Zemlod's assorted randomness - from Fantasy to SF and Historicals

[Zemlod]

Hi there everyone,

here I'll be posting all the stuff I'm painting that isn't either Praetorians or Lord of the Rings related.

For starters, here's some Hittites!

"Hit what?" I hear you say? Well, after what seemed like ages spent with their squiggly scribbly clay markings (wo's gonna prove it wasn't just a tiny bird with broken toes who did that?) I just had to paint some of these lads...






Please don't mind the wonky spears, I just couldn't motivate myself enough to replace the sh**y plastic ones with proper wire pikes...

[Zemlod]

Double Post!

These were done as colour testers, I will be revisiting these eventually...

[Zemlod]

And while I'm at it, here's what I did to my first Finecast figure:

An Empire captain painted in the colours of Hibbdebach (or is that Dribbdebach?).



The scheme was suggested by the girlfriend; the eagle is my first real attempt at a freehand...

Also finished during the last year, these were a birthday gift. So if you're reading this: thanks again
I tried out what I could do with the GW washes and only minimal actual painting (.i. a couple of highlights here and there).

[juicytomatoes]

very good painting all round!

love the Hit-whatsits. Scribbly markings by a bird, you say? More power to them then! What game system are you going to use them for?

I don't suppose you're going to paint some Ass-whatsit too?

The freehand on the cape of the Empire captain of Dribblydoodah town is very good too!

[Sureshot05]

That is a great empire general, you've really shown some good skills with the clothing and kept the scheme coherent at the same time. Well done!

[Animerik]

Really like the empire captain! The white could have been a bit more even but that is nitpicking.. I'm looking forward to see it based and it its full glory.

cheers, keep it up

[Jormi_Boced]

Your empire captain looks great. Is that the finecast one?

[Zemlod]

Thank you for your kind comments!

@juicytomatoes: actually, I haven't yet decided on any particular ruleset for the ancients. I reckon, I'll paint up more of the tiny men until I've got enough for a little game and then try out some rules on them..
And, yeah, I'vhe thought about the Assy-somethings too. However, after working for the last couple of years literally next door to some Egyptologists, I'll be painting some of Pharao's men before that. And some rides for the Hitt-naughts.

@Animerik: Thanks! I see what you mean with the white of the cape. Maybe a glaze/wash with a greyish cream coulour, followed by white highlights again could work...

@Jormi_Boced: Yeah, that's the resin one. I got curious after hearing (and seeing) all these bad news about miscasts &c. I reckon I was lucky, there were hardly any bubbles in the resin and only a small section on the bottom of the cloak was missing. His pistol appears bent though. As I only noticed after basecoating him, I decided not to fix it after all.
All in all, he was fun to paint, although I can't see what the revolutionaly degree of detail is supposed to be. Maybe it'll be visible on those figures actually sculpted for FC. We'll see ...

As for news, I did some more resin ofer the last year (years?).

First up:

« Ciel! Mon Death Korps! »


And one of the new Kromlech "Death Korps Orks":