Last cro-magnon and a group shot

Finished up the last of the Lucid Eye cro-magnon men.

And a group shot

Next up are some 15mm British Highlanders

If I never see fur on a mini again, it will be too soon!

Another cro magnon.  One more to go (hopefully finish tonight) and then a group shot tomorrow!

Another Cro-Magnon and some exciting news!

Another cro-magnon man.  Two more in the pipeline, almost done now.

I tried something new on this one - a little 'puddle' from water effects

I drove up to Historicon on Saturday, mostly for the vendors, but also to take a shot at entering a couple figures into the painting contest.  I entered the very first cro-magnon man I did from a month or two ago (I think he is the best figure I have painted to date) and also, the frost dragon hatchling from Reaper.

Well, my little man didnt win anything, which was a bit disappointing.  However, as a surprise, Reaper jumped in at the last moment, and sponsored a 'best of Reaper' contest (my dragon is a Reaper figure) and he won!  When I picked my figures up after the contest, one of the judges said 'hey, Reaper picked you as their best figure.  You might get a certificate or something'.  That was a little bit of a bummer too - I figured I would never hear another word.  But, by the time I had gotten home, I had an email from Reaper in my inbox with a $50 Reaper Gift Certificate and a quick note about the contest!  Very cool, and very exciting for me!!!!!

Here are a couple pics of my two figures on display:

Finally, a couple pics of some spectacular SS figures at one of the games I looked at.  I subsequently bought said nazis, and I will attempt to paint them up one of these days

The cro-magnon men keep a comin'

Another Cro-magnon man.

Still have 3 more to go, but been painting up some other stuff along the way too...

Seriously ancient fella

Cro Magnon man #2

Orcs

15mm Orcs from Splintered Light miniatures.  Pretty good little figs...but I just get bored painting fantasy stuff really quickly.  I also have some goblin wolf riders primed and ready to go, but they got put away for now...

Cro-magnon leader

Had a long weekend, and finished up the first Cro-magnon man I was working on.  He turned out great - could be my best little man ever

And a couple more of the same fig on different backdrops

Frost Dragon Hatchling

Baby dragon, one day to be king!

Dont toss the dwarf

Reaper Bones 2 figure

My take on Drizzt

Drizzt Do'urden is a 'famous' Dungeons and Dragons character.  Here he is, accompanied by his magical panther Guenhwyvar.

Elfquest - Pike, and a final group shot!

Pike, and his wolf Hotburr

And the group shot of them all together!  This has been quite a 'quest' for me too!

Elfquest - Cutter

The chief of the Wolfriders, his wolf Nightrunner - and my 500th post!

Elfquest - Treestump

Dewshine's pop

Elfquest - Dewshine, and trip to the lake

More work on Elfquest stuff this weekend.  Only 3 more figs to go!  They should all get done by the end of the week at latest!

This is Dewshine:

 

 

Weird - in my searching, I found a real person dressed as Dewshine, and what looks to be a fan movie.  Oh dear.

Also this weekend, went out on a guided tour of Jordan Lake here in the Raleigh/Durham area looking for bald eagles with some friends of ours.  We saw three bald eagles and an osprey, and lots of other birds too.  good times

Elfquest - Strongbow

The grumpy elf, and his wolf, Briersting

Oh yeah.  I HATE CALL OF DUTY!  Im getting too old to run with the young bucks.....

Elfquest - Scouter

Another Elfquest model this morning...most likely the last one for a while, as COD Ghosts comes out today in the States.