What Do You Mean Vikings Didn't Have Horned Helmets?

Sig Nonhelm is shocked to learn that his horned helmet is not historically accurate.

"Why it's as correct as my curved sword! Isn't it?"

Sorry to say history is clear, horned combat helmets were never worn by Norse Raiders/Vikings. It's a fabrication promoted by the writers and artists of the 19th century. Really, what warrior would want a helmet that would give an enemy's blade a better chance to strike a ringing blow to one's head instead of glancing off.

This is an old 1970's Ral Partha 25mm metal piece I painted.

Cold War APC's

Found some more of my 1/285 scale Cold War Micro Armor

NATO M113'S one is an Vulcan Cann armed AA vehicle

Warsaw Pact BMP's and a 3 vehicle SCUD mobile missile launching unit.

All are metal pieces from either CinC or GHQ.

 

Emergency Robots of the 22nd Century

Mobile Hospital Robot, Dedicated Onsight Casualty (D.O.C.) ME-8 has seen many years of combat and EMT service.

For sure he is showing his age, but on the Space frontier new medical units are few and far between. 

So, D.O.C. ME-8 may be a little "long in the tooth," he continues to serve those in medical need on the lonely colony of Betelgeuse IV.

Gas Automatic Suppression Pod (G.A.S.P.) HT-6 is the latest model of fire control robot from Fire Industries & Robotics Engineering Co. Nova Peking, Alpha Centauri.  

The G.A.S.P. HT-6 is small yet extremely powerful and is able to tackle gas fires in most colonial habitats and governmental building.

Completely autonomous, the G.A.S.P. HT-6 can detect and respond to fires within a six-klick radius without and human interaction needed.

For all your fire needs count on G.A.S.P. HT-6, the firefighters friend.

G.A.S.P. HT-6 and D.O.C. ME-8 are old metal Grenadier pieces from the 1970's.

Time Waits for No Man

      Ahh to be young again...

This picture of me and "Paint" at the family cattle ranch in California was taken circa 1974, at the same time I began to paint military miniatures.

                          

A few years later I painted these metal 15mm (.59in.) Kentucky Cavalry of the War Between the States (These were the first Civil War pieces I painted as my first armies were Napoleonic and African Colonial Scrubby "N" scale miniatures). I painted the third man from the left as me based on the above photo. As Levi Jackets weren't common in the East that time. I'm wearing my leather jacket and red shirt.  I doubted Pintos were common in Southern Cavalry, so I painted my horse as a black Morgan like my Great-grandfather rode at the 28 July 1864, Battle of Ezra Church. 

50 years and 26,000+ figures later, I still have fond memories of those college days, early painted armies and countless miniature battles. My hair is grayer, and I need glasses, but I still have a passion for painting figures and miniature games. It seems that some things don't change with time LOL.

Look Me in the Eye and Die

The dreaded Cockatrice, part wyvern, serpent and rooster, so fearsome that it can kill with a look a touch or with its breath.

As hard to kill as they were deadly, they were fearsome creatures to face in combat.

This is an old 1970's metal piece from Grenadier. As with most Grenadiers from that period, it is a blocky design with limited design quality, but was fine for D&D gaming back then.

Griffins have Babies Too

Even though he is just learning to fly, this baby Griffin is already a dangerous creature.

Deadly claws, talons and beak will only become more powerful as he grows to his full potential.

Til then he must choose his prey more carefully than he will as an adult.

This is an old metal Ral Partha casting from the 1970's that I found in last week. It was a nice piece back then, but small. At only 28 x 45 x 10mm (1.1 x 1.77 x .39 inches) it was not much taller than the standard human figure of the time.

Strong Hearts Are Our Specialty

 

At the height of the Aztec (Mexica) Empire no position held greater status than that of high priest. Here are two, Cipac and Cectzin, who have just performed one of the most important rituals, removal of a human heart to feed the gods.

To the Aztecs nothing was more sacred than human life, so it followed that nothing was more suitable to keep the gods alive than human blood.

The greatest honor in the Empire was to be chosen as a human gift to keep the gods and the world safe.

These Aztec Priests are metal Grenadier pieces I painted back in the 1970's.

Yes, We Are Twins

Pirates Hugo and Theo Faible-Marins enjoy the looks on strangers faces when they mention that they are indeed twin brothers. The fun comes when they explain that while both are creoles, Theo is also an Albino. Then being pirates, they rob the strangers-ha, haa, haaa.

