Whimsical Fantasy Miniatures
Trygve & Ullik, The Forest Trolls
When I saw these two miniatures by Mike Owen of Artizan Designs I knew I’d get them. I love their design and they set light to my imagination. They are the kinds of miniatures I would think about back when I was just starting out in the hobby, back in the early 90s.
As well as giving the miniatures a careful paint job I wanted to try something different for their bases.
I thought of mushrooms straight away. After some browsing I settled on resin mushrooms from Green Stuff World that my local hobby shop sold. But disaster! They were out of stock. As I walked home I though about ordering them online but then I realised something, why not make my own from green stuff. It couldn’t be too difficult. After watching several videos on YouTube I give it a go.
I must say they were pretty straight forward to make and I used a copped up cocktail stick for their stems. The main thing I had to focus on was not leaving fingerprints in the green stuff.
This was also my first time using leafing material and I think it looks really effective but it does go everywhere as it’s incredibly light and floaty.
I enjoyed painting these miniatures so much that I’ve ordered all twenty of their Goblins as well, which I plan on doing similar bases with.
Fantastic! ???