C05 Oriental Hero Fox Priest

This figure (according to the Collecting Citadel Miniatures Wiki page), is called C05 Oriental Hero Fox Priest:

I am quite pleased with how it turned out. I accidently broke the head of the staff off whilst cleaning it, but just grabbed something from the Bitz box and I think it works rather well. The Japanese writing on the flag is from the 1954 Japanese film ‘Seven Samurai’. I found it quite difficult to do as I am not very good at freehand at all but this was what I was after:

For the head band I did a quick Google and decided upon the attached image as it looked the most straightforward to paint. I think the symbols mean Japan, but don’t quote me on that!

Overall, I like this figure and it was fun to paint and to use Japanese symbols for the first time. 

Cheers.

Jeg

Chaos Warrior Thun Helmbeater

Thun Helmbeater. Enough said really. I finished this Chaos Warrior about two weeks ago but just couldn’t muster up the energy to photograph him until this evening that is:

 

I wanted the armour to be bright so decided upon red which quickly turned to orange with yellow highlights. I quite like how it came out especially the green hair. No shield for Thun Helmbeater which pleased me immensely! I’ve got a few other figures painted and ready to be photographed but I am not entirely happy with them. The paint jobs are very plain/dull and I think the reason for this is that I didn’t like the sculpts. It’s great when a figure just sort of paints itself but others can feel so laborious that I lose any enthusiasm for them. Bad colour choices do not help either. The next figure will have to be carefully selected to get the joy of painting back. 

Right, I’m off to grab a cold beer and have a quick look at the other blogs out there to find some inspiration for my next project. Keep painting fellow lead heads!

Jeg