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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: cheetor on May 15, 2012, 12:58:31 PM

Title: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Dark Lord and Governor 15/08/13
Post by: cheetor on May 15, 2012, 12:58:31 PM
The veer-myn that I painted (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41253.0) recently were fun to work on and were reacted to quite positively.  Bouyed up by this I decided to paint up some more Warpath figures.

This time it was my first batch of Forgefathers: The Brotherhood of the Bear (The Ursa Miners).

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/forgefathergroup.jpg)

The forgefather plastics are not as nice as the veer-myn to paint, but I found them to be quick and satisfying to finish all the same, if maybe a little bit too retro and/or comical for some peoples tastes.  As cheap and cheerful filler for my sci-fi games they are fine with me.

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/steelwarrior1.jpg?w=468&h=258)

I chose the colour scheme above for a few different reasons. I go into a little more detail as to why on my blog (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/ursa-miners-forgefather-steel-warriors/) in addition to including a few more photos.

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/steelwarrior2.jpg?w=468)

Mainly the idea was that I wanted to make sure that the figures didnt look too fantasy so I played up some things and avoided others.

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/steelwarrior3.jpg?w=468&h=259)

Lastly above is a comp shot with one of my Chaos Space Marines.  The Forgefathers are titchy little guys.


I have some Grymn and Squat stuff to add to these guys in addition to more Forgefathers.  I will post them up here as I go.

Comments and criticisms all gratefully received :)

Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Dr.Falkenhayn on May 15, 2012, 01:08:13 PM
not very keen on the Minis but the Painting is superb,excellent Camo  :o ;D
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Hawkeye on May 15, 2012, 01:13:06 PM
These guys are great - love the dark scheme, and the checked camo, and you picked out just the right amount of detailing to bring them to life (the yellow piping on the clothes and the red eyes/goggles are brilliant). How many more of these are the on the way? Any vehicles? I have a couple of resin Old Crow that are a little small for what I wanted them for (28mm sci-fi), so if you think they'd work for these guys, let me know, and I'll pop them in the post for you. They're not getting used here, so you're very welcome to them - just send me a PM. Love their little dog too!
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: cheetor on May 15, 2012, 03:01:26 PM
not very keen on the Minis but the Painting is superb,excellent Camo  :o ;D

I dont know the first thing about real camouflage, but I wanted to try to make the capes on the models look less fantasy by turning them into the sort of thing often seen on sniper models.  I am pleased with the effect, even if I doubt that it bears much resemblance to any real camouflage patterns.

As for the Mantic figures, they are a bit retro thats for sure :)

I do sometimes find that painting a large turnover of simpler figures is a good palette cleanser (if you pardon the pun) after getting a little bogged down after painting character models with finer detail (http://=http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=38388.0).

Thanks for the feedback :)


How many more of these are the on the way?

Another ten or so are done with a few more on the way.  I dont know when I will run out of steam with these guys so I am just motoring through them currently before I get distracted by something else.



Any vehicles? I have a couple of resin Old Crow that are a little small for what I wanted them for (28mm sci-fi), so if you think they'd work for these guys, let me know, and I'll pop them in the post for you. They're not getting used here, so you're very welcome to them - just send me a PM.

Thats an offer thats tough to refuse, thanks.  Consider yourself PM'ed Hawkeye (and thanks for the feedback).


Love their little dog too!

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/huscarlhound.jpg)

Max the Huscarl and his little furry buddy Freeway are likely to be divisive I expect.  Not to everyones tastes, but entertainingly Rogue Trader-y as far as I am concerned.

Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Hawkeye on May 15, 2012, 06:30:31 PM
Max and Freeway do have a very Rogue Trader feel to them - that's probably why I liked them! Looking at the size of the models compared to the Space Marine figure, I think they'll work well with the Old Crow vehicles. No problem about those, by the way - I've already replied to your PM! More than happy to send them your way.
So, is there a set of rules associated with the latest batch of sci-fi you're painting, or will you use and adapt another set that you currently already play? These guys and the Space Rats would look great together in a game, which is why I ask!
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Tacgnol on May 15, 2012, 07:17:02 PM
These look so Rogue Trader. The yellow lining works really well!
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Steve F on May 15, 2012, 11:19:59 PM

Max the Huscarl and his little furry buddy Freeway are likely to be divisive I expect.  Not to everyones tastes, but entertainingly Rogue Trader-y as far as I am concerned.


Really? They're the only models from the Forge Fathers range I like at all!  Nice paint, too.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Lovejoy on May 16, 2012, 09:16:00 AM
I really didn't like the forgefathers plastics - they just looked way too fantasy based for me. But this paintjob changes that totally! They look great; I might even buy some now...
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: cheetor on May 16, 2012, 10:49:27 AM
So, is there a set of rules associated with the latest batch of sci-fi you're painting, or will you use and adapt another set that you currently already play? These guys and the Space Rats would look great together in a game, which is why I ask!


I want to play skirmish games set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe (or at least my slightly more Rogue Trader-y interpretation of it). 

I plan to assemble Inquisitorial retinues as the main protagonists.  I also want to have a number of small antagonistic forces to go up against them in addition to the old 40k armies that I already have.  Hence the small space ratmen force and these space dwarfs and my upcoming Adeptus Mechanicus.  My Judge Dredd stuff fits in nicely as Arbites and other small factions too.

When I was reading an Inquisitor Eisenhorn book last year it dawned on me that the stories told in that had a lot in common with James Bond movies.  As a result I started researching 7TV as a potential system for playing games set in the 40k-verse and ended up buying the whole lot of their rules.

So thats the plan right now, we will see how it goes.



These look so Rogue Trader. The yellow lining works really well!

Thanks.  The yellow lining was intended to brighten up the figures in a sci-fi sort of way and also to hint at industrial elements (like yellow hazard lines or a JCB or something).



I was going to paint mine orange and blue. Now I am all conflicted. Those are the most beautiful forge fathers I have ever seen bar none. Gritty and realistic and looking super bad in those colours and cammo. Damm man that is something else.


Very kind, thanks.  I did put a fair bit of thought into the scheme for these guys and I think that it shows.  There are better space dwarf miniatures than the Forgefathers out there but these guys have an appeal too.  They are cheap and quick to paint to make up the rank and file grunts, leaving more time and money to focus on fun vehicles or characters or whatever.

Orange and blue might work, depending on how you arrange it.  "minion" did some great work on Grymn that uses some bright colours (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=39025.0).



Really? They're the only models from the Forge Fathers range I like at all!  Nice paint, too.

Oops.  I posted about those figures being divisive in a hurry and made a mistake by including the Huscarl in that.  I meant that a space bulldog with cyber-goggles mightnt appeal to everybody.  The Huscarl is quite a cool model I think, easily the best in the FF range so far.  Sorry for the confusion.


I really didn't like the forgefathers plastics - they just looked way too fantasy based for me. But this paintjob changes that totally! They look great; I might even buy some now...

Most (but not all) Forgefather paint schemes that I have seen play up the fantasy elements, which I think is a mistake.

The FFs are dirt cheap too, so if you cant make them work for you then its no great loss.

 
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Steve F on May 16, 2012, 11:38:56 AM

Oops.  I posted about those figures being divisive in a hurry and made a mistake by including the Huscarl in that.  I meant that a space bulldog with cyber-goggles mightnt appeal to everybody.  The Huscarl is quite a cool model I think, easily the best in the FF range so far.  Sorry for the confusion.


Actually, it's the dog that I really like! 

I think the whole idea of space dwarfs is what's divisive.  I'm on the side that thinks, "I can see that high gravity might, over generations, make people short and muscular, but why would it make them all male, old, beer-bellied, big-headed, bearded and obsessed with vikings?"  I find that a particularly off-putting style for uniformed military types, but less so for the odd individual, like the huscarl.

