Of (10mm) Monsters & Men...

The topic title is partly in homage to the Icelandic band of the same name. Two of their songs evoke emotions for me, "Little Talks" and "Dirty Paws". The latter song makes me think of my dogs and the adventures we have gone on over the years that would result in their paws and bodies covered in dirt and mud. As they (and I) get older, these adventures are a bit less adventurous and those paws a little less dirty....but I digress.

The other reason for the title is that Pendraken recently released additional mythical beasts and monsters to their 10mm fantasy range.  I decided to order some of their trolls and gargoyles to give a little extra flavor to my 10mm orcs and undead from Wargames Atlantic. 

The gargoyles were purchased to supplement my undead forces. I thought they were keeping in theme and would give some winged mobility to the shambling hordes of bones. 

The sculpts come in two pieces, the body and the wings. Prior to attaching with crazy glue, I prepped everything and then bent the wings to give more dynamic looks and to better fit the bases. 

The figures were then primed with flat black (Rust-Oleum from a rattle can), and drybrushed with a light purple. Not much more went into them other than some purple base painting and quick highlights, a wash with purple ink and then picked out the eyes, horns and teeth. I like the finished result and the didn't take more than hour to paint. The figures were varnished and based in a manner consistent with my orc and undead forces. 

My orc army already has a few bases of trolls (Copplestone castings seen above) and they are massive figures for 10mm. I didn't necessarily need the Pendraken trolls but the sculpts are awesome. Their trolls are a much different style and considerably shorter. Whereas I can only get two Copplestone trolls on a 40mm base, I can squeeze three Pendraken trolls onto the same dimension. They will end up being classified as different creatures. Perhaps giants and trolls or trolls and ogres. Who knows, but I digress...

Here are the Pendraken trolls above. I dry brushed with Vallejo Cork brown over a black prime. I opted for a light brown flesh because my Copplestone trolls are a pale greenish grey and the only other colors I felt would look appropriate were a bluish grey or a light brown. I painted these fellas in a similar approach as the gargoyles.the paint job doesn't blow me away, perhaps the sculpts deserved better but I'm also not displeased 

I look forward to additional 10mm fantasy releases from Wargames Atlantic and one of these days I will have to tackle the WA dwarves...