The Work of James K. Craig

Blogging the Beasts 7 - Minotogres?

As discussed in my previous post I decided to field a very different Beasts army for tthe upcoming Lost WFB Championship event. I would not be taking Morghur and creating the usual spawn spam list that i enjoy so much (I LOVE ARMY RANDOMNESS). Instead I would be creating an army around a Doombull and two units of minotaurs (which I didnt have), two herds (which meant painting up 20-30 ungors), two chariots (of which I only had one painted), my giant and a little extra surprise for my opponents if I manage to get it all done in one month of time……) Oh and I wanted it all painted.

UGH.

First up was the Minotaurs which I decided to make from the Ogres I had collected.  I bitz ordered marauder champion horse heads like the one above, got out my glue, knife and putty and got to work…. And after some reworking and rethinking I came up with the following for my first four.

I think they look pretty good though the learning curve has been interesting.  I will be making 4 more of these and expect that I will probably then come back and edit these a bit -several require more hair for a start and I intend to change the left arm of the club weilder as the pose is too compact -  but it is a good start nonetheless.  Also,  I genuinely like the look. Hot dang!!! Im not sure I am going to even bother with the new GW ones when they come out unless they are spectacular.

I am particularily pleased with the variety of looks that I have been able to achieve with the same horse head as the basis. A few new horns and some careful clipping made for great variety. I would especially like to thank the bloodletter champ who gave his horns to the cause in such an unselfish manner heh heh heh

These arent going to be golden demon pieces and so may have the odd rough edge but I think that they assembled well enough and, with a little application of skill, should paint up well enough that modelling flaws need not be noticable in any meaningful context.

 Well thats it for now - much to do - cya with my next installment.