supervike's Monster Hunter International project (update 05-22-17)

[supervike]

Not sure if any of you have read the urban fantasy called Monster Hunter International, but I highly recommend it.

It's (so far) a 5 book series written by Larry Corriea.  Basically it's just B-movie action in words.  There are Vampires, Werewolves, Hunters, guns, trolls, etc. etc.

Anyhow, as to not try to scare you away already, I've decided to start a project based in that universe, and I thought I'd share my progess as I go...

First up are just some 'field agents' for the Monster Control Board.  They are the Government faction who's main objective is to keep monsters secret.  Copplestone sculpts from EM4 Miniatures.  Still fantastic even by todays standards, and down right cheap!  These are just 'tabletop' standard, as I just wanted to get back into the swing of painting.  Before these, I haven't painted anything for THREE years....



And some more agents, in Hazmat suits:

These are from Hasslefree.  Simple paint again, with a simple 'concrete' style base.



Monsters come in all shapes and sizes in the books, from 10,000 feet tall Great Old ones, to simple gnomes (who happen to love Rap music).  Sasquatch fits somewhere in the middle.  Not a prominent beast in the series, but they have gotten a few mentions, so I wanted to include them:  I'm thinking these are Pontoonier miniatures, but I haven't been able to confirm that.



And the red one mid stride:



And some Wips....Just a pack of Werewolves just begging for attention!  A mix of manufactuers here, Fenris, Reaper,  Darkson Designs and SoTR I believe.




More information can be found at my newly revived Blog, Please check it out, as I plan on updated far more frequently than had been.

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I also plan on at least sharing the highlights here.

Thanks for reading!!!  

[BigB]

Very nice.  One of the favorites of My Particular Herd of Nerds

[LeadAsbestos]

Nice sasquatch! Inspired by War of the Gargantuas? Good to have you back!

[Malebolgia]

Excellent stuff Vikey! Good to see you painting again, always liked your style and choice of miniatures. I really like the orange on those hazmats and the suits are very well done too.

[Modhail]

I like your painting! A nice selection of miniatures as well. (Those leftmost, larger werewolves, what make are those?)

I've never heard of the Monster Hunter International series, but seeing this has piqued my interest...

[supervike]

It's so good to be back and painting!!  I forgot how much I enjoy it!

Thanks for the kind words.

@Modhail  The leftmost Werewolves is a Reaper one.  He's HUGE!, Sorry about the poor pic, I'm about 1/2 done painting him now, so I'll post better pictures soon.  He did have big bracelets on, but I shaved those off and resculpted the fur.

The second to the left is made by Fenris, and another fantastic one.

More to come soon!

[sespe]

It's a great series that most of the family has read.  My son wanted a custom chariot for a Con, so I made a MHI chariot.  That's Owen and the Abomination on board...

[supervike]

LOL!

I love it!  Thats great stuff!

[supervike]

Werewolves!

Monster Hunters International has lots of werewolves, so I figured I better start painting them for my project!






Reaper, Fenris, Reaper

SoTR, SoTR, Darkson Designs, SoTR

Please see my blog for more info!!



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[supervike]

Plodding along, I finished some OLD ONES cultists called the The Sanctified Church of the Temporary Mortal condition.




And finished my first 'human' hunter for the MHI team, Sam Haven.  A ex Navy Seal, and cowboy wannabe:



And starting on The cowardly Bureaucrat of the Monster Control Bureau, Doug StarK



He's described as a stocky bald man with bulldog jowels...So I added some grey stuff to Hasslefrees Costner to chub him up a bit.

Please check my blog for more info:

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[sespe]

Really like how this is going.

[supervike]

A few works in progress:

If you ignore the Thing photobomb....These are the beginnings of Agents Myers, Franks, and Stark.

A RAFM, Foundry, and slightly converted Hasslefree



I also have started another Agent Franks (as I couldn't decide which one was better) from a HeroClix Tombstone.  I added some greenstuff sunglasses.



Also, I have been working on Owen Z. Pitt, the main protaganist of the stories.  He started out as a Heroclix Drax



I wanted to add a heavily pouched armored vest, a big Kukri, and eventually a non-sci fi gun.  Sculpting isn't my strong suit, but it's sure fun to try.  Eventually, he'll get painted a proper Non-Green color...



Check out my blog for more...

[sespe]

I like Franks #2 - without the gun. 

[Hawkeye]

Love this project - a great way to use lots of different miniatures from lots of different sources, and those werewolves look wonderful. This is the sort of project that I need to sort out for myself, to get some of the lead mountain painted. Excellent work!

[supervike]

Well, It's been a bit since I updated, but I'm slowly but surely still working on this project:

Here is the Finished Owen Pitt, and a good start on Trip Jones, another fantastic character from the series.



I sculpted the dreads on Trip, using Hasslefree's Giant character:
 


I'd love it if you visited my blog for more,

http://supervikes.blogspot.com/