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EXCELLENT narration & photo! You've got the atmospheric touch down pat.

+1 Excellent!

Thanks guys!

Things are a little quiet in the dementarium right now. Since I'm a stay at home father most of my time is consumed by my son, planning the wedding and preparing for our move so the hobby is a bit quiet.

But there are some projects boiling. I have repainted the Solkanites and need to base them. I hate basing. There is a warband coming along quite nicely, a teaser was posted recently . If they turn out well I'll probably enter them into the Fang competition. The local GW manager is trying to get me to participate so we'll see.

Sorry for lack of pictures with this post. Hope it is okay with a little prose instead.

The frantic flapping of bare feet on cold stone could be heard, as well a a few ragged breaths. Someone was close to their death.

The old man shifted his handgun and aimed at the spot he knew his prey would appear from. The waiting was almost over. Soon he would see if the trap would work.

A young boy appeared running down the street towards the building where Gregorii waited. His face was frozen in horror. Gregorii smiled. Oh yes the prey had taken the bait.

Just behind the boy the Vampirekin could be seen. Fangs, claws and precious little intelligence. The Beast had scented blood and would not be denied.

Then the trap was sprung. The boy stumbled and fell on the tripwire Gregorii had strung up. Crashing down into the street he did not have time to get up before the Beast was upon him. Fangs buried themselves in the boys head and the Beast feasted.

Calmly Gregorii took aim at the Beasts head and ever so gently he squeezed the trigger.

With a roar the silver bullet shot true and the Beast fell.

An other guardian felled. Gregorii smiled. The reckoning was coming.

Hi,
congrats for the painting! I love the orcs.. great details and a "cartoonish-like" look. A little suggestion; looking at the human figures (for example Titus Spinado, living martyr of Solkan) the skin seems a bit flat. You talked about Citadel Washes, Try to apply a Ogryn Flesh or Gryphone Sepia wash, then another layer on the highlights of the color you used as the base.

Great conversions too

Keep the good work going!!

Hi Alessandro, thank you for the feedback! I agree about the need for extra washes. I have repainted the solkanites and just need to base them before I'll post them.

Great.. Waiting to see them finished

Later,
Alessandro

Alex wrote:

Hi Alessandro, thank you for the feedback! I agree about the need for extra washes. I have repainted the solkanites and just need to base them before I'll post them.

COOL, if disturbing, background piece. You certainly captured the ruthless nature of the Vampire Slayer well. GREAT WORK!

I too am looking forward to your newly painted minis; I enjoy your painting style. Too bad we live so far apart; basing is my thing...we could collaborate.

Alex, let me congratulate you for having done an amazing job in the presentation of your excellent miniatures!

Being a story teller myself, let me point out that your narratives are both imaginative and evocative. Dare I say it? Its like reading a short story written no less than Joe Abercrombie himself! Add to the equation your lovely models and you have truly created a masterpiece which has provided me with both a visual and literary treat... or, at the very least, several minutes in front of my computer that was undeniably well spent!

I look forward to more nail-biting stories and inspiring miniatures!

Cheers!

Thank you Def! You are always a true gentleman, giving positive feedback and taking time to look at my works. A collaboration at some point would be truly cool!

Thank you Dreng for the very flattering words, it is good to have you back! I really enjoy the work you produce so the compliments really were much appreciated. I did not know who Joe Abercrombie is so I had to goggle him very kind words indeed!

Thank you von Kurst for positive responses! It is nice to know you enjoy my work!

And thanks to all who look at my gallery! Having over 2000 views really surprised me!

My anticipation was rewarded with a GREAT mini BEAUTIFULLY painted & based. That is one eerie looking Dude. FANTASTIC WORK!

Instead of reposting dozens of photos I have edited my old posts and switched pictures for newer ones, and edited some fiction as well, I will probably do this when new models for the warbands already posted are ready.

I hope you all like them.

Editing your old posts may prove to be confusing to your readers. See how it works out.

The narrative is both brilliant & disturbing. The madness of an eternal life isn't a subject often explored....if the Vampire had an interesting hobby, he wouldn't have gone nuts. His Associates & Servants seem to be almost as deranged as their Master...perhaps even more so.

The minis match their story personas nicely. About the only critique I could offer is that your palette may be too limited; i.e., some contrasting colors would give greater depth to the heavy brown theme. Other than that VERY WELL DONE!

Cool minis! They do go along pretty well with the narrative. A great mix of cool and creepy!

Thank you very much for the kind words!

I actually hadn't considered that editing my old posts would be confussing. It's a good point! I'll have to think of an other way of showing who belongs with whom. Being obsessive compulsive when it comes to organization has its drawbacks.

I don't really think about limiting my palette to certain colours and shades. It isn't a consious choice, rather I feel the Warhammer World, and the far future, is a hopeless place devoid of hope and future for most of its inhabitants. Karl-Franz and his cronies may dine in gilded halls, but for the huddled masses there is only famine, plague, war and death. This insanity and hopelessness is what inspire me and the natural colours are therefore rather dark and dirty. Of course grandmaster Blanche is a huge inspiration as is Bosch, Munch, Manson and the various blogs I frequent. A quick shout out for my countrymen at the Spiky Rat Pack blog. I cannot describe how impressed I am by their work!

But my next warband will have more colours. Primarily purple, and of course shades of dirt brown. The Sylvanian vampire war veterans are ready to reclaim their homeland.

That was a classic tale well told; AND with a suitably COOL mini to represent the Mysterious Stranger. GREAT WORK on all counts!

Thanks DefNala. The mysterious stranger is such a cool classic western character that you just got to love him. I'm also a huge fan of old men past their prime who still do what they got to do. Clint Eastwood comes to mind here as a rather obvious example.


They waited in the night for the village to quiet down and fall asleep. They did not need sleep, the dead do not sleep and they were almost dead. What vile modification had been done to them? They had been human once, with hopes, fears and aspirations. But that was all gone now. Taken away by their ancient master, and what was left was flesh and pain and self-loathing. They were the damned who followed the dead because no one else would have them. Were they servants, no slaves, slaves to darkness. Enslaved in mind and in flesh and in soul.





Only smouldering ruins remained. It was quiet now, the screaming was over and the dead ruled supreme, the sleepy little village had been erased from the face of the earth by Memnoch's lunacy. The zombie stood silently, golems with neither mind nor needs. Waiting for a command, waiting for the order to advance and to kill. Search and destroy.

Your background pieces add tremendously to the minis...GREAT WORK on both!

Thank you! I must admit to have been neglecting Mordheim the last few weeks. We are moving this weekend so everything is safely packed away. Right now I'm feeling Inq28 a bit more but I'm sure the haunted land of Sylvania will call me back soon enough.

Well done!
Those bases too are striking!

This guy looks super spooky, just like a sylvanian mercenary should be, love it!

Thanks Fly! The bases are inspired by John Blanche as seen here

Thanks Floede! I tried to make him (and the ones to follow) look like they are old men that have been through the hell of war and some what survived, but in what state are their minds at this point? The beard was a bit of a problem since I really liked it but it doesn't have any creases in it so it's nearly impossible to create a realistic beard. I painted on a heave coat of 'ardcoat to give the impression that he has waxed it.

When making this gang I threw away the rulebook and focused more on making striking characters rather than henchmen and anti-heroes. More to come soon-ish, I just need to finish some other stuff first.