Ogre mercenary #4

I am still waiting for some heavy support for my slowly growing Bolt Action Hungarian army so in the meantime decided to paint something different. The ogre mercenaries have been waiting for some support for quite a long time so now they finally got the 4th guy! 🤗

Like before I chose natural tones trying to make the model look rather real instead of "total fantasy" like in oldie army books and White Dwarf issues. Definitely like the final result, it's much more than enough for gaming purposes. Painting this fella was lots of fun - just like the rest of the team: the magical charm of mid 90's I guess. I know there are different opinions but IMHO these ogres plus orcs and goblins line are what defines whole that middlehammer aesthetics. And what got me hooked into the hobby.

Looking at the pics I think the mace should've been painted more thick orange, like totally corroded nasty piece of iron but like it anyway - provides nice contrast with pole and flesh.

So looks like there's one more left plus getting rid of blood from the first one, and I can take a family shot 😎

Just before having short holidays my buddy invited me for Blood Bowl game - to introduce the game and show what's it all about. It must've been something, 'cause he already has 5 different teams!
I started little research - until now I was pretty sure there're no interesting (that is: metal) models available, but, to my surprise, I've found some really cool teams, ready to kick the spiky ball, break limbs and chew grass!

At this stare it's kinda teaser only - I am still choosing THE ONE team. Was pretty sure it'd be Undead squad, but after checking the options I am torn between Skaven,Chaos and Deaders of course. Hope to make the decision before finishing the last ogre mercenary 🐭

Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Gulash"

Howdy,

July is nearly over so I'm glad I was able to boost painting statistics by one more model:
Hungarian tank destroyer - Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Gulash".

After 38.M Toldi it's the second unit for my (veeery slowly) growing Bolt Action Hungarian army. It's more painting than gaming project actually. Because of trying to relocate to Big City and some other life issuses, I don't have enough spare time to paint another infantry swarm. But I have just enough time to practice Hungarian ambush camo and slap some paint on Warpainter's candies... 😊

It's the second Hetzer I've painted during my hobby career. The previous one was painted for my brother almost 4 years ago (sigh!). That one was Warlord's model - it was simply horrible sculpt and cast (sorry...). The new one is Italeri's production - clear, sharp, absolutely no complains.

Once again I gace a try to painting some camo, which was such a relief after painting all those US vehicles! I am even more happy I managed to resist the urge of applying mud - every time I open the pot I get berzerk  and ofter ruin the paintwork.

Hope you like the paintjob. 

Some more heavy support from Warpainters foundries should come next... 😎

And my whole Hungarian force at current state. Almost 300 pts ready for battle! 😁

Laterz!

Neo-soviet NBC suit squad

Recently neo-soviet war bot has been painted but we all know without invantry support all war machines are easy targets for anti-tank squads, partisans etc.

I've been big fan of old EM4 / Mark Copplestone's models so while looking for proper candidates for pos-apo troopers I've check future skirmish line. Until now I've painted several gangs based on EM4 models and in my opinion they are just supercool:

not overdone, but full of character and oldschool spirit.

As for red stars these are decals from Bolt Action - I had 2 or 3 but thank to Marcin (4generals commander) I got enough of them for whole squad. Thanks mate once again!

Hope you like the final effect, now I'm looking for proper transport for da boyz:

Eldritch Jeep

A while back I painted some Jeeps to support my Bolt Action US force. It turned out there was one more model left. At this stage I have more Jeeps my army can use, so decision was made this one is coming back where it came from - to the manufacturer 😊

Obviously it wasn't supposed to be a "normal" gaming model (more like a souvenir) so it got unusual paintjob and some eldritch junk inside: I imagined it leaving some excavation site or maybe ancient graveyard, loaded with robbed stuff.

Must say I really like the final result - working on model was quick and pleasant (the piece is pretty simple) and adding the bits was just fun (these also came from Warpainter btw). Pink color is pretty unusual on tabletop battlefields but I've painted such models before: Italian Autoblinda and German Brummbar. Choosing unusual colors is ton of fun every time.

So here it is. 

Below - some pathetic christian priest trying to stop grave robber from stealing ancient tomes and mysterious flask (split-second before getting bullet in the stupid head):

And the wheeler in the full grace:

38.M Toldi

So after dealing with several models from fantasy and dark (yet pretty pointy-teeth and vivid) future range World War II theme stepped on my painting desk once again. This time it's something rather unique: hungarian light tank 38.M Toldi from Warpainter's range. 

I must say I got this cute model a while back but couldn't find decals for Hungarian armor. But thank to Marcin, who's running Bolt Action dedicated blog - 4generals (there're tons of supercool photos and scenarios - definitely recommended!) shared some spares with me. Which means long waited painting process could be started! 🥳

Painting was pretty challenging - Hungarian army ain't very popular among Bolt Action players, so there's not much pics of painted miniatures in the webspace (compared to US, Soviets or Germans that is). Basic idea was to give a try to camo pattern. What you see below is the very first WW2 camouflage from under my brush, but I really like the final result. Hope to test it also on 40.M Turan.

After model was sealed I had that strong urge (once again...) to add some mud effect but my experience is after the mud jar is opened I can never stop before model is at least half-dirty. So in order to make it look kinda "clean" I used only dry pigments. Which actually makes perfect sense: the tank got dusty while running away from the soviet front 😊

Hope you like the final result:

And here's the answer to big question: 

why Hungarian army got ass kicked in Soviet Union... 😋😉