Citadel C 17 Skeletons: Skeleton rising

 Following hot on the heels of Citadel C 17 Skeletons: Swordsman. I present “skeleton rising” another repaint from a purchase in 1987.

Citadel C 17 Skeletons: Swordsman

 Citadel C 17 Skeletons: Swordsman. Another repaint purchased 1987.

Chronicle Miniatures CF-14 Henchman/ Hireling

Chronicle Miniatures CF-14 Henchman/ Hireling with carrying pack and lantern sculpted by Nick Lund in the 1980’s. Repainted in January 2021.

For some strange reason, I really like this miniature and I think it must have been repainted 3 times.

Kids on Wheels by Morgue Miniatures 2021

Well what can I say that won’t be biased 🤔. I painted these wonderful miniatures sculpted by a talented young sculptor, Mat Holmes from my brief, because myself & my wife, Julie own Morgue Miniatures. We thought let’s do a small range of kids on wheels to compliment our first range of 1980’s kids which were inspired by “Kids on Bikes” RPG, “Tales from the Loop” RPG & “Stranger Things” TV Show. Happy with the way they came out & especially with the sculpts.

Also a big thank you to all our Kickstarter backers that made this possible especially in spite of a global pandemic.

We called this mini Patrick, boy on a skateboard. Facially inspired by Patrick Swayze, hence the name. Also had Mat our sculptor, add 2 “MM”s to represent Morgue Miniatures.

Next was Jennifer, girl on roller skates

Jennifer, girl wearing roller skates was inspired by Jennifer Grey from Dirty Dancing. I didn’t think, I painted the face to do it justice, however the hair was spot on for Ms Grey. I had to remove the tab that the miniature was attached to, so I could pin it to a smooth road base. Also with the 1980’s theme, I painted the socks in a rainbow 🌈 scheme.

Kids on Bikes

Julie- girl with a bicycle 

Julie was named after my wife and based on the cover of the RPG “Kids on Bikes” though we didn’t copy the dungarees that the young girl is wearing on the cover of the “Kids on Bikes” RPG. I was very happy on the choice of colour for her bike which I thought incapsulated the theme of the 1980’s. 

Elliot - boy with a bicycle 

We named this young boy with his mountain bike, Elliot after one of the biggest films of the 1980s, “E.T.”. Also I copied the colour palette of what Elliot was wearing. Red gilet & blue jeans. We also decided that he should have a BMX/ mountain bike which were coming into fashion in the 1980s as well. This was further enhanced by having off road tyres and finally a bright lime green paint job on the bike as a nod to “Muddyfox” BMX bikes & Kawasaki motorcycles which sported this colour during the 1980s.

Overall we were very happy with these miniatures.

Games Workshop Warriors of Minas Tirith.

A small group of Games Workshop or Warhammer (renamed all the shops) Warriors of Minas Tirith. Standard bearer is in metal, the rest of the spearmen are plastic. 

2 x Zombie Fatties from Zombicide Black Plague

2 Zombie fatties from ‘Zombicide Black Plague’ board game. They look to be 32mm in size. Real characterful miniatures. I based them for outdoor theme.

Fatty (left hand side) Green/Dead Flesh was painted:

1. Base: Vallejo Game Colour Dead Flesh 72035 + Citadel Cadian Fleshtone.

2. Shade: Citadel Reikland Fleshshade + Citadel Athonian Camoshade.

3. Layer: Vallejo Game Colour Dead Flesh 72035 + Citadel Cadian Fleshtone.

4. Final Highlight: Vallejo Game Colour Dead Flesh 72035 + Citadel Cadian Fleshtone + white.

Fatty (right hand side) zombie with axe top shirt was painted:

1. Base: Vallejo Game Colour Leather Brown + Black ( similar to Vallejo English Uniform, but darker).

2. Shade: Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

3. Layer: Vallejo Model Colour English Uniform 921.

4. Layer Highlight: Vallejo Model Colour English Uniform 921+ Vallejo Model Colour Dark Sand 847.

5. Final Highlight: Vallejo Model Colour English Uniform 921+ More Vallejo Model Colour Dark Sand 847.

Fatty (right hand side) zombie with trouser was painted:

1. Base: Vallejo Model Colour Cavalry Brown 982.

2. Shade: Citadel Reikland Fleshshade.

3. Layer: Vallejo Model Colour Red Leather 818.

4. Shade again: Vallejo Game Colour Wash Red Shade 206.

5. Layer Highlight: Vallejo Model Colour Red Leather 818 + Vallejo Game Colour Bloody Red 010.

6. Final Highlight: Vallejo Model Colour Red Leather 818 + Vallejo Game Colour Bloody Red 010 + White.

Will be painting more Zombicide minis.

Reaper Giant Rats 65047

 Reaper Giant Rats 65047 (P-65 Heavy Metal) sculpted by S. Garrity. Painted last year. 

Also tried it with a different setting on the ring light, producing a warmer tone to the picture.