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Looty McLootface joins the kobold's nest

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Joining Boggle, Bert, and the other kobolds, I present, Looty mcLootface, the treasure golem. Another characterful 28mm 3D sculpt from Warp Miniatures, once I saw him, the name stuck, and now he refuses to answer to anything else! This big boy (that's a 50mm square base) has been painted in stolen moments over the last fortnight. Being a little bit colour blind, I was of two minds about the use of rubies for eyes - there is not enough contrast for me between the red and the gold - but it just felt like the right gem to use.  The heater shield is a bit of an improvised device. It was going to be another Lego-inspired lion shield ( like Bert's ), but I made the head too big and things got out of hand! 😄   Looty has a big pile of loot dragging between his feet and it didn't feel right to just have him walking over otherwise pristene ground, so I picked out appropriate sized lumps in the mud texture paint and painted them like coins of pieces of gold that have been left behi...

Itinerant Adventurers - Balthazar the Blue

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It has turned out to be a pretty slow month for wargaming and hobby time in general, but this weekend I managed to paint up a human seer to join my party of itinerant adventurers.  He is an Artisan Guild 3D sculpt which, if I'm honest, I wasn't all that fussed with when I saw the physical sculpt. However, I'm delighted that I persevered because I'm really pleased with how he painted up. I'm hoping to get back into the grooze of playing, painting and writing over the Christmas break, so watch this space!