2025 was very productive

At the beginning of the year I gathered together the miniatures I had previously started but left unfinished. And undertook the lofty goal of getting them all done before moving on to other projects. I have marked off what I actually finished

https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2025/01/setting-myself-up-to-fail.html

Did I move on to other projects?  Of course I did. Mostly because I have found a great new group of gamers to hang with, and I really enjoyed the flow of enthusiasm in new directions.

Shout out to everyone in Fractured Realms for getting me out of the basement.

Stuff I painted this year:

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The Premise of this blog is Pre-Slotta Citadel Miniatures (1978  -1985) so lets start there

Group shot - Pre Slotta Citadel painted in 2025

As a straight count its about 43 minis - But with 4 mounted and 4 really large pieces I reckon my goal of a model each week was met.

The giant, the demons and C series goblin sets I posted previously - Just go back a couple of posts 

Last of the C21 Mounted Gnolls, and a couple of minor conversions.

Some additional FF goblins to fill in a regiment

An assortment of uncommon figures

Star Trek ST range Vulcan (She makes a great priestess or noblewoman for the other Citadel 25mm FS villagers),  Manchester Rabbit (Store opening 1982),  Mail Order Chaos Duck, and an "unreleased" version of the FF46 Caveman.

Other Citadel Miniatures (with them newfangled slotta bases)

I completed a few more of the Citadel/Marauder villagers and townfolk

My old Dark Elves were pressed into service to play several games of One Page Rules Fantasy Regiments.  For the escalation based league I needed a new leader:

6th edition Sorceress on 5th edition dark Pegasus.  

I also re-based this 1999 Gamesday Hydra sculpted by everyone favourite Monstergirl Trish. It had never actually seen play before but performed admirably in battle.

Other Metals 

Some old monsters

Grenadier Fantasy Lords 183 - skeletal dragonmen to complete the tray (there are 3 doubles).

A Ral Partha sabertooth who really didn't photograph very well

Grenadier MM49 - Medusa

Wonderful John Dennett sculpt from the Monster Manual series 

A Burrows and Budgers warband:

A couple from Oathsworn: - The fox with the raised sword and the sweet hedgehog. The knight is from On the Lamb Games 2013. The smaller critters are by Splintered Light, and the toad wizard is by the wonderful Delany King.

https://www.delaneyking.com/new-products/spell-toads

There were also a very few assorted 25-28mm NPCs that will go into a future post

Whimsey (something of a departure for me)

This is my take on Allsorts from my friend 5R's Sugar Candy Miniatures range. Resin Print 

https://sugar-candy-miniatures.itch.io/snak28

One-Piece Plastics

Plastic characters from boxed games - Sorry guys, no one cares what your names are.

DS, C, AQ, C, HQ, HQ, AQ, BR, HQ, ZBP, DS

Dungeon Saga (2014, Mantic), Conan (Monolith), Altar Quest (Blacklist), HeroQuest (Hasbro 2021), Bloodrage (CMON), and Zombicide Black Plague (CMON).

Two Wizkids Gas Spores, Hell hounds from Descent (2005 FFG) and a Reaper Bones Hell Hound.

..and I really need to keep better notes on resin prints, which is what the skull piles and wyrdstone markers are. 

More Large Things

Landship - Printed resin - Last Sword Miniatures 

Realtively easy to print and assemble, this model has lovely sharp details. I have not painted a crew for her yet and she may need more decoration.

I added a number of buildings to my growing town this year. This one really stands out.

Windmill - Printed PLA - Black Scroll Games

I added a new neighborhood to my Morheim Ruins

These are resin prints by Gothic Things (some modified)

This year's gentle goals

Citadel preslotta - I'm considering Regiments of Renown and C26 Men at Arms

I am signed up for a couple of up-coming Mordheim events and have original models that need attention and new things that fit with them.

NPC's - Continue to fill out a towns worth of everyday folk. 

Small groups of mini's for playing games. Whatever direction that leads; from Hairfoot Jousting to Gaslands.

..and maybe i'll get to some more of the unfinished monsters.

Cheers!

Old Demons

Tony Akland's massive demons

Annouced in August 1984 and featured in the Citadel Third Compandium these large metal demons 

were part of the Arcane Monstrosities series.

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TA1-1 Golgoth, Mighty Lord of Balrogs

I added the collar to cover the awkward join at the neck

80mm oval base

TA1-2 A-Angor Demon King

Giagantic Balrog, Slayer of Gods, etc, etc.. 

80mm oval base

TA8 Saator, Gigantic Demon Lord

about 60mm tall on a 60mm oval base

Between the three of them they weigh a kilo

or 2lb 4oz in old money

I'm already working on a my next post - a year in review with everything I painted in 2025 and a look ahead at projects for this year. So check back in a day or two

Cheers

Caius

C27 Chaos Mutant Goblins

Citadel Pre-Slotta Goblins

Chapter 6

C27 Chaos Mutant Goblins

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Released in 1984 and sculpted by the Perrys, is there anything not to love about this whimsical character filled set?

