I was feeling left out on the whole wave three emissary thing, so I decided to pick up a metal Zoraida avatar. Since Zoraida is dual-faction, I can use the model for either the Mysterious or Lucky Emissary.
Zoraida Avatar (front)
The model comes with Zoraida floating in front of a tree, plus a swamp monster. I thought I’d try something a little different and put them back-to-back, with the idea of there being something interesting from every angle. Alternately, one side is Mysterious, and the other is Lucky. Or something. I don’t think it quite works. Instead of every angle being interesting, each angle has a distracting background.
Zoraida Avatar (back)
I had some extra green stuff from gap filling, so I sculpted a quick-and-dirty giant voodoo doll. It’s a little doughboy-y, but fun.
Ruth, my four-year-old daughter, has been very interested in my hobby stuff. She asks to see what I’m working on. She especially liked the egg that came the Wyrd Easter order. So I asked her if she’d like to paint it. Of course, she said yes.
She helped me wash the model, and I cleaned up the seam lines and glued it to the base. She primed it with the airbrush (with some help), and eventually we found a time to actually paint it.
Puppet Dude
I worked on a different model, but Ruth was much faster. She soon asked for another. Luckily I had some random Reaper stuff primed, so gave her a second. This one she said was sitting on the sun. My wife suggested glitter for the basing material.
I picked up this model in when it was initially offered a the Gencon sale in 2014, when I also got Miss Ery. I decided to continue working on the limited Gremlins that were sitting on sprue.
Whiskey Golem
Out of everything on this model, I’m most proud of his eyes. I think they really ended up with a lot of warm glowy life to them.
Whiskey Golem (sitter detail)
Whiskey Golem (sleeper detail)
Whiskey Golem (swinger detail)
Whiskey Golem (drinker detail)
I wish there was a bit more wacky detail on his body. All the gremlins climbing on him add a ton of character, and were fun to paint up. I fear for the life of the swinging guy, though. I’m sure I’m going to catch it on something and the thin plastic will snap. I should have pre-emptively replaced it with wire.
Like the Sabres and Rapiers before them, I decided to simply glue the turret and articulated arms in place. They’re just too finicky otherwise.
Scimitar
I really want to like the Scimitars, but so far I haven’t been very successful at taking advantage of their range. I dig the giant laser sitting on top, though.
