“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!”

Wow if you Google Cockatrice you get a huge number of images and various colours. Now a Cockatrice is supposed to be a two legged dragon with the head of a rooster, so I’m favouring a traditional common chicken colour scheme mixed with green and grey for the reptilian elements…

Here are my favourite three images… all great artwork for me to seek inspiration.

Before I decide on the paint job for the  ‘Jubjub Bird’, the pose of the model suggests he is looking down on his victim, so I built up a slate base and filled the significant cracks with Polyfilla. I was pleased with the Jabberslythe base, so this will also have a watery effect on the bottom. The base is 60mm round base, but by giving height, it will allow for another ‘duel’ to take place?

So, as with the Jabberslythe this is a multi piece resin kit and the detail is fantastic. Unlike the Jabberslythe kit, there are no instructions but it’s intuitive enough to see how the bits fit together. A fair amount of flash needed to be removed but the parts fitted pretty well together using super glue. I used a little bit of liquid green stuff from GW (not sure you can still get that anymore?) just to fill the slight gapping in the joins for the wings and the feet. Nonetheless the build was far easier than the Jabberslythe and was sitting pretty within an hour.

I’m pretty chuffed with how the Jabberslythe came out, I thought I’d continue the Jabberwocky theme by adding a Jubjub bird and then think about what a Bandersnatch, Borogroves and Mome Raths may look like… no idea yet? Will need a bit more research!

Anyhow I needed a model that had wings and feathers was bird-like but with a twist. The Games Workshop Cockatrice appears to fit the bill nicely. Again I will keep with GW products or scratch built elements to ensure that the war band was legit if it ends up as my next Army on Parade.

A bit of a delay but January’s monster is now finished. I kept the 120mm oval base and mounted the Jabberslythe as if he was clambering up the rockface. The rocks come from garden decorative slates and polyfilla was used to fill in the gaps and create a rougher surface for the open space on the base. The rocks were painted black and highlighted and washed with Drachenhof Nightshade and Thraka Green.

The open space on the base became a water pool using Baharroth Blue, Lothern Blue, Scorched Brown, White Scar, Drachenhof Nightshade and three coats of ‘Ardcoat to give a glossy shine.

The knight with the vorpal sword is from Citadel Minuatures Oldhammer F4 Paladin Sir Errol de Swash but I wanted to choose a character that was a close resemblance to Michael Palin who played Dennis Cooper, the reluctant hero in Terry Gilliam’s Film Jabberwocky.

Hope I’ve done it justice? Hope you enjoy the miniature duel.

A bit of a delay but January’s monster is now finished. I kept the 120mm oval base and mounted the Jabberslythe as if he was clambering up the rockface. The rocks come from garden decorative slates and polyfilla was used to fill in the gaps and create a rougher surface for the open space on the base. The rocks were painted black and highlighted and washed with Drachenhof Nightshade and Thraka Green.

The open space on the base became a water pool using Baharroth Blue, Lothern Blue, Scorched Brown, White Scar, Drachenhof Nightshade and three coats of ‘Ardcoat to give a glossy shine.

The knight with the vorpal sword is from Citadel Minuatures Oldhammer F4 Paladin Sir Errol de Swash but I wanted to choose a character that was a close resemblance to Michael Palin who played Dennis Cooper, the reluctant hero in Terry Gilliam’s Film Jabberwocky.

Hope I’ve done it justice? Hope you enjoy the miniature duel.