None of which detracts from your painting or presentation, of course, which s why I'm happy to look at the pictures.  De gustibus non disputandum est, and all that.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: cheetor on May 16, 2012, 12:07:17 PM
Actually, it's the dog that I really like!  

I loved assembling and painting the dog actually.  I am tempted to do a few more.  And to add Hasslefrees Smudge (http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=smudge-%28b%29~hfp019&category=miniatures%7Ealiens%2C-animals-%26-monsters) :)


I think the whole idea of space dwarfs is what's divisive.

Yeah, I agree.  

Funnily enough space dwarfs never really appealed to me very much.  The reason that this lot got painted at all was a confluence of circumstances and events and a sudden idea for how to paint them, rather than getting fully behind the Gimli-in-space concept.

Still, I dont get too worried about how the space dwarf trope fits in to my games and figures all the same.

I generally subscribe to the idea that if fantasy settings make too much sense then the obvious absurdity of the whole thing tends to be thrown into stark relief, so I embrace beer swilling, high-gravity world mining, Hagar the Horrible type short space people.  

Space Viking Dwarfs dont jar me out of my suspension of disbelief as much as those pompously self conscious Christian Bale Batman movies for example (get over yourselves movie writer guys, its a story about a man in his pyjamas with ears on his hat who punches guys instead of shooting them.  Stop trying to be realistic and embrace its inherent ridiculousness, like Tim Burton did).

A bit of a mild rant there :)


I'm on the side that thinks, "I can see that high gravity might, over generations, make people short and muscular, but why would it make them all male, old, beer-bellied, big-headed, bearded and obsessed with vikings?"  I find that a particularly off-putting style for uniformed military types, but less so for the odd individual, like the huscarl.

Largely I am in agreement with you.  I particularly dont like the Guild bike elements from the old Squat forces for example.  A step too far in my opinion, but concerns like these wont stop me from having a laugh with ridiculous objective pieces like these, which you will likely hate  lol

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/forgefatherobjectives.jpg)

I think that those three manage to hit each of your "male, old, beer-bellied, big-headed, bearded and obsessed with vikings" criteria.

 lol

None of which detracts from your painting or presentation, of course, which s why I'm happy to look at the pictures.  De gustibus non disputandum est, and all that.

Absolutely.  Just a fun chat about silly toy soldiers :)  Thanks for the feedback.

Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: emperorpenguin on May 16, 2012, 01:49:49 PM

I want to play skirmish games set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe (or at least my slightly more Rogue Trader-y interpretation of it). 

I plan to assemble Inquisitorial retinues as the main protagonists.  I also want to have a number of small antagonistic forces to go up against them in addition to the old 40k armies that I already have.  Hence the small space ratmen force and these space dwarfs and my upcoming Adeptus Mechanicus.  My Judge Dredd stuff fits in nicely as Arbites and other small factions too.

Have you considered using "In The Emperor's Name" as a ruleset? It fits the bill perfectly and is what I use. http://thegamesshed.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/in-the-emperors-name/ (http://thegamesshed.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/in-the-emperors-name/)
I'm getting Forgefathers to use as Squats in that myself.

By the way, where in Ireland are you?
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Steve F on May 16, 2012, 01:56:09 PM
Has that dead'un got his tongue sticking out?  Splendid!

Anyway, I'll let you get back to sleeping in your moulded rubber pyjamas now!

(Scary thought: Tim Burton's first Batman movie is as old now as the 1960s TV series was when Burton made his version.)
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: cheetor on May 16, 2012, 03:01:41 PM
Anyway, I'll let you get back to sleeping in your moulded rubber pyjamas now!

I wrote a response to this but reconsidered as it may derail the thread.  My rubberized sleeping arrangements can be the subject of another conversation some other time ;)


Have you considered using "In The Emperor's Name" as a ruleset? It fits the bill perfectly and is what I use.


