Terrain is everything - Middle Earth Osgiliath Ruins from QP3D Wargames

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on some MESBG terrain I was lucky enough to get for Christmas. These were all 3D printed sets on Amazon that my wife and my mate Pete got for me. Alternatively you can pick them up at www.qp3dwargames.co.uk I started with prime with of yellow primer, filler to help cover some of the FDM printer lines. I should have read the supplied instructions that recommends 2 to 3 coats of this. But I didn't. That said, for FDM, the lines aren't that bad at all and one coat managed this.

I then sprayed it with a cheap grey primer and then a zenithal white to get the pale grey/white Osgiliath colour I was hoping for. I even added some splatter spray effect, to give the impression of  mottled stone. Two further coats of spray helped with the lines even more, but if we were up to 5 coats with 3 filler/primer who knows how smooth they'd look.

Each piece was then washed with a grey/dark tone mix. Here the top building has already had a Stonewall Grey drybrush. Here I realised I'd need to mix a similar colour from cheap grey and white craft acrylics, as I'd use all my Stonewall otherwise. I was a little disheartened that a fair bit of my spray pattern and zenithal highlights were erased by the wash and subsequent highlights.

With my Stonewall mix I drybrushed the entire tower. Then used my Miniature Paints Cream to highlight to top. Realised the same issue about using up my good paint and actually switched to a B&Q emulsion tester pot of Ottawa paint. It's an off-white and was great,

I then added some AP Green Tone wash to create mildew stains on the stone, with some Basilicanum Grey Contrast paint added to make some variety in the colouring.

The rest of the tower was still to be done.

Here I added Vallejo Game Effects Dry Rust [similar to Typhus Corrosion]. Its a fine texture paint, which did an amazing job of smoothing out the FDM Lines - the entire model would look great in this after a prime. It would give it that fine texture on the stonework too.

Naturally I want to paint the dome as Blessed Verdigris🗽but that brown does look awesome as a dull bronze, challenging my usual proclivities. We'll have to see what comes next.

Battle record - a lot of Orc hunters on Wargs Vs Hill tribes #MESBG - 11/09/25

I've been #PlayingWarhammer with another game of MESBG. Liam was working so it was Otty, Ben and myself in the Hobby/Otty shed. It's amazing how quickly I can forget what happened in a game, which is why I don't do reports anymore. All I can recall is that Otty's first two turns were pretty good, and Ben almost threw in the towel then and there. But somehow it all unravelled for Otty. Ben, despite his early losses, managed to have weight of numbers in scoring objectives. This meant Otty lost the main objective. Then, by the end of the game the dice rolling was so bad between the both of them, it was liking they were hitting each other with pool noodles! Ben would take the victory and I only remembered to take our selfie when we got into the car. Even so, a lot of fun and more experience for their trip to their next midweek MESBG tournament.

Battle record - Middle Ents Vs Eagles #MESBG - 04/09/25

I've been #PlayingWarhammer with another game of MESBG. Ben was working so it was Otty, Liam and myself in the Hobby/Otty shed. Otty has been facing the Great Eagles recently and found the experience thoroughly traumatic. In an attempt to even the playing field they face off against the Ents of Fangorn. There were some hilarious moments, coupled with shocking dice roles, some divisive decision making, forgotten rules and a mission that was always going to be challenging for the slow and steady treemen facing the fast and feathered Eagles. Otty has a dislike of good armies fighting each other, but we played it as the Eagles were trying to roost in the Ents so they were coming to blows. Add in they were fighting over a buried treasure, which I suggested the Eagles thought was an egg and the Ents thought was an acorn. Just a bit of fun really.

Battle record - #MESBG 14/08/25

Afternoon #Warhammer Community in this hobby season's TO DO List I had a new task:

• Find a way to be happy about not always doing battle reports

I've thought about it quite a few times but never got round to doing anything about it. Then I suddenly had an epiphany. A solution so simple I'm not sure why it eluded me for so long. In the first instance, stop thinking about them as 'battle reports' and as 'battle records'.  If that is just a selection of images from my night of gaming then that should be enough. It records for posterity that we played a game and had fun. If I am inclined to add a bit of detail I will and if I have the wherewithal to make it a full blown report I'll do that and title it so. This way I can got back at some point and add in the numerous 'battle records', that haven't even made it as 'not a battle report' let alone the detailed reports I would love to do, but sadly don't have the time.

So, this was Otty, Liam, Ben and myself finishing off a doubles MESBG game from the week before. Yes, we have our own Hobby/Otty Shed t-shirts and hoodies now! 

The previous week my dice had been on fire 🎲🔥. I'd rolled three 6's, shortly followed by four 6's. I'd even killed a Wild Warg Captain in the first round of shooting! 

So, Otty's Hunter Orcs had been doing well and we were in a good position as Liam and Ben's Wargs and werewolves met our lines. 

But this week the dice were not with us and there was far too much 'bite' in these dooggos. 

With points for HQ's killing models we were outgunned as the remaining Wild Warg Captains just racked up points. 

However, it would transpire that there are two different rulesets for this doubles mission. 

And, although we lost on points in the mission we were playing, the other ruleset would have seen us the victor. 

Regardless it was another great evening of hobby goodness!

Now I may have written too much here, and it's almost what I would describe as 'not a battle report'. But there may be less text in future, or the past as I look to share previous battle records, on the blog on the dates they took place. That means they will not appear as 'new' posts on the front page. But when I posted a few I will do a new catch-up post for folk to go back and check them out if you're interested. The battle reports were never particularly popular, which is why a personal record should be good enough for me I hope.

#MESBG Middle Earth Goblin Town Terrain - TO DONE! 🟤

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Middle Earth Goblin Town goblins and terrain they're all TO DONE! More specifically the display board, made from a cheap cork pin-board.

But I thought I'd put them all together to showcase what I achieved.

I may not have initially got quite the euphoria from finishing these like I did their inspiration - the poxwalkers.

But seeing them like this I was really satisfied with the result - 'finished not perfect'.

I'm not quite sure how I appear to expect so much more from myself while also reaching a level of acceptance that this is as good as I get.

It's like zen self-awareness coupled with self-flagellation. 

I may yet add some tufts to these at some point, just for a bit of extra details. 

But everything that worried me when observing them close-up in isolation seems to have been resolved now I see them in context with each other. 

The green bits on the Goblin Town platforms are less noticeable with all the Goblins on top of it.

And seeing all the Goblins together it feels like such a significant undertaking any individual reservations don't seem so important any more.

Now, with all the MESBG minis out of the way it's time to get back to my Leviathan Tyranids. 40 more models to batch paint in one final push for the end of the season.

Another Great Big Wooden Stamp of Approval.