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Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

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Aduro — GMT

You can barely see the table in those pictures, you need to get all those minis out of the way!

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Tacobake — GMT

I want some taco bell now. Nice Circle.

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Hellfury — GMT

What, no text? Are we to praise, criticise, and advise on the strength of pics alone? Very well -

- Elves (Elfs?) Shade with ink/paint combinations on critical areas, ie shield wing crest things.

Terrain piece - that looks pretty ******g great actually. Never seen that painted red before. That being said, whats with the crappy pics? It's like you're trying to enrage me or something. Also, http://coolminiornot.com/191337

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Tacobake — GMT

no offense but those elf guys look like I painted them.

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malfred — GMT

Hehe, it's the table. It's all in progress.

Elfs not done yet. But I like how they're turning out. I might
actually start a second Fantasy army at this rate.

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ender502 — GMT

Malf-

The elves are really showing some skills. Way neater. Sometimes your stuff looks like an epileptic monkey painted them after a pink floyd concert. These are really nice. Keep up the good work. Oh, and I meant no disrespect for people who are epileptic or pink floyd fans...or both. No offense to monkeys either.

ender502

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malfred — GMT

I paint for the tabletop. Epileptic monkeys can probably
do better. Though you're probably thinking of this:

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And you'd be right.

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malkkis — GMT

Don't know about the monkeys, but I'm feeling quite epileptic here O_o.

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ender502 — GMT

[quote=malfred]I paint for the tabletop. Epileptic monkeys can probably
do better. Though you're probably thinking of this:

[img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/208466826_d083bb7912.jpg[/img]

And you'd be right.[/quote]

No, that's color blind ...not epileptic. In this pic you are painting pretty much in the lines. That's the seret to good painting.. stay in the lines. Everything else comes in time. Hot yellows (that are tonally orange) do not mix well with blues. Peurple.. okay. But not blue. The first time my wife read a white dwarf she commented that someone really knew there color wheel. I said "huh?" She explained that the color selections are very simple contrasting color schemes based off a color wheel. I said "Huh?" So she pulled out a color wheel (being an art major she had one) and showed me what she meant. I said "Huh?" So, now I just paint the colors she tell me to.

ender502

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malfred — GMT

My wife lights up whenever I paint something purple. I
haven't had the heart to tell her that my Skorne (more
recent ones) are torture specialists.

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DFo — GMT

...so you weren't kidding about the pink elephant.

I've gotta quit drinking...

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malfred — GMT

Or start more.

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malfred — GMT

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malfred — GMT

Let's play Guess the Mini!

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akira5665 — GMT

Diet Pepsi Malf?!?!?!

I heard you had the body of an Adonis??

Or Michelangelos "David"-But a bigger pee-pee.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=akira5665]Diet Pepsi Malf?!?!?!

I heard you had the body of an Adonis??

Or Michelangelos "David"-But a bigger pee-pee. [/quote]

Depends on the size of the replica, sadly.

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akira5665 — GMT

It's all relative, Baby......

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Grand Preceptor — GMT

[quote=Hellfury]Terrain piece - that looks pretty ******g great actually.[/quote]Ooh, ooh, I contributed to that project. Praise me, too!

Okay, all I did was trade Felix some of the wall sections. Unsurprisingly, he's already got them in a project that's looking better than the half-finished building (which is not even an original design- I ripped off the layout from one of Panic's) in which I used what I got in return.

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malfred — GMT

I think I added your wall pieces to another building, GP :(
This particular one has been sitting on the shelf since Jan, but
I'll be sure to credit you when I get to the building you
contributed to.

I thought your building looked pretty BA, though. You
should get around to painting it.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Hellfury]

Terrain piece - that looks pretty ******g great actually. Never seen that painted red before. That being said, whats with the crappy pics? It's like you're trying to enrage me or something. Also, http://coolminiornot.com/191337[/quote]

That's a nice piece. I painted mine red because of AncientSociety's stuff. It looked
good, so I'm going to do my Sanctum Imperialis pieces like that.

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Grand Preceptor — GMT

[quote=malfred]I thought your building looked pretty BA, though. You
should get around to painting it.[/quote]Gotta finish building it first. Even so, I should have it painted before Xenite finishes painting the CoD building I loaned him. (Man, how many threads will be ruined by our wordwar over respective inabilities to finish projects?)

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malfred — GMT

It's my thread, so I don't care. I'll update it with pics in the
next few days or so.

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malfred — GMT

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ancientsociety — GMT

I think a certain someone needs to bring his CoD terrain to the next game night.....just sayin'

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malfred — GMT

Okay. I can only fit so much in my bag, though. I'm having trouble figuring out how to store stuff in the house, much
less move it.

My CoD terrain is really just closed off buildings as I meant
for them for games like Necro and Infinity. The Pegasus
Buildings are REALLY basic.

So my reason for not bringing my stuff is that they'll look
really ugly next to your custom jobs.

Okay. They'll make your custom jobs look cooler.

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xenite — GMT

[quote=Grand Preceptor][quote=malfred]I thought your building looked pretty BA, though. You
should get around to painting it.[/quote]Gotta finish building it first. Even so, I should have it painted before Xenite finishes painting the CoD building I loaned him. (Man, how many threads will be ruined by our wordwar over respective inabilities to finish projects?)[/quote]

Can there be respective without respect? Your CoD buildings are on fire as we speak. On that note, the next time we get together (Sunday maybe?), we should work on 5th-izing some of your buildings.

Ok, sorry for the thread hijack. Back to you Mal.

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Grand Preceptor — GMT

[quote=xenite]Ok, sorry for the thread hijack. Back to you Mal.[/quote]Pfft, Felix is the last person in the world to whom I'd ever feel any obligation to apologize for a thread hijack.

Besides, he'd get to play on the CoD terrain you were talking about. That is, if he weren't too cool to play 40K (I guess they could do some double-duty for Necromunda).

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malfred — GMT

[quote=xenite][quote=Grand Preceptor][quote=malfred]I thought your building looked pretty BA, though. You
should get around to painting it.[/quote]Gotta finish building it first. Even so, I should have it painted before Xenite finishes painting the CoD building I loaned him. (Man, how many threads will be ruined by our wordwar over respective inabilities to finish projects?)[/quote]

Can there be respective without respect? Your CoD buildings are on fire as we speak. On that note, the next time we get together (Sunday maybe?), we should work on 5th-izing some of your buildings.

Ok, sorry for the thread hijack. Back to you Mal.[/quote]

Respective = particular. Each of us lacks the ability to finish projects,
therefore, we have respective inabilities.

Grand Preceptor: Not too cool. For the time investment of a game of
40k I'd rather be playing Fantasy, Warmachine or Hordes. I'll give it
a try after 5th edition (perhaps at MikeCon), but I can't see it inspiring
me to commit my painting time to assembling a full Grey Knights army.

5th edition will probably remain my side project.

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malfred — GMT

My June vows so far:

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Good enough for tabletop.

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malfred — GMT

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White Lions are fun to paint.

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This started out as a Protectorate of Menoth batch...

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...and ended as something I want to add to Waaagh
Gonads's Fail thread (viewable only by the DCMs!)

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malfred — GMT

June vows completed:

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Ancestral Guardian. Dark pic. I'll have to retake it eventually.

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Skorne Immortals. I know that the basing isn't really a
good contrast for the mud-golem thing I went for, but I
like how the color matches sometimes just because it
kinda looks like the same material was used.

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Titan Cannoneer. I really like how this model turned out,
and I think I like the skin enough to try it out on a Mumak
someday. The lighting doesn't like my purple paint,
though, and the ornamental domes on his back ridge
look more blue than dark purple.

I think everything from this point on is extra-bonus vows
as I didn't exactly pledge them.

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The Wood Elf Lord on a Dragon is a bit mismodeled. He's
leaning an awful lot to his left on the actual model (only
slightly noticeable in the picture). Also this picture looks
a lot cleaner than the actual model, which I guess isn't
saying much.

I think the camera is generous to all my pictures.

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My second Devout. I don't like how the shading went
on the white parts of the armor. For many of the models
in this series I used VGC sepia ink, and while I loved the
way it turned out on some models, I didn't like its look
on the warjack's flat panels. I wished I had used my
usual warmer browns to shade this.

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Idrian skirmisher chieftain and guide. Great models.

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The High Executioner Servath Reznick. What does that
scroll say, high executioner?

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Of course.

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Another look at his fine wrack.

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I've decided that I want White Lions to be my main anvil
unit in my High Elves army. The only thing missing is a
banner for the Standard Bearer, but that shouldn't be too
difficult to do.

I decided this as I was shading the lion cloaks. I first put
down some white (it was primed black) , then VGC
Bonewhite, and when I ink washed it with VGC sepia, I
loved the look right away.

It has been a most productive month.

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malfred — GMT

I turned my first 500 point Skorne army (it includes those
Immortals and Ancestral Guardians you see painted here)
into an Army Profile on the Dakka Articles System.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Swordsmen_of_Zaal

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malfred — GMT

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There it is Grand Preceptor. Awaiting the snark.

This is one of the few 40k minis I've painted all year.

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Tacobake — GMT

malfred's painting table of AWESOME!!!

that is a sweet Wraithlord.

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Frazzled — GMT

Very crisp style there Malf. I like.

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malfred — GMT

Grand Preceptor is too slow. You missed the mold lines (more
noticeable in person and on larger pics).

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Grand Preceptor — GMT

[quote=malfred]Grand Preceptor is too slow. You missed the mold lines (more
noticeable in person and on larger pics).
[/quote]Did you deliberately size the picture down to hide the mold lines after my comments elsewhere? J'accuse!

Well, anyway, your painting is better than mine. We should form a collective- I'll trim and assemble all of both our models, and you paint them all...

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malfred — GMT

Nah. On HTR I posted the image as a large just because it
was all by itself. I tend to post them as medium on here.

Flickr has some preset sizes going on.

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malfred — GMT

Some Pirates I finished last month (around when I worked on the Wraithlord).

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Grand Preceptor][quote=malfred]Grand Preceptor is too slow. You missed the mold lines (more
noticeable in person and on larger pics).
[/quote]Did you deliberately size the picture down to hide the mold lines after my comments elsewhere? J'accuse!

Well, anyway, your painting is better than mine. We should form a collective- I'll trim and assemble all of both our models, and you paint them all...[/quote]

The collective would fail. I lose interest around the 10th model of the
same type, which is why I try to do my painting in lots.

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Grand Preceptor — GMT

[quote=malfred]The collective would fail.[/quote]I was kidding anyway. I really prefer to field all my own hobby work as much as possible.

You totally have enough Pirate minis there to play Legends of the High Seas. I'll have to get John to work on persuading you, too...

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Tacobake — GMT

stupid question but do you dip your minis, or is that a gloss varnish or just the light.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Grand Preceptor][quote=malfred]The collective would fail.[/quote]I was kidding anyway. I really prefer to field all my own hobby work as much as possible.

You totally have enough Pirate minis there to play Legends of the High Seas. I'll have to get John to work on persuading you, too...[/quote]

Tit for tat.

Warmachine for pirates.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]stupid question but do you dip your minis, or is that a gloss varnish or just the light.[/quote]

1. It's the light.
2. Polycrylic satin clear (glossy)
3. I use a gloss medium when I ink wash.

So the answer is, yes.

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malfred — GMT

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I'm working on these guys this weekend.

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malfred — GMT

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Wow, a 40k mini. At least I won't be painting too much of
those any time soon.

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)

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Tacobake — GMT

[quote=malfred][quote=Tacobake]stupid question but do you dip your minis, or is that a gloss varnish or just the light.[/quote]

1. It's the light.
2. Polycrylic satin clear (glossy)
3. I use a gloss medium when I ink wash.

So the answer is, yes.[/quote]

I agree, I love the dread.

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ancientsociety — GMT

[quote=malfred]

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)[/quote]

HOLD ON! I thought someone didn't play 40K, hmmmmm.....

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malfred — GMT

[quote=ancientsociety][quote=malfred]

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)[/quote]

HOLD ON! I thought someone didn't play 40K, hmmmmm..... [/quote]

Note that I posted that was playing [b]a[/b] game as opposed
to a bunch of games.

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ancientsociety — GMT

[quote=malfred][quote=ancientsociety][quote=malfred]

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)[/quote]

HOLD ON! I thought someone didn't play 40K, hmmmmm..... [/quote]

Note that I posted that was playing [b]a[/b] game as opposed
to a bunch of games.[/quote]

Sure, sure. Excuses, excuses....

Honestly thought, that Eldar Dreadnought is excellent!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=ancientsociety]
Honestly thought, that Eldar Dreadnought is excellent!
[/quote]

That's Mr. Eldar Dreadnought to you, buddy.

I've been painting lots of random stuff, and will continue to post to this thread, if
that's permissible. I picked up two blisters of Reaper Warlord figures, simply because
I like the figures, and started with the following line troops.

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2640186932_1dfe99889d.jpg[/img]

Elven Deathseekers

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2640187560_bf03ce388d.jpg[/img]

Mercenary Spearmen

I don't know what I'm supposed to do next with my purchases (for Reaper Warlord, that is).

I like a lot of their miniatures.

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Spriggan

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[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2640182482_a3651b430a.jpg[/img]

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syr8766 — GMT

Regarding Warlord: what's nice is that it's very much a skirmish game: you can play with just a Sgt., some line troops and a solo of some kind. That's pretty much where I'd direct you...

Elves are ace, btw. As is the spriggan. Very old-skool Blood Angels.

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PanOceania

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[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2640183714_daa6347209.jpg[/img]

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/2640184322_05edcb2d33.jpg[/img]

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malfred — GMT

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Cephalyx and Mind Slaves

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malfred — GMT

How many more of these could I possibly use? I think this pushes me to 30 Glade Guard alone.

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Tacobake — GMT

ooooooooooooooo

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malfred — GMT

If you click on these images, you can see the limitations of my technique. The
drybrush leaves strokes, the wash is messy, and there are bare spots.

However in the midst of a game? Yeah, not so much.

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malfred — GMT

My High Elves make me happy. I still haven't figured out what color
scheme to paint a dragon for this army. A nice solid green might work
best, but I'm undecided.

I don't have any dragon models lying around, but I'd be sure to post
pics the day I started working on one. Those things are sweet kits.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=syr8766]
Elves are ace, btw. As is the spriggan. Very old-skool Blood Angels. [/quote]

I didn't know that. Neat!

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malfred — GMT

The Sultan of Everblight (mostly because he seems to have a harem of female
warlocks surrounding him).

I haven't decided if I'm going to build an actual Legion army, but I really liked
painting up Thagrosh. Maybe I should have made the stitching across his
chest more pronounced.

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Tacobake — GMT

you know I was going to paint that ...

looks nice.

wait.

That's actually a cool colour scheme.

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malfred — GMT

I don't know if it's going to look right on the beasts, though.
I started working on some of them, and they look okay.

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Tacobake — GMT

stupid question but did you pin all the little spikes and things. I'm living vicariously through your painting table.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]stupid question but did you pin all the little spikes and things. I'm living vicariously through your painting table.[/quote]

I'm too lazy to do that. Green stuff and zap-a-gap (a store brand
one).

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Tacobake — GMT

"ahhhhhhhhhhh."

brilliant.

"Manbag? You do you think you are? malfred?"

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malfred — GMT

I should have an army profile up sometime in August. The army itself doesn't
play very well (especially if the opponent just shoots me off the table), but
if you can get berserk models to make contact with the enemy, the fun never
ends (until you run out of things to kill).

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Tacobake — GMT

did you just paint that today? "Chrikey".

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]did you just paint that today? "Chrikey".[/quote]

No. I'm slowly posting pics I've taken all month.

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malfred — GMT

I know there are 24 models in a box and I'm only posting 23 of them, but
I found the 24th one hiding a week or so after I took this picture.

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malfred — GMT

These were fast paints as I gave up on detail almost entirely to get them done.

They look a little like Christmas Trees. Don't know if I'll ever use them (I REALLY
don't like the original unit I painted).

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malfred — GMT

My entry for the Dakka Paint Challenge was the Dark Elf Corsair. The Old School
Theme came into play as I didn't have very many good minis from pre-third edition
40k, and I've had the Dark Elf models sitting around primed and unpainted since
the last Dark Elf army box came out. I tried to sell them off once, and instead I
decided to paint them in time for the competition and the new Corsair release.

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malfred — GMT

I did finish a series of Cryx models in July. Yes, that's a necrosurgeon. No,
I don't know if I'll field her.

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malfred — GMT

Deathjack!

I should have modeled him standing higher up. Now he stands eye to
eye with a small based model.

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malfred — GMT

I've expanded my Protectorate of Menoth force to include a third choir, the deliverers
that I'll need to fill out my minimum unit, and the Vassal. Of these, I'm most excited about
using the Vassal.

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malfred — GMT

I still haven't decided where to take this list further. Zaal needs more
guns, but for 750 points I can't seem to find the room.

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malfred — GMT

High Elves. The halberds are annoying. You have to be very careful when you cut
them as there is metal connecting the axe blade with the shaft. If you bully your
way through it it can twist the axehead off.

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Tacobake — GMT

whoah daddy.

Nice work on the Phoenix Guard.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]whoah daddy.

Nice work on the Phoenix Guard.[/quote]

Thanks. Too bad I didn't get a good shot of the axehead that I was talking about.

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malfred — GMT

These troops round out my starter Harad force for Lord of the Rings. Sometime in
the future (not saying soon, as there are a lot of other things I want to work on
in the interim) I need to get me a Mumak.

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Tacobake — GMT

Whoah daddy. Is it just me or are you an awesome painter, now.

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malfred — GMT

No. My painting flaws are more visible when you click on
the image.

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Cadian16th — GMT

[quote=malfred]No. My painting flaws are more visible when you click on
the image.[/quote]

Oh man, you're right, there they are, there's so many of them!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Cadian16th][quote=malfred]No. My painting flaws are more visible when you click on
the image.[/quote]

Oh man, you're right, there they are, there's so many of them! [/quote]

Yeah, sloppy painter.

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Cadian16th — GMT

[quote=malfred][quote=Cadian16th][quote=malfred]No. My painting flaws are more visible when you click on
the image.[/quote]

Oh man, you're right, there they are, there's so many of them! [/quote]

Yeah, sloppy painter.[/quote]

I kid of course! Looks delicious, is that dip I detect on your LotR figs?

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malfred — GMT

I mix glaze medium into Vallejo ink wash, which I'm told gives off the same effect
as dip. Typically I use Sepia ink on most things.

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malfred — GMT

The plan is to use Gravus in one of my lists at the Legends Event at the end of
the month. Probably try him in an exemplar army of some kind. But that means
I'll have to practice with him in the near future.

