Showing posts with label Pandemonium Miniatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pandemonium Miniatures. Show all posts

Friday, 3 February 2023

How to Paint Zagor the Warock - A Step-by-Step Guide

If you attended Fighting Fantasy Fest 4 in September 2022, you may well have seen Paul Cooke of Pandaemonium Miniatures live painting the Limited Edition 75mm Zagor figure that was on sale on the day from Atlantis Miniatures/Blue Giant Studios.

The model Paul painted on the day ended up being purchased by Sir Ian Livingstone, but since then he has painted the figure again and again, for himself as well as those clients who use his miniatures painting service.

Paul has now posted a step-by-step guide explaining how he goes about painting Zagor and has kindly given the Warlock permission to post it for fans of FF here.

Friday, 5 August 2022

Exclusive FFF4 Zagor Figurine

Here's just another reason to attend Fighting Fantasy Fest 4 on Saturday 3rd September - a new and exclusive 75mm figurine of Zagor the Warlock created by Blue Giant Studios*, who will also be attending the convention.


The Zagor figurine will be on sale at Fighting Fantasy Fest 4 and Paul 'Pandemonium Miniatures' Cooke will be giving a demonstration of how to paint the model during the course of the day.


*Formerly Atlantis Miniatures.

Friday, 26 November 2021

What's in a name?

The Fighting Fantasy gamebooks are memorable not only for their monsters and exciting plots, but also for the imaginative names Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone came up with for important characters and, of course, the villains who populate their adventures.

Yaztromo, Balthus Dire, Zharradan Marr, Zanbar Bone, and, more recently, Urzle Ironface.

Urzle Ironface, by Robert Ball.

As you approach the main gates, a giant bare-chested man with bulging muscles steps out from behind the jail to stand in your way. His body is covered in jagged scars, and he makes no attempt to hide the silver scorpion pendant hanging on a silver necklace around his neck. He is wearing an iron helmet which completely covers his face and he is armed with a large battle-axe and shield. "I've been waiting for you," he growls slowly in a deep voice.

Without giving too much away, in case you haven't already read Ian Livingstone's latest Fighting Fantasy adventure, Urzle Ironface is one of the characters you can encounter in Assassins of Allansia.

Of course, with a name like that, it is hardly surprising that he has inspired artists who work in not just two dimensions, but also those who work in three.

Urzle Ironface, by KrisztiĆ”n Balla (from the Hungarian language edition of Assassins of Allansia.)

Urzle Ironface, by Dan Mark of Atlantis Miniatures...

...and as painted by Paul Cooke of Pandemonium Miniatures.

Do you have a favourite character, good or evil, from the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series? If so, why not let us know in the comments below?