These four 28mm scale metal Gabriel Hounds are manufactured by “Crooked Dice Game Design” and are part of the company’s Villains and Monsters product line. Believed to be “the souls of unbaptised children wandering through the air until the day judgement” the “howling of these beasts [apparently] foretold death to anyone who heard them.”
The creatures were all primed “Vallejo” White, washed with Pale Grey, and then dry-brushed using (more) White. Their eyes and ears were subsequently pigmented with Heavy Red, whilst their savage-looking teeth were ‘picked out’ using a combination of White and “Citadel” Carroburg Crimson.
Due to their diminutive size, each model also needed to be significantly tidied up before I was finally able to gloss varnish them. This meant applying some additional “Vallejo” White and Pale Grey to their fiddly faces so as to cover over any errant "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson or "Vallejo" Heavy Red, before trying to delicately blend the ensemble back together using a smidgen more White.
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Simon, these are creepy as all get out.
I'm giving you 5 points apiece plus another 2 for weirding me out with these playful pups. I need another drink to steady my nerves!
Quite the grotesque choice of subject matter there, well done!
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Those are creepy little pups Blax. I'm pretty sure that one of them lives a block or so over from me, owned by a little old lady who won't train it and claims it's just friendly!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Peter. LOL :-)
DeleteNicely painted hounds, though they do look pretty terrifying.
ReplyDeleteCheers StuartL.
DeleteLovely pups Simon :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tamsin :-)
DeleteDefinitely NOT 'Hounds of Love'. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat work Simon.
Cheers Curt - Nice Kate Bush reference!!
DeleteBizarre, but lovely :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul.
DeleteCute little doggos.
ReplyDeleteCheers Barks.
DeleteGreat looking,if disturbing,hounds!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks very much, Iain :-)
DeleteRadical looking pooches. I could have so many uses for this creepy pups. cheers
ReplyDeleteCheers The Kiwi. I plan to use them instead of zombie dogs for the "Resident Evil 2: Boardgame".
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