Throm The Barbarian

We should be clear that Throm is clearly distinct from Crom, Thrud and Conan. Another cracking sculpt from Diehard Miniatures (https://diehardminiatures.com/product/throm-the-barbarian/).

This is actually the same palette as the recent Eru-Kin I painted up, but obviously different mixes and main colours. Magenta and purple are at the base of the skin, but there's a ton more ochre in the mix.

 

The blade's my favourite element of this. I'm usually a klutz when painting handsculpted blades and suffer greatly from the lack of precision lines you see in plastic kits, so tried very hard to make this one better. I took inspiration from this piece (Ta. Effort gone into the sword as I saw this one (https://www.instagram.com/p/DM8Zk0pOHpe/?igsh=MW05Y3BwbzdlNGo4dg==) from the excellent Robert Karlsson, but his is on a 75mm model and mine ... is not. I liked the subtle change in his colours with one side evidently brighter, and the lower half taking environment light beautifully.

It's not a big sculpt. I took an in-progress shot for a friend with my thumb as a comparison. My hands are not large, albeit wrinklier than I remember them from days gone by. 

This also encouraged me  to push up the basing. I've had success recently in making more interesting scenes and wanted to expand further, and the Micro Art scenic bases are great for this, so spooky lighting on the rocks or crystals was helpful to add colour to the underside of the barbarian and sword.