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Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/19 20:25:07


Post by: Mymearan


Hello Dakkaites! This is my painting and building blog. I am a slow painter and don't like to post too many WIPs of the same model, so it won't be updated very frequently, but I try to get a couple of posts in every month. I love hearing your thoughts and criticism, so feel free to post anything that pops into your mind.

Some examples of my work so far:

















Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/20 22:40:42


Post by: Mymearan


Today's wip. Base coat and wash done. Do you also find that models look like gak at this stage?



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/21 22:14:22


Post by: Mymearan


More work on shotgun girl. Gun, pants and gloves to go. I think the skin came out better than on the last girl. Funnily enough I find the hair super hard. It doesn't seem to take well to drybrushing. Any tips?



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/21 22:37:29


Post by: GiraffeX


The models you have finished so far are very impressive, it looks like you pick up new techniques very quickly.

For hair rather than use a dry brush I use an old standard gw brush and find that works better as its softer.

Looking forwards to more Escher.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/21 22:53:31


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks, it means a lot to get some positive feedback! Thanks for the hair tip as well, are you saying to simply highlight with the side of the brush or are you still drybrushing?

More Escher are certainly in the pipeline, I think I have a total of 28 of them O_o I just need to keep my hands off other... Oooh, shiny, new *walks away starry-eyed*


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/24 15:33:08


Post by: Mymearan


Hmmm,.. Whatever might this be?




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Well this is interesting!



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/24 17:24:16


Post by: RobertsMinis


Your terrain is rather good! Great use of bits and pieces! Love the Wraithguards as well.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/24 18:22:16


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot Robert! Making terrain is way more satisfying to me than painting minis, but it tends to take a long time before I'm happy with all the details.


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Lots of progress! Cut an MDF base, demolished the highway itself, covered it in filler and sanded it. Flocked the base after this photo and will be resuming work tomorrow. I'll be magnetizing the supports for maximum portability.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/25 18:03:41


Post by: Mymearan


There's a new member in our club, and he has some absolutely beautiful Necromunda terrain. It's based on brown soil, so I immediately got the idea to use the same base color on my terrain so we can mix and match. Plus it looks way better than my current black/grey.

I started with repainting the base of a previous piece of mine:



And then started to repaint my gaming table in the same colors:




Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/26 21:48:22


Post by: Mymearan


Finished painting the table! It's one pass of Raw Sienna, then two drybrush passes of the same color with more white added each time. I like the look, especially compared to the previous black.



Also continued work on the ruined highway. Those two white blocks are glued to the board and will have magnets embedded in them, same with the supports and the underside of the bridge.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/27 23:16:15


Post by: Mymearan


Spent half an hour putting a safety fence on the highway. I really think it completes the look. It's just plasticard bent with some pliers, the posts are plasticard girders I think. Some rubble on the road and I think we're on to painting! Haven't done the magnets yet but that should be quick.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/28 21:01:39


Post by: Mymearan


And now everything has been slathered in pva/water mix to keep the sand in place and also to make the plaster a bit more sturdy. Then it's on to painting! I think I'll do the magnets after that actually,




Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/29 20:35:38


Post by: Mymearan


So today was pretty exciting, as I was browsing the local hobby shop and found some color pigments. After some quick research I realized they were basically the same thing that, in our circles, is sold as "weathering pigments"! Ive always wanted some but never got around to ordering them. So I bought them and immediately went home to try them on my old trusty cistern terrain piece. Excited as I was, I went waaaay overboard and made it look like it had been covered in red dust :(

I was pretty dismayed and thought I had ruined it. I had to stipple back a lot of metal simply to make it look less red. at that point it looked ok, but not really goo. So I made a wash from troll slayer orange and dotted that around here and there, which made it look heaps better! I'm still not sure it looks better than before, but at least I've tried it once and will most likely do a better job next time. Pigment wash + orange wash seems like it will work fine if I can restrain myself and remember that less is more. What do you guys think, was it better before? Here it is in its overdone, rusted glory (the old look is a few posts above):



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/30 07:38:51


Post by: Rogue Wolves


Some great looking terrain here, and when the nostalgia hit me after seeing the imaginex pieces I knew I was in haha!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/30 09:23:13


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot, I get a lot of motivation from comments like yours! After checking your threads, I am a HUGE fan of your conversion work. Oh, what is imaginex?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/30 09:35:44


Post by: Rogue Wolves


Haha thank you sir, I'm glad you like my stuff! And once a long time ago when I was a mere child. The gods graced us with a great line of building toys known as Imaginex. Me and my brother had tons, from fantasy stuff like castles, to pirate ships, to modern police stations... and coast guard sets... You my friend have what my sister gave me on my birthday once..... this...

Unfortinatly the line changed from great building toys to silly kids simple stuff and lost all the fun. I still have a tub full of em and have been stuck thinking of whether to use it for terrain ( which im guilty to have already ) or to save it for the eventual little me's that need to be brain washed into liking the stuff I do


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^ infact if I recall correctly I think that was part of the coast guard like set, some it had boats, lighthouses, little sea animals, ect ect



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/30 09:50:09


Post by: Mymearan


That is awesome Thanks for the story, it's fun to know where these little bits and bobs come from. That tower is from a flea market grab bag of random old toys. Oh and I definitely think you should make terrain out of some of your stuff. After all, your future kids might enjoy your wargaming terrain as much as they would your old toys, at least when they're a bit older


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/30 23:16:00


Post by: Mymearan


Painting has started on the highway! The grund isn't done, but the concrete is, and I'm really happy with the effect! These are the steps:

- prime black
- stipple/drybrush in order: zandri dust, ushbati bone, dawnstone, ulthuan grey.

The two first colors are brown/tan, because concrete is quite tan. The last two are grey, and it looks really bad until the Ulthuan Grey comes in and really ties it together! I'll be painting the rest of the bridge tomorrow I reckon.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/01/31 23:18:36


Post by: Mymearan


More work on the bridge. Not sure I'm totally happy with the rust, what do you guys think?



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/01 14:54:24


Post by: RobertsMinis


I think the rust looks great. Perhaps the railing nearest the camera could do with the largest portion of rust being broken up a bit, perhaps another tone in there. It still looks good either way.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/01 16:30:33


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks! Yeah, ill probably put some graffiti and/or propaganda posters on the railing/supports to break it up a bit as well as some
more orange. One thing I was thinking was that the bridge itself looks to "clean" compared to the railing... Any tips there?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/04 22:08:45


Post by: Mymearan


The bridge is mostly done, and here are some of my Esher girls posing on top. What remains are details like posters, graffiti etc. don't have an exact plan for that so I'll try some things and see what sticks one problem though, the broken pillar doesnt fit flush against the underside of the bridge, don't know how I'll fix that exactly...



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/07 10:29:37


Post by: Mymearan


WIP on another piece. At this point it's just sprayed silver and slathered in a highly diluted wash of GWs Typhus Corrosion, which I've discovered is quite excellent! It has very fina sand mixed in, which gives an ever so slight texture to whatever you put it on. The color is also excellent for grime.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/07 12:06:40


Post by: kestral


Great stuff - love your craft world color scheme. My only thought is that the bridge is too "clean" - the transition from rusty rails to concrete is too abrupt. Love that tower.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/07 22:29:33


Post by: Mymearan


 kestral wrote:
Great stuff - love your craft world color scheme. My only thought is that the bridge is too "clean" - the transition from rusty rails to concrete is too abrupt. Love that tower.


Thank you! I like the colors as well, except every other Eldar army seems to be blue and bone these days

I also agree about the bridge, which is why I would ask you to follow along this post.

...because I got a lot done today! First of all, I uploaded all pics in this thread to my Dakka gallery and changed the embedded pictures in every post. Yay! But on to the bridge...


First of all, I tried to solve the problem of magnetizing the bridge for transport. I bought this magnetic sheet:



...but it didn't work at all, it was way too weak to hold the bridge up. So I tried magnets:



...which didn't work either. It toppled over from the weight of the bridge itself. So then I had a stroke of genius. Sticks! Oh yes:



I drilled holes in the base and jammed the sticks into the pillars (they're made of foamboard), and tada! It worked perfectly. Very sturdy. At the moment I haven't anchored the bridge to the pillars, but I'll work on securing it later. It actually works fine as is, simply putting it on top.

So then it was time to start the final touches on the bridge.

I started by weathering the pillars and bridge with my new best friend, watered-down Typhus Corrosion:




I also broke up the rust in spots with some orange:



I painted some graffiti and weathered it:



And finally I glued some printed posters here and there and weathered them:




And now... it's done!










Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/08 14:10:20


Post by: RobertsMinis


I think you dirtied up the bridge brilliantly. People will love playing on it (or they are muppets!!!)