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Metsuri — GMT

Reading through this thread is humbling. The pace you keep turning these nice paint jobs is amazing.

I really like your Menoth force. The original colors used for accents make them seem like your army, while with the cream you keep them linked to the studio/ fluff armies.

Those haradrim look also nice. I have one horse archer waiting somewhere to get some paint on. I may have to get him under work now to give me a break in the painting of Stryker force.

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JD21290 — GMT

how big is that bronzeback model?
never seen it before and i love it :O

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri]Reading through this thread is humbling. The pace you keep turning these nice paint jobs is amazing.

I really like your Menoth force. The original colors used for accents make them seem like your army, while with the cream you keep them linked to the studio/ fluff armies.

Those haradrim look also nice. I have one horse archer waiting somewhere to get some paint on. I may have to get him under work now to give me a break in the painting of Stryker force.[/quote]

Thanks, but the pace is from summer lovin'. Now work starts and the fun ends.

"Tell me more, tell me more."

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malfred — GMT

I took a comparison shot earlier today of the Bronzeback and an Imperial Guardsman.

I would NOT want to be the guy on the left.

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JD21290 — GMT

i like this model
cant use it for 4k tho :(
would be great for making skarbrand lol, giant P'd off beast

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malfred — GMT

[quote=JD21290]i like this model
cant use it for 4k tho :(
would be great for making skarbrand lol, giant P'd off beast [/quote]

Just remember: PP models are all metal = expensive. Maybe you could use it
for some kind of Chaos artillery piece or something? I don't know.

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BeefyG — GMT

Good enough for me

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Metsuri — GMT

The Skorne Titans are nice. I bought the starter just for the gladiator included there even though I knew that I have no time to paint it in near future.

It is still sitting unpainted after two years :(

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malfred — GMT

Summer was so productive I even finished Darragh Wrathe.

That's three dragoon character solos in a month? Fun!

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VermGho5t — GMT

how coudl you Malfred? You broke my own record :~(

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malfred — GMT

[quote=VermGho5t]how coudl you Malfred? You broke my own record :~([/quote]

Record?

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Lorek — GMT

You know, Malf, I haven't really seen anything you've done in the past year or so, and you've really improved. You even managed to make PP models look good!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Iorek]You know, Malf, I haven't really seen anything you've done in the past year or so, and you've really improved. You even managed to make PP models look good! [/quote]

Talk about damning with faint praise...

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grey_death — GMT

Slow down!!! You're making me look bad!

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Lorek — GMT

Heh, that may not have come across as I meant it. I mean that you've improved and your stuff looks really good now.

Better than mine, man, better than mine.

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malfred — GMT

It's slow now. No painting at night and less painting on weekends. Darragh Wrathe and
the Soul Hunters, I think, were the last models from July as I spent much of August
doing a mix of working, gaming, and socializing.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Iorek]Heh, that may not have come across as I meant it. I mean that you've improved and your stuff looks really good now.

Better than mine, man, better than mine.[/quote]

Remember to click the close up pictures before you say that.

And you totally have to paint some kind of armored bear before you do your Claws of
Lorek army.

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malfred — GMT

Some of my legion stuff before I hit it with the gloss (or maybe just before I hit it)

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malfred — GMT

I don't know if I posted this already. I finally finished some warbeasts.

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Tacobake — GMT

for shame.

I mean ... I like the alternate paint scheme. I actually really like it. This would be as opposed to my own anal 'dickwad' technique of not actually painting anything.

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malfred — GMT

Yeah, I'm probably going to put together that 350 point army I suggested down in
the Warmachine Hordes forum. My friends are playing 350 point games, so it would actually
get used.

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Don't know when I'll be using this next, but hopefully in the near future.

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malfred — GMT

Bloat Thrall! Still haven't used him in a game.

The Reavers are done. It's just two angles of the same unit. I haven't decided if I like
them with bows yet. They're always up against Fast cavalry that can outshoot them or
out melee them. I took the option of having both spear and bow in last game and
couldn't come up with 20 points for somewhere else in the army to use if I dropped one
or the other so I stuck to it. They killed maybe two models in my first High Elf game?

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malfred — GMT

Going to update the thread with my pics, both wip and complete. It's going to take a bit
of time.

I use both Standard bearers for Spearmen and Archers. The Spearman standard bearer
just looks goofy (it's the type with a spear with the banner glued on).

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malfred — GMT

More completed stuff. These images are from last month, I think.

No clue when I'll be able to use eSkarre. Been looking forward to trying her out since at least
Superiority. The Steam Buddha is from Armorcast.

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Waaagh_Gonads — GMT

What varnish (if any) are you using Malfred?
The models seem very glossy.

What do you use the steel buddha for?

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malfred — GMT

I like the gloss

It's Minwax Polycrylic Satin finish.

I haven't used the buddha for anything yet. So far it's a neat paperweight/terrain
piece.

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Jin — GMT

Dammit malfred, you're reminding me that I'm seriously behind on my High Elves.

The Standard Bearers look pretty ace.

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malfred — GMT

Thanks.

Like I said, I hate the Spearmen with a flag attached to spearpoint standard
bearers. I'll probably get more archer kits in the far future to have more
kneelers and standards for the rest of my army.

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malfred — GMT

This is the beginnings of my Cygnar army. I finished painting these models just
last month. I intend to get the UA, Black 13th, and something else. I have no idea what.

I do have some Trenchers a Grenadier and Siege Brisbane, but they're not very
interesting to me.

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Metsuri — GMT

[quote=malfred]I do have some Trenchers a Grenadier and Siege Brisbane, but they're not very
interesting to me.[/quote]

I can relate to that, I have couple of trenchers still unpainted on my desk and they were among the first cygnar figs I bought.

The gun mages on the other hand look fine.

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Death By Monkeys — GMT

Is that a Steam Buddha Drop Pod?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Death By Monkeys]Is that a Steam Buddha Drop Pod? [/quote]

Good idea. If I played 40k.

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malfred — GMT

Here's another set of photos that brings me up to date to just last month.

Dragon Princes, a mounted Noble in Dragon Armor with a BSB, and one close-up of my
attempt at freehand.

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malfred — GMT

My High Elf army as of December 5-ish. I've since painted more models that I'll post
real soonish.

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malfred — GMT

Finished the two High Elf Bolt Throwers.

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My main spear block is done now, too. I can now field a standard block of 20 or a more
threatening block of 21. I'll probably buy more Spearmen for multiple blocks or extending
my one block into a huge block of 25-30. Should be fun.

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malfred — GMT

Archmage!

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malfred — GMT

Got caught up with a bunch of Protectorate of Menoth stuff earlier this month.

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albinoork — GMT

a couple o questions regarding the three "fellas" in the eskarre steam budda grouping".

1. Are you using a metallic medium to achieve the effect or is is just the photo?

2. How did you make the bases for them? That is very close to what I am looking for my sons of pus.

take care

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malfred — GMT

[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/12/9/67745a3d89a9c49f07c2a071b2408175_131.jpg__thumb[/img]

Which effect? I use a satin spray for everything and sometimes overdo it
so everything is shiny.

The bases were some kind of brown. I think it was Charred > Beasty. After I sealed
the minis, I used Liquitex water effects.

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albinoork — GMT

[quote=malfred][img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2008/12/9/67745a3d89a9c49f07c2a071b2408175_131.jpg__thumb[/img]

Which effect? I use a satin spray for everything and sometimes overdo it
so everything is shiny.

The bases were some kind of brown. I think it was Charred > Beasty. After I sealed
the minis, I used Liquitex water effects.[/quote]

the front of their tunics. it looks liek it has texture and is a bit shiny.

thanks for the info on the bases.

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malfred — GMT

Nah. That's my typical dark blue, white dry brush, blue ink process.

If there's a texture, it's probably because I primed them at a bad time.

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Some of the stuff I started working on during my lunch break two weeks ago.

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malfred — GMT

Here was my tasklist as of Monday.

Uncharted Seas stuff to prime. various Warmachine/Hordes models. The last of my initial
High Elf Army.

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malfred — GMT

I never built the fifth one and used its base for one of my eagles. Somehow I had lost
the base even though I still had the model.

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Tacobake — GMT

good freaking lord.

I stand in awe.

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grey_death — GMT

The sheer amount of stuff you finish boggles my mind x.x

Would it be worth my time to look at getting folks interested in Uncharted Seas? (not that I need a new game right now x.x.........)

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None of that stuff is finished, though.

Also, I don't game quite as often as some of you. It's enough of a hassle to game that
on days that I have off it's easier to just stay home and work on some models. I also
don't go for any conversions, which speeds things up a bit.

Finally, this week I'm on break so I've been able to finish some half-finished projects like
the Treekin and the Cygnar Trenchers.

The stuff you see in the pictures probably won't get touched until next season or even
next summer, unless I get really bored.

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malfred — GMT

epic Butcher.

I wasn't sure what to do with the base, so some of the parts aren't really painted to
a specific color or body. I tried, at first, and then I just started painting stuff brown.

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captain.gordino — GMT

GAAAH!!! That flash is blinding. Nice work though.

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malfred — GMT

That's actually no flash. It's a combination of satin varnish bouncing off
the light.

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malfred — GMT

I still haven't bought a Centurion to go with my Cygnar army, but I wanted to start
painting the Unit Attachment, Kraye, a Sentinel and Grenadier next.

I'll probably also need a Squire for a nice rounded out 500pt. list.

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malfred — GMT

Finished these eaerlier this week. Just need the weather to clear so I can coat them.

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Fiendcrackar! — GMT

I gotta break it to ya- even though the painting on the building is rad, the first thing it made me think of was a big ol' firestation.

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malfred — GMT

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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malfred — GMT

Dragonlords!

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Here they are drying on their sides as I put an ink wash on their sails. I don't think it
made much difference. They look fine from a distance, but you wouldn't want to kiss
one of them up close.

I'm thinking I should have just left highlighting off the whole thing. Too late!

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You can see how I screwed up the sails. I just couldn't highlight them carefully enough
to make the time worthwhile, so you can see my hamfisted fattened lines all over the
ribbing of the sails. Other than that, I'm plenty pleased with myself.

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malfred — GMT

The starter pack also comes with 6 light vessels. I forget what they call them in the
game, but they can be run in squadrons of two or three.

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sphynx — GMT

ooh, nice eldar!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=sphynx]ooh, nice eldar! [/quote]

Thanks, though there's an army on the forums that's in a similar scheme but much, much nicer. :(

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Corey85 — GMT

I think the ships look better with the highlight

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grey_death — GMT

Do you think a drybrush could have done the same effect for the sails? Or are those freehanded details?

They look good, and the extra effort is a good addition. But you're right there are some spots that could use a touch up here and there.

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malfred — GMT

Yeah, whatever I do next I'll drybrush. It's just that drybrushing a
recessed location needs to be planned, and I had already done the color blocking.

So next time, definitely.

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grey_death — GMT

Yeah, doing the sails before everything else is what I would suggest next go around.

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The last of my ships.

Love painting these. As mentioned in the thread, I want to take care of the sails first next
time as they are recessed and drybrushing will help the ribbing appear more naturally.

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migsula — GMT

This blog makes me dizzy in a good way! But really Malfred that's fairly descriptive of the storm you took these forums by all those years ago

Thanks for sharing and please keep doing so!

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malfred — GMT

Thanks migs. Too bad I don't cut things up and paint them up real good like
some of you guys on the forums. Best I can do is the ADG painting blog,
or Attention Deficit Gamer.

I wonder if I can edit this thread title.

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malfred — GMT

So before I update with my images, here's a draft of another Work in Progress that's
been sitting on my desk until recently. I started this months ago, and then set it
aside until I had a Trukk. And then I set it aside until I had some more Boyz.

On a lark, I opened up the Trukk and put it together. Then I put more of the Boyz
together. And finally, I think I had my answer, as badly constructed as it was.

"How do you fit 10 Boyz in the back of a Trukk?"

Answer: You amputate.

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As I built Shoota Boyz, I reserved some legs and some of the torsos for this
project. I think the math comes out to 23 Shoota Boyz, 2 with rokkits, 1 Nob
with power klaw and 1 10 man token for a Trukk built to field Boyz with Sluggaz.

So three boxes with a loss of maybe 4-7 models for the sake of a placeholder
token.

I've left the Crossbar off the trukk. I had planned to try to thread it through as
part of the mass of Boyz, but since I'd already started gluing the Boyz together
(quite literally) I found the weapon placements made it somewhat impossible to
pull off.

As you can see from the pics, I miscalculated some of my positioning, and
my visible Boyz now hover a bit. I think the coolness of glued Ork bodies will
somewhat offset the loss of verisimilitude.

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captain.gordino — GMT

Yeah, I'm liking the Eldar too. Nicely done. Cool ships too.

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Some Boyz with their Mushroom (an Armorcast Terrain piece).

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malfred — GMT

My Eldar Rangers.

I think I can field 20-30 of these, but these are my first of the newer sculpts. I was
pretty pleased with them, too, until I saw a similar scheme elsewhere on Dakka
recently that was done with much better quality. Maybe I try to pick alt schemes
because I can't paint the regular ones as well as others.

I haven't assembled any Guardians yet. I can't decide how to paint things that
both match my old Eldar scheme and something that resembles a Harlequin army. Some
people gave me good ideas (painting stage masks on Guardian helmets for one), but
the colors aren't there yet.

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Golden Eyed Scout — GMT

You have some incredible skills. I like the color scheme you have for those rangers.

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P4NC4K3 — GMT

The steam Buddha could make an interesting counts-as Eldar Avatar, after all, the Eldar are all mysterious and Buddhist-like, well, except for the wars and stuff... On a side note, Buddha is like a cross between Jesus and Santa Claus ^_^

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[quote=Golden Eyed Scout]You have some incredible skills. I like the color scheme you have for those rangers.[/quote]

Thanks. I don't know about incredible. I'd say tabletop, especially when faced with some of the
stuff on these forums.

[quote=P4NC4K3]The steam Buddha could make an interesting counts-as Eldar Avatar, after all, the Eldar are all mysterious and Buddhist-like, well, except for the wars and stuff... On a side note, Buddha is like a cross between Jesus and Santa Claus ^_^[/quote]

Whom would they sacrifice to get one, though? The Eldar who followed the path of the chef?

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malfred — GMT

Nearly done posting my finished over vacation minis. Be back to works in progress within the week.

This is Lord Tyrant Xerxis. He just wants to play!

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malfred — GMT

Some of my Eternal Guard.

Eventually I'll be able to run big blocks of these guys. End of the year, I'm guessing.

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jamunition — GMT

I love your eldar rangers they look all ghost like

where did you get that Lord Tyrant Xerxis?

I WANT ONE!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=jamunition]I love your eldar rangers they look all ghost like[/quote]

Thanks. You should see some of my early days of Rangers. I simply painted them
different colors and they weren't very ghostlike at all. Godawful!

[quote=jamunition]where did you get that Lord Tyrant Xerxis?

I WANT ONE![/quote]

Privateer Press's Hordes game, Skorne faction.

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malfred — GMT

The last of my completed in 2008 stuff.

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P4NC4K3 — GMT

[quote=malfred]
[quote=P4NC4K3]The steam Buddha could make an interesting counts-as Eldar Avatar, after all, the Eldar are all mysterious and Buddhist-like, well, except for the wars and stuff... On a side note, Buddha is like a cross between Jesus and Santa Claus ^_^[/quote]

Whom would they sacrifice to get one, though? The Eldar who followed the path of the chef?[/quote]
They could sacrifice cherry blossom, Buddhism frowns on actual sacrifice

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malfred — GMT

[quote=P4NC4K3][quote=malfred]
[quote=P4NC4K3]The steam Buddha could make an interesting counts-as Eldar Avatar, after all, the Eldar are all mysterious and Buddhist-like, well, except for the wars and stuff... On a side note, Buddha is like a cross between Jesus and Santa Claus ^_^[/quote]

Whom would they sacrifice to get one, though? The Eldar who followed the path of the chef?[/quote]
They could sacrifice cherry blossom, Buddhism frowns on actual sacrifice[/quote]

W.W.F.B.D.

What Would Farseer Buddha Do?

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99MDeery — GMT

never seem autumn wood elves before good job on them i'd be interested to see the army altogether, might tempt me to finish off my Wood Elf army

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malfred — GMT

If you can stand awful bad poetry:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/The_Highborn_in_Question

The long term plan is to paint 10 Eternal Guard here and 10 Eternal Guard
there. At some point I might convert a bunch of plastic Eternal Guard out of
High Elves/Dark Elves/whatever. I think my target number will be 50-ish so
that I can run two blocks of 25 for giggles.

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malfred — GMT

Here's how Jeremiah Kraye started out.

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Chrysaor686 — GMT

I really, really like the model right below your Warjack on the last post on the first page. It's not the neatest paintjob, sure, but something about it just looks awesome.

What model is it?

EDIT: For idiocy.

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malfred — GMT

Dude with sword and dagger?

That's from Warmachine, Khador faction. Vladimir, The Dark Prince of Umbrey.

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LBursley — GMT

lovin the eldar rangers malfred! the blue you chose was perfect. keep up the great work!

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Jin — GMT

How's the Uncharted Seas game? I've seen it at the Warstore's website and it looks neat (not to mention I've been curious to start a table-top naval game).

Also, I'm diggin' the High Elf stuff in general. The colors for your dragon princes work quite well (I take it that the metals are washed with Asurmen blue?).

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malfred — GMT

[quote=LBursley]lovin the eldar rangers malfred! the blue you chose was perfect. keep up the great work![/quote]

Thank you, but don't worry, they look far less impressive in person.

[quote=HFJor]How's the Uncharted Seas game? I've seen it at the Warstore's website and it looks neat (not to mention I've been curious to start a table-top naval game).[/quote]

Haven't played yet. Don't know when I'll get to play. I've been holing up to get
painting done so it's a bit of a stretch to get games going.

[quote]Also, I'm diggin' the High Elf stuff in general. The colors for your dragon princes work quite well (I take it that the metals are washed with Asurmen blue?).[/quote]

Thank you. I was afraid that the green would be too much. The blue is a Vallejo ink, but
I'm guessing it's the same. I'm so lazy that I use it both for High Elf metal AND the robes.

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jamunition — GMT

the guy on horse back looks really good you've made the horses skin look really realistic

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malfred — GMT

[quote=jamunition]the guy on horse back looks really good you've made the horses skin look really realistic[/quote]

If it looks that way, it's obviously accidental.

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malfred — GMT

More of the Cygnar stuff that'll go with Jeremiah Kraye. Still have to buy
a Squire and assemble the Centurion.

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jamunition — GMT

coor blimy!

i like the sniper on the sandbags

also... is that an epic titan!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=jamunition]coor blimy!

i like the sniper on the sandbags

also... is that an epic titan!
[/quote]

No epic titans. Just warjacks for Warmachine. Light ones at that.

