Cultist

 Every hero needs a good villain to fight against.  Meet Conan's nemesis, Nakhtem, a dark sorcerer from ancient Acheron, a disciple of the slumbering Set, and an antagonist to all things good.  

Nakhtem and the two assassins are metal Reaper Miniatures.  The non-hooded followers are Wargames Atalantic Persians.  The hooded followers are old Wargames Factory Persian bodies with Frostgrave cultists arms.  I have some sorceress and some snake men/women basecoated and waiting to be summoned.  

Here is Nakhtem with his two most trusted assassins

Next up are some generic bandits, Turanian caravan guards, and a small group of Afghulis.  

Goblins and their "pet"

So what happens when the hero can not rescue the fair princess from the forces of evil?  It is a question few ask and even fewer want to answer.  I had some old Black Tree Design goblins kicking around for a while in my "I'll get to it eventually" box next to my painting desk.  After I finished a group of figures, I just reached into the box and was going to paint the first thing I picked up.  And they say the rest is history....

Painting them up as night goblins did not fit the aesthetic of my other orcs and goblins.  So while they were primed and waiting, I was looking for medieval princesses.  I just happened to look down and laugh thinking they looked like goblin princesses.  That's when a light bulb went off, goblins like nice and shiny things and what's nicer than a princess dress?  

That's when these nasty gobbos were born.  When a hero fails to rescue the fair princess, do people think that the goblins just lock her up and feed/clothe her until she is rescued? No, they probably feed her to their "pet" troll, the real reason the hero fails their mission.  The goblins then get the pretty dress.  It's a win win  for them.  

 

Sellswords and Freebooters

 Meet the Crimson Hawks. A roving band of sellswords, if the pay is good, or bandits, if not.  Just one of the freebooter bands that Conan has spent some time with during his travels.

I tried to build a multi-national band of warriors.  They are again mostly Victrix Italian Allied Legions bodies with some Guals, Samnites, Greeks, and Iberian bodies. There is also some metal Reaper Miniatures thrown in for good measure. Conan is from the Northstar Ghost Archipelago range.

Thorbjorn the Asgardian, Shullat a Shemite, and Philoxenos, a fugitive Argosian sailor 

Velthur and Aris, Kothian brothers. Aris is the current comander of the Crimson Hawks. Farhad, a Turan deserter 

Androcles and Lykomedes, Corinthian adventurers and Arnth, an Ophirian

Proclus, a Nemedian, Vulca from Khoraja, a Zingaran named Cotius

Belin a disgraced Aquilonian knight and Rychard, a Bossonian archer

And last but not least, a young Conan

Lookout! Here comes the Magistrates Guard!

 I finished these guys about a month ago for my Conan project.  I plan on using them as sometimes allies but more often than not enemies of Conan.  They are mostly Victrix Republican Romans. Some have Celtic or Greek heads.  

Temple Guards

 Continuing on with my Conan project, I painted up some Temple Guards.  My image of the Hyborian Age has bronze clad troops, some steel weapons, and a mix-match of cultures.  I'm basing my adventures loosely around the Western boarder of Turan.  I decided to use Victrix's Republican Romans as a base for temple guards, palace guards, soldiers, mercenaries, and bandits.  

These temple guards use parts from the Republican Roman, Italian Allies, Samnites, and Numidian heads.  

I also painted up two companions for Conan.  A native and a bronze armored warrior.  Both are from NorthStar's Ghost Archipelago.  

Enjoy,

Justin

Know, O Prince...

...that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.  Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyperborea, Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that boarded on the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia  with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold.  But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming west.

Hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. 

-The Nemedian Chronicles

My love for all things Conan started when I was younger, watching Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, and Red Sonja on Sunday mornings.  It wasn't until I was in college that I finally read the R.E. Howard stories.  I have always wanted to translate the stories to the table top and i have looked for suitable figures for years.  After seeing some posts on Lead Adventure Forum, I decided to "get off the pot".  I had a some figures picked for the main characters, mostly Reaper miniatures but some from Otherworld, Black Tree Design, Ral Partha, North Star Miniatures, and Hasslefree Miniatures.  Since there are always some Magistrate, temple, or caravan guards/soldiers to fight, I decided to go with some Victrix Republican Romans/ Rome's Allies/Carthaginian/Samnites/Numidian kitbash.  This would provide me with some opportunities to paint some bronze/ steel armor mix.  I'm also using some Byzantines from Fire Forge as these remind me of the troops in the old Marvel Conan comics.   I decided to use some arms from the Human Oathmark box to give them a different look.  I plan on using Fist Full of Lead or possibly Pulp Ally.  Not quite sure yet as I haven't played either of them yet, but I have heard nothing but good things about both rule sets.

First up is the man himself

Next are some soldiers

Next up I have some allies to fight with Conan and also some temple guards.

New recruits

Just finished some Orcs and Goblins for my slow building fantasy army.  I wanted to try and convey different tribes/clans coming together in one army.  After painting them I thought how to unify them.  I toyed with the idea of tattoos of face paint, but decided to go with red paint/blood on the helms/head.  This is how the Blood Helms were born.  I tried a new skin tone with the blue, I like how it turned out and will use it with my other Orcs. 
They are a mixture of old Citadel, Ral Partha, Blacktree, and some conversions.  The last two goblins are made up of and old plastic Citadel goblin, with Frostgrave barbarian arms, and Warlord Orc heads.
Still trying to work out my camera, so sorry about the photos. 

The Blood Helms in all their glory

The Boss and his two Lieutenants 

Not-Squats and fantasy goblins

Some more Black Tree Design miniatures, this time some of their old space dwarves and some fantasy goblins.  I was too late in the game to get some space dwarves when they were out back in the day so I was super excited to throw some paint on these guys.  Goblins are always fun to paint and you defiantly can never have too many of them.  Again, these were painted a while ago and I'm just now getting around to posting them.  Hope you enjoy them.

Fantasy Adventures

Some more figures for Black Tree, this time fantasy adventurers.  I tried to tie all of them together with the paint scheme.  I hope it worked out.  Again, I painted these awhile ago and I'm just now getting around to posting them.