Greetings Terrans, how goes it? Sorry it has been a while since I last posted – I’ve been on hols & so took a break from doing too much on-line shit. I’ve still managed a bit of hobby here and there though – surprise, surprise, it’s more from the never-ending Conan game… As promised, it’s the bashy/hacky trio from the ‘Dressed/Fighters’ sub-category.

First up, ‘Constantius’:

Constantius is a bit underwhelming as a model – not sure why really, he’s just a bit meh. He comes up a bit small and weedy, which is accentuated by him being mounted on a bigger base than his peers, and he’s pretty plain in terms of detail. Not bad exactly, but not good either, which is disappointing for a ‘Leader’ model.

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Next we have ‘Olgerd Vladislav’:

Olgerd is a much nicer mini – great pose, and just the right amount of detail to be interesting without exceeding the capabilities of the material. His face was particularly pleasant to paint, and he’s really got a lot of character I think.

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Finally, we have ‘Hyperborean Primitive’:

He’s another mini that’s on the decent end of the quality spectrum & he panted up very nicely. Again, there is plenty of detail without hitting the point where the plastic let down the model. The skull helm worked particularly well I thought, and was no bother to paint up.

As usual, here’s the group shot:

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And that’s all for another post – tune in next time for a trio of evil priesty/wizardy types!

Greetings Terrans, yes, it’s another Conan post today – continuing the interminable slog through the frankly staggering quantity of minis that came out of the Kickstarter. As promised last week, we’re going to take a look at a trio of slashy/stabby types.

First up we have a character called ‘Pallantides’:

On paper, this should be a really nice mini – a classic Paladin type, but for some unfathomable reason they twisted the poor dude’s torso around into an impossible pose… it’s worse in-hand that it might appear in the photos, but this above shot shows the extent of the situation:

Now you try to get yourself in that pose… not easy without dislocating a shoulder! Still, it is what it is, and a classic gold & purple scheme gives it a degree of respectability I suppose.

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Next we have a much nicer mini – ‘Valeria’:

This is a much better mini – probably one of the best in the whole box in fact! I think Valeria has the rare distinction of being the only character apart from Conan who appears in the game, the books, and the film too, so that’s pretty cool. I went for quite naturalistic tones here – I quite like the piratical look that I seem to have captured!

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Finally, we have this big fella – ‘Amboola’:

This is another oddly posed mini, but at least this one is anatomically feasible and he was good fun to paint. I’ve given him a very deep skin tone to contrast with the leather armour, and I’m really pleased with how the little dashes of red & metal work to break up the figure & add interest.

Here’s a final shot of the three together:

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And that’s it for another week! It’ll be a couple of weeks before I post again, but when I do, it’ll be to show the bashy/hacky trio from the ‘Dressed/Fighters’ sub-category 😊

Greetings Terrans, I hope this finds you all safe and well! As you’ve probably gleaned from the title, it’s more characters from the Conan boxed set. When I first looked at the characters, I divided them into three categories – ‘Not-Dressed’, ‘Dressed’, and ‘Conan’. That last post was the end of the Not-Dressed category, so now we’re into the characters with a bit more going on in terms of clothing, armour and so forth. I further divided the ‘Dressed’ category by their weapon choice or character type, so this week we’ll take a look at The Archers… (and anyone in the UK of a certain age now has a certain radio drama theme tune going in their heads… you’re welcome 😊)

First up, we have ‘Kothian Archer’ – a very generic name for this character figure, but it is what it is:

He’s quite a nice model – a little hard to read in places & very heavy on the fur vibe, which always gives me anxiety about differentiating between different bits of the model… all that brown! That said, I think he came out ok. I followed my now-usual approach of Contrasts, shade, and either a ‘proper’ highlighting or a drybrushing depending on the surface… He’s nothing special, but he is passable as a barbarous archer type.

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Next is a Two-fer – ‘Balthus’ and his canine companion ‘Slasher’:

Both are quite nice figures – Balthus’ bow hadn’t formed correctly & I had to trim down the bottom half to match the top, but it isn’t too bad. Slasher had a weird chin thing going on at first, but I trimmed that down & prefer it now. Balthus got painted in what felt like an appropriately woodsy theme, while Slasher was just me faffing with different Contrast paints & Drybrushes. Both are perfectly serviceable & would work in a range of settings.

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Finally we have ‘Kerim Shah’:

Ok, so he has twin swords out, but he has a bow on his back & so I lumped him in with the more typical archer types. He’s a strange model, soft in detail around the face, some bits that were really difficult to figure out, and very flimsy in parts… He wasn’t all that much fun to paint to be honest, with a quick drybrush doing the bulk of the heavy lifting. I think that he’s supposed to have a beard and ‘tash, so that’s how I painted him, but like I said, he’s a difficult model to read so that might be completely wrong… (aaand a quick check of the fuck-cupboard reveals that I have none to give)

Here are all three (plus doggo) together:

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So that’s all for this post – next time we’ll have a look at the slashy/stabby types!

Stay safe out there 😊