Fountain of Tribute.

Hey all, not so long ago I posted my first ruin for Mordheim and I really started to enjoy making terrain. In the meanwhile I was busy building a second ruin, but then I suddenly got an idea for a smaller piece of terrain... a fountain! So I decided to put the second ruin on hold and I started making the fountain as you can see below.

Work in progress, Fountain with statue, 2018.

I wanted to make a fountain with a statue on it, because I think this can really give a gaming table alot of character. Especially when you dedicate those statues to people or characters you know. I always liked the idea of basing characters in my wargames on people from the "real life" somehow. 

So I would like to dedicate this piece of terrain to the person which inspired me to get into Mordheim... Thomas from Tom's Boring Mordheim Blog! I personally think it's awesome to have a tribute on my future Mordheim table to such an awesome and inspiring person. 

It's actually been ages since we've spoken, but I remember him as a very nice and helpful person. Always ready to answer my questions I had about Mordheim for example. Even after all those years I still visit his blog to get inspired. It's one of my youth sentiments I guess, haha. 

So may I present to you guys, the finished Fountain:

Herr Thomas der Langweiliger Tribute Fountain, 2018.

Hope you guys like it :)! That's all for now, I will keep on working on more terrain pieces aswell!

Untill next time,

Tom

The long awaited ruin.

Hey all, it's been some time again!

I've been pretty busy with my studies at the moment, so my progress on my wargaming projects is very, very slow! But, I did finish my first ruin for Mordheim today! I'm actually pretty excited how it turned out since it's been mostly a try out for using various techniques and materials.

Finished Ruin for Mordheim, 2018.

I think it looks decent enough for my first serious attempt at building and painting a ruin for Mordheim. I got most of my inspiration for this ruin after playing "Vermintide 2'' game, which has some really nice looking Empire buildings in the game! The overall look of these buildings are more regular fantasy looking, just badly constructed haha!

I'm not very happy with the colour of the wood at the moment, so I might work on that later! Also I want to add some details and effects later on like wanted posters, weathering and so on to make it stand out more and give it more feeling. 

Work in progress on the ruin.

As you can see I've used alot of easy to find materials on this building to make the proces faster. I did this because it's sometimes hard for me to find certain materials like Balsa wood for example, which can really slow down the making of terrain. So I decided to use materials like popsicle sticks and matchsticks for the wooden parts. For the stones, I've used egg cartons, which gives a very nice texture which looks like stones after you paint them up! I found this actually on Pinterest, which has some really handy tips on it! And finally for the structure on the upperside of the ruin, I've used "Wood Filler".

Inside of the ruin.

As you can see the inside of the building is still pretty empty, so I have to figure something out to make it look more like a home that has been abondend. But for now, I'd rather focus on building some more ruins first! After that I'll come back to these ruins and work on them some more :)!

Well that's all for now! Roos is working on her Dwarf Warband at the moment and they're coming along pretty nice aswell! When she finishes some more mini's I will post them online and show them off. So stay tuned for some more Mordheim posts in the near future!

Untill next time,

Tom

The Sisters of my sister...

I've been searching through some old boxes lately and I found some really cool things I want to show! Roos and me have moved in together since last summer, so alot of things are actually still not unpacked... Time to do some treasure hunting!

To begin, I want to show you the Sisters of Sigmar from my "little" sister, Sam! (She's actually not that little anymore, haha.)

Sam's Sisters of Sigmar, 2008.

I quess she painted them soon after I bought them, which is on the same date of my very first post on this blog! I think my sister was 12 at that time, so considering that, I think she did a really awesome job back in the days painting these sisters up! :) I'm actually still quite impressed by her painting skills, since they are looking pretty decently for someone who has never painted any miniatures before these! Good job little sister, I will keep them safe!

But that's not all! I found some of my own miniatures aswell!

Dwarf Pirate Captain, Powder Monkey and Goblin Pirate Captain, Date unknown.

