WIP: Bear's Head Zombie Minotaur

Zombie Minotaur

Bear's Head Miniatures

Phillip Hynes

2017

Beautiful zombie minotaur from Bear's Head Miniatures for inclusion in my undead Classical Greek Army. The right eye was originally sculpted as completely exposed, but I accidentally dalloped a bit of paint on the upper half of the eye, unintentionally producing an eyelid. When shaded with Agrax Earthshade, I think it came out pretty good.

Recent Haul - Undead Minotaur

More miniatures from my recent haul

Undead Minotaur
Bear's Head Miniatures

I funded Phillip's "March of the Dead" Kickstarter last year and now the fruits of that investment have paid off!

This is an undead minotaur to add to my undead 5th century BCE classical Greek army. Suitably ogre-ish in size (about 45mm), he's got the classic two handed axe. A little bit of flash on the loincloth, horns and axe-head - but very well cast overall. An outstanding sculpt overall. Again, I prefer more bone, but Phillip does the taut. pulled flesh so well it's difficult to want something else.

Recent Haul - Zombie Ogre

Due to the nature of my work, I am overseas most of the time. This seriously cuts into my painting, modelling time - not to mention actually playing any games.

Another issue is that I continue to collect miniatures for my undead armies, but I can't have them sent to Ukraine because a) it is impossible because I am behind the line of contact in the non-government controlled areas, b) it would be outrageously expensive and c) I have always to keep in mind that the amount of stuff I can collect is limited to what I can carry in two suitcases and a backpack.

Back in the day, when I was working in Iraq and could use the army post office (APO) - I could ship stuff back and forth relatively easily. No more.

So I order things online and when I get back home on leave - I have a big pile of miniatures to open and catalog.

So I've been on leave and am now posting my recent haul. It's like Christmas!

Zombie Ogre

Bear's Head Miniatures

This is a zombie ogre from Bear's Head Miniatures, a small, independent company run by the fabulous Phillip Hynes. His sculpting work is excellent, especially when it comes to horses and drapery. This model fills a gap in the undead world. As I've noted before, undead ogres are oddly under-represented in the miniature market.

This is a solid model. Very zombie-ish (I prefer more skeletal), but I love the ball and chain. There's a little bit of flash that needs to be cut away from between his legs, but otherwise, he's ready for priming and painting. Will go nice with my other undead ogres for use in my medieval European or Chaos armies.

This Is SPARTA!

Terrific new sculpts from Phillip Hynes on Kickstarter. I am just so impressed by this guy. Especially since he doesn't do this for a living.

He previewed some of these sculpts earlier on his Facebook page, but I thought he was doing a commission for some else. But nope! We can get them now. The Kickstarter is not all undead, but it does include these five lovely skeletal Spartans. With more apparently coming in the stretch goals. Another unit for the phalanx! (Even though I really style my phalanx more as Thebans. After all, Epaminondas is my homeboy)