Illustration from Second Citadel Compendium - 1984

Assorted Other Gobbos

 FTE - Evil Leaders -Night Goblin Warlord 1982

Grimgong the Goblin Chieftain, Dungeon Monsters Box set 1983

Chorsheema the Impaler, Goblin Champion

Box Set CP1: Bryan Ansell's Chaos Marauders 1983

Goblin Priest with Mace - FTG15 in the 1984 US catalog

FF21-1 Goblin w/ Axe alternate sculpt (skull shield)

C21 Wolf Rider 1983 (Spear replaced)

I reckon that's all of em folks!

Except for an elusive alleged FF23-2 Goblin with spear - without a cloak 

and

Gobbledigook is still hanging out in the box with the rest of the White Dwarf crew

Previous preslotta gobbo posts

https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2023/08/citadels-preslotta-goblins-start.html

https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2023/12/citadels-preslotta-goblins-progress.html

https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2024/02/citadels-preslotta-goblins-post-3-box.html

https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2024/08/citadel-goblins-post-4-night-goblins.html

https://leadnpaint.blogspot.com/2025/06/c13-night-goblins-1984.html

C13 Night Goblins 1984

 Pre-slotta Citadel Goblins - Post 5

Aug 1984

C13 Night Goblins

First shown in the Aug 1984 Flyer and featured in the Second Compendium

Lets face it though, they are ya basic common or garden variety Gobbos.

There just nothing about them that says "Night"

Loads of character, loads of detail, and fun to paint

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Revisiting the Ruins of Mordheim

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The Mordheim buildings that came with the box set are wonderful.  Printed with a great strong color theme and assembled with 3d plastic pieces they enhanced the game; providing a playable set of buildings, and providing the wonderful miniatures with a rich consistent back drop.

So, naturally, I was not satisfied.

Assembled over 20 years ago, my set has seen fantasy skirmishes, pirate raids and even been pushed into service for Bolt Action. I suspect the biggest contributor to their longevity has been that I mounted them on sturdy hardboard bases.  This added rigidity and allows the bases to have a modicum of rubble (mostly cheap clay cat litter). A realistic amount of rubble would probably be unplayable. 

The hardboard bases were wrapped in photocopies of the early GW Dungeon Floor Plans and painted with a wash to provide each building with a pavement/sidewalk of flagstones. When placed on a board with texture and paint the buildings create an instant street. 

The first couple of buildings I built, as instructed.. but they obviously needed floor joists. Somehow thin floors made only of boards are more unrealistic than walls made from a single layer of plaster. (at least the walls were printed to look like they had layers). So, I added floor joists in painted balsa.

These added bits of wood have held up ok, but most of the buildings have lost a few that I need to replace. The red 3 story has lost a window that I think is put aside.. somewhere.

After just two buildings I decided that thin walls were not doing it for me, so added foamcore walls to the interior (leaving the exterior faces).The inside faces and edges were painted to match the overall tone of the set.

Having two sets to fill a board meant that the most distinct buildings, like the red three story, were duplicated which didn't look right to me - so one of them got a repaint:

Then I moved on to making my own buildings. Scratch built but using the plastic parts and similar colors to maintain the overall consistent look. The quoins on the house below are card painted to look like the original plastic ones. designing my own allowed me to add stairs and interior walls, and to build a larger building for the waterfront with a more commercial (less residential) feel. 

   

 Finally, I made a couple of character pieces 

I have always enjoyed making scenery out of whatever I can find. Garage sale/car boot sale toys can be a great source of durable parts. The ruined cathedral walls are part of the 40K boxed set at the time and were very easy, and inexpensive to pick up. The base is hard molded plastic and came from a 1991 game by Parker called The Great Museum Caper - a 3d version of Clue/Cludo. The result was very durable, and like the buildings, includes it own sidewalk.

And for the center piece, Sigmar's Temple bell tower.

This model uses some of the plastic components of a Disney playset combined with foamboard, cardboard, plastic sheet, an empire knight and a metal devil from the C18 undead series, and various plastic kit bits. I'm going to add a base and maybe a wing or two during this round of repairs and restoration. Also it had a twin tailed comet weather vain that has been lost a needs replacing.

Overall - Beautiful scenery that has stood the test of time. 

As well as repairs I am adding some new 3d printed pieces to my set and trying to stay with the original vision - I'm using some ruined building pieces by Gothic Things (MyMiniFactory). And I have found I can easily create 3d versions of the original Dungeon Floor Plans to base them on. (ImageToStl.com).

In other news - the last group of preslotta Citadel goblins are starting to leave my paint table so before too long I'll be putting up more of them. And.. my goal to finish all the figures I have started but left unfinished over the years is off to a productive start - but I keep realizing there are more...

Cheers

Caius