AA.Iron Guard Bolt Thrower.P1

The Iron guard are one of my little passion projects and Alternative Armies have recently announced the imminent release of a Cannon and Crew. This has prompted me to revise my painting list and pushed up my Bolt Thrower to the top. I also have a chariot but I am looking at an alternative to the horses to make it a big more Goblin'y

The sculpts match up with the foot troops and I have based them on 20mm square. The spotter has has had a minor conversion and I have added a telescope made from bits. i have also added cable to the Bolt thrower  

i wanted to do something a bit different withe team and not just have them on the ground so in keeping with the 'Armoured' theme I envisioned the bolt thrower on top of a small siege tower.

Initial mock up with crew and trooper using Foamcard. 

I wanted it deliberately 'small' and not meant for scaling walls. I had originally thought of having lower bolt thrower but decided on a simpler tower design

The wheels are made out of foamcard 

Finished wheels wrapped in card which will be Iron trim. 

The frame has been given wooden decks and edges

The body will be covered in iron tiles made from card

Tiling finished and wheels added

ladder added to the back

Completed tower

I plan on picking up Stone Maw the Troll who will push the tower into position.

paint to add now...

Alternative Armies Armoured Goblin Bolt Thrower

Man O'War. Begining

I recently managed to acquire a copy of Man O'War and tick off another game of my Oldhammer

 list!

The box needs a bit of TLC but otherwise is complete and has all the ships to give me my first two fleets. The pirate fleet will be based on the Iron Fleet of House Greyjoy from The Game of Thrones series. The fleet style will work perfectly and the Iron Islands will provide some great terrain inspiration.

For the Imperial forces I want to move away from the classic red and striped sails and make it a bit more realistic. The fleet will be part of the Order of the Blazing Sun which is one of the Empires Chivalric Orders. Though mainly a Knightly order, several real Knight orders maintained their own navies such as the Knight of Malta.

Banner of the Order of the Blazing Sun

First ship minus the mast.

Stern detail with the Order Blazing Sun

Sail still to be added which will be black with the Order blazing Sun on it.

Ion Age 15. Hades Legio Malig Ordos

...INQUIRY

...Hades Legion action/Confirmed

...ACCESS DIRECTORY

...Transcript excerpt from Port Administrator Barras/Planet Guttenberg. 

...The first we knew there was something wrong was when the Starport sirens began to sound. a Carrack Superheavy carrier from the Agri-moon was not returning hails and as it came into the land you could see damage and fires from several sections. We had assumed she had been caught by raiders but managed to pull through. Support crews were summoned and went to meet them. 

The Carrier had landed badly and sat in silence as the crews approached and then all hell broke loose!
Bay doors fell and great wheels shot out, dark purple livery with lasers and rocket pods blazing as they moved out from the ship and began to tear through them. Like the ripples from a stone in the water, they spread out, wave after wave of them moving out, and then came troops. Rank upon rank of armoured shapes roaring in their advance, flashes of purple amongst dull armour and sickly green skin.
I hid in the server room as the Starport burned and they told me what they had done afterward, the whole city on flames and ruin, the scars of their wheels and guns everywhere. By the time the Militia could gather enough to counter-attack they had pulled out and left only the dead, impaled and violated. 
It was only much later when the clearing up began that the real reason for the attack was discovered. The Starport and all that had come after had just been a feint, a distraction while others had gone to the University and taken the archives. All of it gone, a thousand years of history from paper to data spool to Crystal chip. All taken.

I still cannot sleep...





I have made a concerted effort this year to be more strategic with my painting so I can actually field whole painted units armies. With the Ion Age I have been pushing with my Shia Khan forces and finally completed my Malig figures, many of which I have had for 20+ years!

Malig troops from the Archive (AIAF002) 

Malig Command. The set also comes with two casualties

The banner features the letters M (Malig) and H (Hades)  in Mongolian

Jacto Missile Orb with Hades Legion H letter

Hades legion on the surface of Guttenberg

Malig Ordos  - comprises of three Tesserans of 8 Maligs each and a Command Tesseran

Hades Legion 

Hades Legion left to paint. Nox Ordos, Pugnus Light tank and three casualties