Scourge of the Seven Seas

I saw these figures on Pinterest and was quite intrigued by them. The images were of the playing pieces for a game called Rum and Bones which has a core set and several expansion sets. The figures looked gorgeous thanks to the amazing painters at Big Child Creatives and I really like the whimsical style of the sculpts. I picked up a heroes box for the "La Brise Sanguine" expansion which are "French inspired" pirates. A heroes box contains 3 figures made from different colored plastic. I chose the character "Mademoiselle Defarge" from the set. The quality of the figures shown on their Kickstarter page seem to be of higher quality and I've seen on some online commentaries that they may be resin prototypes. On initial inspection the detail appears soft. The plastic itself is softer than DML/Dragon or Tamiya figures but harder than Reaper Bones. However, I found that clean up was similar to Bones in that sanding or scraping was not very effective and seam lines were best removed with a sharp blade and a steady hand. I also recommend you wash and rinse the figures before painting. Unlike Bones, I did prime the figure first and had no issue with its application. I really enjoyed painting this figure and found that looking at the figure out of the box was deceptive. The details really stand out when painting and I was really happy with how she turned out. I'm looking forward to painting the other two characters from the box.

You Can (Not) Pass

This is a very cool little mini from Cool Mini or Not. It is 32mm and titled "Space Girl" and as of this post there is 1 left in stock in their webstore. My colour scheme inspiration came from Asuka Langley's plug suit in the incredible Evangelion anime series.

Officer of the 2nd Ulans, Grand Duchy of Warsaw, 1812

This 54mm figure is by Pegaso (54-060) from their "Elite Series". It was originally an officer of the 17th regiment but I wanted to try painting yellow and decided on the colour scheme of the 2nd regiment. I just had to remove the 17 from the plates on the pouch and czapska. Yellow was a challenge but there are several great tutorials on YouTube which helped tremendously. I used a combination of Citadel and Velejo paints.

The Pirate Queen

 This is one of my all time favorite miniatures by one of my favorite sculptors, Werner Klocke. The figure is from Freebooter Miniatures in their Freebooter's Fate line. I really tried to "pull out all the stops" on this one and I think this is one of my best paints to date. I took a lot of inspiration from the paint jobs on the Rum and Bones figures (another pirate based miniature game) by Big Child Creatives.

Oo-hoo, Witchy Woman

This is the metal version of Reaper's "Liela Mordollwen, Dark Elf Sorceress". 

The Green Faith

I like this Reaper figure for it simplicity and clean lines while still conveying character. The colour scheme was inspired by a cosplay image on Pinterest. I think the limited palette lends itself to the figure. This was a good model to practice painting female faces too since the detail is crisp and the face isn't cluttered. I tried to get nice smooth transitions with less contrast to emphasize her feminine features.

Ranger Danger

I love this figure from Dark Sword. It's you classic ranger but I think the sculpt is exceptional. I definitely got an Aragorn/Strider vibe which is where I got the inspiration for the color scheme. Comparing Dark Sword to Reaper minis - the DS ones are definitely more delicate in both detail and casting than Reaper. I would say that Reaper is geared more towards gaming while DS is geared more at collecting/display. Which is to not say that Reaper's mini's aren't detailed - they are. They just seem to be designed to be more durable/handled.