15mm Dungeon: Baddies !

 

A mini-hiatus from hobby work has seen a bit of a delay in the project, but pleased to report that some progress has been made with a few of the ‘Baddies’, who will be the adversaries of the dungeon adventurers.

These are all from Ral Partha Europe, and as always, are interesting and characterful sculpts, fitting nicely into depicting various magic-users and dealers of dastardly deeds in the darkness of dungeons !

First up, the Anti-Paladin, who I am calling ‘Omega’ - mainly because my attempt at drawing a skull on the front of his breastplate went awry with the first stroke, so I curtailed my ambitions somewhat, and went with the Greek letter, that seemed appropriate enough ! - He’s quite splendid with his closed helm and bouffant plume, and suitably menacing with his twin swords….

I’d thought of doing a sort of ‘flaming’ look on the blade held aloft, but so far this does seem a bit of a damp, if bright squib….. more detailing needed - have to dig out a ‘OOO’ brush with a good tip and try adding some licking yellow flame for the full effect…….

Next we have the Sorceress Gargamela, who is another beautiful mini, with flowing hair and robe and imperiously pointing finger - thunderbolt about to whizz from the tip, no doubt !

 She could also do with a bit more detailing, and some tidying up of an overzealous wash - I went for a relatively neutral green on the robe,  rather than something more starkly evil-looking, in order that she might do double duty as a more neutral NPC.

I’m quite please with how her hair turned out - I added in a shock of white - perhaps the frequent use of Magic taking its toll….

She is accompanied by the Druid Sylvanus, whirling his yew-tree staff above his head to conjure the retribution of some natural force that the adventure party has upset with their inquisitive blundering:

He certainly seems upset about something, anyway! I quite like the grumpy look there ! - some more tidying up required, but overall not too bad - again, with a somewhat neutral green, to suggest he is probably more wronged against, than actually on the side of Evil.

In a similar vein, we next meet Gandagor the Grey, who may or may not have wicked intent, but is certainly mysterious enough in his ashen robes:

He’s got some lovely symbols/sigils woven into his clothing, and a nice set of accoutrements hanging from his belt - I like the pose, too - looking as if he is just about to summon up something nasty !

Talking of nasty, let’s move on to two characters whose alignment is probably obvious, given their traditionally ‘bad’ appearance:

First, Derengar the Wizard, skull bedecked robes and all :

I need to do a lot more work on him, just the plain block colours and a bit of a dry-brush for now, but his imperious look deserves much more attention - he’s definitely the type of big ‘bad’ that you might encounter on a final level ! - another lovely mini from RPE.

Talking of lovely, his partner in crime is Evadra, splendiferous in her dark intent, and dangerous with her cursed blade:

I went for a sort of eagle’s wing look for her flowing cloak, which is replete with scale like adornments - hasn’t quite come off as I imagined, so a bit more re-working needed, I think - quite pleased with her sword though, definitely has a red-hot poker vibe !

There are rumours that Evadra has been known to seek the company of The Drow or Dark Elves, and perhaps her human appearance masks something else entirely….. meet with her at your peril…..

Talking of the Drow, a number have suddenly materialised on my painting tray:

Evadra may have some minions on the horizon !

That said, perhaps the Dark Elves are in league with another Siren-like life form, a Dryad of similarly dangerous charms: 

   

A lovely sculpt, originally form Crom’s Anvil, now with CP models - looking like she could lure anyone to their doom !

Beware the temptresses of the Dark !