Reaper: Giant Rats and Fire Beetles

Furthering my collection of random monsters, here’s some random vermin, still in my pile of unpainted Reaper Bones.

Giant Rats

The giant rats neatly fit four to a 1″ square, which I seem to recall being handy for D&D.

Fire Beetles

These fire beetles will likely double for giant spiders. The sculpt fills in space under the legs, presumably for production purposes. I couldn’t be bothered to cut them out, but it’s hardly noticeable and just fine for this level of creature.

Hero Quest: Zombies

Hero Quest was part of my childhood introduction to the hobby. Now I play it sometimes with the kids. I’m loosely planning to play Rangers of Shadow Deep sometime, so I decided to paint up some of the models. You can always use more zombies!

Hero Quest Zombies (group one)

I took this opportunity to try a different undead flesh recipe. The center is my standard (Secret Weapon Stone wash over an offwhite), widely used in Malifaux. The others use a Secret Weapon Cool Grey instead. Having some variation is nice, but I don’t love the blue.

Hero Quest Zombies (group two)

Arcanists: Mecharachnids

These mechanical spiders continue my fleshing out of Arcanists Versatile models.

Mecharachnid (blue)

I followed pretty much the same pattern as with the Soulstone Miners. Wave Length blue and silver, with some brass for highlights. It’s simple, but it’s clean.

Mecharachnid (silver)

I had a heck of a time figuring out which leg went where. On the blue one, I think I got it right. Not so much for poor silver here. I even had to use a rock to cover up how uncoordinated the legs are.

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