The latest release from Spira Mirabilis. Product came well packed. Sculpting is imaginative and excellent. Fitment is perfect. No prep required other than to wash and prime
the parts.

Hi Rick

What a fun piece to have on the bench , like the horns on the helmet

Following with interest

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

Usually begin by painting the face first but since I cleverly forgot to order a basic flesh tone (there are no hobby shops where I live) I decided to go with his helmet... and a loaf of bread.

Hi there Mr W

Liking the loaf of bread ....tasty , those horns look good so far ...there's not too much face showing so won't take too much to get done

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks, Kev. Never painted bread or big horn sheep horns before. Figures if you think about it. Don't run into many mercenary dwarfs these days.
Rick

No but you do run into Fisherman's Friends! "Oh a drop of Nelson's blood.... " Thanks, Darby. The big decision: rye or white?

Thanks, Malc, hope yours arrives soon. He's great fun.
Rick

Have a blast! I am.
Rick

Face and Beard
The face is small but it gave me the devil of a time. It's ok but nothing to write home about. I'll probably re-visit it later.

The beard is orange - oh boy is it orange! A little bit of time on the google machine indicated a fantasy dwarf commonly has this bright orange hair and beard color. To be honest I'd like to have seen a little more sculpted detail in the beard to create the illusion of hair. That not being the case I attempted to create that illusion with color.

The base is AK Interactive's AK3032 Strong Ocher. The highlights are Vallejo's 70.953 Flat Yellow. After laying down the base and adding the highlights, and because the ocher is translucent, I went over the whole beard with ocher a few more times to tone down the yellow. After that I hit the bust with a homemade dark wash and..............
VIOLA!! What you see is what you get.
Rick

Thanks, Malc. Much appreciated.
Rick

Dwarven Armor
You may notice that our dwarf's armor has a slight blue-ish cast. Dwarven armor, proven in battle to have protective qualities superior to any other type of armor is highly sought after. The blue tint is thought to be the result of the Dwarven steel making process although the actual process itself is unknown and remains a closely held Dwarven secret.

Thanks, Malc. Getting there, slowly but surely (insert old joke here).
Rick

Thanks, Darby. My secret (all acrylic) is simple. I used a blue wash over Vallejo oiled steel to create the effect. (Shhh, don't tell anyone. It's a secret.)
Rick