Miniatures pt102 – Droids
Here are a few Droids (and a Cyborg) from the Hordes of the Future range by Alternative Armies. Simple paint jobs, easy colour schemes.
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Miniatures pt101 – Aliens
A collection of Hordes of the Future Aliens from Alternative Armies. 3 Aquafins, a Calamite, a Felite and a Corpulati.
Corpulati 
Calamite 
Felite 
Aquafin 
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Miniatures pt100 – Ikwen Militia
Here is a pack of Ikwen Militia from the Loud Ninja Games range of Alternative Armies. They scale nicely with the rest of my 15mm minis, as they’re on the larger end of the scale.
For the skin tone I used turquoise blue undercoat glazed with lemon yellow and ultramarine blue for the spikes.
Ikwen Militia Pack 
Ikwen Militia 
Ikwen Militia 
Ikwen Militia 
Ikwen Militia 
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Miniatures pt93 – Orc Horde Expanded
A while ago I had gotten the Orc Horde from the Hordes of Things range of Alternative Armies. I loved these miniatures, which I had painted in a different scheme than my usual deep green orcs. Later on Alternative Armies released some more orcs, in resin sprue sets, further expanding the range. I had my eyes on them and their archers, and eventually got them and, after a (long) paint queue, I eventually painted them. Tried to remember the paint scheme I had used back then, and thankfully I had some notes in my previous blog post. I love how they turned out, and as you can see in the group shot, they fit with the metal miniatures perfectly.
Group shot of metal and resin orcs 
Orc horde 
Orc horde 
Orc horde 
Orc horde 
Orc archer 
Orc archer 
Orc archer 
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Miniatures pt92 – (Not)-Elf Heroes
Due to a package taking the scenic route to arrive (several months), I had ended up reordering the [Elf Heroes](https://penpaperanddice.home.blog/2022/02/16/miniatures-pt67-elf-heroes/)from Alternative Armies and had two packages of them.
I don’t like having double poses in my skirmish games, but in most cases I can do away with uniform troops looking alike. In this case however this wasn’t possible so I went ahead and modified the second pack. Mostly an experiment with Greenstuff, filing, cutting and pinning. Some look better than the others, and it was a learning experience. I’ll definitely feel more at home next time I do this.
I can use them as elf mercenaries or even not elves, but generic mercenaries in fantasy.
Some words on modifications I attempted:
I modified the existing poses by bending the hands in different positions. I also bent the bastard sword into a flamberge.
I added a Polearm head into a spear. Made a few axes double headed. These were done with pewter sprues that I pinned and glued into place using a 1mm drill.
I added shields that I had from Battle Valor to any figures armed with 1-handed weapons. These also were pinned in place.
I cut off the elongated parts helmets and tried different designs. Some look better than others.
I used greenstuff to add cloaks, hoods and helmet visors, as well as making a breastplate, a banded cuirass and a leather cuirass.
Overall I learned a lot about greenstuff, and I am both amazed at the possibilities and awed at the skill required by the professional sculptors to produce miniatures. I am definitely gonna keep working with greenstuff as it’s really fun to do.
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Miniatures pt 88 – Savage Lizardmen
Took me a while to paint this Savage Lizardmen warband using Sampler Packs (1 of each pose) from each type of Savage Lizardmen infantry from the Hordes of Things range of Alternative Armies.
I wasn’t sure about the paint scheme, but since I’ve already painted some blue Lizardmen from Blighthaven, I went with a classic green colour scheme and earth tones altogether. Sandy base with brown sand and brown grass.
These took a while to be painted because I batch painted the entire score of them to ensure that I use the same colours and they look uniform. There are warriors, blades, pole arms, spears, with shields and archers, four of each type.
Ps. Now that I look them all together I can see that there is a double pose of a spearman and I’m missing one pose from the sampler pack. I realised it too late though, maybe I’ll have to order a new pack in my next order.
Savage Lizardmen 
Savage Lizardmen Warriors 
Savage Lizardmen Warriors 
Savage Lizardmen Warriors 
Savage Lizardmen Warriors 
Savage Lizardmen Polearms 
Savage Lizardmen Polearms 
Savage Lizardmen Polearms 
Savage Lizardmen Polearms 
Savage Lizardmen Blades 
Savage Lizardmen Blades 
Savage Lizardmen Blades 
Savage Lizardmen Blades 
Savage Lizardmen Spears 
Savage Lizardmen Spears 
Savage Lizardmen Spears 
Savage Lizardmen Spears 
Savage Lizardmen Archers 
Savage Lizardmen Archers 
Savage Lizardmen Archers 
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Miniatures pt87 – Nagas
Here’s some Naga Swords and Naga Archers from the Alternative Armies Hordes of Things range.
I tried making my own DIY sand using Acrylic Matt Medium, Yellow Ochre Paint and Baking Soda. The texture came out nice but I wasn’t a huge fan of the colour since coverage wasn’t great and I had to apply wash and drybrush on top. Came out a bit darker than I’d like. The texture is right though. Next time I’ll apply it over a light brown undercoat and it should be fine.
Naga with Sword 
Naga with Sword 
Naga with Sword 
Naga with Sword 
Naga with Bow 
Naga with Bow 
Naga with Bow 
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Miniatures pt86 – Winged beasts (2)
Here’s a Cockatrice and a Chimera from Alternative Armies Hordes of Things range that I got a while ago and had them sketch primed waiting to be painted.
I finally finished them, and what I really enjoyed this time around was basing. I got me some packs of sand from the local dollar store, very cheap, in three different colours/shapes. There’s brown sand, gray sand and dark gravel. This means I no longer have to worry about painting, washing and drybrushing my bases. It’s brown paint -> glue -> carefully placed gravel -> sand spots -> grass -> let dry. That’s way faster than before. I always found basing boring (especially after going through the entire mini painting stage) but very important to have a nice looking mini. With this technique I get nice results in a single gluing step.
Cockatrice 
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Miniatures pt85 – Wraiths (2)
To expand my wraiths miniatures, here are 8 Wraiths from the Hordes of Things range by Alternative Armies.
Wraith 
Wraith 
Wraith 
Wraith 
Wraith 
Wraith 
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Miniatures pt84 – Adventurers (2)
Here’s some adventurers from the tabletop fantasy Asgard range by Alternative Armies. I really like these sculpts and how they’re armed to the teeth and carrying all their gear. I went with a bit different paints and basing than my standard fantasy, to make it feel like they’re in the dungeon (and gave the bases a grey instead of green rim).
Halfling swordsman 
Halfling archer 
Thief 
Fighter 
Paladin 
Druid 
Cleric
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