I cannot think of the deep sea without shuddering at the nameless things that may at this very moment be crawling and floundering on its slimy bed, worshipping their ancient stone idols and carving their own detestable likenesses on submarine obelisks of water-soaked granite.
- "Dagon", H.P. Lovecraft
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| Church of the Fleshkeeper |
Welcome back to another installment of "I made a small warband as a break from my larger projects." This time, it's a gang of horrible fishy friends for Ømen Tide. Created by Paolo Boracchi and Simon Schnitzler, two of the luminaries of the Inq28/weirdos-on-Instagram world, Ømen Tide is a tiny skirmish game of salt-soaked body horror, religious fanaticism, and that icky feeling you get if you accidentally touch seaweed while at the beach.
I found the aesthetic and the inq28-inflected 'make your own' bit as inspiring as always - plus, technically, you only need three models for a warband. I got carried away and made a miniature of every role in the Church of the Fleshkeeper, but I do have some things wrong with me.
I may even make a terrain board, but only if I wind up doing a Mordheim-y waterfront - I've got too long a to-do list to commit to that sort of thing... discipline is boring
As always, I'll go through these more or less in order I finished them. First up is a Eureka Miniatures number, where he's called Phish Two Toes. Just a great classic weirdo Eureka sculpt, I used him as a test case. It turns out that my mental image for 'sun bleached cloth and wood', gives us a very pale, yellow tone for a wet horror game. I think this might be the brightest Ømen Tide miniature out there.
I mean, 'glue shell to miniature' is such an unbelievably good idea for conversions, right? This is a North Star slave goblin with a seashell head - I'm far from the beach, but the craft store has so many cheap seashells in bags) - painted up with rusty manacles, a weird jellyfish whip, and the same skin as Phish. Shout out to Lenoon at Goonhammer for telling me to make the shell drool pure gloss varnish.
Now that I'm writing this, I'm not sure that the body of this one is North Star - the arms are, from one of the orc or goblin kits, but the body might actually be a Fireforge Games Russian. The head is the burning part from a 40k Death Guard terminator flail - very pleased with myself when I thought of that!
Fun as hell to convert and paint. Another of my endless box of Flesh Eater Courts legs, paperclip arms, putty, UHU glue, and fun. Oh, and the weirdo mask is a Tau skull from the skulls kit.
Yet another use of a North Star kit for the base body, this time from their female wizard sprue. I wanted this one to have some traditional blue-grey in the robes, but otherwise she was painted up much as the others. A bit more crusted salt, some plain Apothecary White washing for the fish-skin scrolls.
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| Phish Two Toes, fervent believer |
As always, I'll go through these more or less in order I finished them. First up is a Eureka Miniatures number, where he's called Phish Two Toes. Just a great classic weirdo Eureka sculpt, I used him as a test case. It turns out that my mental image for 'sun bleached cloth and wood', gives us a very pale, yellow tone for a wet horror game. I think this might be the brightest Ømen Tide miniature out there.
His skin tone is one of my favourite horrible pallid grey methods, from a Wilhelm tutorial, and then I glazed the lips a little blue and gave the whole lot a mix of gloss and matt varnish to see if that made him a little wet-seeming. Kind of worked?
Anyway the heart keeps beating, so long as his faith does.
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| blindfolded fanatic |
I mean, 'glue shell to miniature' is such an unbelievably good idea for conversions, right? This is a North Star slave goblin with a seashell head - I'm far from the beach, but the craft store has so many cheap seashells in bags) - painted up with rusty manacles, a weird jellyfish whip, and the same skin as Phish. Shout out to Lenoon at Goonhammer for telling me to make the shell drool pure gloss varnish.
