Allan Quatermain - Giants in Miniature

Allan Quatermain is the most well known character created by H. Rider Haggard and is the protagonist of King Solomon's Mines, as well as numerous other stories by Haggard - the character was later included in the wonderful League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic/graphic novel series by that wonderful word wizard Alan Moore. In the original books he's a big game hunter and explorer, but by the time of the League he's a decrepit elderly drug addict...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was then turned into a crappy action film, taking away all the nuance of the comics and replacing it explosions and a token American character to play better with a US audience. My feelings about the film aside, this miniature portrays Sean Connery in his role in the film and I think it's a lovely sculpt that captures the essence of the older character pretty damn well!

The figure is from Giants in Miniature by Wargames Illustrated - if you haven't come across the range before, they're a series of historical or literary/TV show/film characters sculpted for Wargames Illustrated as a limited edition series - 500 casts and no more. Quatermain is still available, as are a bunch of other wonderful characters - I've got Django and a couple of Inglourious Basterds that are patiently waiting in my paint queue!

El Chupacabra - The Goat-Sucker - Dracula's America

I went utterly mad for the Dracula's America range from Northstar Figures and Osprey Games back when the game was announced - I ended up with a bunch of different gangs (or posses as they're called in the game) and I've been working on them over the past year.

 One of my favourite parts of various modern rulesets are "Random Encounters", like those in Frostgrave - Dracula's America also had an interesting Bestiary with various creatures from horror and cryptozoological urban legends, including one of my favourites - the fearsome Chupacabra!

 A relatively modern cryptid, but it very much fits in the time period the game is set in.

 The creature was an easy one to paint once I decided on a scheme I liked - I started with a more alien red and green combination, but decided to go for something more like the descriptions of the creature.

Lots more to come from this range plus more Gothic Horror and Lovecraftian horrors!