Khaerus the Summoner

Here's one more from Andrea Miniatures... he is Khaerus the Summoner.

I think this may have been my favorite of the Battle Series figures, since I got a chance to do one of my favorite color combos.  Teal and purple are lots of fun!

Of course, getting a chance to do some starscapes is even more cool!!

Volgar the Skull Hunter

Here's another Battle Series miniature.  I see now that this group is part of Andrea Miniatures.  That would explain why they are so nicely sculpted and cast!

They were all very fun to paint.  I wish I could do some more of them :-)

That is so grotesque...

Here we have the first color test mini for my unit of Grotesques!  This first one was very difficult, as I was trying to see what I could do to make them different from what I have seen, but still have all the effects that I wanted.

I had to go with the lighter skin tones, since I wanted to show the irritated flesh where things have been grafted on, and the veins.  With all the crazy F-cast mishaps involved with these, my choices were limited even further,  That was kinda irritating.

There were entire parts in these kits that were unusable, or even non-existent.  I even had to change the way I was going to do some of the glow from the tubes on the back due to the casting issues.

So, I did what I could, and I will have to leave the rest to the painting.

Hopefully they will still look interesting!!!

Stay tuned for much more, as I start to gear up for Adepticon and the 40k tournament!!!!

Alas poor Yorrick

Here's a base that I did for the first color test mini from my unit of Grotesques.  A few bits, some gravel, a hunk of resin, and it was time to paint!

I tried out a few new blood splatter techniques, which was very fun.

I will be posting the images of the painted Grotesque tomorrow!  Stay tuned...

Beelphegor from Battle Series

I was able to uncover some rare images today of a set of miniatures I did a while back.  I believe the line was called Battle Series, but I could be wrong, or the name has changed.

This character was called Beelphegor.

They were very nicely sculpted and cast, as you can see, and they were a blast to paint.  If anyone knows if they are still around, pass me the word!

Hildegard von Königsmark from Raging Heroes

Here's a fantastic mini from Raging Heroes!  She is Heldegard von Konigsmark, one of three sisters from the limited edition set.

As with all Raging Heroes figures, there is fantastic detail and lots of clean lines!  I was able to put a few different weapon arms on her to illustrate how many options you are given with these sets.

These weapons are not the original arms, but these figures are able to support many of the various options, which is great.

You can see more of the details on the back views. I even used some of the colored weathering powders to do some shading.  In this case, I used the blue and the red from Back 2 Base Ix.

Since this was painted in Altdorf color scheme, I put a little Karl Franz tribute on the base...

And here are some views to show how it compares scale wise to a GW figure (sorry about the different base heights).  They are the same scale, so they will work great with your Empire army!

Of course, I would love it to eventually see an entire army of these. :-)  For you fans of the Dark Elves, you will get your wish, as an upcoming Kickstarter will feature those!!

Here's a link to the Raging Heroes site:

http://www.ragingheroes.com/collections/complete-collection

Painting with great Zeal...

Here's a selection of Skarrd minis from Dark Age.  

They are Buzz Blades chosen by the Sister of Charity to become Mights and Zeals.  Might warriors have already proven to have natural resilience and strength, which is enhanced dramatically through various drugs and chemical compounds.

Zeals look miserable and lost when standing still, resembling a drug addict awaiting his next fix.  Slender and gaunt, these Zeals will do anything to please their mistress, Sister Charity.  She adopts them and augments them with biochemical and grafting apparatus to their muscles.