Lead Painter's League 2018 - Round 3 - Planet of the Worm Men

This is my round 3 entry for the LPL. "Planet of the Worm Men". Another loser- I'm getting spanked this year!

The Worm Men are stock from Hydra Miniatures, the woman is a 'Valkeeri Leader' but I swapped her head for one from Statuesque Miniatures. The skimmer is from Pulp Alley.

 

Lead Painter's League 11 - Round 4 - Arrival

Quite a while back I encountered a picture of some 28mm Clue miniatures sculpted by Mark Copplestone for the 'Cluedo: Super Sleuth' game (very nicely painted by 'Orctrader'). I managed to shortly thereafter acquire a boxed game on eBay. True to form, it took a couple years to get to them and painted them in time for an LPL entry.

I had already started the 3D Clue board, which is now mostly done except for interior furniture.

 

Lead Painter's League 11 - Round 2 - Fool's Gold

Round 2 of the LPL this year was a retro sci-fi scene. A while back I saw a 'Space Action' cover with a quartered uniform scheme that I wanted to try on a Hydra Miniatures spaceman. I switched out the red/green as I have never been a fan of that combo.

 

The spaceman is a Hydra 'Commander Mudpie' with a new head, from a Games Workshop Frateris Militia. He has a Bruce Campbell look that I like.

The creatures are 'Ferrus Testudines' that I acquired in a Kickstarter run by Krakon Games. They have metallic shells, and I wanted them to have a rusty golden iron pyrite appearance.

The skimmer is a 'Cerny Skimmer' that was available for a short time from Pulp Alley.

Lillie Poots (Statuesque Miniatures)

Another figure that was part of the recent primed-figure clear out was 'Lillie Poots' from the manufacturer Statuesque Miniatures. This range of figures, by Andrew Rae, are really top notch and fun to paint. His earlier stuff was hand sculpted and super crisp. He has moved to digital sculpting and in my opinion they are the best digital to metal translations on the market. Perfect resolution of details and fun to paint. 

I'm not a huge fan of painting exaggerated OSL (Object Source Lighting) in miniatures, but she has a lantern, so I thought I might as well try it.

When I set up a more directed, focused light to get a cast shadow and some atmosphere the figure didn't change much, so I'm pretty happy with the light effect.

Oddly, it looks a little more rough when it's not evenly lit with an umbrella setup.

Lead Adventure League Round 9 - Phantom Ace

Here's my Round 9 LPL entry, 'Phantom Ace'.

 

Phantom Ace is from Pulp Alley or Statuesque Miniatures, the cultists are a mix of Northstar 'In Her Majesties Name' Servants of Ra, Foundry arabs, and a Pulp Figures cultist.

A gigantic cobra I didn't end up using, unknown manufacturer.

The regular snake charmer (Eureka Miniatures)

I also bought a couple Mashrabiya screens from Ironheart Artisans, here they are with figures.