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That's a really cool sculpt. I see artistic talent runs in the family!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That's a really cool sculpt. I see artistic talent runs in the family!

Thanks Gits. My brother loves to draw, but sculpting is a new thing for him.

For example he drew this for Red Button's Nation :

 Januine wrote:
Crikey Minus, those skin tones are seriously gorgeous. Top job there fella. Hektor looks amazing. The turquoise pendant is a nice touch. Really sets off the greys. Cracking!!

While I was posting WIP shots on facebook a friend told me to add nuances in his skin tone. I followed his advice and I've put blue, turquoise, sepia and brown, but also purple and red in his skin. Whatever color that inspired me went on this model. ^^

Bad news for your brother, he missed his calling as a sculptor. Between the stellar sculpt and outstanding paint, it is a pretty amazing model.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Bad news for your brother, he missed his calling as a sculptor.

Maybe it's not too late. For sure the nice comments on Hektor will motivate him for sculpting other models.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Between the stellar sculpt and outstanding paint, it is a pretty amazing model.

Thanks WM !

Hektor is outstanding, brilliant sculpt, amazing paint, as good as it gets really.

Lovin the rhino dude, great work

Thanks guys !
My brother and I are really happy with all the nice feedbacks we get on Hektor.


Lets see what's next ?
Well, I have a dreadnought beeing painted for Gits Mantis comp'. And I also painted a NPC for Eden. I don't know his english name, but in french it's called "Fangeux". It lives in swamps and such, and his skin and bites are poisonous. I thought "toxic frog" and ended painting a yellow and black Fangeux. Guess what ? I hate painting yellow. ^_^

More views here for the most curious : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/05/eden-peinture-du-fangeux.html

Love it Cool alien thing-y sculpt, wonderful vibrant paint!

- Salvage

Cool! Looks very salamander (small "s") - like.

Thanks mates !
Yes, he looks like a Salamander that was my inpiration (with frogs).

My Mantis is slowly getting colors. I don't really know what it will look like in the end, I improvise totally. ^^

Love it Minus. Just like every other damn thing you paint!! It's a great mini too, looks like a blast to paint frankly.....And YOURE doing the paint comp too?? Hmm I might sit this one out just to see what glory you come up with.....naHHHH.....I got ideas now....

That is so cute, and adorable and probably poisonous!

Can't wait to see your Mantis work.

bebopdrums2424 wrote:Love it Minus. Just like every other damn thing you paint!! It's a great mini too, looks like a blast to paint frankly.....And YOURE doing the paint comp too?? Hmm I might sit this one out just to see what glory you come up with.....naHHHH.....I got ideas now....

Thanks.
And of course I'm in. I judged one previous Edition of Mantis comp', I wanted to participate this time. It's been a long time since I last painted 40k models. So that was a good opportunity to dig up a model from my desk drawer.

Camkierhi wrote:That is so cute, and adorable and probably poisonous!

Can't wait to see your Mantis work.

It's definitely poisonous !
Ruleswise, it poison's you if he wounds you, but also when you injure him. He's definitely a bad guy you want to avoid.


And I promised some Mantis WIP !
Here it comes. Of course, it's faaaar from completion.

Love that model... it's just really wild. Looking great so far Minus!

A crappy WIP photo.
I think it's getting along nicely.

That's really sweet Minus, me likey!! What's the vintage of that machine again?

It comes from Space Crusade, or one of its extensions. I don't really know, it's a gift, someone offered me a lot of OOP models years ago (I got a bunch of orks too ). I've never played Space Crusade, but I love those old dreadnoughts.
By the way, I finished painting him. Gits, I hop you'll like it.

I chose this miniature because of it's old age, both fluffwise and modelwise. It also has 6 "members" and a nasty face, just like insects, wich is perfect.
More views on my blog, as usual : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/05/dreadnought-mantis-warrior.html






I painted a check pattern on each flank of the head.


A view to show the freehands. I'm quite happy with the Mantis symbol. Also note the check pattern on the left shoulder, just like Gits' avatar.

That's such a strange model. The guns all looks crisp and current, but the body looks super dated. Would be interesting if FW did a modern take on it.

Cool stuff, a very nice modern interpretation of a classic model, you could probably put that in a current 40k army and not know it was out of place, the paintjob really updates it!

I love it Minus. Everything about it makes me warm and fuzzy. Really great job on the technique used to paint the chassis too. The little touches here and there are just fantastic.

Sweet work as ever Minus. Lovely weathering you've done. The design was such a departure from the usual dreadnoughts but I really quite like it

whalemusic360 wrote:That's such a strange model. The guns all looks crisp and current, but the body looks super dated. Would be interesting if FW did a modern take on it.

That's because I replaced the original weapons with current ones. This simple weaponry switch makes the whole model look more modern in my opinion.

