Duellists, Dragons & Demons – Spring Clean Miscellany 2026

A bit of a false start with this project. Some time away over Easter with my family meant I had no chance to really crack on after identifying what to paint for this year’s Spring Clean.

Back after an enforced hobby break, I was eager to get going. The ogre is oldest unpainted figure in this project, so was the logical starting point.

I knew that I wanted to paint the hat separate to the body, as otherwise it would be an absolute pain. I also should have realised that the belly plate was going to create some awkward painting angles once assembled, but sadly I did not.

Working from a white spray prime, the hat was given a base coat of Vallejo Model Colour German Camo Black Brown on the underside, and Vallejo Model Colour Middlestone over the top and edges. A wash of Vallejo Sepia was then liberally applied. Highlights are likely going to be achieved by drybrushing, we’ll see when I get there.

Base colours for the rest of the figure were as follows

• Flesh – Citadel Khorne Red
• Robe – Vallejo Model Colour Dark Prussian Blue
• Trousers/belly plate/sword grip – Vallejo Model Colour Dark Sea Blue
• Belt/boots – Vallejo Model Colour German Camo Black Brown
• Sword/scabbard – Vallejo Model Colour London Grey
• Cloth on belly plate – Vallejo Game Colour Bronze Fleshtone
• Hilt/scabbard head – Citadel Retributor Armour

Baring a few touch ups, ready for some washes. As this is a pretty large model, I’m tempted by some freehand patterns in a few places. Let’s see whether my enthusiasm holds when I get there…

Time for the Spring Clean Challenge is here once more. I really like to use the Spring Clean as an excuse/extra motivation to paint up odds and ends of figures that I have accumulated that don’t really belong to any particular current project I’m working on.

Duellists, dragons and demons are the target for this year, mainly as I liked the alliteration in the title. Only a handful of figures here, so this should be relatively achievable with maybe scope to expand if I make good progress.