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Here is the Good Constable in his primed form. It was nice, not a lot of flash, good detail. My only problem is that I prefer the slotta style bases. Also, these minis are true 28mm scale.

I don't remember how I discovered this Canadian miniature company, but I am glad I did. One of my readers (and long time friends) suggested a step by step with photos of the mini painting process. I also wanted to couple this with a bit of a review. The mini I chose to start with was RCMP Constable Lestrade, in his investigation and full on zombie modes. RCMP Lestrade is part of what Harwood calls their "Lovecraft Circle" like, which is a line of minis that are kind of set up like the old RAFM Call of Cthulu miniatures. That is to say that while you can buy them separately, they also come in a pack that contains the Normal character, what I call a Mythosed up character (that is to say they have a book or are doing something lovecrafty) and the full on super insane/dead version of the character. The third mini in this pack is the good Constable holding an automatic pistol. I am having trouble putting him together (hes a two parter) my eyes are not what they used to be. But I did not want that to delay me in painting and reviewing. Without further adieu...

Here I have painted the living officer with (all colours are Citadel unless I otherwise note) Dwarf Flesh and used the Reaper flesh wash. The zombie cop got a base coat of my patented zombie colour (a mixture of gray and flesh coloured paint) and was given a wash of flesh wash with a touch of purple ink. I usually use blue, but there will be a lot of blue in this model later so I did not wish to over do it.For this step I dry brushed the flesh parts on both. First a mix of Dwarf and Elf Flesh for the human office and my special zombie mix (patent pending) for the zombie cop. I then painted the shirt parts of both minis with a medium blue and the hair on both guys (since they are the same guy) with bestial brown. This I gave a wash of brown ink (reaper.

I was not at all pleased with the zombie flesh, so i gave him a very light dry brushing with rotting flesh. I then drybrushed the shirt sections with a sky blue and painted the stab vest, hat and trousers a royal blue.
I used no ink on the trousers to this point. I drybrushed the darker blue parts with ultramarine blue then a half and half mix of ultramarine blue and skull white. I painted the metal parts chainmail and the wounds on the zed gore red.
The pics below reflect the done projects. i painted the human eyes white with a black dot. The Zed eyes I used a white dot then chartreuse from Reaper. I glowey green zombie eyes. I then used the panacea called Devlin Mud, which I thinned and used as a wash on dark blues of both and places on the shirt of the zombie. What this does is it deepens the blues, cuts down on the contrast without destroying the subtley of the work. I love this stuff. I drybrushed the black leather harness with gray to give it some definition. I did not do this to the bill of the cap as these are usually patent leather on a real uniform. I then added some more depth to the zeds wounds with a mix if brown ink mixed with a tiny bit of red. Dried blood is a rusty brown, so you don't want it to be too red. I then painted the zeds teeth with a mixture of skull white and bleached bone. I lacquered it in two thin coats of gloss and ended with a coat of flat. I do this because it stands up better to handling and play than just the flat.
So, there you have it. I am not the best painter in the world, but I do OK. If you like the minis please stop by Harwood Hobbies. Here are two glamour shots of our two guys.
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