Osman Digit; WIP

Apologies for the poor quality photo. It's from my phone.

That out of the way here is a shot of Osman Digit (pronounced "dig-IT" (on the left), leader of the followers of the White Flag. The figure on the right is how Osman started life well they were both unpainted but you get the idea.

Have just finished hair application to the 24 Haddanogre tribesmen. The along with the additional 24 tribesmen of the Black Flag (of which the chap on the right is one), are just awaiting basing. 

I'll give them a bit more time for their wash to dry and than have a go.

Raise the Green Flag: The Halflings' Leaf

"There is another astonishing thing about Hobbits of old that must be mentioned, an astonishing habit: they imbibed or inhaled, through pipes of clay or wood, the smoke of the burning leaves of a herb, which they called pipe-weed or leaf, a variety probably of Nicotiana."

J.R.R. Tolkien (2009-04-17). The Lord of the Rings (p. 8). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

The Green, or "Pipeweed" banner is proudly displayed by the household troops of Bettan Ah Bey. In company with good drink and good food, good tobacco is one of the thee pillars of Shirelam, and Bettan Ah Bey favors this pillar most.

Bettan Ah Bey cut his teeth so to speak, resisting the Ferach invasion of Aegypt. Having gone on to fight the Ottermen and Albion forces sent to oppose the Ferach, Bettan Ah Bey has led his followers south to the Suddan. It is not clear if  he is there on a recruiting/slaving expedition or has joined with the followers of Bilbo Ali.

As this figure was taken from a unit of halflings purchased already painted the "conversion" consisted of simply creating the flag and extending the halfling's banner pole.

Raise the Black Flag: WIP

Here is the prototype of the Black Flag of Bilbo Ali, descendant of the prophet Bilbo, praise Sentinel.

The actual banner will be textured a bit and of course wind blown  but I wanted to see how it would look before I put the figures under the spray can.

Soon the Suddan will run red with the blood of the hated Otterman overlords and Park and Giggers will have to be well mindful of their course and actions!


The Halflings of the Suddan and indeed most of the Shirelamic territories of the world believe that the words of the Prophet Bilbo, when written onto, well, pretty much anything, produce a charm of great power. Of course there is a limit to what will fit on a banner held by a 28mm scale (about 20mm tall) halfling and still be legible so their are fewer quotes than I should have liked to fit.

Only been able to put in a few minutes a day on this project so it is taking longer than I should have liked. More photos when its finished, along with the Green Pipeweed Flag of Osman Digit, leader of the Hadanogre tribe.

So which side of the banner ought to be forward facing? EDIT: Any thoughts on which quotes should face front?

Thanks for stopping by!

Meet Bartholomew

 A while back a tragic dipping accident left me with a Rackham Wolfen without a head. While I was casting about for a replacement, fenntroll on the Two Hour Wargames Forum  wrote:

"And so begins the "Legend of the Headless Wolfen"".

Now that is a splendid idea!

After a bit of searching and gathering bits from a couple of GW kits, here he is.

Now as Doctor Doofenshmirtz would surely agree, every villain needs a back story so here goes:.

With the loss of the Virgin of Chartres, the Sons of Malsum were once again free to enjoy the hunt, and he was the greatest of their pack.

To be a pack leader is always to be on guard lest another try to take your place. He had let his guard down.

Wounded and left for dead, he was discovered by the Haliwell sisters. Taking pity  on this, one of the Adversary's creatures, they took him in and he was made whole again. or near enough for their purposes.

They named him Bartholomew and he is their creature. 


Like all good headless creatures of folklore, Bartholomew spends his down time looking for his original head, a pastime in which he will never succeed.

But you can't blame a ghoul for trying! As Coolio might have put it, he's been searching and chopping so long that even Malsum thinks that his mind is gone.

After and before so to speak. One of his pack mates displays his pre-op look.

It is hoped that Bartholomew will serve both in his capacity of indentured servant on the frontier of Colonial America, and in a number of less mundane capacities.

I'm currently working on arming a number of Wolfe to serve as another tribe to fight or join with the Mohorcs, the Ferach, the forces of Albion, and those of the Rebels of New Albion as needed.

They may also appear as one of the many tribes of Afri, although of this I am not sure.

To that end I wanted him to be holding a head that could pass for an Elf if used in a setting where there are no humans. Think he will do.

As always thanks for stopping by

Firefight Muster / RT Marine Size Comparison

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This is not a real post.

Well, OK, it really is.

A fellow Notable asked for size comparison between these two figure ranges and as they happened to be at hand...

Hope this proves useful!

EDIT: added some additional photos as I found a Muster guy who is kind of crouching down like the Marines.