My gaming group tried ItEN last year.  An account of our progress can be seen here (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/in-the-emperors-name/).

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/iten06.jpg?w=300&h=207)

In short, we didnt enjoy it nearly as much as we had hoped.  My group comprises of ex-40k players who like the fluff and read the books and have painted armies in storage.  We are fans that live in hope of finding the ideal rule set to play games using our 40k stuff, so we had high hopes for ItEN, but it didnt work out for us  :(

I very much enjoyed looking through the ItEN force lists and the like, but I dont think that we will be playing the game again any time soon.

Have you had a different experience of using that ruleset?





Quote from: emperorpenguin link=topic=41719.msg487674#msg487674
By the way, where in Ireland are you?

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2112/02/2012-04-06-09-28-10.jpg?w=468&h=323)

Here, in County Cork.


Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: emperorpenguin on May 16, 2012, 03:28:14 PM
I've enjoyed the games of it which I played, even when my IG got slaughtered by Tau. But I'll have a read of your blog and see what you thought.

I'm in Dublin, was hoping you might be nearby, nevermind!
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Hawkeye on May 16, 2012, 07:52:31 PM
On the gaming front, that sounds like a good plan, Cheetor. We've discussed it before, I think - the advantages that a skirmish game has over a bigger "all out" battle set of rules (like the current 40K, I guess). At least, it's the sort of thing I talk about with gaming friends a lot! Also, what you want is a system that allows you to slot in whatever it is you're painting/has taken your fancy. No point in painting something and not being able to use it, after all! Flexibility is the key factor, and getting the chance to play whatever you think is cool.
As for Space Dwarves - I never really had strong feelings about them, either way, but I love how this force is coming together. Plus, any force that has a dog in it is a plus, as far as I'm concerned. I love the Hasslefree Smudge model too - hope you manage to fit him in somehow!
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: James Holloway on May 18, 2012, 08:51:15 AM
I have a lot of love for space dwarfs of various kinds -- motivated, I admit, pretty much purely by nostalgia, but there you go. I really like these. While I think the huscarl is very cool, I'm not wild about the pose. I really do like the rank-and-file trooper with the open-faced helmet, though. He looks tough and grumpy, which seems appropriate. The camo tunics and cloaks are nice; they look distinctive without being outlandish. I think I'm gonna get a sprue or two just to play around with and see how they turn out.

Plus the bulldog is adorable.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: cheetor on May 25, 2012, 11:31:21 PM
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/ursaminergroup1.jpg)

Some recent additions. (left to right) a Forgefather Jotunn Heavy Hailstorm Cannon (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/ursa-miners-jotunn-heavy-hailstorm-cannon/) (which looks a lot like a Thudd Gun to me), a Squat Engineer (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/ursa-miners-squat-engineer/) (a GW White Dwarf subscription model which it is to all intents and purposes a squat.  A squat holding a gretchin dressed as a grey alien, but a squat nonetheless) and a squad of Forgefather Stormrage Veterans (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/ursa-miners-stormrage-veterans/).

More info on each of these can be found via the links.  As this project seems to be growing in size beyond all expectations, expect to see some more Ursa Miners soon.

I'm in Dublin, was hoping you might be nearby, nevermind!

Its not THAT far away in the scheme of things.  The Irish toy soldier scene is invariably going to be small so we may meet up sometime.


I love the Hasslefree Smudge model too - hope you manage to fit him in somehow!

Trying to keep this project reasonably "serious" is proving difficult.  Anthropomorphic dogs may yet appear.


While I think the huscarl is very cool, I'm not wild about the pose.

Agreed.  The pose is a bit heroic/daft.  It is a nicely detailed figure though, and I like the gatling pistol look.


The camo tunics and cloaks are nice; they look distinctive without being outlandish.