Back in the days when I was really active on the Boring Mordheim Forum, there actually was a guy named "Warboss Kurgan" that posted alot of awesome orc pirates he made! I really loved them and that inspired me to make some of my own Fantasy pirates! The result was that I made a Dwarven Pirate Captain and a Goblin Pirate Captain as you can see on the picture above :). I really have no idea when I made these miniatures, but it's pretty cool to look back at them since they bring back some nice memories of the Boring Mordheim forum times! I actually remember so many cool conversions from Warboss Kurgan and I would really recommend looking them up over there sometime!

Well, that's all for now! I'm currently still building some terrain for Mordheim, which is coming along pretty nice! When I finish the building, I will post them on the blog.

Untill next time,

Tom

Fond memories.

Just a little heads up from yesterday's meeting.

Yesterday evening me and the guys met up to paint some more of our Blood Bowl miniatures. After a while, Ax decided to search some of the forums we used to post and found this!

It's a miniature I painted a long time ago, another mercenary with a monkey I sculpted. (I guess I really liked monkeys, haha.) Back in the days we used to go over to the Games Workshop in Amsterdam during the weekends and spent there the whole day painting. Used to be really fun! These are actually fond memories, so I'm glad Ax found this picture :).

Untill next time,

Tom

Back from the dead... after 10 years!

Wow, that’s been a long, long time ago… It’s been almost 10 years since I made my first (and also my last) post on this blog… I started it back in the days when I was only 14 years of age and now I’m already 24… Well, time flies!

When I started this blog, I was really hyped to be playing Mordheim. I got inspired a year earlier in 2007 after finding out a video on YouTube from Thomas and his friends of The Boring Mordheim Blog. I still remember this moment when I thought, this is really, really cool! What I liked about Mordheim, is that you build a warband of really characterful miniatures and the progress they can make during a campaign. It really felt like an awesome game when I read about it and couldn't wait to get started.

So soon after, I started building some random miniatures for Mordheim. The first I made were the following, a monkey I sculpted from Greenstuff and his companion. (Picture isn't of the best quality, haha!)

 (Monkey and Mercenary companion, 2007)

After that, it was time to start a warband! But I didn't realize how hard it was to choose a warband you really liked, so I switched back and forth between warbands alot and never really finished one. I remember always starting something and really be excited, only to switch to something else soon after being inspired by all of the wonderful miniatures made by others online. This resulted in alot of unfinished warbands, like my Witch Hunters that I built in 2008...

 (Witch Hunter heroes and dog, 2008.)

But things change! I used to look back at all the blogs I made in the past, which made me realize it's really fun to look back at the things you did! So I made up my mind and went back to revive this blog after being absent for a long time. Back in the days, I really wanted this blog to be focused on Mordheim only. This made it way harder to keep up the posting, since I tend to switch between different games often. So this time I'm really going to try to stick around and keep this blog up and running!

To do this, I decided that I will not post only about Mordheim, but about all my wargaming experiences I have togheter with friends and the miniatures me and my friends paint! Like for example, we're currently all working on Blood Bowl teams! I hope this will make it easier to keep the blog alive. :) So expect some posts of our Blood Bowl team in the near future!

Well, that's all for now... Untill next time,

·         Tom

The Start.

Hey There!
This is the moment where my Mordheim ''carreer'' really starts. After making a huge start with this perfect deal, I finally bought my warband I am gonna play, Witch Hunters.
I've changed my warband alot, from Dwarfs to Undead, I tried most but never had succes. After reading some fluff off the Witch Hunters again, I was sold. For people who know me a bit, I am sold fast with Warbands..




Anyway, I am starting painting as soon as possible. Me and Rens want to play a campaign around Christmas, which gives me alot of time to finish my warband and board. Also, the starterbox provides me with alot of buildings. Home-made ones would be better, but now I can paint my warband without worries of making terrain. If I got some spare time, I will make some little pieces of terrain, got some old ideas I still want to make. I'm really looking forward to play a campaign soon!
O.K. Enough said,
Untill next time,
Tom