Character shots (new Pics)

[Doomhippie]

Since January I've been working on and off on some rules for a fantasy skirmish game (just for the fun of it). However, I've also painted the odd miniature to be used as characters various scenarios. Some of these miniatures were painted over 20 years ago, so there is bound to be some variety in both style and skill. Oh, and yes, I am really not good at painting eyes. Maybe I shouldn't take portrait shots but I intend these to be used on the character sheets.
So here we go.



Daris the thief. Some of you might remember him from a Broadsword scenario I put in here a few years ago...



Mirandor, son of a noble family fallen on hard times. His quest in life is to find his sister, abducted by slavers. Another Broadsword veteran.



Connor the barbarian. He does what barbarians traditionally do: picking fights, getting all the girls and never get cold no matter how scantly dressed they may be. It's an old miniature I have touched up in - hm - almost all places.



Another one of these. Same tribe? Who knows, who cares...



... and the third of the bunch. Actually my favourite.



The ex-pit fighter. Could be a nice hero but just as well a great opponent. We'll see.



Maybe Daris buddy? Or his rival? Lot's of opportunities here.



No fantasy setting is complete without a cute sorceress. Will she fall under the spell of the barbarians or will her speels shrivel important... assets first? Stay tuned.



Oldie but goldie, the Mordheim necromacer. We really need the ultimate antagonist of every second story, don't we.



The druid. An ancient GW miniature but I still like it.



Not quite sure what to do with this one. It's a great miniature, maybe and elite warrior from some not quite so civilized country. But with so much dynamics in the model I just had to put him in here.



The hard working if somewhat incompetent city guard. Oops, forgot the eyes of the captain.



The slavers from the south.... Maybe they are the fellows who took Mirandor's sister away?



One of the LotR ruffians fits quite well in here as a mugger.



The notorious Ali Babuk, who either doesn't know how to apply eyeliner or hasn't slept in a hundred years. We'll find out.

Okay, those are my current batch of characters, I'll be painting more but it's a start.

[Blackwolf]

Good stuff DH,I like your style,flesh in particular very good. More please

[dijit]

Looks great. I'm intrigued by the mention of 'rules', do you care to expand further?

[phreedh]

I think you did very well with the eyes, especially on the barbarians! Gött mos, osv osv... =)

[Thantsants]

Great stubble too on Daris!

Lovely stuff! 

[Doomhippie]

Looks great. I'm intrigued by the mention of 'rules', do you care to expand further?

Nothing spectacular. I wanted a set of rules that on the one hand makes combat fairly easy and quick but on the other hand does have a skill system. The idea came up after looking through a few of Driscoles Conan comics in January. I'm not sure if should ever publish them, as lots of ideas come from other games like Triumph and Tragedy or Broadsword. And right now I'm just in the state of trying out the basic rules to see if it works at all.

[JollyBob]

These are really nice, very characterful stuff.

And the eyes on them are fine, don't put yourself down.

[Orctrader]

Nice.

Been painting "historicals" for a while so gearing up for more fantasy stuff.  Yours are good inspiration.   

[cheetor]

Lots of great stuff there.

They are an evocative group of archetypes too.  I can almost hear the crappy dialogue from some budget Sci-Fi channel sword and sorcery made-for-TV movies when I look at them.

And I mean that in a good way

The colours on Daris buddy/rival with the red hood are particularly nicely chosen.

[Sky Captain]

The hard working if somewhat incompetent city guard. Oops, forgot the eyes of the captain.

Oh come on.
If he would see an enemy he would have to fight him. But closing his eyes he can just say "everything is fine today". 

[former user]

Your RPG characters are lovely
I'd love to game with them

Eyes? well, without specs and bending over I can hardly see them anyway
Or does anyone play with a magnifying glass?

[rob_alderman]

Great stuff. The LOTR model looks like a guy I know.

 

[Doomhippie]

Well, inspite of all the hassle I had with work lately I did finish a few more miniatures. Here are some of them.

This one shows a village boy and some militiamen (though the right one actually is a viking in training...)



Here we see a pack train (usuable for anything from fantasy to actually 1930s) and yet another militiamen/caravan guard.



Two more kids from the village. Magnified like this the painting doesn't really look all that good but what the heck? Their job is to hang around in the background.



Yet another villager doing his boring but vital task of carrying water to and fro in the background.



The village blacksmith. He looks rather grumpy but that's what you get for standing close to the furnace all day. Which, by the way, is made by Pardulon. I haven't found a nice anvil yet. Maybe anybody here can help me out?



Granny working on the dinner.



The potential sacrifices to the dragon (which I dont have yet...). Of course they are from pulp miniatures and fit into any setting.



The oriental city guard/caravan guard or personal guard to the wise man hanging around them...



So much for now, hope to get some done soon.

[rob_alderman]

Wow! Huge upload!

Some great characters there mate!

Not sure why, but the sacrafices look a bit flintstones to me!!!! 

[Doomhippie]

Now that you mention it you are right. 
I guess I used the same color scheme and personally I think that pulp miniatures have a rather cartoonesc quality about them.