Greetings Terrans, and Happy Arbitrary Commencement of a New Planetary Orbit of Sol! I hope you are all happy & healthy, and that you had a good break & relaxation time. I certainly did – probably ate too much, but certainly no regrets 😊
I did manage to get through the remainder of the Cursed City minis in fairly short order, but I’m going to drip-feed you the pics because I’m anticipating a busy time & a corresponding lack of blog material in the coming weeks… I’m deliberately keeping my powder dry so to speak, and no big end of year recap from me either this year – I’m just too damn busy!
So, without further waffle, let’s get stuck into the Heroes of the set. They all fall in to classic RPG tropes, so for no particular reason, let’s get started with the Clericy/Wizardy-types.
First up, it’s ‘Cleona Zeitengale’:
Cleona’s a funny old model – having both arms outstretched makes her a bugger to photograph, and that strange doofy on the back is just weird and awkward… So awkward in fact that I, (unusually for me), actually painted her in sub-assemblies just so I could do a tidy job of it. Also, annoyingly, one of the dangly doo-dabs on her headdress broke off during the build, and was soooo fiddly that it couldn’t be fixed… I just trimmed the other one off to match.
I followed the studio scheme fairly closely, albeit with different colours, and I’m pretty pleased with how she came out. I didn’t bother with the runes on the back-ribbons, but I did have some fun with the orb on the staff, and with a spot of magic glow on her left hand. All in all, a nice mini to paint, even if she is a bit awkward.
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Next up, it’s ‘Octren Glimscry’:
Octren is another strange mini – the long swooshy beard is just a bit OTT for my taste, to the point where I really toyed with the idea of trimming it! In the end I stuck with the model as-is, though I’m not sure how durable that impressive facial hair will be, overhanging the base as it does!
Again, I kinda stuck with the studio paint scheme, but went a darker, grittier feel. The main departure from the ‘official’ scheme was to use gold to make it very obvious that the ‘face’ is actually a mask, and the use of a darker tone of skin, (the closeness of skin tone & mask colour really bothers me on the studio version, so I was keen to not make the same ‘mistake’). A bit of fancy painting for the orb on the end of the staff finishes the look for a very enjoyable paint job… I liked painting this guy so much that I’m keen to do a 40k version of Octren… Replacing that beard with some cabling, and making the staff a bit more techy would make for a superb Administratum character I reckon.
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Anyway, that’s your lot for today – bugger off but do swing by next week and I’ll have another couple of heroes to share 😊
Stay safe, Happy New Year, and catch you all soon.
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They look great- love the shading on the green and red.
Happy New Year.
Cheers,
Pete.
Cheers mate, wet blending with Contrast paints is becoming easier 😊
Great work I really like the first 1 with the colour choices it makes for a very striking model.
Thanks mate, yeah, I’m really happy with her – I wanted her to look much cleaner than her less-holy peers 😊👍
Excellent work on a pair of really good sculpts! Cleona’s colours are very bold and eye-catching, and for a second I thought Octren’s beard was some kind of ethereal tongue LOL! Great painting, sir!
Cheers mate, they are great minis to be fair – different vibe for each, but that’s what heroes are all about I suppose 😊
Well, both minis are tricky, right, I can see your concerns about them. However, I think you did an outstanding job, I love them!
Thanks dude, and Happy New Year to you – I hope you all had a good one 😁👍
Great work on both figures Alex. A good start to 2022 I’d say. 🙂
Cheers mate, & Happy New Year!
These are both excellent! I really like Cleona, and I say this as someone who doesn’t normally go for red and green in combination – it just makes me think of Christmas (and yes, I know I painted my first Orks as Evil Sunz, why I did this I’ll never know). It really works well on her though so maximum kudos there. Octren is excellent too, I really like the golden mask. I’d been planning to paint mine bone when I get to him but now I’m thinking I might have to steal that idea and go with gold myself.
Hey, cheers dude, glad you like ‘em mate. I’m delighted with the green/red combo on Cleona – it can look a bit naff, but she carries it well I think. Octren was a punt tbh – I very nearly went with a black mask & pale robes, but I’m happy with how he turned out – you steal away Brother!!
Absolutely superb mate, the jewels on the end of the staff’s is the icing on the cakes in my books.
Cheers Roger.
Cheers dude, they’re really pretty eh? I had fun with them so glad it was worth the effort 😊👍
Happy New Year to you Alex, both models have been painted brilliantly, not sure on the overly fusy sculpts, but your painting is excellent.
Thanks mate, and to you too. Yeah, the sculpts are a bit fussy, but I think that’s parr for the course these days! Honestly, they were still nice to paint 😊
Great work on both of them! Cleona is certainly an interesting sculpt – or series of them, but she looks great in the green/red scheme you’ve given her. Octren is also an interesting one – reminiscent of one of the old Empire Wizard models (I don’t recall the name of it) and also – as you say – with a real 40k aesthetic to him as well. Not a bad idea at all to “40k” one of him up, I think!
Cheers matey, glad you like ‘em, and yeah, GeeDub threw the kitchen sink at the heroes in terms of being excellent models… these are probably the weakest pair from the whole set too 😂
Top painting on some very interesting sculpts. I think you made the right call to keep the huge beard on Glimscry, it adds to the general weirdness of the Cursed City stuff which I reckon is part of the charm.
Cheers mate, yup, I reckon you’re right there – the weirdness vibe is central to the whole thing really! 😊