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/12 23:04:46


Post by: Mymearan


Sorry for the lack of updates, it's been a busy week! I'll have the whole weekend for myself, so expect to see some updates. I have had time to start working on a conversion of Illic Nightspear into a Solitaire:

I switched the head for that of a Dire Avenger Exarch and sculpted a hood over it. I also switche out his left arm holding his rifle for an empty hand making it seem like he's balancing himself or perhaps making a sign for someone to be quiet! All that's missing is his Harlequins Kiss on his right arm and he's done! Might also switch out the thingie he's standing on for something more Harlequinesque.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/14 01:41:40


Post by: Mymearan


I made a Harlequin's Kiss from a Guardian back antenna and a piece of a Dire avenger banner pole I think he's done!



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/14 17:50:34


Post by: Mymearan


Finished the tank/tower! Rusted it all over with weathering powders and put on some warning signs and of course, hazard stripes.


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Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/14 21:52:42


Post by: JoeRugby


Some great terrain

I love the bridge section.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/15 00:41:05


Post by: Mymearan


 JoeRugby wrote:
Some great terrain

I love the bridge section.


Thank you! I have a lot of sketches of ideas for more stuff, so expect a lot more terrain, if not at a very fast pace


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/15 03:00:10


Post by: SNxWMxN


I'm a huge fan of Necromunda terrain that looks like you'd get tetanus just by touching it. Well done!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/19 21:59:50


Post by: Mymearan


 SNxWMxN wrote:
I'm a huge fan of Necromunda terrain that looks like you'd get tetanus just by touching it. Well done!


Thank you!

A couple of days ago I registered for a tournament in april using my Eldar. This means I'll have to finish painting it until then, and rather than the ragtag group of half-painted models I have now, I would love for them to actually look good. That means getting a move on and focusing on the Eldar for the time being. So I am, starting today!

This is the army list I'm currently considering:

1997 points

Spiritseer 70
Farseer 100

10 Dire Avengers: Dire Avenger Exarch (power weapon and shimmershield) 160
• Wave Serpent: Holo-fields; twin-linked scatter laser; shuriken cannon 145
5 Wraithguard: D-scythes 210
• Wave Serpent: Holo-fields; twin-linked scatter laser; shuriken cannon 145
10 Guardian Defenders: Heavy Weapon Platform (starcannon) 110
10 Guardian Defenders: Heavy Weapon Platform (starcannon) 110

6 Fire Dragons 132

3 Vypers: 3× scatter laser; 3× shuriken cannon 210
5 Shining Spears: Shining Spear Exarch (Hit & Run) 150
5 Warp Spiders 95

3 War Walkers: 3× scatter laser; 3× starcannon 210
Falcon: Holo-fields; bright lance 150

The Warp Spiders, Vypers and Shining Spears aren't even assembled yet, the rest are partly painted, enough to count at the tournament if I get desperate and run out of time. The only finished models are the Wraithguard and two Wave Serpents, and the Dire Avengers are only primed.

I'll be starting with the assembly of the Vypers, Warp Spiders and Shining Spears, after which I'll be trying to paint them and the Dire Avengers as quickly as possible to a basic level (base + wash). After this I'll go in where I feel like and add a second basecoat, two stages of highlights, details, all that jazz.

For starters, I had to convert the Vypers. I want Scatter Lasers + Shuriken Cannon, but the model doesn't come with an underslung Shuriken Cannon. So I had to take the top-mounted one (where the Scatter Lasers will go) and do this:











Looks pretty good, if I may say so myself! Might go back and smooth the gap where I pinned the Cannon, or not Well, that's it for today!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/02/21 00:13:14


Post by: Mymearan


I'm putting this blog on hold for 9 weeks and created a new blog for my "Road to the tournament": http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/636773.page


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/12 19:26:22


Post by: TP^DC Deputy Manager


I hate to be picky, but it's been 11 and a half weeks. Where are you? *echoes reverberate around*

All jesting aside. Hope your well and the tournament was good. I thought I'd post here too so I can keep up to date on your terrain which is very cool.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/20 20:55:44


Post by: Mymearan


Oh hey TP! Sorry about that, I got sick during the tournament and was out of the game for a whole week! After that I haven't had time to do much, but I'm finally getting into the swing of things again.

I've decided to split up my blog into two: one for Eldar (and maybe Space Marines) and one for Necro/Inquisimunda and terrain (since the terrain tends to be Necromunda-oriented). This will be the latter, and as you can see I changed the name.

So recently I've become interested in creating an Inquisimunda warband. For those that don't know, Inquisimunda is a fan-made addon to Necromunda that introduces all manner of new warbands, from Inquisitors to Imperial Guard Kill Teams to Chaos Covens to Xenos. Here are the rules. Unfortunately the project seems to be dead, and it could've done with more clarifications and updates, not to mention balancing. In any case, for narrative campaigns and friendly games, it will probably work just fine. My Necromunda group seems interested as well.

As a first project I thought I'd try to convert one of my favorite minis, the Dark Eldar Sorceress, into a radical Ordo Xenos Inquisitorial Acolyte. This is what the original mini looks like:



Ans this is what my version looks like:



The head is from a Dark Eldar Scourge, the staff is from a Dark Eldar Raider and the grotesquely large gun is a Sicarian stubcarbine. I greenstuffed some kind of robe and a belt, although I'm very inexperienced using green stuff.

After getting that far I suddenly felt the urge to put together my long neglected Mantic zombies (bought for use in Necromunda mainly) instead of painting the acolyte. So I did:



I wasn't about to paint 20 zombies to any sort of high standard, so I did a test model with some Quickshade I recently aquired for free:



Step 1: basecoat



Step 2: glue the base to a screw and put it in a power drill.



Step 3: Dip the model in the Quickshade and remove most of it by spinning it in a box.



Step 4: You now have a very ugly model...



Step 5: ...that you can dull coat.



Step 6: After some very basic highlighting, he's done. Very little effort and a passable result. I will definetly use this method for the rest of the undead dudes.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/20 21:41:33


Post by: TP^DC Deputy Manager


Sorry to hear you were unwell especially after all of your efforts.

Please don't take my last post seriously - I was writing anything in an attempt to subscribe to the thread

Your Eldar conversion is cool, completely transformed the figure! I can't wait to see your paint job.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/20 21:52:54


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks, yeah it was a bit of a bummer. I did participate the first day so I got to play 3/5 games, and also had time to do a lot of shopping that night so I didn't go home empty-handed


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/20 22:09:17


Post by: TP^DC Deputy Manager


Glad to hear that it wasn't a complete waste. Keep it up bud!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/21 21:30:49


Post by: Mymearan


So today I was going to base my zombies with Agrellan Earth, but when I opened my new pot, it was completely dried up... So I went back and exchanged it, sat down later and... The new pot was also dry. Not as bad as the first one, so I said screw it and used it anyway. It seemed to work, so all my zombies now have some dirt on their bases ready for painting and dipping



And I also based the Wargames Factory Stormtroppers I'm going to use as Necromunda Enforcers. These guys have a bean-shaped pad moulded under their feet, which I then stuck to the base, and that's why they all look like they're standing on a little hill.





Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/21 21:38:32


Post by: TP^DC Deputy Manager


Rubbish about the dried pots. Probably would have done the same thing myself when opening the second

Minis looking good


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/21 21:55:31


Post by: TheMightyWarhamster


Gotta say, i really love your terrain!
How did you do the posters?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/22 06:47:28


Post by: Mymearan


 TheMightyWarhamster wrote:
Gotta say, i really love your terrain!
How did you do the posters?


Thanks! They're taken from a sheet of posters I found online.

Here http://gaming.yaktribe.org/community/vault/warning-signs-and-propaganda-posters.469/

And here http://gaming.yaktribe.org/community/vault/more-posters-for-necromunda-scenery.493/


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/22 08:11:48


Post by: Malika2


We demand more terrain!!!!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/22 11:53:57


Post by: Mymearan


Am I going to have to separate terrain out into a separate blog to avoid people being disappointed every time I work on a mini instead?
I'll tell you guys about my next terrain project though. We've had some problems with heavies easily dominating our Necromunda games lately, taking a high position and slaughtering everything on the ground, so my plan is to build some indoors corridor sections to facilitate moving around the board without constantly being threatened from above. Haven't started it yet though! Might try to finish a couple of the unfinished stuff in the OP first.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/25 16:38:54


Post by: Bottle


Lovely terrain! That bridge section would make such an amazing centerpiece to a board. How did your Eschers go? Did you get them all painted up? :-)


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/25 21:32:31


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you bottle! No more eshers painted sadly, I was interrupted by 2,5 months of frantically painting eldar... And now there is so much stuff I want to do! Today, for example, I hastily kitbashed together some more acolytes for my Inquisimunda warband. Now obviously these aren't finished and most are stuck together with blu-tac, but the idea is there.









Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/26 16:24:47


Post by: Malika2


Those are awesome! What's their story?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/05/27 14:08:36


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you! Haven't thought about it that much yet. The flamer guy is some sort of rock hard mercenary type, the plasma gun guy is... Weird in some way, the sniper is blind and mute but has exceptional hearing, and the woman is an unsanctioned psycher.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/07/30 14:38:27


Post by: Mymearan


It sure has been a while... almost two months! The reason for this is... summer. We've been doing some driving around the country during our vacations, and in between there hasn't been much time for hobbying, unfortunately. I didn't want to update this blog until I had something to show, so here's a little peek at what I've been doing whenever I could sneak in some building time these last few weeks. This is the start of what will hopefully become a small base complex. Besides these corridors I'm planning to do 2-3 bigger rooms and maybe a couple of smaller ones if I feel like it.



An overview of what I've got so far. 6 corridor pieces and 4 connecting pieces (only 3 in this photo). The connectors will have another door directly opposite the bulkhead door, to allow four-way corridors.




Exterior close-ups. The walls themselves are made of foam board, with the edges covered up with cable ties on top and cardboard on the sides. Most of the pieces I've glued on to the walls are spare furniture parts you can buy in bulk from IKEA. Obviously these will be further detailed with plasticard etc.



Interior shot. The floor is a rubber anti-slip mat from IKEA that is great to work with. The wall bits are some plastic parts I found in a construction store. No idea what they're for but they are basically perfect for that 80s "randomly moulded walls" sci-fi look. The interiors will get maybe a few small gubbins but remain mostly empty to make room for models and scatter terrain.

The bad news is that we're going away for two weeks starting tomorrow, so can't do much more until we get back. That's the last of our vacation however, and then I'll be able to get back to more regular hobbying and updates. There's SO much stuff I want to do, and we're starting a Necro/Inquisimunda campaign in september, so I'm extremely motivated




Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/22 15:41:20


Post by: Mymearan


Well guys, I'm back from vacation... and she's ready for painting! I feel like I could work on this forever, adding greebles upon greebles, but I feel like I want to play with the painted thing now. We actually played a game of Inquisimunda using the corridors last week, and it works great! The height is good for putting in and removing minis, and the bulkheads give you a nice bit of cover every 8".

Overall I'm very happy with how this looks. Since my last post I've added tons of plasticard plates for wall detailing, along with random 40k bits for scale and rivets, rivets everywhere! I've also added another door to the connecting pieces (the one-bulkhead width ones) using Warsenal doors. So now they can be anything from two-way to four-way intersections.

Oh, and I took some 1.5mm aluminium wire and glued it on at the ends with PVA, and also used some cardboard pieces for brackets to hold it along its length. Looks good but the brackets are pretty crooked in places. We'll see what happens once it's painted.

In the future I'm thinking of adding a roof, but for now this will do. I'll probably start doing the 2-3 big rooms I'm planning while also trying to paint more of my Necromunda minis.



















Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/22 16:33:17


Post by: Alex Kolodotschko


 Mymearan wrote:
I could work on this forever, adding greebles upon greebles,[/url]

If there's more that you think that you could do then go for it.
It tends to make the painting stage a lot easier if you're just looking to do a quick drybrush, if you're going to take you're time on it then it's always nice to have some more detail to distract yourself with.
Pretty much a win win so don't stop if you have more ideas.
I've regretted not putting enough detail into projects umpteen times.
A good trick that I've learnt is to take a black and white photograph of the finished piece (easily done these days with the most basic of phones).
This will allow you to really see the amount of detail on the model rather than getting distracted by the colours of the different materials.
If the B+W photo looks a little sparse then you should add more!
Personally the floor panels are lacking and the rest could do with detailing up to the same level as the Necromunda bulkheads. You can do a lot of this with paint/graffiti/weathering etc but just something to bear in mind.
Looking great.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/22 21:49:55


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks for the encouragement, but bulkhead-level detail isn't gonna happen. I have an hour at best for hobbying each night, so I need to stop at some point or it'll never get finished I'll do a ton of weathering and put posters and stuff on it so it'll look better.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/25 21:04:55


Post by: Mymearan


Well, today I took them down to the basement and did some spraying! At first I had tried simply drybrushing one bulkhead in progressively lighter shades of grey over the black undercoat, but I thought it looked super boring. So I went and bought some spray paints and went to town! Here I've used a black undercoat, then dark reddish brown and tan on top, then a dusting of light grey. The inside got more red/black and the outside more tan (sand/dirt since is is going on my wasteland board). Pretty happy with this so I will start some washing, detail painting and weathering tomorrow.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/25 23:12:24


Post by: TP^DC Deputy Manager


Wow! They turned out really well. Sometimes when painting you just have to go with the big guns and leave the detail brushes in their place


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/25 23:29:01


Post by: Januine


Cracking stuff here. Absolutely loving ur terrain work and ur conversions. Great work


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/26 05:36:02


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks guys! Yeah I love spray painting, it's a lot of fun just going crazy with a few cans I should really get an airbrush.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/26 20:49:31


Post by: Mymearan


Started experimenting with painting tonight. Took this small piece and spent about 5 minutes painting it, then 30 minutes trying to make it look as gakky as possible with washes and dirty browns. Unpainted on the right for comparison. Obviously not finished but it's a start.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/26 21:14:48


Post by: Januine


I'd call that a pretty damn successful experiment!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/27 11:49:43


Post by: Theophony


the base spray painting looks great on its own, but that four way entrance is awesome, I like the colors you chose as well. Maybe once I get done with my zombies I'll tackle the 200 or so bulkheads I have squirreled away.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/27 13:04:01


Post by: corpuschain


This is inspiring me to make my own terrain soon!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/27 13:43:40


Post by: TP^DC Deputy Manager


Looking really good. You've seriously enhanced that entrance way!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/27 14:16:36


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot guys! One thing that's great about the base spray painting I've done is that I can plop them down on the table as is and they wouldn't look out of place. Then I can take my time with the details, at least until I get impatient (which happens very quickly)

I'm not sure if I'm going to do the rest in the same color or do one color per numbered entrance (eg blue, green, yellow). What do you think?

@corpuschain: you really should! It's not really that hard, for example these started as walls and floor that I just glued random stuff to...

@Theophony that's quite a lot of bulkheads! I have 110 or so but I almost used up all my entranceways on this one project :(


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The cleaners at this place should really get fired. Or maybe they already were?



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/31 21:00:51


Post by: Mymearan


Today I picked out some of my Esher girls for the new campaign were starting. I have close to 30 (!) and I'll be focusing on painting these for the time being. This is not my whole starter gang, I will add a couple of Juves as well.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/31 21:04:30


Post by: migooo


Dam I've been looking for the shotgun /autopistol gal for ages good find there.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/08/31 21:07:37


Post by: Mymearan


She is awesome indeed. Still missing 6 out of the 20 sculpts though :(


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/01 01:38:48


Post by: youwashock


Can never see enough Escher.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/01 15:18:32


Post by: Turalon


This is a great thread, keep up the good work. It also makes me want to get into Necromunda again...

Have you been getting many of the older models through ebay, or have you been holding onto them for a while?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/01 15:24:54


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you very much! Actually I bought most of these from local players who gave me some great deals on them. I got the Mad Donna model from a guy who didn't want money for it, so he got a couple of old Chaos Champions because he wouldn't accept more! I think the average I payed for all the models is around $3-4 per model (including two Heavy Plasma gunners).


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So tonight I did the skin on 5 of the girls using my Scale 75 Flesh paint set, which has 8 paints in it. I really like their paints and I even used the little tutorial in the box for light skin. Although I don't have the patient for glazing over and over again to get smooth transistions, I think it went alright. Also did the eyes on the first two before I got too annoyed to continue. Making progress!



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/02 21:20:17


Post by: Mymearan


Didn't do too much exciting stuff today, mostly painted their weapons black. Then I spent like an hour trying to paint hair... It's impossible! I think this is the third or fourth time I've painted this girl's hair and it just doesn't look good enough. Either it's an indistinct blur of samey colors or the highlights are way too pronounced. I'll probably have to repaint it again... Would really appreciate some tips! Anyway, since pink hair girl was only my second necromunda mini, I've taken a comparison picture to show that the ones I'm painting now have much nicer skin now that I'm using the Scale 75 Flesh Paint set. I'll repaint pink hair's skin when I do the next batch of girls (right now I'm painting five at the same time and then there's two more plus pink hair girl to complete my starter gang).





