Monday 7 November 2022

The Cosmic Amphibians - Space Slann

Technically this post is made up of a couple of spin-off projects from a spin-off project. I painted up the unreleased space slann to bulk up my Five Parsecs from Home crew into a Stargrave crew. Then the Colony 87 figure and terrain pieces just followed suit!



The two new models are a Citadel unreleased space slann which I have had for donkey's years (long before the collecting of unreleased figures was as big a deal as it is now!), and Adjunct Gilda Citlax - one of the amphiran characters from Crooked Dice's Colony 87 range.


I will use the unreleased slann as a Pathfinder in my Stargrave crew - I figure the exotic hunter / scout vibes work really nicely in that role. The model itself is a little tricky to decipher with all the layered details, but I think it's come out nicely in the end.

I quite like the contrast between the long and leggy slann and the stocky grumpy-looking amphiran. I had a lot of fun painting the face and tunic folds in particular. The colour scheme for both figures was taken directly from the original slann and Colony 87 slann I painted back in 2017.


The scenic pieces are the final section of this particular painting train of thought. The two monoliths were from the Katsina Miniatures Bizaza Kickstarter. I don't think they're currently available in the webstore, but there are other cool frog-person miniatures.



The calendar / plinth is from Fenris Games. I painted all three in a very quick session with just drybrushing of successively light blue-greens, but I think they look really nice!

14 comments:

  1. Always like to see some Space Slaan and yours never disappoint sir. Great colours on some very cool sculpts.

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    1. I'm very fond of slann myself. It's a project I keep promising myself, but these will temporarily scratch that itch for now! Glad you like them 🙂

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  2. Always nice to see more Slann. That un-released model is really cool, glad you got it painted up and shared it! love the colors on them and the terrain!

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    1. Thanks Hobbs! The unreleased slann has some really cool elements - the crest and visor really make him stand out.

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  3. Looking great! I like the red skin a lot!

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    1. Thanks Toby! I remember agonising over the skin colour for ages originally. I knew I wanted something colourful, but definitely not green or blue!

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  4. Lovely work as ever! I've also had one of those unreleased Slann for ages and keep meaning to paint him up for my Space Slann army, but I just never get round to him, this may have persuaded me to push him to the top of the leadpile ;)

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    1. Thanks Evo! Your unreleased slann definitely deserves getting a nice paintjob - looking forward to seeing him painted 🙂

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  5. Such a great looking project, well done they look superb, that unreleased Slann is a very characterful sculpt and paint job is great, the skin colour is outstanding
    J

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    1. Thanks Jason! Slann are a project I've been meaning to work on for decades - it's nice to get a few more under the belt. Glad you approve of the skin colour choice 🙂

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  6. Quite interesting choice of colours and pretty effective result, I do love them!

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