Those gnomes look solid . Good start on the KD stuff as well.

Thanks guys! The Gnomes were surprisingly fun to paint, I've got the other set too to work on... One day.


All change!
Was struggling to make any progress on my trio of ladies, so I put them aside at the weekend (I'll try again with them another time) and started some other stuff.

I'm finishing off my Rotten Mummy (Twisted):-



He's going well so far, I've still got to paint all his beetles though.

And started my Ringtail Vixen (Kingdom Death):-



I'm happy with her tails, but I wish her eyes had turned out better (I just couldn't find her left one).

Right? If the sculptor is going to cover the eye, they can at least have the decency to cover it completely, not this halfway nonsense that leaves us trying to sneak a partial pupil in.

I had not noticed the bestial traits on the Vixen before. Looks good.

 youwashock wrote:
Right? If the sculptor is going to cover the eye, they can at least have the decency to cover it completely, not this halfway nonsense that leaves us trying to sneak a partial pupil in.

I had not noticed the bestial traits on the Vixen before. Looks good.

I can't entirely blame the sculptor on this one, I'm really starting to struggle with more "true-scale" faces, I don't think my hands and eyes are completely up to the job anymore

Yeah, I thought she was just wearing a costume until I got some paint on.


Still not painting as much as I'd like, but I did manage to finish my Rotten Mummy (Twisted):-




Kind of hard to get a picture that shows off all his little details, but I'm really pleased with him.

Ringtail Vixen still has a little way to go:-



I've been stuck on what colour to paint her pointy stick, but I think I'm getting there.

Also prepped the next pair, the Crusader (GW):-



And Theron (Guildball):-

The painting continues to go slowly (too slowly), but I have managed to finish the Ringtail Vixen (Kingdom Death):-




Still not happy with her face, but overall she doesn't look too bad.

Theron:-



And the Crusader:-



Have a ways to go, but I should hopefully have them done by the end of the year.

Love the tails on Foxy. Turned out super good. Crusader is shaping up great, too. Sweet metallics and cloth.

Ringtail vixen is looking great, love the colour choices.

I've said this before, but I love the way you paint skin. So buttery smooth! The Crusaders's also shaping up beautifully.

youwashock wrote:Love the tails on Foxy. Turned out super good. Crusader is shaping up great, too. Sweet metallics and cloth.

Thanks! Not quite sure why his armour is looking so good, don't think I did anything differently.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Ringtail vixen is looking great, love the colour choices.

Thanks!

mcmattila wrote:I've said this before, but I love the way you paint skin. So buttery smooth! The Crusaders's also shaping up beautifully.

Thanks!


Getting a little bit more painting done lately, but still haven't finished anything.



Crusader is most of the way there, Theron is finished from the waist up (he's covered in so many doodads).

Digging that blue/red combo. What do you have planned for the sword?

 youwashock wrote:
Digging that blue/red combo. What do you have planned for the sword?

Thanks! The sword will probably end up being a boring old steel one, previous attempts at doing anything fancy with weapons have been none too successful.

Managed to get some stuff wrapped up just in time.

Theron (Guild Ball) is done:-



Had fun painting up all his stitches, it's oddly relaxing.

The Crusader (Games Workshop) is also done:-




Really like the job I've done on this guy, gotta stop making life difficult for myself by fully assembling these minis with hard to reach places though.

And, finally finished Swamp Witch Sophie (Reaper):-




Glad to get this one done at last, a pity she's got such googly eyes.


And as that's probably it for this year, decided to do an end-of-year tally:-



Painted a lot more minis than I thought, and beat last years total by 4 whole minis (41 altogether).
If I stopped being such a hobby butterfly I could probably get even more done, so next year I'm going to aim for finishing 52 minis. Painting 1 mini a week shouldn't be that hard should it?

Ringtail turned out great

The red on the crusader is luscious.

Jason Mamoana/Theron is really well done.

would not have noticed googly eyes on swamp witch Sophie if you hadn’t pointed them out . She doesn’t look very witchy, looks more swamp faerie with pet too me, but then again my witches need to be old ladies with bad complexions.

That's a pretty nice batch of models there. I love seeing all the bright splashes of color-- you're much bolder than I am.

Solid body of work, aku-chan. Love the vivid colors all around, right down to Sophie at the end. Great stuff. Plenty of KD to love. Best of luck hitting next year's goal.

Theron, the crusader and Sophie all turned out great.

Nice end of year tally, Not a bad haul at all of an eclectic mix of wonderful minis!

Theophony wrote:Ringtail turned out great

The red on the crusader is luscious.

Jason Mamoana/Theron is really well done.

would not have noticed googly eyes on swamp witch Sophie if you hadn’t pointed them out . She doesn’t look very witchy, looks more swamp faerie with pet too me, but then again my witches need to be old ladies with bad complexions.

Thanks!
Officially, she's actually Mermaid Sophie which I think makes even less sense.

JoshInJapan wrote:That's a pretty nice batch of models there. I love seeing all the bright splashes of color-- you're much bolder than I am.

Thanks! Bright and cartoony seems to be my thing.

youwashock wrote:Solid body of work, aku-chan. Love the vivid colors all around, right down to Sophie at the end. Great stuff. Plenty of KD to love. Best of luck hitting next year's goal.

Thanks!

Arakasi wrote:Theron, the crusader and Sophie all turned out great.

Thanks!

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Nice end of year tally, Not a bad haul at all of an eclectic mix of wonderful minis!

Thanks!
Yeah, I'm definitely going to keep doing an end of year count-up. Even with my plog I forget about half of what I paint, so it's a nice motivational boost to see I'm actually making a bit of progress against the endless hordes!


Been making a start on some new stuff.
The first project of the new year is Katakros (Games Workshop):-



Working on his fancy base at the moment.

The other thing I want to do is make a dent in my big pile of Reaper minis I keep buying and not painting.
The first one is a Dark Elf Priestess:-



Unfortunately she was missing a pointy ear, so she's now a vampire.

I won't repeat what others have said, but I'll add a thing - that bow in Theron hand is magnificent. Got a chance to pull once a composite ash-and-oak bow that had exactly the same color (even if my memory is faulty that is what I've remembered after looking at the picture). And the hint at the wood texture is great. And Sophie from under Your brush looks more Polynesian than swampy, save for the skin tone. Great!

Thanks! I'm pleased the bow looks realistic, I was just happy I did a decent job edge highlighting it!


Finished my first mini of the year, Ashlynn the Vampire (originally a Dark Elf Priestess from Reaper):-



Rather pleased with her face and hair, the rest not so much, but at least I painted it fast (for me).

I've also finished Katakros fancy base:-




I had fun doing the tile-work.

And I've started the first member of his team:-



I've also started my next Reaper mini:-



A tall river pirate lady.

Really like the tile work on the base for Katakros. Looking forward to the pirate. She has details on top of details.

Looking forward to more bone guys as your base is looking great for him.

Good job on the vampiress, will also be watching out for pirate lady of exceptional height.

youwashock wrote:Really like the tile work on the base for Katakros. Looking forward to the pirate. She has details on top of details.

Thanks! It's a shame most of the tiles will be covered up in the end.

Theophony wrote:Looking forward to more bone guys as your base is looking great for him.

Good job on the vampiress, will also be watching out for pirate lady of exceptional height.

Thanks!


I continue to make progress!

Finished Parchment Guy:-



Yes, I did glue his scroll on upside-down
He was originally more bony, but the bone armour just didn't look right when I tried it, so I've fallen back on my usual metallics.



I've also made a start on Bird Guy:-



I've got his bird cage finished so far.

I'm also making slow progress on my pirate lady:-



gotta figure out what colour all her doodads are going to be.

Great expeession on the red-head.

That vampire lady is fantastic-- I love the blending on her cloak, and those cheekbones! Are they that sharp on the original model, or did you do some conversion?

youwashock wrote:Great expeession on the red-head.

Thanks! Unfortunately it was a bit of a happy accident, not sure I can repeat it.

JoshInJapan wrote:That vampire lady is fantastic-- I love the blending on her cloak, and those cheekbones! Are they that sharp on the original model, or did you do some conversion?

Thanks! Those are her original cheekbones, it's a large part of why I went down the vampire route with her.


Finished another mini woohoo!
It's my tall lady river pirate (Reaper), I'm calling her Mary Jo:-



Really happy with how this one turned out, even though my experiment with freckles didn't work.

Making good progress with my bone guys, Bird Guy is almost done:-



Just his ink bottle to go (I've been putting it off), and made a start on Knight Guy:-



I wanted to see if purple worked as an armour colour.

And I've picked my next Reaper mini:-



Remus Raducan, hooray for not having to think up a name this time!

Bone guys are coming along nicely . Who cares if the scroll is upside down or not, it’s an ancient dead language, who knows what it means, probably sweet and sour chicken .

Pirate lady came out awesome. Looking forward to your next bones...reaper or otherwise guys.

Sweet and sour chicken. I'm dying. Mary Jo is really well done. All those little bits, the stitching, the two-color pants. Great job.

Theophony wrote:Bone guys are coming along nicely . Who cares if the scroll is upside down or not, it’s an ancient dead language, who knows what it means, probably sweet and sour chicken .

Pirate lady came out awesome. Looking forward to your next bones...reaper or otherwise guys.

