More Quar WIP

1st up is a Quar heavy mortar.

“Behind the safety of sandbags and trench walls my intrepid 1117st1st Heavy mortarquar takes up his position readying to lob a shell out of the trench and into the hated crusaders across noquars land”.




I took a Quar ryfler that was waiting to be painted, removed his bogen and the accessories that I had already attached. I reworked the arms a bit so that he was posed to be loading a shell. The shell, left hand, knife, back pack and Mortar were bits from GW that I picked up on eBay. The Skull and wing motif were carved off which is very easily done and then put together as is. The right hand was drilled out and the shell was cut from the hand that was attached to it and place in the Quars hand (if I do another like this I will skip this part and just use it with the hand as I did with the left hand) A new base was enlarged from a round lipped base so that it would fit. And that’s about it (now to paint it)


My 2nd WIP is my Special ops trooper.

“Out of the oily black smoke comes a new weapon of war the dreaded Flame Thrower”





I started with a Quar Lt machine gunner in the firing position, added a suitable head with Goggles and snout protection. Then Back to the GW bit box for the weapon itself.
I sanded down the barrel of the gun and replaced the tip with the front piece of a GW flame thrower as well as added the GW tanks to his back. The hose was made from flexible tubing that comes in toy packages used to hold the toy in its box.
Using some brown putty I started to resculpt the skull and cross bones on the flame throwers tanks to be more Quar skull like and I widen the eye sockets with a drill. The Flame itself is from the new line of cinema effects from Armorcast (these are absolutely cool little items to pick up)
And presto another cool looking figure that was really easy to convert.

Quar Cavalry

Quar Cavalry WIP

Here are the 1st 2 of my Quar cavalry unit. I based the uniforms on a light French cavalry unit picture that I saw from WWI. French blue coats with white piping and red pants.
When painting that Cadier (horse type creature) I wanted to do something a bit different (seeing that Zombiesmith went with a very strange looking beastie). I started with various shades of red then added some striping (based loosely on some African animals) the stripping was done with chocolate brown, ivory and a white highlight. They still need a few touch ups and to be dull coated.
I also have not chosen a unit yet so I have not added a flag, but something to continue my Royalist contingent will be in the works.
4 more to paint, along with all the rest, then I am picking up a second set and making a lancer unit. Hope you like them, more to follow…

Here are the 1st four of Hellish Wells (my town) townsfolk by Bluemoon miniatures. Bluemoon has seemed to have gotten a bad rap, mostly from what seems to be what some people consider a bad paint job on their web site.
I don’t think that they are badly painted (we all paint differently) but at least they post a painted picture and for that matter have pictures up on their site to begin with (I wont buy from sites that have no pictures)
I really like these figures and enjoyed painting them, which is what it’s all about after all. Each had a few mold lines but were easily taken care of with a file and knife. So Far I have finish Mrs. Overbay the Dressmaker, Barber Palumbo(I will post a picture of him at the shop soon), Bartender Watts and Mr. Hoo, Who runs the Chinese part of town. More to come…

Hope you enjoy.

This figure was really Fun to paint and was easy to clean up with just a slight mold line. It’s the first of a 4 figure set from Reaper and though bigger than most figures it might still fit in with others if you are gaming. I am more of a Collector than a gamer so I really like Reaper figures for the size and quality of their product. The other figures in the set include another cult member and a victim and sacrificial ring (I’ll get painting them up soon.

Well finally I have finished my Quar medical team. Doctor Caertan Parcs all prepared up for surgery with his gloves scalpel, mask and stethoscope. Stretcher bearers Ho and Jon slogging through the mud and trenches as well as the little fellow they rescued from the thick of the fight. The wounded soldier was made from putty a spare arm and head as well as a Hasslefree Grymns foot.






The second grouping is my personal body guard unit (in combat dress) of Syrnol Aynur Llyr Mir Barrow of the 1171st Homeland Bound battalion.


Next to Syrnol Llyr (in his finest whites) stands guard Commander Caertan Eom a long time companion and trusted friend of Llyr. The rest of the body guard is made up of Young but tested troopers from some of the finest noble families of Lower Barrow (in exile) Guardsman’s Yrral, Yelruc, Pmehs and Yelruc Eoj.


Next is the start of “A” company. Is-Caertan Bifkin (see previous Post) is in command. So far Yawdryl Gwendol and Rhyfler Narby have join the ranks of the painted. Also in the group is Sniper Serret currently assigned to Company “A” but come and goes as he pleases.


40 more and a Cavalry unit to go, yikes!!!

W.I.P, My 1st Quar house, Trash to treasure.

This particular Quars house is was not built on and into Termite mound but is a simple structure made in the Adobe style. The front door leads into a living area with a hatch access to the roof. The side door leads into a food preparation section and then into the living area. The sleeping areas and several other rooms are located below, carved into the ground and offering a cool place for my Quar sleep.

I started with a piece of recycled (my Quars are going green) packing material from something I had bought years ago for the main structure (I have trouble tossing stuff out).

I then carved out holes for the windows and used recycled contact lens cases for the smoked bubble glass (see what I mean about tossing stuff out). The Mud type window frames, door knobs and rope pull on the hatch were added with 2 part epoxy putty. The doors, hatch and smoke stack were made from Plastic card, wood hobby sticks and wire window screen mesh for you guest it, the Door window screen. The whole thing was then sprayed black and several coats of various grays were dry brushed on.

Still to be added will be a base and a fenced yard out back and some plant life around the structure. The rope pull, door knobs also have to be painted. This was a fun little project to do for almost no cost and little time. Now I am looking to find more such packing for more houses and other project ideas. So take a look around you never know what you might find in your trash.

Pulp Cargo ship crew

A Few of my Cargo ship crew (I have not based them yet) from Brigade miniatures.