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| Hellbaby WIP - First layers of green and olive to represent the uniform of the Allied Forces |
As inevitably seems to happen with the vast majority of
my painting projects I have extended the scope of my latest endeavour, and as a
result will spectacularly fail to finish them within the planned deadline.
Originally I had planned to complete one or two of these “Heroclix” miniatures
for this weekend. But having rummaged around my “Wizkids” collection I have
discovered I have many more members of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and
Defense, so have decided to spend the next fortnight working my way through them
in order to submit them for Comedic Bonus Themed Round of the Analogue Hobbies
Painting Challenge; after all the B.P.R.D. is a fictional organisation charged
with protecting America in a comic book.
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| Kraus WIP - Black boots are finished and trousers inked. Guest-star WIP appearance by Hellboy |
As a result I haven’t yet quite
finished this model of Hellbaby yet, but I have managed to complete most of the
basic layers of his clothing. As the infant demon was discovered by the Allied
Forces in 1944 I thought they’d probably dress him in a spare (ill-fitting) American
soldier’s uniform, hence the green trousers and cream-brown shirt.
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| Daimio WIP - Black boots, trousers and jumper could do with being broken up |
Johann Kraus
wears a simple brown containment suit for his disembodied ectoplasmic spirit, so
in order to break up the all-tan colour scheme I’ll be painting his body armour
dark brown. The were-jaguar Captain Ben Daimio should also be reasonably
straight forward to paint. Albeit now I’ve given myself more time to finish
painting him I may well break up the black boots, trousers and jumper.
In
addition I have yet to base and undercoat Roger the Homunculus, Liz Sherman, Abe
Sapien and Lobster Johnson.
I'm really looking forward to seeing you finish painting these figures, Simon. Hellbaby somehow looks cute, ridiculous and creepy all at once! I think I have all the Heroclix Hellboy range of figures. They're still in the display box they came in and I can't remember ever using them in a game.
ReplyDeleteBryan, I wish I'd bought them as a boxed set... some like Liz and Abe have had to travel across the Atlantic to reach my painting table as I'm such a completist :-) They're not even gathering dust in that box though... pop them on some bases and give 'em a lick of paint - you know you want to ;-)
DeleteWeird and wonderful and even if I have no clue what these are, I'll be looking forward to seeing what you do with them.
ReplyDeleteCheers Zabadak. I don't read the "B.P.R.D." comics myself as I only ever bought one graphic novel and the pages fell out of it within a day of reading it. Put me off as a result. However I have picked up a couple of the latest issues to see what these characters are up to... only to find most are actually dead :-o
DeleteThe BPRD series is really good IMO, though some of the later collections (like 1946) aren't quite up to scratch. They are very different to Hellboy though as it has one big story arc rather than lots of short stories.
DeleteThanks Paul. I'm just waiting on some issues of "B.P.R.D.: HELL ON EARTH" to arrive to keep me motivated, and will doubtless post up some reviews of them on my comic blog when the chance arises. Anything you'd recommend though?
DeleteStarting at the beginning would make more sense as it all builds up to Hell On Earth ;)
DeleteThink of Hell on Earth as series 4 or 5 of a tv series
Cheers Paul. I think one of the issues is #119 so that's an awful lot of back issues to find :-) You've certainly got me enthused for their arrival though, and I hope to have a bit more painted plastic to show you in a few days time.
DeleteYou can ignore the 1946/8 volumes as those aren't necessary for the lead up to Hell on Earth and are some of the weaker issues. I tend to buy the tpb versions as they are easier to store and read on the train to work ;)
DeleteThanks Paul. I'm a comic person myself, and have my faves etc on my phone for travelling :-) I'll steer clear of the 1946/8 ones and try and get a bit of a run on the current series. You'll see when they;ve arrived as I;ll started posting about 'em ;-)
DeleteHellboy and BPRD are some of my favourite comics, so I approve of this project ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul. They certainly should be good for gaming against my Nazi Zombies as well as some of the more Cthulhu-esque models I plan to use for future Batreps :-)
DeleteHow do they size up to other 28mm miniatures?
DeletePerfectly. The only slightly under-sized one is actually Hellboy himself. I'd have expected him to have required a 40mm base in many ways, but the mini is actually a little bit shorter than Kraus. But nothing which'll make you notice when they're on the gaming table :-)
DeleteGreat stuff Bk! They're all coming along nicely. I'm sure Hellboy would make a good star opponent for said Nazi Zombies. What Cthulhu you planning to use, H.P.L is one of my favourite authors.
ReplyDeleteCheers Bob. I've just recieved the Inter-dimensional beastie from this "Meridian Miniatures" Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/interdimensional-bestiary) and if I can get that painted up then "Fenris Games" do a whole range based upon HPL's novels (which I'm always listening too on audio; Shadows over Innsmouth being my fave).
DeleteNice progress with they will look great when finished.
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon. These certainly seem to have been a popular subject to paint.
DeleteLobster Johnson? I've heard of Lobster Thermidor but Lobster Johnson's new to me.
ReplyDeleteThing's are progressing quite nicely. Look forward to the finished group.
Cheers Finch. I seem to have done little but post WIPs for the past few weeks. But my next posting will show that some of my mini-projects are finally starting to reach fruition. Although not actually in the BPRD, Lobster Johnson is a vigilante who worked in secret in New York City during the 1930's. His trademark was to burn a lobster claw into the forehead of his victims :-)
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