Count Orlok, Scholarly Vampire
28mm
Immortality... a gift, and yet also a burden. A vampire can only enjoy rampant carnage for so long before even the hunt becomes a chore. The weight of centuries can lead to apathy, immobility, descent into near-stasis... or a realization that all that time opens up new potential. Some like St. Vigeus embark on martial conquest, amassing a vampire army and putting humans to the sword as well as the fang. But for others, their intellect guides them. An infinite quest for knowledge, discovery of lore and arcane secrets, and possibly immense power! With nothing but time, they scour the world for obscure tomes, magical artifacts and substances, hideous rare beasts, and other arcana.
A CP miniatures figure, with a scratchbuilt desk and accessories from WizKids Deep Cuts. I also added a few details to his base, implying some tentacled horror imprisoned beneath his floor.
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| "Ah... nothing like a bottle and a new book. It's a pity there's nobody here to share them with... oh right, I hate company." |
All the work is fantastic, but the face... oh, the face!
ReplyDeleteThe pics are great, enormously atmospherical, I love them!
This is brilliant - I really dig the story behind the diorama 😍
ReplyDeleteAlso ace work on necroflesh - looks really old and dry.
Well done mate!
Thanks! I enjoy making up the "fluff" for my paintjobs... it usually comes first and helps to inspire me to pull everything together.
DeleteMy formula for vampire skin, if I have one, is to mix ~ equal parts of flesh tone with a gray of similar brightness. It doesn't give you a completely monochrome vampire, but it definitely makes them look like there's a distinct lack of blood circulation 🙂
Wow ... that's a amazing looking vignette i.e. that last photo!
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