Grenadier Miniature's 2004 Hirelings from their Advanced Dungeons & Dragons figure line. Such a favorite that I tracked them down on eBay, bought them, referenced them in a book, and, naturally, painted them.
I finished them two days ago, and it's finally a complete set.
Here they are, half done.
And here they are, complete!
Most of them got the quickshade treatment, which worked well making these guys look weathered and grungy. The halfling torchbearer and the team really gave me a hard time.
My only regret on these guys is that I didn't hit on my "Guild of Hirelings" official red shirt color scheme until after I'd done a couple of them. Otherwise they'd all have red shirts. The only guys who don't are clearly employers, like the lead trunk bearer, who's armored like a real adventurer.
You've seen these guys before in my games. Shieldbearer Zed uses the potion drinking mini. The pack bearer has stood in for a created servant. And I'm pretty sure the lantern bearer has seen use as a generic hireling before as well.
I'd like to thank JCoo for this great explanation of painting fire. Without it, the torch on that halfling would still be keeping me down.
LOL - almost a year between posts! Awesome job - making those 30+ year old minis looking great!
ReplyDeleteYeah, seriously. I tend to paint in long runs and then stop for a while. Plus I tend to switch projects constantly. I think I finished up everyone but the team and the halfling shortly after that post, and then only managed to decide how to finish those last two in the past week or two. Then it was a lot of little touches until I just got them done.
Deleteive got most of those guys too! didnt realize they were from a set though, a few of mine are painted as well. the Halfling torch bearer is Pippin, my daughters characters companion!
ReplyDeleteDid you notice he looks like the Keebler elf, too? Or is that just me?
DeleteI don't think I've ever seen a completed set of these minis painted. They are always in the process of being painted.
ReplyDeleteThe process is finally over for me. ;)
DeleteI'd like to eventually give them all matching bases. But since at the moment I'm playing in a dungeon, I won't give them all the "rocky meadow" treatment that three of them have. Not yet, anyway.
I miss pewter. That's what such "small figurines" (minis) were made of when I was a kid. What few "metal" figurines I have found these days are a little too "fantastical" for my taste.
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