Kris' miniature thread

[D'karr]

All these look really fantastic. Your photography is also very good. It captures the miniatures very well, without the common graininess of miniature photography.

 

[Kris]

Thanks for the kind words D'karr ...the photography is probably more luck than judgement (I take about 10 pic's and then choose the best looking, least blurry, one ).

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Next up are a few more plastic wood elves that I've had lying around for some time:

Like the one before, they are from the current LotR range by Games Workshop - and I have to admit that although I like the look and the style of the miniatures, they are a pain to paint. Sometimes it's hard to tell when one piece of cloth/equipment ends and the next begins - or it's hard to try and pick out details (like the hair texture) because it simply is not there

And like other GW stuff - the other 8 figures on the sprue are just variations of these 4 basic poses (i.e. same legs and body but with different arms and heads) - but all said and done, I still prefer them over a lot of other elf miniature ranges out there ...it's just a pity about their lack of detail/bad moulding.

 

[Kris]

I had some time on my hands last week, and I had purchased a bunch of NPC looking miniatures (from Black Tree Design) a month or two ago, so I figured I'd slap a bit of paint on a few of them.

Nothing special I admit - but seeing as I can cover a lot of monsters with at least a reasonable proxy mini from my D&D plastics, I thought I could probably do with a bunch of 'NPC's for all occasions'

 

[Kris]

I got the Hirst Arts 'cavern accessory mould' (#85) for Christmas with the intention of creating some small terrain-type pieces to liven up the battlemat.

I've already posted these pictures over on the H.A. boards… but I figured I'd add them to this post too

The first is just a test really - where I have used some miscast pieces to try out some colours (where I've hacked out the air-bubbles and made those areas look damaged instead). The base is just a couple of pieces from the 'flagstone floor tile' mould (#260) that I had lying around:

This one is a simple standing stone that I have carved a runic inscription into (mounted on a 40mm round base):

Next is small campsite mounted on a 50mm round base:

And finally, a dungeon (or castle) lever mechanism (the wall is from the small brick mould #250):

Reverse:

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

I really like the Games workshop figures like the Uruk hai!!
what technique did you use to paint them?

my feeble versions for comparison
http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/minis/lotr/uruk1.jpg

 

[Kris]

For the Uruk's it was a pretty simple layering technique -but I didn't worry about too many layers (as I painted all these as a group and wanted them done relatively quickly). For example I think there is only 3 or four layers on the skin... which means the transition from dark to light is not very subtle - but I think they look OK as gaming pieces nonetheless

 

[Angel Tarragon]

WOW! Wonderful minis. Love the cloaker.

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

Kris,
well, they are damn nice!

 

[Kris]

Here's a couple more terrain/dungeon decoration pieces made from the Hirst Arts mould that I have just finished:

And an elven druid:

The dog was from a Ral Partha pack that contained a warrior-looking guy and 4 dogs, and the elf is a 'male ice elf' from Das Schwarze Auge.

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

I want to buy your minis, Kris. Seriously.