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malfred — GMT

This is Severius's Blessing of Vengeance special character warjack. The yellow is
what I use to lay a foundation for metallic gold on all my pieces with gold.

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jamunition — GMT

very nice

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malfred — GMT

[quote=jamunition]very nice[/quote]

Hah, thanks. It's not really. Still wip, still sloppier than usual.

This is a shot of various pieces, I think, AFTER washes and highlighting.

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grey_death — GMT

mmmm pre-shinied pics ^_-.

Good progress yet again.

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malfred — GMT

Lol, thanks. Yeah, I know people don't like the shiny. I don't even
know if I can use the Simple Green on that furniture stuff I put on my
minis. Oh well!

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malfred — GMT

Jeremiah Kraye. Also preshiny

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Joyous_Oblivion — GMT

Hmm that model looks great, I might have to see about adding him to my Tallarn Rough Riders Squad...

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malfred — GMT

Scale and expense might be an issue. I'll have to put him next
to a Wood elf cavalry model to give you an idea.

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Hierophant preshiny

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malfred — GMT

"Shock shock horror horror shock shock" troopers.

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The rest of my Phoenix Guard models that I'm now probably not going to use for my
High Elf army.

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Jin — GMT

Question for you Malf, since I'll be doing the same in a bit:

How much of a pain in the ass was it to glue those halberds onto the Phoenix Guard?

Also - opted against the PG in your High Elf army? What list you going with now?

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RiTides — GMT

[quote=malfred]My June vows so far:

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2590579461_b3279ce0aa.jpg[/img]
[/quote]

Sorry to refer back to June and page 1, but could you tell me what this model is?

Your trouble finishing one project at a time is an inspiration to me as is your somewhat abandoning of 40k for fantasy painting...

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oomiestompa — GMT

That is a [url=http://www.privateerpress.com/WARMACHINE/gallery/default.php?level=picture&id=119[/url]Kodiak[/url].

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[quote=HFJor]Question for you Malf, since I'll be doing the same in a bit:

How much of a pain in the ass was it to glue those halberds onto the Phoenix Guard?

Also - opted against the PG in your High Elf army? What list you going with now?
[/quote]

The pain was figuring out which hands went with which models. Certainly some of
them WORK with both lifting and at attention, but if you look closely at their wrists
you can tell that there's something a bit off about them. If you don't normally have
trouble with gluing GW wrists, then it should be no problem. I use GS + Zap.

I have ten Phoenix Guard already painted. These 10 were going to bring the number
up to 20. My future list opted to cut out 10 PG and go with White Lion Chariots and
other things suggested to me in WHFB Tactics.

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Have you every tried spraying Dull Cote over your furniture polish? It should take away some of the glossy look.

Nice work in general though; she sheer volume and variety is great!

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malfred — GMT

Not really. I like how it shines!

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Start to my eagle.

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Tacobake — GMT

The eagles are coming!

Sorry I had a moment.

What is that, Taco Bell again.

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[quote=Tacobake]The eagles are coming!

Sorry I had a moment.

What is that, Taco Bell again.[/quote]

You better ran!

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jamunition — GMT

how long did it take for you to get thhe egal up?

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Based on the dates on the photos, maybe a week?

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[quote=malfred]
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2640187560_bf03ce388d.jpg[/img]

Mercenary Spearmen[/quote]

Malfred, sorry for digging up some older stuff, but I really like these models. They're generic enough that they could have lot of cool uses. What manufacturer are they and where'd you find them? Are they from Reaper, for Warlord? Can you still get them?

The paint job is nice too.

Thanks!

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[quote=malfred]Start to my eagle.
[img]http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2009/1/24/8e97c0df7c3d6bcdedb048d8074301d4_131.jpg__thumb[/img]
[/quote]

Interesting option you took to holding up your eagle. I've wondered how others work around the crappy flying stands that GW provides.

I opted for a brass rod attached by GS and super-glue to the bird and a brass tube that's [i]just[/i] fitting the rod onto the base.

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[quote=Hordini][quote=malfred]
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2640187560_bf03ce388d.jpg[/img]

Mercenary Spearmen[/quote]

Malfred, sorry for digging up some older stuff, but I really like these models. They're generic enough that they could have lot of cool uses. What manufacturer are they and where'd you find them? Are they from Reaper, for Warlord? Can you still get them?

The paint job is nice too.

Thanks![/quote]

Lol, those are Warlord Merceneary spearmen or something.

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[quote=HFJor][quote=malfred]Start to my eagle.
[/quote]

Interesting option you took to holding up your eagle. I've wondered how others work around the crappy flying stands that GW provides.

I opted for a brass rod attached by GS and super-glue to the bird and a brass tube that's [i]just[/i] fitting the rod onto the base.[/quote]

I've seen people use single brass rod and I decided early on that I needed an
option more fitting for the clumsy player (me)

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Progress on the Shock Troopers.

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enmitee — GMT

they look cute

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They get cuter.

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seriously though! maybe its just me! i dont like anime or cutsie anime. but this one is cute.

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malfred — GMT

You think they look anime? Compared to other models in Warmachine they
look kinda bulky. Maybe my vision of them is a bit tainted by knowing their story
background.

Basically, see that smokestack? These guys aren't spellcasters so they're not
getting the best insulated armor or the ability to protect themselves with
powerfields. So imagine what happens when something goes wrong with a
coal powered steamsuit...

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I was going to post this on Monday (yeah, spam bumper, I know), but enmitee seems
curious, so I thought I'd post one more.

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they look great! im just imagining my pet bulldog's face on the face of the "sergeant" or something. im not too familiar with warmachine since all the little letters in their stat cards intimidate me.

Appreciate the pics. atleast everyone got a better look.

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[quote=enmitee]they look great! im just imagining my pet bulldog's face on the face of the "sergeant" or something. im not too familiar with warmachine since all the little letters in their stat cards intimidate me.

Appreciate the pics. atleast everyone got a better look.[/quote]

Thanks. I hate the cards, too. Love the game, art, story and way too many of the models.

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you've mastered the orange!

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My favorite color. I tried to do Space Marines in a similar scheme some years
back and it was blech.

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The Blessing of Vengeance.

He looks much better from 3 feet away.

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Visgoth and his Honor Guard

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Both Allegiants of the Order of the Fist.

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The shinied Hierophant.

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Love it

The tones and shading on the cape are truelly magical

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[quote=jamunition]Love it

The tones and shading on the cape are truelly magical[/quote]

Okay, now you're just messing with me.

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Mini's are looking great!!! Can't wait to see more!!

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Need some help on this. What do I need to do to make it "more" verdigris?

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Epic Eiryss and her epic chimney.

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Malfred, I really like what you are going for with the verdigris on the Bane Knights, and I think that you are right on the edge of really good execution.

I think the problem is, it almost looks like paint, rather than corrosion. When you tell me you're going for verdigris, I'm like "Oh yes, I can totally see that," but I think if I didn't know that is what you were going for, I might be like "Hmm interesting pastel green there on the Bane Knights." I think the color choices are really cool and the verdigris is going to work well in the end though.

I think the main areas that need work are the flat bits on the weapons. I think the verdigris corrosion is more evident on the armor, where you sort of have some bronze color highlighted on the raised bits. I think if you edged the raised bits on the weapons in bronze a bit, and maybe but a few bronze "scratches" in the verdigris, the effect would come off a lot better.

Another option would be to maybe go a little more the opposite: Focus on getting most of the metal areas in bronze, and then just have bits of verdigris showing, maybe 60/40 bronze/verdigris. Or the other way around.

At this point if you're worried about screwing stuff up though, I'd do a test model.

I hope this helps, sorry I don't really have a specific technique, I've never gone for a verdigris effect myself, but maybe I ought to now.

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It's a pity that Hordes makes Epic no longer mean Standing On Something...

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[quote=Platuan4th]It's a pity that Hordes makes Epic no longer mean Standing On Something...[/quote]

I'll always have my chmney at least.

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[quote=Hordini]Malfred, I really like what you are going for with the verdigris on the Bane Knights, and I think that you are right on the edge of really good execution.

I think the problem is, it almost looks like paint, rather than corrosion. When you tell me you're going for verdigris, I'm like "Oh yes, I can totally see that," but I think if I didn't know that is what you were going for, I might be like "Hmm interesting pastel green there on the Bane Knights." I think the color choices are really cool and the verdigris is going to work well in the end though.

I think the main areas that need work are the flat bits on the weapons. I think the verdigris corrosion is more evident on the armor, where you sort of have some bronze color highlighted on the raised bits. I think if you edged the raised bits on the weapons in bronze a bit, and maybe but a few bronze "scratches" in the verdigris, the effect would come off a lot better.

Another option would be to maybe go a little more the opposite: Focus on getting most of the metal areas in bronze, and then just have bits of verdigris showing, maybe 60/40 bronze/verdigris. Or the other way around.

At this point if you're worried about screwing stuff up though, I'd do a test model.

I hope this helps, sorry I don't really have a specific technique, I've never gone for a verdigris effect myself, but maybe I ought to now. [/quote]

Thanks. I'll try...something. I don't know. I washed their robes blue because I like
blue wash, but now they're standing on top of my radiator saying "Finish the job!"

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"Okay, now you're just messing with me"

No I'm not messing with you

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Mal, as always your Menoth Green continues to astound and confuse me. But your painting leaves me green with envy.

Keep up the good work.

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Malfred, I've found that if you want to do corroded metal, especially on miniatures with lots of flat spots, it's best to use textured spray undercoat. I did that on some of my Ork Nobz and it really makes their weapons look old and worn, since the flat areas don't look so flat.

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[quote=warpcrafter]Malfred, I've found that if you want to do corroded metal, especially on miniatures with lots of flat spots, it's best to use textured spray undercoat. I did that on some of my Ork Nobz and it really makes their weapons look old and worn, since the flat areas don't look so flat. [/quote]

makes sense. Haven't tried that before (at least, not intentionally).

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Hordini — GMT

Textured paint is a good idea!

If you don't want to spray the whole model with textured paint, but only want to have it on a few areas, you can make your own and brush it on.

All you have to do is get a bit of fine sand (however fine you want really) and mix it in the paint really good. Just add a bit at first and try it out, then add more as needed. It works really well. I used it on my terrain board (although I used a house paint brush for that ).

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WOW!
I'm impressed!
I paint for the tabletop too just to get stuff done to play but my stuff looks nowhere near as awesome yours! (A blind guy could probably do better than me!)
I also like that I'm not the only ADD gamer here! I play Protectorate for Warmachine, Trolls for Hordes and Space Marines for 40K. (With some Tyranids being started soon and Empire that has been a WIP for about 4 years now.)

The High Elves have a nice clean color scheme but could use some good shading. I suggest either DiDi's Magic Sauce, Wonder Wash inks, Army Painter Quick Shade, or the new GW washes. All of which would give you great looking results depending on what your preference for shading is. Same goes for the Circle and skorne minis. they look great but could use some shading and a finish highlight.

I'm the worst, slowest painter in the world so none of this is criticism. I'm just hoping that my comments help someone else pull off what I can't seem to...a great looking army with minimal effort.
Most of my stuff gets the Army Painter technique applied to them:
Prime
Basecoat
Shade Dip
Minimal Highlight
Seal
(Sometimes a final highlight over the varnish if I'm not too lazy that day.)
It's the quickest way to do an army I've found so far!

Your stuff looks great! Keep up the awesome work!

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[quote=Hordini]

All you have to do is get a bit of fine sand (however fine you want really) and mix it in the paint really good. Just add a bit at first and try it out, then add more as needed. It works really well. I used it on my terrain board (although I used a house paint brush for that ).[/quote]

What a FINE idea!

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[quote=highpriestrsw2]

The High Elves have a nice clean color scheme but could use some good shading. I suggest either DiDi's Magic Sauce, Wonder Wash inks, Army Painter Quick Shade, or the new GW washes. All of which would give you great looking results depending on what your preference for shading is. Same goes for the Circle and skorne minis. they look great but could use some shading and a finish highlight. [/quote]

Thanks. How would you characterize the difference between Quick Shade/Magic Sauce vs.
what I do using Vallejo inks?

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Trencher Officer and Sharpshooter.

It amuses me that Trenchers don't get a Standard Bearer since they're supposed
to be all nitty gritty. Too bad they didn't have something like a Super Shoveler as opposed
to a sniper.

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Nice blue.

And henceforth, he shall be known as "Magical Malfred."

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[quote=Hordini]
And henceforth, he shall be known as "Magical Malfred."[/quote]

Only in thy dreams, young squire.

Remember that I put shiny varnish so the highest highlights I think are turning out to
be flare.

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Yups. A Sentinel.

Can anyone guess what my initial JEremiah Kraye list will be?

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Hordini — GMT

Stop posting Warjacks. Just stop.

You do know they sell this stuff in Munich too, right?

My wallet cries out in anguish. It's not safe no matter where I go.

Die Wörter:
Der zauberische Malfred

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Yeah, but I botched this job.

Anyway, they're only really useful with Jeremiah Kraye. So you'd
have to pick him up, too.

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Hordini — GMT

The dude with the sad horse?

Why aren't they useful with any other casters?

Das Wort:
Die Schildwache

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[quote=Hordini]The dude with the sad horse?

Why aren't the useful with any other casters?

Das Wort:
Die Schildwache[/quote]

Mostly cause the Trencher Chaingun does the same thing for cheaper.

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CorporateLogo — GMT

The Trencher Chaingun is a terrible chioce no matter whose the caster is.

10" range, no move and shoot, no aim bonus, and all your opponent has to do to dick it over is to move infantry units into skirmish formation? No thanks.

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[quote=Hordini]The dude with the sad horse?

Why aren't the useful with any other casters?

Das Wort:
Die Schildwache[/quote]

Also because they made the Jeremiah Kraye rules a nice fit for warjacks like the
Charger and the Sentinel.

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Metsuri — GMT

Well snipe adds to the value of the sentinel, so also pStryker and Haley get to play. And if you add Strangewayes to the mix, other warcasters can enjoy some chaingun madness.

The trencher chain gun on the other hand is useless, as the range and immobility really hose for other that area denial purposes.

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[quote=Metsuri]Well snipe adds to the value of the sentinel, so also pStryker and Haley get to play. And if you add Strangewayes to the mix, other warcasters can enjoy some chaingun madness.

The trencher chain gun on the other hand is useless, as the range and immobility really hose for other that area denial purposes.[/quote]

True enough, but usually you can give snipe to something more fun

I think I'd rather have Iron Horse.

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I'm debating whether or not to bring Jeremiah Kraye to my weekly game. In order to run him,
though, I'll have to use unpainted models (oh noez!)

Edit: Grenadier warjack

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jamunition — GMT

I really like these things.

Are they called Warjack or something?

I might start an army

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oomiestompa — GMT

The game is called Warmachine. There's a forum here on Dakka for it.

Anyway, nice work Malf! I'm sure I'll see these in person some time soon.

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[quote=jamunition]I really like these things.

Are they called Warjack or something?

I might start an army[/quote]

Warjacks are in Warmachine. Trouble is you won't see too many of them unless someone
is selecting a particular faction or warcaster (commanders in Warmachine) who syncs
with them well. In this instance, I'm using them for Jeremiah Kraye, a cavalry warcaster. His
rules complement multiple light warjacks and I have plans to paint a heavy for them.

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Jeremiah Kraye is also done at last. All I have left to do for a basic 500 point Warmachine
army is buy and paint the Squire and paint a Centurion (already primed, but not on the
paint queue till next month).

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Kraye looks good! The stone on the base is nice with the staining and lifts focus from the base to the horse and rider. Nice work overall.

I'll have to pick one up myself, the fig is gorgeous and not too shabby on the tabletop either I've heard.

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[quote=Metsuri]Kraye looks good! The stone on the base is nice with the staining and lifts focus from the base to the horse and rider. Nice work overall.

I'll have to pick one up myself, the fig is gorgeous and not too shabby on the tabletop either I've heard.[/quote]

Thanks. The rules are very nice and go with my chosen warjacks. Though if I recall correctly,
I picked the warjacks based on Kraye's rules rather than the other way around.

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jamunition — GMT

Woot more horses.

And the blue isnt bad either.

In the fact that it is bright but has the shaded cresevis.

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Malf, I haven't seen his rules yet, so how would he do in a Trencher heavy army using mostly Grenadiers and a few other light jacks?

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[quote=Platuan4th]Malf, I haven't seen his rules yet, so how would he do in a Trencher heavy army using mostly Grenadiers and a few other light jacks?[/quote]

I'm afraid of heavy armor, see through smoke, and command effects ruining such an
army. That's why my list has both a Grenadier and a Centurion. I generally don't play
spam armies unless there's a very good reason.

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[quote=malfred][quote=Platuan4th]Malf, I haven't seen his rules yet, so how would he do in a Trencher heavy army using mostly Grenadiers and a few other light jacks?[/quote]

I'm afraid of heavy armor, see through smoke, and command effects ruining such an
army. That's why my list has both a Grenadier and a Centurion. I generally don't play
spam armies unless there's a very good reason.[/quote]

Yeah, when I run Trencher Spam(now with 100% more Cannon), I always make sure Jr. or my main caster brings a Hunter buddy along for the ride, just in case of serious heavy armor.

Of course, in every game I'm one of those weird fluffy/play what I like the looks of people.

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Sha1emade — GMT

Beautiful stuff! Love the guy on the horse. Great detail! Love bouncing back to this thread, always has cool new things added. Keep it up.

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High Elf Eagle when I finished it.

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[quote=Platuan4th][quote=malfred][quote=Platuan4th]Malf, I haven't seen his rules yet, so how would he do in a Trencher heavy army using mostly Grenadiers and a few other light jacks?[/quote]

I'm afraid of heavy armor, see through smoke, and command effects ruining such an
army. That's why my list has both a Grenadier and a Centurion. I generally don't play
spam armies unless there's a very good reason.[/quote]

Yeah, when I run Trencher Spam(now with 100% more Cannon), I always make sure Jr. or my main caster brings a Hunter buddy along for the ride, just in case of serious heavy armor.

Of course, in every game I'm one of those weird fluffy/play what I like the looks of people.[/quote]

Same here. Mostly.

Heck, I started Khador for Fenris and the Butcher alone.

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jamunition — GMT

Loving it

Looks really realistic.

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Almost caught up with my painted models.

Here are the Phoenix Guard.

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Shocktroopers are done.

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The start of the Bane Knights.

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I love the warmachine models Sharp looking models amigo

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[quote=malfred]The start of the Bane Knights.[/quote]

I think you should show moar of them!

Editted for horrible grammar.

