Vitruvian XVII wrote:Hahaha, they make me chuckle.

The colour fades and patterns are ace. Very imaginative

Whoa, we both typed the same praise, started the post with a laugh and were 10 seconds apart in posting! Creepy

Hmmm, we are synchronised in Ifalna praise!

So it seems!

i love em, especialy the tiger striped one!

Tigers are all fine and dandy, but it's blue leopard print for me all the way

I'm going to stick with the orange one - but that's as much to do with the older sculpt as anything else.

Beautiful work - that this is "just" tabletop is terrifying. Genius creature you are. Have you considered competition painting?

Pretty colours...

Commander Cain wrote:Haha! Just amazing Iffy, you have really mastered the art of skin tones, just the way you fade colours if perfect. My fave is the yellow/plum squig although the zebra one comes in close second!

I ain't going to lie, airbrushing colour fades feels like cheating, but I keep reminding myself it still needs some skill so I feel better. I do rehighlight them very carefully though, which adds some form and shape very subtly.

For the next squigs who are all higher standard and also larger, I'm going to try multiple colours, like patterns. I would love one of the big manglers to have cow spots, or okapi legs or something ridiculously silly like a giant Bumblebee, but it may cause the owner to explode. Lol.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Hahaha, they make me chuckle.
The colour fades and patterns are ace. Very imaginative

The fact that there are no limitations with these things is magnificent. I am having so much fun, I really am.

Commander Cain wrote:
Whoa, we both typed the same praise, started the post with a laugh and were 10 seconds apart in posting! Creepy

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Hmmm, we are synchronised in Ifalna praise!

Commander Cain wrote:So it seems!

WHAT COULD THIS MEAN? Are you both Ifalan, sabotaging my thread? Dang.

Rogue Wolves wrote: i love em, especialy the tiger striped one!

That's my fave too. I gave him really sneaky Bengal tiger eyes, I might reshoot him to show them off. Hahaha.

prime12357 wrote:Tigers are all fine and dandy, but it's blue leopard print for me all the way

Awwww yeah. /hifive

Dysartes wrote:I'm going to stick with the orange one - but that's as much to do with the older sculpt as anything else.

I have 2 REALLY old (90s) sculpts to go on the mangler bases, they are ridiculous. Il'l try and find images of them once I have had my coffee

weetyskemian44 wrote:Pretty colours...

You are my inspiration for the colours on these. I should put a big laminated " WHAT WOULD WEETY DO?" sign over my paints.

inmygravenimage wrote:Beautiful work - that this is "just" tabletop is terrifying. Genius creature you are. Have you considered competition painting?

Daww thanks, they really arent as complicated as they look though. 3 airbrush layers, then 3 paint layers and 1 wash max. That's my tabletop formula, as long as I am neat it can look really nice. I think a lot of the time, what makes "tabletop" look bad sometimes is people get messy with it. If you try and stay quite neat, you can make basic layering look nice even if it is quite cartoony!

As for competitions, well, it's a sore subject for me. I think I would indeed like to take part in competitive painting, but Galway Ireland is not exactly a hub of activity. Any decent sized comps I would go to would involve traveling which I can't really afford, or justify spending so much cash on :( Sometimes I wish I lived in the states so getting to shows and comps would be so much easier. Oh well.




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Ah there they are.



The first two unpainted ones, those are going on the Mangler bases Wow you can find some really bad paintjobs on GW's site :S

Ifalan is begin to grow....

Ifalannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! /shakes fist at sky

I love the goblin,squig combos...I also agree that the big teef would have really made them better.

Yeah baby! those squigs are awesome! I'm a fan of the yellow one and I just love the striped one! it just looks so feral like that, if you do another one at your better quality i'd love to see some pink blending on the lips into the mouth then it would be perfect imo! I must say i'm a bit green eyed monster at your skills with whatever mini you put in your hands! everything looks brilliant, and i am impressed by your Ultramarine squad too!

o.k stop reading your blog and go paint!

