It's time to kick off the new year with a couple painted minis. One's a bit of a cheat in that I actually finished him a couple years ago. The other was just completed after an extended stay in miniature limbo.
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| Otherworld (L) and Ral Partha (R) Satyrs |
I posted pics of the Otherworld mini on the company's forums back when he was first painted but this is his Minis by Finch debut. I posted some WIPs of the Ral Partha mini on the Reaper boards some time ago as well. They were an experiment in dark and pale skintones as well as the use of rocks as basing material.
Nothing simulates rock as well as actual rock it seems. In this case I obtained a small supply that could be broken into smaller bits with a pair of electrician's pliers and looked very convincing at this scale.
The Otherworld base consists of a pile of these fragments, attached with superglue, a Woodland Scenics tree branch, and some putty.
The Ral Partha base was approached differently. Here I reduced the Minis original integral base down to small platforms under each foot. Using a motor-tool fitted with an abrasive bit, I then cut two depressions into a slab of rock, test-fitting frequently to ensure that the mini would wind up flush with the top. The two components were superglued together and some putty was used to blend everything together.
The mini was originally part of RP's Shadowrun line and is unusual in that it has clawed feet rather than hooves.
Superb as always Finch. The rebasing on the RP mini is particularly impressive. I would have just done a clean cut at the feet and stuck him to the base... possibly pinned if I was feeling in a particularly good mood! I'm such a lazy modeller!
ReplyDeleteThe work on the face really brings the RP mini to life, he possibly looks a little camp but it's superbly executed!
Thanks, Chris.
DeleteI tend to have the opposite problem...I can get sidetracked by modeling/basing at the expense of actual painting.
Both beautiful looking mini's its weird I didn't notice the claws at first but when you do it does seem odd but not in a bad way. Lovely basing I wish OW would do a few more Satyr perhaps one or two with a spear or sword.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Simon.
DeleteWay back when I bought this mini, the blister also contained a minotaur with a lot of unusual features. http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3619&osCsid=hvoupaiknhssj4v920uk488st7
From head-on (as in your pic), the OW mini looks like the arrow is broken or crooked badly---is that just a bad viewing angle, or is the arrow non-Euclidean?
ReplyDeleteAllan.
Yes and possibly. It's how it's sculpted. The angle of the pic does nothing to conceal the fact that the portion of the arrow above the bow doesn't line up with the portion below. Gives the impression that the arrow has a kink in it.
DeleteA pleasure to view, sir.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jay.
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