Painted Living Trees for the Delion Dryad Villain in AToE

[samuraitrev]

Hi all, I hope you're all doing well out there.

Some of you will recognise these figures. They're Sylvaneth Dryads by Games Workshop. They're priced at £27.50 ($37.40) for these figures. I bought mine second hand and just resprayed them.

Pros and cons of these miniatures:

Pros
I think they look suitably malevolent as living trees
Great detail
Multi-pose (I believe)
Quick to paint
£1.72 ($2.34) per figure

Cons:
Gotta lay out a lot of cash on terrain stuff if you want to make forest bases. Although many things on my bases are out of the garden. Sticks (dried out over years) and stones.
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Conclusion
Well, the project continues apace. The Delion Dryad now has all her Minions painted up and ready to wreck havoc upon the beleaguered denizens of Shadowbrook. I think these GW models are great for the Living Trees Minions. I had some great fun painting these with my Games Workshop Contrast Paints. It actually took me longer to work on the bases. There's an old saying amongst miniature painters: bases and faces. Get those two alright and you're onto a good thing. That's what I've tried here anyway.

I would rate these miniatures 5/5 perfect for this project.

Thanks for taking a look folks and I'll be back with more stuff soon!

As always, comments welcome.
Happy gaming and painting out there

[Raynor]

That's simply incredible! They look feral, and they pair with the dryad very well! Wow! This is so cool!

[samuraitrev]

(02-04-2022 12:14 PM)Raynor Wrote:  That's simply incredible! They look feral, and they pair with the dryad very well! Wow! This is so cool!

Glad you approve.

[Old Dwarf]

Weird-not the figs they look great but that my main computer doesn't let me see the pics but my Lap Top does.

I painted a bunch of these up years ago for Treebeard's groupies in the LotR skirmish game.

OD

[Achtung Panzer]

Stunning stuff Trev!

[khainesmith]

Awesome. I've got the same ones for the Dryad.

[Raynor]

You should put together a large scale diorama of all the minis for A Touch of Evil you've done so far. It's got to be pretty epic at this point

[samuraitrev]

(02-05-2022 05:10 PM)Old Dwarf Wrote:  Weird-not the figs they look great but that my main computer doesn't let me see the pics but my Lap Top does.

I painted a bunch of these up years ago for Treebeard's groupies in the LotR skirmish game.

OD

Lol'd at Treebeard's groupies!

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(02-06-2022 11:01 AM)Achtung Panzer Wrote:  Stunning stuff Trev!

Cheers mate. I had a blast painting them.

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(02-06-2022 02:16 PM)khainesmith Wrote:  Awesome. I've got the same ones for the Dryad.

Cool, great minds and all that

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(02-06-2022 02:27 PM)Raynor Wrote:  You should put together a large scale diorama of all the minis for A Touch of Evil you've done so far. It's got to be pretty epic at this point

That's a good idea. I'll probably do something like that at some point.