From Kyle C - Giant of Festerthorne

Hey, so first post up after the other challenge, and I suspect based on where I sit in the vaccine list, I might be able to get in a fair amount of posts here depending on how much I paint! 

So just at the tail end of the last comp, I had begun this happy chappy for my Undead forces. Again another 3d Printed piece, this time coming from a small Brazilian company called Loot Studios which produce great files for use in DnD campaigns. 

However I highjacked their '75mm' figure version of the Ogre and turned him into an impressive Giant instead! I say 75mm in quotes as he is more closer to 120mm tall.. really towering over his undead cohorts as they march into war! A proper giant size for a game in 28mm models... 

He was a lot of fun to paint up, and I really tried to take on board some of my old teachings from classes past taken to make him stand out a bit more. 

His bright skin for instance being a direct contrast to the blue/white glow that the skeletons all have. 

The other aspect I went with is also to provide him with some tattoo work.. though being a giant, I was not sure on how or what those might look like. I mean.. he has enough real estate for some pretty epic tattoos.. But I am not really that great at freehand still, so I went with more faded black out tattoos instead. 

I have received some comments that, barring details, they do have The Rock kinda feel to them considering his muscles and the placement of them all. 

But I really just wanted something to help break up all the large sections of skin and this worked well in my opinion here. 

What some might not see, but I know sadly, is that this was actually a misprinted giant! His back tabard/skirt thing was supposed to be much lower, but for some reason stopped printing right there. Not a bad stop though so easy to work with instead of reprinting the legs, again... 

I still need to paint up some more units, and have been bouncing between projects still ( look.. squirrel! ) so I don't know how much of it will get done before the first game. But for now I have a large core, some decent heroes, and now a giant! I should be able to hold my own somewhat if a game were to break out with UK's lockdown coming to an reduced level next week. 

Currently I am now painting up some Corpse Grinders for the Nova Charity army that will represent Khorne Cultists. So a bit of conversions before they got some paint. So will post those up when they all get finished. 

Onwards to less Quarantines and more Vaccines!