Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Celtic Miniatures orc boar rider)

[blacksmith]

Absolute stunning painting! Love hyena men faces and bug bears. And great comparative figure shot, thank you!

[hubbabubba]

The bugbears are goegeous, so cuddly.

[Philotep]

Your wish ... Here's a WIP shot of the bugbear base (base still to be painted and matt varnish yet to be applied_ next to Dark Alliance orcs and Battle Valor orcs. As you can see, the Battle Valor orcs are perfectly Uruk-sized in 1/72: "squat and broad". To my eye, the CP bugbears would work well as D&D hobgoblins in 1/72: they've got the  implied hairy hides and ape-like features, and they're a bit bigger and tougher-looking than humans (1+1 HD rather than 1). But they're bang on as bugbears in 15mm - an imposing 7'+ and 3HD.

That said, I doubt anyone would complain about them in 1/72 - they're such great miniatures, and they're suitably brawny.

Thank you very much! I confirm, very nice figures that will find some employment in 1/72 - and Christmas is coming 

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, gents!

Here's the latest addition to the growing 15mm horde - a Ral Partha Europe giant beastman:

[LouieN]

Gruesome.  Nice brush work. 

[Vladimir Raukov]

That fellow looks suitably dangerous! Nice work!

[beefcake]

Cool. Love the tone on the skin.
I can't help but think he looks like a demonic A.L.F.

[jeffreythancock]

That's redundant, as Alf was demonic! 

[beefcake]

That's redundant, as Alf was demonic! 

Ha! You kill me! 

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, chaps! Here are some of ALF's smaller kin: regular Demonworld beastmen from Ral Partha Europe. These guys will all fit onto one 40mm base the same as his. I like to put a layer of gloss varnish on the figures before basing as it helps when washing off any basing paint that sticks to them (the prebasing on the coins will help to avoid too much of that as the basing around their feet is already done). Then I'll matt them down afterwards.

These are great little figures. I painted quite a few with contrast paints when those first came out, but I'm not sure where they are at the moment. I'll do a quick comparison when I find them and decide whether to strip them down and paint them this way (which was slower but looks better, I think). It may be that basing them all the same way will sort out any variations in style - especially at this scale:



If I were still doing D&D in 15mm, I'd paint some of these up as pig-faced orcs in a "Malificent's goons" kind of way. I may yet at some point ...

[Pattus Magnus]

Great painting on those! I have been curious how those look (the pics on RP Europe’s site are pretty small). They seem like they would be good mixed into beastmen units to use alongside Khurasan Miniatures chaos warriors to make an army inspired by 3rd Ed WFB.

[Hobgoblin]

Great painting on those! I have been curious how those look (the pics on RP Europe’s site are pretty small). They seem like they would be good mixed into beastmen units to use alongside Khurasan Miniatures chaos warriors to make an army inspired by 3rd Ed WFB.

Thanks! Yes, they would be perfect for that! They're nicely chunky in 15mm - bigger and burlier than the Copplestone barbarians - so they'd merit their two wounds in WFB. There are some decent chaos-warrior types in the RPE ranges too.

[Gibby]

These are excellent. Love this range. I regret selling my 15mm fantasy collection and keep thinking of starting it again. What was your painting method for these?

[OSHIROmodels]

Cracking thread 

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks, both!

What was your painting method for these?

Chiefly layering but with a spot of wash and drybrush on the fur of the two grey ones (silver grey, Agrax, silver grey again) and on weapon hafts. I broadly followed this great article for the most part.