Check Out A New Painted Brute For Para Bellum’s Conquest
October 9, 2017 by brennon
Para Bellum Wargames have been testing out some new schemes for the Spire and indeed the Brutes that we've seen in some of their past artwork and renders for Conquest. Here we have one painted in a style more in keeping with their art by Marcus Stroh.
The Brute is looking particularly awesome and I like the way that Marcus has painted up the blades with an almost bone-like quality compared to the darker wrappings that surround the Brute. I'd say this is a rather good representation of the kind of things you can do when it comes to painting up these models when they hit.
I was a little put off by the size of the weapons when it came to these beasts but I think the over-the-top nature of them works well in the theme of the force, where these creatures are just living weapons.
What do you think?
"I like the way that Marcus has painted up the blades with an almost bone-like quality compared to the darker wrappings that surround the Brute..."
Very nice.
That is so much better.
Consider my interest renewed. The previous paintjobs were a real blow, but these show the detail and quality of the miniatures.
After initially not liking the miniatures at all I have to confess… I still dont like them.
I hope other faction sculpts ramp shit up.
See what you mean about the big weapons. But I think in some ways it does go with the style, a real feel of a Clive Barker Nightcrawlers/Monsters
More of this. The previous colour schemes they showed off were crap
ooh he could work well in resident evil?
I think this is better, but it still doesn’t capture the mood or the feel of the 2D artwork, in my opinion. I’d like to see these with a crazy, Banch-esque ‘messy’ and dark paint job with a more limited palette.
Although even with that I’m not sure I’d be blown away by the model.
Still, it’ll be interesting to see what else comes out with / for this game.
lovely job on the cloth wraps, but it’s always been more about the sculpt than the paint job for me. i’m with @angelicdespot , lets see what else they can do. I think the art and setting gets them a second chance.
There are some more studio schemes on the way. Some dark with limited pallets, some light with limited pallets. I’ve got a sneak peak of one here 😉
https://youtu.be/wSQHaBOIQ-E
In fact, the one I’m working on is much darker and I’ve lifted my colour pallet from the artwork. I’m not quite as technically talented as Marcus but I feel.its coming together well
I like the model, but the edge highlighting on the wraps is way overdone, and I can’t tell if those blades are supposed to be bone or non-metal-metal.
Like the mini. Weapons not so much.
Its frustrating because I really want to like it, but I am not sure what the pose is supposed to be, it almost feels like he is doing the fan dance from star trek! I dont like the base, the colour is fighting with the minis paint job. Weapons are too big, if he were taller it would be better. Maybe seeing it in the flesh would be better as perspective can make or break. But yeah, im just not feeling anything when I wish I was. I would like to see the archers in a dark paint scheme as… Read more »