Thursday, 3 January 2019

Painting Mythic Battles Pantheon 14

That's the next batch done.  Pandora's Box is almost complete.






Bellerophon
He was a pain in the arse to paint, mainly because he was ready built.  If the wings or rider were separate I would have made a better job on him.  Also Pegasus looks more white in the pictures than really life.


Eurytion
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The detail was a bit blurry on this guy, especially round the face.  I tried my best, and I think he turned out okay.


And a viking... wait what?
This is a preview miniature for Mythic Battles Ragnarok.  I'm planning on using him as a thug for d&d.  He looks like a fantasy warrior, my historical brain screams no to the viking part.  I do think he looks cool though.

Tuesday, 1 January 2019

Painting Mythic Battles Pantheon 13

It's taken me a while but the next batch is done, mainly because I'm working on a few projects at once.  This time it's a few odds and sods.


Sisyphus
Is it just me or does he look like Sean Connery?

The Graeae

I've tried to go for a traditional swamp hag look with these ladies.  I've used dirty earthy colours combined with pale purple skin to achieve this.  I'm really quite chuffed about how they turned out.

Echidna

The mother of monsters.  I've done her lower half in a similar manner to the other snakes in the set.  I decided to go with brown horns because I felt that ivory horns wouldn't pop against her skin.  I also go to paint fire.  I like painting fire.

Helios
Helios is one one of my favourite sculpts in MBP.  The sense of motion is amazing.  You can just imagine that whip lashing out and incinerating his enemies, leaving nothing but ashen husks.  Being the god of the sun I decided to go with a sky theme.  I painted his cloak blue to contrast against his blonde hair and halo thing.

Currently on the painting block are a few fantasy minis, some more Mythic Battles stuff, a dwarf organ gun for Kings of War and some plague marines.

Oh and Happy New Year!




Wednesday, 5 December 2018

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. 

Sunday, 25 November 2018

More Fantasy Heroes

More fantasy miniatures painted, again with the tieflings.  Here we have a couple of tieflings and and a half orc.  Again these are from Reaper's Bones range.

 Let's look at the tiefling warrior first.

This is the same mini as in my last entry (I got sent a second by accident).  I've decided to make him the opposite of the other.  This one is cold, whereas the other one is hot.  I actually dig this sculpt, I'm left handed so I approve of seeing a left handed warrior every now and again.  This guy also has purple hair for reasons.

Female teifling spellcaster.
She strikes me as a warlock, probably due to the trident of bone she's holding.  I've gone for a bright red skin tone, and decided to contrast her hair and loincloth against this.  I think it works.

Female half orc spellcaster
Half orcs are hard to come by, so I try to pick them up whenever I can.  Like many bones miniatures she suffers from soft features, which is common among the Bones range.  It's annoying, but I persevered. I decided to put her in a bright yellow dress to contrast with her dark skin.  She could act as any spellcaster, there's nothing that makes her jump out as one type or another.



Sunday, 18 November 2018

A Trio of Tieflings

So I've been quiet for the past couple of weeks.  That's because I've been working on a super secret sci-fi project, which you'll get to see after Christmas.  You'll just have to hold your excitement until then.  I'll promise you this it's completely different from the usual stuff I post on here.  After I finished it I really needed to paint something else to cleanse the palette so to speak.  I needed something with free reign of colours so that I could just wing it.  I needed more fantasy adventurers, luckily I had a bunch primed. 





All three are from Reaper Miniatures Dark Havens Legends range.  And all three of them are made from Bones plastic rather than metal.


Tiefling Rogue
Purple skin! You don't get much more off the wall than that.  I wanted to keep her clothes dark without using black, so I used a dark brown for the leather and canvas for the trousers.  It keeps her nice and earthy without  her standing out in a crowd.



Tiefling Mage a.k.a Mr Fabulous
Check out his medieval pimp coat.  I decided to be a bit different with this guy.  I've tried to keep him bright.  I've gone for regular flesh colour, but with a crimson wash to make him look slightly red.  I've also given him white hair and grey horns (I've seen a few cambions at Empire like that and stole the look).  I never rated this mini before I started painting him, but now I think he's one of my favourites.  We might be looking at my next D&D character.


Tiefling Paladin/Fighter
I've used chaos warriors as inspiration for this guy.  I wanted him to look fiendish, almost like he's embraced his dark lineage.  He's sporting black iron armour with gold trim.  All his garments are earthy to keep them muted.  I really wanted his skin to stand out, so I went with bright red.

I might have a crack at some more adventurers before starting some more Mythic Battle Pantheon stuff.
 

Sunday, 4 November 2018

Painting Mythic Battles Pantheon 12

That's the next batch done.  This time it's Jason and his Argonauts and Campe (a scorpion lady).  Fun fact Jason and the Argonauts was one of my favourite films as a kid.  It's probably the reason I like undead so much (that skeleton scene is awesome).






Jason

He's even wearing the golden fleece, which is a nice touch.

Argonaut
There's 3 of these all in the same pose.


Campe
She didn't photograph well.  She's a bit brighter in the flesh.

Next on the painting block is the goat headed priest from the suicide squad box.  I'm also working on secret sci-fi project as a Christmas present.  There's also another mish-mash of mythic battles minis waiting to get primed.  I'm also rebasing some of my old undead for Age of Sigmar (yes I've been won over).