Today we have a real gem. Painted for the #paintabob competition on the Oldhammer Facebook page, this rotting monarch is from Essex Miniatures. He looks like he's spent several weeks down a well. He was ludicrously fun to paint.
When painting this fellow, I used the painting technique for rotting flesh used by Tyler Mengel of Mengel Miniatures. Here's the recipe should you wish to try it yourself.
As you can see, it's mostly washes. This suits Olley sculpts extremely well. It's also much more fun to play about with washes instead of laboriously layering skin, which suddenly becomes a cloak. Or an ear. Or a portal into the nightmare dimension.
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| King Slough might be a bit past his prime, but he still gets a big screamy face shield. |
I painted the rest of the king to match my other undead. He's certainly going to be going into my Warcry warband, probably as a seneschal. It'll give me a lot of chuckles to see him go to town on some svelt chaos warband, imagining him shouting "What's that sonny?" and "Here's how we did it back in my day!"
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| "I can't remember why I'm here!" |
Look at him there. A born leader. Shame his ears are slowly navigating their way into his beard. Still, many lols are to be had with this guy I'm sure.
They look brilliant!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Riot!
DeleteLove him, I don't really know why I find him cute and want to pat his head but I do.
ReplyDeleteThere is something fiendishly adorable about him.
DeleteI agree with Asslessman, he's really cute in a rather revolting way. Perhaps its his cheeky little grin or single winking eye! Washes seem to bring out the best in Olley sculpts - they do all the heavy lifting and give some clarity to all those sculpted details.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I feel like I want to get him a comfy chair and a cup of tea.
DeleteWashes are the truth and the way for this kind of sculpt.
What I like most about this sculpt, is that it captures in metal the moment you dunk your miniature in fresh clear Nitromors and all the paint waffles up into big crinkles. In fact, I thought that what was actually happening when I saw your WIP photos.
ReplyDeleteGreat work!
LOL. Perhaps our king died in the bath, not to be reanimated for several years. That would lead to such an epic case of wrinkly toes.
DeleteA true Olley masterpiece Dave!
ReplyDeleteThanks Grove! He's a Bob special alright.
DeleteThis was a great entry into the competition. I look forward to seeing him in person one day.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sean. I hope so too! His Warcry tale will begin soon Nagash willing, once I have his fellow wights finished.
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