A Blast from the Past: The Roper

Here is a blast from the past....a 1980's Roper from the Grenadier Dwellers Below box set. This sculpt kind of borders on funny and creepy .. .it could go either way.  These creatures are very dangerous to deal with. In fact one killed my very first D&D character in 1981 or so. Bastard.

It was good mini to paint because of the silky smooth texture.  My layers went on very easily.  There are not a lot of small detail areas on this mini either, so that helped.  Come to think of it, I could have put some different kinds of scales or circular marks on him to add to the stalagmite effect.

Thanks for reading and here is the cool box for Grenadier's Dwellers Below!!!

Gromgar - Dwarf of the North

All hail Gromgar...brave dwarf from the northern mountains. This is one of the Grenadier Personalities miniatures from the 1990s, and it is also the last of my adventuring group.  He turned out the best of all of them, probably because I had practiced so much before starting on him, that my metal painting was more in tune.  His face was the only one that turned out good in my eye...he may have had his face painted first before the other guys. Anyways, I really like this mini and may not coat him with Dullcote so that I can preserve the paint work.

And here is the back of Gromgar...a bit tougher to do for me than the front. My favorite parts are the axe, the shield, the beard, and the horns.  Least favorite is the chainmail...I tried for a bronze colored effect.

Old School Ral Partha Ogre

This is an old Ral Partha Ogre from the late 70's or early 80's.  You will see this guy around a lot on eBay in lots or individually, so he is either cheap or very popular.  Why do I like him?  He has a cool kind of defensive posture, and you know the way he is hanging on to the club that he will hit HARD. I know the modern ogres are huge with crazy muscles and are bigger, but I just think wild ogres might be more scrawny , desperate, and hungry...not Gold's Gym Ogres but more like coyotes or bears.
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Below is picture of his backside.  The cameras hate this ogre...most likely because there is so much green that they get confused. He is mounted on a 25 mm magnetic base from Gale Force 9.

Adventuring Group Progress: 6 out of 7 Minis Done!

It is very nice to have finished most of the minis in this adventuring group. The latest addition is Bleasely the fighter on the far right, who required quite a bit of NMM steel work.  The result is something that kind of passes for metal ...but seems cleaner to me than metallic paint.  These minis are smaller than Reaper, being true 25mm, so painting them is tougher for me.  I  bought some reading glasses to wear while painting so that I can see them up close.

Here are the backs of the party. I decided to paint on some dungeon stones on the bases instead of adding flock or rocks. This makes for a cleaner look.  I'm not super happy with Bleasely's face, but he is a sorry fellow, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Now, it is time to paint to the final member of the party, the dwarf known only as Gromgar.