twisted moon's 2026

[twisted moon]

a pack of giant rats:



the one on the left is the last of the iron gate scenery pack.



the others are metal sculpts from bifrost miniatures.

 

[twisted moon]

another pack of giant rats:



plastic games workshop on the left and then five from highland miniatures.



that's the last of the giant rats currently in my possession. i'd hoped to pick up some more (from any manufacturer), but neither traveling man nor element games were cooperative.

 

[twisted moon]

a small unit of slingers today:



the second from either end are plastic mordheim skaven which i (think i) picked up with a bulk lot in the early years of this millenium.
since then i haven't really had any intention to use them.
when i was placing the order with northwing miniatures, i thought i might as well buy the other three to give me a small unit.



if i had paused to think for a moment, i might have realised i could instead easily convert the mordheim plastics to the two beast-handlers i require to finish off a couple of units. oh well.
it's possible i'll double the size of this unit if i see any figures that i like (as always, at a price i'm prepared to pay, of course). in the meantime, they may come in handy in skirmish games. slings are always useful grenade delivery mechanisms in games of rogue trader, after all.

 

[twisted moon]

i've also made a unit base for my screaming bell ...



... and a movement tray for the slave unit. i'm sure i photographed the tray on its own, but, if i did, the photo. has disappeared.



the slaves and handlers are from multiple sources (even some citadel), painted over many years. the screaming bell is from inquisition miniatures. i painted it prior to 2017, thus it has not been posted here before.

 

[Brother Meredith]

That’s a proper horde unit!

 

[Fighelm]

Excellent! Could also be a huge cast of extras wandering up for a Conan movie set. (I can almost smell them from here).

 

[twisted moon]

That’s a proper horde unit!

i'm hoping skaven slaves have quality in quantity. at least the rank bonus should help them through a few rounds of combat, as well as protect the screaming bell.

(I can almost smell them from here).

i'm glad the wind's not blowing in my direction.

 

[twisted moon]

with orctober upon us i have painted up the second half of my wolf rider unit.



crooked dice at either end which i got at vapnartak this year, in from them are a couple of pre-slotta citadel orcs i picked up at lead and steel in april mounted on some wolves that i've had for a while (and can't remember the manufacturer), in the middle is the marauder miniature orc general on a resin wolf (courtesy of @Eric). i've added a milliput horn to the general to make him the unit's musician.



crooked dice have the riders and wolves cast together with separate weapon arms. if i'd realised that i'd probably just have bought two blisters and swapped the arms around on the second pack. not realising it means i have a more old school unit.



the marauder goblin general is doing duty as the unit standard bearer. the other four are ghost miniatures orcs, if i recall correctly, bought at vapnartak many years ago and presumably painted before 2017, as they don't seem to have been posted before (outside a couple of battle reports).

 

[Eric]

They look great, love the blue/green contrast.

 

[Old Hob]

Proper mayhem! This is why monopose orcs never worked for me - they should be a riot of shapes, sizes and kit. The blue pulls them together as a unit nicely.

 

[twisted moon]

thank you both.

 

[orkwrangler]

with orctober upon us i have painted up the second half of my wolf rider unit.

I love the blue moon shield art. I'm not convinced brown is the best contrast colour, but everything is way better than I can do anyway, so pay no mind.

 

[twisted moon]

I love the blue moon shield art.

thank you.

I'm not convinced brown is the best contrast colour ...

i wasn't being arty enough about it to consider a contrast colour. i was just thinking they'd painted the design onto the wooden boards of their shields!

 

[orkwrangler]

i was just thinking they'd painted the design onto the wooden boards of their shields!

Fair!

 

[twisted moon]

my next addition to the blue moon crew is another couple of 'chariots'. actually a couple of looted farm carts that the boyz have pressed into action.



both carts are mdf kits from blotz: the turnip cart on the left and the hay cart on the right.



the turnip cart is pulled by the marauder warboar, released as the orc general's mount (remounted on a wolf above). the hay cart by an elven beast handler boar (i think) picked up at lead & steel in april.



i also picked up another goblin king's chariot driver from the same source, whilst the hay cart is driven by a random gnoblar i picked up at a show a few years ago for this very purpose. the gnoblar has had his head replaced with one from warhammer regiments and his sword with a milliput whip.



the fighting crew are ral partha europe deadly dungeon miniatures: goblin berserker with morning star, cloak and goblin berserker with morning star, armoured. weapon choices were inspired by the goblin king's chariot, which they'll be fighting alongside.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Love how you have mixed up all of these models from different manufacturers!

 

[Fimm McCool]

They're brilliant! Properly look like they're in a race jostling for position.

 

[twisted moon]

Love how you have mixed up all of these models from different manufacturers!

this is my oldhammer way.

They're brilliant!

thank you.