Skip to toolbar
Out of the forests…

Out of the forests…

Supported by (Turn Off)

Project Blog by holly Cult of Games Member

Recommendations: 95

About the Project

A small project log as I assemble and paint this beautiful Minotaur miniature based on the classic art of Paul Bonner.

This Project is Active

The book

Tutoring 5
Skill 5
Idea 8
No Comments

I’ve owned and adored this Paul Bonner book since I got it back in 2007. It covers so much of his career from Mutant Chronicles, through Games Workshop, Riot Minds, and of course, Rackham.

Learning that a miniature based on this gorgeous piece of art was being made, I knew I’d have to get hold of it.

The book
The book

The box

Tutoring 4
Skill 4
Idea 8
No Comments

And here it is! Really well packed and the outer box (not pictured) even had an extra metal miniature chucked in too.

Will unbox in the next post.

The box

What’s in the box?

Tutoring 7
Skill 6
Idea 7
No Comments

More contained in the little cardboard box than I expected – that’s for sure!

First, the Minotaur himself. In 3 little baggies, the miniature comes in 8 pieces, as 6 resin parts. Depending on whether you’re playing Confrontation or Continuum, there’s a 50mm round base and a 50mm square base.

Resin components and basesResin components and bases
Closer look at the resin components.Closer look at the resin components.

There’s also 2 profile cards – one for original Confrontation and one for Continuum.

Profile cardsProfile cards

The box also contained two lovely small art cards also. The artists signature isn’t visible but I am fairly confident that they are by the irrepressible Gary Chalk.

Art cards…Art cards…
…and this super-cute 7mm die!…and this super-cute 7mm die!

On quality

Tutoring 6
Skill 6
Idea 6
No Comments

Over-all, the miniature is incredibly well cast and really great quality. There’s no slippage and no flashing at all.

There are some visible gates here and there, the largest being on the Minotaur horns. I’ve marked on the image below some of the others. No issue with these though, as they’ll all trim and file down easily.

Image show gates from the casting processImage show gates from the casting process
So clean! So cute!So clean! So cute!

All together now.

Tutoring 7
Skill 8
Idea 8
1 Comment

A lovely build. Once cleaned up, the pieces went together so neatly. I thought I might need a little putty to fill gaps, but I think once primed and painted any minuscule gaps will just disappear – certainly more seamlessly than trying to do anything with putty.

As this is quite a “closed” miniature in terms of pose, I haven’t pinned any parts – it’s all just superglue.

All together now.

Supported by (Turn Off)