Die Hard Miniatures Eru-Kin based to Midgard rules: part 1.

 Now I quite like the new Midgard rules, and had been fairly busy basing my Mithril Orc army in accordance to their basing. I like the multiple basing, and the idea of having hero miniatures on individual, but more heroic, almost scenic, bases. As a personal rule of thumb I have decided to base Army Commanders (and mounted heroes) on 50mm round bases (when I base some goblins and dwarves I shall add standard bearers, musicians, etc to the bases as well), and dismounted heroes on 40mm bases. I like the room it gives the miniatures. If anyone is unfamiliar with Midgard (which I am still yet to play) a useful link can be found here.

https://mogsymakes.net/midgard/

Anyway, back to the Orcs. Lots of orcs, all being based. Then I take a break, think 'I wonder what else I could base for Midgard?' Then I recall my Eru-Kin army from Diehard Miniatures which had been sitting in a box for years. The Eru-Kin are fantasy/sci-fi amphibians with a passing nod to Citadels pre slotta C32 Slann range, with some interesting additions. So, I got distracted. In fairness I have finished basing the orcs! I have however found myself happily painting a Midgard Eru-Kin army. 

Painting wise I have gone for the 1980s Slann look, with lots of gold and a dash of Aztec. As there are more sci-fi elements than the old Slann range, I have tried to create an army which is a blend of sci-fi and fantasy. I like to think of them as perhaps an Old Slann army, a few generations after the collapse of the Warp Gates and the decline of their civilisation, that is still technological to some extent, but things are starting to fall apart. I have not gone for a very precise paint scheme, but for one more suited to the tabletop, although I am still taking care in painting. The miniatures are great fun to paint, and I am also regarding them as a prelude to when I tackle my 1980s Slann army later.

Here is a link to the Eru-kin range, sculpted by Tim Prow:

https://diehardminiatures.com/product-category/eru-kin/

Enjoy :)

Army commander.

As mentioned above he is on a 50mm base. I like the old tech weapon. He would be a Level 3 hero, with the traits: Army Commander, Amphibious, Legendary Missile, and armed with a crossbow (equivalent).

Side view of the shield. 

Mage.
Although sold as a sci-fi Tech Mage, he does fit the fantasy aspect of the army nicely. He also has a bit of an Ancient Egyptian or Stargate Goa'uld feel about the sculpt.

Eru-Kin warriors.
These would be classed as Warriors (Heavy Infantry) and are eight to a base. I love how on the multiple basing you can have a lots more differing poses and a more dynamic look. The shields are great too.

Eru-Kin Mag staff unit.
These very much have a Stargate feel to them with the staff weapons. As a Midgard unit, these would count as a Skirmishers (Shooters) unit, armed with (equivalent) crossbows.

I converted (head-swapped) one of the Eru-Kin, the on second in (second from the right in the previous photograph).

Next update will be more Eru-Kin as I have already painted more. 

The return of the Ral Partha Phoggs!

This blog update is a bit of cheat really. I painted the Phroggs a few months ago, and started a draft blog update about them, but put the update on the back burner for later.

It's now later and things haven't quite gone to plan. I had been finishing off the prep work for my 3rd Edition Chaos Dwarves, and had started a major basing project for my Mithril Miniatures Orc army in line with the new Midgard rules. However, I am very ill. I was very, very busy over Xmas, and then for the last three weeks I have had flu (been in bed for a lot of the time, not eating, sleeping erratically, etc) which then developed a seperate chest infection, and which now has moved into a serious throat infection. All this has of course lead to a total stop in anything miniature related (and most other things really).

So I have fallen back on my old (only from about September 2024) Phroggs draft. But don't get me wrong, I am pleased to blog about them. The Phroggs are a 'Space Slann' style range of miniatures sculpted and produced in the UK by Pal Partha Europe. I originally purchased a few back in 2016 and painted them, and then kind of forgot about them. I then randomly saw John Blanche's 'Slaani' artwork somewhere from 40k 4th Edition (included at the end of this update) and thought that that the Phroggs would look good in that style. So I paint stripped the ones I had and purchased a few more and got started.

I wanted keep the paint scheme simple, as per the artwork. So I only used four main colours, orange for the skin, gold for the weapons/equipment, white for the clothing, and red for feathers. The only other colours where yellow/black for the eyes, a dark red for depth for the feathers, and sliver for highlighting the gold. A Nuln Oil wash was also used.

They were quick to paint, and lots of fun. I really like the miniatures, although be warned, they aren't too miniature as they are 40mm tall, more ogre sized, but not badly priced at £3.95 each. I love the new simple look, although I'm not sure on the bases. I based them up to match the Iron Claw Squats in a slightly camp sci-fi look, but might re-base them in a more jungle look. I might just have to buy some more at that time too!

Here is a link to the range:
http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/phroggs-scifi-frogs-c-193/


Enjoy :)

Phroggs!
I now have two squads of five, one Mage, and one overall Warleader. 

Remember that these boys (and probably girls too, I'm not a Xenos-biologist!) are mounted on 40mm round lipped bases.

Warleader.
He is actually listed as a PH011 Phrogg Science Officer, but I wanted him as a hero leader.

Tech-Mage.
Listed as a PH012 Phrogg Psychic Tech-Mage, his power/force axe is supplied in several pieces, and didn't really fit very well. So a bit of cutting down and drilling created a sturdier weapon.

This was the only miniature to use a unique colour than the other Phroggs. I used a pale wash of Citadels Tesseract Glow on the eyes to give a magical warp infused aspect.

PH002 Phrogg Trooper #2 advancing.

PH004 Phrogg Trooper #4 advancing.

PH009 Phroggs Flamer support.
I particularly like this Phrogg as he has a flame thrower in the same manner as John Blanches artwork. 

PH010 Phrogg Sergeant.
Good, generic squad leader miniature. My old one of these weapon broke whilst paint stripping (I dropped it!) and so it became weak and I just cut it off. I left him bare handed, but this model could easily be converted to carry all manner of space Aztec/Mayan sorts of weapons, or even be replaced with a power fist!

Phroggs in a firefight with Iron Claw Squats.It gives you an idea of scale.

Tech-Mage communing with ancient ruins.

John Blanche's Slaani artwork.
(all rights reserved to John Blanche).

Next update should be Mithril miniatures Orcs.