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Totally. I actually varnished them right before the rain started yestereve.

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[quote=malfred]Shocktroopers are done.[/quote]

woo what color are the broze ( gold? ) used on these?

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Vallejo bright bronze washed with Vallejo Sepia ink (probably very similar to
Devlan Mud, though I'm not sure). I can't remember if I highlighted with
straight up bright bronze or if I added silver to the mix or if I got REALLY lazy
and used silver on the bronze.

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In January, I also began work on the Ferox.

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love the man-o-wars. (did i get it right?) nice, orange and cute.

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[quote=enmitee]love the man-o-wars. (did i get it right?) nice, orange and cute.[/quote]

Cute? CUTE?

Yeah, I agree. I like em' too.

And yes, close enough (I can never figure out which parts of the name are capitalized).

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Bane Knights continued.

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Those Man-O-Wars are quite macadocious, Malfred. Some of your best work yet, I dare say.

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Blurry photos help.

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The Ferox start to take shape. This is after a wash.

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I was doubting the fur color on the ferox as it seemed to be much too green, but the wash seems to fix it. They are shaping up nicely.

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It's not so much green in its base form as a very light brown lazily
painted over black primer.

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I think that's a hair stuck to the bane knight.

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If it didn't cost so much, I might start playing warmachine.

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malfred — GMT

Depends on how big you want to start. The issue is, of course,
playing lots of armies and lots of options.

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A block of 20 Corsairs. I'm still trying to figure out how I want the army to work, but
visually I like the look of 25 Corsair blocks. That probably means it's not going to be
effective, but I'll plan the modeling based on the looks for now since I spend more time
painting than playing.

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Hordini — GMT

Malfred, as for whatever you did to fix the verdigris on the Bane Knights, I think it worked well. The bits of bronze showing through on the weapons really livens it up I think.

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[quote=Hordini]Malfred, as for whatever you did to fix the verdigris on the Bane Knights, I think it worked well. The bits of bronze showing through on the weapons really livens it up I think.[/quote]

I *think* it was just a drybrush over.

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Early pics of my khador stuff. I can field a 750 pt eButcher army.

Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

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Re-titled the thread.

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Corsair with black ink on the cloaks.

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Paradon — GMT

I've just got to say... wow!
I've spent a good two hours looking at this blog and Im amazed, your models are so... snazzy.
I guess thats the only word I can use really as I've never seen anything like these before but Im blown away by them all, the colour is just jawdropping.

Keep posting more of those pictures!

Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

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Cameras are generally nice to my stuff. They look more real in person and not as nice.

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The infantry Khador before washes and things.

Beast-09 with some highlights.

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The Praetorian Ferox Riders! Go, Battlecats!

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The overpowered Bane Knights are done.

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A Seraph and some swordsmen.

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I started painting these in the same batch as my Legion stuff to use up the red paint.

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More progress on the Legion of Everblight. I started painting these at the game shop on
nights when I needed to kill time before I picked up my wife.

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LordRavurion — GMT

I like the colours on the legion, but dislike the bases. I don't know why, but it is to bright... As it is WIP it might be that you just brushed the colour on, but right now I don't like...

I have been looking through your blog and I saw a lot of models where really shiney. I know I am not a great painter and I do not use seallant much, but isn't it better to dullcoat?? it would make the models look nicer IMHO?? in the end it is a matter of preference though....

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Metsuri — GMT

[quote=LordRavurion]I have been looking through your blog and I saw a lot of models where really shiney. I know I am not a great painter and I do not use seallant much, but isn't it better to dullcoat??[/quote]

The problem with dull coat is that it is not as resistant to wear as gloss varnish. So if you want to protect your paint jobs you need to apply gloss first. I'll apply a coat of gloss and over it some dull coat for my metal minis because I like the matte finish, but want to protect the paint jobs the best I can.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=LordRavurion]I like the colours on the legion, but dislike the bases. I don't know why, but it is to bright... As it is WIP it might be that you just brushed the colour on, but right now I don't like...

I have been looking through your blog and I saw a lot of models where really shiney. I know I am not a great painter and I do not use seallant much, but isn't it better to dullcoat?? it would make the models look nicer IMHO?? in the end it is a matter of preference though....

[/quote]

Actually, the bases get brighter as I drybrush ghost grey on the wolf grey. Maybe I should
have went without the blue wash, but it's a little late now. Oh well.

I put on a clear satin finish because I like the shine. It also helps me remember which
models are actually done.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri]The problem with dull coat is that it is not as resistant to wear as gloss varnish. So if you want to protect your paint jobs you need to apply gloss first. I'll apply a coat of gloss and over it some dull coat for my metal minis because I like the matte finish, but want to protect the paint jobs the best I can.[/quote]

I used to do this. Now I just hit it with two coats of Satin and call it done.

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malfred — GMT

I'm still not sure if these are called Serpent Guard or not...

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ph34r — GMT

Your cheap ploy for attention may have won this battle malfred, but it leaves me sorely disappointed at the lack of pokemon.
But I guess as long as I'm here, those shock troopers look awesome, as does the tarnished metal on bane knights.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=ph34r]Your cheap ploy for attention may have won this battle malfred, but it leaves me sorely disappointed at the lack of pokemon.
But I guess as long as I'm here, those shock troopers look awesome, as does the tarnished metal on bane knights.[/quote]

Thanks.

Maybe someday there will be actual pokemon in the thread.

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malfred — GMT

Woo...

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Metsuri — GMT

Those swordsmen are starting look really good in a cartoony way. Nice contrast with between the red armor and blue skin.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri]Those swordsmen are starting look really good in a cartoony way. Nice contrast with between the red armor and blue skin.[/quote]

Thanks. I need to learn my color adjustment, but I rather like the effect as well. The skin is
darker in reality, but I think the red is spot on (if a bit messy).

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malfred — GMT

The purple is a bit much and needs some highlighting with gray.

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malfred — GMT

Nearly done. Just need some highlighting if I can be bothered to do it.

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Hordini — GMT

Oh, you are painting Everblight swordsmen too?

Are you trying to show me up now? :p

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Hordini]Oh, you are painting Everblight swordsmen too?

Are you trying to show me up now? :p[/quote]

Not really. I went into painting overdrive for Legion of Everblight when I saw eThagrosh.

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malfred — GMT

Mostly done.

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malfred — GMT

These are test models using Corsair models with attached Dark Elf Warrior arms for Spearmen
with shields and repeater crossbowmen.

Getting these to rank up is going to be problematic, I can tell.

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viney — GMT

Your minis look good, all of them!

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Shattered Soul — GMT

Malfred, I wish for you to send me some of that wonder drug that allows you to do the magic you do with minis.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Shattered Soul]Malfred, I wish for you to send me some of that wonder drug that allows you to do the magic you do with minis.[/quote]

That's not magic, that's...

Family board. Family board. Family board.

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malfred — GMT

Sloppy red highlights with the patented shiny satin varnish. (Was happy I found more cans of
the stuff in the store. For some reason there have been few cans when I go, so I buy
up whatever they have left).

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LordRavurion — GMT

I like the corsair-conversions. They look good. Even the satin finish is not bothering me on these...

Haven't you sprayed them as heavily, or is it another brand?? Or are you getting better at making photo's or photoshop (for fixing the glare...)

Good work and keep it up...

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malfred — GMT

[quote=LordRavurion]I like the corsair-conversions. They look good. Even the satin finish is not bothering me on these...

Haven't you sprayed them as heavily, or is it another brand?? Or are you getting better at making photo's or photoshop (for fixing the glare...)

Good work and keep it up...
[/quote]

Thanks.

I spray just as heavily, two coats as evenly as I can. I think what happens in some pictures
is the lighting. When I lower the lamp to a certain degree, it really reflects off the finish.

It's really obvious on my Legion of Everblight stuff. You'll see when I post it.

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enmitee — GMT

i love the corsairs! they look like VC blood dragons, and i like the look of the vc blood dragons.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=enmitee]i love the corsairs! they look like VC blood dragons, and i like the look of the vc blood dragons.[/quote]

Huh. I hadn't thought of that. So now that means I'm going to have two armies that
look like Vampires (Dark Elves and Legion of Everblight).

Maybe I should just give up and get the eyeliner and black cape.

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malfred — GMT

I don't like the visible slot, but I couldn't be bothered with fixing it. Another interesting
tidbit about this model is that people call it different things.

Some refer to it as "Beast Nine"
Others call it "Beast Oh Nine"
And then there are those who call it "Why have any other warjack?"

Anyway, I'm happy with the end result.

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malfred — GMT

Three shots of my second unit of Doomreavers. The ink is a bit thick on the skin, but
that's fine. They die really easily anyway.

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malfred — GMT

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/21982-work%20in%20progress%2C%20dark%20elf%2C%20corsair%2C%20warriors%2C%20warhammer%20fantasy.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/3/6/21982_sm-work%20in%20progress%2C%20dark%20elf%2C%20corsair%2C%20warriors%2C%20warhammer%20fantasy.jpg[/img][/url]

Question about these guys:

Do you think it would look odd to have regular warriors behind them? I ask because the forward movement of the
Corsairs makes it really hard to rank them up front and back
with shields on their arms.

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malfred — GMT

There's a major flaw in the second finished piece. The red ink ran onto the gray
part of the unit leader, but otherwise I'm happy.

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krusty — GMT

the khador and corsairs look pretty sweet
especially the one big warbeast

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malfred — GMT

[quote=krusty]the khador and corsairs look pretty sweet
especially the one big warbeast[/quote]

Thanks.

Which warbeast? The flying Seraph?

If you're referring to Beast-09 then let me clarify: it's a Warjack that has the name Beast-09.

Yeah, I know.

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malfred — GMT

This! Is! Tabletop!

Dark Elf Assassins. I don't have any more purchased, but I foresee painting at least 4 of them.

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malfred — GMT

And so the shiny alluded to earlier in the thread comes to "light". When the lamp is
positioned low enough, and the model itself has many places to catch the light, then
the Satin finish can really reflect a lot.

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Bignutter — GMT

Really liking the Dark Elves Malfred!

The corsairs with spears look great- but if your wondering about ranking them up- how about mixing the parts up with normal warriors- especially corsair heards on normal bodies- that should do the trick

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malfred — GMT

Thanks.

Hrm, I'll have to try that, Bignutter. What I'm noticing with the Corsair sprues, though, is that
out of all the extras, heads aren't very prevalent. I think there are only a couple in a box? (I could
be wrong, though).

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malfred — GMT

The Swordsmen are done.

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malfred — GMT

Work on the Champions begins.

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malfred — GMT

A trollkin hero.

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malfred — GMT

Borka the Kegslayer and the Keg Bearer.

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Ghost in the Darkness — GMT

lol I like the guy with the keg.

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malfred — GMT

He comes with Borka. If enemies kill him, he has a special rule called Party Foul
that makes your army more effective. Fun stuff.

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malfred — GMT

Some wood elves to top off my Wood Elves army for Adepticon.

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malfred — GMT

Borka and Keg Bearer/Carrier/whatever with more filled in.

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LordRavurion — GMT

I am continually getting more and more envious of you. I can't seem to get myself to painting nowadays. Had a weekend a while back where I restarted playing halfLife (every part) and I have not painted since. (before that also not much, but had build and undercoated)...

The way you keep on cramming out mini's for me is amazing, although you are probably not the fastest or the best painter, they are very good for the amount of time you seemingly take to finish them. Add to that all the different projects you do at a time and I am really feeling like a slacker...

To show my point: I have almost all of my cryx to paint (about 750 points) I have a 3 buggies to build/paint and 40 or so orks to build/paint. then I can get more to fill out weapons etc... I have a chaos army that needs some additions. Some new stuff, some needs to be painted. I need to paint about half my tyranids. then I have some warriors of chaos to build/paint. I also have a completely build ogre army that needs to be completely painted. And to top it all off I have a fantasy dwarf army lying half build, waiting to see paint once fully build.

Now you know why I am envious of you. between my wife wanting attention, work and the other hobbys I just don't seem to be able to concentrate on the work before me. In fact I am now getting more depressed, as I know now what I have lying around waiting on finishing...

Maybe I just have to quit fantasy/40k and sell it all. then concentrate on warmachine... sigh... feeling down now...

You keep up the good work, then I will defeat all in half life and try to restart the painting ....

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malfred — GMT

You have to understand, I HAVE to work on different projects or else I get frustrated and
bored. I shoot for the tabletop because that's the level of paint that I can stand to
achieve. Anything beyond that frustrates me and minis become abandoned.

Overall I average maybe 10-15 minis every two weeks.

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LordRavurion — GMT

Which currently is infinitely more then I achieve...

I am a bad dab hobbyist

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- Human — GMT

Your dark elf assassins look quite good. My only comments on them would be that they'd benefit from a few highlights and removing the flash! It pains me to see well painted models plagued by such an imperfection!

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malfred — GMT

That's not flash, it's a low hanging lamp, but the message still applies: fix my lighting.

Yeah, my stuff can always use a few more highlights. Too bad extra highlights means
extra time spent being frustrated.

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malfred — GMT

Hero has more stuff done.

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malfred — GMT

More progress.

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malfred — GMT

Yay.

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malfred — GMT

Champions and Hero nearly done.

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krusty — GMT

i like the scheme you have on the wood elves
cool stuff

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malfred — GMT

[quote=krusty]i like the scheme you have on the wood elves
cool stuff[/quote]

Thanks. I've been working on this army for years, and only started actually gaming with
them a couple years ago. They're very fun to play, and I'd probably go out of my way
to find games more often if it weren't for Warmachine/Hordes.

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malfred — GMT

My Centurion surrounded by Pegasus Hobbies pre-painted ruined towers. They're
very cool and useful as small terrain cover. I've decided to devote a portion of my
monthly gaming budget to prefabricated terrain. By the time the wife and I can
afford to move (which would require the economy to reset a bit) I should have enough
for some hefty tables.

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malfred — GMT

More Cygnar in a pre-wash state. This should give you a better sense of the size of the
Ruined towers.

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Metsuri — GMT

The ruins seem to be just right size for small terrain to give some nice tactical challenges.

Also nice see that men in blue get some lovin' from you.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri]The ruins seem to be just right size for small terrain to give some nice tactical challenges.

Also nice see that men in blue get some lovin' from you.[/quote]

Yeah, well, I'd be ashamed to bring Jeremiah Kraye with an unfinished Centurion and Squire,
knowum'sayin? I DON'T think it'll turn out so great, but we'll see.

Also, I'm planning on using the DUDE with ATGM with Siege, and maybe buy the
Black 13th despite all their power gaming stigma. I mean, it's three guys with pistols and
magic totally owning a battlefield. That's just cool!

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malfred — GMT

R2D2...I mean, the Squire.

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Metsuri — GMT

[quote=malfred]Maybe buy the Black 13th despite all their power gaming stigma. I mean, it's three guys with pistols and
magic totally owning a battlefield. That's just cool![/quote]

Yes they totally rule, I have kept myself from buying them until I have couple of other figs (Thead and strangewayes mainly) painted but I may have to cave in and get em. When the opponent is running withershadow and other nasty things it is prudent to have some dirty tricks of your own.

Good start on the R2.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri][quote=malfred]Maybe buy the Black 13th despite all their power gaming stigma. I mean, it's three guys with pistols and
magic totally owning a battlefield. That's just cool![/quote]

Yes they totally rule, I have kept myself from buying them until I have couple of other figs (Thead and strangewayes mainly) painted but I may have to cave in and get em. When the opponent is running withershadow and other nasty things it is prudent to have some dirty tricks of your own.

Good start on the R2.[/quote]

*cough* I have Withershadow on my table, assembled but unprimed. *cough*

I figure having them makes up for having Rhoven.

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malfred — GMT

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/21982-work%20in%20progress%2C%20dark%20elf%2C%20corsair%2C%20warriors%2C%20warhammer%20fantasy.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/3/6/21982_sm-work%20in%20progress%2C%20dark%20elf%2C%20corsair%2C%20warriors%2C%20warhammer%20fantasy.jpg[/img][/url]

So here's what I'm thinking of trying:

Wood Elf legs.
Corsair bodies.
Warrior weapon arms (for spear and shield).

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malfred — GMT

Have time today. Going to post some things.

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malfred — GMT

Serpent Guard complete.

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malfred — GMT

Weather finally cleared enough for me to use the satin spray.

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malfred — GMT

Borka and Keg Carrier complete.

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malfred — GMT

Borka's Champions.

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malfred — GMT

Gretchin and Gretchin surrounding some Cygnar stuff.

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malfred — GMT

Some Circle Orboros stuff I started last week.

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archont — GMT

Just to let you know: I always look at your stuff and always like it, simple and effective clean paintjob

Good work man!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=archont]Just to let you know: I always look at your stuff and always like it, simple and effective clean paintjob

Good work man! [/quote]

Thanks!

Not so sure about clean, but simple compared to a lot of the stuff on these forums.

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malfred — GMT

Closer pics of the Circle Models.

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albinoork — GMT

nice highlights on the black tunics. Are you happy/satisfied with how they look?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=albinoork]nice highlights on the black tunics. Are you happy/satisfied with how they look?[/quote]

Oh yeah, very much so. Thanks very much for the advice!

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malfred — GMT

Here's a shot of my started Blitzer.

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malfred — GMT

White Lion Chariot. I started painting two of them. One normal and one for that White
Lion character. Eventually I'm going to end up buying and painting two Tiranoc Chariots to
replace them for when I'm interested in not using Special Characters.

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malfred — GMT

White Lions with ink on them.

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Platuan4th — GMT

The Chariots look amazing with the wash, Malf.

Can we get closeups of the one with Korhil?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Platuan4th]The Chariots look amazing with the wash, Malf.

Can we get closeups of the one with Korhil?[/quote]

Thanks.

I didn't stick him in the chariot, unfortunately. My plan was just to be lame and stick
Korhil behind the chariot on foot. Maybe I'll convert a real chariot someday.

I think that's the last picture I have of this set. I'm waiting for some time in which I can
spray my models and post pics. It's just been so busy!

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LunaHound — GMT

What do you do with all the different faction painted minis malf?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=LunaHound]What do you do with all the different faction painted minis malf?[/quote]

Why, game of course

Warmachine games can be short enough that I can get two or three in in one night, whereas
Fantasy takes so long to setup it's highly unlikely for me to get more than one game in on
any given day. So if I game once a week with Warmachine, I can get two or three games in
with one faction. At the end of the session I decide whether to forge ahead with the faction
I'm playing or switch it up and try something different next time.

I'm still best with my Protectorate of Menoth army, which isn't saying much.

