Out of the forests…

The door and columns from Zealot miniatures arrived really promptly, and are great quality castings.

Putting them together with the Ushoran scenic base and the Minotaur himself, I’ve been able to do a basic mock-up of the over-all composition for the diorama.

There’s going to need to be a fair bit of trimming, gap-filling and sculpting in of details such as flagstones and bricks. But, I think it has a really nice feel and flow to it. It’s not identical to the Paul Bonner artwork but has a similar feel – and that’s pretty good for me!

I haven’t done any hobby in such a long time. Been busy with work, life etc and had kinda lost my mojo with so many part completed projects.

But, I wanted to pick up a painting project to ease myself back in and get hobbying again. I’ve recently picked up Ushoran, Mortarch of Delusion from here at the OTT store, for a different conversion project. It comes with a really nice scenic base (which I don’t need):

And it struck me that this was what I needed to help bring out the best of my Minotaur.

So, I’ve also ordered a big door and some columns from the lovely folk at Zealot Miniatures – and I’ll be ready to give this Minotaur the diorama base it deserves.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.