A Pair of Wizard Figures
With the imminent debut of the Fellowship game (see previous LotR posts) at my local club firing up my enthusiasm for the genre, I dug Saruman and Wormtongue out of my painting pile for a quick paint job. So, fresh from my painting desk...
I'm fairly pleased with these, but as ever close-up a photograph shows how grainy the finish can be when using enamels if you have to rework the paint too much. These figures also suffered from an accidental coat of spray gloss varnish (I picked up the wrong can!) but luckily a good coat of matt varnish over the top seems to have saved my blushes.
Not that there's anything wrong with gloss varnish - I am rather partial to it on vintage figures like my earlier Saruman from the Minifigs Mythical Earth range (see below); now supplanted by the Games Workshop figure.
The GW figures look grand but I do like the old Minifigs, cracking looking miniatures and resplendent in their gloss finish!
ReplyDeleteSnap! Unfortunately, those three are all I have of the Mythical Earth range. Looking forward to seeing your 25mm ECW on your blog soon.
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