Sniggering is done, but he is far from a favourite mini, on that more in a bit. The model is the third Henchman addition to my planned eventual
Joker crew, and it is pleasing to have regained some momentum this month as this is the fifth mini I have completed across three ranges.
Sniggering has the always threatening 'Automatic Rifle', easily one of the best weapons in the game and one that is well worth its cost as it can create a sense of threat for most characters. In the tournaments I have attended, I rarely see any crew leave out their automatic rifle option if they have one. It seemed sensible to make sure Sniggering made it into the list. End 5 and Willpower 5 gives him a decent opportunity to ensure he can use his weapon even if attacked, while retaining mobility or capacity to reload from Ammo.
On to the mini. Not my favourite as I said. The casting was rough as heck in places as can be seen from the poorly cast wrist bands if you look closely. Parts were also a bad fit, which may be partly due to some of them serving for different models. And because of the design, some places were really hard to reach with a brush, which only became apparent as I progressed. I started painting
Sniggering at the same time as
August, and he got abandoned part way through as I concentrated on other stuff, but in the past few days I resolved to thin down the backlog of part-painted minis and this became a prime target. the current list I am thinking of taking is:
Joker (Arkham City)
; Hush (for Take the Lead and Strategy shenanigans)
; Victor Zsasz; Sniggering; August; Contra-Auguste; and
Six (the tournament
Joker Henchman card). To make that up would take three more minis which isn't too much, so could be done this year.
BMG Painting Summary
BMG characters owned: 210 (added: Hawkman, Black Flash, Flash, Professor Zoom, BtAS Green Arrow and Batgirl, Classic Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and discovered a miscount previously!)
Percentage of owned characters painted: 21.4% (45 models; the big batch release set back my percentage a bit)
Excellent work dude despite the issues with the casting. Sniggering will be top of my hit list!
ReplyDeleteThanks mate. :)
DeleteI would guess he would be! :)
You can barely see anymore he was such a bad cast. You did a great job hiding the casting issues with paint.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
Thanks Wouter. :)
DeleteGood work dude - I really like what you have done. The face looks really cool.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bullcher. :)
DeleteI wanted the mask simple but in-keeping with the rest of the crew, although I didn't want them identical, so hence the simple approach on this one. :)
Sorry to hear that the casting wasn't up to scratch - such a shame on an awesome model. That said, I wouldn't have noticed until I read your comment as you have done such a good paint job on him.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael. :)
DeleteI think KM have some truly great sculpts, and I do think their QC is 'generally' improving (this is an older casting), but I still think they have some way to go considering the price point for their stuff. :)
Sniggering looks terrific despite your issues with the model PulpCitizen, and I certainly didn't notice anything wrong with the model. Great work on the face, and he was certainly worth the effort imho :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Blaxkleric. :)
DeleteExtremely good work on the joker henchman's face. Everything about him is already good paint-job-wise but his face is even better! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for the kind words. :)
DeleteNonetheless, not a mini I enjoyed painting. :)