When it comes to ideas for little dioramas or vignettes no companies figures inspire me more than Hasslefree right now. I can’t put my finger on it but there is something about the composition of their figures which gets my creative juices flowing. I think it helps that a great many of the figures can be easily placed together, such as in the case here.
The figures go by the names “Iona Starkiller” (the figure in blue) and”Kami Riko” and to my mind at least are a natural fit for a model like this. Both figures are listed under the Sci Fi menu header which led me to giving the ground work a redish colour, something in my mind said the colour suggested another planet or another world. The flora was added just to break things up a little.
The paint job was a straight forward affair but the figures needed to be lined up so that there eyes were fixed on each other in concentration. Not a difficult thing to do but explains why one figure is positioned higher than the other and why the ground work needed to be built up a little.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
Looking good Dave. A great little composition.
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Thanks Steve.
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Very nice, Dave! 🙂 To be honest though I saw the title and was expecting to see a car chased by a big truck!
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Ah yes, Duel. I think that was the first film by Spielberg.
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Cool!! I like the elevation, gives it the bit more extra drama.
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Cheers IRO.
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great piece of work again, love the colours used and it all makes sense too..
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Thanks Steve.
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Great composition TIM, with the title I was expecting in combat pose, but doesn’t distract from the interaction of what will happen in what you’ve achieved
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Cheers Dave.
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Nice little dio Dave.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete.
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Spot on once again mate, great models, well painted and well composed.
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Thank you.
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These look great, work really well together, I like the pearls on the figure in blue.
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Thank you.
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That looks terrific, probably one of my favourite things on your blog (and there are a lot of good things here!). Is the upper figure with the green tee-shirt a version of I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-Rey-from-Star-Wars? I know that Hasslefree are famous for their cheeky inspirations 🙂
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Thank you, nice to think I am improving 🙂. As for the upper figure I am not sure but as we both know you cannot rule it out with Hasslefree!
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I can see why these minis inspired you to make a diorama. They look great together! Iona Starkiller looks heavily inspired by the Dark Eldar in Warhammer 40,000 (which is a good thing in my book) and I like the colors you chose for both duelists. This is a visually striking piece and well done as always! 🙂
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Thank you. It was fun to do and the two figures are a natural fit I think.
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Superb mate, lovely poise and balance!
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Cheers Alex.
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Truly epic in so many ways. Kami’s eyes tell such a story and are my favorite detail!
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Thanks Mark. The sculpts on these figures are very expressive.
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Great work. I never thought I’d see any Warhammer 40K stuff on this blog (Iona Starkiller is clearly an eldar) so there you go!
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Haha, me neither! In all honesty I don’t really have much of a preferred genre these days I just have to like the figures and be inspired to do something with them.
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