The Sockstrosity and More

I bring you another of the Low Life miniatures that I have been working on, for what seems like forever at this point.  I now have two left to paint if you are keeping track.  This one is the Sockstrosity.  Probably my least favorite in the set.  It's basically a big sock knitting more socks while sitting on a chair mounted on a reptilian creature. Just everyday normal stuff.

I also made visual representations of powers for my friend's 4th edition Psion character: force shard and static mote.  Force shard is a few pieces of "sea glass" that I painted with a wash or two, and the static mote is just a marble on a base.  I think they look kind of cool though, and hopefully they will come in handy for her.

And finally this is a scan of the drawing that Matthew Allison sent me in exchange for the Cankor mini from my last post. Yay!

Cankor

I'm back with a quickly painted superhero figure.  This miniature is based on a character called Cankor, from a recently produced surreal indie comic of the same name.  He was created by comic artist, Matthew Allison and you can see his work at http://loafdish.blogspot.com/. 

 

A drawing by Matthew Allison of the character it's based on:

Inspired by Allison's weirdo comic, I started with a "Tarantula" figure from Old Glory's Superfigs line.  I filled in the eyes with green stuff before priming.  Ideally the body would have a little less muscle definition, but what the heck.

I tried to keep the colors light but still have some contrast and shading.  I have to say it was fun painting a miniature that wasn't covered in lots of little doohickeys and details, because I was able to finish it pretty fast.

 The other cool thing about this mini is that I sent a picture of it to Matthew Allison and he liked and it looks like he's going to trade me a piece of art for it.  Yay!

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Byulunculus the Vigilant

I present to you Byulunculus the Vigilant: Pile Crime Clobberer, another mini in the initial set of Low Life miniatures I've been working on.  There are three left now if you are keeping count.

I did not stick to the colors seen in the illustration of this guy, but went with a mostly primary color scheme.  I'm a bit frustrated with the photo because the handle on the saw weapon looks really flat where as it is much more shaded in real life.  Red is a pain to photograph sometimes.  The shine on the slug and the little drip is a bit of gloss varnish to make it look at least a little slimy. 

 

Overall I'm fairly happy with how he came out.  I always like painting things with a lot of texture.

 

Stay tuned, I'm not sure yet if my next post will be one of the remaining Low Life figures or one of the other things in my collection begging to be painted.

 

Occifer Gleech

I continue to have the goal of posting on this blog no less than once per calendar month.  Unfortunately,  February came and went without an update.  Hopefully, their won't be any more months this year without a painted miniature to show.

Without further ado, here is the latest from my painting table: Occifer Gleech-Bodul Hoink. The next in line from the set of Low Life miniatures I've been painting.  Just four left now.

He took forever to paint, because he's got lots of details and I tend to work pretty slowly.

Here is Andy Hopp's illustration which I referred to while painting.  I did make some color changes when I felt the need however.

 

And a couple more views: 

 I'm still having a blast painting these wacky miniatures.  I hope to have another to show very soon.  Thanks for looking.

One-Eyed Croach

Here is the next Low Life Miniature in the batch: The Mysterious One-Eyed Croach: Croach Smellcaster.

 

 This is a weird one even for the Low Life figures, so I included the official illustration by Andy Hopp in the top right corner of this picture.  I made the hat and cloak a little more red-violet but otherwise tried to stick pretty close to the drawing.  It was more fun to paint than I expected for some reason.  I enjoyed painting that big old eyeball.  

There are five more miniatures in this set which I intend to finish, and a few more things primed and ready to go on my table so stay tuned!

Angry Ubgunsker

So here is Angry Ubgunsker: Werm of the Happy Plate Club from that zany set of Low Life miniatures that I have been slowly painting.  4 out of 10 done so far. 

Anyway, I'm really happy with this figure.  I don't think the photo really does him justice actually.  It took forever to get him done though with all of those little details he's got. 

 

Happy New Year!  Be back soon...

Skeletor Mr Bones - Reaper Miniature

This month's miniature is Mr. Bones from Reaper's Bones line of plastic minis.  I mentioned earlier that I picked up a few of these plastic figures in September and I finally got around to painting this little guy.  I decided to paint him up in a color scheme reminiscent of Skeletor from Masters of the Universe.

I attempted to make the shovel look old and rusted or weathered and I think that's my favorite part of this miniature now.  Pretty fun little figure overall.

There's lots of minis primed and waiting on my table, so I hope to post here again soon....

Dwarven Forge Game Tiles

So far this month, real life (ugh) has kept me from painting any miniatures, but I wanted to make a quick post, to express how glad I am that I got in on Dwarven Forge's Game Tiles Kickstarter last spring.  I got my tiles last weekend, and I'm psyched to game with them tonight.  I went in at the 170 dollar, two-sets- already-painted level and I feel like it was totally worth it.  In the past I've always thought the Dwarven Forge stuff looked cool but was just way too expensive.  If they have a deal like this again I recommend getting in on it.

 

Hope to be back soon with a painted mini!

Reaper Bones Giant Rats

I didn't get in on the insane Reaper Bones Kickstarter, but my most excellent FLGS recently got in a big load of Bones minis and I picked up a few.  I needed some giant rats to throw at some first level adventurers this week, and this seemed like an inexpensive source for them.

Reaper Bones pack "77016: Rats", contains six plastic rats in 3 poses and can be had for less than four dollars.  Not a bad deal at all, even if the details are a bit shallow or even crude in places.

I painted these quickly, assembly-line style, which is something I really never do.  But I will say that I got them done in a short amount of time and, by my standards, looking good enough to game with.

Here is a shot that shows their size in comparison to a typical Reaper mini.

I hope to post again soon.  Stay tuned.

Female Drow Warrior

I painted up Reaper's "Anjanise, Elf Druid" figure as a Drow warrior, and here she is:

I used Reaper's Dark Elf Skin Triad paints for the skin tones and I'm pretty happy with them.  I did mix some in-between shades and a slightly lighter color for highlights but overall they made it easier to get this model painted, and I think they look pretty good.

The metallic paints I used on the swords didn't photograph particularly well.

More Drow and more Low Life minis to come.