The whole gang at the moment:



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/05 18:14:47


Post by: Mymearan


The girls have found themselves in a hairy situation!





Basically I painted hair on four of them, and it looks way better than miss Pink Hair up there. I figured out that using a flat drybrush allowed me to pick out individual strands without much trouble, and then it was just a matter of picking the most "Escher" colors! Basically it goes base color > wash > drybrush > highlight (another drybrush) > wash to bring back the color. Pretty happy with them as it stands.

Edit:

Ended up finishing the hair on these two fine rainbow sisters tonight:





Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/06 19:29:28


Post by: Theophony


Definitely will be watching this progress as my Escher mob is in need of some inspiration to bump them further up the painting que.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/06 21:01:30


Post by: Mymearan


Would love to see your take on them Theo!

Tonight I got the weapons done on some of the girls. Took a very long time (3 hours total) for what is a mediocre to ok result IMO, but at least the weathered metal looks fine. I picked a rather neutral color to avoid clash in with the hair colors, but I'm sure what to do with the clothes since I don't want them to be boring grey or brown. What do you guys think?






Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/06 21:37:46


Post by: youwashock


Looking real good. 80's underhive at it's finest.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/06 21:44:38


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you! Although looking at the pics, maybe I should go to individual instead of group photos? Dakka lowers the resolution so much that you can't really see much otherwise unless you click through.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/07 22:21:48


Post by: Knightley


I do like the hair colours, adds some nice character to the models, what have you got planned for the clothing?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 05:32:24


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you! I don't know yet honestly, I guess we'll see when I'm sitting there brush in hand.,.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 06:26:27


Post by: Calibanite Lion


Nice work, escher is my favourite gang, they have so much character. Love the vibrant colours you have used so far, I think some leopard print might be in order next lol!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 07:05:07


Post by: evildrcheese


Very cool. Love the terrain you've done, brilliant work.

D


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 10:23:39


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot guys, it really means a lot to get good feedback! That's why I do this blog after all

And yeah C Lion, leopard print is definitely something I want to try... I'm just terrified of it!

Anyway, managed to sneak in an hour of painting while the little one was sleeping, and did the boots and pants of this girl. Painting shiny black leather boots is certainly time-consuming and I'll get plenty of practice on these models... It doesn't help that it's hard to see what you've actually painted since the black is quite reflective and I'm painting with very dark greys. note that there are leather straps on the boots that I didn't do yet, since I'll be doing all the brown leather at the same time.

Also these close-ups made me notice some slips with the brush on her skin, will have to fix those.





Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 10:52:10


Post by: Januine


great stuff Mymearan. Love those Escher. Necromunda stuff is cracking. If you havnt read the books yet.....do so
lovely job on the hardest girls in the Imperium!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 11:09:42


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot! Haven't read the books, no, now I'm thinking I should

Also I've ordered some daylight bulbs and will be building a light box, so in a few weeks you'll get much better pics from me hopefully!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 11:18:36


Post by: Januine


well rec/mnd them. I downloaded the lot in one big package, started at the start and read right through. Fan-fething-tastic!!!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 12:55:33


Post by: Theophony


Great work on the ganger so far. I always had issues with finding a clothing color too. I wasn't sold on the yellow of the studio.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 13:10:34


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you! I actually really like yellow but I think it might be a bit much with the hair colors as well.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/08 21:35:34


Post by: youwashock


This place is dangerous. It has me taking stock of my old Necromunda minis and wondering if I could rope the group into a campaign.

Lovely stuff. Really stirs up memories.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/09/19 22:01:17


Post by: Mymearan


Something very different today... We are starting a Necromunda campaign in a few weeks, and myself and a friend from the club have been busy trying to put together the rules and fluff. So I would like to present to you, the nearly finished Port Hope campaign rules and background. I would LOVE to get some feedback on this, even just having someone taking the time to read it would be awesome. It's not more than a few pages as we're trying to keep it VERY simple. The Wasteland Treacherous Conditions table is stolen straight from the Ash Wastes supplement, so there's no need to read that, although I would love to hear your opinions on the Wasteland Exploration Table at the end of the document. As you can see when you read through it, the rules for one of the three game settings, Former Hive City Eden, aren't done. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Fluff
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rWiXHRZwExHeWE66_1Zw0a43Z1SU_86KtvCxBbrZa10/edit?usp=docslist_api

Rules
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KL_MrziO6BYNyf1mdturVnOsR7t-UbjNKFngRO6jjMQ/edit?usp=docslist_api


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/10/31 23:45:50


Post by: Mymearan


I've arisen from the dead! I've realized that there is no way I can separate my hobbying into several blogs, since I do everything super slowly. So this is now my general hobby blog again! I've also not posted in a long time, because I wanted to show you something that was actually finished and not just countless WIP steps. So without further ado... here are my first completed Necromunda gangers!




The first ganger is Closer Carmilliani, wielding a shotgun and an auto pistol. I really like the colors on this one. The pink and sea green hair, the red shells on her belt and the yellow clothing. It all contrasts very nicely. As you can see I chose a very neutral beige tone for the weapons, since with the hair and clothing I thought it would be to busy with for example red guns.




And this crazy lady is Snatcher O'Donnell. She's a bit cross-eyed but god damn if I don't hate painting eyes. Only one hair color on this one, and I think it works well.




Blackout Tenenbaum has what is definitely my favorite name and probably my favorite hair as well. I just love that four-tone hairdo and you can bet if you see it in the distance... it's blackout time for you! Also notice the cool little pink mushroom.




This here is Reaper Jones and her Autoslugger... kinda small for an Autoslugger I guess, but I didn't want to use an unpainted Heavy Stubber model. I don't know if I like the yellow hair, maybe I should've made it sea green all the way through. What do you think?




Boomer Yamagawa here is the second Necromunda mini I painted (after a Juve I'm not posting here since I don't like her at all), when I hadn't yet bought my Scale 75 flesh paint set. That's why she looks a bit ruddy, which I suppose is fine since it provides some variation.




Lastly we have Punisher Callahan. She's actually not finished yet, as you can see, and both her boot and sword are unpainted. I still wanted to include her in this post since I'm pretty proud of her paint job, especially the robe. The fur looks pretty sloppy close up but it works from a distance.

So there you have it! Five completed gangers and one almost complete. What do you guys think? I've taken WAY too long to finish these, but such is life with small kids and horrible patience...


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/10/31 23:54:40


Post by: Bash the Bosh


Escher have always been my favourite 'Munda gang. You've done a fantastic job. I'm looking forward to seeing Mad Donna Ulanti finished.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/01 06:40:09


Post by: Januine


Those are fantastic Mym - gorgeous work. Really like how you've treat the guns. Nice worn stained downhive look to them. Cracking


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/01 20:34:28


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you guys! I need to finish Punisher and paint my Leader, Heavy and Juve.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/01 22:37:19


Post by: Bottle


Beautiful Escher, mymearan!

Which 6 of the set are you missing? I have them all now except for the leader with the long coat, which goes for a steep price in eBay!

Is great to see how far your painting progressed from the first girl you did to this batch of 5. I am also planning to return to my Escher soon and the big difference will be starting from a white undercoat like you did here.

Can't wait to see more! :-)


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/01 22:44:23


Post by: angelofvengeance


Lovely Escher gang going there Mym


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/02 01:58:55


Post by: youwashock


Very, very cool.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/02 07:36:07


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks guys, really means a lot!

Bottle: Yeah I like the white undercoat to get those really bright, 80s colors :-) I'm missing these ones myself:









Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/02 08:23:32


Post by: Bottle


Oh, most of the expensive ones! Just be patient. I managed to get most of those for under £5 per figure. It's just about waiting for the right auction to come along and not falling victim to those ridiculous £15+ prices that clog up the Escher section on eBay and never sell.

Another tip is to sometimes search "esher". Those misspellings can lead to auctions with few bids on them :-)


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/02 08:30:20


Post by: Mymearan


Yeah the ones I have now I've bought locally for some great prices (eq of £1.5-£2 per figure), and I'm not looking to spend huge amounts of money on the remaining models.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/07 07:39:50


Post by: Azazelx


Those Escher look awesome. The hair looks great and the khaki and beige gun furniture works really well. I'm going to have to drag mine out of their case now and take another look at them after seeing your work here.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/07 09:36:46


Post by: evildrcheese


Very nice Escher models. I like how the hair complements other parts of the figures, the little details really make it.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/08 12:56:16


Post by: Mymearan


@Az: thanks, means a lot to hear that! Yeah I'm pretty pleased with the color choice for the guns, with all the colors going on a muted neutral warm color looks great I think. Glad you've found your way here, as you know I'm a huge fan of your work, looking forward to seeing you take a crack at the Escher!

