[Painted Minis] My wife's minis.

[Jeremy]

Leslie had great fun doing the mud this dwarven bomber is sludging through as well as all the little brass goblin head ornaments.

 

[Jeremy]

Heh. Leslie glued little bits of red and black dipped styrofoam to the axe of this mini before painting him. When she finished, they looked like little chunks of skull split over the axe with sticky chewy bits here and there. FEAR THE ORCS!

 

[Jeremy]

Sadly this mini is a little chipped from use, but it's only because we love him so much. This Legolas mini took first place at the regional HEB Lord of the Rings miniature painting competition and went on to be runner up in the state of Texas at the state level. The genius of this mini is Leslie's facial study of the actor Orlando Bloom who played Legolas and her fine detail in making the mini closely resemble him. Woo hoo!

 

[Jeremy]

Yes well, there aren't too many good Kensai mini's out there so this is the best I could supply her with. The paint job is terrific, the mini just leaves a little to be desired. The camera did at least pick up a little of the kanji at the hem of his robes but it also picked up his Andre the Giant expression.

 

[Jeremy]

Rawr! I absolutely LOVE this mini! For druids, barbarians, or savage shamans there just is no other mini I'd use. And the camera did a good job with this one, so all the more joy! Here ya go!

 

[Jeremy]

Well that's quite enough for today...

Depending on the response I'll try to get some more up here some other time.

Thanks for the praise Magic Rub.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Lots of different styles.

Which companies do you buy from the most? Seems GW gets a fair share of the dollar here.

 

[Elder-Basilisk]

Well, you seem so eager for praise for the minis in this thread, it almost makes me reluctant to give it. On the other hand, I would like to see more so here I am posting.

The photography definitely gets better as the pictures progress. I'd like to see some of these pictures take with a really good camera to see how good the minis really are. (Most of the ideas I'd want to steal are in the details--like what do the tattoos on the minotaur look like? I can see that they're there in the picture, but I can't see what they look like).

Your wife seems to be a big fan of static grass on bases. Has she experimented with other basing techniques? I've found basing to be one of the most important things to do for a miniature to make it look good and I try to vary my bases and add interest to them but all of my techniques are rather time consuming. I'd love to hear/see what other people do for that.

 

[Jeremy]

Reaper, GW, WotC, she has no preference to company, she just looks at the minis available.

Unfortunately, both Lone Stars, GenX Comics, and Wizards of the Coast around here sell one and only one type of flock and they are generally out of it. So grass it is. Oh well, gets us to look at the minis!

 

[Malessa]

Wow, those do look great! Just having the patience to sit down and do that, and do it well, I must applaud her!

Hope my hubby don't see this thread, he'll wonder why I don't sit down and do that for him, lol.....