'Mercenary' from HerrRobert: Soldier of Fortune

So, I first happened on this fellow back in June 2017, at Origins. Reaper was repping Victoria Miniatures' line of resin miniatures and conversion bits, and I picked up this and a few other products. 

After ample discussion on the Facebook group, he was slotted in as Curtgeld for Challenge Ate. Making a monkey carry a pistol? Monstrous! While I didn't get to him during Challenge Ate (stupid paratroopers sucking up time and energy), he's clearly a Landsknecht, so seemed a perfect fit for the Mercenary round.

So, as you can see, quite a bit of trimming was needed to get him ready to paint. The miniature was resin, and so there was a lot of flakes and residue on both him and the monkey.

I decided on a pretty simple paint scheme, using a red and blue combination I've used for Altdorf (in the Empire of the Warhammer setting), and just alternating the red and blue. Red on his uniform is Vallejo Burnt Cadmium Red, then craftpaint Iron Oxide and Georgia Clay. The feather and the money's fez and vest are  Vallejo Burnt Cadmium Red, Game Color Bloody Red, Vallejo Red, then Vallejo Vermilion. Blue is craft paint Dark Prussian Blue, Vallejo Prussian Blue, then two highlights of a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Prussian Blue and Grey Blue.

So we have an arrogant Imperial officer, a down on his luck nobleman or rogueish fop? Either way, per the Victoria Miniatures advertisement, this fine fellow is always accompanied by his trusty pistol carrying monkey.

As Teemu suggested back in Challenge VII, Curtgeld figures should be something Curt uses in his collection. So I intentionally just painted the base black. That way, he can finish it to fit into the rest of his Renaissance collection.

The face was fun to paint. While the look on the advert is more a look of grim determination, I think this guy is wearing more of a smirk. I always paint eyes and lips on 25mm figures, but this was the first real use of eyebrows. I think the Spocklike raised single eyebrow sells the smirk.

And so there we go. Once the latest Pineapple Express clears (it being California's monsoon season), he'll get a dose of clear coat and anti-shine varnish to protect the paint, and get winged off to Curt, along with my Challenge VII Curtgeld, seen below:

So, that should be worth 7 or so points.

While the resin was a real pain to work with at times, I may acquire another one to stick in a pike block of Empire or Tilean troops.