First up in my series looking at some of the awesome small businesses in the world of miniatures is Fenris Games, and this Runed Pentagram Altar. Usual disclaimer - I’m not getting paid for this post and I paid for the piece myself.
This is the piece without any paint on it. It’s sculpted, moulded and produced by the owner of Fenris Games, as are most of the terrain pieces on the site (www.fenrisgames.com). It costs £8 and measures 80mm diameter and 27mm high.
The detail is very clean and defined. Preparing the piece for painting took very little time at all with minimal clean up required. I took a tiny bit of flashing off from the outside rim to make the base layer invisible but this took less than 1 minute and I didn’t need to do anything to the actual painting surface. The detail of the plinth and the rocks are excellent and make painting them a joy. Too little detail and you have to work very hard to paint the contrast in, too much and they don’t look realistic. For me, this piece got it spot on.
Most of the painting I do for myself is for playing D&D or other TTRPGs, and this would make a fantastic centrepiece for a fight against cultists or even devils or demons. If your flavour is more Warhammer or other tabletop games then this would work really well for a Chaos army (or, indeed, fighting against Chaos). I'm not a Lovecraft fan, but I think it would fit in that universe as well.
I have had nothing but good experiences with Fenris Games and, indeed, the only time I had a small issue with an order it was resolved before I even noticed! At one point I wrote a post after receiving an order, looking at the pieces in some detail. A few days later I received a package from Fenris Games as the owner had noticed that there was a small piece missing from a tower I had ordered and popped it in the post without me saying anything. Excellent customer service!
Fenris Games is currently undergoing a move, and there is a slight delay on orders, but the miniatures on offer are very high quality and I have no hesitation in recommending them. Now is the perfect time to buy a gift voucher to redeem once all this craziness is over. You can even buy a loyalty card which gives you more value than you pay. Check them out here. I bought one a couple of years ago (when finances allowed) and didn't regret it at all.
To try and do my bit to support the small businesses featured, I am going to sell the pieces I paint in this series. So, here's how it works: £50 (plus postage) gets you this piece and another of similar value from Fenris Games. Using that money I buy a gift voucher from Fenris Games. Once all this is over I use the gift voucher to get a second piece. I paint it and send it to you. Whether I send one immediately and one later or both later is entirely up to whether you want to pay postage once or twice :) If you're interested head over to the commission page where you can send me a message.
Initially this offer is for those who read the blog, but will go up on twitter if it's still available in a few days. As ever, stay safe and enjoy isolated hobby time. Goblin Squire
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