Witchhunter (updated - 26/07 more market stalls)

[anevilgiraffe]

cheers 

Bloody hell!
That was quick!

Great conversion, that looks amazing, and was the last thing I thought a Fishman would become.
 

that's why I was so chuffed to finally get hold of one... 

[Prof.Witchheimer]

That thread it's getting better and better! Like the dark pinting on the SA fishman, very effective.

[Commander Vyper]

Nice one Chris! That little bit of batty GS works really well, very nicely done indeed that strange eons figure isn't the best sculpted but your additions and the subtle leathery paintjob really pull it off well.

Question: any reason why you went for the same mantic head for all of them? Looks ok, but would have thought you'd have gone for some more variety there?

[anevilgiraffe]

yep... it's the better head in my mind and it's also the smaller of the three heads and fits better with the Warlord plastics as they are a little smaller than the Mantic plastics...

[Andym]

Loving the Ghouls!! cracking painting and great wee project!

[Commander Vyper]

yep... it's the better head in my mind and it's also the smaller of the three heads and fits better with the Warlord plastics as they are a little smaller than the Mantic plastics...

Got you yeah they do look a little smaller. You could GS some hair on them? Hats from the warlord range? Just break the 'cloning' feel. 

Really like the one on the right of the female Ghoul, has a really 'sneaking up on scooby' look to him.

Good stuff.

[OSHIROmodels]

The villagers are a great idea with great execution  

cheers

James

[anevilgiraffe]

Got you yeah they do look a little smaller. You could GS some hair on them? Hats from the warlord range? Just break the 'cloning' feel. 

I did consider both - test hair didn't work (even tried a curly cavalier wig) and I couldn't see how they'd keep a hat when they can't keep on their shoes...

[Driscoles]

Great Thread and an awesome idea. The Ghouls are really scary.
Thank you
Björn

[abdul666lw]

Not off-topic: a witch escapes!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bVU5tjqE6a0/T4B8Zi-VncI/AAAAAAAAE2Y/ZAJKNNXeDw8/s320/Miniaturenfotos%252C%2BOriginale%2B178.jpg (NSFW in some countries?  )
(a converted Reaper Succubus)  from http://tableterror.blogspot.fr/2012/04/die-hexe-muss-brennen.html -good painting site, I wished to share the link at the first opportunity.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!




Btw, Foundry Revenant Elves make good 17th C. - 18th C. vampires.
Their pointed ears filed / clipped down, the female ones can also be used as *great* 18th C. witches:

Witches don't have to be old hags wearing the Disney®©™ Halloween uniform!

[Commander Vyper]

I did consider both - test hair didn't work (even tried a curly cavalier wig) and I couldn't see how they'd keep a hat when they can't keep on their shoes...

  True.

[white knight]

Btw, Foundry Revenant Elves make good 17th C. - 18th C. vampires.
Their pointed ears filed / clipped down, the female ones can also be used as *great* 18th C. witches:

I love those figures and while I agree they make great vampires (they would be perfect warhammer Von Carsteins, better than the official models) they are very large and will look way too big next to the warlord games figures. They are at least 32mm tall.

[anevilgiraffe]

there is no vampire folklore in England from that time

[uti long smile]

Just caught up. Stonking. I do love a Giraffey PJ.

[Commander Vyper]

Some British Folktales
There are a number of British folktales recorded by medieval chroniclers (recorded as factual at the time), which have a very vampiric flavour. William of Newburgh, a monk and chronicler who wrote in the twelfth century, describes an incident in the county of Buckinghamshire, where a recently deceased man returned from beyond the grave. He came in the form of a spectre appearing before his widow and other relatives; to combat this they stayed up during the night and made noises to frighten him away. This only made matters worse, as he began walk in the daylight hours. The Bishop of Lincoln became involved, and seeking advice on how to stop it was told that the body of the man would have to be burned. The bishop ordered the body to be exhumed, whereupon it was found to be as fresh as the day he had been buried. After the body had been cremated the haunting ceased.

Not the whole blood sucky thing, which came into England around 1732, but maybe the beginnings. hope you'll also have boggarts and banshees to boot!