Minis: Snakemen and Cult Leader

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Gizzard

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• Sep 28, 2002

• #1

Here's a set of minis I've done for a one of the classic 3E modules. The Snakemen are Reaper with light conversions, the Cult Leader is GW Mordheim.

 

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S'mon

Legend

• Sep 29, 2002

• #2

Wow - those ink jobs always blow me away!

 

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Gizzard

First Post

• Sep 30, 2002

• #3

Actually, its just blended acrylics. I dont use too much ink. I am pretty happy with the way the blending came out on the little cult guy; though I wish now that I had chosen an "evil-er" color. I'm doing the assistant cultists in a sicky yellow-green, which is working out nicely.

 

psychognome

First Post

• Oct 2, 2002

• #4

Awesome, man! They are extremely well painted! What are you gonna use them for?

 

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Gizzard

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• Oct 7, 2002

• #5

Here are the Assistant Cultists, I went for a more lizardy green this time and I think it came out "evil-er". The classic red-black scheme on the box is nice (nice and evil!); after doing this I wonder how many good (evil?) color schemes really work for cultists.

What are you gonna use them for?

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Well, I dont know how to say this without giving a spoiler. So if anyone is thinking of playing any low level module and doesnt want to risk --SPOILERS-- they should stop now.

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I'll also bury it in the middle of this sentence; the module is the first of the Freeport series. My players are about halfway through, I started painting at the end of the module and worked my way forward.

 

KnowTheToe

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• Oct 10, 2002

• #6

Excellent paint jobs. Any way to take a picture of one the backs of the snakemen, I would be interested to see how you did their scales.

How long does it take to paint a fig?

 

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Gizzard

First Post

• Oct 10, 2002

• #7

Here's a pic of their backs; its overcast outside right now so its again a bit of a dark pic. Basically, they have these big, chunky scales on their backs, so I found an old reference photo of a pair of crocodiles (eating whole chickens!) from National Geographic. Their backs are an olive green with black markings; the coloring fades around through orange and yellow-green onto their bone-white bellies. There are lots of colors splashed around on individual scales; I mostly represented them with dots of a couple different dark colors.

I dunno how long it took me to do them; I spend a lot of time figuring out how to do the first one and then paint the rest relatively quickly.

 

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Holy Bovine

First Post

• Oct 14, 2002

• #8

Hi Gizzard - just wanted to let you know that those are some of the best painted miniatures I have seen (and this from a guy who has about 80 issues worth of White Dwarf 'eavy Metal articles )

Excellent work! I can't even give you any advice for improvement! I just keep having to use exclamation points!!!!!!!!

 

alsih2o

First Post

• Oct 14, 2002

• #9

wow, most impressive.....nasty looking.

you have a real winner there giz, i hope your players appreciate all the hard work, these look fantastic.

 

KnowTheToe

First Post

• Oct 14, 2002

• #10

thanks for the pictures of the snakemans' backs. I love how you did the light with spots on the sides and darkend toward the center. It gives them a very natural reptilian feel. I hope they put some hurt on your players.