As this is my 100th post I wanted to post something a little different . It is also my second contribution to the July challenge (a centre piece/something cCool).
What you have below are photos of the completed model. Normally I would post construction photo’s before the end result but on this occasion I will publish In reverse order so in the coming weeks I will post details on how I made it. Until then no more words just pictures.
TIM
For the moment I suddenly I seem to have found myself fixated on a genre that I did think I would ever find myself interested in – Fantasy! I’m not entirely sure why this has come about but three things spring to mind. Firstly, I’m really liking the detail on the Reaper figures and because I wanted to try to crank up my painting skills this has really helped. Secondly, I’ve been more than a little impressed by the work of fellow bloggers in this area. Thirdly, it’s nice to use a multitude of colours and not be restricted to uniform paints. I’m not sure how long this interest will last but I’ve got another half a dozen figures to do and have my eye on at least another dozen or more so I’m not finished just yet.
Metal Reaper figures aren’t prohibitively expensive but neither are they that cheap either. Personally I think they represent good value for money but the quality of the figures are deserving of a little more effort on the base work. Hopefully I’ve achieved that with this one.
Not a great deal to say about the figure itself. It’s a great sculpture in my opinion and it was a joy to paint using a combination of oils and acrylics and, in the case of the sword some free hand yellow and green hatching. I particularly liked painting the many folds, a great opportunity for some shadow and highlight painting. For the base I settled on a rugged rocky staircase look, obscured somewhat in the photo’s, with a little snow added for no other reason than I wanted to!
I was in two minds about this one for the July challenge but decided to stick with my original plan which I think will prove to be the better centre piece. Details for that one will appear next week.
Photo’s below. I hope you like it.
TIM
This was my original idea for the April challenge and fell under Azazel’s example “be inspired by another hobbyists work and create your own version of something you have seen online”.
Many of the figures produced by those who I follow and by those who follow me generally fall into the Si-Fi/Fantasy genre. Nothing wrong with that at all, in fact the figures created and painted are simply superb and appeal to me. My problem, as someone who likes to do vignettes and dioramas rather than gaming, has been how to create the right setting for any figures I might undertake to do. As a consequence it has been something which has continued to sit on the back burner … until now!
The turning point came following a post by “Caseyrog, Wyrd Stones and Tackle Zones” entitled “Tinkering with Elves” (an arrestable offence surely!). A great article featuring some excellently painted miniatures. This inspired me to do a little bit of Google Image and Pinterest searching which resulted in the discovery of this lovely little figure by Reaper Miniatures. It’s difficult to explain precisely why I fell in love with this figure but fall in love I did. You may not agree but to me the figures pose is very cool.
I deduced that Wood Elves live and operate in woods (there’s not much that escapes me!) and therefore a woodland setting would be a highly appropriate setting for a vignette or diorama. An idea which had been sitting on the back burner had now become a reality.
I’m not sure what future models I will do within this genre but I have no doubt that I will do others. In fact a couple of figures are on order already!
Photos of the completed model below.
TIM
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