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hey all, Like most of us I have far too many half finished/barely started piles of metal and plastic. After my success of my Reaver log on Dakka I figured the best way to inspire me onwards and upwards would be to log my next army building/painting attempt.

As you can probably guess from the title that means those curliest of beards.

I was fortunate enough to be given some "big hats" by an old friend. I came close to flogging these last month but couldnt bring myself too, it wouldnt have shown much gratitude so i sold off some warmaster minis instead.

I have been buying minis to go along with what I have and am starting to approach something that looks like an army so figured I'd start the log.

Firstly I painted the plastic warriors, these really are naff sculpts, luckily I only have 4 as unit fillers, hopefully I will be able to avoid any more.



now that they are outta the way I can start on the better minis, heres my first bull centaur (sorry my camera really hasnt made a good job of these, I need to try and sort something better, they honestly look better than this).



Finally I did a hero, this is the same fig that was voted 3rd in the best wfb poll on GWs website.



more to come, shields also still to paint, gotta try and sort some hobgobs too.

Looking very nice. So, are these all of your models so far or not?

Glad you're inspired. So, is this just what you've finished painting then?

I like the colors that a nice red you used , and the beards are great too

Great start. I shall follow this blog with interest...

Even though this site pumps out plenty of cool conversions, I'm glad to see more classic big hats floating around.

As for those plastic warriors, I agree.. unfortunately I have to use them as unit fillers too. The paint job you've done suits them though

You can show your starship troopers stuff in the 'Off Topic Showcase' section.  I would be curious to see those.

IMO you should use a second metallic colour for the decorative bits on the axes.

Looking nice. Clean painting, variety of colours, good shading. The colours complement each other well. Good job! As said above, post your Starship Troopers in the Off-Topic Showcase. I have no idea why, but the words Starship Troopers brings up images of a human version of the Tau armour and weaponry... Bizarre.

I realy like the bullcentaurs and orcs

Blunderbussers look sweet, especially the cocky looking one

Great work man! I have got to say, you make the plastics look worth painting! Excellent job on everything, a nice clean painting overall!

Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing more!

looking good

Liking the banner poles on the lord, make sure you give him suitably good looking banners to do him justice

Looking good. that little touch of blue on the musician's horn really works well. Itmight be an idea to add a touch of blue to any non-standard CD model. As in command groups and characters, possibly crew... Stilll looking excellent! Can't wait to see the extra BBs done and in formation...

*crack* Work starscream! *dangles a rod with energon cake on it, enticing you to the painting table*

The stop typing and starting taking pics

It's all looking really nice! I like the colour scheme of the hobbos in particular. Fits really well together. What's unfinished about the lord? Cool "backpack" type thing. What's it made from etc?

Good lad for posting so quickly.

can I get a close up of it, please?

great army !!!! love the colors
but for a bad hair day ,i have a male elf slave that can help you!!

How about some shots from the sides so we can see thes ebad boys further.