77251 - 77255 Bones 2: Beastmen and Minotaurs

[Skrill]

Hi all,

 

I like to paint my minis in batch, so I tackled recently all the "Beast Mode!" section of the Bones 2 Core set.

I'm ultimately planning to use them as part of my Beastmen warband for Mordheim.

 

BloodHoof, the Minotaur Barbarian is one of my favorite sculpt among these.
Here he just chopped his way through a High Elf.

 

The Beastmen warriors weren't painted that well (and I didn't clean up enough some massive mold lines), so they don't deserve their stand-alone shots.

But they look nice coming out of the woods.

 

The Beastman champion is really massive. It looks like he could hack a minotaur in half.

 

BronzeHeart, the Minotaur hero.

With his nice fitted armour and pretty axe, he doesn't fit too well with my idea of Minotaurs (blood thirsty savage beasts...). But fun to paint nevertheless.

 

And a little group shot

 

C&C welcome

 

[FireElemental]

Nice. I really like the blood splatters.

[Marineal]

I think these turned out great! I love monstrous creatures!

[Glitterwolf]

Great, now I need to paint mine... sooo much to do, so little time

[VolksFest]

Cool blood effect on the axe, and over all shadows are impressive. Very nice job.

[Chaoswolf]

Very nicely done!

[Lidless Eye]

I love the skintone.

[Jordan Peacock]

Very nice!  The splatter and distress do nicely to emphasize the savage and barbaric nature of the first minotaur hero.  I personally think that it's rather nice to have a more "civilized" minotaur option (considering that certain RPGs offer "minotaur" as a playable PC race, and take a nicer spin on them), but if that doesn't fit your vision, and you want to go more the rough-and-savage route, I suppose that could be done by distressing the armor and weapon a bit more (some rust, scratches, stains).  As-is, however, I think it looks great!