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LunaHound — GMT

Do you have any army shot available? im intimidated to search through 740 images lol.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=LunaHound]Do you have any army shot available? im intimidated to search through 740 images lol.[/quote]

Here's a 500 point list for my Skorne.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Swordsmen_of_Zaal

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malfred — GMT

Oops, what army did you want to see?

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Arctik_Firangi — GMT

Second that. A couple of force shots would be nice after the vague attention I've paid to this thread over the months.

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malfred — GMT

Here's a pic on my friend John's plastic legions blog.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VbB1uRVgs8g/STya6ksyFcI/AAAAAAAAB7w/zb_KvhtpCZw/s1600-h/Good+5.JPG

http://plasticlegions.blogspot.com/2008/12/weekend-battle-recaps.html

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malfred — GMT

RAWR! Washes on some Trollblood dire trolls.

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malfred — GMT

Kilt Lifter Troll (proxy for a second Hero) and (what's his name) the Fell Caller.

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malfred — GMT

Attempt at the Skorne battlebox and other useful models.

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malfred — GMT

Some progress on the skorne

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malfred — GMT

Haradrim Warriors before and after washes

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Cruentus — GMT

Those Haradrim look great after the wash (they looked good before as well).

What was the wash? Brush applied?

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malfred — GMT

Oops, wasn't just a wash. I used bonewhite on the robes as base color.

The wash is what I usually use, Vallejo Sepia.

Yeah, I use a brush. I applied the wash to the bone colored robes, to the brown parts (including
any visible skin), and to any shiny metal parts.

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grey_death — GMT

I <3 Sepia Washes. I might have to get to grips with the Vallejo version...

Looks great Malf ^_^

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malfred — GMT

[quote=grey_death]I <3 Sepia Washes. I might have to get to grips with the Vallejo version...

Looks great Malf ^_^[/quote]

Thanks.

What other sepias do you use?

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malfred — GMT

Titan getting worked up and over. For some reason, I can't get the color balancing
right. The third color on this black and gold elephant is purple, but it always turns out
looking too bluish.

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malfred — GMT

Cryx works in progress.

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LunaHound — GMT

Is the guy holding a cup of beer?

You also seem to have painted like transparent glass right?
o_o because it looks good like that.

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malfred — GMT

Haha, it's actually supposed to be verdigris. Too bad I didn't intend glass.

The Ogrun with what looks like a beer is holding a mallet. I think it'll be clearer as I post the
pics in the upcoming couple weeks.

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LunaHound — GMT

This is what i meant . It looks really good

[img]http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9645/cupu.jpg[/img]

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malfred — GMT

Haha, no, sorry. I wish I had thought of that.

I think that's the Sepia wash pooling over everything. This picture was taken while the
model was still wet. I ended up painting the ale green for contrast.

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Mr.R4nd0m — GMT

[quote=malfred]I paint for the tabletop. Epileptic monkeys can probably
do better. Though you're probably thinking of this:

[img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/208466826_d083bb7912.jpg[/img]

And you'd be right.[/quote]

Gerd your loins, here comes Barney from hell.

All and all they are shaping up well.

Edit:Forgot an 'o' in comes.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Mr.R4nd0m][quote=malfred]I paint for the tabletop. Epileptic monkeys can probably
do better. Though you're probably thinking of this:

[img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/208466826_d083bb7912.jpg[/img]

And you'd be right.[/quote]

Gerd your loins, here comes Barney from hell.

All and all they are shaping up well.

Edit:Forgot an 'o' in comes. [/quote]

The new one is much better, thanks.

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malfred — GMT

Work in progress on some AT-43 repaints.

I'll start posting finished project pics tomorrow night.

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LunaHound — GMT

OH OH OH! at-43!

Did you prime them directly and paint over them?

*they make such cool looking ogryns dont you think?

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malfred — GMT

Karmans are my favorite. I haven't been sold on the rest of their line yet. Maybe the Oni will
be good.

I primed them with black gesso, except I probably should have thinned it.

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ChaoticFlanagan — GMT

Malfred, may i ask how you thin down your vallejo game colors?

i like the smooth colors you're getting.

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LunaHound — GMT

Oh no, i didnt mean the paint is thick ( doesnt look thick to me)

Was just curiouse to how ppl deal with their at-43 when they repaint it , since im considering too.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=ChaoticFlanagan]Malfred, may i ask how you thin down your vallejo game colors?

i like the smooth colors you're getting.[/quote]

Which colors?

Some of them are VGC, some rare few are VMC, and some are Reaper Master's. I use
the Vallejo Glaze Medium to cut my paints and that seems to help. I'm not sure if it's
supposed to and maybe it's psychological, but I like it.

[quote=LunaHound]Oh no, i didnt mean the paint is thick ( doesnt look thick to me)

Was just curiouse to how ppl deal with their at-43 when they repaint it , since im considering too.[/quote]

Trust me, there are clumps where I didn't thin out the Gesso enough and so the stuff
pooled up and clumped.

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malfred — GMT

The High Elf stuff.

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malfred — GMT

Supplemental Troll force.

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malfred — GMT

Cygnar forces ready to rock!

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malfred — GMT

Gretchin.

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BDJV — GMT

I'm diggin' the skin tone of those Gretchin!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=BDJV]I'm diggin' the skin tone of those Gretchin![/quote]

Thanks. I use it for pretty much everything these days.

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malfred — GMT

Circle stuff painted. The Druids have a black scheme provided by Albinoork, and the grey/orangey
look to the warbeasts reflects stuff I've seen around the net.

malfred's paint table

Tek — GMT

[quote=ender502]
Hot yellows (that are tonally orange) do not mix well with blues. Peurple.. okay. But not blue. The first time my wife read a white dwarf she commented that someone really knew there color wheel. I said "huh?" She explained that the color selections are very simple contrasting color schemes based off a color wheel. I said "Huh?" So she pulled out a color wheel (being an art major she had one) and showed me what she meant. I said "Huh?" So, now I just paint the colors she tell me to.
ender502[/quote]

Just reading through the earlier posts and this annoyed me so much. So, someone who doesn't understand the primary-school basics of the colour wheel, is giving colour advice... and wrong colour advice at that.
Opposite and complimentary colours... yeah that'd be orange and blue then.
Purple and yellow; red and green; orange and blue. Someone really knows their colour wheel! I think you learn it at about your first year in school. Degree level art it is not.

Your work looks much better with washes on man. Good work.
I can't help but think they are rather shiny, are you gonna dullcoat them?

Do you paint without an undercoat? Some of your earlier stuff looked that way.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

I like the warp wolf.Nice blog Malf keep it coming.

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malfred — GMT

Stopped posting for a bit in order to catch up on assembling minis for the summer (hopefully) rush.

I don't like dullcoat. These are satin sprays. Very Sexay.

Plus, I don't forget which models are sprayed since they shine. (I used to do that a lot).

Thanks for the comments!

Simple update: Swamp Gobbers.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

They look good,how effective are they in game?

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Metsuri — GMT

They are good in getting smoke templates to block LOS to key assets. And they look good on the table, nice work malf.

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malfred — GMT

Thanks.

Yeah, Deff. They're useful in almost every game I've used them. Most armies that have the
points needed either include them from the start or put them in if there are points for them at
the end.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Ok I see,they look rather good mini's.

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malfred — GMT

Okay, back to updating the blog.

Once I hit my target for the year, maybe I will switch to a new thread

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Looking go Malfred,what is your target for this year?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Looking go Malfred,what is your target for this year?[/quote]

Thanks.

The target is that mythical 520. I know there are folks who paint faster than that, but I
never have so it'll be a nice milestone to reach and then scale down operations.

Harad Warriors are always fun to paint since you can alternate colors all over the place
and they don't necessarily need any crisp lines. So you can clean up after you apply a
wash, or you can just leave them be.

I tend to just leave them be after a wash.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

I see,well I hope everything goes well.Nice looking Harad warriors,I am not much a fan of the LOTR mini game but I love the easterlings.

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RiTides — GMT

The movie was playing last night Those are two awesome scenes... seeing the Rohirrim (sp?) charge into the orc horde, decimating everything... then pull up short as they see the oliphants coming!

"Reform the line! Reform the line! We'll meet them head on!"

Sooooooooooooo awesome...

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malfred — GMT

Completed a stack of Cryx Minis in April, too.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Cryx not my fav race,but they look cool.So are you going to pick up the new faction when they come out?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Cryx not my fav race,but they look cool.So are you going to pick up the new faction when they come out?[/quote]

I'm at least picking up the rulebook at GenCon. I was hoping they'd have a starter
set that I could demo at the store along with the other Warmachine stuff, but I haven't
seen anything that indicates a starter is on the way.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

I see so when are the new rules coming out?

September right.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]I see so when are the new rules coming out?

September right.[/quote]

Yep, with probably a pre-release at GenCon.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Ok cool,been thinking of getting into warmachine myself.Happy painting can't wait to see more.

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malfred — GMT

Repainting some Karmans.

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djphranq — GMT

I love your stuff Mal! The progression in this thread is inspiring. I definitely like your recent work with the Karmans.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Agreed the monkey men from space are looking good.

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malfred — GMT

I devoted the month of May to building up my models to paint collection. I no longer
find piles of plastic and lead intimidating.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Wow thats alot to paint better get busy.

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LunaHound — GMT

[quote=malfred]Repainting some Karmans.[/quote]

赤いパンツ
Why do Karmans always smoke? 1/3rd of them have cigarettes -_-

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malfred — GMT

[quote=LunaHound][quote=malfred]Repainting some Karmans.[/quote]

赤いパンツ
Why do Karmans always smoke? 1/3rd of them have cigarettes -_-[/quote]

Simple answer: Yetis and Wendigos get very good Medics?

Anyway, here's my initial red paint on my Space Marines.

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malfred — GMT

[url=http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/37142-Work%20In%20Progress.html][img]http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/6/9/37142_sm-Work%20In%20Progress.jpg[/img][/url]

Gretchin in progress.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Nice bright red,and the gretchin are looking good to.

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malfred — GMT

Finished my test scheme for my own version of the Black Templars.

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malfred — GMT

Some fences I made a long time ago.

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malfred — GMT

The gretchin are done.

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RiTides — GMT

You're like a machine

Is there any prize for hitting 520? If not, you should make one, just because

I really like the gretchin! Very nice

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malfred — GMT

[quote=RiTides Nids]You're like a machine

Is there any prize for hitting 520? If not, you should make one, just because

I really like the gretchin! Very nice [/quote]

Nah, no prizes. People who sell painted minis probably pass 520 all the time, it's just
a personal goal that I want to try to reach.

The follow up to that goal is that if I hit it, I never want to try again. This is straining
my sanity and my wallet.

Khadoran Assault Kommandos.

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malfred — GMT

Some Armorcast terrain I painted.

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sonofruss — GMT

malf is that old GeoHex terrain there?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=sonofruss]malf is that old GeoHex terrain there?[/quote]

I'm pretty sure I bought it from War Zone.

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malfred — GMT

These models are the reason I spent money on the Legion of Everblight. I had stuff
for the army before, but these made me finish.

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RiTides — GMT

Wow, those are nice-looking models. Great paint job on them, too I feel like I'm being hunted through the snow...

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Hordini — GMT

Nice work on the Warmongers, I love those models too. I had sort of forgotten about them, but now I'll have to pick up a box to "round out" my Everblight force. You're setting the bar pretty high, painting-wise though. Hopefully my Everblight can stand up to that, when I get around to finishing them.

Curse you, Malfred! *shakes fist*

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malfred — GMT

[quote=RiTides Nids]Wow, those are nice-looking models. Great paint job on them, too I feel like I'm being hunted through the snow...[/quote]

Thanks. Well, I'm not responsible for the models, just the painting of them, but still...

[quote=Hordini]Nice work on the Warmongers, I love those models too. I had sort of forgotten about them, but now I'll have to pick up a box to "round out" my Everblight force. You're setting the bar pretty high, painting-wise though. Hopefully my Everblight can stand up to that, when I get around to finishing them.

Curse you, Malfred! *shakes fist*[/quote]

Actually, those two big guys are Warmonger War Chiefs. Pics of the regular Warmongers
are attached below.

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malfred — GMT

Progress on Corsairs and Orin Midwinter.

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djphranq — GMT

What are Corsairs from? High elves or something?

Midwinter looks fantastic

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malfred — GMT

[quote=djphranq]What are Corsairs from? High elves or something?

Midwinter looks fantastic[/quote]

Thanks.

The Corsairs are Dark Elf Warrior conversions using Corsair parts. They're a pain to
rank up, so I think I can rank them up with regular Dark Elf Warriors.

*think*

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malfred — GMT

This is the first time I ever made this mistake. I put one coat of sealer on the minis,
and later on when I tried to put the second coat I hit it with black primer.

I left it on, as you can see. It's on the Gatorman leader as well as one other model.

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RiTides — GMT

Ouch!!! Bummer :(

I've always wondered how this happens to people. How did it happen in your case? Is it just that you're painting so many minis and going in auto-pilot mode, and the primer was where your sealant usually is? Or do the labels look really similar?

Maybe everyone should mark their primer cans with a big red "[color=red]X[/color]" as a precaution...

They still look good, for what it's worth . Maybe you can use the background of the leader escaping from a tar pit and living to tell about it

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malfred — GMT

Thanks.

Yeah, I was on auto-pilot. I spray in long stretches after I've built up a collection of stuff. Usually
that means 20-40 painted figs and 20-40 assembled figs to be primed.

The process is kind of like this:

1. Seal coat one on finished minis.
2. Prime assembled minis.
3. Wait a little more time and seal coat two on finished minis.

You'll see the other fig in a few weeks or so (it's further down the queue of minis
to post to Dakka blog)

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malfred — GMT

Look at my green snake!

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malfred — GMT

My Black Templars painted kinda Red.

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malfred — GMT

Models for my ninja Rhyas army.

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Tacobake — GMT

I stand in awe.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]I stand in awe.[/quote]

I stand intoxicated!

LOL,anyways nice going malf.Now more,MORE!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]I stand in awe.[/quote]

Of?

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition][quote=Tacobake]I stand in awe.[/quote]

I stand intoxicated!

LOL,anyways nice going malf.Now more,MORE![/quote]

Don't drink and post.

This is a bunch of Dark Elf Warrior Corsair conversions that are so annoying to rank up that
I think I'm going to just keep it at the one unit.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Yet another reason why I don't play DE.

And on the drinking,don't knock it till you tried it!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Yet another reason why I don't play DE.[/quote]

Well to be fair, Dark Elf Warriors by themselves rank up fine and Dark Elf Corsairs
rank up fine, but Dark Elf Corsair Warrior conversions by themselves do not rank up
fine. In fact, I think I can only make them rank up by interspersing my Dark Elf
Corsair Warrior conversions with regular Dark Elf Warriors as you see in the pictures.

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malfred — GMT

So now I have a fully painted Legion of Everblight warpack. Huzzah!

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Hordini — GMT

Is that an arrow on your bowstring or are you just happy to see me?

The arrow is a nice touch. Where'd you get it?

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P4NC4K3 — GMT

I feel that the arrow should be more central, personally

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Hordini — GMT

[quote=P4NC4K3]I feel that the arrow should be more central, personally[/quote]

I was thinking that too at first, but then I thought, maybe she's just now pulling the arrow from the quiver and in the process of nocking it, rather than shooting it. That was my interpretation, at least.

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abhorsen950 — GMT

Its all looking good to mee

ABH

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malfred — GMT

The kit comes with an arrow.

It's a fat arrow, though. I put it in to help keep the bow in place as it's molded to the
hand which is joined to the wrist of the forearm.

I hate wrist joins.

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Hordini — GMT

[quote=malfred]The kit comes with an arrow.

It's a fat arrow, though. I put it in to help keep the bow in place as it's molded to the
hand which is joined to the wrist of the forearm.

I hate wrist joins.[/quote]

*gasp* Mine didn't come with an arrow! I bought it second hand though, that's probably why...

I hated that wrist joint too, but I ended up solving the problem by trimming the wrist nub a bit, then pinning it. It's worked well so far, but she hasn't really seen any battles yet.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Hordini][quote=malfred]The kit comes with an arrow.

It's a fat arrow, though. I put it in to help keep the bow in place as it's molded to the
hand which is joined to the wrist of the forearm.

I hate wrist joins.[/quote]

*gasp* Mine didn't come with an arrow! I bought it second hand though, that's probably why...

I hated that wrist joint too, but I ended up solving the problem by trimming the wrist nub a bit, then pinning it. It's worked well so far, but she hasn't really seen any battles yet. [/quote]

Sorry to hear it.

Maybe Orin can turn that frown upside down (by zapping your ability to cast magic!)

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Hordini — GMT

Ooh, that's an interesting dude. I hadn't seen that model before. What is he, a Merc solo?

Consider my frown upside-downed!

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Yeah he is a merc solo.Nice work Malf,now comon get painting!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Yeah he is a merc solo.Nice work Malf,now comon get painting![/quote]

Mind if I just take a bit of a break? The hands feel ever so cold.

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Hordini — GMT

Do you have a whole Wood Elves army painted now? I didn't realize that your WE project was still ongoing.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Hordini]Do you have a whole Wood Elves army painted now? I didn't realize that your WE project was still ongoing.[/quote]

Armies never end.

My friend won a raffle at GW and got the Wood Elf anniversary box. He sold it to
me for a hundred bucks and that's where I got my Treekin, a second Eagle, and
two extra units of Wild Riders.

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malfred — GMT

The promotional Avatars of War fig I got at Adepticon in 2008. (I still can't find the one
from 2009)

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malfred — GMT

You can see the guy that got hit with the primer when I was trying to seal it.

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malfred — GMT

To go with the Stormblades

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Hordini — GMT

Oh man! Not again with the black primer.

That's a big unit you got there though. Can unit attachments take you over the standard unit size? Like if the unit size is normally 6-10, but then you get like two unit attachment dudes, do you actually deploy 12 minis on the field? Or do the unit attachment dudes replace two of the basic dudes?

I like the jack too. Does the Stormclad come with a flag?

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Tacobake — GMT

Hurts me eyez.

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malfred — GMT

Hordini, Mark I Stormblades are maximum 6. In Mark II they are 6-10. In both versions,
they can add the Officer (dude with the cape) and standard bearer for extra points.

Also, the Stormclad comes with a flag.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Were's the terrian from it looks very nice?

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malfred — GMT

Some guys built it and handed it to me to paint. It's pink foam.

Not very practical for Warmachine, but I think the local 40k players like it.

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malfred — GMT

The rest of the hills.

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Tacobake — GMT

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Looks nice,I am sure it will be a blood soaked battlefield soon!

