77011: Fulumbar, Dwarf Warrior

[fanguad]

 

 

Fulumbar was painted up for the Fall 2014 Miniature Exchange for Sirithiel.

 

I used the same matte sealer as on Lorenzo, with very similar results: totally matte, but a little grainy, and the pictures make it look much worse than it looks in hand.

 

Paints used include the Dark Skin triad for the face, Oiled Leather triad for armor, Grey Blues triad for blue accents, NPP Field Gray for green accents and P3 Coal Black for the helm tassle.

Backstory I created for Fulumbar

Fulumbar is a plains dwarf, a race of dark-skinned dwarves that farm and hunt the vast plains on the other side of the Dwarf Lord Mountains, where humans and elves rarely venture. The plains dwarves recognize that not all treasure is found underground – wood, leather, fur, horn, barley and wheat are the precious materials the plains dwarves deal in. You didn’t think that the famous dwarven ale was made with plants grown underground, did you? Of course, it’s not shocking that you’ve never heard of plains dwarves before. The mountain dwarves are themselves notorious recluses and even the human towns near the mountains only see the occasional trader, prospector or adventurer. The plains dwarves also keep to themselves, though they’re just as fierce as any king under the mountain when provoked.

As for Fulumbar, why does he now travel in human lands? Though he was raised a farmer in the thorp of Bem Lodar, that idyllic life was brutally cut short when duergar raiders burned the village to the ground, killed half the inhabitants and carried off the rest. Fulumbar spent the next 20 years chasing the duergar, hunting down their raiding parties and freeing the captives they took from Bem Lodar, until only two remain unaccounted for – his wife and baby daughter, now a young dwarven lass he’s never met. He has followed the trail of blood and rumors of midnight attacks until they led him to the great human city of Dram. Will his quest finally come to end in the dungeons below Kings’ Valley Keep, or will this be another dead end?

 

[redambrosia]

Darn duergar! Always with the raiding and the stealing babies! Curse you!

 

Great back story and very nice mini

[Marvin]

Very cool. Love the look on his face.

[ub3r_n3rd]

This is absolutely fantastic work Fan, I love it. 

 

ETA: Very cool story too.

Edited October 23, 2014 by ub3r_n3rd

[Sirithiliel]

He is fabulous! :D

[KruleBear]

The dark skin tone is a nice departure from most dwarves.

[CorallineAlgae]

Nice paint job. I'm guessing he didn't get that tan down in the mines. Can't beat a dwarf with a beer stein on his shield. I love the colors. Coal Black is one of my favorite paints. 

[cthulhudarren]

Very nice use of the lining technique. It's one of my favorite techniques.

[Pingo]

I like the steely-eyed look.

 

Am I imagining things, or were dwarves described as darker-skinned in at least one edition of D&D?

[redambrosia]

I like the steely-eyed look.

 

Am I imagining things, or were dwarves described as darker-skinned in at least one edition of D&D?

No you aren't, in 2nd ed they're pretty much all various colours of rocks. IIRC Mountain dwarves are kinda reddish colours and deep dwarves are greyish. I don't remember the rest though. I just never chose to paint them those colours

[zoroaster100]

Very nice.  I especially like the strong expression you achieved on his face.

[Arc 724]

This looks really good man, I love the natural feel to it. Cant wait I recall seeing a dwarf with dark skin tone before. It looks really nice!

[tiniest rhombus]

Wow! He looks fabulous!

[AnneO'Leary]

I like the palette you chose for him as it gives him a more earthy feel. The brushwork is excellent as well.

[stevehtx]

My take on this excellent dwarf. Dropped the hammer in favor of a sword. Need to work on my lighting.