From EvanH - Fireballs and Furballs (30 points)

More distractions! There are entire regiments crying out to be painted, but again, I end up painting more fantasy monsters. Hobby ADD strikes again!

First up is a Fire Elemental, part of the Deep Cuts range from WizKids. It's 40mm tall (though ostensibly a 28mm figure) cast in transparent plastic, so I decided to work with this and paint it mostly with glazes to allow the light to pass though it.

The initial coat was Citadel Lamenter Yellow glaze all over, followed by a couple of coats of Bloodletter, a vivid red glaze from the same range, which was allowed to settle in the recesses of the model. To duplicate the look of a smoky fire, I overbrushed the tips of some of the flames with black. Some opaque yellow was added to break it up a bit.

I figured that a creature made entirely from fire would probably give off a fair bit of light, so I tried a bit of OSL work on the base. It's my first attempt, and I think I have a way to go before I can call this an unqualified success, but an old dog may yet be able to learn a new trick!

Next up are the Reaper Bones Bugbears, three figures each coming in at just over 40mm tall.

 

These furry monsters are a mainstay of the old AD&D system, and are the sort of thing a DM throws at a low-level party that's getting too big for its boots ("Think you're tough because you took out a few orcs? Think again, smart guys...).

 

The example above required a bit of conversion work, as the spiky mace he was originally holding was embarrassingly flimsy, and looked much too fragile in his mighty paw. I substituted a club from a GW Ogre instead, and it looks much more intimidating.

 

These were a lot of fun to paint and base, since the fur, armour and metalwork offered a wealth of detail and textures to muck around with.

Basing was the via usual Warbases rounds, with pumice paste and Tajima1 Tufts. A couple of skulls were added, because skulls that's why. Curiously, each one of these bugbears has a bandage around his right knee. Probably from tripping over the crap an inconsiderate painter has left lying around their bases... an OH&S nightmare!

"Did you leave that skull lying here?" "Never mind that, there's a sodding great rock in my path!"

So four figures at 40mm each, seven points a pop, that's 28 points!

This has actually been an amusing diversion, but I'd better get back to work on the proper stuff - stay tuned!

Ev

from guest minion DaveD

Very nice Ev, love the colours of you fire elemental..maybe you need a water one to cool you lot down eh? Classic bugbears too .. i don't fancy running into them - a grand total of 30 points cause i really like your elemental!