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malfred — GMT

Work on the league terrain we needed for the Warmachine HOrdes league. I guess
we didn't really [i]need[/i] it, but I liked having it.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Looks nice to me.Is that balsa wood?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Looks nice to me.Is that balsa wood?[/quote]

They don't feel flimsy enough to be balsa. They come in a bag called Skinny Sticks.

http://www.loew-cornell.com/products/flashpaper/117/index.html

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

I see.Oh well what ever they are made of they look nice.Are they going to remain in this state or will you paint them?

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malfred — GMT

Yeah, the plan is to paint them. Eventually.

Here's a start I made on some Dragonlord Vessels for Uncharted Seas.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Looks cool,do you have a site link I can visit so that I can check out the Uncharted seas game?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Looks cool,do you have a site link I can visit so that I can check out the Uncharted seas game?
[/quote]

http://www.spartangames.co.uk/uncharted.htm

I think the rules are still wip, but I love the minis too much to not paint them. It's been
tough sticking with just the Dragonlords so far.

These are wip pics of my Trollblood cavalry, the Longriders, and their leader, Horthol.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

The long riders are looking good.Malf surely you must be a Pokeminiatures master by now?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]The long riders are looking good.Malf surely you must be a Pokeminiatures master by now?[/quote]

It's not enough to paint them. One has to train with their pokeminiatures in order
to become a true pokeminiatures master.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

I see,well then have you any worthy to face off against your minis?

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malfred — GMT

Just some boyz. Nothing special.

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malfred — GMT

I didn't realize how many buildings would be needed for the Warmachine League, so
I came up with two solutions.

Solution 1: Freestanding walls made out of foamcore and braced/decorated with craft sticks.

Solution 2: Basswood buildings.

Not lovely and not likely to get painted anytime soon, but it'll do for now.

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malfred — GMT

More completed Serpent Guard. I think I can field 30 or so guys now.

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malfred — GMT

Rorsch and Brine. I always forget which one is which.

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malfred — GMT

Skorne models. The Arcuarii were sitting in a shelf because the detailing on them
annoyed me once upon a time. Now it was a pleasure having played several games
with the army.

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Lanky-feck — GMT

The minis you're doing look awesome. Good luck with painting them all.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Another great update Malf,more I tell you more is needed!

Someone get Malf magical unicorn dust so he can paint none stop for a month!

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malfred — GMT

Magical unicorn dust not needed...for painting minis.

Here's a very sloppy Saxon Orrik I might use for my Master's army to help keep
my Protectorate infantry mobile.

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malfred — GMT

Eldrad now works for me as well.

PH33r me

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Tacobake — GMT

Man I want Warwalkers now. Great painting.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]Man I want Warwalkers now. Great painting.[/quote]

Thanks.

Yeah, I need more Warwalkers, but probably not for a long time yet.

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LunaHound — GMT

The grass flock hill looks like it would be comfy to touch

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malfred — GMT

Luna: The hills I use for background are from war-zone (i.e. I bought them online). I should
probably make my own to replace them, but yes, they are comfy to the touch.

Here are some shootas, a trukk, and my "troops embarked" token.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Looking good.

And if no unicorn dust is needed perhaps we just need to get lots of coffee,yes coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!

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StubbyGB — GMT

Lol, that 'troops embarked' icon is hilarious. It totally suits the chaotic style of Orks. It reminds me of the keystone cops.

[url]http://media.photobucket.com/image/keystone%20cops/Davis1950/Cartoons/KeystoneCops.jpg[/url]

I can just imagine them bouncing over the terrain with arms and legs flailing

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malfred — GMT

[quote=StubbyGB]Lol, that 'troops embarked' icon is hilarious. It totally suits the chaotic style of Orks. It reminds me of the keystone cops.

[url]http://media.photobucket.com/image/keystone%20cops/Davis1950/Cartoons/KeystoneCops.jpg[/url]

I can just imagine them bouncing over the terrain with arms and legs flailing [/quote]

Thanks.

I built them up over time. So I have like 30 Shootas, and from each kit I stole a torso
here, a torso there, a pair of legs, etc.

Anyway, here's the expensive Trollblood cavalry.

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malfred — GMT

The start of a batch of Cryx. Bane Thralls and Epic Goreshade, wooo...

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malfred — GMT

Dark Elf Dark Riders. They're kind of expensive to make, but I used the leftover parts
to make other models, and since I have tri-Elf armies (Wood, High, Dark) this wasn't
such a bad thing.

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Jin — GMT

Those are the Wild Rider horses, no?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Jin]Those are the Wild Rider horses, no?[/quote]

Glade Guard horses (the Wild Rider ones have a metallic helmet with horns coming out
of them), Dark Elf Warrior Torsos and RXB, some Warrior heads, and some Wood Elf
heads.

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Tzarinchilla — GMT

You sir are mental (in a good way). The amount of miniatures you are knocking out is astounding. I only wish I could paint as quick as you without getting paint in all the worng places.

Keep up the superb work!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tzarinchilla]You sir are mental (in a good way). The amount of miniatures you are knocking out is astounding. I only wish I could paint as quick as you without getting paint in all the worng places.

Keep up the superb work![/quote]

Infinity minis and Black (Red) Templars I started working on concurrently with the
other things that you saw with red paint in it.

I paint a lot of red.

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malfred — GMT

Some Black (Red) Templars I was painting along with the other red stuff...

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sonofruss — GMT

Did someone steal your man bag malf? we miss it

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Tacobake — GMT

Man I want Orks now. Great painting.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=sonofruss]Did someone steal your man bag malf? we miss it [/quote]

I think I changed my avatar then I accidentally deleted the file. Going to look for another pic.

[quote=Tacobake]Man I want Orks now. Great painting.[/quote]

Thanks.

Last look at the Bane Thralls before I post the painted pics.

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LordRavurion — GMT

hi, long time since I looked in this thread.

A lot of minis painted again, so congrats. Only thing I saw that I thought was weird are the gun of saxon orric, which was bend, and the arcuarai holding a bent spear. Could be me though... I miss moldlines every so often. Hate cleaning those up. It is possible you missed the bend and decided against fixing it...

Other then that and the gloss finish on the models (Made that comment a lot of pages ago ) I really like most of your work. It is a good tabletopstandard IMHO...

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malfred — GMT

[quote=LordRavurion]hi, long time since I looked in this thread.

A lot of minis painted again, so congrats. Only thing I saw that I thought was weird are the gun of saxon orric, which was bend, and the arcuarai holding a bent spear. Could be me though... I miss moldlines every so often. Hate cleaning those up. It is possible you missed the bend and decided against fixing it...

Other then that and the gloss finish on the models (Made that comment a lot of pages ago ) I really like most of your work. It is a good tabletopstandard IMHO...[/quote]

Thanks. There's probably little chance of me ever hitting my stuff with a dull coat. It's
a frequent comment, so you're in good company.

Can't wait to hear the local historical players comment on my shiny Soviets. That's
going to be a good time

Anyway, here are some Guardians. Maybe I can get Tacobake to buy more of those.

I really should have been working on my Dire Avengers instead. I think I've painted
enough Guardians to last a lifetime, but I wanted to paint something familiar and
see whether or not I liked the results before I tried a new kit like the DAs.

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typhus — GMT

Why are the orks brown?
nice truck btw

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malfred — GMT

[quote=typhus]Why are the orks brown?
nice truck btw[/quote]

Thanks. I prefer the brown color to the Green.

Here's a converted High Elf Wizard. She will be the third (muahahaha!)

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malfred — GMT

A start to my Emperor's Champion. Unlike my other Black (Red) Templars, he will
have white armor and a painted on wreath.

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malfred — GMT

Anima Tactics character

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physcosamatic — GMT

Hordes, Minions, Saxon Orrik mini would make a awsome 40k IG tallarn commander

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malfred — GMT

[quote=physcosamatic]Hordes, Minions, Saxon Orrik mini would make a awsome 40k IG tallarn commander[/quote]

Two things:

The commas are for separate tags (I think) or descriptors. So it's the game Hordes,
he's a minion, and his name is Saxon Orrik.

2. I haven't checked his scale up against 40k minis. Remember that Privateer Press
scales them larger, but there are models that will work with GW. There are models
that won't, however.

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malfred — GMT

The Dark Riders in their completed form.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Coming along well Malf,now paint,paint as fast as your...um...fingers can...um..well paint.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Coming along well Malf,now paint,paint as fast as your...um...fingers can...um..well paint.[/quote]

I actually had to stop for a while after the most recent batches (stuff not posted to Dakka
yet).

I *think* I have the names of the types of Infinity models these are correct.

Yes, the Hnzakut is missing an arm. I lost it a long time ago.

Sad part is, I dropped him after this picture. Can't find the other arm now.

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malfred — GMT

Goreshade isn't a bastard anymore. He's just cursed.

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malfred — GMT

The Black (Red) Templars continue!

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malfred — GMT

August was the month I started my Mumak!

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ancientsociety — GMT

Dem Ork ain't green enuf!

And I want to play Uncharted Seas!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=ancientsociety]Dem Ork ain't green enuf!

And I want to play Uncharted Seas![/quote]

No like green orcs.

I also started painting some Flames of War stuff.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Wow that looks like alot of FOW stuff.Soviets if I am not wrong.Or perhaps they are US marines?

Anyway can't wait to see them painted,keep up the good work.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Wow that looks like alot of FOW stuff.Soviets if I am not wrong.Or perhaps they are US marines?

Anyway can't wait to see them painted,keep up the good work.[/quote]

Ancient Filipino blogger's secret: They are painted already but I'm just posting a pic per
day or after a response

And yes, they are Soviets.

In the midst of painting a Mumak, I also put a bunch of stuff that I already knew how to
paint. By that I mean I knew what paints I'd use, how I'd highlight, etc. I wasn't sure how
I was going to do the Mumak.

But I'm already familiar with this stuff: Wood Elves, Legion of Everblight

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

[quote=malfred][quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Wow that looks like alot of FOW stuff.Soviets if I am not wrong.Or perhaps they are US marines?

Anyway can't wait to see them painted,keep up the good work.[/quote]

Ancient Filipino blogger's secret: They are painted already but I'm just posting a pic per
day or after a response [/quote]

Ancient Deff secret:

I was trying to bait you into posting them them
lol.

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malfred — GMT

Close ups of the Mumak. I painted it Grey over black, but I can't remember if I used Stonewall
or Cold Grey for the basecoat. I washed it with Brown.

The detail on the basing I kind of painted, but I figure would not be noticed. If I ever paint
a Mumak again it'll have the base completely covered with flock of some kind.

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Tacobake — GMT

Man, I want Flames of War.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Looking good.Yay malf has his' manbag avatar back!

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malfred — GMT

Yeah, the manbag came in the week before Gencon. I even blogged about it on my regular
miniatures game related blog.

These are some buildings I was working on for the store.

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VirusSD1 — GMT

They look great at the store as well!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=VirusSD1]They look great at the store as well![/quote]

Thanks Sam.

PRogress on the Bastions. Got a lot done on that day when eveyone had some kind of
crisis or another and couldn't make it.

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malfred — GMT

Dark Elf Unit Attachment.

I kept switching around projects at this point a lot.

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malfred — GMT

And because I didn't have enough to do, I started up some soviets.

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malfred — GMT

The buildings with the colors blocked in. This is before washes and drybrushing.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

They look nice Malf.They're the ones for warmachine right?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]They look nice Malf.They're the ones for warmachine right?[/quote]

Yeah, I did them up for the league.

I have no clue what's different about the Bastions here, but something is.

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legoburner — GMT

Getting close to seeing some colour on those Russians Looks like you used pumice on the base?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=legoburner]Getting close to seeing some colour on those Russians Looks like you used pumice on the base?[/quote]

Speckle with glued sand, actually. I always base before I prime.

Blocking out the colors.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Even though they are in the early stages,they look cool.Especially in number,all arrayed on a tabletop I would guess they would look rather awesome aswell.Keep up the good work,your blog is inspiring me to get off my backside and paint stuff(although it is going slowly,LOL).

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malfred — GMT

15mms look sweet on the battlefield.

This is a close up after a wash.

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legoburner — GMT

Curse your crazy fast progress, I've spent the best part of a month painting up just 6 stands of Brits! How many hours did it take to get the initial block coat down for the russians?

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kennyalhavg — GMT

the title for your blog is horribly misleading, i want to see picachu berzerkers and inquisitor ash

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malfred — GMT

[quote=kennyalhavg]the title for your blog is horribly misleading, i want to see picachu berzerkers and inquisitor ash[/quote]

Pffft, I'd have taken this more to heart if you'd referenced miniatures other than 40k. But
instead, I'll just keep dreaming of painting up Warcaster Gym Leaders and evolved forms of
Warbeasts.

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malfred — GMT

I guess August was the month where I'd start multiple projects and not finish them until
later. I started painting some Khador stuff soon after I started the Soviets.

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malfred — GMT

An attempt to wet blend with a wash and an immediate highlight. Takes forever, and I'm
not sure if the effect worked out.

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malfred — GMT

The start of my trench terrain.

These are the hardwood sections I cut with a scroll saw. The shaded areas are places I've
marked for 1" pink foam. It's based off a site that has cool resin terrain, but of course I can't
afford their prices.

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malfred — GMT

Got to work on a Wave Serpent. Here I'm trying to blend.

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VirusSD1 — GMT

I really love the scheme of your Eldar, I need to force you into playing a game one day just to see how the army looks!

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malfred — GMT

Virus: One day. Work has stalled on the Eldar project. Trying to slow things down.

Moar Soviets!

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

The amount of miniatures you're able to crank out to a good quality time and again astounds me, bravo sir

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]The amount of miniatures you're able to crank out to a good quality time and again astounds me, bravo sir[/quote]

Thanks.

It helps to not have a personal life to speak of.

It also helps to bank photos in advance and trickle out the postings over time.

Here are Croe's Cutthroats.

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malfred — GMT

The Guardians (taken early August)

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

I like the Eldar colour scheme.Also the cut throats look nice.As I have said many a time before and will most likely say many times more,keep cranking out the minis and keep up the good work!

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malfred — GMT

You can see the grainy texture the model has from bad primer.

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scarab — GMT

Like the shade of orange!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=scarab]Like the shade of orange![/quote]

Thanks, scarab. That means a lot coming from you.

This a converted wizard using leftover High Elf parts from both the mage pack,
an extra bottom from the Archer boxed set, with a touch of Wood Elf Glade Guard.

It pays to be a tri-elf player.

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malfred — GMT

My converted Emperor's Champion for my Black (Red) Templars, The Order of the Sword Sheathed in Stone.

Yes, he carries that rock with him into battle.

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Tacobake — GMT

Man, I want trenches.

I bet that sword-rock would hurt like hell if someone wacked you with it.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]Man, I want trenches.

I bet that sword-rock would hurt like hell if someone wacked you with it.[/quote]

You want everything, Taco.

The point of the sword in the rock is that it automagically slips from the rock Excalibur
style when it's time to cut up some enemies.

This is a bunch of his brothers getting all painted up. Don't know if I'll finish them
even now (this is at a point before Gencon).

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gretar — GMT

Dude

What an epic thread .. form 2008 to here ...

Awesome , and nice work on the minis

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malfred — GMT

[quote=gretar]Dude

What an epic thread .. form 2008 to here ...

Awesome , and nice work on the minis [/quote]

Thanks, I'll probably only do this for a year then start a new thread later on.

The last wash I got to get in before I left town for Gencon.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

LOVE the emperor's champion, really simple, yet effective!

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Slappywag — GMT

[quote=malfred][quote=gretar]Dude

What an epic thread .. form 2008 to here ...

Awesome , and nice work on the minis [/quote]

Thanks, I'll probably only do this for a year then start a new thread later on.

The last wash I got to get in before I left town for Gencon. [/quote]

What models are these?

I like the greens

Slappy

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malfred — GMT

Those are Exemplar Bastions from the Protectorate of Menoth faction in Warmachine.

They're made of a non-styrene plastic.

http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2009/07/exemplar-bastions.html

And in the midst of THAT mess, I started some Dire Avengers. What a mess.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Nice looking avengers.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]Nice looking avengers.[/quote]

Thanks.

Here the Exemplar Bastions get the gold followed by a Brown Wash. I put the brown wash
on both the bone and the gold. For the bone I immediately tried to wetblend bonewhite
onto the brown wash.

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malfred — GMT

Mumak!

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malfred — GMT

As if I need more Glade Guard.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Looking good as usual. I was just reading your army profile and i have to say that's some nice poetry, malfred!

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greenskin lynn — GMT

some nice work here, and you have a damn lot of armies in the works man

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malfred — GMT

I hate writing backgrounds sometimes. So I took the English major option and
wrote bad poetry. It was entertaining enough (for me).

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scarab — GMT

Nice looking mumak! You need a can of matte sealer. All this gloss is hurting my eyes.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=scarab]Nice looking mumak! You need a can of matte sealer. All this gloss is hurting my eyes. [/quote]

How dare you!

I think that's the Satin sealer reflecting off my desk lamp.

I prefer it to the Matte. One reason is going to sound really stupid: it helps me remember which minis I've
sealed. Sounds crazy, right?

But look at your minis. Which ones have you sealed. Are you sure? Really?

Okay, it's just me. I have so many different models around in various stages of development
that I'd rather not have to go through my photo files to figure out what all needs to be done.

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malfred — GMT

My first set of Flames of War stuff for the Soviets.

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Death Gear — GMT

Nice flames of war stuff

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Slappywag — GMT

How small are those flames of war stuff? They look tiny! They look really good though.

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legoburner — GMT

Woohoo, 3 FoW projects on the main project log forum page at once

Soviets look great, congrats. Once again I'm very jealous of your speed!

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the_Armyman — GMT

Dude, how many armies for how many systems do you have? I won't ask how many minis you have, since that seems pretty academic at this point

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malfred — GMT

Thanks guys.

Armyman, not answering your question yet, but I'll get around to it.

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[quote=Slappywag]How small are those flames of war stuff? They look tiny! They look really good though.[/quote]

Flames of War is 15mm, or 1/100 scale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flames_of_War

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

[quote=Death Gear]Nice flames of war stuff[/quote]

QFT, looks real malf

Also, i love the orange on those guys

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malfred — GMT

Thanks. I've had bad orange in the past. Trying to redeem myself.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Nice orange colour.The flames of war stuff is looking good,as are those winter guard for marmachine(they are winter guard right?).Again,keep up the good work.

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scarab — GMT

[quote=malfred]But look at your minis. Which ones have you sealed. Are you sure? Really?[/quote]

Yep! I run for the sealer as soon as I am done and often seal part way though various phases. But I am a pain like that.

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malfred — GMT

Ah! I never thought about sealing mid process before. Something to try in the future.

I'm not so happy with the execution on my Wave Serpent, but I still like the colors. Now
that I've done other things I think I know how I'd layer it differently both for effectiveness
and without feeling the tedium of painting a large vehicle.

