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One more monster for you!!!

This is probably one of my favorites, as it is very different from what you normally see.

Not a phoenix, dragon, griffon, etc., but a big Snowy Owl!!

It is a challenge to paint it in all of those light colors, and get it to have variety in the shading, tones, etc.

I made an entire video of the painting process as part of the kickstarter campaign.

Here's how you put it together:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/06/one-more-big-bird.html

The base is also very fun!!

Here's a close up on the rider!  She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/221921408829?

A light in the Underdark

The Blood Vestals are just another example of the incredible sculpting and casting by Raging Heroes.  The intricate details make painting them a snap!

This figure was used as the subject for one of my painting videos, How to Paint Dark Elf skin tone:

http://www.kingshobbiesandgames.com/James-Wappel-s-Fleshtones-Dark-Elf-p/jameswaappelfleshdark.htm

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321900823533?

Hold the line

One more snow guardian for you!

These spear bundles can be a killer to get through, especially the 'plastic' versions...

It's much easier to do the metal versions, as you can bend each one out of the way ever so slightly, and bend it back! :-)

The Druid's Stone

I think this classic figure might be well over 20 years old.  My guess is that she's a Ral Partha figure.

I had a lot of fun painting her, and that piece of mulch was just perfect for the stone base!!

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/221919934284?

Nuns With Guns: Part 2

Here's a few more images from the second Raging Heroes campaign.

Having painted a number of the Sci-fi Blood Vestals, I am familiar with these kinds of dynamic poses that the super talented sculptors are capable of creating!

They have also managed to put more and more expression into the figure's faces, as evidenced by this pose.  As if the faces were not already sculpted superbly... now we get a range of expressions too!

I will be curious to see how the beads play out in the casts.  I remember that many test casts were made for the original TGG figures, especially in the regular trooper boxes.  Things like helmets and weapons underwent a few reworks to make sure the proportions were OK, but that the casting process could also be efficient.

Elegant and very dangerous!!!

These last few images will get you some close up details...

Now this is going to be one massively impressive Inquisitor!!!

And I shall conclude with this, because my words can only detract from it.

Oh... my...

The Sun Knight

It's been a while since I've gotten a chance to paint Gold NMM armor, so this figure really did the trick!

I also chose to have the cloak be a deep purple shade, which is a very nice contrast with the Golds.  Mixing the purple with a very intense yellow creates all sorts of great mid tone shades!

As part of the Painting Pyramid series, I created a video in Gold NMM:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/08/raging-brunhilde.html

That's available here:

http://www.kingshobbiesandgames.com/James-Wappel-s-Gold-Non-Metal-Metalics-p/jwppgold.htm

He's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321899115500?

War clouds are gathering...

It's always fun when you start getting enough figs together to make group shots!!

Here we have the Char B1 Bis, the Souma S35's, and the Renault Hotchkiss.

That's quite a range of sizes!!

I have more that will join them... two more light tank designs.

I thought that I should break out the green photo backdrop at this point!!

I will also start my Flames of War terrain with forest pieces, I think.  It should make a great Ardennes forest!

It's amazing how even this basic green backdrop makes these tiny things almost look real. :-)

On to more tiny tanks!!