From the painting desk #61 – Terrors that flap in the night
November 18, 2018It’s more than a couple of weeks since Halloween, so time to recap! As is tradition, I put on a horror themed miniature game for my friends, which in turn was a good incentive for me to get some vampires painted.
These two ladies are part of Bad Squiddo’s My Last Sunrise line, and they’re lovely! I showcased the third one in a previous post. Long, flowing robes and clean sculpting (courtesy of Gus Kearns) made these really fun to paint. Again, I went with a very grey skintone – I had both corpses and statues in mind. I painted the robes in bright colours to counterbalance the grey skin. The painting isn’t as smooth as I’d like – it was a bit rushed so the blending is just not there especially on the blue dress. Other than that, they’re ok.
Another miniature from said Kickstarter campaign, this one needs no introduction. He’s obviously the big D, Dr. Acula, Alucard, the mysterious owner of Carfax Abbey…so yeah Dracula. A quality sculpt by Gary Morley and a easy to paint mini, I’m quite happy. As with the notorious cloaker, I went with a very, very classic look with red cape linings and all. I went for a more human – if pale – skin than with the brides, to represent Dracula being a bit more sophisticated and trying to blend in with humans.
This one is from Reaper, and documentation in this blog reveals that I bought the mini…nine years ago, back in 2009. Sheesh. Well, after nine years of waiting, she’s now finally painted! As you may have noticed, I love painting red, so I went with that here as well. It was a quick, rough-ish paintjob but I feel it does the trick. After all those years in the cupboard I’m just happy that the mini is finished. It’s still a pretty neat sculpt, so kudos to Derek Schubert!
Vampires come in all flavours, and this one from Heresy is definitely one of the nastier-looking ones. Paul Muller has managed to sculpt one of the nicest vampires around, in my opinion. I gave the mini a really quick paintjob consisting mostly of drybrushing and washes, but I’m still immensely happy with the end result. It looks like a nasty beast, just like I wanted it to.
The Halloween game itself was great fun as usual, with vampires successfully eating every single villager before sunrise. A random selection of photos shows you many of the usual suspects appearing in these Halloween games as well as some of the painted minis showcased above. You can click on any photo to open a bigger version in a new tab. Thanks to the players for the photos!
Nice minis and all looking very atmospheric! Hope everyone enjoyed the game!
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by justneedsvarnish November 18, 2018 at 18:14Thanks for the comment! Judging from their comments they had a good time (they took an easy win, that may have helped).
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by Mikko November 18, 2018 at 20:57Wow Mikko, those in-game shots are fantastic!
You did a great job with those figs too, nice work 🙂
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by sho3box November 18, 2018 at 20:53Thanks Paul! It’s fun to have the players take photos of the game, helps with the blogging too 🙂
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by Mikko November 18, 2018 at 20:56Love that heresy vampire- the model is posed well, your paint job really brought out the best of it.
Cheers,
Pete.
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by Pete S/ SP November 19, 2018 at 00:10This is all the brilliant mate – that Heresy vamp looks like a really nasty customer, and I love how the purple dress on the 1st lady-vamp looks like silk! Very cool painting dude, and a superb looking game
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by Alex November 19, 2018 at 10:08Thanks Alex, appreciated! The Halloween games have become a staple at this point, and usually boost my minis output too – deadlines will do that.
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by Mikko November 19, 2018 at 11:23Great stuff 🙂
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by Warburton November 21, 2018 at 12:50Thanks Warb!
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by Mikko November 25, 2018 at 13:52Hi Mikko, I particularly liked the vampire. Fangs for posting!
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by theuniversalgardener November 22, 2018 at 01:24I see the humour goes in the family 😀 Thanks for the comment, glad you liked them!
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by Mikko November 25, 2018 at 13:52Very nice Mikko. Especially enjoyed the range of pics and game play. Was that Andre the Giant in there?
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by Mark A. Morin November 27, 2018 at 23:18Thanks Mark, it was Andre indeed! More accurately his character from Princess Bride. You can get him from Antediluvian miniatures 🙂
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by Mikko November 28, 2018 at 00:05