Tuesday, 17 January 2023

From SanderS: Vorwärts Ostländer! (30 points)

 Hoi,

When planning this year's Challenge I decided to paint two kinds of figures: figures I am painting for others (as part of a commission) and stuff I really liked doing or felt like painting. So no complete armies or projects or the like. A true free for all in as much as takes my fashion. Arthur and myself have been playing a lot of Mordheim lately as it's really quick, has a brilliant atmosphere and a very good campaign system. So I dug up some of my old unpainted Mordheim figures, to whit a 6 man Ostlander warband. Now I obtained these as part of a larger lot for a very reasonable price and I remember thinking how lucky I was to get these figures for such a bargain back then. Upon prepping them for painting, I had a better look at them and got the distinct idea these are actually recasts. They are pretty 2 dimensional and look as if the mould halfs weren't aligned properly. 


The bases are done with a Greenstuff world roller to get the stone look done with some grey stuff modelling putty.

 

The green I used was a present from Arthur and is Son's of Horus green (or whatever GW has decided to call it. 




At the moment I am playing a Dwarf Treasure Hunter Warband and am making several other ones so am not altogether sure whether I will be using this Ostlander band myself, but I do like to have options.




Mordheim has a special place in my heart as a gamer as I played many a game way back in the day it was just released and am now mightily enjoying it with the Lad. I would love to have a Sisters of Sigmar warband, but they sell for insane prices at the moment and so I will be content with the others I still have lying around in various stages of completness. More Mordheim is therefore sure to follow here.

These 6 miniatures will gain me another 30 points.

Cheers Sander


Nice looking bunch of Mordheim figures, Sander!

Tamsin

31 comments:

  1. I love Mordheim; I have only played it a couple of times in the past 10 years though, despite building a bunch of terrain specifically for it. Great to see some figures for the game getting some attention.

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    1. Thanks, it's a great game that still has a large following and if you're interested go and have a look at broheim.com all rules and publications are available for free there.

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    2. Thank you, I have checked out Broheim and the Mordheim F*cebook group is one of the busier war gaming groups; a testament to the games continued popularity.

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  2. Excellent work on these somewhat 'slim' figures, Sander. :) Mordheim is a wonderful game and I think it's great that you're experiencing a renaissance of it through playing it with Arthur. I wonder if there are some Sigmarite Sisters as stl files?

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    1. Cheers Curt, the Anycubic Vyper is running day and night to make terrain. I do not have a resin printer (yet) but stl's might be the Way indeed....

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  3. I'm not a fantasy guy but the paint work is outstanding

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  4. Those came out very nicely, love the guy toting the saker as a hand gun.

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    1. yeah he will have some bruised ribs after firing it at the least!

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  5. Great looking figures, despite their lacking in the third dimension. I have been tempted by Mordheim for a while, and seeing these just might be the tipping point.

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    1. if it's the figures and their prices holding you back the plastic kits from Frostgrave and Fireforge gaming are incredibly versatile and very usefull for making all sorts of warbands

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  6. Great job Sander - fine painting, and you convey the jolt of joy that hobby nostalgia provides!

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    1. exactly Greg! It brings me right back to my late teenties who could ask for more?

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  7. Mordheim was possibly one of the best systems produced by GW. Still holds up today. Love these models you've painted.

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    1. it was, but at least they are bringing back the Old World so who knows?

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  8. Fun figures - great painting.

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  9. Loving those, really nice additions to your Mordhiem collection

    Cheers
    MattW

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  10. I have never played Mordheim, but I can certainly appreciate these fine Ostlanders, Sander! Very nice.

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    1. well Martijn perhaps in the summer we should meet up and have a game together?

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    2. Now that might be a plan. We’ll keep that in the back of our heads. Should be fun!

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  11. Not familiar with Mordheim but I recognise quality painting when I see it - really nice

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  12. Great looking Mordheim figures, whatever their provenance!
    Best Iain

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  13. Lovely brushwork Sander. The running of the general colour scheme through all the miniatures is very effective.

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  14. These are excellent. We had many a Mordheim adventure and as a love dice roller my bands stayed on board a long time.

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