A couple more grounded models with this next pair of Death May Die investigators. We have the New Yorker, Machinist’s Mate Tony Boyle as well as the Turkish “Doctor”, Ahmed Yasin. The artwork for Tony looks a fair bit better than the sculpt, both in terms of the pose as well as the details – like Tony’s webbing belt only having holes on the front because the sculptor obviously didn’t understand what he was looking at in the artwork.
Tony was a pretty straightforward paint job, and even his tattoos are more of a “feel” than a “detail” as they’re undefined in the artwork, so they were pretty easy to paint in. Ahmed’s sculpt works pretty well, and in paint terms, his suit turned out perhaps a little darker than I originally intended, but I’m still pretty happy with it. Another pair of investigators done!
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Excellent work on both mate, the tat’s add another level to your work on top of the really clean work on the clothing, splendid stuff.
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Thanks Dave! Doing realistic tats at this scale was actually pretty simple as they’re too small to be able to tell what anything is, so just getting reeealy thin blue-greenish squiggly lines was enough to give the impression.
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Very nice indeed mate! I’d better get my skates on or you’ll have painted them all before I get started!
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We’ve got the Season 1 and 2 boxes, but not the whole KS caboodle, nor the comic extras, so that’s around 18 or so investigators and a whole pile of cultists and cthulhus afterwards, so not much chance of finishing them all too quickly…
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Yes, we agree with you that both of these miniatures fall short of the artwork (especially Boyle, who also shows a bit stiff body pose). However, they have been a further training ground for perfecting your already very high level of clothes. New heroes against Cthulhu, increasingly different in terms of geographical origin and social extraction; even if the sailor and the learned doctor of foreign origin are classics of Lovecraft’s universe.
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Thank you once again. The next pair on the desk hail from Caracas and London, so this game is certainly not as US-centric in its cast as so many others…
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Great paint job on these.
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Thank you!
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These are some great looking pulp minis, mate. They’re perfect for any kind of gaming in the early 1900’s if that ever tickles your fancy.
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Thanks mate. That’s true, though I can’t really see it being a thing outside of this game. I guess we could make some custom Zombicide Survivor profiles to get use from some of these models that are a bit more generic-in-time like this pair or the last pair…
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Oh, I love the tatoos, that’s quite something to learn! At first sight, Ahmed Yasin really reminded me of Sallah from the Indiana Jones movies (and I’m saying that as a compliment!). Lovely work!
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Thank you, I did have that thought myself, but John Rhys-Davies seemed a little heavier than this fellow – at least in the artwork. The mini might actually work!
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Beautifully done mate, subtle but lovely execution
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Thank you, Alex!
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These are really nice! 🙂 I had a look at the artwork but much prefer your two minis!
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You’re too kind once again John. I do prefer the artwork over the sculpts in a lot of ways, though!
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Smashing work as always mate, the Tattoo’s really add to the realism effect.
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger. Luckily his tattoos are nice and indistinct in the artwork! 😀
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Man, these are great. Isn’t about time for you to teach a master class on clothing?! Lovely work! I would expect an anchor tattoo on the inner forearm of the sailor, but doesn’t look like there is much room there to do anything elaborate.
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There may well be an anchor there – we just can’t make it out at this scale! 😉
I feel like I’m still busy levelling up my clothing still, but there’s still a good few more of these models to work through before I have all the investigators done!
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Oh wait, I see it….how did you paint the lipstick on that mermaid that’s hanging off the anchor?! 😉
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Mostly luck. I think that’s an accidental spatter! 😉
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You really are making these sculpts look awesome, mate, it’s going to look fantastic in play – ENVIOUS!😁
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Thanks mate! I need to get back onto these so I can start transitioning onto the Cultists and Mythos creatures!
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Great figures!
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Cheers, Guru!
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