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scarab — GMT

Looks table ready enough to me.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

QFT, i think it looks fine

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malfred — GMT

Some of the stuff I picked up at Gencon.

Retribution of Scyrah

Malifaux Miniatures

Orphans

A free mantis plastic elf piece

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malfred — GMT

Tree templates (exciting!)

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

I like the trees, magnets are a good idea.

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malfred — GMT

More terrain in progress, and a picture of my wet palette.

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malfred — GMT

Some of the progress shots of my Retribution models.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

The terrain is looking good.So is the retribution,the greeny colour looks good.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Awesome greens malf.

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malfred — GMT

Thanks. The Retribution models are the first time I think I've ever not used a wash on a model.

This is a last looka t my Exemplar Bastions before they were completely done.

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Metsuri — GMT

The bastions are looking good, the gold and green look striking on the shoulder pads.

How are the Malifaux sculpts? Thinking about getting on board that boat and haven't seen the figs first hand. Is there much flash/ miscasts?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri]The bastions are looking good, the gold and green look striking on the shoulder pads.

How are the Malifaux sculpts? Thinking about getting on board that boat and haven't seen the figs first hand. Is there much flash/ miscasts?[/quote]

Thanks!

That, I couldn't tell you. I can tell you that I didn't have my tools with me at Gencon, so
I probably didn't have that much to fiddle with.

These are my painted Bastions completely done, and a wreck marker.

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Deff Dread red Edition — GMT

Both the Bastions and wreck marker look cool.I like the green trim instead of the usual gold.

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LunaHound — GMT

Malfred paints faster / have more productivity then chinese factory workers . Someone should hire you there just to set the pace -_-

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Metsuri — GMT

[quote=malfred]That, I couldn't tell you. I can tell you that I didn't have my tools with me at Gencon, so
I probably didn't have that much to fiddle with.[/quote]

Ok, that sounds good, I'll have a go myself as soon as the 500 pts of Skorne are painted (if i can keep my painter ADD in check).

The bastions and wreck look good. Coherent and clearly part of same force.

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scarab — GMT

Those green dudes are kind neat looking. Very organic.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Deff Dread red Edition]Both the Bastions and wreck marker look cool.I like the green trim instead of the usual gold.[/quote]

Yeah, I started to realize about halfway through my Protectorate army years ago (ZOMG)
that the gold trim was disappearing since it was up against the bone white, so I started
to shift to a green trim. I still put gold trim on lots of stuff, but I look for places to add
contrast.

[quote=LunaHound]Malfred paints faster / have more productivity then chinese factory workers . Someone should hire you there just to set the pace -_-[/quote]

Not in September I don't. I haven't touched a brush since August. I'm just going through
my backlog of photos.

And how do you know I don't have someone telling me to slow down?

[quote=Metsuri]

Ok, that sounds good, I'll have a go myself as soon as the 500 pts of Skorne are painted (if i can keep my painter ADD in check).

[/quote]

Painter ADD is fine. Painter bankruptcy is not.

[quote=scarab]Those green dudes are kind neat looking. Very organic.[/quote]

I love me some Angry Elves.

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malfred — GMT

Kaelyssa stands amidst my trench terrain.

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malfred — GMT

Some DnD figures I painted.

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malfred — GMT

Progress on the Trenches.

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malfred — GMT

Some washes on my Black (Red) Templars

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Tacobake — GMT

Those trenches are cool man.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Got that right, great as usual mate

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malfred — GMT

Some forest templates and warjack wreckage templates I was working on.

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malfred — GMT

Got my WTF league kit in! Sweet.

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malfred — GMT

Don't know if I took this picture for the trenches or the Dire Avengers.

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LunaHound — GMT

[quote=malfred]Got my WTF league kit in! Sweet.[/quote]

Beyblades?

What are those o_o

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JohnHwangDD — GMT

It says "Warmachine" on the paper, so I'm guessing that's the "W"...

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malfred — GMT

This should answer your questions.

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JohnHwangDD — GMT

Thx, Malfred.

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malfred — GMT

Work on the Dire Avengers. Finally I give the wash/highlight blend a go on these models
and it's completely aggravating.

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malfred — GMT

A little depressed right now because I totally screwed up a terrain project. However, the
following are old terrain projects that I finished in September.

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malfred — GMT

The varnish came out in clumps. :(

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Tacobake — GMT

aspaSE mARineZ!!!!

... "yeah!"

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malfred — GMT

Dire Avengers.

Achievement unlocked. (Link forthcoming)

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Witterquick — GMT

[quote=malfred]The varnish came out in clumps. :([/quote]

Sub-optimal spraying conditions? Yesterday the sun came out briefly and I went and primed everything I owned in anticipation of winter.

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malfred — GMT

No, it wasn't the weather. I removed the nozzle and cleaned it out, but sprayed with something
else in the meantime.

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JohnHwangDD — GMT

My condolences on the varnish.

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Owain — GMT

Them Dire Avengers is purty.

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malfred — GMT

Thanks guys.

Anyway, achievement unlocked.

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Metsuri — GMT

Congratulations on getting to the goal.

You are really productive painter!

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Slappywag — GMT

Gratz dude. That's quite an achievement. What do you have to paint now?!

Slappy

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The Fallen Angel — GMT

Really freakin nice!

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malfred — GMT

Started some Flames of War stuff early in October.

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scarab — GMT

You have a lot of minis... The BTs are looking good.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=scarab]You have a lot of minis... The BTs are looking good.[/quote]

Speaking of which, I've updated my 520 article.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Malfred%27s_520_Models_in_a_Year_Attempt#Appendix_A:_Group_Shots

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scarab — GMT

Ambitious, for sure.

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Thanatos73 — GMT

Malf, I'll have you know I just went through this entire thread and am rather jealous of you. In the time you've done all this I've painted an IG platoon at min size and started converting Space Wolves. Oh, and you're making me want to start Flames of War again, thanks.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Thanatos73]Malf, I'll have you know I just went through this entire thread and am rather jealous of you. In the time you've done all this I've painted an IG platoon at min size and started converting Space Wolves. Oh, and you're making me want to start Flames of War again, thanks. [/quote]

If it makes you feel any better, having painted stuff doesn't necessarily mean I get
to play more games...

Some pics of Soviet Shock Recon. I love the jumpsuits.

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malfred — GMT

Pics of a SMG platoon.

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malfred — GMT

Moar soviets.

Also have some Grenadiers and artillery primed.

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malfred — GMT

Some hills I worked on.

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Slappywag — GMT

Sweet! what material i that, polystyrene?

I take it they're regular 28mm mini's on the hills?

How are you so motivated to do the stuff you do - im guessing though that you really really love the hobby! I wish i had the balls to just try and make stuff like you.

I got to grasp basic modeling techniques yet though.

Slappy

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malfred — GMT

Totally forgot these pictures.

The last picture was my wife's idea. She said I needed to take a picture and show "the scale"
of my project.

I love my wife

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FoxPhoenix135 — GMT

GAK! Bad pun alert! All thread readers within 6" get a -1 initiative modifier while their minds reel.

On topic: Those hills are of impressive dimensions... what are you using to cut them? A hot wire foam cutter, I presume?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=FoxPhoenix135]GAK! Bad pun alert! All thread readers within 6" get a -1 initiative modifier while their minds reel.

On topic: Those hills are of impressive dimensions... what are you using to cut them? A hot wire foam cutter, I presume?[/quote]

Two things: a utility knife and a hot wire foam cutter.

Here's how the hills look with paint and a coat of water based rosewood wood stain.

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FoxPhoenix135 — GMT

Those are looking nice. A drybrush or two and you are pretty much done, huh?

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gretar — GMT

Malf , all those mini's are making me want to cry . Why ? Becouse i just hate how many they are , and how fast you've painted them . I could'nt finish 1/50 of what you've finished now .

Great terrain . Like Fox said , a drybrush or two and you should be good . Maybe add some piles of junk/rubble/stones ?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=FoxPhoenix135]Those are looking nice. A drybrush or two and you are pretty much done, huh?[/quote]

Yup. Although I'm way too lazy to actually drybrush properly.

[quote=gretar]Malf , all those mini's are making me want to cry . Why ? Becouse i just hate how many they are , and how fast you've painted them . I could'nt finish 1/50 of what you've finished now .

Great terrain . Like Fox said , a drybrush or two and you should be good . Maybe add some piles of junk/rubble/stones ? [/quote]

I'm still learning how to cut foam. At some point I want to create stone/rubble piles that
players can place on top of hills to create LOS blocking hills (more difficult to do in
Warmachine than in 40k, by the way), but I'm not there yet. Though some of the
linear obstacles in this set (You can see them in the fourth picture) will be good for
blocking LOS on a hill.

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malfred — GMT

Hills with highlights. They're pretty much down at this point.

I did put down some flock later on. I don't think I have pics at this point.

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gretar — GMT

That looks quite good . Oh and , for LOS rubble piles : Just cut down some sprues , and glue them to it . Then but lots of PVA glue over them(make sure they're stuck) and sand over that . Can also be customized with bits'n'pieces . For some small rubble piles for bases fx. link's here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/253068.page pages 1 and two , the bikes have very small . Now just max those up to around 200% and you got an LOS rubble pile !

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malfred — GMT

Thanks for the link. I can see how that might work. I'm going to make some big rocks
first and then figure out rubble later. Maybe. (LOS in WM requires 1.75" for small based
models and 2.25" for things like Warjacks, iirc).

These are some Cygnar models I started trucking around to various game stores to
paint while I sat around.

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malfred — GMT

The future is primed!

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FoxPhoenix135 — GMT

I spy some Flames of War!

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JohnHwangDD — GMT

And Eldars!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=FoxPhoenix135]I spy some Flames of War![/quote]

Yups. I think I'll hit those in November.

[quote=JohnHwangDD]And Eldars![/quote]

Haha, you're so cute when you're trolling my warmachines

HEre's progress on my Cygnar stuff.

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Metsuri — GMT

Nice long gunners! They remind me that I need to get mine done, too much unpainted metal in my drawers.

Who is that guy with stick in his hand in the middle of the gunners?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri]Nice long gunners! They remind me that I need to get mine done, too much unpainted metal in my drawers.

Who is that guy with stick in his hand in the middle of the gunners?[/quote]

That's a Reaper Wizard. I plan on working on solo DnD models in the midst of my
assembly line stuff.

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JohnHwangDD — GMT

How come you put your guys on a short stack of pancakes?

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Metsuri — GMT

[quote=malfred]I plan on working on solo DnD models in the midst of my
assembly line stuff.[/quote]

i agree that it is good to break the painting rhythm with some different time to time. It keeps it becoming a chore.

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Tacobake — GMT

man I wanna paint something! You make it look so easy, malfred!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=JohnHwangDD]How come you put your guys on a short stack of pancakes? [/quote]

They're the butter to my breakfast.

[quote=Metsuri]
i agree that it is good to break the painting rhythm with some different time to time. It keeps it becoming a chore.[/quote]

Yeah, I have a hard time working on 40k and Fantasy stuff because of the large number
of models. Breaking them down into manageable chunks helps.

[quote=Tacobake]man I wanna paint something! You make it look so easy, malfred![/quote]

My friend has threatened to come over and take good pictures of my miniatures. I suspect
my poor photos hide the flaws in my models.

Attached:

My Retribution models with their base colors done.

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malfred — GMT

Some washes and highlighting on the Dawnguard.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Me like a lot

How many have you painted now? I know you've beaten the target but how much time until the deadline?

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malfred — GMT

Deadline is end of the year Vitruvian

I think I'll hit 600 easy, but everything beyond that is icing.

A closer look at DAwnlord Vyros and co. with Sepia ink wash on:

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malfred — GMT

Anastasia diBray

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malfred — GMT

So here are two Long Gunners side by side. One of them is an older one. Can you guess which?

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malfred — GMT

Progress on my wizard.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Recent models are looking good malf. What system is the wizard for??

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]Recent models are looking good malf. What system is the wizard for??[/quote]

Dungeons and Dragons. Or rather, it's for the Dungeons and Dragons that I play in my
head. I don't have an actual game going , nor do I regularly play at all. I just like painting
the figures.

Here's Dawnlord Vyros, nearly complete:

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

I like the bird on his hand, but i think the cloak could use some work. It looks like the wash has stained it brown, a gradual blend from black to grey would look better imo.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]I like the bird on his hand, but i think the cloak could use some work. It looks like the wash has stained it brown, a gradual blend from black to grey would look better imo.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm used to working the birds with browns, probably because I tend to do a lot of
work in browns. Maybe my next furry creature I'll learn to do a black to gray blend better.

Here's a pic of the Phoenix. The highlights are rough, but I like where I put them this
time. When I worked on the Manticore I think I was just guessing at the highlights.

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Dysartes — GMT

Not going for the fully magnetised warjacks with the plastics, Malfred?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Not going for the fully magnetised warjacks with the plastics, Malfred?[/quote]

Not at this time, no. I might want to try in the future, but while it saves me money/time in the long
term, magnetizing isn't a familiar skill yet and I'm doing what I can to keep the models moving
through the assembly line.

Also, magnetizing means I have to keep parts safe, and I'm less likely to lose them if they're firmly
attached to the model in question.

Attached:

Pictures of some Line of Sight blocking terrain I was thinking about building. One is a rock
formation, one is a ridgeline of sorts, and the last one is a fence. I haven't decided whether or
not I'll go through with these projects.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

The bird looks great, it was the [b]cloak[/b] i was saying would've looked better from black to grey.

Terrain looks good, i prefer the rock pile and fence over the second pic.

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malfred — GMT

And here's that same model in the scale shots of terrain all done up.

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malfred — GMT

The start of the Searforge Project.

Posting this here now so that I can figure out a color scheme.

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Dysartes — GMT

Go Searforge!

I take it you're waiting for Mk 2 rules for Hordes before getting Brun & Lug and the drunken Ogrun guy?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Go Searforge!

I take it you're waiting for Mk 2 rules for Hordes before getting Brun & Lug and the drunken Ogrun guy?[/quote]

I had considered getting them for the project, but yes, I'm waiting for MK2 rules.

Herne and Jonne are more of a Durgen Madhammer kind of thing.

I <3 the bear and the wandering Ogrun, so I probably should have gotten them anyway,
but this way I have something to start with.

edit: Maybe I should include them anyway, given my theme. I just don't normally
buy a whole and complete army by itself.

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krusty — GMT

your big warjacks always look awesome

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malfred — GMT

[quote=krusty]your big warjacks always look awesome[/quote]

I blame the models.

This next one is a young wizard model.

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gretar — GMT

Im not liking the skin tone :/ looks like a crossover of leather and poop imo

One question though ..

How many game systems do you play compared to those you paint ?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=gretar]Im not liking the skin tone :/ looks like a crossover of leather and poop imo

One question though ..

How many game systems do you play compared to those you paint ?[/quote]

You won't like the majority of the things that I paint then. I use either Reaper Dark Skin or
Reaper Olive on most of my models these days (the exceptions being Khador, Wood Elves
and High Elves and the odd Dwarf or two).

What I play regularly:

Warmachine/Hordes.

What I play sometimes:

Warhammer Fantasy

What someone is going to teach me to play:

Flames of War
Field of Glory

Here's pics of the Phoenix all done.

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lasgunpacker — GMT

well, I would not say "cross of leather and poop", but I do think that the skin could use a highlight after the dip.

And I hate Reaper bases.

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malfred — GMT

Dawnguard Invictors

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gretar — GMT

Those look nice . Where do you get the bases for those(the ones with the smooth edge..) ?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=gretar]Those look nice . Where do you get the bases for those(the ones with the smooth edge..) ? [/quote]

For Warmachine and Hordes, they simply come supplied with the models.

This is a Warmachine Solo, Anastasia diBRay. I'm not sure I like how it turned out, but I'm
also not quite sure if I'd have done it any differently. Maybe I would have blushed her cheeks
with some light pink...

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albinoork — GMT

Lovin the black highlights

Your volume of minis and quaility of painting are amazing.

Have you tried Malifaux?

take care

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malfred — GMT

[quote=albinoork]Lovin the black highlights

Your volume of minis and quaility of painting are amazing.

Have you tried Malifaux?

take care[/quote]

I have some minis primed, but I haven't really been inspired to paint them.

These are Dawnguard Sentinels with their baseball bat swords of doom!

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Those sentinels are pretty cool. You're actually kinda' making me want to start this. Kinda'.

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randomfrog — GMT

Malfred, do you dip, or wash? What's the difference?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]Those sentinels are pretty cool. You're actually kinda' making me want to start this. Kinda'. [/quote]

Hehe. Fieldtest for Hordes drops today! (fyi)

[quote=randomfrog]Malfred, do you dip, or wash? What's the difference?[/quote]

I think the difference is that dipping uses that wood stain, and you shake off the excess
when you're done. I use a heavily glaze medium laden Vallejo Ink and brush it in. If I'm
feeling industrious, I will wash and highlight simultaneously, attempting to wet blend.

I'm usually not so industrious.

Anyway, this is Dawnlord Vyros.

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Tacobake — GMT

Seaforge, cool. I don't like the green to be honest. But it is different and well painted.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]Seaforge, cool. I don't like the green to be honest. But it is different and well painted.[/quote]

Searforge has been fun painting so far. Sorry you don't like the green. Guess you won't
be borrowing my models when you come down to Adepticon, right?

Some terrain progress, but I don't think I've done much with the pieces since these pics:

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Dysartes — GMT

The trench sections are looking good, chief - how much of a slope is there on the other side of them?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]The trench sections are looking good, chief - how much of a slope is there on the other side of them?[/quote]

The straights are 4" x 4", so the foam is 2" across. It's clearly an abstraction as when you put
the model behind the fortifications they appear from the waist up. The foam is 1" so I decided
not to slope it at all to make lining up the pieces easier to do.

Soviet artillery.

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malfred — GMT

Soviet Artillery with base colors.

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Dysartes — GMT

Always nice to see some FoW, malfred - at some point I might even dig my Brits out

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Always nice to see some FoW, malfred - at some point I might even dig my Brits out [/quote]

You totally should. Legoburner makes it a point to notice FOW projects

Here's the Searforge project fully primed.

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malfred — GMT

Trollbloods Primed as well. I cycled my time between the Searforge project and these Trolls.

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malfred — GMT

Soviets!

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malfred — GMT

Two Komisar teams and a lone SMG team that I missed somehow the first time around.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Wow, i love the look of FoW models, they're so cool!!

Great work as usual malf.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]Wow, i love the look of FoW models, they're so cool!!

Great work as usual malf.[/quote]

Thanks. I rather like the scale very much.

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Pic from my Searforge tutorial: first base color.

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Dysartes — GMT

Huzzah for Lug (and presumably Brun) turning up!

