Sorting through some old photos on the comp and found a few pictures from 2018-19 of some of my favourite model from Lucid Eye , so thought I'd post a short #throwbackthursday. Hypnocrat This guy is from a set of quite surreal characters called The Hypnocrats. So many options for them regarding colours, and I wanted a futuristic/60s psychedelic look. This particular model also reminded me of Ringo Starr - an added bonus. Barrow Queen This model had such a weirdly creepy look - like something from a late70s Hammer film - that I had to get it to paint. Although there wasn't masses of delicate detail, the vast robe lends itself to simple block colour or, if one feels more adventurous, some free-hand painting. Regardless, an imposing figure. Goddess of Ireland My personal favourite from Lucid Eye; mainly due to Irish family bias, but painting a (beautifully sculpted) model of an equally beautiful piece of art by Jim Fitzpatrick , was a genuine pleasure. I intend to order another wh...

Surprise surprise, it's been a while since I posted. But I have since finished a few more Saxons as well as the Jim Fitzpatrick inspired model from Lucid Eye Publications of the Goddess of Ireland. I'll start with this model first, as I've been painting her on-and-off for a bit, in between the Saxons and Ogre. I didn't stay completely with the colours of the painting, but still wanted them to be fairly vibrant and jarring, so off-set the warm yellow of her dress with some soft blues then a slightly more potent green for the fringing. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the finished product. Still unsure as the whether or not I'll keep her (I'm not really a collector or gamer), or move her on at some point.   I had some lofty ideas about making a stand that was an extension of the rocks and grass on small base, but thought she would benefit more from keeping it simple, so cut a piece of seasoned apple wood, giving it a couple of coats of light satin v...

A real mixed bag this time around. Having finally finished the set of Irish Cavalry warriors (Footsore Minis) as well as the beautifully-sculpted Axe Maidens (Stronghold Terrain Minis), I'm moving on to a band of Early Saxon troops.   But, as you will have seen from the main photo, I'll also be working on a few models from Zombicide Black Plague. Now, I've painted a few from this range before, but these larger models are always a welcome challenge. The last figure of this sort of size I painted from Black Plague was Klom, but Kirag and Thorg here - part of the Paul Bonner Guest Box - should be a joy paint ... hopefully! As well as making my way through cavalry and warrior women, I've also been working on a side-project; a beautiful model from Lucid Eye and in collaboration with the artist Jim Fitzpatrick. Eriu, the Goddess of Ireland is based on one of his most iconic paintings and is wonderfully realized from Lucid Eye. As you can see, I still have a fa...

Although I've been working on a set of Dark Ages Irish Cavalry ( I'll be posting about them later ), they are sidelined while I get a group of beautiful sculpts from Stronghold Terrain Miniatures completed; four Axe Maidens. The all-metal figure require some assembly, but the quality of the casting makes this fairly easy. As you can see from the photos, I'm two down ( at the time of writing this ), with a third very nearly completed. I'll keep this post pretty short for now, but will return with more on this set, as well as the remaining Irish cavalry, plus a whole bunch of Footsore Irish warriors.