Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Wizards Project - here are the first two wizards

I've spent a fair amount of time on this project and have now completed wizards for each of the eight Colleges of Magic, which I have now photographed. Here are the first two. 

Firstly a Grey Wizard;

OK, he isn't that dissimilar to a well-known wanderer of Middle Earth, but I suspect that Gandalf might have been part of the inspiration for GW's original Warhammer Fantasy Grey Order, a College whose members practice deception, illusion, suggestion and other secretive and subtle magics.

The second wizard is a representative of the Jade Order, a wizard involved with the natural world;

I've chosen him because he and his Grey colleague are the only wizards I've made with swords in their hands. The others will all be doing more magical things. Also, according to Warhammer lore, wizards of both these Colleges tend to to avoid cities and wander around from place to place.

As an aside, looking at the Grey Wizard I can see that I need to touch up the metal head of his staff. With the second figure, up close I can also see things that stand out as obvious painting errors. Sadly, that is the risk you take when using a high definition lens with a macro facility and a DSLR with a 24 megapixel sensor - all the tiny mistakes are magnified. At least they aren't really that visible to the naked eye on a gaming table.
 

4 comments:

  1. Both look great, but that Jade Wizard model is pretty special. Yeah, those photos are always revealing. I just had the same experience with some Old West models I photographed and posted the other day.

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    1. Thanks. The colour really pops on the Jade wizard, doesn't it?

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  2. Great looking paint and really cool idea for a project. I love the Frostgrave sprues but I'm using mostly Warhammer minis for my warbands and the scales are a bit too different for my tastes. Looking forward to seeing some more of the Colleges represented!

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