Giant Flies for Rangers of the Shadow Deep

After enjoying Frostgrave with my friends, I was looking forward to Rangers of the Shadow Deep by Joseph A. McCullough. Sadly I haven't gotten around to playing yet, the rulebook sits in my shelf patiently.

When I extracted a list of miniatures I would need to play the actual game, I discovered that there are no real alternatives for Giant Flies other than the Northstar product, which I didn't like. (That being said, I do love a lot of their other products...)

I did a little research and found out that most RotSD players are using rubber flies from China that are supposed to be Halloween trick props I guess.

I gave it a try and ordered them for a couple of bucks. The quality of them isn't too bad. There were some cruel mold lines here and there but they were easily removed with a hobby knife.
The individual wings are removeable so I could prime the body easily without losing the transparity of the wings.

Still the flies looked kinda boring to me, so I decided to make a little adjustment to it. When you look at illustrations of Giant Flies you always see big vibrating eyes. I wanted them to stand out so I decided to grab some Green Stuff and pimp them up a little.

  

 

After I primed the miniatures I gave them a quick basecoat of dark grey followed by a lighter dry brush with a hint of caqui.

I went for two different color sets on the eyes, red and blueish. Happy with the results.