Axe & Oath

With the new Matched Play TOW rules it gave me an excuse to make a Bugmans Lament inspired Baggage Train. Unlike the original, I couldn’t get the Steam Tank Wheels.

And it is still in need of a driver but I consider it done nonetheless

I custom-made the decal myself by converting the real-world Bugman’s Trollbrew beer logo (from Warhammer World) into a hand-painted style Old World advertising poster. With the help of ChatGPT, I turned it into a clean decal design, exported it into ODR format, and had it printed onto waterslide paper.

A tiny nod to lore, hobby creativity, and good ale! 🍺

I’ll be honest—I’ve never really been big on painting characters. For me, the effort-to-reward ratio just hasn’t felt worth it. I often find that no matter how much time I spend on a character model, it doesn’t end up looking much better than a well-painted rank-and-file unit. And that can be a bit disheartening.

That said, I’ve been trying to push myself this year. Whether it’s getting cleaner blends, adding a bit more contrast, or just focusing on one miniature at a time, I’m giving character painting another go. Josef Bugman was part of that push—and while I still see room to grow, I’m happy I took the time.

My first unit of non-orange beards for this army. I tell you, a whole new respect for people who paint regular dwarf armies. There is just enough diversity in each unit to really make them time-consuming (I’m looking at all that hair in a new light).

This was a unit of firsts. It was the first time I tried to do all the metallics with an airbrush; I achieved a nice top-to-bottom fade, which I am happy with. I also tried painting tartan. Let me say the best tartan is in the front rank.
Josef Bugman will be along shortly (I hope)

One oldhammer era Dwarf Adventurer. I attempted to paint as much of the red as possible with an airbrush.

Over a Black Primer with White Zenith, a Khorne Red Back, Titanium White Zenith, Evil Sunz Scarlet, Titanium White Higher Zenith, Vallejo Red Game Ink.

Four Harpoon ‘Count as Bolt’ Throwers.

Will eventually be crewed by a handful of Slayer Pirates

They are made from 6th Ediition Dwarf Bolt Throwers with the Bolt Tip replaced with one of the AoS Idoneth Deepkin spear tips

Thirty Six Slayer-Miners tastefully referred to as ‘Siners’.

Overall a very simple conversion, just weapon swapping. It was theraputic to go back to something far less ambitious, and actually it reminded me of my first unit the ‘Slammerers’ (Hammerers).

I hope you enjoy

I had time to setup my new scenic backdrop and photoshoot all my units again. It makes them look pretty cool in my opinion. Anyway onto the pictures