Sunday, September 10, 2017

Talisman Ghoul, Thief and Dwarf


 Here are the ghoul, thief and dwarf:


 
 

 

 





Three wonderful figures from the base Talisman set. Gary Chalk and Aly Morrison, you guys rock. The thief and the ghoul have similar red and purple color schemes and I will probably use this on other figures. I did the golds on the dwarf dark to light and then glazed with color, as opposed to the bright method I did on the barbarian, in fitting with the differences in the illustrations. The ghoul and thief have significant black lining which may only be visible in the full-size versions of the pics, for example, in the lines of the cloth, face, and the muscles and veins of the ghoul. I also tried an illustration-like black ink shading method on the dwarf axe that I think was successful. I chose to make the ghoul's eyes face forward as I prefer more generic, neutral poses in figures so they can interact more naturally with one another in a game. The thief's flesh is particularly jaundiced to match the illustration, using P3 Thrall Flesh as the made tone.

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  1. All very nice, but I think the thief is my overall favourite. It's an unsuual colour scheme, which I appreciate is dictated by the artwork, but somehow works very well. Oh, I have just started another blog dedicated to preslotta miniatures: https://forgottendungeons.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Thanks! Great to see your new blog and I added it to the blogroll. I think I noticed your other fantasy one went away which I thought was a shame. Also nice to know you are a dungeon synth fan... another thing we share in common.

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  2. Superb brush work! The gold on the dwarf really pops - the contrast is great.

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  3. So sweet!

    In oldie Polish edition of Talisman there was no minis but character pictures on cardboard "pawns". Got to get some of those :)

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    1. Thanks! I've seen another edition with different artwork, not sure if the Polish edition though. The British edition had paper pawns too of the illustrations I'm posting and you had to buy the figures separately. I had the base game as a kid but not the figures until recent years!

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  4. Superb work. I didn't realise how closely the miniatures resembled Mr Chalk's artwork.

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    1. Thanks! Yeah, he followed them pretty closely.

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  5. Wow! My hands down favorite is the ghoul. As usual all the figures are top notch.

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  6. Fantastic work, very well done on those minis. :)

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