@evildrcheese: thanks a lot! Yeah they took quite a while to paint because there are so many small details like hair bands, ammo shells, belts, etc.




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Made a test model for my Stormcast. Tried doing true metallic metals (basically using NMM techniques with metal paint) and I like how the shield came out. I'm not in love with the color scheme though and will probably do another one. Also not happy with the technical aspects of the painting. I just don't seem to be able to get those clean, straight lines.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/24 21:31:40


Post by: Mymearan


I've recently bought several of the Age of Sigmar scenery kits, and I have to say they're really nice. Yes, they're China plastic and not regular Nottingham plastic, but when they come together they look real good. I've managed to paint two of them, and I also have the Dragonfate Dais in the queue. I painted the Occulum (the one with the big sphere thing) first, and then promptly forgot how I painted it by the time I painted the Ophidian Archway... resulting in a lot of drybrushing before I had a look I was reasonably happy with. I still think the Occulum looks better, even though I'm sure the process I used on it was way faster.

Oh, and Liberator Gold is an awesome paint.

That's enough talking, on with the pictures (and this time I resized them before uploading, so they're razor sharp instead of blurry for your viewing pleasure):






Oh, and a small teaser to come... I've an Oldhammer purchase coming sometime this week... stay tuned!



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/24 21:59:23


Post by: Januine


very very nice work there Myr. The stark constrast b/t the bright shiny gold and the really dark stonework comes out beautifully. Top stuff


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/24 22:17:45


Post by: angelofvengeance


That's awesome. Nice job Mym!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/24 22:34:34


Post by: Bottle


Yeah, those are looking fantastic! What are you basic steps for the stone?



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/11/24 22:48:02


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot guys!

Bottle, that's really the problem... I don't know! I did the Occulum, and I'm pretty sure it was only 3-4 steps to do the stone, with a final drybrushing of Fenrisian Grey on the bare bricks to make them stand out. Other than that, it's a base coat of black, then overbrush Mechanicus Standard Grey, and I'm sure Screaming Skull is involved, as is Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade, maybe Ushabti Bone as well... You can see why I'm frustrated. when I tried to replicate the scheme on the Archway, it went something like

Black undercoat > Mechanicus grey overbrush > Nuln oil wash > screaming skull drybrush > oh gak this is way too white and rough I need to fix it > Mechanicus grey overbrush again > Nuln oil wash > screaming skull drybrush, much lighter this time > Agrax Earthshade was > screaming skull drybrush > damn it still too grey > random splotches of Reikland Flesh shade > random.p, spot drybrush of Fenrisian Grey > random, spot drybrush of Skrag Brown > phew finally.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/02 10:40:51


Post by: Mymearan


I'm going to share a WIP with you guys because I need some advice.

I've been struggling to come up with a color scheme for my Stormcast, this is my third attempt and I finally think I'm happy with it. Obviously this guy isn't close to done, the only highlighting I've done is on the body as you can see, and the shoulderpads don't have the blue shading yet. The issue, however, is the red. Should I keep it? I've gotten a comment saying it looks out of place, and I may actually agree. I put it there to have a warm contrast to the rest of the colors, which are all cold, but maybe it doesn't work and I should just go cold all the way. The base will be green grass so maybe that will provide enough contrast on its own? If I change the red, I'm thinking Sotek Green since it's such a nice turqoise. Maybe I should use that same color on the shield, or should I keep that black? I will probably paint the little lighting bolts on the shield white at least, to balance out the composition. Unsure what to do with the head... What do you guys think? Any other feedback on the color scheme?



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/02 10:48:47


Post by: Januine


Persoally I think the red is fine as a point colour. However, if you were to change it....I would go with a darkish green/blue. Stegadon green for instance as the base colour


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/02 11:22:02


Post by: brushcommando


I kind of like the red as well. Black Paint schemes often look best if there's a pretty bright color in there somewhere so they will "pop" at arms length. Amazing work on your terrain btw. Reminds me of the Elder Scroll's games.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/02 12:13:08


Post by: evildrcheese


This AoS terrain pieces are really cool. I really like the dragon one.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/03 22:27:40


Post by: Mymearan


Alright, Stormcast test model DONE! I'm pretty happy with it, I think this will be my color scheme. I'm glad I did the glowy eyes, it really needed that contrast to make the face pop. Still open to any ideas you guys might have though, so C&C is VERY welcome! The only thing I'm not really happy with are the decorations on his shoulder pad.





Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/06 22:01:55


Post by: Mymearan


Okay... so I thought the Stormcast guy was a bit bland, and I changed some stuff. Sorry for not posting anything more interesting, but I really want to get started on the rest of the Stormcast army and I'm having a hell of a time nailing down a scheme!






Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/11 09:50:45


Post by: Azazelx


This guy looks great. I think adding the gold trim really made a positive difference compared to the earlier pics with black trim and detail. I also really like the smooth transition from blue to white on his cloth parts.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2015/12/11 10:30:51


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks. I agree that the gold trim made it better, but I'm still sort of iffy on painting my whole army like this. There's something I don't like about it. For now I think I'll take a little break from the Stormcast and build some actual Space Marines, since I got a huge shipment (pics upcoming)...


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/17 21:59:31


Post by: Mymearan


A couple of months ago I made a pretty substantial bargain and got a huge Oldhammer Chaos army for cheap. Chaos Dwarfs, Chaos Thugs, Minotaurs, Ogres, Beastmen, Chaos Warriors, Chaos Knights and Chaos Champions all in a nice pile! I immediately dumped the whole thing in simple green and let it be for 5 weeks. Now I've finally scrubbed them all clean (or as clean as I can make them) and here are the results, including some slightly more modern Beastmen, Chaos Chariots and a Chaos Lord I had bought earlier.








All of them will be rebased to round bases for use in Age of Sigmar, and if I try KoW in the future I can easily put them on movement trays. Also I just like round bases better :-)

Some more news on the Stormcast front: there won't be any Stormcast. I looked at my list of unfinished models and realized I don't want yet another army unpainted in the cupboard. I've already got Eldar and Space Marines for 40k, nice collections of Necromunda and Deadzone, and a big order of Dropfleet Commander coming in later this year. Having two armies for AoS on top of all this (Chaos and Stormcast) seemed pretty unnecessary, and I wasn't about to get rid of my Oldhammer bargain. So the Stormcast are getting sold, sadly, because I quite like the models.

I've also got tons of terrain projects going on, and I really want to get back to converting more Inq28 stuff... I really feel like my lack of focus has slowed my hobbying to a crawl recently. I just can't decide on one thing to do and then finish it, instead I flit from project to project, doing half this and half that. It's quite annoying. I guess my big goal for 2016 will be to try to gain that focus that I'm sorely lacking. Pick something, anything, to do, and finish it completely. It's way harder than it seems, especially when you're a super slow painter like me!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/18 22:11:39


Post by: Mymearan


Alright, 2016 hobby resolution here I come... The remaining 4 Escher in my gang. No jumping ahead to the shiny new Chaos stuff... I have to finish my gang.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/18 23:03:34


Post by: Januine


Niiiiiceeeee!!! Those Escher sculpts really were ahead of thier time. Bloody lovely. Can't wait to see them all finished


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/19 09:10:07


Post by: Mymearan


Indeed they are, still some of my favorite GW sculpts ever.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/23 21:56:06


Post by: Mymearan


In the process of starting up the last four Escher, I also finally finished the last of my starting six.




I'm pretty happy with how she came out. This was the first time I tried doing the power sword thing, and it was an ordeal! I finished it once, thought it looked ok, and promptly dropped her on the floor and chipped the sword. So I repainted it, and while the back of it looked way better than my first attempt, the front was a bit of a disaster... so I repainted that twice. There's a good amount of paint on that sword now for sure! I think it looks quite cool now. I actually got a lot of help from the recent power sword on Warhammer TV for the blending and highlighting.

She's also the only girl to have a non-black thigh-high boot so far, and I'm pleased that she still manages a coherent color scheme and not a mess of different colors. I also love her robe, I really did a good job there if I may say so myself!

