Return to the OG – An Orc & Goblins Army

06/01/202606/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

So in the late 80’s I was introduced to Wargaming and I’ve never looked back!

I saw a picture of the diorama above followed by pictures of Orc & Goblins and I knew that’s what I wanted to do, a massive Orc & Goblin Army… And so my journey began!

Through the 90’s I bought lots AND LOTS of Orc and Goblin Miniatures from a variety of sculptors/companies and played Warhammer weekly. During the Summer we’d get a huge 12ftx6ft table out of my friends garage and set it up on his drive and play huge multiplayer, good -vs- evil games! My passion for Orcs & Goblins remained but I refined my collection over time to only include newer painted Citadel Miniatures.

The Death of WFB and the Dawn of AoS – this was a turning point for me… I decided, fool heartedly, that I would sell my WFB collections and begin a brand new AoS project. The OG were gone and in their place was a Flesh-eater Courts army! I have never regretted a decision to sell an army more than this, and when Warhammer: The Old World was born I said I’d never do games in the Warhammer Fantasy setting again! I instead pushed all of my attention into Kings of War by Mantic Games.

Fast forward to 2025 and I found myself eyeing up the OG again and so my passion for Orcs & Goblins was reignited once more… A Warhammer: The Old World – Orcs & Goblins Troll Horde army was born! The Rise of Waaaaggghh Red Sunz began, led by the enigmatic Orc Warlord Rol-snik The Trollfather.

When they were little, Rol-snik liberated 2 baby Trolls. Naming them Granor & Swammi and raising them as his own, they rose to power and developing magical abilities. They attracted Trolls to Waaaaggghh Red Sunz and so the army grew in stature and prowess.

A big block of Rol-snik’s Big ‘uns, joined by the army’s Battle Standard and an Orc Weird Nob marches alongside the Troll Father…

Scouring the Border Princes area of the Old World, ahead of the Main Army are the Sun Runnerz, units of Wolf Riders and a unit of Wolf Chariots…

An army needs a Baggage Train, something for the army to be defending and so I built this little diorama where the wheel has well and truly fell off the wagon. You can see an orc tracker pointing out the approaching enemy while an orc blacksmith shrugs and asks “what do you expect me to do about it?”

This rounds out my return to the OG, I accomplished this army relatively quickly through the use of AK Play Markers and washes and I’m really pleased with how the project turned out. It has led me down a classic fantasy rabbit hole but I think my next Fantasy project will be a 10mm Mass Battles game as part of my “Year in miniature” projects of 2026… I’m looking at you Argatoria!

Many thanks One and All

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Into the Eightpoints We Tread!

29/03/202201/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

Starting out work on our new Studio Chaos Eightpoints Gaming Board for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar with 2 Tainted Wyldwoods!

Using pieces from our various Warhammer Bits Boxes, slate, skulls, chain, 3d printed trees and some awesome bases from Counter Attack Bases we cobbled together a couple of these for our board… Check out the video below to see the finished Wyldwood!

Onwards and Upwards for ISG

05/03/202201/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

As for most, the past few years have been a difficult one. We’ve had our ups and downs, we’ve suffered losses and big changes but it’s high time that we dust off our paint stations and gaming areas to commence on the journey in the hobby once more…onwards and upwards, always!

Best Laid Plans…

So with that in mind I laid out some challenges for myself and the Studio Group and we are coming back strong! First up we’ll take a look at some personal challenges in the hobby…

*As you can see, we love our Konflikt ’47 here!*

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As shown on Instagram the first K-47 project is well underway!

As well as these projects I’d like to work on not 1, but 2…well maybe 3 Warhammer: Age of Sigmar projects. After running a poll on Instagram and Facebook it was decided that I would work on Kharadron Overlords and my son decided he wanted me to help him work on an Ossiarch Bonereapers army…well that’s 2 so why did you mention 3? I hear you call! Well we both decided on a shared army for both of us to use and that is, well a surprise up our sleeves!! As well as that we picked up the new Realmscape Ghurish Expanse plus the expansion set to give us a gaming board for the studio using the new dimensions and are building terrain for both sides of it starting with an eightpoints side pictured below.

*The Eightpoints* *board gets its first few pieces of Scenery built!*

That’s it for now, hopefully you are all dusting off your collections and your hobbyverses are returning to some form of normality. Onwards and Upwards one and all – The Iron Jarl

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Warcry – The Unmade and The Cypher Lords

19/09/201901/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

So as I so kindly put it in our first Warcry blog post – Warcry – The Iron Golem… Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months you will have heard of Games Workshop’s latest offering for your tabletop…

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar – Warcry is a new skirmish game set in the world of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Choose your warband, and fight thrilling, fast paced tactical skirmishes in one-off battles or across epic narrative campaigns where your warriors grow and develop.

Our Studio Team has been lucky enough to be given a commission by Hoist the Colours – Models & Games for 2 more warbands for Warcry, the first four is to complete was The Cypher Lords…

The Cypher Lords are a cunning Chaos Cult who make your average Tzeentch Arcanite look like a forthright pillar of honesty. Hailing from the city of Nochseed in the Realm of Light, the Cypher Lords worship Chaos in secret, combining the precision and agility common to inhabitants of Hysh with all manner of dark gifts.