I tried to get different shades of 'pale, sun-bleached cloth' which I think worked. The whip was way more challenging to get to look any good - when I finally went 'to hell with it', glazed it blue and gloss varnished it, it finally worked.
and yes i painted the shells
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| incense burner |
Now that I'm writing this, I'm not sure that the body of this one is North Star - the arms are, from one of the orc or goblin kits, but the body might actually be a Fireforge Games Russian. The head is the burning part from a 40k Death Guard terminator flail - very pleased with myself when I thought of that!
Colouring was accidental - I wanted more sun-bleaching, but also wanted to experiment with getting a grey driftwood look for the mace, with the result that he looks burned grey on top, flesh and pale below. his skirt came out pinkish but is intended to be sun-bleached red. I think it works well enough.
The sea-shell shield is a classic Lizardmen shield. I've owned it literally since I got into the hobby, as the 5th edition boxed set was my first boxed set. It's been undercoated white for decades.
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| relic bearer |
Fun as hell to convert and paint. Another of my endless box of Flesh Eater Courts legs, paperclip arms, putty, UHU glue, and fun. Oh, and the weirdo mask is a Tau skull from the skulls kit.
Relic bearers are usually covered with candles, but I couldn't be bothered converting any and I think it works okay as just the bleeding flesh of the god. It would be stronger if it were covered in tiny icons and candles, and it's a shame to leave such an open canvas bare - but this is a breather project, and I didn't want to get bogged down in it. I can always come back here one day.
goo is so much fun to paint
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| confessor |
Yet another use of a North Star kit for the base body, this time from their female wizard sprue. I wanted this one to have some traditional blue-grey in the robes, but otherwise she was painted up much as the others. A bit more crusted salt, some plain Apothecary White washing for the fish-skin scrolls.
I can't remember who in the Ømen Tide discord suggested she get a pearl face, but they were absolutely correct.
Yeah, a big boy! This was a fun conversion - mostly some bits from Age of Sigmar Nurgle guys I've inherited from a friend who plays them, some lazy green stuff, a bandage, and a craft store shell (came with the cool piercing). He got even more height with some cork because otherwise he wouldn't have fit on the base at all, and base sizing is a little important in Ømen Tide, due to how movement works.
I would have liked this wonderful Wilhelm sculpt to be the relic bearer, but he's too large for a 25mm base - so, instead, he'll be my Sanctified Remains token if I need one! A really great sculpt to paint - the matt/gloss mix came out a little glossy here and has messed up all my good highlighting of which I was really proud, but that's how the game plays sometimes.
That's all, folks! A really fun little way to break in the new year and allow me to procrastinate from my Saturnine Terminators. Writing this blog post also helped, but I've got time before Arthur wakes up from his nap, so -- back to it.
Enjoyed painting each of her many bags a different colour and then remembering which was which when I went to highlight.
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| crusader |
Yeah, a big boy! This was a fun conversion - mostly some bits from Age of Sigmar Nurgle guys I've inherited from a friend who plays them, some lazy green stuff, a bandage, and a craft store shell (came with the cool piercing). He got even more height with some cork because otherwise he wouldn't have fit on the base at all, and base sizing is a little important in Ømen Tide, due to how movement works.
Painting him was a treat, with driftwood and my well-established rust techniques (thought I did get a little lazy here). Having the fungi be orange to tie into the rust was fun, for me.
The overflowing flesh at the back doesn't work quite as well as I'd like, so keep scrolling and pretend you didn't see nothin'.
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| sanctified remains token |
I would have liked this wonderful Wilhelm sculpt to be the relic bearer, but he's too large for a 25mm base - so, instead, he'll be my Sanctified Remains token if I need one! A really great sculpt to paint - the matt/gloss mix came out a little glossy here and has messed up all my good highlighting of which I was really proud, but that's how the game plays sometimes.
The eyes all came out well, though.
And teeth.
really fun sculpt, great fun to paint as always
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| relic bearer early wip |
That's all, folks! A really fun little way to break in the new year and allow me to procrastinate from my Saturnine Terminators. Writing this blog post also helped, but I've got time before Arthur wakes up from his nap, so -- back to it.
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