Grimdark Peasants / Flagellants

 Despite the gap in my blogging, the last few months have been pretty productive from a hobby standpoint. I just haven't felt super motivated to blog about it because it's mostly been Warhammer: The Old World miniatures with very few conversions or kitbashes, and while I'm pleased with how they look they just aren't really unique enough that sharing them would be a priority.

 But I did just finish something else that does feel more interesting to share, a set of "off-brand" flagellants made almost entirely out of Wargames Atlantic kits.

 

While my "official" Old World armies are based using the new standards and comprised entirely of GW miniatures, I've always liked the idea of doing fantasy wargaming with my historical armies as well, so I wanted to make some flagellants that can help transform my Italian Wars collection into an Empire of Man type force, or at least a witchhunter Mordheim gang, when the situation arises.

Since many of these flagellants are built around WA's Baron's War levies and Dark Age unit builder, they blend well with the less fantastical peasants I built last year. 

 

Warhammer: The Old World

 After well over a decade in storage, decided it was finally time to start rebasing my Warhammer miniatures for the new rules. Here are 500 pts of Dwarfs, to be followed soon by 500 pts of Night Goblins. I have enough in my collection to get up to at least 1000 pts of greenskins and probably 2000 of dwarfs 

Both these starting armies are mostly single-piece plastics from the Battle for Skull Pass box from a while ago. The dwarfs are further supplemented by old metals from the 90s and early 2000s, while the goblins are reinforced by plastics from the current Gloomspite Gitz range. Once I've played a few games with these, I will buy more orcs and goblins, and perhaps some dwarfs to round out their units.

Ukrainian Cossacks by S. I. Shamenkov

 Finally scored this beauty from Helion & Company. It's a real tour-de-force, covering everything from gun calibers to earring styles!

It does look like a lot of my miniatures are pretty inaccurate, so I'll have to decide how comfortable I am with a "Hollywood" Cossack army, roughly on par with Braveheart or 300 for realism. Of course, any miniatures that don't make the cut for historicals are still welcome on my Pulp and Fantasy shelves!