And a new posting for a new month! The next nugget to be extracted from the Lead Mountain was this chappie from Grenadier. To be honest, I was not enthused - whilst I think a lot of the Grenadier sculpts from the 2nd series are fantastic, there are a couple that are so-so... and this was one of them. Still, out with the brushes - all the usual base colours, an Army Painter soft tone wash for the flesh and a dark tone for the metal, and then highlighting. Simples!
Whilst the paint job came out OK, I think my issues are mostly with the figure itself. It doesn't look especially menacing, and the proportions are a bit out - the legs look too small for the rest of the figure. And I'm not entirely sure what its purpose is - presumably it was meant to be the centre piece for an Orc or Goblin army? I don't think I'm alone in this, as it rarely turns up on e-bay, which suggests it wasn't a big seller. It might get some table top time as a guardian figure for treasure rooms, but to be honest there are lot of other (and better) figures suited for the job.
Nice work! I think that was one of the later sculptors...Andy Chernak's cyclops had a ton of personality.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comment! And yes, I think this is a Chernak sculpt - I'll have to do some research into it.
DeleteI like him, he would suit a RPG oir tabletop skirmish set in old greece myths very well.....
ReplyDeleteYou're right, he's fit in with an Ancient Greece based campaign really well. Unfortunately I'm more into the Nordic/Dark Ages side of things, so he may well be moved on...
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