Citadel Runequest Broo/Beastman Regiment Complete!

As planned, along with the chaos warrior regiment, the 20 man broo/beastman regiment has also reached completion.

This rear rank is made up of some particularly unsightly oddities. Firstly we have what I think is the best model from Trish Carden's beastmen, the Bird Woman. Wonderfully grotesque and bloated, she cuts a menacing figure in the ranks. Second from left is from the Runequest broo blister pack range; a classic example of varying statures in these models.

The middle miniature is Two Heads, another classic Trish Carden model and a grotesquely bizarre addition to the regiment. The last pair are from the 1983 Vile Broo boxed set; two recent and unexpected acquisitions. Both came with separate heads and weapons. Heads were supplied randomly.

I've been wanting a finished beastman regiment for more years than I can care to remember now. The plan is to have another regiment for the army in time. I have most of the miniatures to build it but there are two or three I'm still searching for, including something extremely rare. Meanwhile, next up will be something on the large side for the army which hopefully will be finished over the weekend.

Citadel Chaos Warrior Regiment - completed!

It's been good to A, resume the chaos army project again and B, finish off the first regiment of chaos warriors. The plan is, in time, to have two regiments of fifteen.

This rear rank features four classic CH2 Aly Morrison sculpts plus a Jes Goodwin model that is fairly uncommon variant that featured in the Citadel Collector Series. He's first in line, a variant of Vile the Twisted.

Second is Ivan Edaik, followed by Pestilens One Eye, Arnie Slicernecker and Dread Indy Babylon. The last three have a distinct Arabyan look, tainted former warriors of Araby perhaps.

So the plan is to complete my regiment of Broo next. I've made a start on the rear rank so hopefully will wrap that up most likely the week after next.

Perry Miniatures French Napoleonic Battalion - Command Section

So over Christmas and new year, I managed to complete the second phase of my Napoleonic French battalion, the command base, consisting of a mounted infantry Colonel, the regimental eagle bearer and a fusilier drummer.

I hadn't noticed at first, but it turns out the eagle bearer was missing the chinscales on his shako. I'm guessing they'd been forgotten about when he was being sculpted (!) so I ended up adding a pair myself out of green stuff. The flag is from the excellent GMB Designs.

A few days ago, I posted them up on the Perry Miniatures fan page on Facebook. It was good to get a bit of constructive feedback from one of the guys on there (thanks Tim!). Basically, the colonel's saddle was supposed to be blue instead of red which was no longer used post 1812. Also, the pompoms of the eagle bearer and the drummer were the wrong colours. I've since corrected these as you can see in the following photos.

I'm currently working on the next section of fusiliers (1st Company) so I'm glad the enthusiasm is still there to keep it going. As I said before, I'm not expecting to get the entire battalion finished in one go. I'm happy to stick with it until I get the urge to take on something else and carry on with them later on down the line. For now, I'm thoroughly enjoying them.

2025 - Review Time!

Here we are again for the annual review. Seems to have flown by really and doesn't feel like a year ago I was writing up the last one. The majority of this years' efforts has been taken up with the ongoing Chaos army repaint project which involved the first four months of 2025. The second rank of the broo regiment were the first of the year's offerings.

Then came my army commander, which was represented by the foot and mounted Chaos General from the Citadel C33 Adventure series.

Next was the front rank of the first Chaos warrior regiment which included a very rare unreleased Chaos General model and a converted standard bearer.

This was followed by another of the foot and mounted C33 Adventure series, the excellent chaos hero models

Then came the second rank of Chaos Warriors.

I opted for something larger next, a classic Chaos Ogre, one of two that I managed this year.

Before taking a break from the army, I finally managed to produce a chaos chariot, a long term goal, a conversion of an Iron Claw goblin chariot with chaos warriors used as crew.

Taking a much needed break from chaos, I returned to a project I'd begun four years ago, a Tilean spearman regiment, getting the second rank completed.

After a bit of stalled project attempts, I revisited the chaos army getting another ogre, Skrag the Slaughterer, finished, followed by a third rank of broo.

The following couple of months were spent on half started projects that will hopefully be finished in 2026 but I did make a start on an Empire Mordheim warband, completing the mercenary captain.

The plan was to get one or two warband members finished but the sudden urge for Napoleonics proved too much and so I made a start on a French infantry battalion, another long term goal.

So what's planned for 2026? I've pretty much finished the next section of the French battalion which will be posted up over the next couple of days. The Empire Mordheim warband will need pushing on and I certainly want to be adding to the chaos army (there's a couple of half finished efforts currently on the desk). I'd like to finally get around to painting a rogue trader pirate gang plus maybe more Dixon American Civil War projects. Plus, some kind of vignette wouldn't go amiss. It just depends on whether I can come up with a good enough theme. Finally, I've been so impressed with what I've seen out there this year from everyone else. Thank you all for the inspiration and keep it going in 2026.

The start of a Napoleonic French Battalion - Perry Miniatures

So with many projects ideas in the pipeline and one or two started, I've suddenly had the urge to finally begin a Napoleonic French battalion, something which I've always wanted to do but have never got around to it. The plan will be to take it in stages, adding to it as I feel the urge.

So up first is the 2nd Fusilier Company, wearing the sky blue pompoms. The battalion will be part of one of the most well known Napoleonic regiments, the 57eme infantry regiment, aka "Les Terribles", named after their exploits at Borodino, having captured one of the Russian strongholds, known as the flèches.

I'm currently working on the next section, which is the command base, featuring a mounted Colonel, a drummer and standard bearer. Hopefully I'll have it finished before New Year.

Mordheim Warhammer Empire Mercenary Captain

I've been meaning to seriously take on a Mordheim project using classic 4th edition Empire models for a good, long while now. I've made attempts in the past but never really got that far. I think one of the main issues was not ever finalising the choices of miniatures throughout the warband. This time I think I've got there. Anyway, up first is the leader.

I've decided on the classic standard bearer as my captain with a simple pistol conversion from one of the Empire champions. This model is my all time favourite of the 4th edition Empire range, as it happens.

The plan is to add two or three of the 4th edition swordsmen, a greatsword, a handgunner, a couple of youngbloods and an ogre.

Citadel Runequest Broo regiment - Third Rank complete

It's been three months since my last post. A heavy summer work schedule plus being indecisive on what to paint has slowed things down a little after a progressive first half of the year. I've managed to get one or two projects half finished but decided to take on a third rank for my Chaos Broo regiment.

As with the previous ranks, there has been some diverse figure selection, which is, of course, a prominent feature with the Broo range. The Rhino headed broo was very kindly donated to me by the prolific Jason Fulford from the excellent Rogue Heresy blog. Amazingly, this is the first black undercoat paint job I've undergone since about 1988. This was only due to the fact he arrived with a black base coat and I couldn't be bothered to strip him.

Next is one of the figures from The Broo boxed set, followed by the standard bearer from and the highly characterful crab eyed broo, both from the blister pack range, which can be quite difficult to come by. The last in the rank is from the Attack of the Broo set.

I may well carry on with this regiment and get it wrapped up with the rear rank while I still have the momentum. I'll make a decision over the next few days.