Crôn giveth! Crôn taketh!

Hail Crôn! For he has certainly provided us a miraculous spectacle this holiday season! Praise be!

Suffice to say that the server probably never saw, nor will it ever see again, such an influx of painted Crôn miniatures, nor has the internet witnessed such a rapid disappearance of available models. The market will never recover, nor will the people involved. A truly historical moment and, as a proud Sessair supporter, I am glad I was a part of the madness.

While I do honestly believe that all the painted Crôns were amazing and that all people who participated were winners, only a selected few were deemed worthy of a prize by an unknown selection of judges. Thus, here they are in all their glory.

Painted by Shades.

Painted by boyzie2000uk.

Painted by PhillipKaltenstein.

Congrats to all the winners!

My personal favorite was actually the work done by Shades, since I love how clean and crisp it is done, not to mention the lovely choice of gold for the axe. Truly amazing to look at!

As far as my Crôn goes, I mentioned it briefly on the server, I went a bit overboard. Not so much with Crôn himself, but the included diorama which I built for him along the way and that part alone was a whole project in and of itself. But first, a glimpse at the Undefeated!

If you want to see a bunch of photos I took of the diorama click "read more" below, since I dumped a lot of them and it would be a huge post for the main page.

Essentially, my vision was to create a small vignette which will be a centerpiece for my Sessairs. A secluded part of their tribal moorlands, it lays silent and desolate, for Crôn dwells here, eager to hand out pain to those who are foolish enough to dare to come and challenge him, or simply those poor souls who lost their way within the mists, trespassing and disturbing his tormented thoughts. It is an eerie place, radiating with the carnage, madness, and glory of Crôn, for many have fallen here and left their remains among wood, stone, and grass.

One can only hope that the great Crôn is satisfied with my humble offering!

I had a lot of fun building the diorama, especially since I didn't have a concrete plan when I started. When I pulled out the cork boards to chop them up for the base ideas started popping up themselves. The "scene" changed several times as I was building the base, especially once I started going through my stash of bits and random miniature related things, trying to find random pieces that I can use and how I could fit them. On that note, I'm extremely glad that I managed to find a use for one of the Guardians of the Moor which I mentioned in my "Bad luck and garbage bins" post, who ended up with a glorious role of the newly defeated Sessair. Similarly, the freshly chopped off heads and the arm holding the sword are random bits I got with that big stash of cards I acquired in December. The shield with the griffin motif is an ancient leftover from a battle with someone from Akkylanie, which I believe is actually an old spare Dwarf metal shield from WHFB.

The tree stumps and the skulls were various resin kits from GSW. I always had my eye on those packs, so I finally picked them up for this project, and I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality. Nice amount of details, minimum cleanup, really easy to work with.

And there you have it! Short event, loads of fun and creativity, what more could a person ask for! I'm glad that it pushed me to finally make a diorama, because I loved the whole process, so I will definitely be doing it again since I already have ideas for a couple more. Thanks for reading!