Minis: The Green Saint

The assassin known only as the Green Saint has long since passed into the realm of myth and legend. The story goes that on one day each year, the Green Saint appears to assassinate a particularly cruel or brutal noble. They claim that no guard can stop him, no threat can sway him and no bribe can turn his blade. Of course, all right-thinking people know that this is just a fairytale and that the killings attributed to the Saint are actually just the result of inter-familial squabbles and political maneuvering amongst the aristocracy. Similar beliefs are held on other planets where the population have not fully acclimatised themselves to the Imperial order. - Heretical and deluded beliefs of the common folk, sector XGAL, vol. 17.

Another single model finished. It's from the Ion Age Year Three Collection, Padraig Malig. Really easy to paint, details are clean and free of mold lines. Obviously, the colour scheme chooses itself. In my head, it's a cross between a leprechaun and the Boondock Saints. The main challenge was getting the head of the pint just so but, thankfully, years of first-hand research saw me right.

The original pose was a bit self-defeating in that the model is hunched forward hiding the details of the face and chest so I added a rocky base, using fragments of cork tile to tilt it sharply backwards and really let it be seen.

On a side note, I was initially a bit surprised and put off by the face which brought up echos of the ape-like representations of the Irish in the 19th century British and American press. Now before anyone presumes anti-Irish sentiments on the part of the sculptor, a quick look on the website reveals that they chose to base the model on their goblinesque race, the Malig and it's the addition of the beard that inadvertently echos "the Irish ape".

The clothes are Warpstone Glow and Ceramite White, the hat, belt and boots are Abbadon Black with Retributor Armour for the buckles, the skin is Kislev Flesh with Jokaero Orange hair. The weapons are Runefang Steel. Finally, Rakarth Flesh for the creamy head of the pint. I haven't quite managed to blend the model's base into the rock but it's servicable.

He'll go into storage awaiting a suitable debut.