The Ghoul

Taking a break from piracy, I shortly went back to the original Talisman Project and did one more character, an all time favourite, the Ghoul:

The Master-At-Arms

Robert "Prince of Whales" Morfil had a career as a successful whaler until his crew sighted a pale whale of enormous proportions. The attempt to kill the beast ended badly, costing several crew members their lives and captain Morfil his right leg. Mutilated by the giant of the seas, Rob Morfil said "Sod this!" and retired to raise alligators with his brother and sister-in-law for the reptiles' hides and tasty tail meat.

The business was good, until one day, when Robert's brother, after sipping rum since breakfast as he was often prone do, fell into the alligator pen and was quickly devoured. After that, the farm didn't feel quite as homey, and when the pirate captain Red João's cook came by to stock up on alligator meat, Robert and his sister-in-law Elaine decided to sign up on João's crew.

Rob now holds the position of master-at-arms, charged with keeping the peace aboard the ship. He does this very effectively, throwing his considerable weight around as needed, as well as keeping his two pet alligators, Sebek and Nefernefer close by, which is usually quite enough for troublemakers to see the benefits of finding a peaceful solution to quarrels.

A giant of a pirate from Reaper by Gene van Horne. Very fun to paint because there was a lot of skin to put tattoos on. The reptiles are from Foundry's African animals range, so they are actually crocodiles, but don't tell them.

Tangentially inspired by: Moby-Dick

Another Mule

Mule number two, "Louie".

That's the pack animals done for the package train.

A Mule

Another beast of burden for the package train. She shall be called Bessy.

 

Sharpshooters

I've been on an hiatus being a bit busy lately. But I've got some painting done now and I'm back with the pirates!

A group of sharpshooters, messieurs Frederique Enriqueson, Armando Camisaroja, Wyllyam Whyte, Kristophus "El Grego" Grego and John Smith.

The Flight Of The Deathsquealer!

The eight and final of my space penguins is another heavily armoured warrior bird. Combined with one of the flying space swine the combination is just..just.. just press play and scroll down.

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Again, some WIP pics.

And finally, a group show that concludes My Penguin Project. But my love affair with Spelljammer is far from over. I am working on DMing a 2e AD&D Spelljammer campaign which will take up quite a lot of my hobby time, which hasn't been too plentiful lately anyway. But there might be some spillover into miniatures down that path..

The President

Dohwar higher up in the space penguin hierarchy have titles like manager and executive board member, with the president running a cartel of dohwar. These management level birds tend to have magical powers as demonstrated by this normally flightless feathery fellow levitating here.

And again some greenstuff-stage pics. This guy was the other sliding-on-their-bellies pose.

Stay tuned for the final, exciting episode of My Penguin Project, titled "The Flight Of The Deathsquealer!"