My final completed model for June this year is this Earth Elemental from the Massive Darkness boardgame’s “Enemy Box: Elementals” expansion. I started this one at least a year ago (maybe two?) and restarted it at least once due to not being happy at all with how it was looking.
I also didn’t manage to get it finished for either Monster March or Monster MayHem this year, but I managed to pluck the part-painted thing up after those last couple of Cthulhu minis and just got it done.
It’s actually a pretty nice model (I think) and it can find use in a few different games should the need arise. It’s certainly a lot nicer looking than either the triangle-head or beak-face D&D-style of elemental minis out there, and could probably fit into either a Wood Elf/Sylvaneth force (or whatever the KoW equivalent is called) as a Nature Spirit or even an Orc force as the Rogue Idol’s lil’ bro.
It’s certainly a lot nicer looking than either the triangle-head or beak-face D&D-style of elemental minis out there, and could probably fit into either a Wood Elf/Sylvaneth force (or whatever the KoW equivalent is called) as a Nature Spirit or even an Orc force as the Rogue Idol’s lil’ bro.
Here’s Berkeley for the size comparison – this one is actually a bit smaller (I think) than it initially appears. That’s why we have Berkeley, though!
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Looks really good now. A great model that you have done justice to.
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Thanks mate – now I just need to paint the other three (eventually….)
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Nice! The tan-colored belly really gives it a lot of character
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Thanks! That was one of my restart points as I wanted to get it looking “right”. 🙂
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Excellent work mate, the varying stone colours give it extra life and realism.
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Thanks Dave – a simple thing that makes things look a lot more natural – a slight varying of the rocks, the bricks, the tiles…
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Oh yea, I imagined that was a lot bigger mini than that! Nice work on the paints. I like how those roots contrast against the stone. Also,
I now know where my missing dungeon tile went, haha!
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Haha yeah the little bastard ran off with it!
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Very nice
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Thank you!
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That’s brilliant! 🙂 And it has so got to count for the Season of Scenery challenge!
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Almost, but the paint got finished the day before, so other pieces will have to carry the challenge… 🙂
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That’s a cool mini, but the different tones on the stones really make it stand out! Cool job
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Thank you – I find models like this can look fine when the stones are all the same kind of grey – and I’ve done that a lot of times over the years – but they do look a lot better with the variation.
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Love it mate, perfect size too imo 👍
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Cheers Alex – thanks! 🙂
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Every fantasy game can use some elementals and this guy is a nice sculpt like you said. It definitely challenges you to come up with some different stone painting mechanics too. You did a great job with it and I hope we’ll see some more Massive Darkness minis in the future!
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Thanks mate! There are a few more of these MD models in the pipeline, but they’re a pretty low priority overall, so it’ll mostly be when I get a sudden urge to get one of them finished…
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