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

[ZeroTwentythree]

Almost done with that Tom Meier Cloud Giant...

[cyagen]

Your tread is a pleasure to follow sir and make me ashamed to show my feeble attempts to throw paint at miniatures.

 

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks you very much!




Finished the oldschool Meier cloud giant.





Making progress on the last metal produced Citadel giant, and the old C28 Citadel giant I have. They should be done by the end of my April challenge. As for the Warploque giant (not pictured)... it may not be April, but I plan on finishing him, even if it's not done til May.



When I first got into miniature gaming in my youth (Battlesystem, Chaos Wars...) it was difficult for my friends and I to find figures. Some of my first minis were from the Grenadier "Halfling Party" set that two of us split. In fact, I still have some of them. But today, a full box of nostalgia arrived in the mail!




Off to Easter festivities with the family. Watch out for those eggs...

[ZeroTwentythree]

Snuck in some time to hide in the basement today (Easter) like a sneaky troll and finish up the old Citadel C28 giant. He was missing a weapon, so I sculpted him a new club. I was originally going to be satisfied with just one of these multi-piece giant, but I think I would like to get all three bodies.

[von Lucky]

Nice skin tones on the last few and tartan on this latest giant.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Nice skin tones on the last few and tartan on this latest giant.

Thanks! The skin style was sort of a test for painting (soon, I hope) Drew Williams' recent troll sculpts. I'm aiming (not quite there, yet) for a more Bauer-ish style. (Go figure.) Not so bright & highlighted, and maybe conveying bit of the nature of watercolor using transparent washes. I think I'd still like to tone things down a bit more.

The tartan... not my best. A bit rushed. But I'm OK with it.



Painted up the last of the metal Citadel giants, before they switched to plastic/resin/whatever.

[DeafNala]

There certainly are some BEAUTIFUL pieces churning out of your basement lair. OUTSTANDING WORK...some nicely painted mushrooms too!

[ZeroTwentythree]

I hope some of them seem familiar - and that my painting does your sculpting justice.

[DeafNala]

I hope some of them seem familiar - and that my painting does your sculpting justice.

Your painting is really wonderful. I love seeing them in colors other than the ones I'm in the habit of using. Let me know if you need more.

[majorsmith]

That metal gw giant is great I've got mine made up but almost too scared to paint it!

[ZeroTwentythree]

That metal gw giant is great I've got mine made up but almost too scared to paint it!

It's a clean sculpt, nice strong detail -- honestly it's fun to paint. Really a good mini for a lot of different painting styles. Just go for it! 



Still working on the last two giants. No way I will get to the Otherworld giant (still in a bag) but I'm still hoping to finish the Warploque giant, and the freshly started Ral Partha frost giant. Shown here, WIP, for ridiculous scale differences. Made a lot of progress on Frosty. Added some more subtle washes to the big guy.




While waiting for paint/washes to dry on those two, I (very) quickly painted up two test figures from the Disciples of the Red Dead Redemption, based on the same palette I used on the Undeadish. The idea being that they have similarly been enticed to/enthralled by the forces of undeath. But these are secretive urban cultists rather than full tribes converted wholesale.



I'm still considering giving them normal, if somewhat pale, human flesh instead of the pale grey flesh of the Undeadish. Another option is maybe adding some trim to the edges of the robes -- though I can always add that later.

[beefcake]

I used to have those red redemption guys. Great old school minis. You've done a great job on them.

[majorsmith]

Cultist looks great!!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!



I think this is the last giant I'm going to get done by the end of April -- the Tom Meier/Ral Partha fire giant, which I thought made a nice frost giant...



I'm still working on the (not quite "oldhammer" but it has that same sort of charm to me) Warploque giant. Going to continue painting him past April, probably a little at a time. Almost done with the washes on the flesh...



Rambling about these and more on my blog.... http://www.zerotwentythree.com/2017/04/one-more-giant-down-one-to-go-and-beyond.html

[beefcake]

Excellent painting there. How big is the fire frost giant?