My 1171st Battalion of the Coftyran Crymuster, “Homeland Bound”

My 1171st Battalion of the Coftyran Crymuster, “Homeland Bound”

I spent my night putting together the rest of my Quar figures (yikes!! those small little arms are a pain in the you know what) but I now have everything together, well almost, I am short a few arms they must have crawled off with my machine gun team..
Tonight I’ll remove any flash and mold lines and prime the rest of them. So far I have 45 or so Quar on my table hoping and praying that I’ll paint them up.
The Standard is my rendition of the Flag a Lower Barro (Based on the flag of Botswana) With the Barro national symbol in the center (that I took from one of the articles in the Quar forum.) and the Royal symbol in the upper left hand corner. The words “Ardref Tir” adorned the flag which means “Homeland Bound”. (Or as close as I could get) I painted the flag up quickly for the picture but it still needs a lot of work.

In the center is my command unit commanded by:
Syrnol Aynur Llyr Mir Barro.
Standard barrier and a Musician

Behind them is my Elite personal guard unit with a Caertan and 4 guardsmen in soft caps.

To the right is company A. primed and ready to paint.
To the left is company B. waiting to be primed.
Then I have my Sniper, Pik Pik Messenger, Pilot and Tanker.
3 Officers, 2 other Troopers (missing arms) and a Sapper.
In the back row a Heavy Shotgun Squad, 2 Mortar teams, a Doctor and Stretcher Barriers.

Missing is another Tanker and my Lt machine Gun Team which has gone AWOL.

Well that’s all of them for now stay tuned for more WIP and the finish figures.

Thanks for looking and Down with the Crusades!

My new Quar WIP. Medical team

1171st Battalion of the Coftyran Crymuster, "Homeland Bound", Syrnol Aynur Llyr mir Barro, commanding.

Emigrants from Crusader nations have swollen the ranks of the armies of Coftyr and Fidwog, and these are noted for their unyielding hatred of the Crusaders. One such unit, by no means atypical of these, is the 1171st Battalion of the Coftyran Crymuster, most of whom fled from Lower Barro after the "False War."


Aynur Llyr mir Barro is distantly related to the famous soldier-author by the same name, but holds a diametric view of the Crusade. As a member of the formerly-ruling sept of Lower Barro, he needs no reminder of what the Crusade will do to the nobility. He sees their action as destroying all the best things of civilization, and the current conflict as nothing less than the End of Days.

This is not to say he is joyless. His deep devotion to his own ancestors, his refined artistic sense, and his noble bearing are greatly inspirational to his troops. He is magnanimous and inspiring as few emigree leaders are, turning his personal tragedy into a rallying point for his troops.

"Thanks to pete Murray for the above story "


My new Quar WIP.
I thought I would make a medical unit for my Quar army after all someone has to look after the wounded.

I started with a Syrnol figure to use as a surgeon. I took the figure and sanded down part of the inner jacket on one side and the scarf to make it more of an old high collar medical smock and then sanded the sash down to just a belt. I then took a head from my bag o heads and made it into a Quar version with a surgical cap, I added a full face mask and then made an attempt at a scalpel and stethoscope (we will see how they paint up for I am definitely not a sculptor). And there you have it my Quar doctor ready to save the life of the next unfortunate soldier.

The next set is my heroic medics, running into the fray under a hail of slugs to save a fallen comrade. I used two Ryfler Maerch figures for the medics adding a couple of small medical packs to them and used some brown epoxy putty to add arm bands to the shoulders. I remove the rifles and sacks that came with the figures and drill in holes for the stretcher poles; I also had to resculpt an arm on one of the little fellow because I broke it off while removing the rifle. The wounded soldier was made with some sculpting putty (the bake in the oven stuff) some brown stuff for the collar and pressure bandage on the head, another head from my bag o heads and an extra arm with the rifle removed. The stretcher was made with two paper clips and Kleenex soaked in with a white glue/water mix which was also used for the blanket. The base on the set was made from two round lipped bases cut in half; I then joined them with an old cavalry base and made the lip with brown stuff. It was a fun little project that did not take a lot of time and I think will make a nice little vignette when painted up. Thanks for looking and Down with the Crusades !!!

Quar and Grymn WIPs

My Quar Is-Caerten, with no name as of yet and a picture of some of my Grymn still in progress. I never can stay on one subject for long, that’s why I have lots of started armies and none finished. But I am determined to complete my Grymn’s and Quars. Both set of little fellows are a pleasure to paint and collect. Hope you like them.

Hasslefrees' Debra Sci Fi Trooper

Just a Couple of Pictures of Debra, a Sci fi trooper from Hasslefree. I really, really liked this figure but my painting does not do it justice. I enjoyed painting it and it looks much better in person (not as yellow) as I am still learning how to use the camera. I hope Kev at Hasslefree makes a few more companions to go along with Deb, it’s a great sculpt and would fit into many sci fi games as a light trooper. My favorite part of this sculpting is the attention to details that Kev puts into each figure like the padding inside the helmet which is just visible on the side of her face; it makes for an outstanding figure. All in all this is an outstanding figure and if you’re into Sci Fi figures or games is worth the price.

Y Barwn Coch or The Red Baron

A few more WIP Quar. Here are two new Quar that I worked on last night. The first is Y Barwn Coch, (or The Red Baron if my Translator worked) I still don’t have any fluff written about my Quar yet but I love this figure so I bought 2.
I thought this figure really lent itself to a tribute figure of the famous WWI Ace. The second figure (no name as of yet) is my Quar commander and is not a tribute but I did steal the uniform from a less than popular German Ace. (But no politics here) I just thought the uniform style went nicely with the sculpting. Anyways, once again they where a lot of fun to paint up (thou my painting skill and eye sight are not as good as they once were. Painting now is for fun not awards).
I can always see the mistake and little specs of dust and so after I take the pictures but I thought I’d post them anyways and I’ll fix them up tonight. Zombiesmith has really hit the mark with the Quar and I hope they keep them coming. Thanks for looking , hope you like them.

Quar casualty

Ryfler Difywdy Marw. Quar casualty

I decided that one of my Quar soldiers will bite the dust (it is War after all) so I started this Casualty Quar figure, Poor little fella step on a mine or was sniped at either way its the end of the road for Ryfler Marw. At this time it is still a WIP with the painting but the figure is done. I used bits and pieces from my Quars as well as a bit of hand made stuff. I don’t think it looks half bad for a casualty marker. I hope you like it and as always feedback is appreciated.

My first figures of the first set of my Quars from Zombiesmith. First let me say these are one of the more original alien designs out there and are wonderful figures to paint, I absolutely love these little guys
. My wish was to go for a more drab uniform for my units, which I think I achieved even thought the pictures are not the best. I have chosen to paint whatever one I picked up out of my box of Quar first so there is not rhyme or reason in the order of things.
The 1st up are, A Ryfler, a Pik Pik messenger squirrel handler and one of my Mortar squads. They were all lots of fun to paint but the assembly was a bit of a bother. They are not all that hard to do but those skinny arms and heads are a pain in the neck. If you plan on doing some Quar in the future I would suggest drilling out the arm and neck area to enlarge the openings, I found this to be a great help when assembling the figures. One of the greatest things about these figures is that they come with all sorts of extra little bits each figure has a choice of heads and packs and other cool stuff to add on, so that you can make the same figure in many different ways. All in all the Quars are tops in my book. As always I hope you like them and feedback is welcome.