Druids of Orboros

While I am looking for change in couch to buy Tharn Ravagers, I went back to my miniatures stored away and found my box of Druids of Orboros. These are really nice miniatures that I never got around to putting together. I separated out the pieces again based on the way they were assembled on the front. I also numbered the ones on the back to refer back to. My numbering was based on the front picture so it doesn't line up with the back but the back picture is more helpful in figuring out the bits. I decided to pin the voulges (the staffs) and just glue the free arms with super glue and green stuff.

Problem! I drilled all the voulges and and the right arms. The first three I went together just fine. The last three, it turns out, are left handed!!! Grrr... So, I ended up pinning the free arms of the last three as well. I also glued them to their bases and weighted the bases with washers to lessen the number of times they tip over.

Tharn Ravagers

My friend Coffey came over a the first of the month and he just happened to have his miniatures in the car with him. I haven't really messed with my miniatures for about 2 years and he wanted me to start playing again. I resisted but his models looked great. Over the next few days, I dug out my stuff, just to find what I still had un-built / un-painted. The next thing I knew, I was pulling out tools and models and super glue. I found my Tharn Ravagers, models I really wanted to build and paint. Here they are in the beginning. (The images are click-able to make them larger).

The first step was collecting the pieces into the specific miniatures. I followed the box very closely, for the simple reason that I liked the poses. If I add more later, I will probably vary the poses some. However, I will be more familiar with the models then and more comfortable changing them.

After lots of pinning, super glue, and green stuff, they look like this:

The above picture still uses some white wall tack to hold the models together just for the pictures. Basically, I wanted a picture and still wasn't ready to glue everything yet. About half-way through this process, I found a great site on building the Ravagers. It takes you through step-by-step how to get them together. Check it out, about 2/3rds of the way down the page at Brushthralls.com.

Here is a close up of one of the Ravagers.

At this point, I realized that the box set of Tharn Ravagers contains 4 miniatures while you are actually allowed to field a unit of 6 plus the Shaman. I really want to paint a full unit at one time so they look the same (for better or worse) so these are on a little bit of a hold while I scrounge up the money for 3 more models.

First Post

I want to start this blog for several reasons. First, some of the models I have painted, I really like and would like a place to post the pictures. Second, I like having in-progress pictures of the models I am painting/building. These are very helpful later if I want to replicate a process. Third, it provides an online place with search ability to record the steps and paints I use on a model. I generally record these on a paper for the model but they are not organized and may be lost.

I am not a good painter. I have learned what I can from Games Workshop White Dwarf magazine and other publications and Privateer Press magazine No Quarter. I have also browsed many wonderful online painting sites.

I am currently live close to Albright's in Lexington, Kentucky.  The gamers there are crazy good painters and I have resigned myself to never being in their same realm. At the same time, I want my models to at least look passable on the game table.  [[EDIT - I now live in Odessa, Texas.  The gamers are still crazy good painters but I feel I have improved over the years]]

I am not an active table-top gamer, but I would like to be. The simple truth is, it is easier to find time to paint than to go and play.