Mordheim Terrain: Pie Shoppe Ruins & Fish Plaza Statue

I love the aesthetic of Mordheim ruins. With a campaign soon to start, I figured now would be a good time to make some terrain. Here are the two fruits of my labor: a ruined pie shoppe and a huge fish statue for a plaza.

First, we have the Pie Shoppe. This building is a staggered ruin with about a 6" square footprint. It stands 9.75" tall. The shoppe is made entirely of black foamcore and craft wood (dowels, coffee stirrers, popsicle sticks, etc.). This is my second attempt at making a ruined building; the first was a few years ago, and take my word for it when I tell you this building is a lot better.

The exterior is Craftsmart Brick Red mixed with varying levels of black paint. The interior is Craftsmart Dark Blue mixed with, as you might guess, varying levels of black paint. The wood is FolkArt Coffee Bean (940) mixed with... varying levels of black paint. Finally, everything was drybrushed with FolkArt matte Coffee Latte (2559) to really tie it all together. Then I added some fine turf flock ("Weeds") and clump foliage ("Conifer") from Woodland Scenics. When everything was complete, I heavily sprayed the whole thing with a Mod Podge mix which, while it made it a little shiny for these pictures, should also protect the paint job and flock during play.

Second, we have the Fish Statue. This is a large statue with a 4.75" square footprint that stands about 8.5" tall. The base is some kind of bumpy cardboard shipping material that I painted up like stone. The big fish statue is a Reaper Miniatures "Gulper" that came with the Bones 4 Kickstarter; I had no idea what to do with it, but since Mordheim has a fish motif, I rolled with it. The skeleton on the gulper's fin is from Wargames Atlantic, one of the torsos with no attached legs; I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. The smaller pikemen statues on each corner are Warlord Games Landsknecht Pikemen. Both the fish and the pikemen were painted up with bronze (or another, similar metallic paint), then covered with Citadel Nihilakh Oxide. I'm not sure if it's quite the effect I was going for, but it looks fine.

Pie Shoppe Ruins: 6"x6" (36 in²)

Fish Plaza Statue: 4.75"x4.75" (22.56 in²)

Total: 58.56 in²

A 4'x4' table (48"x48") is 2,304 in². If I were to aim for terrain coverage for half of the board, then it would mean it needs 1,152 in² of terrain. So, 58.56/1152 = 5%? If I aimed for covering one quarter of the board with terrain, that would mean 576 in², which would be about 10% done. That seems more manageable, so I'll set that as the goal. (I don't know if I'll even try to hit that goal, but it's a number to aim for.)

Mordheim: Ogre Bodyguard

Wargames Atlantic finally released their Landsknecht Ogre box, and I scooped it up immediately. I've been waiting for this box for ages, as it was supposed to release back in December. In any case, here's a big fellow to join both my Mordheim warband and my Noble Retinue (shown beside a normal-sized soldier for scale). Everybody needs a hulking enforcer, right?

The color scheme is the same as the other groups (red, grey, and charcoal), just... bigger. The teeth and nails are a base of Heavy Goldbrown with a thin layer of Bonewhite over it. There are eight more ogres in the box, so I'm sure they'll turn up here on the blog sooner or later.

Supervillains: Xeno and Doc Brimstone

More villains have arrived to torment my superhero miniatures, and these two share a supernatural affinity.

On the left is Lord Xeno the Eyeless, an ancient, twisted creature. Though blind, Xeno's magic allows him to see--and see beyond the mortal realm.

Xeno is a metal Stargrave miniature that came with my Nickstarter order (yes, Nickstarter with an N) when Stargrave first came out. Obviously, it would also work well for a Mystic Captain or First Mate for Stargrave when it's not busy being supervillainous. I love the hooded coat, especially from the back.

On the right is Doc Brimstone, previously the Brimstone Kid. This foul creature bedeviled Dead Marshal back in the wild west and has continued his evil from the old frontier to the modern day. Aside from packing heat with his magic revolver, he also packs heat in a more literal sense with his mystical control of fire. A right charmer, he's willing to make deals with anyone--but he's sure to come out ahead in the end.

Doc Brimstone is a Stargrave head on a Dead Man's Hand gunfighters body, with a hand throwing up horns from Anvil Industry.

Leland's Fusiliers: Awesome, Locust, and Thunderbolt

New year, new mechs. Leland's Fusiliers have been reinforced with three new battlemechs. 

• Awesome (80 tons, BV 1,605)
• Locust (20 tons, BV 432)
  
• Thunderbolt (65 tons, BV 1,335)

Interestingly, I've already painted another copy of all three of these mechs in Aka-Oni red; they're all from the Game of Combat boxed set, of which I have two copies.

Leland's Fusiliers Stats
Total mechs: 19
Total tons: 1115
Total battle value: 22,344