A few days ago I received my order of Bolt Thrower miniatures. Below are the results.
First, I was sucked into the order by this fellow: a brand new limited edition Bob Olley space pirate.
I call him Maxim Wilder, but he's officially listed as a Space Viking. As their catalog is limited he should be easy enough to find. This is far from my finest work ever, as I was so eager to paint him that I rushed a bit more than necessary. But it is a fantastic miniature. All that one would expect of a Bob Olley cast by Foundry. (All done quite reasonably for a benefit.)
Next I was hooked by this odd job: a giant snail.
And for scale purposes . . .
This next fellow was a speedpaint in an attempt at a challenge elsewhere. Bolt Thrower calls him the "Spitebringer Consumed" but I call him death . . . or the great blue tarasque, whichever takes longer. (I do like to talk.)
The Scorpicaudems magnificens fairlambi, or great blue tarasque, is the apex predator of the distant world of Hecate. An obligate predator, it hunts primarily at night using sonar and scent. While its vision is keen, the particularly dim nights of Hecate, whose two moons, Perses and Asteria, are both rather dark and somewhat small. The exact cause of the blue coloring is as yet unknown, but it is thought certain it is connected with mating or dominance.
A great blue tarasque gets ready to pounce on an unsuspecting wolf. While the tarasque is quite dangerous, the non-native wolf is much faster, making it difficult prey of only slight nutritional value. Their preferred prey are the large molluscs and amphibians of their native world.
Maxim Wilder and his wolf observe a tarasque outside a walled settlement on Anesidora.
There's a little more about it in a post called The Thrown Bolt, but that's pretty much the size.
As a small aside, I'm trying to tell a more cohesive visual story. Finding a good place to host in a way that best displays both the visual and the literary publicly and cleanly is something of a challenge. I could put it on Symphonic Poet if I don't mind coding the darn thing, but for present the best version is probably the one on Google. That link should take you to the beginning of it. If you don't see the story press the "i" button
comes up with a roster and game stats for the Wildcats, his mercenary force.
