Old school D&D - August 25 - Pig-face Orc Shaman

[Spooktalker]

Next up are the bugbears. Please welcome to the dungeon these sneaky, furry, porkypigginit, face-stabbing, dick-punching hooligans. They don't play well with the other kids (and tend to eat them), smell like wet yak and their ubiquitous dandruff harbors some fierce alergens, but they cook a mean gumbo, never shirk patrol duty and their A1-class jokes do wonders for monster morale.













And a size comparison pic for you:



Figures by Otherworld. I wrote a bunch more about these on the blog (http://belchedfromthedepths.blogspot.com/2012/07/let-start-face-stabbings-bugbears.html) and there are pics of all the figs from all angles in this flickr set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/spooktalker/sets/72157630573773234/.

[Splod]

I'd be consulting a doctor if my schlong was that colour...
Lovely work. Beautiful minis with so much character and you've really done them justice.

[Mutant Jon]

oohhh thoose are really nice..........in an evil monster type of way

[Dr. Zombie]

Awesome!!

[Mason]

Fantastic paintjobs on some great miniatures!
 

The muted colour pallete that you have chosen works really well.

[Eibon]

Those are lovely, I really like the skin colors, and the facial expressions.

[Funghy-Fipps]

Up to your usual gold standard.  So their genitals are as long as a Halfling's arm?  Daunting foes indeed!

[DeafNala]

I see the Fuzzy Fellows are ready to fight or whatever...especially the whatever. The color choices & brushwork a FANTASTIC...VERY WELL DONE!

[aggro84]

Great paintjobs! 

Those Otherworld minis sure are nice.

[FramFramson]

Great colour!

[Admiral Benbow]

Great bunch of critters ...
 

[Doomhippie]

Nicely painted! I love Otherworld and I really dig that they use the old Monster Manual as their guide. Unfortunately I have always considered the bugbear pics in the manuel to be rather bad. They look like teddy bears with an attitude - not really mean and dangerous. More like pathetic and would-like-to-be-mean (if you get my drift). Still, seeing what Otherworld is doing I think they fit. And you have really done a cool job on them.

[m4jumbo]

Great looking bugbears!  As you mentioned on your blog, you took a bit of a break from posting so it was good to see these posted.  Always enjoy checking out your work.  I was going to suggest you post these on the Otherworld forum but see that you have already done so.

Those custom bases are a nice addition and have a more "natural" look than round bases. 

[Spooktalker]

Thanks folks, glad you like these.

Nicely painted! I love Otherworld and I really dig that they use the old Monster Manual as their guide. Unfortunately I have always considered the bugbear pics in the manuel to be rather bad. They look like teddy bears with an attitude - not really mean and dangerous. More like pathetic and would-like-to-be-mean (if you get my drift). Still, seeing what Otherworld is doing I think they fit. And you have really done a cool job on them.

Heh, yeah, while many pics in the books are perfect as is, I might agree the bugbear pics needs you to bring a little imagination to the table to make it into a fierce beast. It's funny though you just need to tweak the image a little as Mr. Adams has done to pull of a win. Another example is this one by Erol Otus for Dungeon Crawl Classic. Mean, crazy dudes:

Those custom bases are a nice addition and have a more "natural" look than round bases. 

Thanks! I forgot to mention one practical reason behind the ellipses in this particular case is I can put two bugbears beside each other in a Dwarven Forge corridor so one doesn't have to hold it alone. They can be no more than 24" mm on the narrow width to do it. 25mm and they won't fit. Likewise I'm now putting all my human-sized figs on bases that are 15mm across so I can fit three in the corridor.

Oh, and I sat down and really improved my pictures/blogging workflow the other day and I think I'm back in the online participation game with a bunch of stuff lined up.

[Spooktalker]

    Hope you won't sic the dogs on me for this...       
 






(shhh, it's knobrot )

Size comparison w 25mm figure (Despite being called "Large Green Dragon" in a 30mm range it's practically sub-adult even in 25mm):




And some before and after priming/basecoating:




Blog post:
http://belchedfromthedepths.blogspot.com/2012/07/prepaint-repaint-d-green-dragon.html

In case you want one (I paid less some years ago):
http://www.beholderthebargains.com/servlet/the-1783/Large-Green-Dragon-War/Detail

And the takeaway tips re prepaint repaints from it:

1.    Use a fresh exacto blade on the mold lines and plan to dull it quickly. Factor it into your cost of the figure. You can sand/file it as well if you take great care, but rely on the blade for the bulk of it. It takes some time but is actually quicker and easier than cleaning up a typical metal figure of the same size. I filled a few gaps as well but again, it comes pre-assembled so this was also quicker than a multipart figure would have been.


2.    Once you prime, don't worry if the figure winds up tacky. Put it in a box and try to forget about for literally a week or two. That's how long it took this figure to dry out and lose the tackiness. But eventually it did dry and it painted up really nicely after that. I usually put a thick clear coat on my figs before a dullcote and I also skipped that step for this. The paint seems to be firmly affixed and a thick coat unnecessary.


Ok, back to my senses and back to the lead.