What’s that? Something that wasn’t spawned from the unholy plastic-spitting machine known as Flippy?
An actual kit?
From Games Workshop?
Why yes. Yes it is.
Regular readers of the blog will know that I do really enjoy Games Workshop’s Beastmen, and while I’m anything but consistent, I do like to keep chipping away at my huge horde of unpainted goatboyz in little chunks. So when this model was released back in …uhh (checks) …2018, I immediately picked it up and even started working on it, adding a clear base from a CD-Rom spindle (anyone remember those?) and getting right to work!
Unfortunately, all those little runes inscribed on the stone, combined with all the bones hanging from it, and all the little bits of bullshit scattered on the base and the clear need to use OSL on the “fireplace” conspired to rob me of my enthusiasm resulting in me gassing out and having the piece sit on my painting desk for …well, I guess it’s been seven or so years, hasn’t it?
Every so often, I’d do a little bit here and there. I tried to finish it in at least one of the past two Seasons of Scenery, but never got it done. Until this year. I basically just knuckled down and got to work on it. White ink in the runes and then followed with thinned Contrast paint. A good dose of “good enough” on the remaining crap scattered around the base because who the fuck is really going to scrutinise that stuff outside of a painting comp?
And finally, a bit of the old “drybrushing actually works ok for a lot of OSL in a lot of cases” for the fireplace. With a bit of a thank you to the YouTube videos of Artis Opus for giving me the confidence to just fucking go for it.
And now I have a nice little piece of completed terrain for my Age of Sigmar Beasts of War army! What’s that you want to tell me? Oh, we’ll talk about it later, after I finish this blog post!
This is my penultimate post for for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery ’25 – Extended Edition. I’ll see you in about 48 or so hours for the final post (aside from the round-up!)
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
That’s very nice!!
Your fire is pretty amazing!
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Thanks Frank – it’s really just careful drybrushing with a glaze at the end.
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Very nice sir
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Thanks IRO!
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Crikey, that’s impressive! 🙂 And, yes, I can remember the spindles that blank CD packs came with!
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Thanks John! I’m just glad it’s finished and complete at this stage (even this many months later!) I still need to get more Beastmen finished to go with them as well!
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It looks great – as I guess it should after seven years of labour 😉
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You’re not wrong. It’s a sad indictment for me to look at the painting desk and tubs and see just how many unfinished models were started years before this one.
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Considering your normal monthly output is like 20 to 50 minis, I’m almost afraid to ask what your desk must look like! In my mind now, it’s just piled high with boxes and tubs of minis like some wizard’s study.
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The OSL works a treat, and must feel very good to get this one off the painting desk.
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Thanks Dave. This thing and the two MCP Taxis sat alongside each other for years before I finally got the Taxis done. Now I finally finished this one off!
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This one does look like a challenge to paint. I think the OSL effect came out very nicely too. You can almost feel the glow of the fire from here 🙂 Good on you for getting a tough piece of terrain done too, mate.
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Ooh, that’s fantastic mate! Your description of buying and painting this model could have been written by me, except for the bit at the end where you actually finish the damn thing. I really like the dark colour you’ve used for the stone, consider that filed away for future inspiration whenever I finally get back to mine.
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I like this one a lot. The black stone looks like obsidian. OSL on the chain looks cool. Impressive model and paint job.
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Superb – I need to get me one of these!
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It’s a good looking piece for sure – hopefully you can still get hold of one of these!
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