More Painting

I continue to putter away at my Conan project, aiming to create an homage in miniatures to each of the classic Conan covers from the original run of the paperback releases. I recently learned that there actually is earlier art to go with these books, but to be perfectly honest, it sucks. It all looks like bad romance novel covers with Conan dressed either as a Roman soldier or a gay pirate.

Nothin' beats the Frazetta/Vallejo work that I consider the definitive Conan.

I just finished the first miniature for the homage to Vallejo's Conan the Wanderer cover.


I'm using some new techniques and some new paints. You can't see it, but this figure is lunging foward, thus the poor focus on the head. I guess I need a better camera! This is my take on the villain of the piece, Baal-pteor:

"Slightly taller than Conan and much heavier, Baal-pteor loomed before him, a daunting image of muscular development. His mighty arms were unnaturally long, and his great hands opened and closed, twitching convulsively."