"There was a young lady of Riga,
Who rode with a smile on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
And the smile on the face of the tiger."
[Limerick, traditional (?)]
So, another model has rolled off the production line. In this case, it's a Hasslefree model called "Barbarian Libby". She's destined to be used as one of the heroes for my slowly-forming Barbarian army for Hordes of the Things. It's not difficult to find barbarian heroes from Hasslefree; sometimes it seems as if half of their catalogue fall into this category!
Sadly, my HotT barbarian army is not yet close to completion. For years it has been low down on my list of priorities, though every now and again I do finish another base or two. You can see mention of it in a few earlier posts,
here (January 2014),
here (November 2013) and
here (also November 2013).
I'm not that happy with my painting on this model. It's good enough for gaming, but the sculpting is so good that I felt the figure deserved only the best painting. While my output is, I think, pretty decent, it's nowhere near the display quality that I'd have liked. Ah well, we do what we can.
The tiger comes with its own round scenic base, so there wasn't much need for landscaping in order to produce a suitably heroic pose. All I had to do was cut a circular hole in the square HotT base, glue in the model and then fill the gap. I think that worked well; it's not possible to see the join.
Will they return from the ride with the lady inside the tiger? I doubt it! I think that this barbarian queen has her beast totally under control.
I absolutely love this figure! Don't be too harsh on your painting ability, mate. I think she looks fine as is.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bryan - I thought you might like this one :-) . Yeah, I know she look good, just not *great*, though.
DeleteWow. That is a cracking mini and a splendid paint-job to boot. I don't see any problem with it at all my friend. As Vampifan says I think you're being overly harsh on your skills with a brush. I'd certainly be happy with that as my final result. She'll dominate the battlefield. Great stuff :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks. Mind you, if you think that she'll dominate the table then wait until you see my other barbarian heroes :-) !
DeleteLooks pretty damn good to me! Great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gordon. The sculpt helps a lot; it's a very well-made and dramatic pose :-) .
DeleteI like this! Great looking white tiger and the lady is fine too - a nice figure with just enough covering to appear a bit modest :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dean! I'm not so sure that I agree with "enough covering to appear modest", though. I guess it's all relative :-) .
DeleteLovley model C6
ReplyDeleteThanks, HW. Glad you like it!
DeleteThis is an awesome mini. Love your version of her to mate.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Simon. This is an incredible sculpt and I did enjoy painting it!
DeleteCracking heroine to lead your horde. Fine paintwork too C6!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bob. I'm not normally a fan of models of scantily-clad women, but I think there's something a little bit tongue-in-cheek about this one. Well, that might just be in my imagination, though...
DeleteWho wouldn't want a mostly naked female barbarian on a tiger leading their army? Love it! You did an excellent job on the painting, it look sgreat!
ReplyDeleteWell, if you can't have ridiculously over-muscled men and scantily-clad women with stupidly-sized weapons in a *barbarian* army then when can you use them :-) ?!
DeleteSplendid. Totally splendid
ReplyDeleteThanks, Clint. I don't think it's the best model I've ever painted, but it's not the worst either, not by a long way :-) .
DeleteLooks great and also unique. Haven't seen a lady barbarian riding a tiger hero before!
ReplyDeleteThanks, David. So, you don't have many of these where you live, then? They're quite common round here :-) .
DeleteMarvelous...and very impressive!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Phil! I think that most of the brilliance of this model comes from the sculptor rather than my painting, mind!
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