I haven't posted for a while due to a fairly hectic social life and work load - but I've still managed to do some painting in my spare time! The next nugget to be extracted from the lead mountain was this beastie from Asgard:
A lot of the early Asgard figures were quite coarse, but this one is quite well sculpted I think. It certainly painted up well - just the usual Citadel base paints, then washes and highlighting - although I wish I'd been braver with the shield, and done my own design on it. As it is, I've chickened out and used a transfer (actually from a Warhammer 40k Space Marine transfer set!). The base is just some small stones from the garden, some flock from a railway basing set and some thin strands of stick for the reeds.
It is actually quite a striking figure - literally! - with a very dramatic pose, which I haven't seen any other sculptor use. It is unusual, and makes for a very long figure base, which perhaps accounts for why it wasn't a particularly popular figure. I know Viking Forge still produce it, but on my travels I've only seen my copy of the figure and maybe one or two other pictures of it.
A fantastic figure with an excellent paint job. I have to say the transfer on the shield looks out of place though.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the kind words! I have to be honest and say it was pure cowardice that made me use the transfer - but you're right, it looks out of place, and I'm not sure I can live with it. Looks like I shall have to revisit the shield...
ReplyDeleteNice work, perhaps you could add paint to the decal to help blend it in
ReplyDeleteThanks your comments! I am actually looking at painting over the edges of the decal rather than lifting it... if it comes out OK I'll post new pix.
ReplyDeleteyour right, he's a very striking figure due to that pose, but yeah unless based up properly he looks very unstable, and with needing such a big base, I'd say he's a RPG only kinda figure
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