Walloping Krong and Low Life Miniatures Group Shot

I present to you the final miniature in the Low Life miniatures set that I have been working on, Walloping Krong, the cremefillian bunskicker.  He's basically a mutant twinkie with a flaming warhammer. Yay!

 For better or worse I made the decision to paint the flame without attempting attempting "object source lighting" i.e. showing the light or color of the flame reflecting on the figure.  It looks a little weird without it, but I often find "osl" to look a little weird too, even when really skilled miniature painters do it.  Overall I'm pretty happy with this piece.

And finally here is a group shot, what a motley crew:

I can't believe I finally finished these guys.  Up next: a vintage miniature of a classic mythological creature.  Stay Tuned!

Pandalope the Panderer

Here is the 2nd to last figure of the initial set of Low Life miniatures that I've been chipping away at: Pandalope the Panderer.

I guess he's supposed to be like a mutant panda pimp.  I decided to paint his face like that of a red panda rather than the usual black and white, giant panda as seen in Andy Hopp's illustration. 

 

Here's what a red panda looks like:

I also based the color scheme of his clothes on the primary colors of Doctor Strange.  It would be cool if this makes him look more like a sorcerer and less like a pimp, but either way I thought it was good color scheme.

Just one more Low Life miniature on my painting table, a mutant humanoid Twinkie with a flaming warhammer, yay!  And lots of other figures to come.  Stay tuned.

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!

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...

Smelven Smellementalist

I've got 3 out of the initial 10 Low Life minis painted now.  Here is my latest paintjob- Unctious Pwoof: Smelven Smellementalist.  Yeah, it's super weird!

Lots of little tiny details on this one too.  This is probably my least favorite one from the set as it's just so weird and has so many odd details that it's hard to tell what's going on.  I kept the colors fairly close to the official illustration albeit somewhat darker.

Illustration by Andy Hopp

Oofo Dementalist

Painted up another wacky Low Life Miniature.  This time it's Trozzgoxx the Lobe, Oofo Dementalist.

I'm pretty happy with this weird little guy.  His freckles might be a bit too subtle, making his body sort of plain.  I'm liking how the neon green in his eyes really stands out though.

Here he is with the Horc Limblopper from last post.  These are just really fun miniatures.

 

Horc Limblopper

Here is the first of the Low Life Miniatures, from the kickstarter I mentioned previously.  Again, I've never actually played the Low Life RPG but the characters are just so crazy that I had  get in on the miniatures.

This miniature is a Horc Limblopper, they call "The Guy With the Killin' Stick."  I could see using him for a character made of radioactive waste in Gamma World as well.  I had a ton of fun painting him.

Up next will either be another Low Life mini or the oldest mini yet to be featured on my blog.  We'll see which one gets done first... 

Grenadier Ruster Beast aka Rust Monster

My goal with this blog has been to post no less than once per calendar and month, and for the first time since I started it I failed by missing April.  The good news is I'm back!  This time I bring you Grenadier's Ruster Beast from their Monster Manuscript line (Vol.IX.) 

I think this is one of the better Rust Monster minis out there and I enjoyed painting this little bugger.  I really like the texturing that the sculptor, John Dennett, put on this mini. The rocks in particular have an excellent rock-like texture.  I'm not sure I'm satisfied with how I painted the eyes but I was going for some contrast.

I have a couple of small robots on my painting table now, and from the "Other Oddities" department, I went big on backing the Low Life Miniatures Kickstarter even though I have never played the RPG.  The minis are just so gonzo that I had to get some.  I just got the first wave in the mail, so expect to see those soon as well.

Artwork by Andy Hopp

Andy Hopp, the creator of Low Life has a current kickstarter going for a new addition of the Low Life game that I should probably mention as well: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1359565526/low-life-the-rise-of-the-lowly-core-rulebook?ref=live