From Curt: 'Ned & Norri' - The Giant & The Faerie (25 Points)

Hi All!

Today I have another set of figures from the talented folks over at Westfalia Miniatures. 

Here is a foraging giant ('Ned') and his faerie friend ('Norri'). I imagine Norri being very annoyed with Ned for messing with the poor cow, and so is giving him a bit of the cold shoulder. 

I loved this model from the first time I saw it online and had to get one (Listed as the 'Fey Giant' sculpted by Boris Woloszyn). I'm glad I did as it seems to have gone OOP on the Westfalia website, but perhaps I'm just not looking in the right spot. It's a bit of complex kit and so had been languishing in the Pile of Possibilities for a few years. I uncovered it again this summer and resolved to get it done during this Challenge.

Most of this was airbrush work, with some of the details brought out with a brush. I'm quite happy with how his skin tone turned out, as I wanted something akin to the greyish trolls in the LotR movies. I had a bit of fun experimenting with spot-shading using contrasting colours. Anyway, I'm happy to have them done up and in the cabinet.

Not sure on the points for these two. The giant is around 115mm tall so in mass sort of equivalent to a 28mm scale vehicle. I will happily abide to whatever our terrific Thursday Minion decides.

Thanks for dropping in!

- Curt

TeemuL: That's an excellent giant and quite big, too. You have managed to catch the feel of the three trolls from Hobbit, but bring some colour, too, here and there. Lots of bare skin on the giant, but there seems to be enough wrinkles to keep it interesting. Norri looks nice and well, shows quite a lot skin, too. Let's say the giant is a vehicle and the faerie is the crew, so 25 points to you.