Man O' War Sea Forts & Castle

I printed these at the same time I printed the other Man O' War fleets. They aren't quite as nice as the ships, and the rules for forts and castles aren't as fun as the ship rules. My printer particularly failed at printing the cannons. They look a bit lumpy. I've seen some well printed ones and they look pretty good ... so it might be more an issue with my printer and less with the stl models.

Dead simple to paint though. Start with a Grey Seer undercoat. Then Basilicum Grey (1:1 with Contrast Medium) with Admin Grey drybrushes and Agrax washes (around the base and any "floors") does most of the work. Then snakebite for any wood and runesteel for the cannons (with some washes of Nuln Oil) for finishing touches.

 

Blackstone Fortress: Terrain & Objective Markers

 

Might as well start off 2021 with a bang! After finishing Hammerhal, I picked up Blackstone Fortress to play with the kids. I poked around on Thingiverse looking for ways to spice it up and found some 3d print files for walls and objectives and gateways. My print bed was too small for some of them, but using a bit of ingenuity (cutting up and gluing together smaller shapes to make the bigger shapes), I have enough for a full table. There are 34 pieces here (14 "crystaline" walls, 6 stalagmite walls, 3 techno walls, 4 objectives, 3 cube like things, 4 gateways (1 with a removable door)).

December 2020 Totals

Happy New Year! It's been a weird year. The quarantine has thrown everything out of sync. I veered off hard from my master list, and don't seem to be getting back to it anytime soon.

• 2 Warmaster Warp Lightning Cannon
• 1 Warmaster Screaming Bell
• 1 Warmaster Skaven General
• 5 Warmaster Skaven Wizards
• 6 Warmaster Skaven Heroes

December Total: 15

2020 Total: 195

I probably would have made 200 models for the year had we not got a puppy.

Warmaster: Skaven Wizards and General

The last of the Skaven (for now!). The general and 5 Wizard stands. The General is a Grey Seer with 2 undead rat ogre bodyguards (it's obviously supposed to be Thanquol). The wizards are 1 Grey Seer (Masterclan), 2 Clan Pestilens, 2 Clan Skyre.

 

Warmaster: Skaven Heroes

Heroes?!?! More like villains. These are the real leaders of the Skaven army. With the Screaming Bell nearby, their command is equal to the Generals.

The 2 in front are from Clan Verminous, the middle 2 are Clan Moulder, and the last 2 are Clan Eshin. If you look closely you can spot old Warhammer named characters. I'm fairly certain I bought 2 command packs long ago, so I have enough heroes for 3,000 points worth of Skaven.

I also played with my camera settings a bit and got a less dark picture (although it constantly wants to switch back to the default which is pretty dark).

 

Warmaster: Skaven Warp Lightning Cannons

A unit of warmaster skaven warp lightning cannons. Same basic paint scheme as all of the other skaven warmster stuff I've painted recently.

 

Warmaster: Skaven Screaming Bell

The centerpiece of the army. It's the Skaven Screaming Bell. It's usually surrounded by hordes of ratmen.

I got a new phone, and the pictures seem to be a bit darker.