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One thing to bear in mind the wizards cloak is quite downwards in orientation and can collide with the horses ass. I heated and bent my wizards cloak to allow him to sit a horse and look normal. I also cut down the saddle to prevent the wizard looking like he was leviatating above the saddle cloth of a normal horse model. The saddle is meant to fit in the griffon's throne and is so a bit more bulky than the average mounted model. If left normal it can look like the wizard is wearing incontinence pants.

Love the models and really nice paint jobs - I've recently started a retro empire army (another one) in which I am not allowed to include anything later than 4th edition as empire models. Just trying to figure out if the warhammer quest minis were 4th or 5th edition. I want to include the noble, warrior priest and witch hunter but not sure if my self imposed rules allow.

It took me months to track down the 3rd edition wizard you have painted. I count the foot and mounted versions as twin brothers in my fluff - they have differnet coloured hats.

Hi all

Just won one of these on ebay - looking for inspiration for what colours to paint it once its stripped. I feel it needs to be more than just a GS state trooper colour scheme.

PS. the wife's gonna kill me when she finds out what I paid for one mini..... 

Nice start - 

Two quick ideas that can make a big difference. 1. Add some black dots to the end of the handguns to represent the inner barrels. 2. Add some highlights to the warrior priest's face - cheekbones, nose ridge, point of chin and forehead and this will make a nice contrast and make the face the focal point of the figure - always worth spending a little more time on character models. A few well placed highlights will help with any issues you have painting eyes which are always a pain to get right.

When are these available and what price do you think they will go for - must be cheaper than buying GW ones from ebay?

Very nice models by the way - I especially like the variety of headgear - it will be nice to have more than two hat variations!

Grutch - please stay with the series. The first book is very basic and I was also was not impressed after the hype and comparisons surrounding the series. The first book struck me as being almost an outline for a real novel, much like a movie storyboard is to a finished movie. However, the series really takes off after the 2nd-3rd book and the last 5-6 are ace. I reckon they are closest in style to Eriksson's Malazan books and there are clear crossovers - something openly acknowledged by Eriksson.

Underdawg - I have never really seen a picture of the banner only the descriptions in the books. I know there are some fan forums with lots of pictures of these kinds of fantasy series done by fans both professional and amateur so it may be worth checking in Google Image.

Love the mini - I agree with you Mr CW. The model is much better in your hand than in the photos GW have put out. However, although your paint job is up to your usual very high standard I dislike the colour choices - sorry no offence meant just my honest opinion. I have no issue with the flames being non-conventional colours but the choice of non-traditional colours for the robes of a bright wizard is something I can't get my head around. I stress again the painting is great and better than what I could do its the colours you've used for the robes that is my issue - had you considered red or orange ones ?

I also have this model half painted as I am having "fun" with the flames in the newer realistic but inside-out to my way of thinking and traditional painting style. Keep up the good work Mr CW as I have a slightly competitive nature (in a nice way) with regards to your blog with regards to collecting and painting although I stress I am losing very badly. 

Some people have too much money - quite a nice diorama but Demigryphs are not "cheep".

Must resist urge to make jokes about cock fighting.....

Like the lady suggested  model - not so keen on the croaker model - does not look like a man. Reaper have lots of evil paladin type models which may fit what you are looking for. Are you planning on the shoulder crows for croaker? This would clearly identify it as him.

Can't wait to see you interpretation of Goblin and One-eye the best double act around with Fiddler and Hedge a close second.

Go fro the new base colour khorne red - better than mechrite red in my opinion - less pink. Then follow with a badab/nuln black wash and highlight from there using your preferred reds depending on whether you are going for warm or cool colour. Finish of with baal red wash to get deep red tone.

I use ceramite white base, watered down badab/nuln wash then ceramite layer/drybrush. Finally then skull/scar top layer as the ceramite is slightly off-white. This gives me a decent clean but shaded white as is pretty quick and simple. I find one coat of ceramite does the job of several coats of pale greys/skull white to get decent coverage over the black wash.

Please don't strip it - I would be well happy with it. Only thing I would do is as suggested make the hat and feather different colours and maybe use gloss varnish on the blood to make it more wet looking.