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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Challenge Day 52 - Whatever Happened To....

....Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn

Whatever happened to dear old Lenny?
The Great Elmyra and Sancho Panza?
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Whatever happened to the heroes?

Well, Curt posted them here on Sunday: Heroes Bonus Theme Round

Voting is a bit different this time after the last round was subjected to ballot stuffing during the last day. Rather than using a handy little poll widget, you need to enter your votes as a comment, so it is a good idea to open the page twice - one to view the entries, the other to place your votes in the comments box.


My entry was the hero of the eponymous Egil's Saga, a rather nice Viking warlord from Gripping Beast. You can read a brief summary of his life as the accompanying text for my entry.

Here are a couple of pics to whet your appetite:





I went a bit OTT compared to my normal standard painting this figure. The cloak got 4 highlights and 2 blending washes over the base colour; the wolfskin got 3 highlights and 2 washes; flesh  and hair got 2 highlights and a wash; everything else got at least one highlight and wash.
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18 comments:

  1. Phyllion4 February 2014 at 22:22

    Very nice Tamsin, won the extra effort that you put in.

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  2. Willie Anderson4 February 2014 at 22:45

    Great paint job Tamsin

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  3. DaveD4 February 2014 at 23:24

    And a top job...repays the extra effort

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  4. The Happy Whisk5 February 2014 at 00:50

    Looks darn good to me.

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  5. DeanM5 February 2014 at 03:33

    He looks appropriately stoic

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  6. The Kiwi5 February 2014 at 06:31

    Great job Tamsin.
    Cheers

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  7. Clint5 February 2014 at 07:36

    What ever happened to the Likely Lads? I thought that was where it was going from the title. Good work.

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  8. Neil Andrews5 February 2014 at 09:31

    nice to see you know your Stranglers songs :-)

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  9. Rodger5 February 2014 at 11:05

    Excellent work there Tamsin!

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  10. Simon Quinton 5 February 2014 at 17:26

    Lovely paintjob and the basing is fantastic.

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  11. TamsinP5 February 2014 at 20:25

    Thanks guys and gal!

    @ Dean - stoic or grim? Given that he is Egil SkalaGRIMsson, I'd think the latter ;)

    @ Clint - well, in his day he was certainly a bit of a likely lad so you weren't far off the mark :)

    @ Neil - it just seemed more appropriate than a certain Bonnie Tyler song ;)

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  12. PanzerKaput5 February 2014 at 22:32

    I say its good to hear a bit of the Stranglers and great viking btw

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  13. Zabadak6 February 2014 at 03:32

    Great paintjob, he's a figure full of character, a true heroic figure.

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  14. GaryA6 February 2014 at 06:31

    Nice job! Good to see a damn good base and figure which aren't competing with each other.

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  15. Evan Hughes6 February 2014 at 20:57

    You've really captured the whole Viking badass look with this one - although given the subject matter, that's pretty much a given. Egil was THE original Viking badass!

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  16. Sean7 February 2014 at 00:22

    Just caught up. Very inspiring work again this year. I was particularly fond of Egil, really nice work.

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  17. TamsinP8 February 2014 at 16:19

    @ PK & Zabadak - thanks guys!

    @ Gary - *phew* I did get the balance right then :)

    @ Ev - he sure was a badass, even as a child

    @ Sean - thanks :)

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  18. Mad Padre10 February 2014 at 00:33

    He's an awesome hero. That last shot makes him look a bit thoughtful, as if to say "What's really the point in being a barbarian?" Nice.
    I loved that song when I was in college. So awesome.

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