From IanW - Something Nasty in the Woodshed (7 points)

I have had this figure finished for a few a month now but wanted to keep it under wraps until after introducing it to my roleplaying group. That's been put off due to my wife's injury but finally she was game fit  ;-)

This fellow is from Darksword Miniatures and whilst I did not have any use for him when I saw him I knew I really wanted to find one. The model came in about four parts and went together fairly well with minimum fuss or flash. It's on a display base as it's up for grabs between the players after it's been used as it's a one off monster and won't get used again. If none of them want it then it would be sold on e-bay to pay for more monsters etc.

It's got great detail and the confrontation happens in the woods so I wanted to set the scene by adding the trunk and some undergrowth. As far as painting went it was easy to work on though it's a bit heavier than I am used to as it's a fairly big figure.

They are classed as 28mm figures though I find them somewhat larger so I guess Heroic scale, still the quality of the figures makes Darksword my preferred supplier even though they are quite expensive outside GW

The figure is called Nightmare Beast SKU DSM1228 though I have a slightly different approach in my campaign. The adventurers have now met the beast but have yet to have that final deadly confrontation. This beast will give me 5 more points and the gang kittens.

I leave you with a Foundry Cowboy for scale comparison.

From Curt:

Oh, what a wonderfully horrific beastie Ian!  He's kind of lupine, like a werewolf, eh? Very cool. I find werewolves particularly creepy, probably because I saw close-up several timber wolves when growing up on the farm and have always been impressed by their power and intelligence. I quite like the custom base you've made for him. I think it does a great job in setting the tone for his upcoming meeting with the players. Poor buggers...

Great job!