twisted moon's 2026

[twisted moon]

a bit of a slow start to the year, but i have been working on some sci-fi gubbins.



another staircase from blotz, and ammunition / toolbox from the goliath truck i painted last year, and some more walkways made from coffee stirrers, card and car body mesh. it wasn't until i'd finished my last turn of the 5pfh campaign that i recalled i'd made a couple previously, but i managed to find them again, so i now have six of the longer, thinner ones.



the shorter wider ones are designed to allow me to connect the stairs to the roofs of some (most?) of my buildings.



i also stopped procrastinating and got this tower done.



the structure has been sitting painted for some time, while i tried to decide what to turn it into.



i'm not absolutely certain what that is.



perhaps a communcations tower of some (almost certainly illicit) sort.



expect to see it in future games of 5pfh.

 

[symphonicpoet]

^Useful stuff, all. Hard to argue with stairs and walkways, and a nice tank/silo/tower is rarely out of place.

 

[twisted moon]

thank you.
connie and blythe, the boyl 2019 exclusive miniature.



painted up to hopefully complement both my kaiser- and anschlusszwerge.



she'll join lastro lupinthrall as a baggage guard.

 

[twisted moon]

i've now painted the null steersman, boyl 2018 event miniature.



a name tag will follow at some point (as it will for connie & blythe).



my version has been cashiered from the imperial navy and is now working at spanglish town uplift port.

 

[inchmurrin]

i've now painted the null steersman, boyl 2018 event miniature.

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a name tag will follow at some point (as it will for connie & blythe).

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my version has been cashiered from the imperial navy and is now working at spanglish town uplift port.

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He fits in well with the Colony 87 minis and looks a useful addition to the team.

 

[twisted moon]

thank you. he's quite a bit bigger than the colony 87, but then so is hermesind.
another tin can silo to add to the sci-fi scenery.



the sign is corex board with a (cosmetic) coffee stirrer frame.



the tap is a plastic bendy straw attached with a lump of milliput, and with a random (non-wargaming) plastic wheel from my bits box.



it's hard to see, but there's a hatch on the roof to allow the silo to be filled ...



... with everyone's favourite sci-fi soft drink.

 

[symphonicpoet]

Colony '87 is a bit on the slighter side. Love the bendy straw and the valve wheel on that! That's a lot of Slurm. Nobody drinks Choak anymore? In honor of the most successful local soft drink and Colony '87 I might have to make up a sign for '87-Up. Nice work!

 

[twisted moon]

some additions for my punks.



near future mercenaries from checkpoint miniatures (picked up in their january sale) and olivia neutron-bomb.



olivia is, of course, the 2017 boyl event miniatures, although a (perhaps not identical) resin printed alternative can be obtained from 3d kingdoms 'from the pages' range.
she's a threefer, as she's a contribution to femuary, and i've also posted in the show us your boyl models thread.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Here she is! https://www.3dkingdoms.co.uk/product-page/bmt-denizens-from-the-pages-phase-4-part-8-28mm

John Pickford’s BOYL sculpt is bit better IMHO.

 

[Michael Stockin]

Just out of curiosity, do we have a photo of John Pickford, or know his age?
I went to school with someone by that name...

 

[ManicMan]

For some reason, he is one of these still sculpting guys which... there appears to be

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personal information on.. Maybe Clam can help you out?
He does 'Clamshells and seagods (http://clamshellsandseadogs.blogspot.com/) and is a big time John Pickford sculpt collector.

 

[twisted moon]

i've made a start on my golfag's other ogre mercenaries. i picked these up at the very tail end of the '80's (or possibly very early '90's) when games workshop had repackaged their regiments of renown in hard plastic shell cases (i got mengil manhide's dark elf marauders in the same sort of packaging). that makes these the oldest, and longest owned, unpainted miniatures in my collection at present.



the one on the right, however, is a resin (printed?) sculpt i was given at boyl. i don't know it's provinance, but assume it's supposed to be an orc. given that my goblinoid forces are (oh so close to being) complete, and his size, i decided he'd make a good shaman for my ogres.



i'm intending to have all my ogres in a single unit (hopefully, of twenty), and to that end have stripped all but two of the non-Golfag's that have seen (rather eclectic) paint.
i saved my two favourite paint jobs and am using these as the template for the rest.



here they are, still needing basing.

 

[The Serene Badger]

20 ogres in a unit? That's terrifying!

 

[twisted moon]

they're unlikely to be going anywhere in a hurry, that's for certain.
i need to pick up another three. anyone able to suggest some currently produced ogres, in a similar size and style, available in the uk?

 

[Brother Meredith]

Few suggestions:

Ogre Warriors 2

This little band love fighting and dying together. Resin miniatures supplied unpainted and unassembled. This kit will require cleaning and assembly, and could need some small holes filled. Contains 3 Resin miniatures.

maxminishop.com

Set of 4 Ogres | Oldhammer 28mm Miniatures

High elfs fer dinner! Wood Elfs fer tea! Roast em or boil em! Save a leg fer me! These mercenary Ogres have travelled across the world (and eaten

www.oldschoolminiatures.co.uk

16100 Ogres (Pack of Two or Single Miniature)

Two different metal miniatures. Approx 35mm tall with open hands. Each is supplied with a sprue of two different weapons (from Axe, Club, Blade) to choose from. On this page choose from the pack of two Ogres or a single random Ogre from the two poses with a weapon sprue. Fantasy Warlord 28mm...

www.alternative-armies.com

Sunland Ogres with Blunderbuss - Highlands Miniatures

This kit includes everything pictured in the first image. Printed in 32mm scale. Miniature design by Highlands Miniatures. Produced by HammerLine Miniatures. All Hammerline Miniatures products are 3D printed using high-quality resin and are washed, cured and have the majority of supports...

www.hammerline.co.uk

https://ebay.us/m/dnOG1e (sprue of Wargames Atlantic ogres)

 

[Eric]

GW still sell some of the older ogres:

https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/empire-of-man-ogres-with-great-weapons-2024

https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/empire-of-man-ogres-with-hand-weapons-2024

https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/empire-of-man-imperial-ogre-with-light-cannon-2024

I did buy one of the three packs myself earlier this year when I had a voucher to spend. I'll see if I can find my golfag's and do a side by side for scale.

 

[twisted moon]

Few suggestions:

if they're not too tall, the aa are a fair match style-wise. the old school ones are good, but there are four of them ...

GW still sell some of the older ogres:

these are too fancy for this project, see https://forum.oldhammer.org/threads/twisted-moons-2023.33627/page-2#post-114411

 

[Fimm McCool]

This guy's also big for an orc and might look good with them-
https://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/s...s-c-251_258_273/orc-warlord-02263-p-4857.html

I'm a big fan of this ogre range-

https://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/s...c-37/fantasy-armies-c-37_39/ogres-c-37_39_49/

 

[twisted moon]

thanks, they might well do, and the price is certainly right.

 

[symphonicpoet]

20 ogres in a unit? That's terrifying!

I have a 40K dread mob. Everyone thinks they look terrifying. As a result, they tend to get shot first. Targets. They look like perfect targets to absorb roundshot that might otherwise have gone elsewhere.