This week, I had a go at a couple of nice fantasy miniatures. First up is another troll, based on the Warhammer Stone Troggoths kit. Because you don't get enough legs, I used a cheap Reaper Bones troll to provide some legs, and then trimmed them and sculpted over them to fit the look I was going for. This terrible picture shows how much of the troll is GW's.
Because the Reaper legs are very rubbery, I added a resin barrel for extra support, pinned to his bum.
And here he is with paint. I really like these models. They've got lots of good details and great facial expressions. This guy looks both dim and suspicious, as if he thinks that something is up, but can't work out what.
And now for another weird model. Privateer Press have made some bad miniatures (mainly a long time ago), some great ones and quite a lot that I don't really find very interesting. One of their factions is the Grymkin, which seem to be Halloween-based and leave me very cold (as does most of Halloween).
However, I saw a few of their models in a sale, and one of them was this: Lady Karianna Rose, who seems to be a wizardly type who looks after a mob of small imp-like creatures. I thought it was a terrific model, full of detail, and immediately bought it.
I don't think I've painted such a lot of fiddly detail for a long time. She's an excellent sculpt but tricky to paint properly, and guaranteed to chip. I quickly took a picture before the paint fell off. It's quite hard to make out all the details, but basically she's wearing battered clothes and holding one imp while two others tug at her skirts.
It's nice to paint a model that I particularly like, and to try to do a good job of it, even if it doesn't photograph very well.
Oh, pretty nice job on both! I admire the conversion on the Troll, but I have to say that the paintjob on Lady Karianna is truly excellent, I love all the subtleties there. Cool! Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much - Lady Karianna is an amazing miniature, but really hard to photograph. Even the official pictures don't quite do it justice. Privateer Press have really improved over the last few years, even if a lot of their designs aren't my kind of thing.
DeleteThanks for your comments, by the way! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too!