Have you ever had miniatures that you started painting, but could never seem to get a good feel for? That is how all of the minis in this post started out. I had some colours on each of them, but none of them felt right and had been sat in various WIP piles for ages. Resolving to get them done, I sat down early on Tuesday morning and began by repainting all of them in a base coat of dark brown. (GW Rhinox Hide I think it's called). After that I began blocking in details with a limited palette of mainly greys and browns. A wash and some highlights followed, along with cleaning up a few errors. While none of the miniatures follow a particular uniform, the same colours are used on at least 2 models in the group, creating a somewhat coherent appearance. The only exception is the orange OSL I attempted on the halfling with the lantern.
The figures are all from Reaper's Bones range and of varying quality. At least one mini is missing his nose and his face lacks any real details, whereas the halfling and the thug in the red hood have very clean, crisp details.
All of the minis were painted in several sittings across one day with the exception of the moss on their bases which took a while to dry and had to be finished yesterday morning. They are pretty rough around the edges, but they look like rough types anyway, so it's all good. Plus I got them all out of the WIP stage and into the 'done' category, so I'm pleased with that.
I'm not sure what I will be using these for, Dungeons and Dragons perhaps as most of my Reaper minis end up in my RPG box anyway. Recently I've been pondering about attempting some kind of dark fantasy game in the vein of Mordheim, Rangers of Shadow Deep or Dark Age of Sigmar*. For the time being, they'll be off my workbench and that's what is really important at this stage. It's not like you need a plan to use the minis you buy after all.
For the purposes of tracking my own progress, these 8 figures should be worth 40 points on the challenge scale, bringing my imaginary total up to 332.5.
*Also known as AoS28 for some reason. Dark Age of Sigmar is a fan based take on GW's Age of Sigmar setting, stripping out all of the bright, child-friendly, high fantasy and replacing it with chilling horror, gritty violence and quite a lot of artistic interpretation. From what I have seen, it is largely inspired by the likes of John Blanche's older artwork. If you're interested, you can find more at https://28-mag.com/
Nice work Stuart.
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DeleteNice work, good to get them done and as you say so well it's not like you need a plan to use the minis you buy! Here here! Dark age of sigma sounds good I'll have to pop along and have a look!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks. I hope you enjoy the Dark Age of Sigmar stuff.
DeleteVery snazzy. I've often felt that way about Reaper Bones, and quite a few are started or half-done.
ReplyDeleteYou might look into Frostgrave as well. Quite a few people have moved it from a frozen setting to suit their miniatures and terrain.
Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't thought of using Frostgrave.
DeleteThese look brilliant Stuart. The dark brown base really gives them a brooding aspect.
ReplyDeleteAnother RPG title you may want to check out is 'Zweihander': https://grimandperilous.com/
Thanks Curt. I'll take a look at Zweihander, cheers.
DeleteA good collection of thieves and scoundrels. I mean innocents accidentally caught up in the fray!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. As honest as the day is long, every one of them.
DeleteGreat Stuff
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteGreat to see figures moving from the “never going to do them” pile to done!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. Still a lot more in the first pile than the second though.
DeleteSome smashing figures, well done !
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteWell done on getting these completed.
ReplyDeleteNice figures, and some fine painting! Don't know what the one with his finger up is up to though. Probably shouldn't want to either, come to think of it.
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