"Menace vs Maniak" Riot Quest Diorama

Today I am delighted to show you a diorama I have wanted to make since I first saw these miniatures teased on the Riot Quest Kickstarter a long time ago. Originally I had intended this display plinth to be used for a different diorama, but now the scope and size of that one has been increased substantially so I figured I would use it for this project instead.

So I present to you "Menace vs Maniak" a Riot Quest Diorama!

When painting the two characters I based their colour schemes on their Gear cards from the game they are from, Riot Quest.

My thought was that they are fighting over this treasure horde inside a ship, perhaps one of the two from the Hullgrinder map.

The Mechanikal Maniak was pretty straightforward to paint. I did try to add the slight ice looking effects to the axe blades edge. I didn't go as far with the weathering compared to the cards art, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

Personally I always thought that the hardest part of this project for me would always be painting this bunny, the Dhunian Menace. I'm over the moon with how it turned out, I think it fits the card art as well as I could at my skill level. I really like how the eyes look as well as the weathered metal of the axe and helmet.

The floofy tail was important to get looking right... I love how it looks.

I used the large coin pile and the three smaller piles which came as rewards in the "Loot vault" part of the Riot quest Kickstarter.

I really love the detail that's been sculpted into these treasure piles. While I was painting them I kept finding more and more gems to paint! I did pick all the colours I wanted to use for gems then randomly pick which one was each colour while trying to keep it looking relatively random looking.

I rearranged the layout of the treasure piles following a suggestion from Soul Samurai on Discord, who said it would look better if the smaller piles were connected to the large one (I had shown a work in progress picture in which the three small piles were scattered about the area). I tried it out and agreed so here we are! Thanks to you Soul Samurai!

I am really happy with this diorama and I hope you like it too!
Please drop a comment or share it with someone you think might like to see it!

I think this video is well worth a watch as well to give a real sense of the scene as its tricky to get everything into focus at once so seeing things from fluid angles helps I think.

Using money from my generous supporters over at Patreon I purchased a rotating display stand. I like to put the money from supporters back into improving the content I make.
I'm hoping to get better at making these over time, one thing I know I want to save for is a better camera (I currently use my phone).
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Currently my Patrons are voting on which project I will be working on next out of the following options from my wip "to do" list:
Feora4 & Mechanoshredder

18 Croaks (10 Raiders, 4 Trappers, 2 Hunters, Mire & Flugwug)

2 Units of Resolutes (10 models)
Alexia Graveyard Dirorama
2 Units of Legion of lost souls (20 models)
Diffuser & Mitigator
Totem Huntress

See you all next time!