"The Stig" Bones V Fire Giant Hellbringer

[Magic Lantern]

Introducing General Woundwort Hellbringer  otherwise known as "The Stig". Sometime Commander of the Armies of Muspellheim, General of the Volcano Legions, Servant to the true Emperor Surtr...it is said he once 'borrowed ' Sleipnir and made the Bifrost run in less than 12 parsecs...and that he slew the ice dragon whose skin he wears while playing truant from kindergarten using the family sword on which he teethed...it is said that the diamond encrusted bracelets of Storm Giant strength he wears were a gift from Zeus himself...Stig and Loki were on a stag do in Sparta and weighed in on the side of Heracles and  the Argonauts in a barroom brawl against Ra and the crew of the Solar barque....Best Giant figure yet from Reaper enjoyed every minute of painting

[Glitterwolf]

I love it!

The shield and sword with the fire /lava theme are awesome!

 

 

[Grand Slam]

Very nice approach to the paint scheme. The light colors are refreshing and unexpected. I also like the skin. 

 

The sword and shield are both breathtaking!

[Magic Lantern]

11 hours ago, Grand Slam said:

Very nice approach to the paint scheme. The light colors are refreshing and unexpected. I also like the skin. 

 

The sword and shield are both breathtaking!

Thank you very much!  ( It's my  rough approximation of a "split complementary" scheme- orange/brown versus blue-green and blue-violet but I had to go more burgundy to tie in with my other Fire Giants).

 

16 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

I love it!

The shield and sword with the fire /lava theme are awesome!

 

 

 

Thank you very much. I'm proud of the shield because I kept going back and improving it instead of calling it done!  Both it and the sword benefit from the astonishing way  some of Citadel's contrast paints look over white ink and then layered together - the base was so simple - a melange of the fire-bright contrasts then a really thick layer of Mordant Earth.

[Chaoswolf]

That's a fantastic paint job!

[Iridil]

Great story for a great figure (kinda hard to say mini with this guy :)) I really like the coloring of cloak/armor and the idea that it's from an ice dragon... spectacular!

[Magic Lantern]

1 hour ago, Iridil said:

Great story for a great figure (kinda hard to say mini with this guy :)) I really like the coloring of cloak/armor and the idea that it's from an ice dragon... spectacular!

Thank you very much - the stories were just telling themselves with this figure (tbf I think Gary Gygax gets some of the credit for the cloak - I have a long term target of painting all the monsters for Against the Giants ( maybe not 80 orc slaves...) and I noticed the other day that the Fire Giant King  is described as wearing a cloak of white dragon hide. I said Ice Dragon because I wanted to use Briar Queen Chill to balance the colour scheme.)

[Rigel]

Outstanding work! Love the shield, the glowy eyes--the whole picture. And the legends are just the perfect introduction.

[Magic Lantern]

19 hours ago, Rigel said:

Outstanding work! Love the shield, the glowy eyes--the whole picture. And the legends are just the perfect introduction.

Thank you - I think this site has got to me because everyone tells such great tales about their minis

[Ziggy]

This looks great.  And the story is awesome.