Jacobus Vyne in the Old World

 

Warhammer Quest: Dark Water has some interesting models for sure. But as soon as I saw him I knew I had to get Jacobus Vyne and his animated leaf familiar. 

He is a way taller than his older counterparts, but that's cool. It reminds me how Gandalf the Grey towered over everyone else. The more realistic proportions give him a small head than the older miniatures which, to me, helps to imagine that he is a tall old guy. 

I used Contrast Paints almost exclusively on this miniature. Militarum Green, Creed Camo and Aeldari Emerald are the three dominant colors here. 

Anyway, the brevity of this post is a result of me not taking WIP pics or notes as I worked on this. I have to admit, I had a lot of fun jamming away on this guy. I even went just on the flocking stage giving him a variety of tufts, leaves and even a cat tail! 

Hopefully this guy will hit the table in the near future as I get my old Reiklanders rebased and battle-ready! 

High Elf Mage Lady

 

Casting from a high tower.

This is a bit of rarity. This is a High Elf Mage by Ral Partha. It was sculpted by Chris Fitzpatrick prior to him joining GW. I found his Ral Partha sculpts way back in the early '00s and thought that they made better, and definitely unique, analogs for the GW official products at the time. 

With painting this particular model I only got so far as the first stages of the mid-coats before I abandoned the High Elf project altogether. Here we are over 20 years later and I think think she'll work out great. 

After I extended the base, I just went all in on painting her up. Just a few notes I want to touch on: the flesh was done using the old '90s era Elf Flesh over the basecoast of Bestial Brown. Kislev Flesh was painted over that. This was topped with Eldar Flesh which is a Citadel Dry Paint. And finally a highlight of Palid Wythe Flesh. 

This model was a sculpted base that has a kind of summoning or casting symbol etched into the ground. Originally I was just going to leave it dark like a  carving , but looking at it now, two decades later, and I found it really difficult to see. So I went in the opposite direction and filled those groves with white ink. And then hit that (once that white ink eventually dried) with Tesseract Glow. 

Here is a bird's eye view to hopefully give you a better perspective of the glowing triangular rune she is standing in. Even though it's a bit subtle, I'm very much more satisfied with this than with what I was originally going to do. I guess waiting about 25 years has it's benefits? 

Hail to the bird's eye view!

I hope you got a kick out of this one, More elf goodness coming soon.