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. 

Ogres and Goblins Warband

 

I could've sworn I had posted this warband here on the blog before, but it looks like I omitted one of my favorite big projects in my collection! These minis are some of the best that reaper has done in its bones line, and I love that they are themed together. They have continued to add more ogres and goblins with a similar style, and I have since added a handful of additional models, but this collection is the original group first completed in 2018.

I already have multiple goblin warbands in my collection, so I elected to go with the seldom used blue as the base skin color. I really like the look as it contrasts well with the orange skin of the ogres and the rusted iron used throughout. I doubled down on the palate by using bright aqua accents as well. 

 This collection is a critical part of my goal to complete all the models necessary to run LMoP and DoIP, so I am happy to have them done! Other models from those modules are at the top of my queue, and I will need to expand the number of goblins quite a bit.

Below are some pictures of subgroups so everything can be seen a little more clearly

Ogre Leaders:

Ogre Brutes:

Goblins:

Manes Demons

 

 

Fresh from the kitchen table! I received these guys as part of my CSM rewards and knocked them out as fast as I could. they share a color & basing scheme in common with all of my demons: blue skin, green eyes and reddish golden hair; while still being unique. They are quite small and the models are mounted on 20mm round bases, my preferred choice for small sized minis. at some point I'd like to get another 27 of these and convert up a crazy swarm of the evil looking little demons.

Getting close to reaching my annual paint goal of 52 minis! Only three to go!

 Edit: These are among my most viewed miniatures - but the pictures were awful! I have posted newer photos above, but the pics below are the originals that I have left for some reason.

 

Horned Devil

This was the first paint job that has been used by a studio: horned devil 2. This test piece was painted along with a second devil over the course of a few days. I am reasonably happy with the outcome. I had a near disaster towards the end when my matte varnish frosted badly. I was able to salvage the work using gloss and  matte and touching up what I couldn't fix. lesson leaned: heed the weather, shake well, and don't thin with water in this climate.
    My Demons & Devils Kickstarter loot came today and I've already started on some of the little demons. Pretty impressive haul, without a doubt, and I'm looking to getting my legions of evil ready for the game table.
My stack of minis from this year is getting daunting. I still have a few more devils coming, a good sized Deepwars haul, the last of sedition wars, and tome of horrors at the end of the year. All that loot from KS alone. Yikes! I better get painting!