Blacksmith Bring The Art Of Jean-Baptiste Monge To Life!
April 11, 2017 by brennon
Blacksmith Miniatures have been working away on their Kickstarter campaign to bring to life a series of 54mm miniatures for painters and collectors based on the illustrations of Jean-Baptiste Monge.
Each of the miniatures has been produced in resin and looks like the artwork developed for the realm of 3D. You'll just have to check out the miniatures to see what I mean starting with St Paddy's Day...
The universe of Monge had previously been part of a series of illustrated books but this allows you to give these characters a new lease of life on your painting table.
Illustrations Come To Life
I think my favourite has to be this fellow, Red Cap. He has the look of a warrior about him and as a wargamer, it's always good to see some weapons on a miniature. I love his crooked and twisted sword which matches his spindly body.
Following on from him we have the star of the collection, show off in the images above, known as the Key Keeper.
Now that truly is a fantastic piece showing off plenty of technical awesomeness when it comes to sculpting. It just means you're going to have to try all the harder when it comes to painting this fellow to make him feel just as impressive when he's finished.
The Crooks Of London is another fantastically characteristic piece which takes more of a Steampunk turn.
If you prefer something a bit more different then Jean-Baptiste Monge also worked on some alternative pieces including the Fairy.
She's very different from the other pieces but gives you an alternative if you fancy trying alternative techniques. I wonder if you could actually paint her like the artwork there as if she's come to life from the page in those very muted parchment-like tones?
This Kickstarter only has around a day left to go so if you're interested in any of these pieces you better be quick.
What do you think of their work?
"...this allows you to give these characters a new lease of life on your painting table"
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I love the Keykeeper and Crooks of London. My birthday’s coming up soon, hmm…
do it @lancorz mate. take a look at the unlocked custom bases for those two if you haven’t already and certainly take a look at the celtic faeries artbook. i’m in for the fairy and the unlocked tinkerbell minimum. i fell in love with both the art and sculpts the moment i saw them. genuinely lost for superlatives with these. it’ like someone took the gossamer threads of fairy tale dreams and sculpted them with pixie dust and magic. did i say i was lost for superlatives. soooooooooooooooo glad you guys put this one up. what i wouldn’t give to… Read more »
they all look great.
These are %$$%$ amazing …… What beautiful minis …..Well played Blacksmith Miniatures .. well played. Now if only I could paint to the standard these deserve …magnificent!!
if you love the magic of fairy tales go and watch Jean Baptiste Monge celtic faeries the secret kingdom trailer on last years kickstarter. gutted I missed out on the kickstarter for the book, but it is up for pre order. I saw it mentioned by the guys at moonstone late last year.
be warned though, once you’ve watched it your likely to start throwing money at blacksmith miniatures.
only a couple of hours to go and I can’t make my mind up whether to pick up the exceptional keykeeper and st paddy’s day or just go for the two fairies.
when you consider some of the art they could potentially bring to life in the future as well.
needless to say i’m smitten and hope this is just the beginning.