Dark Age Games has begun producing a game and miniature line based upon the artwork of Brom. With sculptors like Werner Klocke and Steve Buddle on the team, the miniatures they are putting out are absolutely stunning! Many of the first run of sculpts are done in exactly the posing, portrait-style of the original Brom artwork, while variants seem to have more dynamic poses.
This is the first Dark Age model I have attempted, a "Coil" trooper from the Forsaken army, based on Brom's artwork of the same name. I utilized dark non-metallic metals and a deep red to accentuate the dark feel of the model, and the original artwork. I also attempted to faithfully recreate the decorations on the chest plate that appear in the original piece.
The base is meant to be a broken slab of concrete, giving way to some sort of bubbling puddle of ooze (which unfortunately resembles some sort of vegetable soup...). It was built of a carved chunk of thick styrene sheet, with some brass rod inserted to represent rebar. The ooze was made by puddling a pool of white glue into the open space, and then dripping super glue on top of it, which creates a nice bubbled goo effect. After painting, it was covered with a few layers of clear nail polish. The light colors of the base hopefully help set off the darkness of the model itself.
I am pleased with the overall effect of the model, and hope to paint more of these gorgeous figures in the future.
