For today I have something special. A limited edition of Eddie from Iron Maiden, used in the cover of the Somewhere in Time album. It was sculpted by Diego Serrate and as far as I know it was a one-off and no longer available.
I think this was released as a way to get extra funds to start printing some miniatures, but I forgot the original reason. I anyway decided to support Diego as he sculpts and provides always excellent service and miniatures. I bought and painted his first Kickstarter, the Pantheon of Chaos, a while back. At the same time painting a figure for one of my favourite bands was something I could not pass on!
The miniature is quite small, see the pictures below for a comparison with a 2-cent coin. Some of the details are roughly sculpted although there were no mold lines or other errors that needed to be fixed with green stuff.
I decided to paint it following the same colours as in the picture shown above. Again, I wanted to maximize contrast to achieve a striking effect. So, I settled on using NMM for the metals and a high contrast between dark/light muscles for the exposed skin. The whole miniature was painted in roughly 2 hours which is a very good time for me.
For the base, I chose the same style as for my Walking Dead miniatures, adding a few leaves, a newspaper and an empty beer bottle. I might end up using it to fight off zombie hordes.
This is just the third miniature painted this year, I really need to pick up my pace if I am to achieve my year-end goals!
Painted in 2022
Well done, it's an exquisite miniature I was happy to paint as well. It's a sculpt from Lux Thantor for Diego though :
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Thanks for the reply, I did not know about that, I always thought Diego was the sculptor. Thanks for sharing!
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