Ulf the Finger-Eater

I had a particularly productive weekend in painting terms, finishing two minis!

This is the third manhunter mini I have painted, and second one completed (I'll get round to finishing the other soon, promise). This one is to represent "Ulf the Finger-Eater", my hero model for the current PP leauge at my FLGS. His name being taken from a children's book the girls love.

The first one I painted, in a more traditional brown scheme, can be found here. That one is also a good point of reference for the original axes.

The conversion on this guy is rather light. He has gained some bear traps, to represent his Bear Hunter ability, a medal, to represent Medal of Honour, and some new axes, to represent Hooked Blades.


New Axes

Bear trap

Medal

And then the painted version...

The axes are extras from the Devil Dog unit. The bear trap is from Yuri the Axe, and the medal is a decoration from the shaft of a GW Dwarven axe I bought as a possible conversion for the axes, but in the end didn't use.

The base is a scratch built, with wood chips and real lichen, which is a pain to paint, as it's so flexible. I may have to put a layer of varnish over its roots to fix it better in place.The arrows are just to show he's a hard-ass!

Another point for my league score, and once my hero buys the right advancements to go with his conversions, that'll be another 3 points. Onwards and upwards.

Khador Manhunter

I bought into Warmachine a long time ago. I was at Claymore from the Black Lion stall after playing a demo game (in which I had my ass handed to me by a 8 year old, much to the delight of my brother), it was certainly pre 2005, but apart from that, I couldn't swear to the date. I mention this, not to be all hipster about it, by saying I was in before it was trendy, but to put a date on this miniature. I bought the Khador Box set, Eiryss and a manhunter (at the suggestion of the retailer, and by picking the miniatures I thought looked good, an ethos which I adhere to with most games I buy into).

This gave me enough to field for about 350 points, a good starting value in MKI. Of those miniatures, I think I painted up the 'jacks in a reasonable time (within the first couple of years is reasonable for me). The manhunter was base coated in various browns, but never completed. He stayed that way for years, despite being a regular feature in my army lists.

Maybe about a year ago, I finally got round to painting him fully. I was looking through my gaming bag for my long-gunners to paint for this month's challenge when I found him in the same tray. I realised I had never photographed him for this blog, or for any other reason, so here he is. He is also the first addition to the Khador page in my gallery (which I have been slowly updating, go check it out) which was looking decidedly bare for what is supposedly my main faction.

For once, the close up of the face actually looks better than I thought

Ubiquitous Army Painter grass tuft, added this evening

I have another 2 manhunters to paint up. Maybe in another 10 years they'll be all done!