Hackmaster/Ral Partha Elf Magic User throwing fireball

[72moonglum 9607]

Good evening all!

So here's my last Hackmaster endeavor, another Jim Johnson figure (really enjoying painting his sculpts), an Elf Magic User with a staff throwing a fireball. I think he was sculpted around 2003 like the previous female elf magic user, and the figure it all kinds of fun.  As always I didn't know what colors to use. I ended up making him blonde, after deciding on lilac for my female mage, and then started painting him from the inside out. I grabbed his shirt as a bright yellow, pants orange, and then I started thinking more autumn colors so red inside of his cloak and the cloak itself an earth brown.

 

Pretty straightforward figure, didn't have lots of dingly Dangley items going on.  Hackmaster figures either have a lot going on or they are simply elegant.  With them as well, they are larger figures, not the classic 25 mm from early Partha, but this is a line that they acquired not too long ago and in itself was sculpted in this century so a bit of size creep will have occurred. You can see the size difference in these and other figures Jim Johnson sculpted for the Partha brand. 

 

Did a green flame, now I've done a couple magical green flames instead of just normal fire color, and I'm still way too chicken to do OSL.  Maybe someday. In the meantime, hope you enjoy him!

 

[Glitterwolf 128201]

Another awesome paintjob!

I love the way you paint the faces on these minis, so much character!

[Warlady 2605]

You've been doing a great job on all of these - it's a pleasure to see your work!

[malefactus 36690]

He is an elegant miniature, BEAUTIFULLY painted. Your brushwork & color choices are WONDERFUL...the green fire seems to fit an Elf Wizard perfectly. VERY WELL DONE!

[Iridil 1804]

Beautiful - very expressive face. I like the simplicity of the figure and how your rich colors and blending make them pop.

[72moonglum 9607]

11 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Another awesome paintjob!

I love the way you paint the faces on these minis, so much character!

Thank you Glitterwolf! I've always believed that the eyes on a miniature will either make or break him.  If you can get some decent eyes, just about everything else after that is easy!

10 hours ago, Warlady said:

You've been doing a great job on all of these - it's a pleasure to see your work!

Thank you very much Warlady!

5 hours ago, malefactus said:

He is an elegant miniature, BEAUTIFULLY painted. Your brushwork & color choices are WONDERFUL...the green fire seems to fit an Elf Wizard perfectly. VERY WELL DONE!

Thanks Malefactus, once I chose the shirt color, the autumn colors just followed suit.  One of these days I'll do some spell effect with natural flame, but I seem to have a thing for green fire.

4 hours ago, Iridil said:

Beautiful - very expressive face. I like the simplicity of the figure and how your rich colors and blending make them pop.

Thanks Iridil!  Some of the nice thing with lots of the older figures is that they are relatively simple and straightforward.  Don't get me wrong, I like figures with "stuff" on them too, but simpler figures make for quicker painting, and there seems to be an elegance with the bare minimum of their character class, like this one, instead of having a thousand little bags, straps, cinches, et cetera covering them.

 

[Jabberwocky 1399]

Do it! Do the OSL! I recently did a green magic OSL effect and would be happy to offer my thoughts if you like.

Edited January 11 by Jabberwocky

[72moonglum 9607]

Do you have a link to what you did? I’d love to see it for reference!