Giant Space Hamster

I just finished this cute big guy this morning for Roleplaying & Miniatures first paint contest. I thought I was out of time so I rushed it at the end, but it turns out the contest was slightly delayed. Ah, well, it got my but in gear!

Since this is a bit of a silly topic I got a little "cheeky" with the model. The original design was missing the rear part of the harness, and my family and I decided that it was because the booty would look like it was sporting a Giant Space Thong. I obviously had to add it in. I also opted for the low road and put poops on the base. My recollection of hamsters is that they are adorable, but that they drop pellet poops everywhere very casually, so, big ol' space poops had to be on the base.

On a more serious note, because I had limited time to finish this mini (only a few days to print and paint were available in my queue), I had to focus on something other than an ultra clean paintjob with smooth transitions. Instead I opted to try and really nail the color balance. Because the model was very ruddy brown I thought I would contrast that with a bright blue base and slight tints of blue in the metals. 

I never really imagined having a GSH in my collection, but now that it is done I think it will make a fine addition to the collection. I suspect it will make a memorable NPC.
 

Exoform Salvage Mech Construct / Crab mech

 This was my first addition to my Ancients of Atalan warband. I went a little wild shading with colored metals and I had a lot of fun free-styling with them as I went.  One of the reasons I like my DeepWars pieces so much is because they are so fun to work on. The different genres in the system let me to feel free to try crazy ideas and usual bold color palates I shy away from in other parts of my collection. It s a testing ground in many ways, and I learned a lot! Only down side to this model is that it was tough to photograph - I had a sea-devil of a time getting a good angle.

Banshee

 

Harumph.

I said it. This may be my least favorite piece in my collection at the moment. I finished it as a speedpaint in 2020 with the idea that I would make it as monochromatic as possible. It made the queue for a few reasons: it was a good subject for a (nearly) monochromatic study, it was convenient to just grab a Bones model, and I desperately needed a banshee for LMoP. That it wasn't a great cast was an upside - no pressure. In particular, the hands weren't my favorite  and it suffered from the missing nose syndrome that many of the earlier Bones models had. I went with it and gave her a rotted-off skull-face nose, which actually ups the creepiness a bit. 

Anyhow, she does the job and even though I am now flush with ghost lady STLs I doubt I'll replace her any time soon.