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Naagruz

Naagruz

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After looking over the other posts here, I was inspired to dig out some of my older minis & take new pics. These were painted back in the '80s-'90s & given the best shellacking with glosscoat in true John Blanche style. :grin:

Here's a few survivors from my mostly stripped O&G army of yore:
 

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Naagruz

Naagruz

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Older RoC Chaos Warriors. Love the poses on these guys, but ranking them up was always a headache!


Classic giant inspired by the "Paint it Black" article from the old Citadel Compendium. Easily one of my favorite minis & quite the dwarf by today's standards.
 

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Naagruz

Naagruz

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Here's more recent work starting with some Chaos dorfs. The boggley-eyed hunchback is going to be the henchman for my Lichemaster project.


Dead men of Dunharrow/C18 Zombies:


Test mini for the Mourngul Horde I'm presently working on. I wanted to somewhat copy the look of the orcs from the original Ravening Hordes cover.
 

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Harry

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Yes, lovely stuff. I can stand to see a little more. :mrgreen:

The test mini is especially good. Looks like an exciting project you have planned. How many minis do you have lined up for it?
 
Padre

Padre

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Delicious figures and a very atmospheric paint-job. Not sure why you don't seem so keen on it. Bizarrely, however, even though I was playing back then, I don't recognise any of these. I guess I wasn't paying attention. :oops:
 
Thantsants

Thantsants

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Gorgeous!

Never seen that giant before and I want one now.

That hobgoblin is lovely - I have a small horde of hobgobs lurking in lead mountain waiting for a lick of paint so I'll be watching yours develop with interest. I'd had a similar idea about the Ravening Hordes cover too :grin:
 
Naagruz

Naagruz

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Many thanks for the compliments! :grin:

@Harry, the Hobgob project is pretty sizable with a mix of about 50 C37 & N12 models. I have some of the newer cavalry & a general on a Temple Dog to boot. Trying to steer clear of the '90s Perry models for this & keeping to the older, oriental flavored minis. I'll get some WiP pics up in that section soon.

More stuff from my youth. Everyone look 45° left!


My Phil Lewis tribute. These guys were all painted with stinky enamels. Fun, but not the easiest paint to work with. Phil's stuff still inspires me!
 

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Orlygg

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More quality sculpts with complimentary photographing and painting... Your skills really do show off these models in the best quality light. The character of these models puts many a modern ( and susposedly superior ) sculpt to shame.
 
Naagruz

Naagruz

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Harry":1jeur2tt said:
How old were you when you were painting this stuff?
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14 to 20 years old for most of it.

Chaos Warriors & Skaven are the latest of the old stuff. Kev Adams Gobbo on the right 3rd pic down is the second Citadel mini I painted, but I had been painting Grenadier minis for years before that.
Chaos dwarfs, zombies, & hobgob are all fairly recent.

I probably started painting lead dudes around 1980 or so with Testors enamel paint & plastic brushes. Here is my first effort.

Classic Heritage mini! :)
 

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Naagruz

Naagruz

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C 19 Lizardman test in progress. Working towards a more gatorrific coloring for the skin.

Basing experiment. I have some broad, leafy plants to add here & am trying to make a dragonfly out of copper wire. :?
 

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Naagruz

Naagruz

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Citadel Collector":37g45m0n said:
Your lizardman shield is perfect!
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Thanks! :grin:

Likely adding tribal paint next. Seems fitting for the C-19s. No luck on my bugs, but I'm still trying.
 

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Selkie

Selkie

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Thats the final straw, at some point I am going to HAVE to get me some of those lizards they are just such nice minis - You have certainly done them justice with that paintjob, I especially like the swampy base - really adds to the 'atmosphere' of the mini. :grin:
 

The Fat Git

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Great stuff, even after 20 years of me honing my painting skills my skaven slaves aren't as nice as yours way back when you were a youngling! Bugger! :oops:
 
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