From TeemuL: Librarian Witch [Sarah's Library Cart] (25 points)

It's good to be back, this is my tenth official Challenge, but I also participated in some of unofficial covid-Challenges. And to complete the painted picture of me, here's something I did during the last 9 months.

Challenge 13 parts 2, 3 and 4, each done in their own 3 month periods...

As you might guess, all this foolishness has left be a bit soft in my head, so I also volunteered to minion this year on Thursdays. And I also need some help with the library map, so the first thing I painted was this female witch, who will help me around the library.

This miniature is a Grenadier Witch 5601 from 1991 and what a characterful character she is.

Huge amulet around her neck, nice staff, bag full of mysterious components, red boots, some flashy makeup and a yellowish cat. So many details on such a small miniature, but she still manages to look simple - something GW nowadays doesn't manage.

I imagine this witch finds herself home at swamps and other similar places when not guiding visitors in the library, so I chose quite dark, natural and even dirty colours for her. Yes, that's basically browns and yellow under flesh wash and couple of gentle highlights.

In some ways I find her as a companion/mirror model of this Ral Partha necromancer from 1979, which I painted earlier this year. Maybe it is just the similar colours and my imagination, but these could be siblings for example.

And here is the most important Challenge Map and I hope the good witch guides me to the Overdues and Returns, because I have some unfinished business...

I ask 5 points for this 25mm miniature and 20 points for the location, you will get the cat free, because most of you are dog people anyway. :) Merry Christmas and I hope to be back before New Year's Eve.

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Welcome back Teemu and thanks again for agreeing to be our Thursday Minion for another tour of duty. Fabulous witch here. Geez, those old Grenadier models are so characterful - I think it's the cat rubbing against the back of her legs that clinches it. Excellent brushwork on them both.

- Curt