Leshen? Leshavult? A Moonstone and Woodland Whimsy Project

…totally emotionless except for his heart.

This miniature came together really well, and was a joy to paint. I sculpted a whole bunch of little green stuff moonstones (shaped like tiny D4 which are used in the game to represent the moonstones that we harvest). I painted this in glowing blue effect, and decided to do the same blue glow on Gump’s rune and his eyes.

The Jackalope has such an amazing, expressive face, with some sculpted in details such as the pupils of the eyes. Here I’ve started trying to get that right combination of angry and cute.

So, I painted the first lot so quickly (in roughly a single weekend) that I didn’t take enough WIP photos. Here’s some I did take!

I picked up some of these back with The Arising Kickstarter from 2022(?), and others from the website, and 1 miniature from the very recent Shades Kickstarter that Gerry has been waxing lyrical about recently.

They’ve all been given simple green stuff bases to add some texture and fix them into the bases. Tactical rocks for Jackalope and Eric as they don’t quite fit the bases naturally.

And here’s the finished miniature. I really love how he has come together, and am super pleased with all the lovely details (rocks, ferns etc) that I got into the base to really make him feel like he’s walking through the forest.

The 2 birds were part of the set, and I painted them separately to glue on at the end.

The first miniature I wanted to share was the “Mean Tweets” Treeman from Robot Rocket Miniatures. This miniature was released a few years ago and I was lucky enough to get my hands on it. It’s a beautiful piece of resin – and I wanted to do it justice.

Over a wraith bone primer, I’ve started carefully adding layers of thinned contrast as glazes, so I can preserve some transparency and hopefully really get a lot of character into the face.