These squig riders (whatever they are called....) look great! My favourite is the far left one, I love how you did that yellowy orange!

Oh wonderful squiggly goodness

Those are gorgeous, I think I'll have to lie down to look at the next level ones.

Gonna have to plump for either the the yellow/plum or the blue/violet - those fades are sublime.


The mouth on the zebra-squig makes me want to remove his teef so he looks like a gummy old squig

I'm loving the fades too

I'm currently painting mockups of designs for the manglers and having a Whale of a time. It's hard to get across the fade ideas when painting over greyscale using GIMP, but I'm going to keep going till the owner see's some he really loves.

Doing it this way means not messing around experimenting on an expensive model I should be painting to showpieces standard.

Red and black is my favorite one!

That first one is nasty. The third has an "Avatar" vibe going.

The red and black one looks the most natural....let's skip that one Very menacing look though.

The grey and white has possibilities if it's pulled off well, and there's no reason to think you won't. Very striking.

The green and blue...could work but I'm not feeling that one much.

Turquoise to deep blue...hmmm, tasty. Love to see that with a really vibrant turquoise and some of that lovely fading


Obviously, just my personal opinions

the upper two are my favorites by far!, the bottom left i think could be an interesting color, but the bottom right im not too sold on

By first impression was liking the upper left. But the blue and green one with the stripes really has an appeal as well.

Lots of suggestions

I really like the red and black because it is natural, and ALL the little squigs are crazy colours. There is something awesome about the big ones being more natural and the little ones being vivid, but I don't know why! The owner is mulling things over and having a laugh with them, I'm still popping out more.



Another natural one and a crazy vibrant one. There are so many options with these it is absolutely crazy. Boyfriend has insisted on a Kratos one, so thats next Perhaps one with a giant skull warpaint on? Oh god Im getting ideas.

How bout switch the white and green over on the first one above?

Haha!! squigs are amazing!! The squig riders are hysterical!

Glad to see you are having so much fun with such a fun bunch of models

The red and blue is incredible... Holy crap. The only thing I'd suggest is making one color or the other look like it was hand-painted... rather than some fluke of genetics.

Norn King wrote:How bout switch the white and green over on the first one above?

Yeah that could actually look really nice too.. Hmm, theres so many possibilities! I'm hoping that by throwing out these basic ones, the owner and mix and match anything he likes into 1 scheme.

logg_frogg wrote:Haha!! squigs are amazing!! The squig riders are hysterical!
Glad to see you are having so much fun with such a fun bunch of models

They are SO funny, I am loving doing this

Last idea before bedtime, gravitating back to very dark again -






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Gitsplitta wrote:The red and blue is incredible... Holy crap. The only thing I'd suggest is making one color or the other look like it was hand-painted... rather than some fluke of genetics.

Yeah! I would totally have the red paint trickling like on the black guy above and the other one with woad, I just forgot to add the trickles on that one >< These take surprisingly long to do and I am now exhausted, but I will DEFFO be doing this again in the future to help decide schemes.

Painting over a grey scale photo gives you such room for experimentation without worrying about ruining models.

Tough choice.... I think my favourites are the two left ones on the first pic and the blue and red one.... I'm not too sure about that black and white one.... squigs have to be colorful and funny! (though my brother strongly disagrees and says its the coolest one....)

I do like the Punisher Squig there at the end, Ifalna - maybe do a range of mock-ups based of superhero costumes?

Spidersquig? (Red body with Spiderweb pattern, blue legs, red feet, stylised spider face paint)

Squig Lantern (Black & vivid green)

Batsquig? (Black with dark grey underbelly/chest, stylised bat symbol across the eyes)

The Flash! Fastest Squig alive... (Red, with yellow lightning bolts)

I don't think Wonder Squig would work too well.

