One of my oldest, favourite miniatures

[beefcake]

Okay so it may not be as old as some of the other miniatures people have on here and it may not be the first miniature I collected but this mini is one that, through all my ups and downs in the miniature hobby, I haven't been able to get rid of because I like it so much. It's rather simple, which is probably part of the reason I like it. I recently stripped it to give it a repaint and believe I have done it a bit more justice now than when I was a twelve year or earlier. I also couldn't bare to damage the mini so I turned the plastic slots base upside down and carved a space for the integral base to slot into. Anyway here it is.



No nipples 

[Jevenkah]

Great job on the flesh and a fantastic stone knife! I can see why he has been a favourite mini through the years.

Jevenkah

[The Dozing Dragon]

Nice PJ on a nice mini. More please!

[beefcake]

  thanks. I've just made a space for all my painting gear in our dining room which isn't on the table so ill be ale to turn out a lot more miniatures now. This is the first in a good few months.

[DeafNala]

That is also an old favorite of mine...long departed to better Gaming environs. Your brushwork is GREAT; & the base suits the mini perfectly. VERY WELL DONE!

I hope to see more of your Golden Oldies & newer pieces...have FUN with it all.

[Limaike]

I have this dude too. I haven't had the guts to paint him either.

A lot of those old Grenadier barbs could audition for the Chippendales. Check out the guy hanging off the rhino-



 

[Ragnar]

I can see why you wouldn't want to get rid of this lad, he is still a superb mini.

Very nice paint job on hi, too!

[DeafNala]

If memory serves me correctly, which it rarely does, like their Mastodon Grenadier made the Crew Guys smaller than their normal Barbarians...still an IMPRESSIVE piece!
I never painted mine either; re, it's also an IMPRESSIVELY HEAVY sucker. I gifted it to a friend with stronger wrists than moi.

[Dr. Moebius]

Hi beefcake,

you are absolutley right.
I have him too and he is still one of my favorite miniatures from Copplestone.

I love the whole range of Copplestones Grenadier Barbarians but this miniatures really stands out.
The dynamic pose, the skull mask, the stone carved weapon, fantastic.

Cheers
Dr. Moebius

[beefcake]

That whole range of barbarians are great. I must get me some more of them. in fact I may use some as a basis for some centaur conversions I've been thinking about as well.

[eilif]

Beefcake,
Great Job!  I picked up that exact figure (Barbarian Shamaan) at Little Wars ths year. I just painted him up a couple months ago, but not quite as nice as yours.
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2013/06/night-herons-of-black-crown-part-2.html

One other neat thing about him.  As the skull covers his face, he can be a human, elf barbarian, half-orc, etc. depending on how he is painted.  I put him with my "Sidhe", (elif'ish, celtic faerie warriors from Alternative Armies) and he fits right in.

He's still avaialble from EM4, Merliton, Forlornhope and a few others.

[beefcake]

Eilif, I like your version. Nice smooth skin tone. And the skulls and jewellery look great.

[eilif]

Eilif, I like your version. Nice smooth skin tone. And the skulls and jewellery look great.

Thanks! 

I have to share my lazy secret though. Except for a bit of drybrushing on the hair, fur and knife, it's all just block colors and a brush-dip with minwax polyshades Tudor!

[Centaur_Seducer]

That's interesting, since it's one of my favourite figures as well! For me it's purely nostalgic with the shaman being the first painted non-gw miniature I saw at the local shop, being a whopping 11 years old at the moment. I even bought the old Grenadier set with the praying knight (damn fine model still!).
Here's for Copplestone!