I have always liked the Gargoyles. Growing up in Southern England Gargoyles were always around on the churches and cathedrals, and so seemed a very relatable fantasy creature to me. Citadel's C48 Gargoyles fitted that idea well, but strangely I never got around to collecting them all until the end of last year when I was building up my independent daemon army (that's another blog update!) and required more lesser daemons.
The miniatures are lovely. They come in two parts, a body and a random set of wings, which allows for a certain variation. Separate plastic shields were also required. For painting I chose a stone colour to suggest, well stone really! I did consider a more sandstone colour to suggest some of the local churches, but I opted for a more Caen stone seen on a lot of local Anglo-Norman churches. The bases are the base design style I am going to be using for my Chaos Daemons and much of my 3rd Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle Chaos miniatures.
They were fun to paint. I like them and would like to pick up a few more, although my available money for miniatures is being directed to my 1980's Middle Earth project which I am currently basing.
Enjoy :)
These are slotta based, and I think they date from 1985 as they are post pre-slotta, and appear in Citadels Compendium 3.
The collective noun for Gargoyles is an 'audacity'.
The next update could be on anything. I have been rebasing a lot of 3rd Edition Fantasy Battle miniatures, and I have also started painting some 1980s LOTR ME range Orcs.
They all are charming, well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you Suber. They are a quirky little range of miniatures which I feel is often overlooked.
DeleteLovely looking miniatures!
ReplyDeleteThank you. They are a fun little range of miniatures to paint.
DeleteWhat a blast from the past Lee, great color choice, and the basing looks very chaos like.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave. I think they have been an overlooked range. The bases are designed to be some kind of spiky, bloody, battlefield in the Chaos Wastes or Demonic Plains. In truth, it's a mix of Milliput, sand, and cocktail sticks!
DeleteThe blue eyes work really well and the weathering on the wings really sells the stone looks.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I wondered what colour to paint the eyes. I wanted to avoid the standard red or glowing green eyes. I considered yellow, but they didn't seem to stand out, so I tried the blue, which seemed to work well. Glad you like it.
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