please, my good man.

Ah Orks, you have to love the sheer resilience of the greenskin race that war amongst the stars. No matter if they are stomping on Space Marines, Eldar, Tyranids or other races it is always done with joy and glee on there faces.

Fist bump Ork for the win :)

This guy is actually one of the Weirdboy Warphead Minderz that was released, back when Warpheads needed a bodyguard so they didn't charge off with the lads and make everyone's head explode in a glorious technicolor display not far from the end of Kingsman.

That fist bump was a bit too orky! 'Ouch'!

The only issue I had was his left hand which at some point in the past got on the wrong end of some polystyrene cement glue. To solve this I have gone with a battle grazed look to his glove.

I gots me' trusty club, for some krumpin!

As for painting him it is similar in the way I painted the other Goff orks. A white undercoat, followed by black for the armour and gore red for the cloth, with highlights of codex grey and evil sunz red. Metal areas have boltgun metal with a black wash. Various browns for the pouches and club. Nothing too special here but good to get this kind of dorky looking Ork finished.

Until next time ...  when the bugs from space arrive!??

Oh no, evil car driving goblins distracted me!

Oh wow it has been a while since I made a blog post. The reason for that is (well many) but includes new video games, holidays in far flung islands off the coast of Africa & a different tabletop game that has caught my attention.

Yep this is Gaslands and it is really cool. Nothing like hitting the nitro like Vin Diesel in Fast and Furious, racing forward, only to ram into the back of a flamethrower equipped van driven by a nomadic parcel delivery worker.

Dark clouds loom, Maalica Iron Hoof!

What is this? A painting post that has nothing to do with orks! Yep this is an update on some chaos for warhammer fantasy featuring a chaos sorcerer.

Hmm, need to cast some fire magic it's a bit cold!

Stay active, post an update! ... Dark Souls, Sonar and an Ork

Ah yes the blog I knew there was something I needed to do. Indeed creating some interesting posts has been left to one side for a bit due to my focus being taken off mini painting.

Wher' you bin? Da dust mites are gettin ooge!!

However although painting has not been on the agenda actual gaming has taken place. Yes games of the board game Dark Souls where everyone died took place.

My Knight, getting completely wrecked by an angry demon!

Also Captain Sonar a fun game of underwater submarine warfare with lots of commotion, near misses and radio operator failure!

The calm before various bad Russian Sean Connery impersonations.

The only bit of painting I have got done is one Ork boy who isn't quite finsihed yet, however just because I'd like to put up something here is that Ork.

Hair squig implants always rock!

I'll be adding him to a general ork mob when he is complete. On the horizon I have the final Gargoyle and Chaos Sorcerer for Heroquest to paint up and some other models who keep staring at me intently or hoepfully.

Until next time :)

Change the record it's a Magic the Gathering art column.

What do Reality Twist, Verduran Emissary and Look at me I'm the DCI have in common?

"No it isn't that they could be fun in a Bant deck."

The answer is they are one shot magic the gathering artist cards. Yes everyone has that Magic the Gathering artist they love be it Rebecca Guay, John Avon or Aleksi Briclot but for every artist that has contributed numerous pieces of art to the game there are those who have just provided one bit of art for one card.

I thought it would be nice to explore this area for a bit of fun. In total there are 25 MtG cards that have a unique artist so let's dive in chronologically with:

Stasis

Fay Jones is the artist of Stasis and was asked to do the piece as a favour to Richard Garfield in the very first Magic the Gathering set. Unique with the abstract choice of a clown and Jackal balancing on a seesaw wile painting. Some like this, others hate it but for me it is as iconic as you can get with Magic card art. Also the card is a pain in the ass when you get locked down in a game.

Goff Orks on the move!

Been a while since our last meeting explorer ... but as the wintry nights begin to get lighter I have been painting up more of my 2nd Edition Orks. You may even have seen an early progress image in a previous post. All of these orks have had some form of  historical yet innocent damage in there lifetime. Normally this could be an issue but these monopose Goffs are in need of a little bit of character. Alas due to it being a bit grim outside I am without decent natural light so these images may not be the best. (Note to self to update with better photos).

"It's still cold up ere!"

This here is Hobstob, he lost his normal bolt pistol arm (it's probably in my bits box) so it was replaced with a normal ork arm and bolt pistol from the old sprue you used to be able to get.