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Hello everyone and Happy Halloween. Here are pictures of the model I completed Yesterday. 14288, Soriel the Overlords Hero was sculpted by by James van Schaik for the Warlord line. He's a mercenary NPC in the D&D campaign I'm running. I like the unusual shape of his exotic sword / axe. Enjoy!

Happy Halloween everyone, here are picture of a model I completed last night. 14285, Taletia the overlords Mage was sculpted by Gene Van Horne for the Warlord line. She's a tiefling enchantress NPC in the D&D campaign I'm running.

This is one of my armies that I’m working on for Dragon rampant. Sadly there are not many pictures to post of it right now since I don’t have many models, yet. But a large portion of it will be made up of Reaper overlords units with a couple of minis from others brands thrown in. The first one! This is an Overlords Onyx phalanx by Reaper minis. I needed to compare sizes with my hero before getting a full force so I sadly only have one currently. The other unit currently being worked on is a Wizkids Nolzurs triceratops that I am converting into a cavalry mount. I am using milliputt for the harness, and am planing to use paper clips to make the reins. I’m wanting to make it barded like a warhorse but I’m unsure on how to do it. Any suggestions? I hope to get my rider in here soon so I can start working on that part of the conversion. Thankyou for looking!

Overlords Onyx Phalanx: 14391 Sculpted by Tobb Harris Work In Progress Thread __________________________________________________ The Overlord Onyx Phalanx is done in True Metallic Metal Style. This was my first attempt at flocking. Although it turned out alright I have learned not to use super glue for that process... Thanks for all your support Reaper Community. :) C&C Welcome.

14391: Overlords Onyx Phalanx Not sure on the direction I want to go on this one. Right now I am working with 2 different colors: Gunmetal for the main armor and Honed Silver for the highlights, etc. I may end up tinting the metal, but i'll cross that bridge later. Suggestions would - as always - very much welcome, seriously I would appreciate peer review style comments! Here is two different lighting for a start comparison.

Here's a mini (and a half) that I was working on before I left for California. I finished her up today, and snapped a few photos. I drybrushed a little Mother of Pearl onto the outsides of her wings, and the blood on Sir Casualty Marker is Tamiya X-27 Clear Red. (Linked for Nudity) http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04664.jpg http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04665.jpg http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04666.jpg http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04667.jpg And some close-ups of various things (Still Linked for Nudity): http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04668.jpg http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04669.jpg http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04670.jpg http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv111/dsmiles76/Reaper/DSC04671.jpg As always, C&C welcome!

Progress on my enormous pile of Bonesium. Steel: "Primed" in blue liner, drybrushed up with Honed Steel, then a light drybrush of Vallejo Metallic Medium. Washed with Blue Liner - Les Wash Base, drybrushed a little more, very quick rough lining with Blue Liner. Polished Silver applied very lightly, a tiny bit of Surf Aqua mixed into VMM to do one or two spot highlights. Vallejo Smoke added to some shadows to warm them up, only a couple up high, thinned as a wash over his boots. This gives a blued steel that moves from cool to warm, none of which you can see in the photo, but IMO it gives a fast job a lot more life. Also, Drybrush was done so as to light from Up and Above the Shield. For highlight passes this was just a directional flick, when it needed a bit more coverage I gave more passes at the light source, less away. Final highlight drybrushes were only given where this directional lighting held, plus a tiny bit against this rule for ambient lighting and to maintain colour consistency. By starting with a simple rule in mind, again, I got a lot more looks for very little work. Best seen on the shield. This was really quick, since that above process covered all and 99% finished the model. Army Painter Greedy Gold dabbed onto raised gold surfaces, much more carefully on the shield to get a smooth finish. New Gold used to highlight. A little wet blending between the two, then LWB / Vallejo Smoke to shade sword and shield "steel" and all the gold. Surf Aqua and Marine Teal dabbed on, then shaded with Blue Liner, then dabbed a little, drybrushed a little, tiny bit of wet blend to smooth the transitions on his cloak / surcoat / pretty dress. Moth Green shakily dabbed into visor and, thinned, around visor for GLOWING MASK OF EVIL.

So I've decided to paint/repaint the Overlords army I bought to play Warlord version 1 many years ago. I have no idea how long this project will take or honestly, if I will even complete it. The boxes of unpainted WHFB in my closet indicates I'm not very good at army painting. That said, I will give this project my best shot and will certainly paint some of it Here is what I have: Troops 8 x 14360 Overlord Warrior 4 x 14413 Overlord Spear men 4 x 14400 Overlord Crossbowmen 1 x 14391 Onyx Phalanx Warlords 14267 General Matisse 14003 Ashcrypt Captains/Sergeants 14091 Corvus, Sergeant 14147 Andras, Captain 14283 Merack, Sergeant 14258 Count Lorenth, Captain 14283 Merack Casters/Heroes/Monsters 14127 Arik, mage 14004 Ymrilix the False, hero 14035 Balthon, cleric 14122 Onyx Golem Mounted 14177 Onyx Chevalier 14258 Count Lorenth, Captain Those are what I have in hand. My memory also tells me I own Ranthe Evangelist of Kardulus, Moraia Warbride of Kardulus, 3 more Onyx Phalanx, 1 more overlords warrior, 2 more crossbowmen, & Iks Sergeant. Whether these will be found or not is unknown. Main concern: army color. What oh what color do I paint all those robes? The overlords sure go to war in style don't they? In my mind's eye those robes are red, the armour is dark. Classic bad guy color, continues the war of blue (crusaders) and red, black and red look great together. Problem with red is of course - the pink & yellowish orange problem of painting in red. Not sure I need to put myself through that. Other possibilities: midnight blue (that could be pretty cool), royal purple (the challenge of Barney), dark green (what, defenders of the wilderness?), grey (wow that would be boring with all that armour). Any thoughts? Minor concern: Onyx Golem Perhaps the ultimate in "meh" sculpts. No idea what to do with this guy to make him awesome except replacing him with another mini or putting him on a towering base so everyone who sees him says "wow what an awesome rock!" and ignores the boring mini. Any thoughts? Very minor concern: Buy moar naow! Suggestions for future shopping list appreciated. My rulebook should be here on Friday or Monday so I will use that to see who I want to paint first when it comes to character/warlord/sergeant models. If history is any guide these guys are unlikely to ever take the field (they've only been in games I demoed back during 1st ed.) but this will be a fun project that only costs money I spent long ago. Wish me luck!