Now I've got this weird image where the whole scene is actually just them ordering lunch.

youwashock wrote:Sweet and sour chicken. I'm dying. Mary Jo is really well done. All those little bits, the stitching, the two-color pants. Great job.

Thanks!


Not a lot of painting done this week.

Received a big pile of stuff from Antimatter Games, and it inspired me to give my collection a good sort out and try and catalogue it a bit.
Even after getting rid of a few things (I'm never going to paint all those dudes I put together from the old Kingdom Death armour kits), I'm left with over 600 minis.

Considering I've still got a load of Kingdom Death stuff to arrive (eventually), and I went a bit mad on miniature board game Kickstarters last year, I'm going to have to really concentrate on working through the backlog and cutting back on the buying for at least a few years

At least I found some nice minis I forgot I had, and I can now use a random number generator to choose what minis I paint.

Had a bit of a push to get stuff finished over the weekend.

Finished Remus (Reaper):-



Struggled a bit with this one, just didn't find him that interesting to paint.

Also finished the latest skelly bro, Knight Guy:-




That base is filling up slowly.

Now I've started the next one in the queue, Banner Guy:-



He's got a long way to go.

And my next Reaper mini, Amiri:-



She's an iconic barbarian apparently.

Sir Guy, the Knight is awesome. Your Katakros will have quite a nice looking entourage. Amiri is off to your usual great skin start.

I also use a random number generator to decide on what mini to paint! It ensures that the more boring troops get painted and don’t get forgotten for the super-fun characters!

youwashock wrote:Sir Guy, the Knight is awesome. Your Katakros will have quite a nice looking entourage. Amiri is off to your usual great skin start.

Thanks! I still say my pot of Flesh Wash should take most of the credit when it comes to painting skin.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:I also use a random number generator to decide on what mini to paint! It ensures that the more boring troops get painted and don’t get forgotten for the super-fun characters!

Glad to know the idea works! I just need something that gets me digging into my backlog a bit more, my head is far to easily turned by newer, shinier minis.


Made a bit of progress on everything this week:-

Banner Guy is mostly done:-



Just gotta try to think of how to do the banner without making the whole thing too colourful.

Amiri is getting there:-



I'm actually really pleased with how she's turning out so far.

And I've started my first 100% computer chosen mini, Rage (Guild Ball):-



Early days on this one.

Those eyes, that hair... Amiri is rocking. For some reason the stitching on Banner's scabbard stands out as very well painted. Always great attention to detail.

 youwashock wrote:
Those eyes, that hair... Amiri is rocking. For some reason the stitching on Banner's scabbard stands out as very well painted. Always great attention to detail.

Thanks!
That kind of chunky stitching has been showing up on quite a few of my minis lately, so I've been getting plenty of practice.


Got Banner Guy all finished:-





The base is getting fuller, just the boss skelly dude left to do.

Making decent progress on Amiri:-



Just a handful of little details left and her bag of javelins that I keep forgetting about.

And Rage is getting there too:-



Again, just a few details to go.
Hopefully I should get these two finished this week.

Rage looks like a cross between Bill Cutting and Lucky the Leprechaun. Those kids are going to regret messing with his Lucky Charms. Is Amiri the BONES version?

 youwashock wrote:
Rage looks like a cross between Bill Cutting and Lucky the Leprechaun. Those kids are going to regret messing with his Lucky Charms. Is Amiri the BONES version?

No, Amiri is in metal. Wasn't a fan of Reapers Bone material until they brought out the Bones Black stuff.


Speaking of Amiri, she's all done:-



Definitely one of my better paint jobs.

I also finished Rage:-



He was also a lot of fun to paint.

Didn't get much done to my Bony Guy though:-



That cape took far too long to paint.

And I've had my next two minis chosen for me, it's double Reaper this time:-



Evshyvandra Duskwidow, a scary Elf chick.



Damaris Walmund, vampire hunter.

I'm going to have to start making up the names for my Reaper minis, they're becoming too much word-soup.

I discovered the one fatal flaw in my randomised mini plan, if I'm not too interested in the mini it's pretty much impossible to get me to work on it (It didn't help that I was also getting rather burnt out on working on my Bony Dudes).

So I took a few days off, cleared my desk, revised my plan and started again.
And now I've finished Hazel Bodkin (Wolsung):-



She's a little messy in places, I thought I could easily paint her with her slingshot attached, I was wrong.

I've also mostly finished Screamin' Eddie (Games Workshop):-



I'd forgotten how good the big mutants in the Rouge Trader set were.

Nice output and the mutant looks real fun in that color scheme and not the "official" nurglistic one. Like he stepped out of some weird 90's comic book

Love Screamin' Eddie. The bright comic book style is a fun departure.

Viterbi wrote:Nice output and the mutant looks real fun in that color scheme and not the "official" nurglistic one. Like he stepped out of some weird 90's comic book

youwashock wrote:Love Screamin' Eddie. The bright comic book style is a fun departure.

Thanks guys! I saw Eddie as more of a generic mutant, the kind you might find wandering a radioactive wasteland.


Speaking of Eddie, he's finished already:-



Really pleased with how he turned out.

Next up, I have another Halfling:-



This is "Pop" Bodkin, Hazels father, and he's coming along nicely so far.

And another mutant:-



The horrifying Engineer, I've just basecoated his skin so there's still lots to do.

Eddie did turn out good. Super clean and fantastic separation on all the elements. The next big nasty looks awesome. Can't wait to see how he turns out.

youwashock wrote:Eddie did turn out good. Super clean and fantastic separation on all the elements. The next big nasty looks awesome. Can't wait to see how he turns out.

Thanks! It helped that all his detail was super-chunky so I could do some proper lining for a change.


Another mini finished, 'Pop' Bodkin (Wolsung):-



Had a lot of fun with this one, he turned out to be a pretty characterful mini.

The Engineer is coming along slowly:-



He's proving to be quite fiddly so I'm finishing off his skin details section by section, so far I've done his heads, shoulders, chest and back.

Couldn't decide what I wanted to start next, so I cranked up the random number generator, but instead of just doing whatever one it picked (That didn't work out too well last time) I got it to pick out a selection I could chose from, so I'm starting my first Deep Wars mini:-



He's a deep sea diver of some sort.

This blog is like a box of chocolates, for sure. The new guy is weird and interesting. I look forward to seeing how you treat the helmet (?) and the material on the suit.

Nice work, as always.

I was wondering if you could explain your painting style? I know you put a sepia wash over a white basecoat, but do you then apply many layers of glaze, or do you block out solid colors?

youwashock wrote:This blog is like a box of chocolates, for sure. The new guy is weird and interesting. I look forward to seeing how you treat the helmet (?) and the material on the suit.

Yeah, I've got quite a few random minis, Kickstarter has been a really bad influence on me.

JoshInJapan wrote:Nice work, as always.

I was wondering if you could explain your painting style? I know you put a sepia wash over a white basecoat, but do you then apply many layers of glaze, or do you block out solid colors?

Thanks!
There's not really much to explain, the wash is just there to help me make out the details and, hopefully, fill in all the nooks and crannies, so you don't get those little white specks you sometimes get from undercoating with white primer. Then I paint over it all with solid blocks of colour, plus the usual shading and highlights.

I've seen stuff painted up with just glazes, and it looks really cool but I'm too messy a painter to try something like that.


When I was choosing a new mini to paint, one of the suggestions my computer came up with was to finally finish off my Storm Knight, so here he is:-




Don't usually paint the same mini twice, but he's one of my all time favourites!
I think I prefer this second version (he's more colourful), but I ran into the same problem that I did with the first one, his cloud cape needs a lot more time and effort spent on it than I'm willing to put in. Doesn't look too bad though.

The Engineer and Diver are coming along nicely, but I don't think I've done enough to warrant any new piccys yet.

Unh! Double-up! Unh-unh!

He looks great. The new guy rocks with the more colorful scheme. Very comic book villain. The amorphous look on the cape is awesome. This version is more "storm" to me. The previous one is more "cloud."

Fantastic work as ever. Love your style, and nice to see it on such a variety of minis!

youwashock wrote:Unh! Double-up! Unh-unh!

He looks great. The new guy rocks with the more colorful scheme. Very comic book villain. The amorphous look on the cape is awesome. This version is more "storm" to me. The previous one is more "cloud."

Thanks! Yeah, I'm a little surprised I left the first Knight so plain looking.

IGtR= wrote:Fantastic work as ever. Love your style, and nice to see it on such a variety of minis!

Thanks!


More minis finished!
First there's 'Ironbelly' Klegg (Deep Wars):-



I'm really pleased with how he turned out, even if I do still suck at painting crystals.

And The Engineer (Games Workshop):-




Kinda meh on this one, even though his belly fire came out better than expected.

Nothing new to show at the moment.
I did have a couple of guys assembled, but they both needed some gap-filling, and, unfortunately my Green Stuff has gone rock hard since I last used it a couple weeks ago.

That dive helmet is the bomb. Love all the lenses. I like the Engineer, too. Whacky model, cool paint.

Lens city! A real challenge to get that many lenses to come out consistent, but you did it well. I love the blue metallic oxygen tanks!

Chiming in with more appreciation for the lenses. Amazing

Keep doing the Deep Wars stuff! I need more motivation to get through my own backlog!