Aquasquig? (Orange body with scale detailing, with green legs)

Starsquig? (Red body with large yellow five-pointed star, green back, small fin sculpted on head. Alternatively, black body with white feet, with a star field painted on the black areas)

Doctor Squig? (Light blue, with golden yellow face, back and feet)

Star-Spangled Squig? (Light blue body and feet with white stars, red legs)

Hmm - the Justice Society of Squigs...

I really like the stripy squig the best, looking forward to the next batch some mad ideas going round

That newest squig concept even has a Lobo feel to it. I think Dysartes is onto something here...

Quite frankly, that is a wonderful idea Dysartes

Just came to my mind: Have you thought about using an old toothbrush to make spotted squigs? I think it'd look great!

I like the black and grey bone daddy!

While I think the last one iscool, the red/black and the grey/green are, in my opinion, the best to do

I promise I will reply to everyone properly soon, I'm just posting a quicky update

Boxing up models now and then working on more squig ideas, the owner wants them bright! Supah bright! So as much as I love the natural ones, those are out

Pinks and yellows and fluorescent colours are in, I've had a busy day today so am only getting around to starting on ideas now ( I don't go to bed till 3-4am so its not thaaaat late right now).

I'm also getting a bit antsy because I haven't posted actual painted mini's in a few pages now and I am weird and get worried by that.

Ive been away for far too long
This was only on page 10 when i left lol.

Really can see your painting getting better and better over time, and at first it was bloody good anyway.

But 2 things.

1: No such thing as too many squigs, as a proud owner of 200+ squigs, i resent that

2: Be careful with the mangler squig, alot of the chain is really weak, but without it, the top squigs leg is the only contact point, which under weight, bends quite a bit.
Ive had to prop up the top squig on all 3 of them with random gobbo's and shrooms between them.

You can have too many squigs

OK, I like the blue one with the red mask the best so far. No matter the choice, can't wait to see the finished product!

Here squiggy squiggy sqiggy.. I like the black and red one iffy.

Moar squiggies please!

Squiggy! Me like squiggies!

squiggies like ...... you?

Rogue Wolves... Your avatar... My eyes...They burn!

@Rogue: LOL! Silly Rogue.

Gitsplitta wrote:@Rogue: LOL! Silly Rogue.

And the truth comes out!

Hey, if it makes you feel better, its MY cat, so i didnt have to google and "Steal" ... no waite, "Catnap" peoples cats!

just a super quick update before bedtime, I am very, very tired!

Finished the skin on this character standard tiny gobbo.

Nice, vibrant...

^

Jackal wrote:Ive been away for far too long
This was only on page 10 when i left lol.
Really can see your painting getting better and better over time, and at first it was bloody good anyway.

But 2 things.

1: No such thing as too many squigs, as a proud owner of 200+ squigs, i resent that
2: Be careful with the mangler squig, alot of the chain is really weak, but without it, the top squigs leg is the only contact point, which under weight, bends quite a bit.
Ive had to prop up the top squig on all 3 of them with random gobbo's and shrooms between them.

Haha, great that you have seen some improvement! That's exactly what I am aiming for at all times

I guess it is indeed impossible to have too many squigs, they are just too awesome. The manglers are actually going to be on 2 separate bases, so that should not be a problem. They do look waaaayyy too flimsy to stay in their intended position very long.. those chains could so easily snap, let alone the tiny connection point :(

I finished up the character standard gobbo today, and included a euro coin to emphasise how crazy small he is! Click for very big.



Went crazy with skin contrast to help define his features, kept the robe very modest when it came to highlights so the black would not end up a dull grey. Little bit of colour added with the turqoise and red eyes, and he matches the rest of the squig riders very well. Happy with him.

Going to send the shots to the owner and see if I get the all clear

I've been playing around with Livestream to work out the proper settings for recording, I don't think I will be able to stream live painting as I just won't be able to reach the upload quality needed, but I can still record stuff and add them, so thats still good Been having lots of fun streaming Skyrim while chatting to the people in the chat window with the microphone.

