Monday Miniatures: Medusa
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This is one mini I hate missing out on. It’s a classic with a great level of detail. Pity I’m writing about it from a hotel room instead, but this one I will definitely have to go back and paint someday.
Battle Systems – Arjen sent the link for some cheap fantasy scenery currently on Kickstarter. There’s a lot of bang for your buck for all you gamers out there.
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Magnus went with a classic Clash of the Titans inspired paint scheme. The glowing eyes actually turned out quite nicely.
Arjen claims his mini is cursed, and included a long list of things that went wrong during the painting. I like how it turned out though. I think the dark color scheme and the blending gives it a very undead vibe.
The Black Mist – Please send pictures to Caffeineforge@gmail.com by 2100 MDT on 8/31/14
TBD – I got a bunch of great suggestions on minis last week. If you want to see something specific on the list, leave a comment.
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Very cool! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I like the contrast between the snake-hair and face on Arjen’s figure; it does an excellent job of drawing attention to the face.
I unfortunatly hadn´t the time for painting last week, but I (too) will finish Medusa later as I´m planning a clash of titans (the old film) style diorama. The glowing eyes are right the thing I´m aiming at, really good job, Magnus!
@Arjen: I know it can be frustrating if all goes wrong, but the end result looks great. I like the dark and sinister fealing.
@David: I would like to see the Orc Berserker 77059 on the list. I like its dynamic pose.
Hello everyone!
Great work on the medusae! I’m always a fan of scaled monstrosities 😀
On the topic of more MonMinis to come: I read in an update that the shipping of Bones II Kickstarter sadly was postponed to Nov/December or something like that.
On the bright side: We have more time to paint Bones from the first KS!
And since there are some open spots left, I nominate…
– 77009 Werewolf
– 77012 Gnoll Warrior
– 77013 Minotaur
– 77015 Bugbear
I’m not entirely sure if these are in the Vampire package, but I hope some are… As you see I have a soft spot for monsters, so I hope one or two of these fellows get picked 🙂
Also a +1 to Dirk’s orc suggestion, this guy is a fierce looking one. (And the mini is also quite nice :p )
None of those are in the vampire package unfortunately. There is a great list here. http://greg.botch.com/bones/
@Antonia: I could be mistaken, but I don’t think any of the four figures you listed were from the Bones I KS. I know the Gnoll Warrior was a pre-KS retail release, as I painted one before I received my KS package.
Also, I think Bryan posted on the Reaper Forums yesterday that they expect to ship Wave 1 no later than mid-November. He also mentioned that they’re awaiting timetable information from China so they can make a better assessment, so I guess that’s the caveat. 😛
Hi all, the tail of my medusa actually has bright purple scales mixed with green, but that is hard to see as I took the photo on an overcast day in my backyard. Stil no good photo set-up and camera. And I dropped it hence the white spots. As the overall idea comes across I still sent it in.
I love magnus glowing eyes. I have a few undead where I would like to try glowing eyes, but I haven’ t dared yet.
Antonia, unfortunately they are either pre-KS or add-ons. I do have the gnoll archer though.
For the orcs we could do paint as many as you like, as there are five of them. Personally I will paint them sort of assembly line as I aim to finish half the fantasy figures from KS 1 before KS 2 comes in. Now that it is late, I might actually succeed.
This was my first attempt at glowing eyes, and I’m pretty happy with out it turned out. I used a bone white color as a base, and then progressed through three shades of yellow, followed by pure white on the actual “eye”.
My initial goal for Bones I was to finish 100 of them before Bones II arrived. I passed that goal, so I set another at finishing half of the Vampire set (120 figures). If my count is correct, I’m up to 140, so I’m doing way, way better than I thought I would!
Great progress Magnus!