Stonehaven Miniatures Gnome Scout and Paladin, sculpted by Mike Evans

[72moonglum]

In a world where an entire player race seems to have been mostly overlooked throughout the years, Stonehaven Miniatures created a Kickstarter that was oriented mostly for the fine folk, and made a bunch of different gnome characters, male and female, cast in metal.  Here are two of them that I've recently finished, a Gnome Paladin and a Gnome Scout:

 

 

These are some really small miniatures, and as I finally was able to photograph them I could see a few spots that I could probably improve upon them, but being that these are just for fun and enjoyable, I think I'm happy where I am with them.  

 

The hair on them is a little bit outside of the natural realm of color, not your typical blonde, black, brown or red.  I sent an email to the sculptor Mike Evans and asked him how he imagined his gnomes, with natural color hair or more fantasy colors and he said bright colors, so I kind of followed that idea with these two.  

 

I still live in that past of the old D & D description which talked about them having skin the color or wood and either blonde or white hair, but I'm trying to move away from that pretty old concept.  I've seen art for gnomes in other newer D&D books and they are certainly more vibrant than before

 

Anyhoos, hope you enjoy them!

Edited May 23, 2022 by 72moonglum

[Rigel]

Lovely work and the bright colors are a good choice!

[Glitterwolf]

I like the brighter colours, good work!

[72moonglum]

8 hours ago, Rigel said:

Lovely work and the bright colors are a good choice!

Thank you Rigel!

6 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

I like the brighter colours, good work!

Thanks Glitterwolf, more bright colors to come in the future!

[Metalchaos]

Great work on these lovely models. I love the red and gold shield, and the yellow / green hair color you went for.

[72moonglum]

26 minutes ago, Metalchaos said:

Great work on these lovely models. I love the red and gold shield, and the yellow / green hair color you went for.

Yeah, I'm actually quite pleased with both hair colors.  And the red and the gold shield worked out pretty nicely as well. With reds, I was  historically kind of stubborn and still wanted at some point to always highlight until white, but somehow this never worked as I wanted it too and after watching a lot of Anne Forester and hearing how she says you don't always want to highlight up to white, I've been trying to not go that high.  Depends on the color but red is one of them where I highlight maximum with some yellow, maybe sun yellow.

[Chaoswolf]

You did a wonderful job on both of them!

[72moonglum]

21 minutes ago, Chaoswolf said:

You did a wonderful job on both of them!

Thanks Chaoswolf!

[Iridil]

Niced pair of lovely little ladies - love the armor and their faces - they look sort of like: "great, another large person underestimating the damage I can deal..."

[72moonglum]

2 hours ago, Iridil said:

Niced pair of lovely little ladies - love the armor and their faces - they look sort of like: "great, another large person underestimating the damage I can deal..."

Never underestimate folk who only reach up to your belly button. 

[Grand Slam]

I love the armor and hair on that paladin! Such smooth transition work.

 

As for the scout, the face is my absolute favorite part. It's got a ton of character.

 

Very tight detail work on both of these gals as well.

[72moonglum]

15 hours ago, Grand Slam said:

I love the armor and hair on that paladin! Such smooth transition work.

 

As for the scout, the face is my absolute favorite part. It's got a ton of character.

 

Very tight detail work on both of these gals as well.

Thanks very much Grand Slam,

 

I don't know if it shows enough with the armor that I have gone all the way up to white.  I think sometimes the settings I use on the photos is a little dark but I probably just haven't found that perfect spot.