I've finally got my first 400 points of Mentor Legion marines finished! And painted one, lonely, Imperial Guardsman... lots more of those to go! And I've started on Terminators, & I've converted a Ballistus Redemptor to look more 3rd ed worthy... hopefully I'll get some paint on that soon! :)
Michael Lovejoy
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Sculptor, writer, painter, reader, gamer & tea-drinker. Oathsworn is a minis, terrain and games company, run by two people who really should know better...
This week I have mostly been testing new moulds... and the good news is, they all work! So we should have a new release ready very soon. Here's one of them - a badger with a banner. :) #burrowsandbadgers #anthro #tabletop #oathsworn
Some Marines... I planned Crimson Fists, but after painting two, I found I didn't really enjoy painting their colour scheme. So I've switched to Mentor Legion instead, and gone for a very dirty, weathered look. First 7 models done; 5 Tacticals, 1 Razorback, and 1 Scout.
Some of the Burrows & Badgers minis that we'd hoped to release at Salute... they're a bit delayed, but we should have all the moulding issues fixed very soon. Here's three Stable Ghasts, and five Witch Hunters. Natural enemies, I reckon... :) #burrowsandbadgers #WIPwednesday #tabletop #oathsworn
We'd planned some new releases for Salute next week, but we're out of time, sadly... We'll either do them straight-to-webstore, or maybe a short Kickstarter. Anyway, here's a few of them. A Cocker Spaniel with a Heavy Crossbow, & three Raw recruit/Village militia types; frog, black rat, & weasel.
Salute 53 is next Saturday, at Excel London! Jo & Lizzie will be at stand TB11, selling minis, with me & Finn at GA13. At GC09, Tim Eagling will have a couple of tables, one for Burrows & Badgers, & one for Arcworlde. Tim's award-winning games are always worth a look! Hope we see you there... :)
If you see this drop a hero with a sword!
If you see this drop a hero with a sword!
I thought I'd jump on the 'art vs artist' bandwagon to show that it's not all been spin-casting and packing orders this year, and I have actually done some creative stuff! Here's some of the minis which will be off for moulding early next year. #artvsartist #artvsartist2025 #burrowsandbadgers
Happy Christmas everyone! Jo's at home, slaving over a hot stove, & I'm at the workshop, slaving over a hot casting machine. Here's the obligatory festive image, featuring hobby hero, educator extraordinaire, and part-time pirate, Tim Eagling, checking out the 2nd edition Burrows & Badgers rules.
The Wargames Illustrated Awards are live! If you fancy voting for Burrows & Badgers 2nd ed, or for us ( Oathsworn ), please do! It's not easy beating the bigger companies in these kind of awards, but every vote counts. www.surveymonkey.com/r/wiawards2025
This big guy was supposed to be finished last week, for National Badger Day. Stuff kept getting in the way. But it's still Brocktober (definitely a thing, I'm sure), so here he is! :) #burrowsandbadgers #animal #furry #anthropomorphic #anthro #sculpting #greenstuff #oathsworn
Another 3 sculpts for Burrows & Badgers - a Witch Hunter Hare, a Hillfolk Clanbeast Shrew, & an Illuminator-Sargeant Weasel. Maybe they'll even get released before the end of the year! Probably not, given the way things are going... still, there's always Salute next April! ;)
My first attempt at a Maschinen Kreiger build. It's a Mk1 SAFS kit (Nitto series 4), with the addition of a couple of fake nails, and lots of putty!
Three more sculpts for Burrows & Badgers - these are Routiers, from General Alban deBrandt's Freebeast mercenary army. A hedgehog, and a couple of mice. The hedgehog's inspired by a sketch Peter Johnston did (great illustrator - if you have a project needing art, hire him! :) ) #burrowsandbadgers
I think this one is done - I'll try and resist the urge to fiddle further! #makcomp2025 #paintonplasticmakcomp2025 #maschinenkrieger #sf3d #paintonplastic #maschinenkriegerzbv3000
Two more sculpts for Burrows & Badgers - a Mole warrior-priest for the Witch Hunters, and a Squirrel Stable Ghast for the Undead. Natural enemies! :) #burrowsandbadgers #characterdesign #anthropomorphic #anthro #rpg #wargames #sculpting #greenstuff #oathsworn #miniatures
Building a MaK SAFS... I've made a base, which TBH doesn't really add anything, so I'll probably lose that. And the pistol's not really working either... I'll see how it goes. Insignia next, followed by the fun bit - weathering! :) #paintonplasticmakcomp2025 #maschinenkrieger
This is one of those models which I really like in hand, but struggle to find a good photo angle for... Black Rat Kindred Knight, for Burrows & Badgers. #burrowsandbadgers #animal #furry #anthropomorphic #anthro #dnd #sculpting #greenstuff #oathsworn #miniatures #sculptingminiatures #tabletop
Here's a quick teaser pic of what I've been sculpting lately; (left to right) Black Rat Kindred Knight, Mole Warrior Priest, Squirrel Stable Ghast Magic-user. Hedgehog Routier, Weasel Illuminator-Sergeant, Mouse Routier 1. Mouse Routier 2, Hare Witch Hunter, Hillfolk Clan Shrew. #burrowsandbadgers
Obligatory Salute map... but we're much easier to find this year! Just walk straight in and look for the Warlord stand on your right. Then walk past to our stand next to them! We have the book, two starter Bands, Rosters, a 'getting started' thing, White Mouse mini, & Otter knight mini, for £100.
I meant to put this one in my last post, but forgot... here's the two starter bands, getting released this month. (The objective markers in the previous post are included as well.) #burrowsandbadgers #oathsworn #miniatures #tabletop #anthro #anthropomorphic
A Royalist Hound knight, and some objective markers... all Bands need three objective markers in the new version of Burrows & Badgers. It can be fun to make your own, but we've done these just to make it easy to get started. #burrowsandbadgers #oathsworn #anthro #miniatures
A couple of Rogues, (Weasel and Little Owl) which will be part of the new Starter Bands, to be released at Salute at the Excel London, on the 12th April. And on the webstore, shortly after. :) #burrowsandbadgers
Look what the postie's just dropped off! :) #burrowsandbadgers #animal #furry #anthropomorphic #anthro #dnd #fantasy #roleplaying #rpg #tabletoprpg #wargaming #wargames #oathsworn #tabletop #ttrpg
A couple of Royalist squires, ready to provide support to their Knights: Delfort Swiftpad, Rabbit, One Handed Weapon, Bow, Buckler. And Marley Grumbert, Mouse, One Handed Weapon, Bow, Buckler. These will be in the new Starter Bands, released (hopefully!) at Salute in April. #burrowsandbadgers
Royalist and Rogue Magic-users go head-to-head! My money's on the squirrel... #burrowsandbadgers #animal #character #characterdesign #furry #anthropomorphic #anthro #wargaming #wargames #miniature #oathsworn #miniatures #tabletop
Burgess Latigert, cat. He's from the new starter Rogues band, hopefully getting released in April at Salute. Spear and Tangle Net. Should be a fun one to use in the game! :) #burrowsandbadgers
An alternative colour scheme on that very heavily armoured otter... this one's for my demo table at Salute. I'm calling him 'The Red Knight' for obvious reasons! :) #burrowsandbadgers
The leader for the new starter Rogues band, hopefully getting released in April at Salute. Two paint schemes, because I realised I needed one for the display cabinet, and one for the demo table! #burrowsandbadgers #anthropomorphic #anthro #tabletoprpg #wargaming #wargames #miniatures #oathsworn