Thanks everyone!
Yeah, I was super pleased with how his lenses came out, they may not be particularly well blended, but they're a big step up from how I normally paint such things.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Keep doing the Deep Wars stuff! I need more motivation to get through my own backlog!

I planned to, but they've got to wait until I get more greenstuff.
Triton the Merman is sitting on the desk right now, with his many gaps.


Nothing finished to show off, I spent a few days working on my 10th Anniversary Kingdom Death Survivors before realising they're just not that fun to paint, so I switched to a pair of Twisted figures yesterday and I'm making much better progress:-



That's Trica Harker and Squirrel the Urchin.

Shame about the KD minis. Squirrel is a great model, urchin or not.

 youwashock wrote:
Shame about the KD minis. Squirrel is a great model, urchin or not.

Yeah, kinda regretting picking up that set.
You would think they would make special edition minis, you know, special. But they're so bland compared with the others they've put out recently.


In better news, two more finished minis!
Tricia Harker (Twisted):-



Struggled a bit with her legs, couldn't figure out if they were weird boots or robot legs, but I'm pretty pleased with the rest.

And Squirrel the Urchin (Twisted):-



Still got a load of these little guys to paint.

Next on the desk is these two:-



A Games Workshop Faun and a Kingdom Death Cleric, very early days on both.

Nice freehand on the back of the jacket. Excited to see that Cleric finished.

 youwashock wrote:
Nice freehand on the back of the jacket. Excited to see that Cleric finished.

Yeah, she should look pretty nifty when finished.


The painting is going slow and steady:-



The eyes on both have gone pretty googly, but they don't look too bad in hand.

I think the eyes on the Cleric are more noticeably wonky than on the Faun. Could be the angle, but the Faun's eyes look pretty good. Lovely green on the Cleric.

 youwashock wrote:
I think the eyes on the Cleric are more noticeably wonky than on the Faun. Could be the angle, but the Faun's eyes look pretty good. Lovely green on the Cleric.

Thanks!


Managed to get my lady Faun all wrapped up this week:-



Had trouble with her woven armour stuff (It came out best on her quiver), but she looks okay.

Almost finished the Cleric:-



Just need to tidy up her boots and paint her gruesome base.

Then I can start on the new guys, the Artful Dodger (Twisted):-



And Triton (Deep Wars):-



Who is very top-heavy.

Great work on the faun
The cleric is coming along very nicely.

Dodger looks like a very cool figure.

Triton looks like a beast. The deepwars stuff is starting to call me. I just put in the $1 on the KS to get the free PDFs to read the rules and get an idea before spending real money/time/effort to proceed. What do you think of the game itself?

Faun looks nice. Dodger looks wild. Triton looks scary. All good things.

Nice work on the faun, very classic looking scheme and well executed! Cleric is also great, are those bones she's standing on? And both "next in line" minis look very interesting, excited to see them with paint on!

Theophony wrote:Great work on the faun
The cleric is coming along very nicely.

Dodger looks like a very cool figure.

Triton looks like a beast. The deepwars stuff is starting to call me. I just put in the $1 on the KS to get the free PDFs to read the rules and get an idea before spending real money/time/effort to proceed. What do you think of the game itself?

Thanks!
Unfortunately, I don't play Deep Wars (I'm not much of a gamer) so I can't tell you too much about it.

youwashock wrote:Faun looks nice. Dodger looks wild. Triton looks scary. All good things.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Nice work on the faun, very classic looking scheme and well executed! Cleric is also great, are those bones she's standing on? And both "next in line" minis look very interesting, excited to see them with paint on!

Thanks!
The Cleric is standing on more than bones, it's sort of a people puddle.


Got the Cleric (Kingdom Death) finished faster than I thought:-





I was a lot happier with this one before I took my final pictures.
Not sure what it is, but overall my minis just aren't looking that good any more (And I was never painting to a particularly high standard in the first place).

Something to ponder on while painting the new guys.

Loving that Cleric, she looks great. Always a huge fan of Kingdom Death's designs and proportions as ridiculous as they are.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Loving that Cleric, she looks great. Always a huge fan of Kingdom Death's designs and proportions as ridiculous as they are.

Thanks!
I don't like Kingdom Deaths stuff when the proportions get too exaggerated, which Cleric suffers from a bit, but she has a lovely wacky costume to make up for it.


Slowly painting stuff still, Mostly I've been working on Tritons tail:-



I've been using some of that fancy colour-shifting paint, looks great in hand but photographs poorly.
I also can't work out how to shade and highlight the stuff, so I don't think I'll use it on such a large area again.

Also working on Dodger:-



Who's looking pretty terrible at the moment, I'm hoping that's just a bad picture.

And I've also added Corsair (Guild Ball) to the table:-



At least he's looking okay-ish.

Finally got something else finished!

Here's Triton (Deep Wars):-



The highlights are a bit rough but overall I think he turned out okay.

Almost managed to finish Dodger and Corsair:-



Should, hopefully, get them finished in the next couple of days.

And then it's on to other things:-



The Shroomancer!



And this will eventually be a submarine.

Triton looks awesome. He' d make a good brother for Ursula.

 youwashock wrote:
Triton looks awesome. He' d make a good brother for Ursula.

Thanks!


Finished more stuff, Corsair (Guild Ball):-



Pretty happy with this one, but my Guild Ball stuff always turns out decent for some reason.

And the Artful Dodger (Twisted):-



Still feel meh about this guy, he remained hard to paint and even harder to photograph to the very end.

Work in progress wise, I've made a start to the Shroomancer:-



Early days, but I'm happy I seem to have captured his 'WTF is that!' expression.

Also working on the fancy coral reef base for my submarine:-



I could really use a bigger brush for these bigger minis.

Artful Dodger turned out good. Can't wait to see you pull all the detail out of the sub base.

Dodger is such a cool model. I made a similar model way back when GorkaMorka came out.

Triton is looking great and that submarine base is going to be exciting to watch.

So, Artful Dodger has a mono-wheel instead of legs? Weird.

The look on the shroomancers face is gold One wonders what his mind is showing him atm.

Nice to see DeepWars and some of the more 'niche' stuff get your unique treatment. Although I love to see it on anything really!

Is the plan on the coral base for it to be all sorts of different colours and a vibrant coral reef, or something more subdued? I think it could be a wonderful canvas for your style

youwashock wrote:Artful Dodger turned out good. Can't wait to see you pull all the detail out of the sub base.

Theophony wrote:Dodger is such a cool model. I made a similar model way back when GorkaMorka came out.

Triton is looking great and that submarine base is going to be exciting to watch.

Thanks guys! It's a great base, pity there's no fish on it though.

JoshInJapan wrote:So, Artful Dodger has a mono-wheel instead of legs? Weird.

It's all Fagins fault for fiddling with things wot man was not meant to fiddle with.

Viterbi wrote:The look on the shroomancers face is gold One wonders what his mind is showing him atm.

Thanks!

IGtR= wrote:Nice to see DeepWars and some of the more 'niche' stuff get your unique treatment. Although I love to see it on anything really!

Is the plan on the coral base for it to be all sorts of different colours and a vibrant coral reef, or something more subdued? I think it could be a wonderful canvas for your style

Thanks! Like with Tritons base it's going to be mainly green, with the various corals picked out. There's a lot more coral on this one though, so it should be a bit more colourful.


Slow but steady progress this week.



I don't want to jinx myself, but the Shroomancer is coming along very nicely.



Just one last type of coral to paint, unfortunately there's dozens of the little beggers.

Love the octopus!

 youwashock wrote:
Love the octopus!

Thanks! It's supposed to be a Blue Ringed Octopus, but the markings were harder to paint than I thought.

Finished the coral base:-



Now I can start on the cockpit of the submarine:-

Wow. Quite a project. Did you say who makes the sub?

 youwashock wrote:
Wow. Quite a project. Did you say who makes the sub?

Antimatter Games makes the sub, it's part of their Deep Wars line.


Finally got the 'Shroomancer finished, getting all my 7th Continent stuff ready for sale took more time than I thought!



Really pleased with this one, I think it's cartoony style worked well with how I paint.

Got a bit further with my sub cockpit:-



Just gotta repaint the window in the door (it's looking a bit meh), and then the pilot and his chair.
Then I can assemble the sub itself.

Also brought an Ogre (Games Workshop) to the table:-



Just done his skin so far.

Shroomancer is fantastic. Great character and color. That ogre model is rad. Nailed the face. Look forward to seeing the rest.

The eyes on the 'Shroomancer make him look like he's freaking out on a bad trip.

Excited to see how you'll tackle the Tyrant, I too have him lying around waiting for paint.

youwashock wrote:Shroomancer is fantastic. Great character and color. That ogre model is rad. Nailed the face. Look forward to seeing the rest.

Thanks!

JoshInJapan wrote:The eyes on the 'Shroomancer make him look like he's freaking out on a bad trip.

Thanks! That's the look I was going for.

Viterbi wrote:Excited to see how you'll tackle the Tyrant, I too have him lying around waiting for paint.

He's getting there slowly.


Finished my submarine cockpit:-



And now I've started on one half of the submarine:-



Took a lot of work getting it prepped, it was that terrible resin combination of needing lots of clean-up and incredibly fragile, and I managed to break one of the clear resin parts so no windows for my cockpit
Currently I'm not sure if I should go for a lighter metallic blue or not.

As the submarine used up a lot of hobby time, didn't make much progress on my Ogre:-



But he is getting there.

