"Through Alchemical Means" - Roger the Homunculus

"Through Alchemical Means" - Roger the Homunculus - Part 1

I do not want to harm anyone,

but I will.

I will do what I have to to be free.

Hello, hello! It's that time of the week again - time for The Art of Caesura!

And after a brief hiatus, we're returning to Hellboy: The Board Game again! Whoo Hoo!

I trust this post finds you well as we dive into another one of Hellboy's rather unusual companions: Roger the Homunculus.

Roger has quite a tragic introduction, I won't completely spoil it if you haven't read it, but after being invigorated by absorbing Liz's power and sending her into a coma, he also inadvertently leads to the death of another member of the team and is wracked with guilt by this. Quite a human character for one made out of a pile of mud.

I read a funny interview with Mike Mignola about Roger's appearance, especially that large metal ring over his crotch:

"Not a lot of thought went into that one," joked Mignola. "He's gotta be naked but you can't make him really naked -- how 'bout a 2x4? If there's gonna be a 2x4 there, let's put a big metal ring on it so you can tie him to a post! I don't know what that says about me..."

I kind of like that you really get the sense that Mignola was just in the flow and enjoying what he was drawing, and didn't feel the need to fetter himself with reasons and explanations for his creations.

Anyway, in painting Roger, I kept things simple.

From a zenithal undercoat, I painted on thinned Steel Legion Drab.

I gave him an all over wash of Agrax Earthshade before re-establishing the Steel Legion Drab and mixing in some Rakarth Flesh for the highlights on his skin and then Seraphim Sepia.

Then, like with all the other B.P.R.D. agents so far, I painted his vest with Black Templars.

Finally, I highlighted the vest with Scavenblight Dinge and added more and more Grey Seer. I then picked out the metal buttons with Vallejo's Dark Aluminum. I contemplated whether to paint his eyes an Ice Yellow, but I held off, allowing his heavy eyebrow ridge to do the heavy lifting.

Thanks for joining me for another week of these fun Hellboy miniatures. See you next week, right here, on The Art of Caesura!

Watching: Is it Cake? - season 3

Listening: Khruangbin Tiny Desk Concert

Next Week:

Roger, roger...

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