'twas brillig...

I spotted this Jabberwock in a GW store in Brighton, must have been during the late 80's. I had never seen it in flyers or advertised in White Dwarf. I knew immediately I had to buy it. There is only one problem (I have) with it - the silly little wings it was given, originally made for the range of Young Dragons. The rest of it, though, is superb stuff by Bob Olley.

A couple of years ago, when I had spare cash and going through a spate of classic Citadel collecting, I took another good look at it and decided it needed a decent pair of wings. Most wings of that time were sculpted by Nick Bibby, but the difference in the style of fine detail made them aesthetically unsuitable. Then during an eBay search I spotted these...

Perfect, and only a couple of quid. The scale is just right, the fine detailing has the right 'feel', even the tattiness works as well. Great big dark leathery wings...

~J~

P.S.
I keep a half an eye on eBay to see what models are fetching price-wise. A mint boxed Jabberwock went for over £120 recently. Gobsmacking.

Stuff on the go

Keep threatening to sit down to paint but end up doing something else instead. These are jobs I MUST finish dammit!

Technically, the Lava Dragon has been waiting to be finished for over 15 years FFS. The Wyvern ought to be done soon, found some great painting reference in a modern book of dinosaurs.

These Khymeras are examples of my recent approach to painting, 2 colour wet-on-wet washes as a base coat. The left Khymera has had more layers applied. MUST FINISH Grrrr!

~J~

What I am doing now

As a way of getting my blog going, here is a work in progress, and the figure that broke a long 11 years of non-painting...

Bits to finish up: the axe, horns, trophy rack, and I have a base in progress.

11 years since I last put paint to miniature, actually 15 since I finished a figure to varnish point ;p
This run may last only 6 months (or less) before fate conspires to interrupt me again :-/

Much more soon...

~J~