The sub is going to be rather impresssive. Ogre progress is small but well done.

 youwashock wrote:
The sub is going to be rather impresssive. Ogre progress is small but well done.

Thanks!


Still nothing to show off.
Was making steady if incredibly slow progress, when my bottle of black went all gloopy.
Almost a week later and I'm still waiting on the new one I ordered, so I took this time to assemble some new minis I've treated myself to:-



It's the Marvel Crisis Protocol starter set (just got a little bit more terrain to build).
Pretty decent plastic minis, they're not Games Workshop good, but they're at least on par with what Malifaux and Kingdom Death are putting out.

Not looking forward to trying to paint Spider-man though.

I'm rooting for you on that sub. It's a daunting project to say the least- that's why mine's still in the box sadly!

Sad the sub project was temporarily deep-sixed, but I am looking forward to seeing your new heroes painted.

Good luck on getting the black this week and excited for the Marvel minis and how you will tackle them.

Thanks guys!


Got fed up waiting for my bottle of black (I ordered another one in the end, now I have two!), so I started some other stuff.

Lady Fancy Hair has returned to the table:-



Just got to do her base now.

Hornblower!:-



I did a much better job of painting his face than that picture suggests, at least I think I did.

And Doctor Octopus:-



His head was surprisingly difficult to paint given how large it is.

Once these guys are done, I'll get back to the Sub and Ogre.

...Hopefully.

Loving lady Fancy hair, such a nice model. Loving your colour picks on her.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Loving lady Fancy hair, such a nice model. Loving your colour picks on her.

Thanks!
Yeah, I wanted to get some bright colours on her, break up all that brown.


The recent hot weather has made painting a little difficult, but I did finish Lady Fancy Hair:-



Anyone who has read the Kingdom Death news thread recently will know I'm not the companies biggest fan right now, but I've got to admit they make really nice minis.

And while I'm in a Kingdom Death mood, I started another one:-



The, rather creepy, Skully.

I also made progress on Hornblower:-



Why can't I take a decent picture of his face

And Doc Ock:-



I'm a bit out of my comfort zone with this guy, but it's been fun to paint so far.

Hopefully, I'll get a bit more done this week.

Skully is creepy. Nice skintone, though. Lady FH came out good. Brilliant blue. Good work on Doctopus, too.

Lady fancy hair came out amazing, love it. Skully looks to be a fun model, looking forward to that one.

Doc Ock is coming along nicely, really cool old school color scheme.

Thanks for the replies guys!


Cooler weather means more painting!

Doctor Octopus is finished:-



He's painted a bit basically, and I overdid the washes in places, but I had fun painting him.

Hornblower is getting there:-



Just his legs to go.

Skully still has further to go though:-



Made a start on their armour.

The cooler weather continues to encourage more painting!

Finished Hornblower:-



I've accepted this guy will never photograph well, looks good in hand though.

Skully is mostly done:-



Just wraps and cloth left.

And Ogre has returned:-



Got most of him done, just small bits to go.

Also prepped Angry Joe for when I finish Skully:-



I love the Gorm armour set.

Skully looks crazed. Ogre looks rad. Looking forward to Angry Joe. Always glad to see you painting KD.

Ogre really coming together, and looking forward to the completed mini!

youwashock wrote:Skully looks crazed. Ogre looks rad. Looking forward to Angry Joe. Always glad to see you painting KD.

Thanks! It feels good to make a little dent in my pile of unpainted Kingdom Death stuff.

IGtR= wrote:Ogre really coming together, and looking forward to the completed mini!

Thanks! He's taken a while but he's looking good.


Finished more stuff! Skully:-




While she's probably my least favourite of the minis out of the Gigalion expansion, she was fun to paint

And the Ogre:-




Really pleased with how he turned out, well worth all the time it took.

Made a little start on Angry Joe:-



He's got weird arms.

Great finishes for both! That Ogre is really magnificent.

Great Tyrant, love the color choice, normally Ogres tend to be painted in more earthy colors, that's a nice contrast.

youwashock wrote:Great finishes for both! That Ogre is really magnificent.

Viterbi wrote:Great Tyrant, love the color choice, normally Ogres tend to be painted in more earthy colors, that's a nice contrast.

Thanks guys! Like I said I'm super pleased with him.


Nothing finished this week, painting Angry Joes bodysuit used up a lot of my painting mojo:-




I forgot about all the tiny details on these Gorm-suits.

But I did manage to paint a bit more Submarine:-



3/10s finished!

I also made a start to my Seahorseman:-



He's the first of a big batch of random minis I prepped this week:-



That should keep me going for a while.

I never would have thought to put a gun called Angry Joe in a purple bodysuit. Very intriguing.

Angry Joe looks fantabulous in purple. Can't wait to see that St. Bernard.

That seahorseman will probably give me nightmares Very eclectic mix of primed models and Angry Joe's bodysuit is coming along nicely!

JoshInJapan wrote:I never would have thought to put a gun called Angry Joe in a purple bodysuit. Very intriguing.

That's probably why he's so angry.

youwashock wrote:Angry Joe looks fantabulous in purple. Can't wait to see that St. Bernard.

Thanks! Not sure when I'll get to the doggy, I can't think too far ahead about what I paint or I lose interest before I even get to it.

Viterbi wrote:That seahorseman will probably give me nightmares Very eclectic mix of primed models and Angry Joe's bodysuit is coming along nicely!

Thanks!


More finished stuff!
Angry Joe:-





He was a lot of fun to paint, despite all the fiddly bits!
Now I've got all the Gigalion Survivors painted I just need to get the Gigalion itself done ...One day.

Seahorseman (now known as Sir Shelly the Seahorse Knight):-



Another fun one, still can't paint gems though.

Also still chugging away at my submarine, should have one half finished by the end of next week hopefully.

Sir Shelly is a fascinating model. Brilliant blue.

Angry Joe turned out well. Looks like a post-apoc fantasy version of The Phantom. The axe is sweet.

Angry Joe turned out ace.

Sir Shelly . Looking like he just won the Derby.

All those strange critters you have prepped, very interesting times ahead.

Thanks guys!

Finished another mini, Quaff:-



Thought I'd get the little woofer out the way since he was the simplest in the pile (only took me two days to finish, that's something of a speed record for me).

I also finished half a submarine:-



Taking a break before I start on the second half though, so I'm painting my Gigalion:-



Well, technically I'm painting the Gigalions base at the moment.

I've also made a start to Hooper:-



The castings not great on this one, but it's going well so far.

And I've made a start to Baron Zemo:-



With AMG revealing so much Marvel stuff over the last few days, I thought I'd better make more progress on my starter set.
His details are disappointingly soft in places though.

That's great. Just great. The dog rules.

Submarine is going to be an epic piece.

Excited to see the Gigalion.

Nice one with Quaff, looks right out of some Herge comic book. And good to see the submarine getting closer to the finish line.

Thanks guys!
Yeah the dog was surprisingly fun to paint, I should tackle more of my Guild Ball mascot animals.


Tried to get stuff finished but it's just too dang hot at the moment.

Baron Zemo is about 95% done:-



Just need to tidy up his pants.

And Hooper is at about 80%:-



He also needs tidy pants and a few other bits.

But I did manage to finish the Gigalions secret stash of human heads:-




Now I just need to figure out what colour dramatic dust clouds are.

Heatwave over, I can finally get stuff done!

Baron Zemo is finished:-



Despite my concerns over the poor detail in places, I think he looks quite good once I got some paint on him.

Also finished Hooper:-



Another one who turned out okay despite issues.

I also finished the Gigalions base:-



I decided dramatic dust clouds were purple.

Zemo looks cool. Love his bomber jacket.

Gigalion base also turned out swell. Looking forward to the critter.

Nice work on Baron Zemo-- that purple shouldn't work IRL as well as it does in the comics, but you pulled it off. Also, I like that it looks as if he's wearing jeans-- it's casual day at Masters of Evil HQ!

It's interesting to see Zemo und Hooper next to each other. Both fine paintjobs, but whereas Zemo is a little dull sculptwise, Hooper is far more exciting and with nice little details, like the stitches on the cloak.
And you can't go wrong with purple dust! Leg looks suitably icky with the blood.

youwashock wrote:Zemo looks cool. Love his bomber jacket.

Gigalion base also turned out swell. Looking forward to the critter.

Thanks!

JoshInJapan wrote:Nice work on Baron Zemo-- that purple shouldn't work IRL as well as it does in the comics, but you pulled it off. Also, I like that it looks as if he's wearing jeans-- it's casual day at Masters of Evil HQ!

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:It's interesting to see Zemo und Hooper next to each other. Both fine paintjobs, but whereas Zemo is a little dull sculptwise, Hooper is far more exciting and with nice little details, like the stitches on the cloak.
And you can't go wrong with purple dust! Leg looks suitably icky with the blood.

Thanks!
Yeah I'm a big fan of Guild Balls obsession with covering everything in chunky stitching.


Finished the Gigalion:-




As you can probably tell I kinda half-assed it in end, but I think I put enough effort in the face for him to turn out okay.

