Nyrfherdr's Mini Thread - Inspired by Pogre (NEW 3/1/07 - AFTER A YEAR!)

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

In the meantime, I found a photo of some Rakham mini's I haven't shown before. They are from their Confrontation line. Some kind of knights. I don't play the Confrontation game, so I can never remember the mini's names. I buy them because they look darned cool on the tabletop.

I've got those guys, and have painted one of them. I'll try to get a picture and start a thread with some of my minis. I went with a very different paint scheme, blue and grey, but I really like the way the red and gold looks. Might have to try that on one of mine. Nice job!

 

[D'karr]

nyrfherdr, as always, good stuff.

I need to get back into painting. Wife and 4 kids take up a lot of time though. LOl

 

[nyrfherdr]

Thanks Cthulhu's Librarian. Different color schemes significantly impact the look of a miniature. In the speed painting competitions at GenCon you got to see that in action. 8 people with 8 different views of a single miniature.

D'Karr: I know what you mean. I'm very busy myself, actually. Luckily my family allows me time to paint and sculpt. I usually end up doing a good bit at a time, and then go dark for a long time. The knights were painted at Christmas, I think.

Well.... The long awaited Dire Troll has been completed. The WIP pictures certainly did a lot to spill the beans on what turned out to be a pretty menacing miniature. One hand is the size of a standard mini! I'll start painting him over the next several weeks. We'll see how long that takes

Original Sculpt based on a monster in the Monsternomicon from Privateer Press.
Dire Troll:






I seem to have gotten the camera settings right for once, so here is a closeup...


Game ON!
Nyrfherdr

 

[nyrfherdr]

I've been pretty darned busy lately, but I did manage to take a few photos of some mini's I painted earlier in the summer.

Enjoy:

Warmachine Cygnar Hunter from Privateer Press




Warmachine Cryx Bonejack, stalker from Privateer Press (I put it on the clear post leaping)


Warmachine Cryx Leviathan




I hope to get some more painting done soon and some photos not long after.
Game ON!
Nyrfherdr

 

[frankthedm]

I like the Red Knights a LOT.

The Warmachine bots are nice though more lighting is needed for the photos. Might i be so bold as to suggest a sunlit photo shoot?

 

[nyrfherdr]

Thanks for the kind words Frankthedm.
I usually can't control the actual time of my photo shoots. It's usually in between other tasks. I'm working on improving the situation, but time is not a luxury I have

As you have no doubt guess, I am a big fan of the Iron Kingdoms from Privateer Press.
I have purchased a large number of their mini's and the company even enticed me back into wargaming (on top of my roleplaying passion).

When I started sculpting a few years ago, I took IK art as my inspiration. One of those inspirations was the Monster Hunter. Well, Privateer recently released their own 3d vision of the Monster Hunter. I was compelled to purchase and paint said mini. Here is a photo of the two side by side. I must say that for an early sculpt, I'm still very pleased. Although I wouldn't be satisfied with it if I sculpted it today...



Stay tuned. I've finished painting my 'Cthuhlu bot' (my son's name for the bug robot shown in green earlier).
Game ON!
Nyrfherdr

 

[D'karr]

I really like the original sculpt. It has character. A little small when compared with the PP one, but a good effort. Very accurate, when you compare the two. Very well done.

BTW, I just noticed the "watery" base on the Cryx Leviathan... AWESOME.

 

[nyrfherdr]

For those of you who have followed along on my journey of experimentation with the world of sculpting, will know that I did a robot bug creature for fun.
My son has christened the creation "Cthuhlubot" because of the mouth tentacles and multiple eyes...





I enjoyed the process on this one.
I'm almost done painting my dire troll. He's an ugly looking beast. quite ugly. I'll post him soon.

Game ON!
Nyrf

 

[Kanegrundar]

Looks good! Keep 'em coming.

 

[frankthedm]

i like the cthulhubot. very cute.

I so need to get working on my mekthulhu