'tis the Season to Paint Minis

[the_gneech]

Finally finished some minis that I've been working on for months! As the lolcats would say, let me show you them.


Leonard Lion and Lina Inverse battle a nazgul, while the First Doctor looks on! Er, no, waitaminute.

Let's go into a little more detail...


One of the "lion man" miniatures by Reaper, IIRC. I'll be using him as Arshan of the Desert in sirfox's furry D&D. Much fun character. :) Hope Josh runs more soon! I love the way the figure looms over others at the same scale.


Dr. Lucky, from Kill Dr. Lucky by Paizo. This was actually a Christmas present for hantamouse's mum last year (i.e., 2006) ... and I finally finished painting it. Oops.


Mirima, lythandra's fireball-tossing sorceress in my Red Hand of Doom game. The fireball in this particular instance was made from a shredded bit of cotton ball glued to the figure post-paint ... although from the cone shape it looks more like burning hands. Miniature by Reaper.


Dedicated to invisiblewolf; miniature by Reaper. With my luck some joker's gonna come along and say "Hey, he's got no pants!"


Scenery from the "Ruins of Middle-earth" set by Citadel. Some of the ivy is strategically-placed to cover seams, other bits are just randomly placed. I was pleased with the "weathered stone" effect, some of which is lost in this photo.

Whatcha think? :)

-The Gneech

Comments

[arakinuk.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Very nice indeed. Haven't painted miniatures in ages (since school...and even then, I was rubbish)

Love the use of cotton-wool for the fireball :D
(and the lion is just fab)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) FWIW, I was rubbish in school too. I just kept going. ;)

-TG

[satyrblade.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Reminds me of the old days, when you and Lythandra had a mini for every mood... a situation that seems to have only expanded since then!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

It hasn't actually expanded as much as all that ... over time prepainted plastics have largely replaced the Cardboard Heroes, but the overall effect is roughly the same. :) I ain't got the time to paint minis the way I used to, alas!

-TG

[invisiblewolf.livejournal.com]

Wow...I really like the Nazgul miniature; they did a good job with him. And the musculature on the lion miniature looks great, too!

Thanks for sharing! :-)

-Spiritwolf.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd like that. :) Reaper has a handful of figures based on the same "nobody in it" concept, but this one is my favorite of the lot.

-TG

[http://users.livejournal.com/_litho_/]

I've never heard of Reaper miniatures. But the lion-man guy is good! I should look into them

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Reaper. (http://www.reapermini.com/)

They have UK distribution ... not sure about Australia. But you can probably get them through resellers downundah.

-TG

PS: Long time no see!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I have some Warhammer trees for just such a purpose. :) Plus I've scoured their website for tips, tricks, and techniques. Helpful stuff!

-TG

[kamau-d-lyon.livejournal.com]

Nice,very nice.
I was never able to get into painting miniatures for whatever reason (time mostly I guess) but I do love seeing what people are able to do with them. Oh and the textures on the stone walls did come out very well indeed.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) And given that it took me however many months to paint these, I totally hear you re: time. :)

-TG

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotta love that lion's practical armor XD He still can has tummyrubs that way ^.^

And yes, I AM crazy, that IS my problem!

Nice work all around!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I wondered if you'd comment on that. ;) Anybody who attacks his delts or forearms is in for a lot of trouble!

Gotta wonder why he bothers w/ the breastplate, considering it covers little more than his clavicle. It's like a steel dickey. 0.o I suspect the idea may be that he scavenged bits and pieces off of his normal (human-sized) foes, and that was all that would fit.

Which, actually, suits Arshan's character well! :D

-TG

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Heh, I didn't think of that. There COULD be some logic there, eh?

But never underestimate the power of It Just Looks Cool, Dammit XD

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it's good enough for chainmail bikini babes, surely it's good enough for Arshan!

-TG

is surprised nobody's done this yet. . .

[carlhh.livejournal.com]

*ahem* mi mi mi

Hey, he's got no pants!


fini

Re: is surprised nobody's done this yet. . .

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well at least now I don't have to sit around waiting for it! ;P

-TG

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

Very cool. One of these days I'm going to have to get around to finishing my Flames of War army (maybe the first of many). Someday.