The Adventurer's guide to the Cyclops (2-20-15)

[rumacara]

Justin, just lovelly.
Thanks for the tip of the head. It looks great on that greek.

[von Lucky]

Hah. Love it.

[Mad Doc Morris]

Love the cyclops – great model and very well painted!

[nervisfr]

@rumacara: the head is a GW flagellant head that I got when I bought a bag of bits.  I was holding onto it for the right project.  I saw someone else on here use the same head but with Immortal Greeks and I realized that "Hey, I have that same bit!"

Justin

Great work and paintbrush.
You cyclop is excellent. And the terrain elements look very natural.
any way, keep going your project !

cheers
Eric

[Justin Buck]

Thanks again for the comments.

The Cyclops is from the Safari Toys line that is sold in the craft store Michaels.  One day I was just walking around there, as one does from time to time, and saw the figure on sale for $5.  I hesitate for a second and then thought about how much I would pay for the same figure if it was metal....and the rest is history.  It's made out of bendable plastic, but is much stiffer that Reaper Bones plastic.  With an undercoat, layers of paint, and a gloss/matte clear coat, there is almost no bending at all.

Every time I have been back to Michaels, they have been sold out of the Cyclops, but I have noticed some very nice plastic dragons there....

[Colonel Tubby]

Great work, really love the Cyclops. Can't believe he's bendy plastic!

[Doomsdave]

Hey great work.  I had the same idea during a Michael's sale.   
My effort can be seen on this thread: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=74510.0

Incidentally the dragons that you mentioned make great 28mm beasts.  I have a couple and some (like the ice dragon) don't even need repainting.

[Duke Donald]

This is lovely. I enjoyed in particular the trail of clues leading to the cyclops, which is amazing incidentally for a plastic toy!