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After an "interesting" year, I decided that I deserved a selfish treat and could think of no better way for a Talisman Geek than having my Revised 4th Edition miniatures "pro painted" by someone who can do them justice.

It didn't take a great leap to settle on Steve Dean for the job, whose work has featured on Talisman Island for a while in the Miniatures section, mainly for his dabblings with 2nd Edition figures. Thankfully he had a sufficient gap in his schedule to fit in the miniatures produced so far for FFG's version of the game!

You can see much more of Steve's fabulous work over at his site and follow discussions at the forums there -

Steve Dean Painting

Steve kindly agreed to take some work in progress shots of the process, and there are a few examples of the entire process from bare mini to final result after each colour was added so you can appreciate the work that goes into painting a mini. They might also offer a few hints to visitors who fancy undertaking the task themselves.

If you click on a thumbnail underneath those miniatures, you can then navigate through the pictures for the miniature in question by holding your cursor over the right or left of the picture to move to the next or previous image.

I think you will agree that Steve has done a stunning job on the miniatures, despite the problems that working with softer plastics can present, as opposed to hard plastics, resin or metals.

I have split the images into a few pages as the image load was a little high for just one gallery page. Newly painted miniatures will be added to new pages as expansions are released.


Revised Fourth Edition

Assassin

Assassin         Assassin

Assassin Assassin Assassin Assassin Assassin Assassin
Assassin Assassin Assassin Assassin Assassin Assassin

Flouncy Gap

Druid

druid         druid

Flouncy Gap

Dwarf

Dwarf         Dwarf

Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf
Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf

Flouncy Gap

Elf

Elf         Elf

Flouncy Gap

Ghoul

Ghoul         Ghoul

Flouncy Gap

Minstrel

Minstrel         Minstrel

Flouncy Gap

Monk

Monk         Monk

Monk Monk Monk Monk Monk Monk
Monk Monk Monk Monk Monk Monk

Flouncy Gap

Priest

Priest         Priest

Flouncy Gap

Prophetess

Prophetess         Prophetess

Flouncy Gap

Sorceress

Sorceress         Sorceress

Flouncy Gap

Thief

Thief         Thief

Thief Thief Thief Thief Thief Thief
Thief Thief Thief Thief Thief Thief

Flouncy Gap

Troll

Troll         Troll

Flouncy Gap

Warrior

Warrior         Warrior

Flouncy Gap

Wizard

Wizard         Wizard

Flouncy Gap

Toad

Toad         Toad


Hopefully Steve will have more gaps in his diary in future months so that the rest of my collection will be afforded the same care and will look just as stunning!

As for favourites, I think it has to be the Monk, with the Wizard coming a close second. That said, the Toads are just brilliantly done! So much choice!

My only problem now is that I will be scared of damaging them by using them in an actual game, so I am having to find a suitable method of displaying them as the works of art that they are! When I've worked out how to do that I shall post some group shots of them.

Click through the link below to see the completed miniatures from the Reaper & Dungeon expansions, and then onto the Frostmarch & Highland expansions.


Talisman: The Magical Quest Game

Talisman: The Reaper Expansion & Talisman: The Dungeon Expansion

Talisman: The Frostmarch Expansion & Talisman: The Highland Expansion

Talisman: The Sacred Pool Expansion & Talisman: The Dragon Expansion