Tuesday 7 July 2015

Family Ghoul!


In a bid to catch up with the backlog of posts I present this grisly pair, which are in fact a couple of ‘Hersey Miniatures’ in the shape of a Ghoul Hag and Child.  Wonderfully sculpted by Paul Muller, but wonderfully disturbing at the same time!  There was a little bit of assembly required, but they were not as complicated as the previous ghouls I had attempted and to be honest I rather enjoy the building anyway.


It was a simply task to match the colour palette from my earlier ventures, but I have to confess that I found the blending a little harder on these due to their size.  I resisted the temptation to slather he Ghoul Hag’s ‘victim’ in gore, feeling that it looked chilling enough as it was.   As for the Ghoul child, I took inspiration from the quizzical way he is examining the head in his hands and added a couple of skulls to his base by way of a collection.


All sorts of possible scenarios present themselves with this pair, not least of course a missing child from the village!  Can the Witchfinders track down the helpless child in time?

57 comments:

  1. Looking great.. always loved these Ghoul sculpts!

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    1. Thank you and I couldn't agree more, great fun to work on but a little fiddly.

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  2. Very nice work Michael. Those blue-grey skin tones are perfect

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    1. Thank you Roy, I had thought they were a little two blue, but they seem t hold quite nicely as a group.

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  3. Fabulous work Sir Michael :)

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  4. These are very, very, creepy, mostly I'm guessing because of your superb brushwork on them.

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    1. They really are creepy, but all the more fun to work with as a result.

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  5. Excellent brushwork Mr Awdry!

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    1. Thank you Rodger, that is very kind of you.

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  6. Fantastic paint job on some frankly quite stunning sculpts! I'm half tempted to pick up another set now!

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    1. Heresy really do have some wonderful things to paint.

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  7. It's the colour palette I really like on those ghouls. Wonderful work on those figures, Sir!

    But I agree with you the pair is disturbing. Especially the hag with the baby victim isn't my cup of tea. Call me touchy but with two little daughter and don't appreciate a baby murdering ghoul in my miniature collection.

    Cheers
    Stefan

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    1. Thank you Stefan and I know what you mean, certainly bordering on bad taste and one of the reasons that I didn't cover the baby in gore.

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  8. These two figures looks really awful.Great job with the paintbrush Michael!

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    1. Thank you, they are certainly difficult subjects but work well with the Witchfinder setting.

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  9. Lovely work Michael. These are very interesting figures,which caught my eye a while back. The ghoul holding the child is an unusual subject. Which I must bit I always found disturbing, and I've seen many real disturbing incidents in my life. The figure always made me think of Gollum, being described in LotR as stealing into houses and taking babies from cribs.

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    1. Thank you Mark, I don't think that they would normally have been on my shopping list, but I suddenly felt the need to have one of all the wonderful sculpts.

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  10. Wonderful job on these creepy minis!

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    1. Thank you Luca, they certainly are creepy.

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  11. They are suitably vile. Perfect for any horror wargaming or roleplaying.

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    1. Thank you Clint, hopefully they will meet their match against the Witchfinders.

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  12. Great job, Michael.

    I've only ever seen the ghoul hag painted in such a way that the child is clearly dead. The thought that it's being kept alive for some purpose (as bait? the last vestiges of maternal instinct?) is even more unsettling.

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    1. Thank you Mr. Finch, I just couldn't bring myself to cover the baby in gore, I just hope the Witchfinders get to it in time.

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  13. They looks soo grim and deadly great paintjob sir!

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    1. Thank you, not the easiest subject to paint.

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  14. Brilliant if a little disturbing!

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    1. Thank you Gordon and not just a little disturbing, right out there on the disgusting front!

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  15. Terrifically disturbing stuff... Though I can't believe you dare accuse me of leaping about from genre to genre, Michael "pot calling kettle black" Awdry ;-)

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    1. Thank you and I am afraid you are of course completely correct, guilty as charged Sir! ;)

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  16. Impressive brushwork again, Michael. I should think it harder to get the colors of ghouls ring than living folk - and you've nailed it.

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    1. Thank you Dean, I was worried that they were a bit too blue, but they seem to have worked.

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  17. Disgusting figures!! And brilliant work, really excellent!

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  18. Something really unsettling about those two, so good job I guess! :S

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    1. They are a bit close to the knuckle, but thank you for the kind words Mike.

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  19. Excellent work on these! Great sculpts, slightly appalling, but excellent nevertheless :)

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    1. Thank you and you are absolutely right in that they are appalling.

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  20. That ghoul with the baby is indeed disturbing Michael. Well done on them.

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    1. Thank you Terry, certainly the stuff of nightmares.

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  21. Very nice Michael the one holding the baby is certainly chilling looking!

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    1. Thank you Simon, not the easiest thing that I've painted from the point of view of subject matter.

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  22. Horrendous!! - in the best sense of the term ;) Congratulations on a fantastic job! Cheers!

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    1. Thank you, they certainly are a tad disturbing.

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  23. Wonderfully horrible. Or horribly wonderful. Or perhaps both!

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    1. I think you might be right and thank you.

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  24. Terrific painting Sir M, love the horrid flesh colour....yuk!

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    1. Thank you Ray, clammy cold blue certainly seems to add a chill to the miniatures.

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  25. Hola
    Interesantes minis,......a un que dan un poco de yuyu jajaja.
    un saludo

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  26. Now, that's scary! Fabulous painting nonetheless. The blueish skin tone is spot on.

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