It's Fantasy all the way...

[O Dinas Powys]

Oktoberprojekt is go!

Cleaned, 'based', primed and sprayed black:



Since these are going to be a more uniform bunch that the Fungal Forest I'm going to attempt a Harwoodesque speed job on them!

So, fingers crossed; stopwatch ready...

Cheers!

Meirion

[O Dinas Powys]

~23 minutes of slapping on the brown and we have:



Behold the Trollkin Horde up close and personal! (Gnomes: FGN1 with sword; FGN2 with spear and FGN3 with lance)



Really like how these have turned out, probably wont faff with the skin-tones too much - just a light highlight and then onto the accoutrements...
Cheers!

Meirion

[nikharwood]

Good start - now keep going 

[fred.]

I like the look of those, they don't look like what I would have expected gnomes to look like. Must got some on my next order.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ohhh tempting! 

[O Dinas Powys]

Good start - now keep going 

~18 more minutes today; heavy dry brush with a lighter dark brown:



Before and after shot with the spear-man and lancer:



Up-close and personal:



Cheers!

Meirion

[O Dinas Powys]

Ohhh tempting! 

Yeah, they are pretty cool aren't they.  Saw them on 10mmworld.com and thought they might fit the kobold/trollkin low-level RPG critter mould.  (The front page has been down for a while, but you can still find the Pendraken gallery here at the moment: http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/10mmworld/figures/pendraken/fantasy/GnomeSwordsmen2.jpg)

I like the look of those, they don't look like what I would have expected gnomes to look like. Must got some on my next order.

Definitely more wild spirits of the woods than garden or D&D gnomes.  AC20 "Little People" cover the latter two - possibly coming soon to a painting diary near you 

Cheers!

Meirion

[Leon]

The Gnomes are one of those funny little Fantasy ranges which look a bit odd in the bare metal, but come up a treat with a bit of paint on them.

[Techno]

Very, very effective Meirion.
I really like those !
Cheers - Phil.

[O Dinas Powys]

The Gnomes are one of those funny little Fantasy ranges which look a bit odd in the bare metal, but come up a treat with a bit of paint on them.

Yeah, I'm loving them and the pixies.  They're almost painting themselves!

Short session lunchtime: 13.5 minutes of hair, wood and caps!  Before and after photo of spear and sword & shield:



Cheers!

Meirion

[O Dinas Powys]

Very, very effective Meirion.
I really like those !
Cheers - Phil.

Thanks Phil - and everyone else - for your kind words and encouragement.  It's boosting my confidence no end 

Obviously I've discovered the ONE TRUE SCALE, but now I'm getting effective techniques to paint the little blighters too 

GREAT STUFF Meirion !
My absolute 'fave' is the 'brown' one. That works particularly well.
Cheers - Phil.

Yeah, mine too.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out: quite possibly my greatest piece of painting ever

Cheers!

Meirion

[O Dinas Powys]

So, inspired by a demo game of Tusk at Colours 2011 and an academic interest in the period, I've been collecting figures and ideas for a Pleistocene mega-fauna hunt game for a little while now.

A fortnights holiday gave me some free evenings to start a new project so I finally got cracking on the animals. The first cohort comprises virtually every "naked" animal in the Pendraken catalogue:



I've also got some unicorns to trim the horns off at some point for horses and I'm looking forward to acquiring the new camels next month at Colours.  The only figures I know I'm missing are the orc boars, not keen on the unnatural leg positioning!

I've also picked up a 15mm Tusk set from Irregular thinking it would be a quick and easy way to get a game on the table: didn't know the mammoth were multiple piece castings! 
Anyway, I finally got round to assembling them, so here's the second cohort comprising the Tusk mammoth and a selection of Irregular's 10 and 15mm animals:



The project is progressing quite nicely, but I've got to get to bed for an early start tomorrow so more pictures as and when! 

Cheers,

Meirion

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Cool! Love tusk, great rule set.

[Leon]

The Orc boars are a little oddly positioned.  There's the Warboars, which are just standing, with some shields on them.  There's the various wolves in the ranges as well.

[nikharwood]

That's a nice menagerie you've got going there