I started painting
Alfred before switching to
Swamp Thing, but ended up finishing the latter first, and chose both simply because I am struggling to paint a couple of other minis (
Damian Wayne/Robin and
Killer Frost). I felt I needed to get something finished as the most important thing, and so I am pretty pleased to have finished both of these minis.
Alfred is a Henchman for
Batman crews, but not one I envision using much as he is very much predicated on a support role. For his Reputation value his Medic and Business Agent abilities in particular are simply not enough to make me want to use him.
There has been a little controversy about how Knight Models marketed and made available the
Alfred miniature. Originally it was pitched as an 'exclusive' miniature available to pre-orders of the original
BMG core rule-book; later it appeared as an occasional tournament prize, and later still it was made more widely available through a couple of sales promotions. As a consequence there is no regular
Alfred alternative on sale at this time, and Bat-fans lacking the mini but wanting a list with
Alfred may need to wait until the next sales promotion.
In the next couple of weeks i hope to get another couple of
BMG minis painted and retain some momentum if I can.
BMG Painting Summary
BMG characters owned: 280 (added: nothing)
Percentage of owned characters painted: 23.2% (67 models)
What a great looking face! Beauty work!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michal. :)
DeleteWell done on Alfred, always hard bringing something to life that is wearing a relatively sombre outfit.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Michael. :)
DeleteI hope the mix of two primarily dark colours are sufficiently distinguishable from each other.
Wow! I didn't realise just how difficult this mini was to get as I think it was one of the first I ever bought? it must have come with a rule-book or something? Great paint-job and one which really isn't helping me stay away from the "BMG" :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Blaxkleric. :)
DeleteYeah, the mini was first available with pre-orders of the core book when it came out.
Your way to paint 'suits' is an example to is all. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the very kind words Wouter. :)
DeleteAhhhh ... now I see. So that's what you meant by the next one being normal. ^_^ For more realism you should have stuck an actual strand of hair on this scalp. :) Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThanks mate. :)
DeleteAs for the strand of hair, I have too little myself to deploy to Alfred! :)
Very nicely done mate. Really love how the face has turned out. I suppose the fluffy reason for taking Alfred is so you don't have to take cops as henchmen. Especially in a Frank Miller batman crew.
ReplyDeleteCheers mate. :)
DeleteI really cannot see him getting table time - he seems a Reputation-sink to be honest.