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When I had to go back to "normal" work to keep body and soul together, one of the commissions that went into abeyance was a vast collection of D&D minis - new and classic - that I was painting for a US client. As I had already delivered two-thirds of the project, he was happy for me to keep the remaining third until I was ready to get back to them. Having been recently made redundant (boo!), I find I have time between job applications, interviews and bouts of depression to do some more painting and feel I should devote some of it to finishing work for this most patient of clients. So here are the first two minis from the project that I've finished since my job ended:

Undead War Rhino:



I love this mini. It's utterly bonkers, yet strangely logical that skeletons would use the ribcage of their undead war rhino to contain their mortal prisoners - who seem to have been painted to represent a very typical low-level adventuring band, deprived of both weapons and armour - which has then been used to decorate the outside of the Rhino! Genius. It's a Marauder classic, almost impossible to find intact these days (and this one isn't either: the skeletons that came with it aren't the original crew, other than the Mahut, and the tail is missing from the kit), and the casting was atrocious by modern standards. Still, it scrubs up well and I really enjoyed working on it. Thank heaven for airbrushes, though.

Speaking airbrushes:



This Spectral Dragon - which I think is a classic Chainmail piece, but I've thrown away the packaging, so can't be sure - is almost 100% done with the airbrush, as seemed only appropriate to convey the ethereal qualities of this monstrous ghost.

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A few more minis from this collection:

A Brainflayer (?) and Doppelganger:



And a Lich King:



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A couple more pieces for this commission finished:





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And a trio of spectral warriors:



These represent, I think, me finally getting the hang of my airbrush.

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A couple of smaller additions:

A Hag/Ghoul:



A shapeshifting creature (not a T-1000, honest):



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