Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Ezekiel Blume

This is the first painted figure for The Society for Advanced Meta-Exploration. The Society is an independent adventuring company that I will be playing for the upcoming In Her Majesty's Name Victorian science-fiction and steampunk skirmish rules. The figure is by Ratnik and is beautifully detailed.

Ezekiel Blume, for as long as he could remember, feared the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and had spent eight mighty years as an Evangelical lay preacher until he was asked rather forcefully by his Yorkshire congregation to vacate his premises under cover of darkness due to some unfortunate circumstances. Perceiving that he cannot reform his sinful ways, it is not uncommon to find him roaring and trembling in fear of divine judgement over bitters and ales at the local pub. He will still preach to any that will listen and, when moved by the spirit, he will retrieve his small and worn bible from within his waistcoat, stand on a chair and deliver a sermon on morality and rigidity.

Ezekiel Blume was recruited into The Society for Advanced Meta-Exploration on a forgettable and wet evening on a street corner of London. He now rather vigorously passes righteous judgement against any that oppose the ambitions of The Society.





12 comments:

  1. I really like your work here, Jonathan! Dirty and gritty but with sharp highlights.

    Was this a nice changeup from historical painting? It looks like you had fun!

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    1. Thanks Monty - I really like the way he turned out and all the straps, pouches and metal bits were fun. I had a blast! It was a nice change of pace, especially since these are all one-offs that I can give special attention and character to rather than trying to paint a unit of 18 figures.

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    2. He is loaded with detail! I don't get to play fantasy/Sci-fi/Steampunk but I'll watch and learn about this set.

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  2. Lovely looking figure. Especially the coats blue turned out fabulous.

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    1. Thank you. It was really fun playing with the color palette. :)

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  3. Like that deep blue. What colours are you using?

    FMB

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    1. Thanks FMB! That blue is GW's old Regal Blue. I'm not sure what color it has been replaced with. I can't remember the blue I used for the highlighting, but I can check on that this evening and post it up here as well.

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  4. Fantastic job on him. I really like the mix of blues and browns.

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  5. Absolutely marvellous Jonathon!
    I have posted a link piece on the IHMN blog so others can marvel at him :)
    Any chance of a company list any time soon?
    Cheers,
    Craig.

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    1. Craig, thanks for stopping by and for the mention on your blog! I wasn't planning on posting the list for the company until all the characters are revealed, but I may rethink that...

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  6. Very nice work and a really great blue!

    Christopher

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    1. Thanks! The blue has been a big hit, so it looks like I made a good choice. :)

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