Citadel CM2 Gargantuan Fire Giant Lord

I've gone large with the chaos army's latest installment. Well, gargantuan, in fact. This is a miniature (can you even call it that?) I've owned for about 30 years, which at the time, was extremely difficult to get hold of as it had been out of production for some time. As I recall, I obtained a phone number from some bloke in Nottingham who owned a number of rare miniatures and was able to buy a few bits and pieces, including this guy - The Gargantuan Fire Giant Lord.

Designed by Nick Bibby and released in late 1985, it had been a target of mine for many years and never saw it in any GW store as a kid. It weighs an absolute tonne and for some reason, I've never painted it before until now. I think we're deterred me was the skin, which according to the 3rd Citadel Compendium, is 'firey and red'. I had to stick to lore with this really, although I was a little apprehensive about it.

The fire giant is also regarded to be as tough as a dragon and resilient as a demon, yet cunning as any human. His eyes are inflamed with yellow piercing lights and his voice crackling and spitting like a cauldron. His armour is of bronze and all his ornaments are of copper. His weapon is the triple spiked death rake, a mighty and fearsome device in his capable hands.

I had to replace said weapon as one of the spikes had broken off many years ago so I ended up using a trident from a zombie. This is actually the first giant of any kind that I've ever painted. Next up are more additions to the army, a pair of Chaos Knights.

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.