The next four are coming along, did basecoating on black bits and leather bits:



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/24 22:31:50


Post by: Bottle


Dayum!! That power sword looks incredible, mymearan!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/24 23:33:04


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks bottle! Very pleased with it even though I had to redo it a couple of times


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/25 12:34:04


Post by: Bottle


The paint doesn't look overly thick, so you'd never know! Can't wait to see the others :-) I need to paint some more Necromunda soon, but with no upcoming games it's hard to build up motivation.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/25 12:38:52


Post by: Mymearan


I hear you. My motivation comes from wanting to paint up the whole gang I'm using, but of course when I finish it I will have brought in new members and have to paint those, etc


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Meet the newest member of my Inq28 warband - Inquisitorial Canine Sniffer Unit XY9, nickname "Princess" (very much WIP)






Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/29 07:29:45


Post by: Mymearan


And here's a WIP Kroot Mercenary:





Obviously he ate a Marine and took his Bolter
The riot shield is from a Mantic Enforcer Peacekeeper.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/29 09:16:51


Post by: Januine


Very tidy stuff there Mym. Should be cracking painted up


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/29 09:36:00


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks Jan! I have 10+ figures now for my Inq28 warband, just need to finish a few things and then it's on to painting.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/01/29 09:41:37


Post by: evildrcheese


The Echer gangers are looking great, can't wwait to see the one with the big hair and chain sword.

Love the sniffer dog and kroot merc, very characterful.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/02 21:54:34


Post by: Mymearan


@edc Thanks a lot! Yeah I'm especially fond of the dog myself

Added a couple of new members to the warband, it's feeling complete now and I'm starting on the basing.

First is a blind sniper. The servo skull hovering above his shoulder feeds pict data directly into his visual cortex, along with other data like wind conditions, distance, etc, to ensure the perfect shot.



Next we have the Inquisitor's head servant, her Magistratus Primarius, with scribe. I really liked the idea of multibasing these guys, since they'd basically both be following along in the Inquisitor's footsteps, trying their best to read her every move. Obviously they also needed a servo skull to complete the servant trio! Didn't do any conversions on these guys because they are already so awesome.






Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/03 04:27:51


Post by: Januine


That blind sniper is inspired. Love it


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/03 06:56:35


Post by: evildrcheese


Yeah the blind sniper is brilliant. I think putting the scribe and aid on the same base is a great idea.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/03 07:16:45


Post by: Mymearan


Thank you much sirs! It really motivates me to hear that people enjoy my stuff. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment :-)

The Blind Sniper was a bit of a conundrum though, as I was asking on Facebook whether or not to lose the flag, since I was unsure of it at first. I have another flag that flaps a lot more , but it's more of a banner and I didn't think it fit the aesthetic as well. Most people said to lose the flag... but I didn't because I love it


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/08 21:56:31


Post by: Mymearan


Started painting my rogue Eldar psyker. The robe and skin is done, unhappy with the mask and might repaint it entirely, maybe in metallic.





Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/10 08:46:15


Post by: Januine


She looks great mym. Actually I quite like the mask. Colour is menacing And it goes really well with the skin tones.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/10 10:34:30


Post by: evildrcheese


Cool. Skin tones look great.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/10 13:30:36


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks guys! Depressingly enough, the skin is done with just three Citadel Paints, Kislev Flesh > Reikland Fleshshade > Kislev Flesh > Pallid Wytch Flesh... and it looks better than the skin I did on my Escher using my fancy skin paint set from Scale 75 :(


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/10 16:06:06


Post by: Januine


Sometimes the simplest and least complicated yields the best results


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/11 21:32:08


Post by: Mymearan


Did he hair on the psyker today. Took like an hour with all those strands! Highlights are dark reaper > Thunderhawk blue > Russ grey.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/02/17 22:26:09


Post by: Mymearan


Doing some desert terrain for my club, we wanted to do a themed table so I'm chipping in with some stuff and also organizing a terrain building day. I'm doing polystyrene stuff first and then we'll do buildings, trees, painting etc together. Here's what I've done so far, the last pic is obviously only a rough start.





Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/03/21 07:43:31


Post by: Mymearan


Long time no see guys! What happened since last time? Well, I finished the desert terrain. I quickly realized I would need bases to prevent chipping, and I also made some extra pieces and also slathered them in a couple of layers of PVC+water after painting. Now they should be sturdy enough for club use. Pics:





Phew! That took waaay longer than I anticipated. I did the first batch in one week, then it took another week to make the rest, do hardboard bases and seal everything (hopefully) against damage.

In bigger news though... I got an airbrush!




I splurged and got an Iwata Eclipse. Wonderful little thing. The compressor is an AS189. The first night I had the PSI on full blast and didn't realize it, so naturally that didn't go too well... the second night I realized it and got started on my Vyper jetbikes:



White primer, black pre-shading, VGC Falcon Turqoise base, GW Temple Guard Blue highlight. Sadly it all looks like a uniform blue in this pic. Obviously the riders and canopy aren't in this pic and I haven't painted any details. I will also edge highlight with Baharroth Blue which is a very light blue. I haven't been able to airbrush more than two nights since I've been cranking away at the terrain, but now that's done!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/03/22 08:31:41


Post by: Mymearan


Oh hey, I found a waaaay better pic of the jetbikes:



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/03/24 12:25:19


Post by: Mymearan


Hello? *echoes*

Huh, I guess it's my fault for being so infrquent with my updates. Any blogger/Youtube celebrity will tell you that the first rule for success is content, content, content at a very regular pace. I hope you guys enjoy what I'm posting when I DO manage to post, I certainly have no intention of giving up anytime soon. It's just a bit hard to find frequent hobby time with a two-year old and a wife diverting my attention away from my little manz If you are reading though, please give a shoutout so I know you're there :-D

Anyway, I'll be attending a tournament in september sometime, and until then I intend to have a 2000 point Eldar list as finished as possible. I'll be posting a full list later, for now you'll have to make do with a Picture of Another ongoing project that I just started:



That's right, dropper bottles! Oh man I'm so looking forward to transferring close to 100 Citadel Paints to these bad boys... not really, although the result should be awesome.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/03/24 21:01:07


Post by: Januine


Have thought about doing this a few times but .....urrgghhhh. how to get every last drop out of the original bottles


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/03/29 06:41:28


Post by: Mymearan


Yeah, that's the problem... you won't. On the other hand, think about how much paint you're wasting when it dries around the lid and how many times you peel off that dried crust over the lifetime of a pot.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/04/02 11:59:22


Post by: Mymearan


Clearance at the local store... Might have bought some stuff accidentally:



Never played LotR, but all that was about $70 so it was impossible to resist. Assembled some of it yesterday but really need to not get sidetracked from my Eldar. Currently working on my Striking Scorpions.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/04/02 12:14:01


Post by: Bottle


Oh my! That's quite the haul! All of that for $70 sounds an unbelievable steal.

Your desert terrain looks fricken awesome too. Reminds me of 3rd edition battle reports in White Dwarf. I might have to make some rocky outcrops using the same method myself. How have they held up after a few games?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/04/02 13:10:45


Post by: Mymearan


 Bottle wrote:
Oh my! That's quite the haul! All of that for $70 sounds an unbelievable steal.

Your desert terrain looks fricken awesome too. Reminds me of 3rd edition battle reports in White Dwarf. I might have to make some rocky outcrops using the same method myself. How have they held up after a few games?


Thanks a lot Bottle! It was indeed an insane deal. They had just slapped a $5 sticker on any unit-sized box, including the insanely expensive Troll trio I'm pretty happy with it and looking forward to trying out some LotR. For this amount of money I'm treating it more like a board game, something I can invite others to play with me sometimes while I provide everything necessary.

About the terrain, comparing it to WD is a HUGE compliment seeing as my first contact with GW was right at the end of 2nd ed 40k and I always loved the terrain they had back then (remember the polystyrene ball+cocktail stick "cactuses"? And the amazing plastic container space ship) It's basically made with nothing but a knife for cutting out rough shapes, and then a hot wire cutter to shape the edges and grooves. I made them without bases first, but the sharp edge on the underside quickly chipped and I realized bases were necessary. In the process I also used quite a lot more PVA+water to try and further prevent chipping. I've only used it once myself, and I think it's been used two or three times at the club since then but I haven't been there to check for possible damage. My guess is they're fairly sturdy now, with the possible exception of the stone pillars. Those do have barbecue sticks shoved right through them from top to bottom to make sure the individual pieces don't come loose, but they might chip easier.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/04/02 14:29:09


Post by: Theophony


Desert table looks excellent. Looks like lots of possibilities with the hills you made as well.

THe blue you have on the jetbikes is beautiful . I bought a airbrush a couple years back but haven't put it to great use yet. I just can't get the setting right or something.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/04/02 15:41:30


Post by: Mymearan


 Theophony wrote:
Desert table looks excellent. Looks like lots of possibilities with the hills you made as well.

THe blue you have on the jetbikes is beautiful . I bought a airbrush a couple years back but haven't put it to great use yet. I just can't get the setting right or something.


