The Gangs of Maudeheim, Part I 01/06/19

Thundering down the narrow alleys of Maudeheim, The Blessed Order of the Gooey Death leaves a trail of destruction & now two dimensional War Bands in their wake. "Good, Bad, Whatever...the Gooey Ones don't make mischief. Iter Mortis!"

The Brotherhood:




...Pistoliers:


...the Knights Templar:


...the "Careful wear you step" Infantry:


...Fearless Leader & Halbardier:


...Doppel Dwarfs:


...Halbardiers:


...Engineer & Thunderer


...Beardlings, Bosco & Babe:


...The Morale Officer & Staff:




The entire order is composed of White Knights FANTASTIC Renaissance Dwarfs & Halfings with a coupe of Musical Wart Hogs thrown in for balance, which Himself MOST GENEROUSLY donated to the cause.
As always, your kind comments would be most welcome...mostly.  

I am disappointed that this lot is mostly dwarfs. Hate dwarfs almost as much as elfs.

Some nice halflings would be a welcome sight...

Great lot of minis nonetheless. The stunty cavalry is priceless. I have loved watching White Knight's threads. At the rate the undead are killing my lads, I could use a few of his new halfling zombies too.

They turned out nice so far, let's see how they look with a little colour.
I like the WK range a lot and am excited to see some of the minis on a forum (though I'd love to see the halfling zombies)
Is the dwarf-griffon going to join the frey sooner or later?

Von Kurst wrote:

I am disappointed that this lot is mostly dwarfs.  Hate dwarfs almost as much as elfs.

Some nice halflings would be a welcome sight...

Great lot of minis nonetheless.  The stunty cavalry is priceless.  I have loved watching White Knight's threads.  At the rate the undead are killing my lads, I could use a few of his new halfling zombies too.

Thanks, Jim! I think the Dwarfs & Elves are suffering from G.W's polarizing, moronic background fluff. Dwarfs are such perfect foils for my Goblins. AND the Goblins should be totally separate from the Orcs.

I can accommodate you with the the Halflings. I have a good sized War Band of the Little Gluttons based & ready for some brushwork. I'll try to get some photos up later today.

Looking at the qc's Road Warden's, I suddenly pictured the W.K. Dwarf Cavalry as Alley Wardens. With the narrow streets of my Blight Boards, a stirrup to stirrup charge would result in a lot of road kill; hence the Order of the Gooey Death.  

Grimscull wrote:

They turned out nice so far, let's see how they look with a little colour.
I like the WK range a lot and am excited to see some of the minis on a forum (though I'd love to see the halfling zombies)
Is the dwarf-griffon going to join the frey sooner or later?

Thanks, Grimscull! Reducing the Vault of Pack Rattiness with brush or via sales/gifts is one of my goals for the year/foreseeable future. We'll see how long the energy lasts.

The WK minis are even better in hand than you would imagine from the photos, I did add a little extra gear to the Lads, but the expressive faces & costumery are OUTSTANDING. WK included one of the Zombie Halflings in the Care Package, I'll see if I can base him up later today.

The Griffon will be something to consider if I can figure out a way of actually buying stuff from WK. The swashbuckling Elves are tempting also; they're rather rather reminiscent of the Grenadier/Mirliton Elves.  

COLOUR! Great collection, love mounted dwarfs, sad that gw only has one, more AL!

Thanks, Ben. The Vertically Challenged ones will hopefully be a colorful collection of Merry Rogues. They're not quite as cool as Goblins, but then what is?  

AND as threatened here are YET MORE W.I.P. Warriors of various sizes & physical conditions:

The Gluttonous Group:






Dead Dick Turnip:




The Looters:




Wilmelm Von Shakespeare (Freilancer) & Herald:






AND Wilhem Von Tell (Tilean Marksman):






There you go...that wasn't SO bad. The Halfings are old Citadels; Dead Dick is by White Knight, & his Friends are Lead Adventure Miniatures.  

The WK-Zombiehalfling! And Bruegelburg! I am waiting impatiently for colour

The Zombie was done with you in mind; he is one of the nicest of the WK pieces. I'll try not to keep you waiting long; I'm rather excited about seeing them all in full color myself. I figure going back & forth from the minis to the terrain will fill in the odd moments wasted while things dry.  

The pig rider squeels Mordheim! Looking great.

Devilish wrote:

The pig rider squeels Mordheim! Looking great.

Thanks for the replies here & on the Death Squad Forum, Devilish. It does rather fit with the margin illustrations from the rules book. It appeals to my sense of the absurd...probably why I bought it.  

It's Freelancer hired sword written all over him.

Devilish wrote:

It's Freelancer hired sword written all over him.

Now that you mention it. The Pig would be more suited & much happier in Mordheim than any horse could ever be. 

Oh, i jst love the bruegelburg range, so twsited and funny minis, and those pigs, they are great!

They are different, strange, & almost surrealistic at times; that's what I like about them...come to think of it that's what I like about Mordheim also. The Lead Adventure Steam Punk minis are even weirder.  

SO...Dead Dick Turnip is done, so to speak, & a couple of truly mediocre photos have been taken:





...that should give you a vague idea what the Living Impaired Little Guy actually looks like.  

Oh yes, he turned out really nice. Thanks for painting him up! I'll probably have to get my own someday.

Thanks, Grim! I'm glad you like him. Do pick one up if you can; re, he was a very enjoyable mini to paint.  

I could have sworn those dwarves were old citadel miniatures. Beautiful sculpts. Your collection (I heard rumours that you have mountains of lead...) is excellent. I have some TheBattleForge halflings I could send you if you want, they should fit right in with your stuff.

Those White Knight halfling zombies are excellent. It's a pity WK doesn't go further with halfling ghouls, necromancers etc. That would be a blast!

Alex wrote:

I could have sworn those dwarves were old citadel miniatures. Beautiful sculpts. Your collection (I heard rumours that you have mountains of lead...) is excellent. I have some TheBattleForge halflings I could send you if you want, they should fit right in with your stuff.

Thanks for the offer, Alex; maybe we could work out a trade. White Knight's pieces are inspired by the Marauder Dwarfs that the Morrisons put out way back when. He has quite a variety of them along with Goblins, Halflings, & Elves plus some character pieces...all GREAT STUFF!


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Paboook wrote:

Those White Knight halfling zombies are excellent. It's a pity WK doesn't go further with halfling ghouls, necromancers etc. That would be a blast!

That would be cool! I think his primary focus is on the Dwarfs; the others are rather side show pieces.

Al! You are producing at an amazing rate! Great job on the dead little un

Von Kurst wrote:

Al!  You are producing at an amazing rate!  Great job on the dead little un

Thanks, Jim...I'm glad you like him.
I haven't come up to full speed yet, but I do seem to have come out of the down times. For quite awhile I was averaging out at around a thousand minis a year. While I don't think I get back to that level, I have quite a backlog of minis here, AND there are still some I'd like to get. While the focused mood lasts I'd like to finish as many minis & as much terrain as I can. Most of it I'd like to find homes for.

Love him!

I don't think I painted 1000 minis in my whole life yet