Old Maghariba Guard (Herbie the Love Bug)

This past week I managed to finish the work on my Maghariba Guard model (naming him Herbie the Love Bug). But with the new expansion War in Rohan by GW for the Middle-earth SBG, I just had to get started on an Isengard army that I had planed for some years now.

Pict 784: Maghariba Guard

Pict 785: Maghariba Guard

I really love this old model for the Maghariba Guard - the round shapes and the bodyplan of a bug are a unique design. I went for a rather simple paintscheme with my usual colors but with lots of the glowy bits. I'll count it as a finished model even though the base is still missing - the 70mm diameter is a bit unusual and I'll have order one but haven't got around to it.

Pict 786: Uruk-Hai Berserkers (WIP)

And here's a quick WIP of a start on an Isengard army. As I said in the first paragraph, the new supplement has given me a good excuse to finally go ahead on this army after some time of planing and collecting the models. The Uruk-Hai Berserkers are some iconic models and felt like a good (and easy enough) start to test out how I want to paint them.

Silverhorn the Unicorn on Displaybase

This week I managed to finish Silverhorn the unicorn on it's display base from last week and started to work on some more Haqqislam miniatures including a few Ragiks as well as the big bug.

Pict 767: Silverhorn, Unicorn

Pict 768: Silverhorn, Unicorn

Pict 769: Silverhorn, Unicorn

Pict 780: Silverhorn, Unicorn

Pict 781: Silverhorn, Unicorn

As I said last week, I went back to the shadows especially around the chest and the belly but also where the head meets the neck. I also lightened the rocks and treestumps on the base to set them apart from the substrate and the black plinth. But what really gives the miniature it's live is the greenery. The leaves threw a last wrench into my progress since at first they were way to bright. I now toned them way down and am pretty happy with the result!

Pict 782: Avicenna, Hassassins Ragik (WIP)

These Ragiks are the next few miniatures I want to paint for my Haqqislam. The hacker option seems really great since it is able to achive a majority of the classified objectives that are quite important in the current mission we play in our league. Avicenna might not get played much but I wanted to add a new mercenary as well.

Pict 783: Maghariba Guard (WIP)

 And here is my start on the one TAG Haqqislam has available to them, the Maghariba Guard. It's the old model that's inspired by the shape of a beetle. The new one is awsome as well and I'm pretty sure I'll get it sometime but I imagine there will always be a place in my heart for this cubby little six-legged mech.