Very Slowly Painted Giak Attack

Malacassa

Malacassa

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Finished Giak No.4 from the 1980's Giak Attack Boxed set. I have had this set since from at least the Nineties but have never got round to finishing it. I have managed an odd figure every now and again. So they all have widely different painting styles. But at this stage I plan to keep them all different. The banner guy has sat half painted for at least a year, so it was finally his turn this afternoon. I even painted both sides of the banner which is always a bit of a strain for me.






White Dwarf 59 November 1984 - The One with the Troll & Female Magic User


She doesn't seem to be carrying much equipment for a dungeon bash but this seemed standard for the period. You may be wondering why I have posted this apart from its obvious charms. But there is a point, it is the first pictures I could find of completed Lone Wolf figures including Lone Wolf, Prince Penethor and the Giaks. The figures were included in the regular Tabletop Heroes section of White Dwarf written by Joe Dever & Gary Chalk. Back when White Dwarf only had two pages devoted to miniatures - one page of colour pictures and one page of painting tips and topics. Seems crazy now!



More Pictures on the blog post

https://malacassaoldhammer.blogspot.com/2021/08/lw1-giak-attack-very-slowly.html

Rob
 
Citizen Sade

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Those Giaks, IMO, are some of the best Goblins that GW ever made. This is probably down to the source material so take a bow, Gary Chalk.
 

Zhu Bajie

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Always wanted that set back in the day. Great painting on some excellent models, nice work on the banner, your efforts paid off.
 
Malacassa

Malacassa

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Thanks for the comments

After not painting these figures for years (decades), I sudden found the motivation to finish them. I know it is not many figures but they never seemed to get to the front of the queue until now. It is probably because I am not rushing to finish an army at the moment. Just adding bits as they come along.

So the last two



Group Shot


Gourgaz was the first to be painted (in the nineties) a and I would like to have another go at him as my painting style/skills have changed significantly. But I am not going to strip this figure But I might be able to get one more...

More photos on the blog plus I came across a review for Talisman version 1 in an old White Dwarf.
https://malacassaoldhammer.blogspot.com/2021/09/lw1-giak-attack-finished.html
 
Malacassa

Malacassa

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Lone Wolf Returns
I'm on a bit of a Lone Miniatures roll having painting more figures this year than the last twenty years put together. So with Lone Wolf painted, I have four figures left, so I think its time to finish painting the rest. It would be good to get the rest of the set (& I keep my eyes open) but the prices are just to high to justify spending that much on just four more figures. Especially when there are many other great Oldhammer figures for much less money. I am glad I got these ones when the prices were ok.

I tried go for a colour scheme which fits a ranger. With a bit of dirt as he can't he too clean living in the wilds. The original drawing has a bit too much green, so I decided to limit the green to the cloak only. Using browns instead.





As usual a few pictures on the blog
https://malacassaoldhammer.blogspot.com/2021/09/flight-from-dark.html
 
Malacassa

Malacassa

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A Lone Wolf Bandit & a Bit of Lead Rot



The latest of my Lone Wolf figures has been the bandit. Unfortunately he seems to have suffered a bit lead rot. He was a figure that I purchased off of eBay already painted and sat on the shelf for a number of ears before painting. He had the paint removed and I did attempt to paint him as part of the duel series however I gave up because at the time I thought was unremoved paint but I now realise was lead rot. Which was giving a rough surface around the recesses of the model.

When I painted him the first time, I did think the paint removal (lead rot) wasn't great but it really showed up as I painted the model. Interestingly the figure was a very dark metal colour which i assume means the lead mix was bit off. As most my other figures from the same period are a much light metal colour.

As usual more stuff on the blog post.

https://malacassaoldhammer.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-very-rotten-bandit.html
 
symphonicpoet

symphonicpoet

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Oh, those look very nice indeed! I particularly like the knight and banner bearer, and the livestock makes me particularly happy after my own livestock painting binge in the . . . spring? Last year? (Whichever it was.) Some livestock make great set dressing. Well done and all around lovely!
 
Sleepysod

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Could you give a close up shot of the gourgaz? I know you said you want to repaint but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in the flesh, so to speak. I had one of the guards from Lone Wolf at one point but the Giak Attack set was always something I admired and wanted but never got my hands on.
 
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