I have some hobbying posts to catch up on! Next up for the Herd are two powerful Tree Herders. The models are variants of Verdant Ancients, originally from Archvillain Games, but I purchased mine via Crypt Monkey Games on etsy.
Ta-da! The overhang is ridiculous. |
See? The scenic bases are just too massive. |
The minis came with scenic bases, but the bases barely fit on 75mm squares! They are HUGE. It's a bit of a shame, as the bases would have protected the swords, but yeah, it's just not reasonable for wargaming, and I didn't want to run these with exceptional base sizes. Additionally the bottoms of each of the scenic bases are bowing outward, so.. even if I wanted to use them, there would have been some issues getting them to not roll around a base. Best to just leave them for now. The bases might make good scatter terrain in a skirmish game or something though.
The first. I will probably run this one the most often, as the sword is mostly off to the side. |
Instead of the scenic bases they came with, I resorted to scraps of insulation foam, following the steps for my craggy hills, but on a smaller scale. Even with the protective glue / Mod Podge coat, the foam still has enough give to hold the oddly shaped feet (which were meant to slip neatly into specific spots of their scenic base). Each mini is taking a step up, so that foot got superglued to the foam rock, and the other foot got glued with normal white glue to the base and snow effect, to hopefully prevent the yellowing side effect we finally seemed to track down with the Forest Shamblers.
The second. The sword is positioned as best I could, and unfortunately the creature is closer to a 3/4 profile than I would have liked. I might change the facing if/when the sword breaks. |
I am expecting the swords to break eventually, so I tried to keep the painting simple. It's mostly all cheap craft paints: a base coat of burnt umber, then dry brushing Deathclaw Brown, and then went back to the cheap craft paints with beige and grey dry brushing to finish them off. Keeping it to just a bunch of dry brushing should be able to help camouflage any repairs needed down the line. The cycloptic eye was just whatever blues I had nearby; the exact coloring there wasn't important to me. Just a darker watered down base layer for a bit of a glow, and a brighter blue applied more sparingly and centrally to sell the effect.
I really love these sculpts and tried printing them a little smaller for a friend, I think as Wyrmriders? But had a lot of failures. I was pitching them to him as Tree Herders, including the scythe dude as Wilt Dad.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, your pair look great! Way to engineer them new bases as well.
Yeah, I didn't pick him up, but the scythe guy is neat too, and would have probably had the best fit of the three onto a monster base. Printing them off yourself would really open up a lot of possibilities for them too. Neat sculpts for sure!
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