It has been FAR too long since I’ve posted… I have many models finished since I last put up any pictures, I just haven’t had the chance until now to sit down & get the pictures cropped and up. To get back into the the swing of things, here’s a group of Wild Boar(s?) — I painted all of them exactly the same way, so I’m not posting them individually. Once as a group for these guys is plenty!Read More →
I nearly forgot to post these. A white bird & a cauldron for brewing potions or conducting rituals… For my current campaign, the white bird is an albino raven acting as the familiar to a very high-level wizard (who just happens to be the patron of the current party). I didn’t take full 360 pictures of them, I think it was late and the day before a session I wanted to use them in when I finished painting them, so I snapped one quick pic and called it a night. They’re not cool or interesting enough to go back & give them a full photographicRead More →
Horses #1 & 2, together! They’re ready to pull the cart… the cart just isn’t yet ready for pulling.Read More →
This is the brown-haired horse, even though it doesn’t look much different than the black-haired horse.Read More →
The horses were fun to paint — I did paint one with a brown mane and one with a black mane. Unfortunately, the difference in color didn’t show up well in the pictures (as you’ll see here).Read More →
This bat swarm is interesting. It’s a bit busy, but does give a good impression of motion in the bats. Unfortunately, there’s not much definition on the individual bats, but at the same time I don’t feel like it’s strictly necessary. Cleaning the mould lines on this model was a serious pain in the butt.Read More →
The best of the three sculpts from the Familiars pack, it’s still a little light on definition. Particularly in the eye/face area. And again, the extreme close-up pictures don’t do this model & paint job any favors… especially around the eyes. But on the table, it actually looks pretty good. I’m very happy with how the color on this model came out!Read More →
This badger is an OK sculpt, not as bad as the bat, but not great. At the extreme zoom-in of these trimmed pictures, it kinda looks like it has pink lipstick on… but in person, it just looks like a pinkish/reddish mouth – not quite as bad as in these pictures.Read More →
Here we have a TINY little bat from the WizKids Familiars pack. I’m starting with the bat because it is the worst of the 3 sculpts. There’s almost zero definition on the bat, other than the wings. As such, it turned out kinda… blech.Read More →
I painted this Reaper Bones Anhkheg (as it was originally spelled) in the style of the first appearance, illustrated by Erol Otus in the March 1977 Dragon Magazine (Issue #5!) I did a modicum of mould-line cleanup and the barest of basing on this model, as I slowly step back into consistently working on my hobby! I’m happy with the paint job (barring a couple small areas where, on review, I see some mistakes), and I finally feel like I’m getting “the touch” back. When I started the Anhkheg, I was a little concerned about the color scheme. I knew I wanted to paint itRead More →