Next up was the scariest of the Warcry Warbands to day, the Unmade…

Once upon a time, the Unmade were benevolent philosopher-kings renowned across the Realm of Death for their wisdom and nobility. Desperate to fight back the hordes of undead, the inhabitants of this land (a place known as Tzlid) were driven to worship the Chaos Gods – who promptly rewarded them by turning them into maniacal cultists obsessed with pain and mutilation.

These are Advanced Level Commissions completed at 𝕴𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖐𝖚𝖑𝖑 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕳𝕼 by our talented Studio Team. If you are interested in getting something painted by our team please drop us a message!

You will be able to see these on display at Hoist the Colours – Models & Games and they are your best local hobby store for all your hobby needs, contact them to find out about their awesome discounts!

Warcry – The Denizens of the Ruins pt. 2

28/07/201901/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

Carrying on with the Warcry blog week in conjunction with Hoist the Colours Models and Games (our FLGS) we will look at the Denizens of the Ruins! But first… What is Warcry I hear some of you cry!?

Our Studio Team has been lucky enough to be given a commission by Hoist the Colours – Models & Games for the 2 warbands in the new Warcry Starter Set plus the random beasts/monsters found in the core set, the second of these Denizens of the Ruins/Chaotic Beasts that we have tackled are the Raptoryx!

To represent the Eightpoint’s varied (and violent) wildlife, many Warcry battleplan twist cards bring chaotic beasts into your battles. At launch, there are two types of chaotic beast that show up in your games – the airborne daemons known as Furies (more about these in our last blog post), and mutant avians called Raptoryx.

This is an Advanced Level Commission completed at 𝕴𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖐𝖚𝖑𝖑 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕳𝕼 by our talented Studio Team. If you are interested in getting something painted by our team please drop us a message!

You will be able to see these on display at Hoist the Colours – Models & Games and they are your best local hobby store for the Warcry release, contact them to find out about their awesome discounts!

Warcry – Denizens of the Ruins pt. 1

27/07/201901/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

Carrying on with the Warcry blog week in conjunction with Hoist the Colours Models and Games (our FLGS) we will look at the Denizens of the Ruins! beasts, but first… What is Warcry I hear some of you cry!?

Our Studio Team has been lucky enough to be given a commission by Hoist the Colours – Models & Games for the 2 warbands in the new Warcry Starter Set plus the random beasts/monsters found in the core set, the first of these Denizens of the Ruins/Chaotic Beasts that we have tackled are the Furies

To represent the Eightpoint’s varied (and violent) wildlife, many Warcry battleplan twist cards bring chaotic beasts into your battles. At launch, there are two types of chaotic beast that show up in your games – the airborne daemons known as Furies, and mutant avians called Raptoryx (more about the Raptoryx in the next blog post).

Warcry – Untamed Beasts

25/07/201901/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

Our Studio Team has been lucky enough to be given a commission by Hoist the Colours – Models & Games for the 2 warbands in the new Warcry Starter Set, the second to be completed by our team is the Untamed Beasts…

Hailing from the Jagged Savannah in Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, the Untamed Beasts are brutal warriors who eschew the trappings of civilisation. Capable of binding the spirits of beasts to their own through dark rituals, they possess preternatural strength and speed. Those warriors in the Eightpoints venerate Archaon as the Eater of Worlds, and long to join him in his great hunt. To them, Chaos is the Devourer of Existence – a rampaging apex predator from which there is no escape.

Warcry: The Iron Golem

24/07/201901/01/2026 ~ Iron Jarl ~ 3 Comments

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months you will have heard of Games Workshop’s latest offering for your tabletop…

Our Studio Team has been lucky enough to be given a commission by Hoist the Colours – Models & Games for the 2 warbands in the new Warcry Starter Set, the first to be completed by our team is the Iron Golem…

The Iron Golems hail from the Ferrium Mountains in Chamon, the Realm of Metal, where they harness raging magma-flows to forge their brutal weapons and armour. More than just warriors, the Iron Golem are superb smiths, believing flesh to be impermanent where metal is eternal. Those fighting in the Eightpoints hope to prove themselves to Archaon, aspiring to one day provide arms for his endless hordes.

Burton Sci-Fi and Fantasy Con 2019

20/02/201920/02/2019 ~ Iron Jarl ~ Leave a comment

My local Games Workshop Stores (Burton and Derby) were in attendance at the Burton on Trent Sci-Fi and Fantasy Con 2019 so we popped along to take a look…

Burton Library is a great, spacious and welcoming location with a cafe on hand and I am surprised that there haven’t been more events held there to be honest.

We had Local Cosplayers in attendance including Ginger Nutz Cosplay who dressed up as a Munitorum Priest from Warhammer 40,000 as well as authors, film extras and craft stalls. Games Workshop’s James and Chris ran introductory games for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar while talking about these emersive universes and handing out sample miniatures, a voucher for a painting lesson, invite to their Crusader Events and Samples of their new Warhammer Adventure Novels – City of Lifestone and Attack of the Necron.