From ReillyOG: The Aquifer and Curtgeld - Swamp Trolls and Khazrak One-Eye!(93 points)

Here lies the end of my painting dryspell. After dredging through a solid 70 goblins(of 200) I quickly burnt myself and only just managed to break it with some fun stuff. 

First, I've finally decided to enter the Snow Lord's Dungeon through the Aquifer, and who better to help me in than this merry band of River/Marsh Trolls! A unit of 6, this unit is made up of trolls who have made a habit of camouflaging themselves with all sorts of vegetation in the deep of the river waiting for passers by to provide a lovely lunchtime snack. These were a tonne of fun to do, especially returning to joyous muscle blending after the sea of boring hoods and cloaks that are night goblins. This was also the first time experimenting with some water basing, and while I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, im not keen to figure out water features that are a little more extreme than the humble puddle.

Had to get a close up of my favourite of the bunch.  Once upon a time this Gurrogg here was sent to raid the holiday home of a Empire noble, he came across the exotic Koi pond in the yard. After eating most of the fish (cause what else is there to do with a fish), he noticed that the fish here were a lot shinier and prettier than the boring brown fish in the rivers of the Drakwald. So, from that day forth, Gurrogg has carried around the fish as both a trophy and a friend. He's even named the fish "Gwub". Some of the goblins swear that there is something else in the river chasing this prized fish but the troll barely seems to care(or notice).

Enough with that nonsense, on to the star of the show and my entry for the Curtgeld, Khazrak One-Eye! This feller here is one of the most famous beastlords to grace the Empire with his unholiness due to the fact that Khazrak possesses a ruthless cunning far above his more bestial kin. Kharak and his relentless herds spare no one and have consistently been a major pain in the backside for the populous of Middenland. (Only now do I realise I'm a tad late with the Curtgeld entry, apologies)

He possesses the Scourge whip which is described as: "Scourge is a lethal whip, wrapped in the bitter curses of many generations of Bray-shamans. Its cruel barbs can tear out great chunks of flesh, causing the victim tremendous agony." In order to reflect how cruel he can be, this model totes a hefty 9 skullz all on its own.

All up, points total should be 105 93 points:

River Trolls: 6x10 8 points

Aquifer: 20 points

Khazrak One-Eye: 5 points(and 9 skullz)

Kurtgeld: 20 points

Happy painting all!

from JamesM Kurtgeld - 'Cecil'

Hi Folks,

Apologies, I missed the deadline on Thursday for this due to a busy social schedule... Hoping this can be picked up and posted!

I've been working on, and have now finished, my part of the team entry. Apologies for there being no basing done, one of my co-conspirators will be working on this. 

Painting this model was a big shift for me. I normally don't:

1) Paint animals (dead chickens aside!)...
2) Paint 28mm...
3) Paint things that are not connected to modern warfare...

So to end up with a 28mm Lion on the desk took a bit of extra effort and a lot of 'faffing' while I found colours, tried techniques, etc.

Anyway, I present for your consideration 'Cecil' the Lion!

Cecil was named after my primary source of reference images! Although I have to admit that the longer I worked on him, the less he looked to me like a Lion and the more he looked like a big playful Labrador...

One really interesting dilemma I had in painting this figure was the question of what does a Lion look like? Specifically, should I paint the model to look as much like an actual Lion as I can, or should I paint it to look like what people think a Lion looks like.

One of the reference pics I used for Cecil.

What people think of when you ask what a Lion looks like!

In the end, I went for accuracy! Although I did decide to darken the mane slightly to differentiate between the face and mane. This was done based on input from my lady wife (she knows what a Lion is supposed to look like, apparently. Based on watching the Lion King many times, I suspect. Not so much use when I'm asking her how my Shermans are looking).

Hopefully the whole ensemble will be shared once the model reaches Tamsin!

From DaveD
A fine rendition James , I will pick it up from you and we WILL get it sorted into its diorama. 25 points it is!