PROJETSProjets.Projets de figures peintes et sculptures modelées à l'échelle

Ambush on the River Horse Knight

A group of friends decided to do a Hobby "Secret Santa". I had this River Horse Knight, a limited edition mini from a Kickstarter from about 10 years ago, and I think it would make the perfect project.

The miniature itself had been stashed away for ages, just because I have never had a project that I could squeeze a knight riding a baby hippo. Well, now I do!

Catégorie: Modeling and sculpture Fantasy Misc

Copy project link

Components

Picked up the original parts (mount and knight), a shield from Hasslefree and a base I made a few years back

RH Componentes

The perfect base

The base I had was ok, but I wanted some flair for the project. Plus, I needed something to justify the rearing up pose on the hippo mount.

I remembered I had these Tiik Warriors from Reaper, and being the mount a hippo, it made sense that it would hang around the water, a perfect place for an ambush.

RH Base Prop

RH Base Mockup

Taking shape

Now, I want the base to add to the scene... so I decided to use some resin water, and after some tests, added some vegetation details and glow effects to the monster.

RH Base Side Angle WIP

RH Base Side Angle WIP RH Base UP Wip

RH Base Angle Wip RH Base Up RH Glow 2 RH Glow

Pieces coming together

Next up, I had to paint the hippo and knight. I decided to do a simple paintjob on the rider, to bring the eye to the hippo face.

RH Mount Wip RH Rider Wip RH Teste Base

Finished results

Pretty happy with the end result. MAYBE the hippo could have been a bit darker, but IRL the grey had some nice warm undertones that I really enjoyed and I was afraid to cover it.

RH Back Angle RH Capa RH Frente Angle RH Side Angle 2