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This is a Miniature painted to represent one of my RPG characters. In this case an albino wizardess from the GURPS system. This is an old figure by Price August. The hat was modelled on with putty. The cloak was given a final thin coat of blue pearl to get a silk sheen. |
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This is your standard, everyday, loincloth-wearing, muscular barbarian fighter (Heartbreaker). Somehow whenever you start to collect miniatures, you end up with lots of these, though actually in roleplaying games I have rarely met a fighter who actually wore so little armor. |
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As I said before, lots of these, with slight variations. (Heartbreaker) |
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This Dwarven Standard Bearer from Games Workshop was painted for a special competition where all participants got to paint the same figure. Since the figure itself didnīt offer much space for individual design, I spent some extra effort on the design of the banner. It was made from paper, painted seperately and then affixed to the pole. I guess the extra effort was worth it: I won the first price. |
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Painting colored armor that still looks metallic is kind of tricky. Using ready made metallic colors often results in a very artificial look. I usually paint the armor in the basic color, complete with shading and highlighting and then use a wash of the basic color with a few metallic pigments mixed in to get a metallic sheen. Some metallic highlights are also added on selected areas or by drybrushing. This usually nets the desired effect. (Heartbreaker) |
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Just in case you are wondering about the abbreviation on this (GW) figure's base: It was painted for a player who ALWAYS played a double-headed-axe wielding Warrior, even in science fiction games. Therefore I named the figure D.K. (the initials of the Player) U.C. (Universal Character). The joke was appreciated by everyone. |
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For this (GW) figure I tried to add a pearl effect color to the metal mix for the chainmail armor. I wanted to get a "Mithril" effect, but I am not fully satisfied with the outcome. |
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This Mithril miniature is a few years old, the detail on the cloak is kind of sloppy, but I do like the dynamic pose of the fighting elf. |
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This is a plastic (GW) miniature from a Warhammer rulebox. It was painted rather in a hurry, because I had intended to get the whole unit ready fast. But somehow I haven't gotten around to any of the others yet and doubt that I ever will, since I have switchend from playing Elves to playing the Empire. |
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This is another miniature (RAFM) painted for one of my own characters. The figure originally had a sword at her side which I carefully filed away, because the character in question was a pacifist and did not carry a weapon. |
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This female barbarian is from one of the Silver and Steel Boxes by Ral Partha. I painted the fur clothing in a leopard fur pattern and I think that, in spite of the rather small area available, it worked out well. |
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Do dwarven women have beards? Well, the old question is not answered by this Mithril figure which hides her face behind a shawl. |
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This is one of the mad flagellant fighters from my imperial warhammer army (GW). I really dont want to meet this guy in the dark! |
| The main reason I play an empire army is because they have the halflings in their roster. I LOVE halflings and usually field dozens of them for every fight. Consequently, I heve painted many halflings, these here (all GW) are only a small selection. |
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This miniature is from a series of characters manufactured by Metal Magic for the German role playing game "Das Schwarze Auge" (DSA). Since this miniature features a huntress, I opted for subdued, natural colors, suitable for someone who doesnīt want to be noticed when sneaking around in the wilderness. |
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Another one of my player character figures, this Mithril Miniature was painted to represent a fire wizardess from the Harnmaster System. |
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This Grenadier Miniature was modified to fit one of my player characters: The weapon was exchanged, a helmet removed and a spear added. |
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Another miniature (Metal Magic) which had her original weapon exchanged to fit the character in question. |
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Another one of the loincloth-clad barbarians. In this case it is a miniature from the limited edition series by Thunderbolt Mountain Miniatures (Number 568 of 999, in case anybody cares). |
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Not only barbarians can afford to go naked. This miniature (Heartbreaker) demonstrates, that wizards can do bodybuilding too (or has he just cast a "Strength" spell?). |
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I'd love to tell you which company this miniature if from, but I frankly do not know. I found it in a grab-box on a convention without any label whatsoever. I do like it tough, which is why I would really like to discover which company made it. If anybody has a clue, please email me! |
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Another Mithril miniature (I seem to have quite a lot of those, don't I?), which has seen heavy use in play as a somewhat gloomy wizard character. Actually, shading very dark colors or shades of black is not too easy. I ususally highlight black with either dark blue, dark purple or rarely dark red. Shading with grey tends to produce pale looking results. |
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I told you I have many halfling miniatures. This one is the result of a Paint-a-miniature-in-3-hours competition (which I won). I usually take more time to paint my figures though. |
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Another Metal Magic miniature from the DSA series. This one is supposed to be the priest of a war deity. |
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Yet another Metal Magic DSA miniature, this one a pirate. Though difficult to see on the picture, the figure sports many golden chains and amulets which were fun to paint. |
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This miniature by Grenadier shows a serene scene: A warrior or knight praying before (or after) battle. |
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This ranger is from a company which produces mostly historical miniatures (I forgot the name) but also offers a few rather nice fantasy characters. |
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This is a rather old Ral Partha miniature. I have another version of it on which I removed the weapons and slightly changed the pose to make a martial artist. |
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Another Metal Magic DSA miniature, this one a female elvish archer. |
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Another miniature for which I dont know the company. Any clues are welcome. |
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This Grenadier miniature was modified and painted as one of my characters for the Talislanta RPG. It also was the first miniature that I dared to enter into a competition - and which promptly won the first price, much to my own surprise. |
