Relics. C'thu Vesparmoths

The next group of figures for my C'thu faction is the Vesparmoth. I got two of these as part of the Kickstarter and they are big resin models that sit on 50mm bases. The main body is about 50mm long and about 15mm wide with an assembled wingspan of 90mm across on the larger wings.
Inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos Mi-Go race, the Vesparmoths are a impressive model and along with their smaller cousins the Vesparthers, are the first flyers for Relics (the Vaettir have some figures with wings but are all grounded). There is not that many insect based figures in the miniature world, a underused potential, and the Vesparmoth is a great design with the head linking it to the others in the range.
With one assembled in a blutac test I was a little concerned about potential transport problems so I  decided to magnetise the wings. The recesses for the wings required very little work for the magnets (3 by 2 mm) but settling the opposites was a bit of a fiddle as I wanted them to align the same so they would try and flip before the glue had taken. The base of the wing arms was also large enough to drill and fit another magnet.

The components required very little cleaning. I won't be using the flight stands and will be using blackened wire instead.

Starting on the Flesh work of the body. I decided to paint the main carapace section as if it had been gilded to tie it in with the C'tharacs. The face/tentacles will also be be dark.

Finished Vesparmoths

The Flight stands have been replaced with steel needles painted black. with such large bases i added some mushroom patches which are made form wire and Green Stuff

All the wings are removable and fully interchangeable 

Comparison with Orcnar Unmann and Eotan.

The figures are large but designed well and don't feel like Scale Creep.

The Dead Sun Church 

Relics. The C'thu

'From the depths of the deepest, darkest swamps of Relicia, the Cult of C’thu emerges. Its origins seeped in betrayal of the most heinous kind. 

Lord C’thu commands his minions from the shadows, whispering his unholy wishes into the eager ears of his chosen avatars. One of these devotees has surpassed all others in his pursuit of power and has assumed the mantle of leader and with it the authority to conduct the affairs of the cult on behalf of his malevolent master, he his known as Xavius Prime and from the glades of the Krakenshearth he plots to bring a terrible plague of madness upon all of Relicia'

Between building more Orcnar Terrain and putting together the next batch of Orcnar troops ( and adding all the GS stone collars and bracelets) I have been able to get one of the guys at my gaming Club hooked and has started collecting the Ridend. Discussing next factions he has settled on the Vaettir so I narrowed it down to the Nuem or C'thu. Both factions have  huge appeal for me but as I managed to stock up a quite a hoard of the C'thu when they were launched on Kickstarter and there have not been that many painted armies show up on the Net they won out.

The first figures i decided on are the C'tharacs. I picked up two of these in the kickstarter and are single pieces of resin about 50mm long and 20mm wide and stand on 40mm bases. When they were released they were shown unpainted and instead used Cthulhu Mythos images to find a direction for their look. In the end it was the Primordial beasts, the Ogdru Jahad from Hellboy that gave me a start for the tentacles 

 

while for the headdress, i drew from images of Indian and Thai headdresses and old gold from sunken treasure. I had a vision of the C'tharacs slowly emerging from the sea, though listening to 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' while i was painting might have had something to do with it!

 Cork and stone bases.

With the base colours done. The brown works well as a base for the gold

Once i started on the C'tharac's getting the infants became a must and I ordered two units. These are cast in one piece metal and stand about 30mm.

Aging on the finished crowns, built upon using several inks.

The eyes were painted as if they were glowing, which is not something I usually do and am a still bit undecided. I might go back later and redo them if I can face doing all those eyes again!

Completed C'tharacs

I wanted the bases to give the impression of their deadly nature, beneath them the earth is drained of life and cracks and plants wither and die.

C'tharac Infants

Size comparison with Orcnar Eotan and Unmann

The Dead Sun Church so far...

Gary Numan - Dead Sun Rising

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Relics. Orcnar.Eotan Abifain and Ritan

Osh sat and waited in the darkness of his hut.

he focused on the sounds of the Grymann outside, their many voices loud and excitable as they waited for news of the hunt that had left that morning.

Osh should have been with them, but he could feel himself on the edge of rage and the Earth Mood, and had chosen to stay. The last time he had felt this way he had fought one of the great Stone Boars and had destroyed it beyond use.

In the darkness he felt the dirt beneath his great clawed hands that the Ancestors had gift cursed him with, he felt the strength of the earth and took the strength within him.
The hunt would return soon and then they would feast and prepare for the greater hunt when he would carry forth the will of the earth and the strength of stone.

When I first got the Eotan I was no keen and though the sculpts looked a bit crude and comical but as I worked on them they grew on me. They certainly carry as much detail as others in the range and carry a lot of character ad dynamism and reminded me of the 2000AD character Slaine in warp spasm,

The Eotan deformed and bursting with the power of Maaj and the earth, their bodies twisted in permeant frenzy. 

The Eotan are some of the largest and certainly heaviest figures in in the range and are solid metal. in construction, the figures arms and head were pinned, glued and GS added make sure they would stay together.

When i first got these i was not so keen on the sculpting of the ball in claws of the Eotan Abifain and modified them with cork and sand to look like he had torn up a chunk of rock and earth. The stone collar and rings were added with GS to fit in with the clan style.

Initial assembly

Starting work on the skin and muscle tone

I wanted to keep the paint scheme quite simple on them as they have so much detail with body plates and the muscle structures and allow the focus to be on the stone collars as a colour contrast and the  weapons hands

The Eotan Abifain tears up great clods of earths in fury as he advances

Eotan Ritan swings his great bone clubs

The Stone Branch Clan so far

Orcnar. Terrain 3

I have been able to make some progress on my terrain, completing the Mud huts and fishing off the stonework on the shrine with only the trophies to go.

Pickled up a couple of tester pots from Wilkinsons for the base coats ( Nutmeg Spice and Java Bean)

Java Bean base coat

Overeager Unmann

Heavy Dry brush of Nutmeg Spice and the exposed wood painted with Dryad Bark

Stone details added

Agrax Earthshade washes added to the base of the huts and around the posts

Finished huts with foliage

Happy Unmann

Progress on the shrine

Next will be the completion of the shrine and the village wall for which i have already started gathering twigs to sharpen and turn into posts