ASOIAF.House Greyjoy 2. Ironborn Trappers

 

My next Greyjoy unit on the painting table are the Ironborn Trappers. I really liked the sculpts with these, the spear and nets are an original variation you don't see that often outside the Roman Arena with the Retarius. 

The layers of plate and leather armour and scaled armour are also nice detail I always enjoy.

The paint scheme was the same as with the reavers but looking at the sculpts many had leather like collars or jackets with rougher texture which I tried to paint as if they were fish skin leather, linking with the more explicit fishing theme and adding a variation to mark them away from the Reavers.

Completed force so far

Alternatives to the Greyjoy banners for Activations

Old World Army Challenge VI - Rank and File Orc Spearmen

January Entry for my Old World Army Challenge:

 Old World Army Challenge

ASOIAF. House Greyjoy 1. Reavers

 

Approaching the figures I drew from the series and wanted to go for a more realistic weathered look but not full Grimdark. Looking at the series, the Greyjoys often appear far more blue than they actually are due to filters on screen

   

 

For the movement tray, I have seen some stunning versions with them made up as shore lines or waves but I decided to go for a more neutral look, one that would still work with the theme and colour scheme but wouldn't look jarringly out of place on a range of tables. I settled on a variation of my grey theme with a high shore/cliff top/stone harbour look with some sand and seaweed details.

gravel and bark chipping to add some texture

Even though there is a nice number of variations, I wanted to change it a bit more so swapped and repositioned some of the arms

First test Reaver.

I have extended the base all the way down rather than the usual black band so it blends in better when in the tray

First Greyjoy reavers completed

Zenith 2. Cat girl and the Lepard from Lime Street

 On a roll with my Zenith Superhero, I completed my next two costumed adventurers, Cat-Girl and the Leopard from Lime Street.

The figures were based on another of the sculpts from Attica Games, ManxCat, with Cat girl being reposed and a tail added while I added some extra base scenery so I could add a nod to his Lime Street sobriquet.

Attica Games

Original Cat Girl in Sally Comic

Cat Girl featured in Zenith 

Original Leopard from Lime Street from Buster Comic

The Leopard featured in Zenith

 

Zenith. 1. Tri-Man and Oakman

 

If i was to list my top five Comics/Graphic novels Zenith would be there. Originally the story was serialised in the pages of 200o before being realised as collections and to me stands up next to Watchmen and the Sandman.

The link below leads to a fantastic resource for the story and the huge number of Superheroes that appear (abet some very briefly) as well a summation, needless to say it is a story that I have read countless times and I hope to bring as many of the characters as I can to (28mm) life

Internationalhero

The Zenith story introduced not only its own original super team, Cloud Nine, and various descendants but also drew from a host of other older UK comics Heroes and a Cthulhuesque threat in the Lloigor. 

I first started thinking about this in 2019 but it wasn't until 2021 that I actually started moving forward and completed my first Superhero in the shape of Tri-Man

Internationalhero - Triman

Original Tri-Man comic

Tri-Man appearance in Zenith and original

I wanted to try out one of the online miniature sites as well as a test for filling the future ranks and used Eldritch Foundry to create the figure and my Elegoo Mars 3D printer to build.

Eldritch Foundry

This year I am determined to make a better start of the Project and completed Oakman who is  a metal sculpt under the name of Timbre from Attica Games

Attica Games

Oakman in Zenith 

Oakman as part of the Amazing Three from Jackpot Comic