Thanks Theo! Yeah I'm pretty pleased with the desert table. So pleased that when I finished it, I almost wished I'd made it for myself rather than the club

What sort of airbrush and compressor do you have? Honestly it didn't take much more than a night of spraying for me to get the settings right, mostly the PSI on the compressor and then a bit of trigger control on the airbrush itself.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/04/02 16:01:16


Post by: Theophony


It's a badger compressor and a clone of an eclipse I think. Dsteingass sent the airbrush to me said it was a good starter for $25. I think it's a combo of the settings and not having the paint thinner correctly.

Nice LotR haul too.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/05/02 03:10:43


Post by: LostCarcosa25


Mymearan, you have some incredible models & terrain here! That highway section immediately reminded me of the one from Cities of Death. Your Dark Elf Sorceress conversion is fantastic! I have already cannibalized her head for another conversion, but had no idea what to do with the rest of the model. However, I do now! Don't worry about your amount of updates; your quality definitely beats quantity. I look forward to more of your superb work


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/05/02 07:46:33


Post by: Mymearan


That's some high praise LostCarcosa, thank you kindly! Feedback like yours is incredibly inspiring :-)
I think once or twice a month will be my update pace from now on, sudden flurries of activity aside. I feel more comfortable posting finished models and I don't paint fast to say the least...


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/05/02 08:26:11


Post by: Llamahead


Fair enough. Great stuff here quite like the Golem look for Stormcast but you definitely made the right call keeping the Chaos stuff!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/05/02 22:27:06


Post by: LostCarcosa25


Anytime! Being a lurker for so long, I finally realized that amazing work definitely deserves kudos. That sounds like a good pace; I will be waiting impatiently


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/18 19:45:58


Post by: Mymearan


Silver Tower really inspired my hobby mojo. First two finished minis since January! Only needs basing. I'm planning a Tzeentch-themed force for AoS and the core is two sets of Silver Tower.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/18 20:41:15


Post by: angelofvengeance


Beautiful job here Mym, badass looking wee beasties.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/18 21:20:54


Post by: Azazelx


Yeah, a beautiful job on those Pink Horrors. I know I just echoed what AOV typed, but those are literally the words that came to mind before I scrolled down and saw what he'd typed....


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/18 22:34:10


Post by: Januine


Really nice work Mym - esp like the greenish flame and fingers - beautifully executed


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/20 22:42:45


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot you guys! The pink horrors are my first models that I tried to do zenithal highlighting on with the airbrush, in fact my first airbrushed models period. It didn't have the effect I want (not nearly enough contrast) to so I had to do most the highlights by hand in the end. Still happy with the result though!

Then I watched a tutorial on airbrushing blue horrors and realized you have to go out HARD with a very dark color and then hit it zenithal with a very light one. So I did these blue guys. Base coat Kantor Blue, zenithal Baharroth Blue, zenithal pure white, then an all-over glaze of guilliman blue, and lastly a much more sparingly applied zenithal pure white. That's all I did on the skin, then I painted all the detail. All in all I finished them in three days, which is my speed painting record by a country mile. Quite happy with them as well, I reckon it's pretty good tabletop. Creds to the YouTube tutorial for giving me the basic process for the skin. Don't have good lighting for photos unfortunately but I salvaged it reasonably using the iPhone photo manipulation stuff.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/20 22:46:31


Post by: angelofvengeance


Lovely job Mym! Love the fire!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/20 23:01:26


Post by: Mymearan


 angelofvengeance wrote:
Lovely job Mym! Love the fire!


Thanks, the green is actually Vallejo fluorescent green, I have the pink, blue and green and they're extremely vibrant and fit demons perfectly. Then just some spots of zenithal pure white and a glaze of waywatcher green. The pink horrors are basecoated in the pink although the highlights are done with normal paints.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/20 23:02:15


Post by: Desubot


 Mymearan wrote:
 angelofvengeance wrote:
Lovely job Mym! Love the fire!


Thanks, the green is actually Vallejo fluorescent green, I have the pink, blue and green and they're extremely vibrant and fit demons perfectly.


Good to know



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/20 23:30:19


Post by: Januine


Very nice Mym. I rattlecan zenithal some of mine and yeah - needs to have a very very strong contrast to work well with the successive glazes. Woirks great though. Blue horrors are looking damn fine. Nice job on the mystic fire too


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/21 07:16:59


Post by: evildrcheese


Awesome work on the Horrors.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/06/21 07:46:32


Post by: Albanyadriel


Really digging all the green magic:


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/07/07 20:34:58


Post by: Mymearan


Next model finished for Silver Tower, not 100% finished but only missing basing and some shading/highlighting on the cloak.



Took this picture with my new photo booth! Around $30 for the lights, then a box and some baking paper. Not as easy as I thought taking photos with it, but the results are great once you edit them a bit. Photo taken using an iPhone which is why it's not super sharp, the digital zoom obviously leaves something to be desired. Will use my digital camera next time.





Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/07/09 14:25:26


Post by: angelofvengeance


That looks great Mym lovely job!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/07/10 07:26:47


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks AoV


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/07/28 12:59:01


Post by: Thraxas Of Turai


Lovely work on the Silver Tower stuff so far, am into the Stormcasts myself at the moment so the Knight Questor is especially inspirational. The light box seems like an effective, simple and cost effective way to take pictures. More ST progress please Mym.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/07/28 14:34:01


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks Thrax, your stuff is quite lovely as well and I follow your plog. I will certainly post more ST stuff but I'm in the middle of a five week vacation (all away from home) and so haven't been able to make any progress for a while.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/09/04 20:57:06


Post by: Mymearan


Well, I'm back to painting! I had five weeks vacation with the family, driving around the country and having a generally good time. Just got back on the 22nd of August and started a new job the day after... So I've been a bit busy to say the least over the next month I'll be focusing on painting up my AoS Tzeentch army for a tournament in October. Unfortunately it's all unpainted, so all I'm aiming for is a base coat with the basic colors blocked out just so I can attend the tournament. Which means I won't have any nice photos of finished minis in a while. So for the moment I'll just give you guys a snapshot of my painting desk at the moment:



That's not daunting at all, now is it


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2016/11/12 16:34:00


Post by: Mymearan


Long time no see! As predicted, my AoS army never got further than the basecoating stage before the tournament, which is why I haven't showed it off here. True to my inability to focus on any project for long, I got inspired to start my Imperial Fists a couple of weeks ago. So far they consist of a box of Betrayal at Calth and some tactical marines, although I've got an Imperial Knight, three squads of Deathwatch Veterans, one squad of Deathwatch Vanguards and one Deathwatch Venerable Dread as future allies. All unassambled. I decided to make a 30k force that can also be used in 40k, mainly because no one at my club actually plays 30k

So far I've assembled 30 bolter marines:



The bolters will be painted separately which is why they aren't glued on.

And I also did this:



A Calth Contemptor! Nearly every joint is altered from the derpy standard pose:



The head was cut out and placed looking sideways. The weapons were cut off their mounts and angled outwards. Normally you only get one Kheres Assault Cannon, so I stole one from my other Calth Contemptor (who will probably become a close combat guy). The legs were the trickiest part, but still easier than expected since I didn't alter the knees. I would've liked to to make the pose better but I couldn't be arsed to! After cutting off the legs, I drilled out 4.5mm holes in the legs and pelvis. I then used 4.0mm plastic rod as connectors, which allowed me to wiggle the rods around so I could mount the legs angled outwards. They are secured with green stuff in the (hollow) legs and pelvis, and super glue.

Here is the result:





I will probably add some additional detail to this guy as well.

Next I would like to assemble the Cataphractii Terminators, but I want two Storm Shields and one Assault Cannon, and I only have the Assault Cannon so we'll see about that.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/01/13 20:52:04


Post by: Mymearan


Finished the first Kairic Acolyte (sans base) for my Tzeentch army! Tzaanuary cant come soon enough! My current goal is to keep focusing on AoS so my army is at least in a somewhat finished state for the Fantasia tournament in may, or failing that the one in October.




Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/01/13 21:12:29


Post by: angelofvengeance


Nice work with the Acolyte buddy . He looks great!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/01/13 21:19:53


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks AoV! Tried something new with these guys, airbrushed the skin in three steps with dark red and ruddy skin tones before going in with the brush. Really helped get those base shadows and highlights. Hope you guys can stand my glacial update pace I'm no azazelx or grimdork, that's for sure! On the plus side I get positively giddy the few times I actually do finish something.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/01/13 23:04:00


Post by: evildrcheese


That Acolyte looks amazing. Top work on the skin tones.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/01/14 07:40:07


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks edc!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/01/19 20:22:12


Post by: lord marcus


How are you enjoying the new tzeench models? Are they interesting to build?