Then I fancied working on some Steampunk stuff, but none of the Steampunk stuff I already had prepped, so after more building I started painting the Scarecrow:-



Whose awesome face refuses to be photographed.
And Singh:-



Who is big and buff.
And then I got distracted by assembling things again

Hey, right on! Good job getting Gigalion done quick. It looks cool. Singh is really something. Like a cross between Cpt. Nemo from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Zangief.

 youwashock wrote:
Hey, right on! Good job getting Gigalion done quick. It looks cool. Singh is really something. Like a cross between Cpt. Nemo from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Zangief.

Thanks! I wish I could've done a bit more to the Gigalion, but I don't know how to do fur when it's not sculpted on.


Finished more stuff.

Singh (Lost Worlds Exodus) is all done:-



The casting/sculpt wasn't as good as I thought it was (Or maybe I'm just getting fussy in my old age), still really pleased with him though, those are some of the best muscles I've painted.

Also managed to finish a surprise Ghost (Warhammer Underworlds):-



One day I'll actually finish a whole team.

Didn't quite manage to finish Scarecrow:-



His trousers still need highlighting.

Nothing new yet, prepping the second half of my submarine at the moment, it's a bit of a mess.

Now that he is finished, do we call him Sangh? Surprise ghost is also very cool.

Surprise ghost has all the colors to get a kid's birthday party started Nice work on Singh, painting skin often eludes me, but that is nice work!

Viterbi wrote:Surprise ghost has all the colors to get a kid's birthday party started Nice work on Singh, painting skin often eludes me, but that is nice work!

Thanks! My ghosts are going to be a pretty colourful bunch, if I ever get them finished!

youwashock wrote:Now that he is finished, do we call him Sangh? Surprise ghost is also very cool.

Finished Scarecrow (Twisted):-



Finally managed to get a shot of his face!

Next up, finished prepping the other bit of the submarine:-



Made a real mess of the railings and had to patch them together with big lumps of greenstuff, I'll have to try and make it look less awful when I paint it.

There's also Lady Nurgle:-



I've left off her fringe for now to make it easier to paint things, probably should've done the same with her cat thing.

And King Crybaby:-



I like Malifaux minis, but don't get them too often because they don't seem to mesh well with the way I paint. Even my usual final prep step of white primer and brown wash doesn't really work on them.

King Crybaby? That's awesome! Is there a Hatchet-face?

 youwashock wrote:
King Crybaby? That's awesome! Is there a Hatchet-face?

I'm guessing he's a reference I'm not getting, but as far as I can tell the gang has no Hatchet-faces.


Started getting a bit too hot again, so progress is slowing.

Lady Nurgle is the farthest along:-



But there's still a lot to do.

Crybaby is also getting there:-



I'm quite proud of his bandage-wrapped belly, considering I could barely see the danged things!

I'm also trying to paint a bit more, so Tzandi has returned to the table:-



And she's still covered in oodles of tiny details.

Along with Gladiator:-



Who's a much nicer mini than I originally thought.

Cry-Baby is an old Johnny Depp movie. It's a little odd.

Gladiator looks like she is going to be a beaut!

That Nurgle witch is a spot-on mini for that faction, loving your colors so far! Other stuff is coming along nicely, Gladiator looks no-nonsense.

Thanks guys!


I finished King Crybaby (Malifaux):-



He's come out so-so, but I know I'm not great at Malifaux stuff so I'm not going to worry about it.

Everything else is creeping along:-





Hopefully, I'll have at least one finished by the end of the week.

Is the purple-haired girl standing on a fish? Also, I think this is the first time I realized the KD Gladiator is carrying a lantern halberd. KCB turned out good. I can only imagine how delicate those nails are.

 youwashock wrote:
Is the purple-haired girl standing on a fish? Also, I think this is the first time I realized the KD Gladiator is carrying a lantern halberd. KCB turned out good. I can only imagine how delicate those nails are.

Yes, yes she is (it's actually a mechanical fish).


Woot! More finished stuff!
Lady Nurgle (Warhammer:- Underworlds):-




Super pleased with this one.

And Tzandi (Twisted):-





Also super pleased here too, plus it completes my Monkey set (for now).

Nothing else in the works at the moment. There was, but I made a bit of a mess on one, which triggered a panic attack, so I can't go near them at the mo'. So I've got a clean desk for a change.

Twisted lineup looks super cool. Nice work!

 youwashock wrote:
Twisted lineup looks super cool. Nice work!

Thanks!


New stuff.
I have a Genie (Reaper):-



Not my best work, but she's surprisingly poorly detailed for her size (and I'm still not great at prepping these Bones Black minis) and that's left me somewhat unenthusiastic about painting her.

A Beastman (Games Workshop):-



Continuing the trend of starting a new Underworlds band instead of actually finishing one. At least he's coming along nicely.

And Harriet the Hat (Guild Ball):-



Fortunately, her hat hides the poor job I did on her eyes.

There's a forth guy too, but I'm planning on entering him in a competition (If I can get painting again, Cold Season has already got me), so he must remain shrouded in mystery for now.

The genie is sort of oddly plain for her size. I dig the color combo you have going, though. She looks like Jasmine swiped a little power from Genie.

Thanks!


Just haven't been in much of a painting mood lately, been making steady progress with the competition mini, but it seemed to be sucking up all my mojo.

Finally managed to get a bit more done to Harriet though:-



And since that went well, I dug into my embarrassingly large Guild Ball backlog, and I've now made a start on Hemlocke:-



Think I'll stick with my Guild Ball stuff for a while.

Harriet is looking pretty nice already, love the color combination.
Really like the beastman from the previous post, hope you find the motivation to finish him and his Warband chums

 Viterbi wrote:
Harriet is looking pretty nice already, love the color combination.
Really like the beastman from the previous post, hope you find the motivation to finish him and his Warband chums

Thanks! The Beastman is back on the table already, I'm determined to at least finish him before the Direchasm set comes out.


Was determined to finish something and I did!

Harriet the Hat (Guild Ball):-



She does not like being photographed from the front.

Veteran Hemlocke (Guild Ball):-



She's a little rough in places (painting around her snake was a nightmare!), but I'm happy.

I also finished my competition mini, which you will see one day.

Pattern on that snake is awesome!

So many great looking minis here, love that Lady Nurgle. Her pet is very creepy looking.

Lovely work on Harriet and Hemlocke is looking cool too.

youwashock wrote:Pattern on that snake is awesome!

Thanks! I Googled 'Stripey Snakes' and looked for something simple yet interesting.

Yorkright wrote: So many great looking minis here, love that Lady Nurgle. Her pet is very creepy looking.

Thanks! It reminded me of one of those weird hairless cats.

Viterbi wrote:Lovely work on Harriet and Hemlocke is looking cool too.

Thanks!


Another mini finished, the Beastman Champion (Games Workshop):-



Super pleased with him, just need to actually finish one of these Underworld sets at some point.

Also on the table is the Tin Man:-



He's coming along nicely, but I'm not sold on the colour of his head, may go for a more traditional bone look.

Tin Man looks very cool so far. A more natural color for the skull would be good. Adds to the creepiness.

 youwashock wrote:
Tin Man looks very cool so far. A more natural color for the skull would be good. Adds to the creepiness.

Thanks! I did change the skull to bone, not sure if it's creepier, but I do like it.


Been fighting a bad cold all week so I'm painting even slower (if that's possible), but I'm making progress.

Tin Man is mostly done:-



Just gotta finish his base.

And I've made a small start to the next Oz gang member, Pascal De Lyon:-



Long way still to go.

I also got my first lot of Etherfields stuff, since the minis were a lot nicer than expected, I started on one:-



This is one of the shapeshifters.

Shapeshifter model is rad! Very cool idea for a mini. Liking Tin Man, still, and the Lyon is quite interesting.

Thanks, that shapeshifter will now give me nightmares
Lion guy is a very cool sculpt, excited for more colors.

youwashock wrote:Shapeshifter model is rad! Very cool idea for a mini. Liking Tin Man, still, and the Lyon is quite interesting.

Thanks! It's a shame that he's the only Shapeshifter that's mid-change though.

Viterbi wrote:Thanks, that shapeshifter will now give me nightmares
Lion guy is a very cool sculpt, excited for more colors.

Thanks!


More stuff finished, yay!

Tin Man (Twisted):-



I still struggle to photograph metallics well, but I'm happy with how he looks in hand.

And Shapeshifter 1 (Etherfields):-




Super pleased with this one!
Although I'm sad that I've only just now realised that boardgame minis can be good, I've missed out on so much awesome stuff

Pascal is coming along:-



I'm going for an old-timey uniform kind of look.

And I've picked my next Etherfields mini, Chimera:-



She's a bit on the large side.

That Chimera model is amazing, very much looking forward to what you do with that!

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
That Chimera model is amazing, very much looking forward to what you do with that!

Thanks!


Tried to get Pascal finished this week, but didn't quite manage it:-



He only needs basing now though.

Made decent progress on Chimera:-



Her skin went a little wrong (my second layer of Dwarf Skin/Rosy Flesh was a lot lighter than the first), but she's looking okay so far.

With Pascal almost finished, I started Skefill (Warhammer: Underworlds) today:-



Since I'm well on my way to owning most of the Underworlds teams, I want to concentrate on them for a bit.

Chimera is sweet! Tin man and the shifter turned out awesome.

Excited for the Overlord, have them primed in some box, silently crying, because they get no paint
Pascale looks great, I wouldn't want to stand in front of him, swaying and trying to aim that pistol.

youwashock wrote:Chimera is sweet! Tin man and the shifter turned out awesome.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Excited for the Overlord, have them primed in some box, silently crying, because they get no paint
Pascale looks great, I wouldn't want to stand in front of him, swaying and trying to aim that pistol.

