Friday 8 August 2014

Super Dungeon Explore Fig.4: Royal Paladin

Completion of the Royal Paladin brings the number of Super Dungeon Explore miniatures I have painted to four which means I am close to the half way point as there are nine heroes in this board game. The Paladin was painted close to its original colour scheme with the exception of his sword.   

Super Dungeon Explore Royal Paladin
Highlights and shadows stem from an imaginary light source on the upper right corner of the photo above
Sword is a mix between pure non-metallic metal (NMM) and a blade containing mystical energy swirling inside it

In order to spice up the Royal Paladin's sword, I decided to make the hilt red in addition to painting a teal gem and a light blue blade that is supposed to contain swirling mystical energy. Apart from the sword, there was one additional minor difference to the original artwork namely a lack of gold trimmings on the blue cloak. I felt it best to keep things simple where the cloak was concerned.   

White plating on the shield had a subtle colour transition from white to bluish-white
Light blonde hair went well with the blue cloak
Super Dungeon Explore Royal Paladin (back view)

For the Super Dungeon Explore Royal Paladin's skin tone, there was only one way to go and that was a skin type associated with inhabitants from the Nordic countries. In fact, the Paladin could have just as easily passed for a Swedish warrior based on his predominantly blue and gold/yellow colours.

Royal Paladin's blue cloak was kept in simple shades of blue sans any freehand designs
Super Dungeon Explore Royal Paladin, side view (right)
No heroic group seems to be complete without the 'honour is everything' blonde-haired warrior

I leave you with a group shot of the Super Dungeon Explore board game pieces I have painted to date. They seem to be a very colourful bunch when placed next to each other, wouldn't you agree? 

And then there were four ... heroes from the Super Dungeon Explore board game


18 comments:

  1. fantastic, i really love the non-metallic metal!
    you got a wonderful bunch of minis!
    bye

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    1. Thanks luca. I still need a lot of practice on NMM as it's one of my main weaknesses in miniature painting.

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  2. Bravo Sir, he might be my favourite yet! The hair and eyes are superb!

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    1. Thank you Michael ... I am glad you like the Royal Paladin's hair and eyes.

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  3. I really love the miniatures ! And great paintjob !
    Greetings

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    1. The Super Dungeon Explore board game pieces/miniatures are really cute and I am enjoying painting them very much.

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  4. I think you are really knocking these out of the park!

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    1. You are very kind to say so Zab ... thank you. ^_^

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  5. Once again, an awesome job! We'll done. Love the detail, the hair and eyes

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    1. Many thanks spunkybass ... the Royal Paladin was the toughest yet to paint in the Super Dungeon Explore series due to the details that you mentioned.

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  6. That's right, I cannot add anything else, those details, hair and eyes... they make the mini come to life. Well done!

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    1. Wow ... thank you so much for such positive comments. Much appreciated. :)

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  7. They are so cute, and you did an awesome job on all 4 of 'em, but my favourite one is the green haired guy :D

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    1. Actually me too. I thought that the green guy looked the most natural. :)

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  8. These are really lovely awesome work on them.

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  9. He looks great! I like the eyes a lot, nmm looks great too, fits the mini perfectly

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    1. Thanks Adam! I am still struggling a bit with NMM but it's a must for this mini.

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