From TeemuL: Classic Adventurers (40 points)

Time to gather another squirrel, this time let's call it "Classic Fantasy Squirrel". It's Tuesday morning now and the flu has gone, but I have had some after symptoms of other infection, so sick leave continues. The weekend was rather bad, the constant mild headache and tiredness kept me pretty much out of painting form, but these were started before and on Monday I was able to finish these. I got some new medicine, which might have helped or the disease is just naturally going away - who knows.

These are old metal miniatures probably meant for RPG use and come from the Julie Guthrie Personalities range by Grenadier Miniatures. I don't really pay attention to eBay offerings of prices, but at least in Finland the second hand prices of old minis are quite divided - asking price of metal GW slayers is 10-15 euroes, but these characterful classics are available roughly at 1 euro per mini with remarks "if you really want them" and "you dont' have to take them all." So I get them all. There are lots of slayers (and other metal minis of that era) in people's boxes, but these are quite rare. But I guess the want is what sets the price. But let's get to these minis, right?

This is a group of eight minis I bought last year, being quite a random selection and some time were spent to deciding the colours, since these are not uniformed of course. There are two identical minis, the two devils on the right. I decided to paint them a bit differently, because who needs two devils? I came up with an idea to paint a human like devil and a devil in his natural form. The human like devil got orange hair because why not.

They are painted with traditional acrylic paints with different approaches, some have basecoat, wash, drybrush and highlight, but most of them don't have all of those. In the end I think I managed to get them all look similar - meaning that they all could meet at the same point and all would look like belonging there. What I'm trying to say is, that one is not darker than others for example. they all have the same sun shining on them. They are all glued on plastic round bases from some Perry box, so not the usual 25mm bases, but smaller ones, which look quite nice on these. Then some glue and brown paint and small tuft to hide the join between miniature's own metal base and the plastic base. Compare the photos from front and back and you understand - probabl should have put another one on the back, too. Let's take a closer look now.

These are two devils I mentioned earlier. Julie Guthrie Personalities 897 Devil. It would be nice actually collect these minis, since each has a unique number and you could have a nice checklist for them - unlike old GW minis. Yes, the human like devil is in red cloak with purple details. Orange hair and orange highlights were partly chosen to have fiery, if not hellish, appearance. The devil in Hell was given dark red skin and yellow cloth to mimic the flames. I was actually thinking about some free hand flame pattern on the clothers, but dropped the idea quite soon. The horns are more visible on the Hell deamon, but both have them.

These two guys are Julie Guthrie Personalities 826 Fighter w crossbow and 835 Knight w lion shield. I decided to paint them in similar colours, so they might be on the same side. Red was chosen, because it is such a striking colour, widely used historically and Finnish Coat of Arms has a yellow lion on red background. I used different metallic paints on different kinds of armour and weapons, but I'm not sure how visible it is on these photos. Similarly I used different browns on different areas of wood and leather. And the lion on the shield is of course sculpted, no bonus points from there, but I'm extremelly happy about it, the colours work and I managed to highlight it quite well.

This lovely couple consists of Julie Guthrie Personalities 813 Female assassin w cup of poison and 845 Half-Elf fighter thief. With the assassin I decided to give her a brown cloak to help him hide in the shadows, but she still has a white dress and a golden belt. The green poison is maybe a bit obvious, but I couldn't resist and the colour pops nicely. The half elf is another story, he hides himself in the front of the people where anyone can see him and then surprise them. I bet these two would make an awesome duo! Light green and purple worked out well together and brown pants give him some practionality. He clearly has two sides in many ways - he is half elf, he is fighter and thief and he is fancy and practical.

Last but not least we have Julie Guthrie Personalities 890 Young Mage and 895 White Witch. Both of them have white and blue colours, unintentional, but reminds me of Finnish flag. Young mage could be male or female or something else - if someone wants to put mages in the boxes. This group is may be not as diverse as some other D&D groups seen on this Challenge, but at least there are some male and female options here, so I'm tagging this post with Sarah's Choice -label, even though I'm not sure if it is a thing this time. :) Young mage has a bit gandalfy look on him/her, but I guess that's quite normal. I especially like the blueish dress of White Witch, heavy drybrush on light blue looks like light is dancing on her dress when she storms into the middle of action. Green belt looks very good, too. Yes, here I'm admiring my own work, humble right? I'm just pleased with my colour choices, because there were no painting guides and all these were different, so an extra effort was needed.

Okay, the summary. There are 8 miniatures in old school 25mm scale, so 40 points in total. No skulls this time (but they are coming) and 1 new squirrel (25mm Classic Fantasy) making it 8 in total I guess.

Teemu, these are a welcome bunch of character figures or even NPC's for any RPG. I do approve of your excellent choice of colours! Another well earned 40 points indeed!

 

Cheers Sander