Team Wappel... not many of these!

Here's something very rare... and something that will be even rarer.  It is a miniature that Cathy and I both worked on.  This one is from Reaper, and it's a mini that she had almost finished.

This is vintage Cathy color scheme.  Greens and earth tones.  If you compare it to the last figure I posted of the CoolMini elf, that is my palette in a nutshell.  Quite an interesting contrast!

I just put the finishing touches on it, so Maria Roseblade  is ready for action!

Obviously, Cathy does not get that much time to paint any more, so I am not sure many more of these will happen.

It's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321270449555?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Do you value your Vestals?

All right... one more group of Vestals in the Drow color scheme.

As always, the group shots really give me a sense of how I carried a particular color scheme over a number of minis.

The gals from Raging Heroes have all sorts of fun little details.

The group expands!

A chorus line of pain!

An entire unit of these ladies would be quite impressive...

Maybe at some point.  Heck, it might end up being the next fantasy army if RH does their Darl Elf kickstarter!

Till then...

Lillian Grace, Eternal Warrior (Limited Edition)

Here's something that I had painted many years ago for CoolMiniorNot.  You can still see the images in the CMON store.  This is called Lillian Grace, Eternal Warrior.  It was a limited edition figure.

I happened to have one more, but it had gone unpainted all that time... even though it was app prepped and ready to go!  I had a base that was made for one of the kickstarter videos that was perfect.

I was originally going to do a more muted, conservative approach, but I had a hankering to try something way more fun.  So, I did some nebula work on the cloak, and made some shiny armor!!

This was originally sculpted by Werner Klocke.  I always liked the way he sculpted hair, and poses such as this.  I had a blast painting the armor.  I tried to carry the colors of the cloak in the armor.  It was not so much "Sky-Earth NMM" as it was an attempt to have some kind of living metal color... something more like magical armor.

And it's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321269567800?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

The way to really fly

Some of you will probably recognize these ladies!  Two of them were used as subjects for painting videos.

The figure on the right with the Tiger eyes on the wings was a test figure for the freehand video.  I thought it would make a good subject, since I could put freehand on the base, the wings, the arms,etc.

The one on the left was used for the Shades of Grey video.  Again, there were many types of surfaces that would allow for the placing of various gray tones everywhere.  The idea was to show how you could do a lot more with 'simple' gray.

I had been saving these figures for many years to serve as Seraphim in my Sisters of Battle army.  Since Raging Heroes is going to be doing something amazing in that department, I thought it would be OK to use them for the kickstarter.

The first 3 figures you have seen are part of the current Urban Mammoth range.  All part of the Urban Warfare system.  Amazing stuff!

This figure on the right was a combo test for shades of gray, snow bases, and weathering.  A test subject for 3 videos...

Those are not available any more.  I liked them a lot.  The wings have a very different feel, and the armor is about as close to a space marine as you can get on a lady. :-)

She looks rough and tumble as well!

So, one more image, and it's back to work!!!

Show the flag!

Ever since I painted the first banner in the Dark elf scheme, I was looking forward to trying out the Drow scheme, and a new design on the banner.

This design was a fun, simple version.  Right to the point... dark evil tower back lit by an overly large moon!  Yea!

I have some shots coming up of the last group of four Drow together...

Here as well:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321268876856?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Another group...

Here's another set of Kabal warriors around the second objective marker.

I can't wait to have the subsequent 'in progress' Kabal warriors ready to go.

Originally, the army was supposed to have a lot more, but I put in a Raider for the Grotesques.  In the few test games I did, the high toughness was not enough to get anywhere on the board.

This was one of my favorites.  I had lots of fun with him!

This was only intended as a small squad that would set up around an objective... "holding and hiding".  It did not work out that way, since the lack of terrain and huge amounts of fliers pretty much wiped out that possibility!

That's one reason I wanted to increase the size of this squad as much as possible.  Besides, I need more to fit into the Tantalus!!!

Care to duel?

Watch out for these flying blades of doom!  After painting the champion Blood Vestal in the Dark Elf color scheme, I could not resist painting it in the Drow scheme.

The darker skin was really nice against the gold/bronze colored armor, creating a nice value contrast.

I am painting the banner bearer in this color as well, so I can try to have a command group!

Ebay link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321268182632?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649