Riot Quest Painting Competition Entries & Winner

 

Last year I found myself racing to paint my remaining Mayhem block Riot Quest minis before the Winter Wasteland Kick-starter arrives (mine still hasn't...)

I figured I couldn't be alone in this, so I decided to run a competition which would hopefully incentivise people to get their crews ready. And to sweeten the pot I offered a Bling Gubbin as a prize!

Well, here we are in 2021 and these are the entries people sent in! I've a disclaimer, if I missed anyone's entries I'm truly very sorry it wouldn't have been intentional I have learnt lessons in running this that I will take forward should I ever have a prize worth giving out again!

I have put the entries in alphabetical order using the name given where they entered - so some are actual names from places like Facebook and others are screen names from Instagram, twitter and discord.

Benoit Van Lee

I really like the choice of crew Benoit went with here, and the purple hair on Helga really pops! Also I think that's the first red Flugwug I've seen! 

Clockwork Jester

I really like the bright colours Jester used in their crew, and the hazard stripes on Malvin and Mayhem have inspired me to try the same on mine!

Drake Scott

Drake has included some awesome conversions like the Ledfoot & Tredz which reminds me of the tanks in Halo3 or the reposed JAIMS & Drefus jetpack smoke.

Jacob Shaw Wachtman

We have a couple of models with the same colour scheme which is neat, as well as a Drefus, which is linked to hit Monpoc paint schemes. I think this is a cool way to link your mini collection.

Jonathan Broadley 

Jonathan told me that they managed to paint this entire crew in less than 6 days! And over Christmas no less! Fantastic job - I really love your Gubbin, especially.

Joseph Baumgartner

Really solid crew here, with a patchwork M&M that looks awesome!

Paintmimini

Fantastic crew with tiger print tank! Flugwug's skin has lovely layering too.

Rikers Iron

Great use of bright colours and that stone on Bamfist's belt makes me envious as all heck!

Sryker911

This crew reminds me of the kind of style I paint in, sombre tones with a realistic look. That Gurglepox looks rotten!

Thomas Grable

Went the extra mile and made a display board! I love the free hand on Wolfs poncho and the skin tone on Butcher is amazing.

Tyrone

Is playing to my favourites here with two gobbers and a Frog! I really like the skin tones on the gobbers and Flugwug especially.

Vesken

Lovely use of metals across this crew and an interesting colour I've not seen before on Drefus. I also painted my Bamfist with orange as a main colour! It's not easy!

So without further ado here is the winner!

Thomas Grable!

The free hand details, skin tones and shading simply blew me away. All the extra detail I noticed after a second and third look like the blood oozing from Butchers sutured wound and the metal of the axe. 

I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone who entered. When I put this up I didn't know if it would get any interest at all or I would be left swinging in the wind!

Keep painting and happy new year!

Reaper Miniatures Painted for IKRPG

Here are a bunch of Reaper miniatures I finished up recently. I painted these mainly for use in the Iron Kingdoms Role Playing Game (IKRPG)
I love reaper minis for their character  which is great for RPG games, and it helps that they are really cheap as well.

When I mention the names of these minis in this post I'm using the name Reaper Miniatures gives them rather than the names of the characters they represent in my game, I do this so its easier for you to find them should you want to pick them up for yourselves.

This group is part of a pirate crew I'm slowly working on for the IKRPG.
I also intend to have them on hand for Warmachine if my Press gangers ever make a unit go above its starting size.

Barnabus Frost, Pirate Captain

This will be used to represent a pirate captain, I'm not going to go into detail about the characters each of these minis will become in game as I want to avoid spoilers for my players and viewers (we stream the RPG on twitch)
I will later make a post for each character with full profiles for people who want to use them in their own games.

He was a lot of fun to paint, though like a lot of some of Reapers older sculpts his face is lacking in detail somewhat. 
I mixed a reddish brown for his greatcoat and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Here is the scale shot with Professor Pendrake (I do all my scale shots with him)

Mariel Twinspar, Female Pirate

She will be the first mate on a pirate ship. I did find her a bit tricky to paint, and I know she isn't my "best" work but sometimes I find it better to comprise and just finish a mini and move on to something else.

Gruff Grimecleaver, Dwarf Pirate

In my mind this guy is a ships cook. He was relatively easy to paint up, I didn't want him to look flashy or draw too much attention and I think he fits the bill well. 

Hajad, Pirate

This mini had some awful mould lines running right done the sides of the legs, arms and... well everything. It made it a bit disappointing to paint him to be honest. 
I am still learning when it comes to skin tones but I think his came out alright.

This mini is Decker Lugstampf

Very interesting mini to paint this, loads of random details and parts which I had to decide what they are meant to be. 
He will be a Ironhead in the RPG (a mechanic in steam powered armour)

Its nice to have him as all the models which represent Ironheads in the game of Warmachine are on 40mm bases so to have a 30mm based option is nice for a "lighter" armour build.

Darkrasp, Evil Priest

I did convert him slightly, I removed his scythe and added the top of a halberd. A scythe didn't fit with the type of character I wanted. He was pretty fun to paint but I found it a bit tricky making the scroll look distinct from the bone it is wrapped around in his hand. I did manage it but it doesn't show very well with the sub par lighting I have...

I'm really happy with his glowing green eyes given how hidden they are under his hood. 

What do you think of these character models? I've plans for each of them to make appearances in the IKRPG campaign I GM on twitch

(you can find my channel here I run it Saturdays at 8pm UK time nearly every week)

If you want to support my content consider taking a look at my Patreon which you can find here. I don't put any content behind a paywall but I do offer rewards to people who support me in ways like getting to vote on what content I work on in the future or outright just picking the next subject of an article.

See you all next time!

General 'Thunderstone' Brug Painted

General Brug joins my crew! He was a fun model to paint for me. It was interesting to paint a Pyg in Trencher uniform. I do find it funny that he calls himself a General while wearing a Majors armour plates. I have plans for him being a NPC or antagonist in the future Riot Quest themed IKRPG adventure.

I've painted a few cigars now across all the various minis I've finished but this is by far the largest! Which made it easier to paint the orange glow and the ash.

I painted his medals to match real world ones, one is the Victoria Cross, one is the 1939-45 Star which my grandfather earned (among many others) the last one I painted to look like my Op Telic medal (though it doesn't look amazing due to the scale and limitations of my painting)

I painted his cloth to match the other Trollbloods models I've painted including recently Boomhowler2. 

I enjoyed painting Brun and he didn't take too long either which made a change compared to some of the larger minis I have been painting lately.

I'm running a Riot Quest painting competition! If you want to find out more about it the details are here! 

Today is the last day! 

If you want to support my content consider taking a look at my Patreon which you can find here. I don't put any content behind a paywall but I do offer rewards to people who support me in ways like getting to vote on what content I work on in the future or outright just picking the next subject of an article.

See you all next time!