Deviant Designs Deeds

Eighth  of the monthly posting of the other world Henchman in conjunction with  Duke of the Blood Keep  and  Minis by Finch   This time it is the lantern bearer with my first attempt at some yellow for a while (more on next month effort). The only fantasy figure painted this month as I concentrated on finishing off my WW2 Yanks. With next month’s already in the bag I might actually finish all 12 in the given year.

Seventh of the monthly posting of the other world Henchman in conjunction with  Duke of the Blood Keep  and  Minis by Finch   Old Citadel Giant Snail - Terrifying! Thanks to this  challenge I actually finished an otherworld figure. At the moment I am lagging behind on what I want to do, despite having nearly 2 weeks off. The squire started as a chore to get done but after breaking the back of the figure I eventually learnt to love him.Hopefully the next two in the challenge will be easier. Otherworld Evil Wizard My total figure count for 2015 is going to be 192 and has stuck to mainly to my main on going projects:- D&D Adventures 97 Darkest Africa     67 US WW2             22 Call of Cthulhu       6 Total                   192 Unfortunately  the distraction into WW2 prevented me finishing m...

Fifth of the monthly posting of the other world Henchman in conjunction with  Duke of the Blood Keep  and  Minis by Finch   The miniature is the bearer, similar to the previous bearer that I had painted, I took a bit more time with the figure (but still limiting the time to less than an hour) and tried to limit my washes  My previous bearer from the Otherworld miniatures kickstartter. Base continues to be Deneb Stone.

F orth of the monthly posting of the other world Henchman in conjunction with  Duke of the Blood Keep  and  Minis by Finch   The miniature is the scribe, reviewing the ritual from the ancient tomb won at some cost to the party. I have struggled to get anything done this month with only 2 figures painted and I did not think I would finish this on, although it could be argued he still needs a bit of work. Slightly different bases colour this month using Deneb Stone in my quest to get the colours light enough to show the figure up.

F orth of the monthly posting of the other world Henchman in conjunction with  Duke of the Blood Keep  and  Minis by Finch   The miniature is link boy, the valiant torchbearer leading the adventurers to reward or ruin. This time out I have varied my flesh mix using a Vallejo paints including medium flesh. The result is a much lighter flesh finish than I usually do. but one I quite like. The basket work was completed with a simple wash of GW agrax earth shade which I am conscious of using far too much

Third of the monthly posting of the other world Henchman in conjunction with Duke of the Blood Keep and Minis by Finch This time it's the turn of the poor donkey, carrying an excess of adventurer baggage. I have tried feathering the body of the donkey with the intention of showing up the texture of the hairs but I am uncertain how effective it is. Similarly with the white underbody, I am wondering if I have gone too far down the legs. As a bonus I painted the Cerepod (or Grell for the original Fiend Folio), the poor donkey is doomed. The Cerepod is painted in similar colours to the one on the otherworld site which having looked up its entry in the Fiend Folio are not strictly speaking authentic! In addition ahead of starting on my Drow and Driders I have test painted two old GW Demonettes. Clearly the grey one is the test paint (however stupidly I forgot to note which grey I started with), the pink one was to try out some new paints. I tried something ...

OK, somehow I have had a very productive 6 months with 142 figures painted YTD, more than some year. July has suffered with only four but hopefully August will improve. Anyway in Q2 I finished:- 1             Modern Zombie 33               Darkest Africa – Mainly Masai 45              DnD creatures include a couple of terrain pieces 79          Total DnD creatures include most of the otherworld slimes, the giant ants, otherworld dungeon treasures and a few Gothic horror types including yet another vampire. May look to finish of my Masai (only 20 to go) or my Familiars, Drow and Driders next. Once my enthusiasm returns. A