More SKIRMASH Warriors

The wife and I have been away this weekend at a Youth Work conference in Birmingham, so I haven’t managed much hobby, however before leaving I did manage to paint up some new Irregular Miniatures for SKIRMASH. Although they are still awaiting their matt varnish.

I’ve got a second Troll from their 15mm fantasy range as they make great 28mm Orcs. My other Troll featured in my last post, I called him Trog and he proved very capable. I think I’ll call this one ‘Gort’. I couldn’t figure out what was going on with his teeth initially, thinking that Orcs are supposed to have big teeth sticking up from their lower jaws. Then I realised he’s got walrus style tusks, a really cool design choice for Trolls. I wish other manufacturers would cotton onto that idea.

My second figure is an elf, I chose to give him the same scheme as my Windblade Elves from my Universal Skirmish game:

I’m guessing an elf got lost and travelled to whatever dimension SKIRMASH happens in. I thought a Legolas type character would be a good addition.

Continuing the fantasy theme, I’ve also added a dryad, which I guess is just a smaller tree-person? This Ent is from Irregular’s 6mm fantasy range and an absolute steal at 88p for a 28mm sized metal figure. Mine has been tarted up with a little additional clump foliage, and featured a ways back in my Monochrome Skirmish game:

I simply rebased him, and added a little more colour to his paint job.

Next up I’ve got a Jester, he comes in a useful set of figures, rather than on his own. You get him, a bear (who’s already featured in SKIRMASH as Polar), a bear handler and a page. You might be able to tell from my Jester’s paint job that I’d recently seen a Terrifier film featuring Art the clown.

I’ve got an executioner too, I’ve had this figure multiple times for multiple things, but funnily he comes part of a set too, containing a ‘victim’ tied to a block ready for execution and a basket to catch his head. I’ve never made use of the victim, as since he’s tied to a block I’ve never thought he’d be particularly useful in a fight, however he could be part of a scenario maybe? I could imagine a medieval full contact sport where you have to get your executioner to his target while stopping the other team getting their executioner to theirs.

Here’s a dwarf with a massive gun, who’s part of Irregular’s 28mm Sci-fi range as one of their ‘Fantasy Travelers’. I’ve already got their Orc and Elf from this part of that range. Their back left and back right in the picture below:

Here’s the aforementioned ‘page’, although I think I’ll imagine him as a nightmarish choir boy. Mentioning before that my bad guys needed more fire power, why not have a choir boy who can hit such high notes peoples eyes and eardrums burst.

Finally, I’ve got a random Billman from the Middle Ages. I think I got him for free as Irregular couldn’t provide something else I’ve forgotten about. Hopefully he doesn’t feel out of his depth facing man eating plants, vampires and cyborgs.