Monday 18 March 2019

Burrows and Badgers Bravewing Sparrow Warrior and Kickstarter Arrival


Spurred on by the recent kickstarter arrival I enthusiastically added another order into Oathsworn to pick up some more of these wonderful and characterful little and some not so little miniatures.  I still have a few left over to paint from my previous order so have picked this chap up as he was part basecoated and did a step each or two each day just to get him finished. I stopped for a few days pondering over how to tackle his clothing as initially his kilt was just the same plain green as the shield but plucked up the courage to try a simple a pattern. Its not quite tartan but I think the effect works better than I could of hoped for.




Talking of the Kickstarter this arrived around the beginning of February much earlier than scheduled to so was a nice pleasant surprise as It splits it off from some of my other kickstarters due to arrive in March.

Kickstarter wise saw two of the larger creatures be cast in resin due to restrictions in pewter and casting it in one piece.
The Whole kickstarter that arrived with some cool signposts and the mole Blacksmiths Anvil.

 The first of the large creatures from this kickstarter and first of its kind in miniature form is the Beaver

 Second big boy and fourth of its species is the venerable badger mage.

 I really love the Highland Wildcat

 The birds are really fantastic fun to do. I very much looking forward to painting this Kingfisher up.

 Another Fox joins my collection this time a mage. I love the mask and the small flames from the right hand.

 Frog Bursgher again first frog for me so I could do some intriguing colour schemes. I think he is intended as sort of a wealthy citizen but I quite fancy this chap as a dashing musketeer type.

 Mouse guard with crossbow. I love the mice and my second order contained quite a few leaving only a couple of mice to collect now

 Weasel or Ferret with blunderbuss. There is some rather excellent artwork in the Burrows and Badgers book and this is inspired very much by it.

 A Shrew Cook. I love this figure not only does it give you some townsfolk but also fits into a warband if you was to theme one around a shrew family. I am getting through the Redwall books and there is one thing you don't do is upset the cook!!

 Bat assassin one of my faves from the kickstarter I love the pose on this chap.

 Squirrel Archer/Ranger type one thing reading the Redwall books is the feisty squirrel characters I love this model and look forward to painting it up.

 Otter Pirate!! Awesome in my opinion. I have seen some great conversion of this guy already.

 Otter Mage this time. I love the inclusion on spell effects on some these.

 First mole to arrive in my collection this time a Blacksmith he comes with an anvil but I plan to base it separately as a bit of scatter terrain.

 Hare barkeep or veteran. I need to get a weapon for this chap perhaps leaning against a barrel or ale or something. Can't decided what to add or how yet.

These are all cleaned up and based ready for priming and my second order has arrived but I've still need to base them,


 Top Row Shrew Berserker, Mole Friar and Mole Warrioress a pair of Squirrels
Bottom Row Mouse Knights, archer and nun



29 comments:

  1. While not for me, it so easily could be. I am gratified that I take part in such a diverse hobby where an individual is allowed to like or dislike something.

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    1. Yep it would be boring if we all liked the same things :)

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  2. Great looking bird Simon, and some great looking models for you to paint

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    1. Cheers Dave. I am really chuffed with them all. Always such impressive sculpts the images on the website don't do them justice.

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  3. I really love these figures and I could easily be tempted to get into Burrows and Badgers.

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    1. The background is pretty cool and the Facebook group is a great community.

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  4. Awesome stuff, Simon. Great painting, and the KS goodies are awesome aren't they :-)

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    1. Thanks Simon! They are fab I am so chuffed with them.

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  5. This seems like a great idea. I have looked at stuff like this is the past. Sadly most of my gaming buddies are not that fluffy.

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    1. It's really cool the events that get run sell out really quick. Both sadly clashed with 7TV days last year. But I hope to get to one this year if I can.

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  6. Great paint job on that sparrow and it looks like you’ve got a full paint desk! 😀

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  7. Michael once again outdid himself with these sculpts.
    Seems like you have quite a bit of work ahead of you 😉.
    Wonderful paintjob on the sparrow, the 'not tartan' is very well done!

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    1. Cheers Wouter they are excellent I am so looking forward to the Highway set that has been sneak peeked.

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  8. Stunning paint-job (as always) on the bird-man thing and the other sculptslook very good with vlearlines and good poses - I'veno doubt you'll enjoy painting these new arrivals too
    (Sadly I still don't get this genre at all)

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    1. Cheers Joe's. It's not for some and I felt the same when I first saw them but seeing them in a flesh at a show made me change my mind.

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  9. I can see way your well pleased with them Simon :)

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  10. Wonderful miniatures. The first one looks allready more than promising!

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  11. Really cool, can't wait for all of them painted!

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  12. Saving your sanity and dropping the tartan was an excellent idea Simon - not only does he look great in a "plain" kilt, I reckon he'll fit in with his warband much better :-)
    Those new minis are just oozing character and I'm very much looking forward to seeing them when they've been under your brush!

    My mobile won't let me use my blog profile for some reason so I'm commenting incognito (the wargame addict)

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    1. Thank you sir! Yes I tried a few times on paper and quickly got fed up. This is far more simpler to do.

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  13. Very nice work on your latest B&B mini; the painted collection must be sizeable by now. :)

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    1. Thank you PC! I think I am up to 16 or 17 now.

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  14. Although anthropomorphic minis aren’t really my thing, I got to see these close up at Chillcon and I was vaguely tempted.

    Vaguely.

    Yours look great.

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  15. All the minis look great but my favourite among them is the Beaver. Lots of details to bring out in him (or her).

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