So my first post of this week, I have painted a full set of models from Crooked Dice Studio. They are a collection of Mutants from across their range of TV inspired models. After having great fun painting a whole range of characters from the Masters of Universe range from Archon Studios over the last year, I felt these would also be fun to paint, Especially if I painted them to look like characters from one of my favourite cartoons from my younger days, Thundercats.
I chose to paint these in a clear, crisp style. Not too much drybrushing or shading. No inks and colours as accurate as possible. The models are surprisingly detailed and took some effort to get accurate. The fun was in keeping the lines clean and not relying on inks or washes to hide any imperfections.
I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed painting these. When painting historical miniatures it is surprising how much brown there is, coupled with the painters friend, a brown wash, its amazing how brown miniatures end up looking from a distance. I display some models on a vintage printers tray hanging on my wall, which is also brown. These models were in contrast bright and colourful, even the bad guys.
The big boss bad guy in Thundercats, called Mumm-Ra appeared in one of two forms in most episodes. A tiny mummy that chewed the scenery like The Emperor in Return of the Jedi and then a Japanese animation style transformation occured and he become more muscled than skeletor and with a dramatic up-gust of wind making his cape billow.
Of course, he has to have his cronies.
This is my fourth visit in the library to the section for Childrens books. I'm sure its clear why.
The Points
13 x 28mm miniatures at 5 points each = 65 points
Bonus points for Childrens books = 20 points
Total 85 points
* Yes, I looked it up, a collective noun for cats is a clowder. Every day is a school day.
Sylvain: A very colorful submission with pastel tones, as if it was summer somewhere (hint, not in Canada)... I really like the crazy hairstyles on some of the models as well as the cartoonish design of some other miniatures, which your painting style neatly highlighted.Well done!