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JoshInJapan wrote:Oh, I hate it when that happens. In fact, that's the reason I prime everything in black these days-- lighter colors are more work, but missed spots don't stand out as much.

I can't go back to priming in black, I have a hard enough time seeing what I'm painting as it is!

youwashock wrote:Owl armor turned out great. Vitriol is a very interesting model.

Thanks!
Yeah, the Guild Ball range has a few of these randomly super-dynamic minis (Or at least it did before they re-sculpted everything, the current Vitriol isn't as interesting).

Was hoping to get things finished over the weekend, but it didn't happen. There's not much left to do though, so hopefully I can get them wrapped up this week.



Vitriol just needs boots, gloves and cane done.



Callis needs more tidying up, but mostly he needs trousers and pistols.

Can't forget your trousers, no. Good looking progress!

Vejut wrote:
Can't forget your trousers, no. Good looking progress!

Yep, trousers are a must!

Got stuff finished.
First there's Vitriol (Guild Ball):-




Really pleased with this one.

And Armand Callis (Games Workshop):-




He didn't turn out too bad either.

Continuing with the Guild Ball stuff, next to the table is:-



Harry the Hat.

Plus a totally normal owl doing normal owl-ly things:-



This one's going to take a while I think.

Looks good, especially liking the damaged skin on the side of vitriol's head.

And on to kingdom of far too many fingers I see! One of the better painters around me rather likes them, and yes, will be a while, but they look great painted...

Vitriol turned out awesome. Love the cane and the burned skin (?). Excited to see how you tackle the KD owl.

Vejut wrote:Looks good, especially liking the damaged skin on the side of vitriol's head.

And on to kingdom of far too many fingers I see! One of the better painters around me rather likes them, and yes, will be a while, but they look great painted...

Thanks! I wasn't sure how to paint Vitirols scars but a dab of Red Wash worked pretty well.

youwashock wrote:Vitriol turned out awesome. Love the cane and the burned skin (?). Excited to see how you tackle the KD owl.

Thanks!


So after staring at the Owl for several days and having no idea where to start on it, I set it aside to do some assembly:-




After all these years I've finally assembled all my Guild Ball minis! (Until they release some more...)

Brought the Owl back to the desk, still couldn't work out what to do with it, so I've returned to minis I'm more familiar with:-



A pair of Ambitious Survivors.

Been letting the painting slide a bit lately (Watching a lot of old Dr. Who instead), but I've finally finished something.

My latest Guild Ball guy, Veteran Rage:-



A fairly simple mini, but he turned out okay.
Here he is with OG Rage:-



Making slow but steady progress on the Ambitious Survivors:-



They're a complicated pair.

Loving the blues and red on those guys. Rage is interesting. Imagine being so angry for so long you get a promotion.

Its the whiskers, obviously, gotta promote a guy with those sideburns!

And kingdom death looks like its coming along nicely!

Thanks guys!

Painting is still going slowly, but I'll get there eventually.



The Female Survivor is almost done, just got to remember to glue the head of her poleaxe back on, the Male has a lot more gubbins going on, so he's taking longer.
I've also almost finished Pride the Lion as my latest Guild Ball mini.

Looking good! And yeah, weapon parts falling off are always annoying.

Good stuff. I like the lion mini. I think that without you, I may have never even heard of Guild Ball, much less seen their models.

Vejut wrote:Looking good! And yeah, weapon parts falling off are always annoying.

Thanks! Yep, don't know if it was a separate piece or it broke but her axe head just would not stay on.

youwashock wrote:Good stuff. I like the lion mini. I think that without you, I may have never even heard of Guild Ball, much less seen their models.

Thanks! Yeah, I don't think there's many of us out there still painting the stuff.

I got stuff done!
Also my trusty camera finally started dying after over 15 years, and I'm still getting to grips with it's replacement, so picture quality is all over the place.

First I finished Pride (Guild Ball):-




He turned out okay in the end.

I also finished Mrs. Ambition (Kingdom Death):-




Less happy with this one, kept having to go back to touch up spots and I think it looks a bit messy as a result.

Mr. Ambition is still on the table, trying to paint both of them at once was just really slowing things down, but I should get him finished off fairly sharpish now.
Plus there's a new Baller:-



Veteran Honour (And Starla her assistance dog!).