I know how that goes, I also have way too many things in boxes!


Managed to get Pascal AKA The Cowardly Lion (Twisted) finished:-




Definitely one of my more successful attempts at this painting thing. Only got two members of the Oz Gang to go.

Meanwhile, still on the table, Skefill:-



Is getting there, he's also getting harder to photograph.

And the Chimera:-



Is almost done.

Loving your colour picks on Chiemera, really coming along nicely.

Lovely skin tone on Chimera and a cool color scheme for your Overlords, love the green/brown contrast.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Loving your colour picks on Chiemera, really coming along nicely.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Lovely skin tone on Chimera and a cool color scheme for your Overlords, love the green/brown contrast.

Thanks!
I'm being a bit conservative with that particular Overlord, some of the others will probably be a bit more colourful, I'm currently mulling over the idea of doing a couple in "girly" colours to hint that there may be a lady Dwarf inside the suit.


Didn't get a lot of painting done this week, was sidetracked into assembling these ladies:-



As much as I may complain about Kingdom Death in other parts of the forum, I do like their minis!

But, as it's now over, I can show off my competition mini, Quinn the Investigator (Reaper):-




Even though I didn't get anywhere in the competition itself, I thought I did a good job on him so I'm still happy.

Oh wow, it's been a while huh?

Those Kingdom Death minis are gorgeous! Definitely a range I wanna have a go at painting someday, though I can see it being one of those things I'd keep putting off till I get "good enough"

Nice work on the competition mini, really liking the colour palette you picked for it. Good update!

Great round of miniatures (I too had lots to catch-up on!) - there must have been some stiff competition for your fella to not get anywhere

Thanks for sharing

Excellent Investigator, and I do like the menagerie of hero’s and scoundrels! Nicely done

WarbossDakka wrote:Oh wow, it's been a while huh?

Those Kingdom Death minis are gorgeous! Definitely a range I wanna have a go at painting someday, though I can see it being one of those things I'd keep putting off till I get "good enough"

Nice work on the competition mini, really liking the colour palette you picked for it. Good update!

Thanks!
Yeah, I'm still pretty reluctant to paint my Kingdom Death stuff. They're no more detailed than the average GW mini but they seem more intricate somehow!

IGtR= wrote:Great round of miniatures (I too had lots to catch-up on!) - there must have been some stiff competition for your fella to not get anywhere

Thanks for sharing

Thanks!
Yeah, standards were much higher than I thought they'd be, my poor little dude didn't stand a chance with all the fancy stuff everyone else was doing!

Ragsta wrote:Excellent Investigator, and I do like the menagerie of hero’s and scoundrels! Nicely done

Thanks!


Finished more stuff!

The Chimera (Etherfields):-




Pretty pleased with how this one turned out, even though I never got her skin the way I wanted it.

Skefill (Games Workshop):-




I'm also pretty happy with this one, despite taking the lazy option in painting his gem encrusted base.

On the table now is Mecha Toto:-



And, Little Dot:-



I'm trying to get my Oz gang finished by the end of the year.

I quite like the KO base. The subdued tones contrast nicely with the gems and keep the focus on the mini.
Already loving the two new steampunk additions!

That Chimera is creepy!

Viterbi wrote:I quite like the KO base. The subdued tones contrast nicely with the gems and keep the focus on the mini.
Already loving the two new steampunk additions!

Thanks!

Fifty wrote:That Chimera is creepy!

There's quite a bit of creepy in the set.


Merry Christmas! I Hope everyone enjoyed themselves despite the circumstances.

Didn't quite manage to get anything finished.
Toto is all painted up:-



Just need to finish his base, but I'm waiting to do Dorothy's at the same time.
Speaking of:-



There's just a few odds and ends left.

Mostly, I got sidetracked building stuff again, the next things in the painting queue are:-



This pair of lovely ladies.
And:-



This handsome, but headless, dude.

Toto rocks. Good job wrapping up Chimera. Oktoberfest KD gals are exciting to see!

 youwashock wrote:
Toto rocks. Good job wrapping up Chimera. Oktoberfest KD gals are exciting to see!

Thanks!
I'd been putting of buying the holiday Pin-ups for a while, as I don't have a great track record when it comes to finishing my larger Kingdom Death minis (or any of my larger stuff for that matter!), but I seem to be doing okay for now.


Managed to get Dorothy and Toto (Twisted) wrapped just before the year ended:-





Not as happy with these two as I was with the rest of the set, Toto in particular ended up rather bland, but at least that's another set done!
Weirdly though, I dug out my older Dorothy mini to do a comparison shot and:-



I'd given them the same colour dress, even though I haven't looked at older Dorothy since I painted her at least a couple years ago, and it's a colour I rarely use.

Finishing them gave me a grand total of 47 minis finished in 2020! Not quite the 52 I wanted to do, sinking a lot of hobby time into stuff I didn't finish (Like that danged submarine) didn't help, but I was close.

Finished Minis:-

Reaper
Ashlynn
Mary Jo
Remus
Amiri
Quinn

Guild Ball
Rage
Corsair
Hopper and Quaff
Harriet the Hat
Hemlocke

Wolsung
Hazel
Pop

Games Workshop
Screamin' Eddie
The Engineer
Istar
Shroomancer
Gudea
Tukkuttok
The Rebel
Bride of Filth
Grashrak
Skefill

Kingdom Death
Storm Knight
Cleric
Lady Fancy Hair
Skully
Angry Joe
Gigalion

Deep Wars
Klegg
Triton

Twisted
Tricia
Squirrel
Dodger
Tzandi
Oz Gang

Marvel
Doc Ock
Zemo

Random
Sir Shelly
Singh

Malifaux
King Crybaby

Etherfields
Shapeshifter
Chimera


For 2021, as I've gotten into Warhammer:- Underworlds in a big way, I want to concentrate on getting more painted (maybe even actually finishing a whole team!). I also want to get more Kingdom Death stuff done as I should (hopefully) be getting a load of stuff from the Kickstarter during the year.
It would also be nice if I could get some of my half-finished big stuff wrapped up.

I'm also going to be having a bit of a clear out, getting rid of some of the random stuff I've been acquiring, so you probably won't see me painting any more Malifaux (I've finally accepted as much as I like their minis, I just don't like painting them), Deep Wars (They're nice, but terrible to put together, especially the resin stuff) or Marvel Crisis Core (I'm just way too behind on releases).
It's a shame as there's quite a few minis in there I was really looking forward to painting at one time, but want to stop spreading myself so thin, and concentrate on a handful of ranges and more self-contained stuff (Like my Etherfields set).

Nice haul you got there in 2020 and great you got Toto and Dorothy finished. And I really love that your subconscious knew which color dress Dorothy needed

Great haul for the year, and spooky regarding the dresses - clearly your eyes remember more than you conscious mind!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks guys! It's always nice to discover you've painted more minis than you thought, even if it's never as many as you'd like.


Didn't quite finish the Octoberfest Aya's:-



But they're coming along nicely.

Also been nibbling away at a couple more, The Brewmistress:-



And Lysette:-

That brewmistress looks very creepy, I would not take drinks from here Other gals are coming along nicely!

Absolutely loving the octoberfest girls, greqat work.

Thanks guys!


Finally got my Octoberfest girls (Kingdom Death) finished:-




They're a little rougher in hand and Big Ayas spilt beer looks nothing like beer, but I'm rather pleased with how they turned out.

Both Brewmistress:-



And Lysette:-



Are getting there slowly.

Aya n' Aya look fabulous. The whites and skintones are super smooth. Lysette is looking wonderful as well.

Wouldn't worry about the beer color, it's just dark ale (is there such a thing? ). Other than that very vibrant colors on them and very smooth white.

Absolutely stunning Oktoberfest models! Great work!

Gorgeous skin tones as ever!

Thanks for sharing

youwashock wrote:Aya n' Aya look fabulous. The whites and skintones are super smooth. Lysette is looking wonderful as well.

Thanks! I tried something different on the larger skin areas and just applied my Flesh Wash sparingly instead of slooshing it all over, seems to worked our well.

Viterbi wrote:Wouldn't worry about the beer color, it's just dark ale (is there such a thing? ). Other than that very vibrant colors on them and very smooth white.

Thanks! There's a lot of layers in that white.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Absolutely stunning Oktoberfest models! Great work!

Thanks!

IGtR= wrote:Gorgeous skin tones as ever!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks!


Finally got the Brewmistress (Games Workshop) finished:-




Got a little lazy with the ingredients rack towards the end, just to get it done, but I'm happy with how she turned out.

Poor Lysette had to be put aside (I managed to spill the paint I was using), so she's been replaced by Elodie of the Blade:-



Tried to get her finished last night, but couldn't quite manage it, not much more to go though.

This week is going to be somewhat animal themed:-



Thanks to Business Penguin and the Ratman!

That owl's gonna be a hoot... I let myself out

 Viterbi wrote:
That owl's gonna be a hoot... I let myself out

Had a decent week painting-wise.

Finished Elodie (Games Workshop):-



Not hugely happy with her robe, but I'm pleased with the rest.

Also made decent progress with Rat Guy:-



Just got his armour and base to go.

