Hackmaster Dwarven Battle Mage, sculpted by Jim Johnson

[72moonglum]

Good morning everybody, so here's a figure that's actually been sitting on my paint desk for probably six months I'm guessing.  I got his skin and his white beard done, but afterwards all the colors to add on afterwards were kind of stumping me, so I ended up just leaving him sitting there for months and months.  For some reason though after getting back from a business trip two weeks ago, I took him up again and finished him pretty quickly.  I think it was a combination of color choices and some tight spots to get paint to that were putting me off.  Anyhoos, I got him figured out and finished.  I gave him some pink shoes, just because I wanted to annoy the cosmic color wheel, but when I look at it, his shoes don't even actually bother me that much. So I'm not sure if I was able to accomplish anything in an attempt to violate the holy color wheel or not.

 

He's a Hackmaster Battle Mage, probably from around 2003 or so, originally sold on the Hackmaster range and acquired a few years back from Iron Wind Metals/Ral Partha.  Nice solid figure, pretty good side and despite my earlier trepidation, a pretty easy paint job to do.

 

 

Fronts and back at slightly different angles, couldn't choose the best ones so threw both sets in. 

 

So anyhow, hope you enjoy!

 

[Corsair]

Well, you know he's got to be one tough dwarf to wear those shoes! A very fun figure!

[72moonglum]

11 minutes ago, Corsair said:

Well, you know he's got to be one tough dwarf to wear those shoes! A very fun figure!

Naturally belligerent, he's just waiting for somebody to make fun of those shoes to do a bit of battle maging.

[Loim]

Your work is always excellent. I love seeing your new pieces. You can almost always tell a Jim Johnson sculpt, they are very unique. 

[72moonglum]

Just now, Loim said:

Your work is always excellent. I love seeing your new pieces. You can almost always tell a Jim Johnson sculpt, they are very unique. 

I agree, Jim Johnson sculpts are very noticeable, and he is so prolific, he has done thousands of different miniatures for so many company. He's one of those sculptors though that I've never seen or heard about, kind of an enigma.

[Iridil]

Love the shoes! Somehow it works with the moss pants and his skin tone. I am not a pink fan in general :).  This makes me want to put pink on some poor figure....

[72moonglum]

1 hour ago, Iridil said:

Love the shoes! Somehow it works with the moss pants and his skin tone. I am not a pink fan in general :).  This makes me want to put pink on some poor figure....

I’ve done some pink now and again, it’s an underused color!

[Warlady]

Another wonderful clean paint job!

[72moonglum]

17 hours ago, Warlady said:

Another wonderful clean paint job!

Thank you Warlady! Glad you like him!

[Glitterwolf]

Another great paintjob!

 

And if anyone bothers him about those shoes he will turn them into rabbits!

[72moonglum]

2 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Another great paintjob!

 

And if anyone bothers him about those shoes he will turn them into rabbits!

That's the advantage of having a little bit of juju to back up your fashion choices!