Thanks. That was the intention and I think that it has worked out pretty well as these things go.  Those figures will never look as "real" as say Hasslefree Grymn, but I think that these guys have turned out pleasingly un-fantasy anyway.


I think I'm gonna get a sprue or two just to play around with and see how they turn out.

They are dirt cheap as toy soldiers go, go for it (and share your results please :)  )


Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Dr.Falkenhayn on May 25, 2012, 11:47:02 PM
great Stuff again-the Painting,not the Miniatures themselves >:D i couldn`t resist any longer,i had to buy a few Shorties myself,have you seen these from Killer B Games?Theyre so much cooler me thinks  8)
(http://killerbgames.com/images/MURPHIDIANPACK.jpg)
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Hawkeye on May 26, 2012, 12:36:10 AM
Love how you repeated the camo pattern from the cloaks on the gun-shield - excellently done! Nice weathering on it too, and from checking out your blog, it's a great idea to use Tau transfers on it. As you say, the tau symbols say "Sci-Fi" more than gothic lettering could ever do. Good call.
This is building into quite a force - wonderful to see. Nice painting on some miniatures that I hadn't even known about before you started putting this force together. Now I'm off to the Mantic website to see what else there is in the range!
Oh, and the GW squat or not-squat (depending on your point of view) - lovely work. The metallics are handled really well.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Inso on May 26, 2012, 01:22:00 AM
great Stuff again-the Painting,not the Miniatures themselves >:D i couldn`t resist any longer,i had to buy a few Shorties myself,have you seen these from Killer B Games?Theyre so much cooler me thinks  8)
(http://killerbgames.com/images/MURPHIDIANPACK.jpg)

The Mantic Dwarfs are pretty love/hate... I like them but I can see why people don't (I don't like the different sizes though). They are really nicely painted here as well.

I'm sorry but those three gas-mask Scrunts are terrible... sorry but they just are :(
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Tacgnol on May 26, 2012, 09:37:33 AM
That Jotunn is brilliant, great work on dirtying it up! I  hope to join the Jotunn Owners' Club myself at some point in the future.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Steve F on May 26, 2012, 10:48:29 AM
I rather like those Killer B minis.  Bob Olley, I'd guess?  But I don't think they'd be remotely compatible with Inso's Grymn.  If I had any, I'd be tempted to do a head swap with some wholly non-human figure for one of them.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs
Post by: Diakon on June 10, 2012, 03:36:00 AM
Those Forgefathers look great. :D Good job. I really like that Chaos Space Marine too. Do you have pics of more? Like in an older thread or something? I'd be really interested in seeing them.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Runts & Squat Ad Mech 13/08/13
Post by: cheetor on August 13, 2013, 11:42:48 AM
Aaaaand a year later I am back in a space dwarf frame of mind and have painted up some more Ursa Miners, with a few others finished that have yet to be photographed. 

I have done some work on my 40k universe skirmish stuff (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=54622.0) in the meantime and I intend for the Ursa Miners to serve as antagonists/allies for my heroes as part of that project, as well as serving as a small battleforce in its own right.

Firstly four "Runts" from CP Models.

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/ru05runtcombatsquad.jpg)

I enjoyed painting these.  Fun figures.  Im not hugely keen on the hazmat guys look, but I like the other three.  My blog post on them is here (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/ursa-miners-runts/).

The Runts scale well with the plastic Mantic stuff  and less well with the current "restic" stuff, if that sort of thing gets you hot and bothered.

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/runtcomp.jpg?w=468&h=235)

Next up is an old classic:

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/squatadmech1.jpg?w=468)

A miniature that I have wanted to own and paint since about 1989, so I got a kick out of finishing that one.  Blog post and a couple more photos here (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2013/08/11/ursa-miner-squat-adeptus-mechanicus/).

I will be adding some Grymn and some other Squats to the Miners soon.  I have a painted grymn walker and armoured grymn photographed so I will put up photos of those once I get them blogged.  After that it will either be some squats that I have just traded for or maybe a vehicle or two.  I do need to paint up another rank and file unit though.  The force is a little character heavy at the moment.  I must get around to taking a group photo too.


