Marienburg vs. the Undeadish (update: undead & spooky stuff)

[DeafNala]

The Gigantic Deadite is a BEAUTY...FANTASTIC brushwork & basing. The bone shades are BRILLIANT & bring the piece to another level. VERY WELL DONE!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks! And yes, the Ultraforge and Warploque giants are even bigger!  

Speaking of skeletons, on my quest to find some more figure that match up with the two Skeletal Ogres from Ral Partha Europe, I got some 40mm skeletons from Spartan Games "Heroes of Myth and Legend" range. (Discontinued?) They're well sculpted, and about the right height. But the proportions are much leaner -- in fact, they're at least as delicate as human sized 28mm figures. The poses are a little stiff, but being unadorned skeletons, they should be easy to re-position a bit.

I think these might make great skeletal giants for 10mm & 15mm armies.



When I get back to painting skeletons, what I think I will do is paint up the two ogres on their bases, and use them in units with other "non human" skeletons, like the others I painted. As for the 40mm skinnies, I will mix those in on multi-bases with other non-humans.



But for now... Back to painting more giants!

[beefcake]

Nice flesh work. I recently sold that giant.
The skeletal ogre is currently on my paint bench too.

[DeafNala]

The Giant Fellow's flesh tones are LOVELY...especially the nose. GREAT WORK!

[ZeroTwentythree]

It was a busy weekend, but the weather was beautiful and our family spent a bit of time outside doing some "Spring cleaning." I also did a bit of overdue sanding and spraying outdoors before bringing in one of my mid-life-crisis projects back indoors for the evening to dry completely.




Our fifth wedding anniversary was this past Autumn. I had been talking -- like any 40-something in his right mind -- about a skateboard, and the traditional fifth anniversary gift is wood, so.... my wife got me a gift card for the local skate shop. I picked up the deck & hardware I wanted, but had planned on stripping & repainting the deck. I had been planning on painting something interesting on it, but figured that would drag the process out for another year, so instead I dug out some cans of metallic black I've had sitting around for years and started laying down some primer & finish coats and will keep it simple. It'll just get scraped up anyway. Mind you, I haven't been on a skateboard in over twenty years. But I did ride & kick around a bit before the weather turned cold for Winter, and I survived without injury. So the hardware goes back on tomorrow and we'll see if I can avoid breaking anything. Bones, I mean. I have far more confidence in my ability to put a skateboard back together.


I am up late tonight, trying to catch up a bit of the Marauder giant, and he's finally coming together. I did take a few shortcuts. I would guess about 90% of the painting is done. Refining a number of areas, details, etc. and then on to the base.




I had started writing up some background for him, but didn't like the way it sounded. So I will get back to that at some point.

[von Lucky]

Looking good!

[**GS**]

Really good. One thing is a little diturbing to me though: The wet spots on the base: Did the fellow wet his not existing pants? 

To be honest: I relly like the vibrant colors...

Cheers

[Schrumpfkopf]

Excellent painting as always. Time for a couple of group shots soon eh?

[Metternich]

I love how the giant apes the landsnecht fashions.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Really good. One thing is a little diturbing to me though: The wet spots on the base: Did the fellow wet his not existing pants? 

To be honest: I relly like the vibrant colors...

Thanks!

Maybe he thought he was the biggest thing around, but then saw the two who are coming up next and got a little nervous.

Excellent painting as always. Time for a couple of group shots soon eh?

Going to aim for completing at least one, hopefully two, giants by the end of the month and then do some group photos of the April giants, as well as photos with the rest of the giants I've got. (A little preview of that on the left side of the table in the previous skateboard photo. )

I love how the giant apes the landsnecht fashions.

Marienburg gold can even go to the head of a mercenary giant. Only the finest (in his mind) tailors of large garments and/or ships' sails will do. 

I've got a second one that I've debated selling. Maybe I should convert it to an even fancier version... puffy leggings, replace that club with a giant sized pike or halberd, maybe even a hat with some fabulously huge feathers. 




I finished up the painting on the Marauder giant, but can't decide what to do for the base. While I give that a bit of thought, I've started on the next giant -- the Ultraforge giant.

He's the largest giant I've got. Pretty well sculpted, though not as nicely cast as the Marauder or Warploque giants. He required the most clean-up of the four I'm attempting to paint this month, and there are still some visible mold lines/slips. The resin is lightweight, which is a nice change from awkwardly handling the lead Marauder giant while painting.

The big guy is mostly flesh surfaces, so I'm trying to keep that interesting. I put a bit of work into that tonight, but still have more refinement & clean-up. His face still looks a bit like raw meat. (Not that that's entirely a bad thing...) The colors aren't quite coming through in the pics, but I hope they give a good idea where it's going.

[Treebeard]

Woooh that skin !

[**GS**]

yep, really nice!

[Metternich]

Would love to see a puff n'slash giant landsknecht !!

[DeafNala]

The skin tone are WONDERFUL; & I love the eyes. GREAT START!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!


As much as I want to keep working on the giants, I'm having some motivational trouble with them. It's been a busy and stressful week, and I don't think I'm up for any painting that requires much focus -- mini or giant sized. So, time for another side-quest!

We had some nice weather this week, so I went outside to cut up a piece of hardboard I've had waiting around for years.



I have separate bases with reeds & other greenery -- and will need to make some more -- that will go on top of these. Similar concept to having woods with separate, movable trees to accommodate troops moving through the terrain.

I would also like to make some more river sections. I've been dying to make decent river terrain for... decades. These turned out pretty good. But I ran out of hardboard. The new problem I am facing is that none of the hardware stores carries it in the same thickness anymore! I could only find 1/8" and this appears to be 1/4" (maybe nominal 3/16"?)


Maybe I can get some better photos when it's daylight.