OK, so when my Warband for my Five Leagues From The Borderlands solo campaign was mostly wiped out, I decided that it was high time to recruit a Mystic as a new member. And, because the name of my campaign is "A Tale Of Two Tortles" and I was down to only one tortle, I opted for another tortle as the Mystic. The miniature was a 3D resin print of a DM Stash pattern, purchased from Disaster Decisions Gaming I am sharing this because I am very impressed both by the print quality and the amount of detail on the miniature. I certainly plan to buy more of this stuff!
Anyways, I based the model on a GW-style 32mm base (or maybe it was 30mm?) instead of the 25mm sculpted base included with it. I primed the whole thing with black gesso, and blocked on the colors before hitting the whole thing with my special Shading Wash. During the highlighting, I had some trouble getting the detail to pop on the yellow parts, but otherwise it turned out as I had planned.
I found this model to be a bit intimidating to paint. There is an astounding amount of tiny details, and not the chunky kind of detail found on GW miniatures. This is more reminiscent of old Tom Meier sculps from Ral Partha. But I persevered and I am pretty happy with the final result. Hopefully, he will fare better than his forebears in upcoming games!
Here's a bit of a funny thing: a few years back, I was playing Rangers Of The Shadow Deep using cardstock standees, and my Ranger was named Turtle Power, from a set by Trash Mob Minis Take a look, can you see any similarites between the old standee and the new miniature?
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