Kapitan Ivanka Kurganova

Its a bank holiday Monday here in the UK. Traditionally this is marked by heavy rain, and rubbish films on the telly. Well the rain has kept off, but the poor telly is here. I avoided doing any work around the house by feigning interest in a 1965 Dr Who film. I had forgotten just how bad British film making of that era was! That was enough for me to reach for the off button on the telly and to pick up the old paintbrushes...

I have "friended" Raging heroes on facebook. This appears just enough encouragement for them to send a daily reminder that they are about to start a kickstarter campaign. The intensity of their posts has reached the point whereby I am guilted into finishing the second of three figures I brought in December.

I have kept to a very traditional colour scheme for this girl. The Raging heroes figure matches the many cosplay photos that are out there on the Internet: so I was not short on inspiration for the model. 

Hope you enjoy my efforts. Remember that if you click on a photo a larger version will appear. Enjoy!

Kommander Malinka Kurganova

The busy chaps at Raging Heroes have very skillfully identified my weak-spot and supplied models to match. Therefore, on a cold winters night I gave into temptation and dived head-long into the Kurganova limited edition box set, despite the fact that I have no possible army I could use them in! I was just far too tempted by the sight of such beautiful figures.

I assembled them over Christmas and have now finished painting the first of the three girls. Kommander Malinka is a fine young lady and was quite a pleasure to paint.

The details on the master are all there, but they are cast on in quite a low profile. It is very important to be very careful to apply only the thinnest of undercoats. I was not quite so careful, so struggled with some of the detailing. 

I opted to go with a dark purple coat because I thought this would accentuate the gold picture and writing. I couldn't resist giving her white PVC boots. The features on the model are very well crafted and I would strongly recommend the models. Please forgive the lighting, I managed to blow up my lamp before the photos were taken.

Click on the photos to make them larger, but try not to look too close, some for the detailed painting looks a little ropey....

Chaos Tzeentch warshrine painted

Last Wednesday I posted up the start of the assembly of a flying Tzeentch war-shrine for my Troll army.

I have now completed the assembly and painted the beast. When I last left it, I had not worked out how to make it look like it was floating. The answer, as usual was to go do the simplest route. I cut a flying stand short and placed it onto that. Easy!

I have tried to maintain a consistent colour scheme across the model, so have painted the slaves that pull the shrine a pale blue colour.

When I first painted the shrine, it was just blue. However my usual advisers; the players at my local gaming club said it needed jazzing up a little. I therefore added a swirly pattern. Very easy in the end, and I think it looks OK.

As always, click on the pictures to make them larger..