More Moon-Age Miniatures

So it has been a while but December has a certain way of keeping everybody busy – myself included. At the moment I am painting wood elf cavalry but here we continue in the SF category with some old lead.

On the left we have one of Bob Olley’s enigmatic creations from the Rogue Trader era. While painting this guy I was more or less felling like I was doing it without knowing what I was painting – a feeling you sometimes get when working on his minis. It is rather hard to make sense of the head on this one and Mr. Olley kindly decided to help the painter by dotting the eyes of the model. This turned out slightly cross-eyed, adding to the bizarre appearance of this mutant(?). I like the mini, but frankly it is not one of my Olley favorites.

The guy on the right is of an older vintage. It is an 25mm Andorian from the Star Trek universe produced by Ral Partha around 1979. The mini is very cool and he works perfectly as some sort of diminutive space alien next to my Citadel minis. Ral Partha produced three of these Andorians. I have them all in the collection and after having painted this one I am looking forward to finishing the two others.

 

Stay tuned.

Martin

Mercenaries

Here we have my take on two models from Krakon Games’ fine Star Grind range. I really like the range for all its eclectic, Sci-Fi oddness with just the right amount of old school feel in the mix. And this, without a doubt, also goes for the two models here.

The big chap is clearly a riff on the beloved Ludo from Labyrinth and what a great idea. The mini is slightly crude in the sculpting; the fur seems a bit basic and the face is very flat, but somehow it nevertheless all works. It is a two-part model and I’m not sure if the tail, despite being pinned to the body, will stay put during the frenzy of gaming I plan to put him through at some future point. We will have to see about that.

Ludo from the movie Labyrinth

Hammerhead, the other mini, is another delightful fellow with clean sculpting and crisp details. I am very pleased how he turned out. The alien feel is great and I love the deadpan, inscrutable expression on his face.

Now I’m looking forward to more goodies from Krakon Games.