Paradigm wrote:Cool stuff, a very nice modern interpretation of a classic model, you could probably put that in a current 40k army and not know it was out of place, the paintjob really updates it!

In fact that's what I do. All my 40k armies mix old and newer models. When painted the same way, and not using early 90's blood red and golblin green details everywhere, the old miniatures fit pretty well in these armies.

Gitsplitta wrote:I love it Minus. Everything about it makes me warm and fuzzy. Really great job on the technique used to paint the chassis too. The little touches here and there are just fantastic.

If you love it, then this makes me a happy man Gits. Every paint splatter I've put on him, I was thinking "Minus, you're doing this for Gits !".

Januine wrote:Sweet work as ever Minus. Lovely weathering you've done. The design was such a departure from the usual dreadnoughts but I really quite like it

Thanks Januine !




This week-end there was an Eden turnament in my region. I played my Convoy, and I had painted a new model especially for this occasion
I didn't really perform gamewise since the dice were really against me. However I had a great time, I enjoyed playing all those games, and in the end I won the painting prize wich makes me happy.


Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Ulrich :




And this is the team I played at the tournament :





As ususual more views on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/05/eden-un-convoi-pas-comme-les-autres-6.html

What's especially cool about your Convoy team is how different they look from the standard minis - I didn't realize how much cool stuff you'd done until I saw your batreps against other Eden minis, I guess I just assumed everything was crazy awesome in that game

Congrats on the painting award, well-earned for sure! Planning to recap your games, or too painful to relive? And is Eden usually played with such tiny groups of models??

- Salvage

I am unworthy.

Your team looks fantastic. Not surprise you took top marks in the painting comp. Congratulations!

Gitsplitta wrote:That's really sweet Minus, me likey!! What's the vintage of that machine again?

Minus wrote:It comes from Space Crusade, or one of its extensions.

IIRC It's a Mark X Abomination-class dreadnought from the Mission : Dreadnought expansion to Space Crusade, so at this point the base model is at least two decades old. I think it's held up quite well, though the paint job here is certainly helping.

whalemusic360 wrote:Would be interesting if FW did a modern take on it.

That's what I hoped the FW Dorito dreadnought would be, but alas
This, on the other hand, is a great update of the old Space Crusade dread.

Boss Salvage wrote:What's especially cool about your Convoy team is how different they look from the standard minis - I didn't realize how much cool stuff you'd done until I saw your batreps against other Eden minis, I guess I just assumed everything was crazy awesome in that game

Congrats on the painting award, well-earned for sure! Planning to recap your games, or too painful to relive? And is Eden usually played with such tiny groups of models??

- Salvage

Thanks Boss Salvage !
I try to have my own interpretation of the different factions I paint. I think a lot about my color schemes when I start a new band/army/crew because I love to have something that's really personnal. The Convoy for example is the typical "nice survivors" group in Eden. Mine are former prisonners who escaped the underground labs of my Askaris, who made medical and genetics experiments on them, creating some sort of monsters. I love tortured characters, it adds a lot more to the background and history to have someone who's torn inside than just good guys, or bad guys, in my opinion.


And yes, Eden is a real skirmish game. You play, depending on faction, between 3 and 8 models, generally 4 to 6. The game is very rich and deep, and nervous too, the interaction between the characters is very important. I'll post photos of the tournament lower in this post, you'll see several in game pictures.

Gitsplitta wrote:I am unworthy.

Your team looks fantastic. Not surprise you took top marks in the painting comp. Congratulations!

You made me paint 40k, Gits ! It didn't happen for months, don't you realize ? ^^

Turaxa wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:That's really sweet Minus, me likey!! What's the vintage of that machine again?

Minus wrote:It comes from Space Crusade, or one of its extensions.

IIRC It's a Mark X Abomination-class dreadnought from the Mission : Dreadnought expansion to Space Crusade, so at this point the base model is at least two decades old. I think it's held up quite well, though the paint job here is certainly helping.

whalemusic360 wrote:Would be interesting if FW did a modern take on it.

That's what I hoped the FW Dorito dreadnought would be, but alas
This, on the other hand, is a great update of the old Space Crusade dread.

Thanks for the additionnal information Turaxa. I've never played Space Crusade, I only knew that it came from this game.



Ok, and as I said, I played an Eden tournament last week end. I've taken loooots of pictures, you can see them all on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/05/eden-open-du-nord-2016.html

Wow, the whole board is filled with beautifully painting miniatures! Nice!

Thanks Gits !
There were several really nice bands in that tournament, that's a good point forpeople like me, who love the models as much as the game.


I painted a new warrior for my Convoy. Like Ulrich, this one is inspired by a famous fictionnal character too.
I really liked painting this one. The pants took me forever to paint, but I still enjoyed it.

All the views are on my blog, as usual : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/06/eden-un-convoi-pas-comme-les-autres-7.html

Beautiful!

Stunning, the work on the trousers is just amazing.