The brave heroes are completed! All of them were a delight to paint, and depending on the day I have a hard time deciding who's my favorite.



Sibyl was my first and unfortunately she is my lease favorite. The others are pretty equal, but I struggled with this elf. Partly it was because she was my first and made the mistake of dry brushing too much. Dry brushing is such an easy technique, and I use it ALL the time (too much). For Sibyl I should have slowed down. However, I am still pleased to see her lilting about the dungeon hunting for monsters.



Next up is my man Siegfried. Now I was pleased with Sibyl after finishing her, but as of yet I still was not so sure about the quality of Massive Darkness miniatures as I am used to Games Workshops miniatures. As the angry dwarf neared completion I was already falling in love. Siegfried is also the first miniature of this size that I attempted to paint eyes on. The result was encouraging.



If I had to choose a favorite between my heroes, it would be Whisper. Again, I was suspicious of her pose and the miniature in general, but once paint was applied, I fell head over heels.



Now I am going to start sounding redundant here, but besides Elias (the wizard), every hero pretty much surprised me. Owen's big problem was his small head. For some reason, as I was going through the layers, his head looked really small and awkward to the point where I was joking with my wife about swapping it (I don't have the modeling skills so I really wasn't tempted, but if I did....). Thankfully, I did not. After the miniature was finished I was happy with the miniature.



Elias was an easy, fun model to paint. The picture doesn't do any justice to it, but the gem upon his staff was really fun to do and I liked the effect. I I did mostly dry brushing on his cloak and for this model it worked.




Last but not least is Bjorn. I struggled with the black skirt for a bit and attempted to dry brush (again!), which nearly ruined everything. I recognized the mistake quick enough and fixed it as my limited abilities would allow.

With my heroes done, I will be diving into the mass of minions (gulp). There's a lot of them. Let's get started!