Anyone remember Dark World? For everyone outside of the three of you that do, it was a miniatures boardgame that came out in 1991, following on from the success of HeroQuest, using very GW-inspired model designs. Though I’m not sure if anyone ever played the game, as opposed to getitng hold of it and then just owning a bunch of pretty decent for the time plastic models.
I’ve still got a couple of these models left. I painted the Haunter …8 years ago (fuck, I’m getting so OLD!) and I’ve got a few of the Skellies and Mummies in my Undead army (no idea about photos) and this ugly bastard of an ogre sculpt had been floating around since.. well I guess since 1991. Earlier this year, during Monster MayHem in fact, I decided to start painting him. I didn’t get him finished until slightly afterwards, and so here he is.
Simple schemes for simple models, right? I have to admit, I’m actually quite pleased with how this model came out. And it didn’t even take long once I got going. That’s the thing with so many of these things, though – with so much to do it’s often difficult to just focus on a single miniature and get it done. Even now on my painting desk aside from the things that are just parked there, I’ve got multiple sets of terrain and four wargaming units all “on the go” at once. Not counting any of the other things I have waiting in the wings.
Well, I can at least say that this thing is done, and since I have no idea where the other one(s?) are, I won’t have to worry about any more of these sitting around in the way for quite some time!
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Your painting has truly elevated this very simple sculpt, can’t say I really remember the game, but wasn’t really playing board games then, so not surprised ! LOL
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Yeah, outside of Blood Bowl and Space Hulk 1e with friends – and occasionally games of Dungeon!/Trivial Pursuit with family – I wasn’t much of a boardgamer in those days either. I never even played a game with my first edition of HeroQuest! as Rogue Trader (and my older brother’s minifigs/Tunnels and Trolls) were my own entry point. HQ’s release came later on. 🙂
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Nicely done! 🙂 I like the skin tone!
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Thanks John! It was quite enjoyable to paint!
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So very cool mate
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Thanks mate! 🙂
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Top job – as ever going to show that a model doesn’t have to be fancy to be well painted. You make a very good point about how quickly a model can be completed if you just focus on it. I can easily paint a miniature in an evening and it’s incredibly satisfying, but most of the time I don’t and end up doing a little bit here, a little bit there, and a fair bit of faffing around with nothing much to show for it at the end of the night.
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Thanks mate – can empathise roughly 100% with that sentiment of how it usually goes.
It’s so annoying how simply needing to do the basing throws the ability to finish a model off quickly – at least for me. I crashed out after work and got up late tonight (no work tomorrow, so it’s ok). Before going back to sleep I thought I’d try and paint one or two zombies from primed to finished before going to bed – pretty much inspired by having read your comment earlier on my phone. You know – low stakes models but they can still look decent and done as a pair should be pretty quick.
Except.. turns out the bases are only base coated dark grey. Which means 2 layers of rough stippling with different shades of lighter grey and then a wash of diluted black-brown left to dry. So they’re consistent with the others. Makes a right mess of their legs, so I always do it first.
So I painted zero zombies. Instead, I just did some “chipping away” at a different group of models by adding some glazes to a bunch of wolves. Still stuff that needs to be done, but finishing nothing instead of something.
yay.
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I was six when Dark World came out so it definitely passed me by! With that said, I really like box art and the mini does have a classic feel to it. One nice thing about older minis is that they tend to be simpler and faster to paint which makes them relaxing to work on for me anyway. I think this one turned out really well and it has a lot of personality to it!
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It’s definitely got second-tier toy range “Go-Bots/Megabloks/etc” vibes to it, but enough time has passed now for those janky-even-then sculpts to have enough nostalgia in them to be slightly charming. At least for a couple of them!
I gave away all the Orcs and Gobbos from the game a decade or so ago now, and carved up the manticore back in the day, so no chance/danger of me taking the time for a full set paint-up at least! 😉
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When you say Megabloks, I know exactly where to place this game. I remember them well and I think the company my Dad worked for twenty years ago sold machines to whoever owns Megabloks make their bricks.
No danger of painting the full set unless some madman has recreated them all for 3D printing! 😀
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Fantastic work! I never played Dark World, but I did play the RPG it’s based on. It’s called Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) and is basically the German equivalent of D&D.
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An older but a goody. Although it is a simple sculpt they body shape and skin colour has worked out well.
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