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New project - Hellboy! Mantics Kickstarter arrived, time to paint some frogs. Mantic Boardgame KS brought us a lot of very nice Hellboy minis.
The pic below shows the Mantic frog minis and Hellboy from the Monolith metal range.



The Frog Monster from “Seed of Destruction”, one of my all time favourite Hellboy boss enemies.


The whole Frog Monster group. I am very happy with these minis. Some mold lines had to be removed, and some bases are warped, otherwise all fine.
Since these minis are just the enemy cannon fodder for the BPRD, I used some serious speed painting, just bases colours and washes plus one or two dry brushes.
After that some glossy varnish for the frog skin and - done!

The bases are ultra simple dark grey, similar to Mignolas simplistic paint style. Only the base of the Frog monster got some extra care.

as always, more on my site -> http://www.adpublishing.de/html/hellboy.html

The tentacles of Sadu Hem from “Seed of Destruction” and more frogs.



The Kickstarter provides some nice 3D game counter that are normally simple card board marker. The Right Hand of Doom token, the Information Gathered and the Insight marker. Some people complained that these are not really standing out, IMO they are great and even better when given a VERY simple paintjob:

The secret formula is this:
- Prime the minis black,
- then gold (GWs Retributor Gold is just fine),
- apply the gold from above that leaves some darker spots below and creates already some depth.
- Then give all a brown wash (I used GW Agrax Earthshade).
- Glossy clear varnish - done! You can see the effect on the Insight marker.

For the real 3D marker I applied a greenish pigment and sealed it with MIG pigment fixer before the varnish. Same technique was used on the 3D busts:

Neat enough for me...
...and as always more on my site: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/hellboy.html

I started work on the heroes:

Elizabeth "Liz" Sherman is a pyrokinetic human woman, and a field agent of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. At age 11, she destroyed an entire city block, killing thirty-two people—including her parents and younger brother. Since then, she has been a ward of the Bureau, fighting evil forces and learning to live with her abilities.

A great mini, I regretted not ordering the resin mini! Normally I do not love sculpted effects like flames or smoke, but the flaming hand of Liz is very nice "touch".

more as always on my site: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/hellboy.html

I love the first image - I can just imagine HB's thought-ballon with the text "Son of a..." or "Ah, crap...".

As usual, excellent work!

Nice, the frogs look very vibrant (and slighlty wet...), and I like how you shaded Hellboy: nice contrast and a slighlty comic book feel. Liz looks good, again nice contrast and you've really made the small details pop nicely.

Thanks folks!

And more:




Abe and Johann join the heroes. Again I went for a partly glossy varnish on Abe skin.
More as always on my site: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/hellboy.html

The big red one himself - Hellboy is the child of the demon Azzael and the witch Sarah Hughes, a former B.P.R.D. agent and the unwilling Harbinger of the Apocalypse, Anung Un Rama.


And the famous BPRD four together.


Baba Yaga - I took paints to paint her in the limited palette Mignola uses. Hopefully I succeded.
I have to say that I really like the miniature, very true to the Hellboy art!


and as always more on my site: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/hellboy.html

Your shading has really brought out Hellboy's comic-book muscles, and I love the stone effect on the guantlet.

Roger the Homunculus was discovered in 1996 in a medieval alchemist's lab beneath the ruins of Czege Castle, Romania by BPRD agents Liz Sherman, Bud Waller, and Sidney Leach during the Wake the Devil affair. Waller explained that a homunculus is created from blood and herbs, stewed in a jar, and then incubated in horse manure. Although lifeless upon discovery, the as-yet nameless Roger was activated when Liz touched the socket on his chest, absorbing her pyrokinesis as she was subconsciously looking to rid herself of it.
As Liz enters a coma, Roger springs to life in a violent rage, killing Waller before fleeing the castle into the countryside. After Liz is rushed to the hospital under the supervision of BPRD doctors, Hellboy and Kate Corrigan arrive to find the homunculus in the hope that Liz's power could be restored to her. Meanwhile, the homunculus was racked by guilt and prayed for God to kill him. However, he soon encountered his 'brother', a more crude homunculus created before himself.

more ... http://www.adpublishing.de/html/hellboy.html

These are really well done. I was a fan of this series way back in the day. Cool posts.

Looking great, and I appreciate your commitment to trying to keep to the comic art. You have done a fantastic job on these, Hellboy in particular looking great

Looks awesome great work!

Grigori Rasputin was a prominent agent of the Ogdru Jahad and the archenemy of Hellboy.
A fictional antagonist in the comic book series Hellboy. He is based on the real life Russian mystic that was connected to the late Romanov family of imperial Russia.

Grigori Rasputin was born on January 21 1869. As a young man he frequently had visions, and was aware of great power inside him, the ability to heal sick people and see the future. These powers convinced him he was destined for greatness. He used his power to gain a place in the court of Tsar Nicholas II, using his powers to cure prince Alexei's hemophilia.

In 1902 he had an affair with Zoya, who later came to him with the news that she was expecting his child. Sensing something about the girl Zoya was carrying, Rasputin sent her away. Zoya would once again visit Rasputin in January 1913, accompanied by her husband Yuri and her daughter, whom she had named Varvara after his legitimate child to spite him. He killed Yuri and left Varvara and a sickly Zoya in the cold. Zoya died by the following sunrise, and Varvara was possessed by the demon Yomyael shortly afterwards.

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