Frostgrave with Stormcast and Reaper, and Steamforge Games

To mix things up after a long painting hiatus I bashed together some basic minis and then went with quick paintjobs.

The Stormcast line made a good little wizarding warband, no frills. I think I converted a few, specifically the crossbow was scratch built and the hands sculpted on.

The orcs are from Steamforge Games Epic Encounters range, I really wanted to love them but the mould lines are horrible to remove. That said they are solid sculpts and I tried out the army painter speedpaints on them, over a monochrome basecoat (black spray, grey drybrush, white drybrush).

The wolf and the troll are Reaper Bones, painted the same way as the orcs - monochrome basecoat with army painter speedpaints over the top.

Steelheart's Champions, Stormsire's Cursebreakers - paint jobs and thoughts on Games Workshop style

I painted these a while ago. I've always liked the design of the Stormcast Eternals, but I can't call these miniatures anymore... they're too big! It's telling that Games Workshop haven't used the term 'scale miniatures' in a long time (20+ years).

I've stopped buying Games Workshop minis. Their starter sets are fantastic value for money but I always end up with a ton of minis that will sit in a box until I can be bothered to put them up on ebay.

There's also a bit of confusion between detail and complexity. These are not detailed kits. The level of detail on them is the kind suitable for 15mm scale. They are however complex. They're model kits like airfix these days, the extra parts affords the complexity and helps them avoid the flatness of pose associated with the mould making process.

I'll never have an 'army' of this stuff, waaaay to big in size. But they are perhaps suitable for small scale skirmish and perhaps RPG style games.