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.

Battletech

I've always loved the idea of giant robots fighting it out in the remains of a destroyed city.  I never got into the original Battletech game, it seemed to complicated for me.  Some of the old figures did not appeal to me, but after seeing some of the recent video games my interest was brought back "online".  I was perusing e-bay when I saw a seller posting a large collection of plastic click figures for Battletech Dark Age.  I know these are not the same design as the current figures but they work for me.  I plan on painting up two major factions with a few mercenary companies.  These will be loosely based on the Battletech universe. One faction with be green with tan, the other probably grey with different colors to denote units, and the mercenaries/pirates to be multi-colored.  I'm thinking of using Fist Full of Lead to have these giants duke it out.  Here is the first unit, the 7th "to be decided later" light lance.  

A Valiant

A Phoenix Hawk I

A Mjolnir

A different angle

A large Wasp

A to be named light lance

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. 

WWII Russians

I finished these a long while ago for Black Tree and just now posting them.  I had fun painting the uniforms and camouflage.  Hope you enjoy them.

Pyrates and Town Guard

Holy double post Batman!
I recently got a few packs of Wargames Foundry Pirates.  Of all the manufactures of pirate figures, i like these the best.  I know their clothes cover a wide range of time, from Buccaneers to the Golden Age, but I don't care :)  I have always had my eye on the old Wargames Factory WSS troops with the idea of using them as government troops for my pirates to fight.  When Wargames Factory closed up shop I just figured that it just wasn't meant to be.  You can imagine my joy when I saw that Warlord was reissuing them.  I snatched up a box with plans for a box of cavalry and artillery in the near future.  I think the similar pose works for them as they aren't meant to be the stars of the show just someone for the pirates to beat up.  I painted them as a generic Spanish unit in the Caribbean.  I have plans for more pirates, some ships, more pirates, perhaps some English/Dutch/French troops, and more pirates :)  My dad and I are looking at Donnybrook rules wise.  Let me know what you think.