Staying true to course, meaning really no course at all, I have several irons in the fire with little to show for it. Nonetheless, I did manage to finish this chap last week and thought I should get him posted and scored.
This fellow is called 'The Butcher', one of the baddies from 'Kingdom Death'. As you can imagine he's not someone you'd want to ask for a choice cut at the local grocery. In the game there are basically two types of nasties: Prey monsters, ones that the players actively hunt (the White Lion, Screaming Antelope, etc.), and Nemesis monsters, which are those who show up in front of the players' settlement wanting to experiment with their form of 'population management'.
The Butcher, as can be expected, is a complete close-combat goon. He likes to use his two huge cleavers and heavy armour to get in close in order to dish-out the damage - lots of bleeding crits and general gory mayhem. Last week we had the pleasure of facing off with this guy and managed to overcome him, just. Seeking vengeance, he'll be revisiting our settlement again in a few years as a Level 2 version. Being a sucker for punishment, I'm actually quite looking forward to it.
Similar to my other KD figures, I've painted The Butcher largely in greyscale, with only the lanterns on his breastplate and cloak to provide any real colour. To be frank, I'm not really crazy on how he turned out, but I'm not much for hand-wringing on these things, so here he is, warts and all.
He's a big lad, about 54mm, so maybe 10 points?
Finally, on an administrative note, I've completed the scoring for the 'Childhood' theme round. A big congratulations is due to the many Challengers who've now hit their point targets, bravo to you all - well done!
Thanks for dropping in folks!
Welcome back to our nice and cosy Tuesday evening boss-man! You might not be entirely happy with the Butcher, but I am of the opinion that many a gamer would be very happy indeed to own such a lovely painted miniature. Those lanterns are truly well done and add a lot to the figure's atmosphere. The whole miniature just oozes a sense of awesome foreboding and menacing gloom, or impending doom, whichever you like best. The cloak indeed has a lot of detail and your greyscale makes it pop just as much as a "regular"painting technique would. All in all it's a pretty cool figure Curt. Well done indeed!
very cool, I'll bet your game looks incredible. You should play in the dark with whale oil lamps. I imagine Sarah would object to flaming torches, and in fact to whale oil as well
ReplyDeleteImpressively unpleasant! Wouldn't want to meet him on a dark night, which I understand is what you do in the game!
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Lovely work Curt :)
ReplyDeleteNasty looking dude. Ready to give out the old chop chop with those butcher weapons. Cheers
ReplyDeleteI'm dead impressed with your work on this series of miniatures, Curt - I only wish I could manage OSL effects like that!
ReplyDeleteMan this is one nasty looking dude I wouldn't want to meet him on a sunny day let along a dark alley
ReplyDeleteMy friend you are truly an artist, not just a painter... you must organise a hang out to share your technique and secrets
ReplyDeleteQuite a foreboding look to him Curt, well done. On the other KD figures did you not use actual yellow, white for the lantern glow? I thought you had from the images, if so that might give the little extra pop you are looking for on him.
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff again Curt. Thanks for the nightmares.
ReplyDeleteSeen this friendly fellow in my email today and I just had to step out of the protected area just to say wow!
ReplyDeleteYou may not like him, but he is a beast of made and well detailed! I really like the later effects you are doing for this series of models. Perhaps the Butcher is really just looking for a few hugs and a pat on the head? ;)
Excellent work Curt and he sure looks cool!
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Thanks for the kind comments folks - they are very much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteHe looks looks like one tough cookie, glad you managed to vanquish him! Really like this Panter-lit greyscale project.
ReplyDeleteVery nice work! I really like the subtle metal work on the shoulder plates and the overall colour scheme
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure Curt...I think this fellow is THE guy to ask about a prime cut...as long you are not stipulating beef...
ReplyDeleteGreat work Dude, but I'm just not sure it's zenithal enough, you know? :-)
Very nice work Curt! I think the colours turned out rather nicely!
ReplyDeleteA definite thumbs up from my side! He definitely looks like you don’t want to mess with him. Your grayscale/ lantern approach keeps fascinating me.
ReplyDeleteReally great work, Curt. I love the subtle colouring you've used - super work, Sir!
ReplyDelete54mm?! That’s a big boy. Very evocative work!
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