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/02/13 22:10:20


Post by: Mymearan


Well guys, I haven't posted but I HAVE been doing stuff. Almost got 20 Pink Horrors polished off, and spent the entire weekend building and priming 9 Tzaangor Skyfires and...
This guy!





WOW what a model! Huge and amazingly detailed, but a dream to build like all newer GW kits. The wings have been airbrushed and will be shaded and highlighted by hand. The rest of the body will be airbrushed the same blue as the top of the wings, with cream belly and throat(s). Really loving painting this guy.

 lord marcus wrote:
How are you enjoying the new tzeench models? Are they interesting to build?


They are a ton of fun, almost too much detail though which will be a pain to paint :p the Tzaangors on discs aren't very poseable but the LoC has a ton of options and the Tzaangor on foot are true multi-pose.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/02/14 07:41:44


Post by: Joyboozer


Awesome stuff!
How did you decide which parts to use on your LoC? There's so many, I just can't decide!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/02/14 08:45:31


Post by: evildrcheese


Those wings are looking fantastic! Excellent work.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/02/14 09:50:50


Post by: Mymearan


Joyboozer wrote:Awesome stuff!
How did you decide which parts to use on your LoC? There's so many, I just can't decide!


Thanks! Well... I wanted the single staff held in both hands, but realized it would make him harder to paint so I didn't do that. Then I wanted the outstretched hand but found the little anus-finger disgusting so used the sword instead. The rest are based on what looked cool, most are Kairos bits I think. Used the two heads because... two are better than one I can also use him as either a LoC or Kairos which is convenient. So that's my scientific process.

evildrcheese wrote:Those wings are looking fantastic! Excellent work.

EDC


Thanks edc!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/02/14 10:10:40


Post by: Bottle


Looks fantastic so far! Can't wait to see some progress!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/02/14 11:33:59


Post by: angelofvengeance


Wow, Mymearan! Love the wings! Great work so far buddy


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/02/19 08:52:15


Post by: Januine


gorgeous colour on the wings Mym. Theyre gonna look the business. It's one hellva model. (ex-GW) Emma has been painting 2 of them and the size surprised the crap out of me


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/03 22:55:50


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot guys!

Wasn't gonna post these until they were done (just bases left to do), but screw it. My first painted unit for my DIsciples of Tzeentch, a crazy bunch of Horrors:




Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/03 23:06:48


Post by: Azazelx


Those Pink Horrors have come up really nicely. Lurid and freaky. I really like the glowing eyes.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 09:01:32


Post by: angelofvengeance


Wow! Those Horrors are amazing, Mym. Really freaky


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 12:07:44


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot guys! The process to paint them is probably way too long and could comfortably be shortened with the same results. I thought the airbrush would basically suffice but in the end they needed two highlights on top to look good. Would probably skip the fluo entirely next time. It's

Airbrush screamer pink (oh how I wish this had an airbrush version)
Zenithal airbrush Fulgrim Pink
Wash Carroborough
Zenithal airbrush white (as undercoat for the fluo which is transparent basically)
Zenithal airbrush Vallejo fluo pink
Highlight Emperors Children
Highlight Fulgrim Pink

Then the eyes are just white with lamenters yellow glaze. Teeth and claws are rakarth flesh > agrax wash > white highlight. Purple is progressive coats of three purple GW colors.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 14:20:12


Post by: evildrcheese


Those Horrors are looking particularly awesome. Really vibrant.

Thanks for sharing the method too, really useful.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 14:41:44


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks edc!

Actually managed to polish off a couple of the Silver Tower familiars as well (again sans basing), so much fun to paint these little guys.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 14:43:01


Post by: angelofvengeance


That's a freaky wee fish


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 15:58:04


Post by: Mymearan


Yes they are tiny and so much fun


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 18:40:31


Post by: Azazelx


Fantastic - love the colour and blending on the fish, and the script on the book!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/04 18:45:59


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks az! W&N series 7 are just brilliant, would you believe that tiny script was painted with a size 1? The fish has my favourite trick - highlighting blue by mixing with beige instead of white (Baharroth Blue + Screaming Skull in his case). Makes such a lovely light sea green.


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Alright guys, need your advice. The only thing that's finished on this Gaunt Summoner is the pink cloak. Now I'm unsure which colors to use. Here are my current plans:

Armour: Teal, like it already is.
Armour trim: Gold? Silver? silver would fit with the silver staff head but gold would pop more...
Feathers: yellow? Might get to gaudy. I want them to pop and I want to do color transitions on them so I need several colors...
Face: ???




Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/25 17:18:05


Post by: Azazelx


 Mymearan wrote:
Thanks az! W&N series 7 are just brilliant, would you believe that tiny script was painted with a size 1? The fish has my favourite trick - highlighting blue by mixing with beige instead of white (Baharroth Blue + Screaming Skull in his case). Makes such a lovely light sea green.


Yep, I would indeed! My main brushes are W&N S7. I use a few others as "workhorse" brushes but the fine stuff goes to my W&N Brushes - that's where my own model tattoos and script come from. I'm also on board with using non-standard colours for highlighting and shading - bone to highlight blue (and brown to shade it) are two of my standbys.



Alright guys, need your advice. The only thing that's finished on this Gaunt Summoner is the pink cloak. Now I'm unsure which colors to use. Here are my current plans:

Armour: Teal, like it already is.
Armour trim: Gold? Silver? silver would fit with the silver staff head but gold would pop more...
Feathers: yellow? Might get to gaudy. I want them to pop and I want to do color transitions on them so I need several colors...
Face: ???


OK, a fair bit of time has passed, but....

Trim: Gold. Definitely gold.
Feathers: Depending on how colourful you want to get, you could go green-yellow-red with the feathers, though keeping it slightly more subtle you could go red-yellow-blue, with blue at the bottom contrasting with the pink robe and then the red up top contrasting with the teal armour.
Face: Potentially take it pale - like a bluish-grey-to-white with deep blue in the shadows with perhaps a subtle touch of purple mixed into the shading.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/27 16:24:58


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks for your opinion on the Gaunt Summoner Az, although sadly I have already painted most of him before your post (only the staff left really). I think you will be pleasantly surprised by my choice of colours


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/27 16:38:04


Post by: angelofvengeance


I like where this is going . Looks great buddy! Keep it going!


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/27 21:22:05


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks! I've been doing a lot of other stuff on the army (mostly airbrushing) so I haven't finished the summoner, but I can't keep myself from posting a GW-style teaser of the finished face:



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/28 00:21:11


Post by: angelofvengeance


Nice! I love it.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/29 20:57:14


Post by: Mymearan


Well... he's done. He's definitely my best model yet. I'm happy with him, really pushed myself and feel like I leveled up my skills. Quite exhausted now.










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Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/29 21:39:03


Post by: Azazelx


Outstanding work! So many colour transitions, and all done so very well. The "shine" highlight on the hard parts of his carapace/armour is a nice, subtle touch and the choice of colours for the feathers make them pop without being gaudy at all. Every element of the model looks great. You should be deservedly proud of the finished product here!

Oh, and nice choice of colours got his face as well.



Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/30 06:30:03


Post by: Mymearan


Wow, thanks a lot Az! As you know I'm a big fan of your plog, so it means a lot coming from you. It was pretty funny how I had already picked basically the colours you recommended

On another note, I'm positively dreading painting the Lord of Change now. Can't imagine doing all the detail work I did on the Summoner on a figure ten times as big... but I don't really have different painting standards, I just paint everything the same way. Oh well, I guess I better carve out a huge chunk of the year and dedicate it to the big chicken


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/30 21:24:59


Post by: Bottle


Wow, he looks fantastic Mymearan! I especially like the spot highlights on the armour plates across his back. The colour of the robes is also fantastic. I need to try the red with blue shadows approach on a model in the future.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/31 05:20:36


Post by: Mymearan


Thanks a lot Bottle! I learnt a lot about colours, shading etc from the Figopedia book I got for Christmas. That's where I got the tip to shade with different colours, not just brown/black/darker version of the base colour. Fantastic book! The robe is Vallejo Fluo Pink on the brightest part, going via GW Screamer Pink to GW Sotek Green in the shadows, with a lot of blending that took a whole evening. I really have to practice wet blending so I can do it more consistently...


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/31 06:06:09


Post by: evildrcheese


Excellent work on the Gaunt Summoner. Love the florescent green feathers.

EDC


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/03/31 06:26:19


Post by: Azazelx


It's all good mate. He's come up really nicely, so the kudos are well deserved.


Mym's hobby blog - March 29th Gaunt Summoner - painting skill level up! @ 2017/05/22 22:21:24


Post by: dsteingass


Some truly amazing stuff in here!