Mage Bodgin’ Mage Log: Red Haze (Butcher Unleashed)

Back when the Butcher Unleashed was released, I had just finished reading THE WARCASTER CHRONICLES: THE BUTCHER OF KHARDOV.

So when I popped open the wooden box he came in and took in the contents, an idea began to take shape…

The passage describing his feat pretty much sealed the deal for what I was going to do:



His men were dead, he was surrounded.

Bloodied, broken and tired, the giant of a man took up his great axe.

Lola.

His blood obscured his vision, he closed his eyes to clear them.

Why weren’t you here?

A blow brought him to his knees, he spat blood.

You weren’t here.

His eyes snapped open. She was there on the ground.

You promised to protect me.

His hand reached for her, a sick knot filled his gut.

You let me die.

He held her, looking into her eyes, still so beautiful, they were all he could see.

Pain, shame, guilt, they filled his being.

He failed her, his Lola.

They killed me.

Then they had to die, they will die.

His body rose with the rage that gave him strength anew. He saw nothing but those that took her from him.

They would all go to Urcaen.

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To bring this concept to the tabletop, I searched the GenCon vendors and found this lass…



…and when I got back home, I set to work.

As far as bodgin’ goes, this was a simple one. I just lopped off the Butcher’s fingers so he hold his lost love. Most of the effort was spent bodging Lola; redoing the hair and dress, arching her back, and adding one of the Harbringer of Menoth’s…cloak thingies.

As for the paintjob, I am proud of the work on the Butcher himself. Lola… what I wanted to do with her was beyond my ability at the time (and may still be). Idea: she is not really there, and is just a figment of Orsus’ crazed mind, a spectre born in the red haze of his rage.

Execution: Possible Carrie look-a-like on her prom night?

Either way, the process:

After that came the pups, enjoyed painting them more than I thought I would. This be the result of three beers in one sitting:



After that came the base. Added red…things to try portray the “this is not really there” idea:



My 3 Butchers at the time:

Later on I had to modify the model, because it caused confusion during a tourney:

It was an improvement.

And that was a bodgin’