Vexxus:
The Mordheim Warband has been a long time in the making. Hopefully it has been worth the wait! All of these models were painted to be able to stand alone in the Mordheim band, as well as be able to be included in our Fantasy army as well. The warband base was an afterthought, while I was sitting in front of the painted warband WAITING impatiently for Xander to get home and see all the progress I had made. It has metal plates built in and painted over, for the magnets on the bottom of each figure to stick to.
The Blunderbusser, the two-handed axeman, and the bull centaur were all expertly converted by Xander, and are the product of experimenting with ideas for Chaos Dwarfs, from very early on in his army development. While they do not yet (and may indeed never) have matching units in our fantasy CD army, they could potentially be used in future units or as characters if desired. I really enjoyed painting these minis, and used the bases as a sort of in between of styles, including elements that match the Gaoler (the first model painted for the band, and also my bronze medal entry into GH6), while they also try to pay homage to the grass and rubble bases found in our fantasy army (the only difference being that the grass on the warband bases were painted to look scorched at the edges, due to close proximity to lava).
The Gaoler, and the Informer/Slave were converted and painted by me (Vex). The Gaoler was the first model painted, and I had completed the conversion and painting in under a week after the contest started, I was that enthusiastic about the idea. Being so pumped with the results, I wanted to make more, and it was at that point I decided to try and make a full (or at least starting) warband before the deadline. The Informer was actually the last addition to the warband, his weapon is converted from the two blades on either side of one of the metal chaos banner heads, and I love it, haha. The goblin is a last minute addition and is simply a touched-up repaint, just to have an extra informer available, haha.
Finally, the mage/fire sorcerer is a joint conversion. Xander converted the popular figure into his Chaos Dwarfy self, while I provided the rock/lava base complete with ceremonial candles vibrant with daemonic energies. This model was the second contribution to the warband, so my motivation was at its peak, and I was extremely happy with the end result. My vision was to make this model usable as both the warband leader, and a cool caster for the fantasy army also.