Out of interest, what do you think of the Basher sculpt?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Huzzah for Lug (and presumably Brun) turning up!

Out of interest, what do you think of the Basher sculpt?[/quote]

I do like the Basher sculpt very much, and its rules make it very efficient. I might use it
to replace the Driller on Gorten, though I might not even buy it until long after the
Mercenary book is out and we see (or not) what Gorten's theme list consists of.

Yeah, Lug is awesome. Brun is somewhere in that picture I thinks. Here's another
picture of the cuddly bear pre-assembly.

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Tacobake — GMT

I think the FoW models keep getting better.

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grey_death — GMT

It still amazes me the amount of stuff you get finished.

Nice to see some mercs in there. I'm considering some myself, though I really don't know anything about the game and how to get an army together yet. Kinda waiting for the new books on that end though.

Looking forward to seeing the hammer wielding guys finished ^_^.

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Dysartes — GMT

The Horgenhold Forge Guard? They're pretty cool, I must say.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=grey_death]It still amazes me the amount of stuff you get finished.

Nice to see some mercs in there. I'm considering some myself, though I really don't know anything about the game and how to get an army together yet. Kinda waiting for the new books on that end though.

Looking forward to seeing the hammer wielding guys finished ^_^. [/quote]

Yeah, I should have pics in the next week. They're done, but I mostly post only on
days that I paint to make sure I'm able to maintain this blog

[quote=Tacobake]I think the FoW models keep getting better.[/quote]

Dude, they're exactly the same. It's one reason I don't get more of it done in one
setting. It's all earthtones and military issued colors. Blech. The only thing appealing
about it to me is the scale.

More of the Searforge. You can see the rest of the pics in the article about the Searforge:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Three_Color_Searforge_Army_for_Warmachine

(Did you know that a google search for searforge army brings my article near the
top of the list? Legoburner's got Dakka humming like a cabana boy... hrm...nevermind)

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malfred — GMT

The Warriors I stared work on at the Game Shop.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

[quote=malfred]It's one reason I don't get more of it done in one
setting. It's all earthtones and military issued colors. Blech. The only thing appealing
about it to me is the scale.
[/quote]

Yeah, but the colours look so awesome!!

New models are starting to look good!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]

Yeah, but the colours look so awesome!!

New models are starting to look good![/quote]

I'll take your word for it on this one

This is progress I made on the trolls at the game store that Saturday.

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4 hours of Thanksgiving gets me to the point in the second picture. Again, this is all
stuff from the article.

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A picture of the Trolls by the end of Thanksgiving.

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December is going slowly.

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A group shot of November's accomplishments.

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Dysartes — GMT

That's "going slowly"? Dude, I don't think I finished a figure in November

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]That's "going slowly"? Dude, I don't think I finished a figure in November [/quote]

Well, that's what I managed in November. I'd like to get further along so that I can buy
more minis.

Kriel Warriors with their UA.

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Dysartes — GMT

Always nice to see more Trolls, malfred - from what I've been told, Hordes Mk2 is looking good for Trolls, which is handy (though possibly expensive )

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Hellfury — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]That's "going slowly"? Dude, I don't think I finished a figure in November [/quote]

I hear ya. I finished all of two models in november.

I quite like what you have done with the Soviets, Felix. Your paint style is rather well suited at that scale. With how quickly you can paint, I am thinking that a very infantry-centric Soviet force is within your grasp.

Which is saying something because many people here have tried doing just that

[i]They tried and failed?[/i]

They tried and died.

Only one person here has pulled it off (John Reddman, owner of Tower Games), and he most certainly is the Kwisatz Haderach of FOW Soviets. Perchance you could be Leto II, god emperor of FOW.

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LunaHound — GMT

Malfred , you paint like 1 complete army every few weeks , can we see how many painted thing you have piled up total?
I wouldnt be surprised if they can cover your whole bed room floor o_o...

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Always nice to see more Trolls, malfred - from what I've been told, Hordes Mk2 is looking good for Trolls, which is handy (though possibly expensive )[/quote]

The Kriel Warriors were technically "free", as in Privateer Press has a compensation program
for its Press Gang volunteers. Though I suppose for the price of those Warriors I could have
requested a crap-ton of MK2 books and accessories (okay, small exaggeration. I could get
the hardcover, softcover and the faction decks for the price of those models).

[quote=Hellfury]
I quite like what you have done with the Soviets, Felix. Your paint style is rather well suited at that scale. With how quickly you can paint, I am thinking that a very infantry-centric Soviet force is within your grasp.

Which is saying something because many people here have tried doing just that

[i]They tried and failed?[/i]

They tried and died.

Only one person here has pulled it off (John Reddman, owner of Tower Games), and he most certainly is the Kwisatz Haderach of FOW Soviets. Perchance you could be Leto II, god emperor of FOW.[/quote]

The Soviets I'm painting are a bit more elite than that, though I might re-visit them now that
I have enough models for a nearly completed army. Maybe start painting up the prison conscripts
in 2010 as part of my FOW expansion. Currently, however, my force is for Udarny Strelkovy.

Thanks for the comment, though. I look at my Flames of War stuff and don't see anything
special. I have my tanks now, and the part about them that bothers me will be trying to
apply the decals. I always mess that part up.

I'm also not much of a treadhead (Blasphemy!).

[quote=LunaHound]Malfred , you paint like 1 complete army every few weeks , can we see how many painted thing you have piled up total?
I wouldnt be surprised if they can cover your whole bed room floor o_o...[/quote]

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Malfred%27s_520_Models_in_a_Year_Attempt

I am NOT going to take those last pictures ever again. The miniatures now safely rest in
foam trays stacked in the basement. Three Warmachine / Hordes armies permanently
reside in four Sabol bags. It took me hours to set up those group shots and hours to take
it down again and place the minis back into the trays.

*Thinks about the accusation*

I think you're wrong. If I had to, I could possibly paint an entire army every few weeks
only once in a while. After that, the psychological grind of painting and modeling the
same models would wear on me and I'd go play with my Playstation in disgust.

Besides, I string out my image postings so that I can do regular updates. You know,
I take three to four pictures and spread them out across three or four days.

You know, make it *seem* larger than it actually is.

*Waits for the punchline*

Anyway, Attached are Madrak and the Whelps for his Warbeasts.

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malfred — GMT

Close ups of the finished searforge. You can now see where my laziness shows through. I
advise all perfectionists to view these models from three feet away in real life.

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Tacobake — GMT

Luna, stop hitting on malf.

I want Sobol bags. Actually, I just want to paint something.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]Luna, stop hitting on malf.

[/quote]

No YOU stop hitting on me.

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Metsuri — GMT

The searforge stuff looks good, kinda reminds me of the fruits of labor of some socialist laborers. Olive green and red just makes that image to me.

The flame effect on Steinhammer looks excellent.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Metsuri]The searforge stuff looks good, kinda reminds me of the fruits of labor of some socialist laborers. Olive green and red just makes that image to me.

The flame effect on Steinhammer looks excellent.[/quote]

Thanks. I wasn't sure if it was going to work, but I also didn't want to risk a
indistinguishable piece by using a red/yellow fire.

These are the Ogruns for my force. I have a third Bokur done from a long time ago, but
he's not in this particular picture.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Would you believe that I still forget which one is Lug and which one is Brun sometimes?

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Dysartes — GMT

Now that is one bad-ass bear, malfred - mine is currently sat on my painting desk, glaring at me

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LunaHound — GMT

I think you should buy some display case for them , its a waste to stuff them inside transport boxes...

i mean they are PAINTED!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Now that is one bad-ass bear, malfred - mine is currently sat on my painting desk, glaring at me [/quote]

It burns like blue fire going down.

[quote=LunaHound]I think you should buy some display case for them , its a waste to stuff them inside transport boxes...

i mean they are PAINTED![/quote]

I'm sure when the day comes to burn down this place for insurance...um. Oh wait, the minis
would have to go with it. Guess people would have to "borrow" them from me or I'd have to stage
a fight with my wife and rent a storage space for them.

There simply isn't any room. And display cases are expensive.

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Dysartes — GMT

Will you be expanding those to two full squads, malfred, or keeping them at minimum size?

Looking good, though, looking good.....

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Will you be expanding those to two full squads, malfred, or keeping them at minimum size?

Looking good, though, looking good.....[/quote]

Some day they'll expand out. I want to see what kind of theme armies mercs get
before I commit to anything like that.

This here's the pics of the High Shields.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

So finally I catch up to my current projects. These pictures are images of my work on
a smattering of miniatures. The progress is very slow, as it's almost the end of the year
and I think I took on too many minis at once. I'm making headway, though.

Here the pictures show the assembly of some of the minis. I actually pin some of them
for once.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

20 Days ago, I took a bunch of models out to prime. Seems it was a good idea now that
I see the ice and snow and how difficult it would be to get time to prime.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

Slappywag — GMT

[quote=malfred]So finally I catch up to my current projects. These pictures are images of my work on
a smattering of miniatures. The progress is very slow, as it's almost the end of the year
and I think I took on too many minis at once. I'm making headway, though.

Here the pictures show the assembly of some of the minis. I actually pin some of them
for once.[/quote]

What are the plastic minis in the first pic. They look really cool, I think I want some, lol!

Slappy

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

[quote=Slappywag]
What are the plastic minis in the first pic. They look really cool, I think I want some, lol!
[/quote]

Those are the Legion of Everblight Warspears from Hordes. The plastic isn't styrene, and
the pieces are pegged. Their base size is 40mm.

Here they are started out.

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Slappywag — GMT

Ah, Hordes. I was recently looking through their site. Awesome mini's. Do you play the game then, what's it like? I know it involves cards and stuff.

Keep up the good work

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Slappywag]Ah, Hordes. I was recently looking through their site. Awesome mini's. Do you play the game then, what's it like? I know it involves cards and stuff.

Keep up the good work[/quote]

The game...not sure how to call it.

It's a tabletop miniatures game that is very WWF. You have these powerful personalities
leading troops and warbeasts on the battlefield, and only one of these characters is going
to leave the ring alive. Killing the commander wins the game, period. Even in scenarios,
gameplay is usually all about defending the primary condition but going for the assassination.

A game can get turned on its head because of this.

You could be winning all through the game, but "winning" does not inevitably lead to
victory. Thus you can't commit your most powerful resource, the warlock (or "warcaster" in
warmachine) to battle unless you're certain that things will go your way.

Primed some Skorne stuff some time ago. Currently trying to alternate my painting
between the two jobs. Might fail miserably.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Some progress I made maybe a week after I started.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

The Reaper Dwarven Bear warrior on a resin base.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

The Malifaux stuff that I picked up at Gencon. I *think* I know how I want to paint it.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Progress on the stuff as of last week (mostly skorne)

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

The Warspears taking shape.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

This never happens to me. I swear.

http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2009/12/spray-can-spillage.html

Anyway, progress on the Malifaux and Spinespur models.

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Jin — GMT

One of these days, I swear I'll be able to keep up with your pace....

Good lookin' stuff all about, though. How're the new PP plastics?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Jin]One of these days, I swear I'll be able to keep up with your pace....

Good lookin' stuff all about, though. How're the new PP plastics?[/quote]

Thanks. Hoping to slow things down in 2010.

The plastics are okay. I mean, they're really well sculpted (loving the Warspears and
the Bastions and the Fennblades so far), but the pegged system means that you
have to really cut stuff if you want them custom, and I really don't care all that much.

In a game where you only ever have one or two units of a thing, it's enough to have
two or three poses for grunts.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

This is how far I got by the 24th. I was happy to get this far so I brought something
different with me when the Mrs. and I went to visit the families.

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Tacobake — GMT

I stand in awe.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Tacobake]I stand in awe.[/quote]

Of what? And don't lie. I know you're sitting down.

This is a pic of what my niece and nephew painted when I brought minis to work on. While
I worked on 15mm Japanese Field of Glory stuff, they painted my extra Guardian weapon
teams. I think I'll bring old GW minis to these things all the time from here on out.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Later that night I went to my parents' and in-laws' places and got to work on the
Japanese armies I was working on for Field of Glory.

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

And you still churn models out apace, i hope you're going to take a rest after the year's up!! Great work though, some serious dedication in this blog!

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]And you still churn models out apace, i hope you're going to take a rest after the year's up!! Great work though, some serious dedication in this blog![/quote]

Thanks. Yes, slowing things down in 2010, for sure. What will I do when I run out of
minis? The correct answer: buy more minis.

Here's the Bushi and Followers with a sepia wash.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Almost done in this picture...

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Dysartes — GMT

Looking good, malfred.

I'm thinking of doing some form of 520 challenge next year - see what multiple of 52 figures I manage to complete over the course of 2010

Hmm - do FoW (or smaller) bases count as 1 figure, or 1 per infantryman?

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

It's more impressive if you count base stands

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Dysartes — GMT

Well, given I think I've completed roughly 6 figures in 2009 (and two of those were penguins), even managing an average of 1 per week would be a good start

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Well, given I think I've completed roughly 6 figures in 2009 (and two of those were penguins), even managing an average of 1 per week would be a good start [/quote]

I saw a group blog where some people were trying exactly that. 52 minis in a year, 1 per week.

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Dysartes — GMT

Nice Japanese, malfred - any chance of a group shot of them completed?

And will you be trying to achieve any painting goals in 2010?

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Those samurais are awesome, good painting as well!!

I was wondering which scale you preferred painting in?

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Nice Japanese, malfred - any chance of a group shot of them completed?

And will you be trying to achieve any painting goals in 2010?[/quote]

Dysartes: Probably eventually. I don't have the figs for the completed army.

This is a painted Anima Tactics fig. A bunch of Anima Tactics stuff went through a bad
shot of primer that was grainy, and like an idiot I decided to paint it rather than put it
through the simple green. Went with the red/green on this one because I thought the
light green on the fig might help pull off the color combination without making it too
gaudy.

Anyway, if you know what the name of the fig is, a post here would be nice. I haven't
looked at the anima tactics stuff in a good long while.

Goal in 2010: Learn to take better pictures.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Vitruvian XVII]Those samurais are awesome, good painting as well!!

I was wondering which scale you preferred painting in?[/quote]

Bah, forgot to answer your question.

15mm is VERY easy and lets me be sloppier than normal. (colors, wash, highlight).

28mm has prettier minis.

Prefer? Dunno.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Stuff I like from the Malifaux line:

Perdita
Judge
Nino
Samael
Santiago

Ramos
Myranda\
Baby Cade (will get Teddy)
Viktoria
Convict Gunslinger
Hans
Misaki
Taelor

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Ever since I saw the orphans on ttgn I've wanted to paint up a set. Picked them up at
Gencon.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

Farmer — GMT

[img]pg~[/img]

[b]No swearing in pictures, please![/b]

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Dysartes — GMT

Very helpful, Farmer.

malfred, your unidentified Anima: Tactics figure is Tsubasa Kuokami - fourth entry on [url=http://www.arcaneminiatures.co.uk/anima-tactics-miniatures.asp]this page[/url].

Are the orphans Malifaux as well, or are they a different range?

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Achilles — GMT

They're from [url=http://www.comfychairgames.com/home.php]Spinespur by Comfy Chair Games....[/url]

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Very helpful, Farmer.

malfred, your unidentified Anima: Tactics figure is Tsubasa Kuokami - fourth entry on [url=http://www.arcaneminiatures.co.uk/anima-tactics-miniatures.asp]this page[/url].

Are the orphans Malifaux as well, or are they a different range?[/quote]

[quote=Achilles]They're from [url=http://www.comfychairgames.com/home.php]Spinespur by Comfy Chair Games....[/url][/quote]

Thanks you two. Very helpful.

I plan on painting more Anima Tactics stuff just because the models are so sweet. Maybe
I'll put some of them in the simple green though. I had a bad batch of spray.

Going to try to close out this blog for the year between today and tomorrow, posting
final pictures of the last models completed.

Here's the start of a Skorne block of pictures. First, the Tyrant and Standard Bearer.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

My Brute!

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Dysartes — GMT

Nice looking Skorne, malfred.

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binky — GMT

Your skill at painting is good. How do you keep it looking so clean and crisp for lack of a better word. You can't see splotches or primer underneath the paint. How do you accomplish this?

Nice Lady Justice by the way

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Tacobake — GMT

man those are some _nice_ looking Skorne.

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malfred — GMT

[quote=Dysartes]Nice looking Skorne, malfred.[/quote]

Thanks.

[quote=binky]Your skill at painting is good. How do you keep it looking so clean and crisp for lack of a better word. You can't see splotches or primer underneath the paint. How do you accomplish this? [/quote]

Tip 1: Never take close ups of your minis and never let anyone within the 3'
zone of your mini. There are splotches. There are places with primer showing
through. No, I'm not going to show you with my camera

Seriously, I don't paint for competition, just for the tabletop. There are a number of
things I'd have to do if I wanted to compete, and I think the most important rule was
given to me in a class run by akarenseth (Mat Fontaine) "Display pieces are not game
pieces."

I paint game pieces.

[quote=binky]Nice Lady Justice by the way [/quote]

The contrasts don't work out so well, unfortunately. It's hard to tell where her arms
begin and end, especially since I didn't paint those long gloves white like her top to
contrast off the olive skin tones. Ah well.

[quote=Tacobake]man those are some _nice_ looking Skorne.[/quote]

Thanks, Taco. I can always count on you to bump a thread.

Anyway, here's another Skorne piece, the Cyclops Shaman. I believe there's several goofs
in this model, one of which being his eye. I just never finished it and forgot in my rush to
complete all my 2009 projects. Anyway. The Shaman.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Molik Karn. I do think the mask thing that everyone thought looked strange looks
fine as long as you can tell that it's a mask.

If you paint the skin color a similar color similar to the mask people are going to get confused.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

I don't do these minis justice. I don't mean the photos, I mean my paint job doesn't
really show how cool the minis are. It's my usual get it done quick schemes.

Anyway, three more posts and this blog ends only for a new one to begin. Don't know
when I'll be able to get started on paint stuff.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

Two left.

The Raek is a light warbeast that got some upgrades in Hordes MK2. Should work really
well with 'Locks that want you tied down to a certain spot so they can pounce on you
with their 'beasts.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

The Angelius.

There is on random mini after this. Let's see if I'm around to post it. Have to get ready to
head out soon.

Re:Pokeminis- Gotta paint em' all!

malfred — GMT

And that's 2009.

Happy New Year, all!

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Vitruvian XVII — GMT

Happy New Year Malf, and what a great acheivement it was for you. Fantastic.

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Metsuri — GMT

Nice work on the figs Malf!

And the skorne finally look purple in the pics

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Tacobake — GMT

You saved your best painting for last, dude. Or should we call you MR AMAZO.