Discworld Witches

These are teenage apprentice witches from Terry Pratchett's Discworld, meant for use with the boardgame The Witches. The 40mm figures don't come with the game, but are from Micro Arts Studio in Poland. I played this on Hallowe'en, and realised I hadn't put these figures on this blog before. I painted them for AHPC XI. 

Terry Pratchett’s witches are a crucial part of his rural communities. Each one brings her own style to their role of combined village doctor, midwife, veterinarian, and defender of the voiceless.

Tiffany Aching

Annagramma Hawkin

Dimity Hubbub

Petulia Gristle

Madness! Mansions of it!

Figures from Mansions of Madness and the expansion, Forbidden Alchemy. Quick paint jobs which vastly improve the aesthetics of a good looking game. The bases were covered in PVA and sand and painted in a neutral brown then drybrushed, to fit in indoors or outdoors settings. I added other bases and magnets (including usefully hoarded advertising fridge magnets) to make the monsters transportable in a tin box and useful for other games systems- they come with huge ugly bases. All bases are 25mm except the Chthonian, Mi-Go and Crawling One (40mm) and Shoggoth (60mm). The sculpted legs were removed from the Shoggoth and puttied over.

Edit: for 'A Call of the Wild' expansion figures, see here

The Investigators:

Darrell Simmons

Dexter Drake

Vincent Lee

Carolyn Fern

Jenny Barnes

Kate Winthrop

Joe Diamond

Michael McGlen

Sister Mary

Gloria Goldberg

'Ashcan' Pete (and Duke!)

Harvey Walters

The Monsters:

Humanoid:

Zombie

Witch

Maniac

Cultists

Cult Leader

Beasts:

Byakhee

Hound of Tindalos

Mi-Go

Eldritch Horrors:

Crawling One

Chthonian

Shoggoth

... and your little dog, too!

Something a little different? These were painted as a gift, as a change, and as an excuse to get hold of some flying monkeys!

Witches from Reaper (02029 Princess Elena and 02682 Selmarina)

Flying Monkeys from Eureka.

Gaming-wise, I'd use Song of Blades and Heroes for these critters. I need some good guys for them to terrorise...

The Black Lambs

Blood Bowl! I love this game. It's a light-hearted diversion from the angst of much gaming, but at the same time so tense and exciting. It doesn't require many figures or any investment in scenery, and the lack of support from GW encourages inventive use of other companies' miniatures. The rules are well-polished by its fans, and tournaments are significant social events.

I've set myself a personal goal of using a new team for every tournament, and I've got a lot of painting to do! Luckily, I don't get to many tournaments...

Meanwhile, I present my Dark Elf team, 'The Black Lambs'. Miniatures are the Shadowforge Wicked Elves (when I saw them, I knew I had found my Dark Elf proxies).

Witch Elves 

Assassins 

Blitzers 

Line Elves

Cheerleaders 

Assistant Coach and Head Coach (referee model actually, but perfect for a coach)

No pictures of the runners, strangely.

These were a labour to paint, but I enjoyed going away from the more common blacks and purples. I was very happy with the skin and hair. The latex/ leather was highlighted up to a bright orange then glazed with a few remaining drops of Citadel Red Ink, which hid a lot of the work but looks very nice (IMHO) close up.

Hopefully these will be clickable, but I still have to clear up the blue picture issue. I'll work with more light and a white background.

NB: Shadowforge customer service was excellent- I got two duplicates of one of the poses- I offered to send it back for the correct pose, but they just sent me the replacement straight away.