Fomorian Aquatic Armour

 

Back home and straight back into the green stuff. I had the idea of using tiny little stones to act as coral on armour pieces. This nice Sea Elf from Reaper miniatures gave me some more ideas for sculpting corals.

This Fomorian has coral armour along with shoulder pieces. I used the tiny stones to stick into the putty to create some weird organic shapes.

I think I will paint his crude sword as coral as well to match his look.

 I have read that some of the old battles with the Fomori they had inferior weapons of coral and shingle. This comes from the Erin rule book so I’m not sure it’s legend, it does make sense though.

I think his shoulder armour is actually a tiny shell found in the grit.

This was a brave attempt at proper sculpting. A large shell for a helmet. I might paint these as being bronze so they look like the Fomori have created them.

It gives a nice sea vibe.

This large troll from Reaper miniatures will make a great Fomori champion. I gave him a few extra bits to pull him more into the Fomorian look. A turtle shell acts as his shoulder armour, again I could paint this bronze so it looks like an armourer made it. I’m really tempted to give him one eye and use him as Balor of the evil eye. Not sure yet.

This troll’s ears makes him a great Fomorian, he fits in well with the rest of the Alternative Armies range.

There’s a real discipline to this sculpting malarkey, you have to be patient and not try to do too much in one go. This was hard to learn as it means things aren’t ready at once, but the results are always better.

A textured dental tool makes for good fishnet material.

A bit of left over putty and a new fish scale attempt. 

The fish helmet gets its last touches, this should look better when painted. At the moment it looks like a cool dude in sun glasses.

I had a go at copying the hair style of the metal range, long hair that hangs down the body.

“Hey man… what gives?”

A flint spear from a new goblin range.

Left over putty shield experiment, certainly fits the aesthetic.