And Business Penguin:-



Not as realistic as some of the versions I've seen, but I like him.

Continuing to paint at a decent pace!

Finished Balmonoth (Games Workshop):-



He came out quite good I think.

I've also finished the Business Penguin (Etherfields):-



Kept it simple, but I think it works.

And brought some new stuff to the table, the Skeleton Champion:-



And the rather odd Ram Pin-up:-

That Ram pinup model looks wild, is it a Kingdom Death mini?

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
That Ram pinup model looks wild, is it a Kingdom Death mini?

Yes he is, I'd never painted a male pin-up mini so he jumped to the front of the queue.


Continuing to make progress:-



The Champion has had his armour done.



And Ram has had his magnificent buttocks painted!

BUTTS!
Great butt.

My goodness Kingdom Death coming in HAWT with the fan service. I knew they could do female butts for a long time but this is something special! Excellent job on adding some colour to his cheeks, it's looking great!

Lot of nice updates and I hadn't realized it is a penguin, he looks very cool. Love the elven mage, cloak looks good and I love how protective she is of the bonsai

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:BUTTS!
Great butt.

Thanks!

Inevitable_Faith wrote:My goodness Kingdom Death coming in HAWT with the fan service. I knew they could do female butts for a long time but this is something special! Excellent job on adding some colour to his cheeks, it's looking great!

Thanks! Yeah, they've done a handful of male pin-ups now.

Viterbi wrote:Lot of nice updates and I hadn't realized it is a penguin, he looks very cool. Love the elven mage, cloak looks good and I love how protective she is of the bonsai

Thanks!


My run of decent painting time kinda dried up this week, but I did get a little done.



The Champion is almost done, just the axe to go.



Ram is getting there slowly, but he's looking a little messy, my brush skills weren't quite up to painting that rope-bondage getup of his.

Loving Ram, nice colour choices. I think you did fine on the bondage ropes, looks tidy enough to me.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Loving Ram, nice colour choices. I think you did fine on the bondage ropes, looks tidy enough to me.

Thanks! That piccy was taken after I'd spent quite a while slowly fixing everything!


Despite not doing too much painting this week I still managed to finish the Champion (Games Workshop):-



Happy he's finally done, pain in bum to photograph though.

I also thought I'd finished Ram:-



But I'd forgotten to make him a base

Started new stuff too.



Padean the mighty barbarian.



And the Shrike Urchin, who, even with his base weighted with putty, tips over incredibly easily.

Great work finishing the Champion and Ram! Do you have an idea in mind for what you want to do for Rams base?

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Great work finishing the Champion and Ram! Do you have an idea in mind for what you want to do for Rams base?

Thanks! Rams base is going to be pretty simple, his wacky throne of arms takes up most of the space.

Shrike urchin looks very spooky, but the designer should be slapped, weighing that mini down really looks like an impossible job. Love the cloak of the chaos champion, nice work on the fur and the red.

The pose on the Shrike Urchin is really hard to read. I honestly can't make heads or tails of the model.

Yes, the Shrike pose is a classic example to me of "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

Skin on Kingdom Death is looking absolutely fab

Thanks for sharing

Viterbi wrote:Shrike urchin looks very spooky, but the designer should be slapped, weighing that mini down really looks like an impossible job. Love the cloak of the chaos champion, nice work on the fur and the red.

Thanks!
The Shrikes problems are a little on me, I attached him to his base a little too far forward, but yeah it's one they should have left resin-only.

JoshInJapan wrote:The pose on the Shrike Urchin is really hard to read. I honestly can't make heads or tails of the model.

It's a hard mini to photograph, particularly with my poor skills! Hopefully as I paint more of him, he'll make more sense.

IGtR= wrote:Yes, the Shrike pose is a classic example to me of "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

Skin on Kingdom Death is looking absolutely fab

Thanks for sharing

Thanks for looking!


Finally got Ram (Kingdom Death) finished:-




He's still a little rough in places, but I'm happy.

Also made good progress on Padean:-



Should have him finished soon.

Shrikes going very slowly though:-



For every part I paint, two seem to take it's place! On the plus side though, I straightened one of his legs a bit and he's no longer really unstable.

Finished Padean (Games Workshop):-




Really pleased with how this one ended up.

Still struggling with Shrike:-



I'm getting there slowly, but it just seems to be taking forever.

In the mean time, started my next Underworlds mini, Laserian:-



He's angry!

And while I had my flesh paints out, I also started this guy:-



I think it's a Scarecrow, but I need to dig out my Etherfields box to make sure.

Not going to be getting as much (for me) painting done for a while though. For reasons I don't really understand, I brought a model kit Bakery Shop:-



And putting it together is eating up quite a bit of my hobby time.

Possible Scarecrow os one heck of a model. Quite bizarre. I have seen those little build kits before. They are INTENSE.

Love Padeon, the light blue is a cool color choice and he looks very classic fantasy.

youwashock wrote:Possible Scarecrow os one heck of a model. Quite bizarre. I have seen those little build kits before. They are INTENSE.

Yeah, wasn't expecting the difficulty level on the Bakery to be quite so high, I'll get it built eventually.

Viterbi wrote:Love Padeon, the light blue is a cool color choice and he looks very classic fantasy.

Thanks!


Finally got Shrike (Twisted) finished:-




Not super happy with him, but very glad he's finally off the table.

Also made a little bit of progress on Laserian:-



Should have him wrapped up before too long, hopefully.

All painted up and viewed from different angles, the Shrike is actually a pretty neat model.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
All painted up and viewed from different angles, the Shrike is actually a pretty neat model.

It is. I need to paint his friend the Ratcatcher at some point.


Not painting at the moment. Ran out of greaseproof paper for my wet palette, and can't seem to find any at the mo' (and painting without a wet palette is just too weird now).
I've bit the bullet and ordered some proper palette paper, but until that arrives I'm building stuff:-



Kingdom Death stuff.

Looking good on the latest bunch, and always a fan to see where you will be going with the Kingdom Death models

Thanks for sharing

Nice KD haul! I'm excited to see these done up, I'm a huge fan of the KD line.

Yeah there's some really neat minis amongst this latest batch of Kingdom Death stuff, I've set a few aside for painting sooner rather than later.

Got my new wet palette, but still struggling to get going on the painting front.
Did manage to finish Laserian (Games Workshop) though:-



Pretty pleased with him.

Also made a little start on this Kingdom Death lady:-



She's got a weird left eye for some reason.

That's not a weird left eye, it's Picasso®-approved Great start on the mini and nice job on the chaos dude!

 Viterbi wrote:
That's not a weird left eye, it's Picasso®-approved Great start on the mini and nice job on the chaos dude!

Thanks!
She'll eventually be holding a bug in front of her face, so it won't bother me so much.

Speaking of bugs:-



Being from Kingdom Death they, of course, have human faces.

Also made a start on Fahime, my next Underworlds mini:-



Keep making silly little mistakes (how did that spot of wash get in her hair?), so she's rather messy, but coming along okay.

That Wych elf is looking really nice, really digging your colour picks so far on this one. The face in particular is very well done.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
That Wych elf is looking really nice, really digging your colour picks so far on this one. The face in particular is very well done.

Thanks! I'm not hugely happy with her, it's one of those minis where all I can see are the mistakes.


Getting back into a painting groove, Fahime (Games Workshop) is done:-



At least she's off the table now.

Bug Girl is getting there:-



And I'm much happier with her.

Also started the next Underworlds mini, an Orc:-



Very early days.

And, totally out of left field, a Sewer Golem:-



Lots of fun to paint so far.

I know the feeling on that one Aku-chan. My Morathi model is single handedly one that I am most proud and ashamed of all at once. Some times I look at her and feel pride in what I was able to do but then I notice every single mistake I made and want to spend the next 10 years infinitely tweaking her colours. For what it's worth I think your take on Fahime is top notch.

Fahime looks great

Thanks for sharing

That Sewer Golem is weird as I think Kingdom Death on the whole is nothing for me, but I always love your paint jobs on those minis. Excited to see it develop more, already looking cool.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:I know the feeling on that one Aku-chan. My Morathi model is single handedly one that I am most proud and ashamed of all at once. Some times I look at her and feel pride in what I was able to do but then I notice every single mistake I made and want to spend the next 10 years infinitely tweaking her colours. For what it's worth I think your take on Fahime is top notch.

Thanks! I also think your Morathi is pretty awesome.

IGtR= wrote:Fahime looks great

Thanks for sharing

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:That Sewer Golem is weird as I think Kingdom Death on the whole is nothing for me, but I always love your paint jobs on those minis. Excited to see it develop more, already looking cool.

Thanks! The Golem gets weirder, eventually there'll be a little dude in a gas mask fishing off it.


Haven't been painting as much as I'd like (Stupid shaky hands!), but I did manage to finish the Bug Thief (Kingdom Death):-




Her bee-themed fur didn't end up looking as cool as it did in my head, but overall I'm happy with her.

Since I was concentrating on getting her finished neither my Orc:-



Or Golem:-



Has seen much progress.

Bug girl looks great! Sewer golem is brilliant. Also digging the latest Witch Elf. Doing good work, man.

Love the Kingdom Death gal - your style suits those models perfectly!

Thanks for sharing

I actually like the bee fur (somehow that sounds wrong ), very neat and fitting to her socks.

Thanks guys!

