Hybrid is an older miniatures game from Rackham, and one i collected back in 2005 but sold off a few years back. I have made a return to this game as it contained some of my favourite miniatures and is a dungeon skirmish game i now feel is one the best of its kind. So i am beginning the journey of rebuilding my set from second hand markets, selling my painted Blackstone Fortress to fund the whole project, and will diarise my progress here. 
I managed to find a seller of the core game box and nemesis expansion without any miniatures, but crucially containing all the extra cards from Cry Havoc magazines 1 to 6 and the gaming aids but sadly no tile. Given these would be particularly difficult to obtain and are an important addition for me, i decided to go with this instead of a complete core box set. So the task is to find and build up a miniatures collection to a better standard than i used to have, and i am going for a darkish look to the set in keeping with the theme.
The Lodge of the Hod – I found an inexpensive set of the four lodge of the hod with most of the painting already done that was really nice, and i only needed some minor repair, touch up painting work and bases.
Venerable Ambrosius & Garrell the Redeemer – it was particulary tricky to get the Venerable Ambrosius at a relatively low cost, but i did eventually find a very well painted one needing little work. My first extra Griffin character added was Garell the Redeemer, one of my favouite miniatures who has a hybrid card in his blister pack. The blister pack of Garell i painted is definately better than i achieved 20 years ago on my original set, and i went with the royal blue cloak instead of grey to fit closely with the hod.
The Hybrids – I really like these models from the Heresiachs Spawn in the core box, with their mix of flesh and armour. I painted these very similar to the box images with a bronze metal which looks good with the theme and tiles. I am using a touch of toxic green too.
The Aberration & Pests of Flesh – the huge monster which i bought second hand already based and undercoated, with his pose is slightly customised from the box. I decided i preferred it with his arm reaching forward so left it. I went with pretty standard colours, using toxic green as a contrast to his purple flesh and a discoloured metal. The pests have an alien look which i utilised with the green and contrasts with the bone textures.
Misericord & Exorcist – both characters have hybrid cards in their blister pack which i managed to obtain as complete packs. I painted Misericord in her relatively traditional cream and brown attire and blue hair tint, and the Exorcist i went for bronze armour and sword and red robes, and left off the female effigy for now, as i prefer his look without it.
Phidias de Basarac & Knight of the Hod – two more amazing models with Phidias card available within his blister pack. I like painting with one shaded colour palette and Phidias with his leather was ideal for this. The Knight has one of my favouite poses and i went with the leather and bronzed armour look with royal blue on the cloak to tie into the other hod characters.
The core set is complete, i am now looking to complete the Nemesis box ….