Conan - Giant Wolves & Pirates

I've painted up a few baddies from Conan, not because I planning on playing Conan, but because I needed wolves and bandits for D&D.

Giant Wolves

A vicious pack of not so giant wolves.  I mean they're big, but I'd expect a gaint wolf to be bigger.  I've done to different colours just for variety.

Pirates

I've tried to use bright colours on the pirates.  I mean why wouldn't a pirate want to show off their wealth.  I quite like these pirates, theyd work for a variety of game genres and time periods.  I'll be using them in D&D as bandits and probably actually as pirates too.

A pile of minis for RPGs

Here's a bunch more Reaper Bones minis I've had lying about for a while in a state of half paintedness.  It's been a productive morning.

Let's start with the bugbears.

ah bugbears, the most brutal of the goblinoids.  They're big, bad and brutal, so I've done them earthy again.  I've given them redy brown skin, to make them stand out from my green goblins, I mean I didn't need to do that, they already stand out because they're pretty damn beefy.  also I didn't rust them up, they probably bully goblins into cleaning their stuff.



Drow Cleric

This lady has been sitting on my desk half painted for almost a year.  I had no idea as to how I was going to paint her.  Pro painting tip, don't overthink it, just do the thing.  I went with green to brighten her up, her skin and armour are pretty dark, so I wanted a bit of contrast other than her hair.  This lady is probably an evil cleric.  How do I know this? She's a Drow (racial profiling) and has a spider on her shield, by adding these two facts together she's probably a cleric of Lolth therefore we can conclude that she's an evil bitch that eats babies.


Paladin

This mini is another example of the bones range's soft details.  Always the face... why is that?  She could pass as a human, an elf or a half-elf.  I've done her in a standard paladin look, lots of blue, lots of silver.  I'd go so far as to say that this lady does not eat babies... but you can't judge a book by its cover.


Elf Blacksmith

My favourite of the bunch.  She could be an npc... but that would be boring.  I'm toying with the idea of using her as cleric that casts spells by striking her anvil.  the anvil is magic and follows her around.  If your wondering why she has a bronze sword, that's because she doesn't have a forge.  Bronze is a cold hammer metal, basically it gets strong when you hammer it when it's cold, to a point anyway.  It can be over hammered at which point it becomes brittle.

Hill Giant

I've had this guy for a good few years now, he's a Hill Giant from Reaper's Bones range.  I love Reaper Bones, it's so cheap and resilient, sure the detail might not be as good as their metals, but for simple gaming pieces for D&D that doesn't matter.

I've decided to make him a bit more bronzed, he's shirtless and a giant, he's going to have trouble finding shade, so living constantly exposed to elements he's going to be tanned.  I've gone for earthy colours for the rest of him, it just screams natural to me.  I broke this up by painting the shields on his belt with red and blue, just to add a splash of colour.  The steel parts have been rusted, he's a stupid giant, he probably doesn't give to shits about the quality of his stuff.

I'm tempted to put him on a base for use in Kings of War or SAGA Age of Magic.  The question is square or round?

Some monsters for D&D

That's another pile of miniatures that have been sitting around my desk for months finished.  This time its some monsters.  All are Reaper Bones again.  Although I did manage to prime some Mythic Battles stuff when it wasn't raining, or blowing a gale... or both.

We'll start with the basilisks.

I bought two of these ages ago, because where's the challenge in just on murder lizard with a petrifying gaze.  I've gone for an unassuming brown, which is unintentionally shiny.  I decided to keep it that way because it makes it look a bit snake-like.




Kobolds

Everyone's favourite whipping boys.  I've only got 6 so I really need more.  What they lack in threat they make up for  in numbers.  I went quick and dirty with these because no one really stops to admire the paint job on fodder.


Fire Giant

I started painting this one at the same time as the last one.  But for some reason I never finished him.  He's done now though.  I've gone for the same look with dark skin and armour set against bright contrasting hair.  He looks like he's charging forwards ready to splat someone with his massive sword.  I say splat because that sword is wider than the torso of most human sized miniatures.



I've got quite an interesting mix of Mythic Battles Pantheon miniatures lined up next; including Helios and Echidna.