Citadel Dwarf Queen and Dwarf Wizard

[72moonglum]

Hello again guys,

 

so recently been a bit inspired to paint some old miniatures, ones that were nice and dark lead.  Part of the reason for this is I want to get these painted before they actually disintegrate or get a lot of lead rot, so I'm going to be hopefully keep painting the few ones that I have that are really old, just to get a protective cover of paint on them, and because let's face it, they're basically just cool!

 

So today I've got two dwarves from an old Citadel boxed set, whose name I don't remember but it was probably something like Court of the Dwarf King. Later when I get inspired I'll hunt it down on the Lost Mini Wiki.

 

So they are two dwarves, a dwarf queen and a dwarf wizard/vizier/councilor or something of that nature.  Took the photos yesterday afternoon and it was a little cloudy so the back view of the queen is little dark, but everything else worked out pretty well

 

 

with the dwarf queen, I thought she had like a little mole under her mouth, which is why there is that odd line, because it might have actually just been an irregularity in the cast.

 

Anyhoos, hopefully you guys enjoy these little gems from the past, Games Workshoppe before it was Games Workshoppe.  As I find time, I'm going to be painting other great oldies as well, apart from all the Partha stuff I normally paint.

[Glitterwolf]

Awesome!

The look on the Queen's face makes it clear, the dear King can shout all he wants, but she's in charge!

[72moonglum]

1 hour ago, Glitterwolf said:

Awesome!

The look on the Queen's face makes it clear, the dear King can shout all he wants, but she's in charge!

Yeah, you can tell she doesn’t put up with fools!

[Fencig]

18 hours ago, 72moonglum said:

Yeah, you can tell she doesn’t put up with fools!

or Elves :)

 

very cool set

[72moonglum]

5 hours ago, Fencig said:

or Elves :)

 

very cool set

Thank you Fencig!

[Lidless Eye]

Great work on a truly classic set!

[72moonglum]

8 hours ago, Lidless Eye said:

Great work on a truly classic set!

Thanks very much Lidless Eye!

[Iridil]

Beautifuly done set - never seen this pair before! Love the beard, the look on the queen's face and the way they have some of the same colors but are distinct colorings

[Highlander]

Great work in incorporating the mole.  Sanding it off would have been difficult ... and destructive.  Kudos.

[72moonglum]

22 hours ago, Iridil said:

Beautifuly done set - never seen this pair before! Love the beard, the look on the queen's face and the way they have some of the same colors but are distinct colorings

Thank you Iridil! It's an old Citadel set of some Dwarf King's Court, really nice set from the eighties. I really only have these two miniatures and then one other dwarf guard leaning against a halberd.

21 hours ago, Highlander said:

Great work in incorporating the mole.  Sanding it off would have been difficult ... and destructive.  Kudos.

Upon retrospect, I probably should have just cut it off with an exacto knife, but live and learn.

[Fencig]

On 4/28/2020 at 8:04 AM, 72moonglum said:

Upon retrospect, I probably should have just cut it off with an exacto knife, but live and learn.

nawww, it's perfect. She's a mean old Queen who has seen way to much death and suffering by Dwarves and the mole is part of her personality

 

[72moonglum]

1 hour ago, Fencig said:

nawww, it's perfect. She's a mean old Queen who has seen way to much death and suffering by Dwarves and the mole is part of her personality

 

Even her mole has a back story!