Despite how much I like the various chaos warbands made specifically for Warcry I seem to have ended up painting lots of warbands from other factions instead. I don’t see any reason to stop doing that of course but I do intend to tackle a few of what I still think of as the “core warbands” as well. I even got as far as assembling the gladiators of the Spire Tyrants but never got any further until I spotted this Headtaker the other day. He was the first model I worked on for the warband but for some reason progress stalled when he was within about half-an-hour of completion and for several months he just sat there until I picked him up again and finished him at last.
As previously mentioned I intend to use Orktober to encourage myself to paint a load of greenskins so the rest of the gladiators may end up waiting a little longer but I’ll aim to crack on with them soonish.
Convert or Die 
September 29th, 2021 at 6:26 am
Looks great!! I’m planning to convert some lizards from my WHFB army and get them into Warcry setting. I hope to get them done soon!!
September 29th, 2021 at 10:04 am
Thank you! I really recommend Warcry, it’s a lot of fun to play. I keep thinking about putting together a lizardmen warband, haven’t done it yet but it’s on my (very long) “to do” list. Depends who you’re playing against of course but I’ve used my WHFB Skaven in a few games, without rebasing them and they were fine on squares rather than rounds – so long as you’re just playing casual games and you’ve got sensible mates I think it’s fine (and that way I was able to keep my nicely ranked up rats ready for playing WHFB again – whenever that might be…).
September 29th, 2021 at 11:24 am
I think I will gather some lizards as you did with the skaven, and once I know what to keep o will convert them!
September 29th, 2021 at 12:09 pm
Good thinking!
September 29th, 2021 at 6:52 am
Brilliant job mate – he’s a very pleasantly understated mini without the garish studio paint job!
September 29th, 2021 at 10:07 am
Cheers! Yeah, he’s a really nice workmanlike miniature – GW’s studio paintjob does overegg it a bit but take that away and he’s got a lot going for him.
September 29th, 2021 at 7:19 am
Really liking your axeman, can’t wait for the greenskins!
September 29th, 2021 at 10:11 am
Cheers! I’ve got a whole heap of greenskins lined up, if all goes to plan expect lots of orcs to appear any day now! 🙂
September 29th, 2021 at 9:35 am
Oohhh yeah he’s nasty looking. Love it mate.
September 29th, 2021 at 10:11 am
Cheers muchly dude!
September 29th, 2021 at 10:12 am
Love the paint colours on this one, the metal really looks spot on. Not a guy to mess with. 🙂
September 29th, 2021 at 10:16 am
Cheers! I reckon he looks businesslike, he’s a straightforward killer – nothing fancy, no messing about – and I tried to play that up with the paintjob. I’m very pleased with the metalwork myself, it’s not at all fancy but that was the point and I think it works well as a result.
September 29th, 2021 at 6:09 pm
Very nicely done! 🙂 A mean looking individual indeed!
September 29th, 2021 at 6:58 pm
Cheers! I certainly wouldn’t want to get on his bad side!
September 30th, 2021 at 12:50 am
He is very impressive.
Cheers,
Pete.
September 30th, 2021 at 7:21 am
Thank you!
September 30th, 2021 at 1:14 am
That is a mean fierce looking warrior of Chaos! Warcry has some nice sculpts so its nice to see you paint something from it when the mood strikes. Now, onto Orktober! 🙂
October 3rd, 2021 at 9:18 am
Cheers! There’s some really nice models in the Warcry range aren’t there, arguably some of the most interesting and original ideas GW has ever produced too. Fear not, a mighty horde of Orks is soon to descend upon us – I won’t let that upstart IRO outdo me!
October 3rd, 2021 at 5:25 am
Nice one mate, you have got the blood down to a fine art, and the base really makes him!
October 4th, 2021 at 2:11 pm
Thank you! I’m very pleased with the way the blood turned out and I’m especially chuffed with the base. 🙂