Whew. Lot to report here.
Since I last posted, I have since completed my new resin Feral Warpwolf. "One-Eye" (as he is now named, and appropriately scarred) is finished, and reaction at the FLGS was quite positive. Pics forthcoming, but he is completely done. I should really get back to my Gallows Grove and get that finished soon.
Not long after One-Eye, the fiancee bought me Ghetorix as a gift, so he'll be next up on the list of Circle models to be assembled and fielded. So far though, I have yet to touch him.
Jules also decided to pick up a slew of new Khador models - Kayzay Eliminators, Vladimir the Dark Champion, Battle Mechanik Officer and Black Ivan. We also found a new miniature to represent her barbarian character, "Mercy" in our all-female Pathfinder game. This model, however, was abandoned shortly after it was prepped and ready for painting when she found another figure she liked better. So that's been primed and started on, instead.
However, because Jules has been somewhat wanting to get back into her Khador, I opted to begin work on Black Ivan. As of tonight he's about 75% finished. I also finally prepped Kommander Harkevich to go with him, as his playstyle dovetails exactly into Jules' favored tactics. Black Ivan & Harkevich are coming along nicely, as is the miniature for Mercy. I also finally tested out my Winsor & Newton brushes last night. While not exactly what I expected, tonight's use of my size 0 brush came in perfectly handy to get Harkevich's face and googles painted in. I suspect I'll be turning to this brush often to complete all the tiny details on the mini.
In other news, I've been trying like crazy to locate a miniature suitable as a female halfling bard for another player in the all-female Pathfinder game. Turns out, only one such miniature exists, and I'm not fond of it whatsoever. So I bit the bullet, found an older female halfling mini I owned, stripped it, bought a razor saw, ordered a small lute from Reaper miniatures and resolved to try and convert the figure.
Turns out, the lute piece is sized perfectly for a human-sized miniature... not so much for a halfling. Grimacing, I decided that now would be a good time to try my hand once again at sculpting with green stuff, now that I read a few new tricks on various forums. So a few cuts with the razor saw, a clip or two with the clippers, and the mini was sans arms.
I was able to sculpt a passable lute (as well as an appropriate hat for my gunslinging dwarf character), then did some drilling and pinning... the results so far are actually promising. Not perfect, but quite passable for a first try and really converting a figure. I've taken some photos, I'll have to post those up soon.
That's it for now. Hopefully Ivan and Harkevich will be done soon enough that Jules can get in some game-time with them... I'm not looking forward to seeing a ton of bombards raining down on my forces.
