Making of the Cultist Minis
What the figures looked like before I got my hands on them.
What they looked like after I painted them up to be Priests of Iuz in bloody robes.
The two poor hunks of metal after I modified them with exacto knives, brute force and 'green stuff', a two part putty like epoxy that is sculptable and dries to a plastic hardness. I tore down the sleeves of the acolytes since the cultists have only gauze wrapped arms, I sheared their top knots down so I could mold the hoods on their heads right and I took the sword off of one mini since only one of the two has a sword (namely the Githyanki Silver Sword if you recall). The other gets to keep a sacrifical knife since that's what cultists do.
The finished product. I sculpted infrared goggles for the 'pun-loving' cultist like he wears currently in the Vault of the Drow. I painted them both in my best approximations of the comic coloration, using "Lich Purple" and "Tentacle Pink" mixed with a bit of Lich Purple. The rest is done with a dark grey.
As you can see in these better lit and photographed close-ups (thanks John), the spiral of Tharizdun is hand drawn with the same .01 ink pen I use to letter my comics. The base is done in "Snakebite Leather" and flocked with faux scrub grass that I got from Gencon.
Good times. I challenge anyone to come up with pics of customized or thematically painted Greyhawk minis of their own. Send em my way and I'll post em!
FOR THE DARK GOD!
Cultists: First | Previous | Next |
Front page