So no updates in a little while, I've been assembling my Cursed City set (I build as slowly as I paint):-



But now I'm back painting, and I finished Thabron (Games Workshop):-



Pretty pleased with how he ended up.

The Sewer Golem is continuing to get there slowly:-



So many little details! I also made a start on it's friend Cuttleberry:-



I don't think I want to know what you would catch fishing in the sewer.

I also started painting my Cursed City stuff:-



Beginning with the Ogre.

Finally, started another Kingdom Death mini, Swamp Girl, her fancy base came out well:-



But I'm struggling with the girl herself:-



She's got this weird smile on her face, but I'll be danged if I can paint it right. Plus, after a couple of attempts, the actual sculpted detail of her mouth is pretty much gone.
Going to set her aside for a couple days, see if I want to strip her down and start over or not.

I feel you, faces can be the worst. I really messed up Celestine's with a big blob of technical paint. But some Biostrip with a toothbrush made it possible to just strip the face and leave the rest of the mini. Maybe worth a try?

Excited for the ogre, love his skin tone, which colors did you use?

 Viterbi wrote:
I feel you, faces can be the worst. I really messed up Celestine's with a big blob of technical paint. But some Biostrip with a toothbrush made it possible to just strip the face and leave the rest of the mini. Maybe worth a try?

Excited for the ogre, love his skin tone, which colors did you use?

I'll have to gave it a try, hopefully I'll be able to strip just her mouth because I quite like the job I did on her eye.

The Ogre skin is a base of Vallejo Dwarf Flesh mixed with Vallejo Cold Grey, shaded with Reikland Fleshshade and then highlighted with the Dwarf Flesh/Cold Grey again and Dwarf Flesh/Light Flesh/Cold Grey.
I wanted to show the effect eating the undead was having on him, and it worked better than I thought it would.


Another mini finished, the Sewer Golem (Twisted):-





Took a while, but I'm really happy with him and his fishing buddy!

Ogre is getting there slowly too:-



Gotta go faster if I ever want my Cursed City set painted though.

Also pulled Minx out of the cupboard of unfinished things:-



Once she's done I'll to back and try to salvage Swamp Girl.

Swamp Girl does have quite the odd expression. Sewer Golem is amazing. A great model for you with your knack for picking out all the little details. Ogre is shaping up nicely.

Thanks for the info on the ogre skin!

Love all the details on the Sewer Golem, such a weird model and painted up great by you!

Thanks guys! Yeah, had a lot of fun painting the Golem.

Got another mini finished Minx (Guild Ball):-



Admittedly she was already mostly painted from a couple years, but at least she's done now, should've painted bigger spots on her cape though or more of them.

Didn't quite get the Ogre done though:-



Still needs his trousers painting.

Also decided to get a little bit more Guild Ball done with Hammer:-



He was a mass of mold lines, that I didn't do a great job of tidying up, but he doesn't look too bad.

Managed to get the Ogre (Cursed City) finished:-


Really happy with how he's turned out.

Didn't get much more painting done though, it's that time of year where I talk myself into trying to get all my Guild Ball minis built.
It won't happen this time either, there's still too many and I'm not that good at assembling metal dudes, but I'll get a little closer.

I love the bright cloth, don't usually see ogres with such fine drapery!

Fantastic looking ogre - the Cursed City minis are truly wonderful

Thanks for sharing

Ogre looks boss. Love the blue as a bright spot color.

Thanks guys!

As expected, didn't get all my Guild Ball minis built (trying to get Original Minx's stick-thin arms to attach at the elbows pushed me too far), but I got another 20 or so done.

So back to painting, there's some more Cursed City stuff, Skeletons:-



Doing them in pairs so I don't have to face the horror of batch painting.

Also in the mood for painting something big, so Goatman returns:-



Not sure if I'll get him finished, but I'll try.

Didn't get much painting done (Had builders in making a mess) but I did get my skeletons (Games Workshop) finished:-



They should make a nice group if/when I get the rest done.

Also got my goatman's head finished and attached:-



Now I just need to paint up lots and lots of swirly armour.

New to the table, I got my next bit of Cursed City:-



Jelsen - Gritty Vampire Hunter.

And:-



Head Robo-nun (minus her head for now).

skellies look nice, I got a box of those I gotta paint for myself ssoon too. All your other projects are very exciting. I'm relaly looking forward to Morven Vahl.

Those skeletons are lovely, especially the subtle corrosion on the shields.

Purple and patina are a wonderful combo. They look great. Robo nun is an exciting project.

OMG, so excited for head robo-nun and what scheme you will use. She and some of the Paragon Warsuits are on my list for later in the year, when I'm done with the 30 sisters I have in different stages lying around.

Final Ogre shots are great!

Thanks guys! Glad everybody likes my skellies!


Been struggling to put brush to mini at the moment, finally managed to get something done though, Sakana (Guild Ball):-



Guild Ball minis always manage to inspire me for some reason, not quite sure what's next though.

Great bright colors on him, love the purple/blue contrast. We could discuss his hipster beard, but he'll probably skewer anyone who tries

 Viterbi wrote:
Great bright colors on him, love the purple/blue contrast. We could discuss his hipster beard, but he'll probably skewer anyone who tries

Thanks! Apparently it's meant to be a pirate beard not a hipster one.


Still hunting for my painting mojo, so I'm just working on any mini that holds my attention, at the moment that's Lysette (Reaper):-



Unfortunately, my camera is objecting to her light blue hair and throwing all the colours off, she's looks quite a bit better in hand.

She looks good from here, too.

Very nice, love your colour picks.

Thanks guys!


Still picking off minis out of the Cupboard of Unfinished Things, this time it's Tirinha Fallowheart (Reaper):-



Lost interest in this one previously because her details aren't great (I think she's a bit miscast), so I just did a basic job to get her finished.

Nothing finished but at least I'm painting a bit more!

Giant Goat-man has returned from the Cupboard of Unfinished Things:-



As has Gladiator:-



And I've started one of those fancy new AOS Orcs:-



Everything is coming along nicely but slowly.

Nice mix of new things on your painting desk. Most excited about the orc banner, always good to see new color schemes emerge, once the minis are in the wild.

 Viterbi wrote:
Nice mix of new things on your painting desk. Most excited about the orc banner, always good to see new color schemes emerge, once the minis are in the wild.

Thanks! I really like the super-colourful takes people have had with the Kruleboyz, so I'm not sure why mine has ended up so muted.


Managed to get another mini finished, the Gladiator (Kingdom Death):-




Not too sure how I feel about this one, I like some of it (like her shield), but I find other bits really meh.

Didn't quite manage to finish anything else.



Goat Man just needs his back banners done.



The Orc is down to just the straps left.



And, returning to the painting table, my Starstrider Captain just needs her veil doing.

I would've got them finished, but this happened:-



I thought I was out of the Malifaux business, but seeing these guys on a certain Youtube show pulled me back in.
Hopefully I actually get them painted, instead of letting them sit around for a bit then selling them like the rest of my Malifaux stuff!

Gladiator came out very nice. Those Malifaux models are sweet. Looking forward to those. Glad to see the Rogue Trader back.

I'd be carved up by that gladiator for standing and drooling.

The cow that tried to jump over the moon and got it's head stuck in a mountain range is coming along great as well.

I haven't gotten hooked on Malifaux, the local shop got burned by it hard, but Miniature Market (which is too close to me) is having tournaments at their main location. Maybe one day i'll wander over to see it in action.

youwashock wrote:Gladiator came out very nice. Those Malifaux models are sweet. Looking forward to those. Glad to see the Rogue Trader back.

Thanks!

Theophony wrote:I'd be carved up by that gladiator for standing and drooling.

The cow that tried to jump over the moon and got it's head stuck in a mountain range is coming along great as well.

I haven't gotten hooked on Malifaux, the local shop got burned by it hard, but Miniature Market (which is too close to me) is having tournaments at their main location. Maybe one day i'll wander over to see it in action.

Thanks!
I love Malifaux stuff, I even enjoy assembling them (despite their fearsome reputation!) but they look so crap when I paint them I never make it more than a mini or two into a set before I give up.


Thought I'd have more done, but I got really flummoxed by my Goat Man's banner (I got into a weird headspace with them) and I eventually had to put him back in the Cupboard of Unfinished Things so I could actually start painting again.

I did finish Lady Vulnavia (Games Workshop) though:-



Not my best work, but decent enough.

And my Orc (Games Workshop):-



Really pleased with this one, I think he's pretty snazzy!

And, new to the table, there's now a Chubby Lamplighter:-



Gotta stop picking him up by his pole though, I can only re-attach those lamps so many times!

Fagin:-



His face is a bit of a mess, I basically had to guess where his eyes were, apart from that though he's coming along okay.

And another Orc:-



Hopefully this one turns out as good as the last one.

Orko there is the coolest thing I will see today.

 youwashock wrote:
Orko there is the coolest thing I will see today.

Thanks! He's a nifty little fella.


Unfortunately, the weird head-space I found myself in on the goat man has followed me to the other guys, so I packed them away for now.

I'm currently poking paint at a Reaper Frost Giantess (It's big enough that I shouldn't mess it up too much, and cheap enough to replace if I do), but it's very slow going:-



She's not going to be very pretty when she's finished, but I don't want to take a hobby break because at the moment it feels like it would be a permanent one.