Comments and criticisms all encouraged of course :)

Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Runts & Squat Ad Mech 13/08/13
Post by: Diakon on August 13, 2013, 12:34:56 PM
Awesomeness. Love that really old squat in the bottom pic and you've painted him up beautifully. Good job on the other characters too.  :D
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Grymn Walker & Torsten 14/08/13
Post by: cheetor on August 14, 2013, 11:09:06 AM
Awesomeness. Love that really old squat in the bottom pic and you've painted him up beautifully. Good job on the other characters too.  :D

Thanks Diakon.  The Ad Mech squat was one of those figures that I had wanted to paint since I first got into the hobby properly back in the late 80s, so it was satisfying to get it finished.

You asked about the Sin-Eater chaos marines shown for comparison earlier, but I never got back to you about it.  I dont have photos of all of them and the ones that I do have are pretty terrible so I need to re-do them at some later date.  But what I do have is under the Sin-Eater (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/tag/sin-eaters/) tag on my blog if you want a look.

I got a couple of photos of Hasslefrees Torsten and the Grymn Walker up this morning:

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/thorsten1.jpg)

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/grymmwalker2.jpg?w=300&h=300)

More photos of Torsten here (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/ursa-miner-living-ancestor-torsten/)and some more of the walker here (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/ursa-miner-grymn-walker/).

I have a couple more characters and a vehicle on the painting table, so they will likely be next.

Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Grymn Walker & Torsten 14/08/13
Post by: dijit on August 14, 2013, 11:17:23 AM
Cracking stuff! And the Ad-mech Squat is fantastic - like you I've wanted one since I first saw it, way back in 1992ish.
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Grymn Walker & Torsten 14/08/13
Post by: Jonas on August 14, 2013, 04:32:53 PM
Great stuff. I was just scrolling through your blog today and already saw them there.

 :-*
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Grymn Walker & Torsten 14/08/13
Post by: cheetor on August 15, 2013, 09:25:27 AM
Cracking stuff! And the Ad-mech Squat is fantastic - like you I've wanted one since I first saw it, way back in 1992ish.

Thanks.  Its a cute figure and definitely a classic of the era.  Nostalgia may not be a very scientific way to approach getting toy soldiers painted, but it certainly helps me to get motivated.


Great stuff. I was just scrolling through your blog today and already saw them there.


Thanks.  I have a fun space dwarf duo nearly finished that I should get posted up over the next couple of days.

Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Dark Lord and Governor 15/08/13
Post by: cheetor on August 15, 2013, 10:40:30 PM
I got these two finished this evening.  They dont fit in perfectly with the theme of the army or anything, but so what :)

(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/lordandgovernor9.jpg?w=468&h=258)

Both figures were fun to paint.  More photos here (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/ursa-miners-dark-lord-prowse-and-governor-cushing/). 

Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Dark Lord and Governor 15/08/13
Post by: Suber on August 16, 2013, 07:41:32 AM
Haha, they are nice additions anycase :). I love what you've done with the colours and tones, I wish I could reach half of that skill!
Title: Re: Cheetors "Ursa Miner" Space Dwarfs: Dark Lord and Governor 15/08/13
Post by: cheetor on August 16, 2013, 12:56:22 PM
Haha, they are nice additions anycase :). I love what you've done with the colours and tones, I wish I could reach half of that skill!

Thanks.  It wasnt very complicated.  Not-Vader had his cloak highlighted with a dark brown and his armour highlighted with dark grey.  Gloss varnish in a couple of places makes the figure a bit more visually interesting and more reminiscent of the source material and it was finished other than the red and silver bits.

The Grymn was a bit more complicated, but again, nothing strenuous.  I got him fully finished quite quickly really, probably because the model is so petite.  I do wish he had pressed his trousers though.