While the brothers love each other almost as much as they love being pirates, their parrots, Bouche Forte & Jamais Tranquille, can't stand each other. While this makes meals a noisy venture the birds are advantageous in pirating as they as very skillful in finding (stealing) small and valuable objects before the rest of the pirate crew can gather them up.

Hugo and Theo are old metal pieces that I painted up quickly in the 1970's, for some D&D adventure that is now long forgotten. I just recently found them in an old box of D&D figures that hasn't seen the light of day in over 40 years.

In Times of Need Call Up the Militia

Call them the Militia, Local Levy, Fyrd or all available men stand to arms, the name matters not when danger threatens. For throughout time in the most desperate times the roll of the local militia is to defend their homes and families
 

Their training and weapons could range from top quality to "oh gods hope for the best and try not to run away to quickly!" These men from the Persian Empire, circa 5th century BCE, fall somewhere in the middle, with shields, spears and some swords, with enough training to rarely stab themselves with their own weapons. How they will do in battle is an unknown, perhaps they will bravely defeat the enemy or just run away at the first sight of blood...for such is the role and life o those in the local militia.

These are old metal Minifigs I painted back in the 1970's, for my Greek vs Persian campaigns.

Indispensable Peasant Workers-the Women

From raising and feeding the family to assisting with every possible job on the farm, peasant women did it all.
 

All for no pay.

Without their work society would have quickly collapsed

These are metal pieces I painted back in the 1970's.

When Lizardmen go to War-"Grunts"

 

Slow to anger, but relentless when aroused, Lizardmen are deadly enemies. Here are some of the basic "Grunt: warriors of the Lizardman kingdoms.

Led by elite sword and shield warrior, this battle group is ready to destroy their people's enemies.

The razor-sharp obsidian blades, the Macuahuitl sword can easily slice and arm or leg to the bone.

The rear ranks are armed with metal halberds that can cleave enemies frof head to toe with a single massive swing.

These are all metal pieces from Archive that I painted for D&D and fantasy battles back in the 1970's.

Boneheads we take Being Boneheads to the Extreme

The brothers  Gnk and Gnk-Gnk bring lack of intelligence to new lows. If not for Smak Nak the Gribnik the two would be pounding the daylights of their boneheads.
 

Unfortunately, as his back was turned Gnk-Gnk smashes Gnk so hard his mighty halberd shatters. We such is the life of Boneheads who try to be as smart os the rocks they resemble...

these are metal pieces that I painted in the 1970's for my D&D Campaigns.

Denizens of Mars

Mars, the Red Planet has a history tens of thousands of years long, but now much of the civilization has degraded to the more base and brutal natures. Here are two of the more vicious the feared four-armed Ocher-Warrior (a more uncivilized version of the Dead Oceans Green Martians) and one of the Mudslime Men of the underground river's regions. While not as brutal a fighter as the Ocher-Warrior, the touch of the Mudslime man causes infection that will eventually turn in the victim into another Mudslime man.

These are old metal castings that I painted back in the 1970's originally for D&D and later my John Carter campaigns on 19th century Mars.

Can Elementals Really Look This Bad?

Believe it or not but these are supposed to be Water, Fire Wind and Earth Elementals Can Elementals Really Look This Bad, yup when there are blocky Grenadier castings like these. 

I my defense, these were the only pieces I had available for my 1970's D&D Campaign. I replaced them asap once better casting like the Ral Partha Wind Elemental found here World Historyprof: Search results for water elemental

 These are metal pieces that I painted in the 1970's.

Daemons By Any Other Name are Still Deamons

 

Horrors of the Dungeon

Call them Crabman, Umberhulk, Class III Feand, or any title you want, it doesn't change the fact that these are daemons straight from one's nightmares. Running into anyone of these on a dungeon expedition can be very bad news indeed, especially if you are fairly new in the ranks of adventurers.

These are all metal pieces that I painted in the 1970's for one of my many Dungeons and Dragons Campaigns. I started playing D&D shortly after it was published in 1974.

Genie and Efreet

One of the higher-ranking Genies Malak Meshar (the Hairy King) commands the Efreet al-Meharob Lakhdar (the Green Warrior) to join him in a coming battle with an evil Jinn.

With their combined strength even the most powerful Jinn should fall in combat too the combined strength of these two mystic warriors.

These are both metal pieces. The Efreet is one of my earliest paint jobs in the mid 1970's when I was testing different painting technique's. Malak Meshar was painted three or four years later (78/79) and shows a marked improvement in my opinion.