Frost Giant King

Taking a break from endless spells, here is the Frost Giant King. He might be the last one I paint (the girl is painting the Frost Giant Queen, so she'll show up at some point). The official D&D line has a Frost Giant which is tempting, but I have sooo many Giants at this point, that I really don't need more.

I have to admit, he wasn't my favorite Frost Giant to paint. I'd say the Frost Giant Bodyguard is a bit better and I think the Queen is probably the best sculpted of the group. His detail is a bit un-crisp in places. His pose is the best of the Frost Giants though, so it's a mixed bag.

He was missing a piece, the "knob" that goes on the front of his helmet. I replaced it with a plastic axe blade that I attached upside down.

Frost Giant Warrior

Another Frost Giant! The Frost Giant Warrior this time. He's the "brother" of the Frost Giant Bodyguard we saw earlier, and he's been painted the same way. I'd say the Bodyguard was a bit easier to paint (his details are a bit better defined). I still like this sculpt though since he has an appropriately giant-sized beard. He'll get used as a Storm Giant (when not fulfilling duties as a Frost Giant) in our D&D campaign.

Frost Giant Bodyguard

Now that's a Giant Beard! Once again, a Reaper Bones miniature. This time it's the Frost Giant Bodyguard. He was sculpted explicitly for the Bones line (the prior two Frost Giants originally came out in metal), and it shows. His details are a bit less intricate and work better in this medium.

I really like how the beard came out. It was pretty simple too. It's just Adminstratum Grey, a "wash" of Guilliman Blue, and a drybrush of Pallid Wych Flesh. The only issue I might have with him is that his pose is pretty static, but it's a classic pose and isn't a problem with the rest of their Frost Giant line (so I don't really have a problem with it).

Frost Giant Jarl

I am the ... Jarl? What the heck is a Jarl?!?!?

I'm on a Giant roll, it's the Frost Giant Jarl Boerogg Blackrime. Reaper makes 2 old-style Frost Giants, this one and the Princess from a few days ago. I figured I'd finish off both of those first. These are more tribal and a bit smaller than the Viking aesthetic the other 4 Frost Giants in their line. I'll probably paint the other 4 similar to this one, but I'll still use them as Cloud/Storm Giants in our D&D campaign.

This sculpt has a few things that annoy me. He suffers from a common problem with the old Reaper Giant line, he's staring at the ground. I guess that would look good if you put a player character in front of him, but it made it really hard to photograph his face (and detracts from the miniature as a whole). The other is his sword is kinda hideous. A third, bonus issue, I had with him is that his fetishes are not too defined.

I painted him with the same color pallette as the Princess. Lots of shades of browns with pale bluish white skin. The skin was painted white, followed by a thinned down flesh wash (1:1), a thinned down blue wash (1:1), and highlighted with Pallid Wych Flesh.

BTW, I know a Jarl is a Norse Chieftain, I just thought it was a funny word. :-)

Frost Giant Princess

Brrrr ... is it getting cold in here. It's the Frost Giant Princess from Reaper's Bones line.

I have mixed thoughts on this miniature, she doesn't really fit in with the other Frost Giants in Reaper's line. She has a very primal look to her. I suspect she's loosely based on Princess Monoke (given the mask, pelts, fetishes and spear). She was very much an exercise in painting various shades of brown. Her skin is supposed to be a pale bluish white, and I think it mostly worked. It'll be interesting to see how it works on the frost giants that are showing more skin.

I did mess up on her legs a bit, it's not very apparent, but I think the sculpt is wearing skintight leggings (there's some stitching hidden beneath the spear and next to the frills of her "dress"). I didn't realize that was the case until I had already painted those parts bare, so I just carried on.