Assorted Miniature Projects
Beowulf & Grendel - Otherworld Miniatures
In the spirit of Spring Cleaning, I decided to crack on and finish Beowulf & Grendel from the Otherworld Miniatures range. First up is the mighty hero, Beowulf…
I enjoyed painting this chap. There is a little bit of the Ray Winstone about him for sure but I liked that there was so much detail worked into the sculpt.
It was fun painting the shading and highlighting stage and I think the base really helps set the model off, framing it well. Cloaks are also fun to paint!
We also have Grendel, the monstrous beast that attacked Hrothgar’s Hall.
Again, a fun model to paint and a bit different from normal. There was a lot of drybrushing to get through on this model. I worked in a lot of greys followed by off-white and black for the hair.
I thought it worked well for troll skin and gave him the appearance of a creature from the bowels of the earth. He also features the leather loincloth and the peering red eyes. Oh, and the sticky ichor dropping from his maw.
It was a fun project working on these two and I’m interested in looking at writing up some simple rules for them. I want to put together a little set of duelling mechanics, maybe using SAGA dice, to play out a quick clash between them.
Excellent work. I actually ordered these two miniatures myself along with the gamebook. They arrived yesterday and I’ve been playing the book. So far I’m finding it a little too easy but it’s a fun read. Might have to use lower stats next time. I’ll probably use both miniatures in Rangers and also Grendel as a troll in Frostgrave.
Thanks for the inspiration.