Mr Saturday:
Thanks all!
You’ve been pretty quick with them!Nothing like an upcoming tournament to add speed to one’s brush.
Bolg:
lovely update! and good luck with the last drips of paint before the tournament (:
Mr Saturday:
Cheers Bolg! Hounds are done and waiting for a coat of gloss…
Xander:
While the update is admittedly awesome, every time I notice that your blog is updated I arrive hoping to see 3 beautifully painted Warhammer Forge Fimir and come away just a little disappointed. 
Mr Saturday:
Well, now the main army is complete, I can add some extra units. After some movement trays, a couple more dogs and the last wyrm rider are done, next on the list is a unit of eight fianna fimm, featuring the aforementioned Warhammer Forge fimir.
Skink:
next on the list is a unit of eight fianna fimm.Yes! Looking forward for it!!!
Mr Saturday
Mr Saturday:
Well, I do have a lot of the original large fimir, and so far only the meargh has made it into the army, so I aim to rectify that. I’ll need to convert a standard bearer and musician, and loath as I am to cut up the old fimir models, a little tinkering will be acceptable I think!
Mr Saturday:
That’s right, I’ve made it to 2000 points. I can hardly believe I got this far. It’s been a long project.
I kicked off this army in 2011 with a test model, the fimir from the old Heroquest game. I then wrestled with the conundrum of building human size fimm warriors, eventually having to make my own heads and a multitude of bits and green stuffery to make the fimm the way I wanted. In the end there were only seven models in the army that have not been converted.
I’ve had breaks from the project for months at a time, but it’s been my main hobby project for nearly three years. This give you some indication of how slow I am at this. It’s been really fun though, I’ve had the notion to do a fimir army for years, and now they’re ready to go to war.
Of course, this is only the beginning…
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Admiral:
Well done! That’s one hell of an army. Conversions, painting, basing all comes together in this monster army from the bogs. I guess all you need now are some more of those old Fimir and of course the FW miniatures.
Yodrin:
That army looks awesome, very well done!!!
Mr Saturday:
A little update. The fimir picked up best painted warhammer army at NWG at the weekend, so one is most pleased. You can read a tournament report here if you are so inclined.
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Sticklander:
That truly is a fantastical army! 
I’d be chuffed to bits if i were you!
Skink:
Congrats! No prizes were more deserved. Ah, just out of curiosity, you got any trouble in transporting the models? The dribble strings on Crom’s mouth look fragile, and the Merlwyrm must have been a pain in the *ss.
Yodrin:
Congratz, well deserved!!!
Bloodbeard:
Very well deserved prices. Congrats!
Bolg:
Congrats on the price! (well deserved) it has been an absolute pleasure to see this army get too 2000 point. looking forward on whats next (:
Mr Saturday:
Thanks all! Actually Bolg, after seeing some of the great display boards at NWG I’ve got the earliest twinkling of an idea for one for the fimir. A sacrificial pool ringing by a crumbling stone circle is the current notion, with a stone outcrop set above the pool where sacrifices can be hurled into the depths. The stone circle would be ancient, with some of the stones collapsed or listing into the swamp. I’d love to add all kinds of little details, bronze vessels, weapons and the bones of victims visible under the water at the edges of the pool, sunken menhirs with hidden half-dead gazing out from the vegetation and all kinds of other bits. I’ve already looked into getting fimir-themed Celtic knotwork etched in brass to go around the edge of the board.
Time for the sketchbook, I think.
Mr Saturday:
At the moment I’m still very much in the process of tidying up some loose ends with the fimir before I launch into any new units. One of the things I wanted to do was to make a small base extender for my meargh so she could be mounted on a 40x40mm base or a 50x50mm depending on how I was going to field her. Just a wee base add-on I said to myself. Texture the edge to match her 40x40mm base, paint it up, and done.
This is what I ended up with.
As you can see, the idea expanded a bit. Still some water effects to go on, but other than that, done. When I was digging through my bits box looking for interesting little bits for it, I thought hey, why don’t I make it into more of a floating slab of rock magically torn from the bog. Then I could use it to give the meargh some height when she’s pretending to be a daemon prince, or I could even magnetise the top so I could put other fimir characters there if I needed a disk rider. So that’s the way it went.
I was looking at it last night thinking while it’s pretty versatile, does the base sitting on the stone look a bit weird? I’ve looked at it so much now I can’t tell anymore. The other thing is the magnetic steel holds the magnetised base down well, but it’s not going to take a major jostle. I have visions of my meargh taking an undignified tumble mid-game.
One thing I am thinking of is to just add a permanent rider to the plinth. A dirach, possibly. Then I could add some paraphernalia to the rock, a familiar, spell book or some other bits. The familiar would be especially appropriate for a dirach. Here’s the model I’d be thinking of using, from Oakbound games. He’d need a little conversion, some horns and perhaps a weapon, but other than that he’s pretty much bang on. His pose would work well as a rider.
I’d then work up the original base extender for the meargh, and lo, I’d have the meargh and a new mounted character.
Or, maybe I’m just making work for myself.
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Yodrin:
Wow, looks great !!!
Skink:
Hehe, I had already seen the WIP of this base on your blog ages ago ;). Don’t glue a miniature on top of it I’d say. Maybe just magnetize it. As you actively use this armyon tournaments it’s better to keep it versatile. And the Meargh jjust looks great on it :).