I seem to have been bitten by the painting bug following my successes with my Elves and have finished off a couple more figures!
Centaur
The Centaur is an old Ral Partha sculpt and although a bit small by modern standards, he's a really lovely sculpt. Instead of going for the usual brown colour scheme, I settled on a bit of a bay look that worked out really well. He will be seeing action as a mercenary for the House Helios Elves until I get chance to paint up the rest of his herd.
Dwarven Veteran
I think this chap is a Heartbreaker sculpt and has loads of character. I may repaint his pipe though as it kind of vanishes into his beard. He adds a very handy double handed weapon to my Dwarven warband too and they are now nearing completion once I get some crossbowmen painted up. I do like the Kev Adams sculpting style for Dwarves. It makes them look a bit tougher and more rugged than some of the classic Citadel stuff!
Alas my holiday is nearing its end so I suspect I won't be able to keep up the pace of painting but hopefully I will still be able to get some done once I am back at work as I am really enjoying getting through my collection of unpainted lead.
I am also working on adding little features like rock outcrops and mushrooms to my bases as looking at the older stuff, they are rather let down with a plain brown base with just a little bit of static grass to liven them up. I am going to invest in some more Silfor tufts of different colours and even some of the flowers too which should help matters somewhat!
All the best!
Love the centaur. Smooth painting.
ReplyDeleteThe Centaur is lovely, I like the Dwarf too though. You are having no troubles with the larger scale at all!
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteMuch as I'd love to, the centaur actually has a bit of a casting defect on the reverse side! He looks fine from the tabletop but look closely and you can totally see I bodged it.
I can send over some pics from different angles for you along with a brief note on how I painted him though if you would like.
All the best!