Decided to play around with airbrush speedpainting last night for practice, and ended up with a Carnifex 3 hours later



I will definitely be using the same technique again, I am thrilled that the subdued colour choices were mixed together quite well by the acid green claws and mouth Using cartoony stark highlights is definitely an option for me as long as I stay as neat as possible, especially if it means I can get a model that sized completely finished in 3 hours from sprue.

Thrilled, throwing him on Ebay.

That's impressive. Are all those little lines on the carapace airbrushed too? I don't think I can get mine that small, even though I think I have a pretty tiny needle.

You seem to have an affinity for bright colors. Very nice looking indeed.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's impressive. Are all those little lines on the carapace airbrushed too? I don't think I can get mine that small, even though I think I have a pretty tiny needle.

Everything is airbrushed bar some final highlight layers with a hand brush, the stripes are hand brushed, but theres only 3 layers and they took about 30 minutes, so it was worth it I think. My smallest needle wouldn't be able to do precise striping either, they would have been quite blurry and not what I was aiming for with this.

I went the effort of masking off the claws so I could OSL highlight with the airbrush on the grey but it turned out there was no need to, the recent extreme cleaning I gave my airbrush upped its preciseness quite a lot! Hah.

whalemusic360 wrote:You seem to have an affinity for bright colors. Very nice looking indeed.

I love bright colours, but I love enjoy playing them against darks even more. This guy may have actually looked more interesting with a black background, but I'm all out of velvet for it and have to get my hands on more.

Those manglers are awesome, the "punisher" squig is by far my favourite, dunno if it will fit in with the rest of the army of course. I guess night goblin armies rely on the squigs for a lot of colour and contrast.

i'm very impressed you painted the Carnifex in 3 hours Iffy, the colours go so well together as well. The green is very striking, love it.

I'll say an A++

im still jealous... you'll be Ifalraptor soon! then you can take on the fantastic four!

GiraffeX wrote:i'm very impressed you painted the Carnifex in 3 hours Iffy, the colours go so well together as well. The green is very striking, love it.
I'll say an A++

The colours were a total experiment, I figured it would either work, or be really horrible! Glad it turned out well!

DijnsK wrote:im still jealous... you'll be Ifalraptor soon! then you can take on the fantastic four!

Aww man, its the elite four. If you get that wrong, how can you expect to be the very best, like no one ever was?

Beautiful. The blue stripes are fantastic, but I really love the green.

I feel like you could throw this nid into the movie Avatar and it would fit right in! Nice paint work there iff

3 hours? Damn, you are fast. It looks great!

Wow, that 3-hours-Carnifex looks great! I have worked 3 hours on small infantry models and got results not nearly up to that skill level...

I own an airbrush myself and would like to use it more regularly - but I really rarely use it, mainly because I'm hesitant to use it indoors, even with open windows. I just read the last 3-4 pages today so I'm not sure if someone brought this up before, but in what workspace do you use your airbrush? Can you recommend some set-up for ventilation and so on? Would be greatly appreciated!

Ifalna wrote:
Aww man, its the elite four. If you get that wrong, how can you expect to be the very best, like no one ever was?

im gonna catch them all anyway

Witzkatz wrote:Wow, that 3-hours-Carnifex looks great! I have worked 3 hours on small infantry models and got results not nearly up to that skill level...

I own an airbrush myself and would like to use it more regularly - but I really rarely use it, mainly because I'm hesitant to use it indoors, even with open windows. I just read the last 3-4 pages today so I'm not sure if someone brought this up before, but in what workspace do you use your airbrush? Can you recommend some set-up for ventilation and so on? Would be greatly appreciated!

I use my airbrush indoors all the time and higly reccomend an airbrush booth such as this one :



Not only does it keep the air clean and the paint dust from spreading all over (red is terrible BTW ) but the light breeze helps models dry faster


It's strange to see this blog so deep on the list! Get some sleep and stop slacking Iffy!

logg_frogg wrote:
It's strange to see this blog so deep on the list! Get some sleep and stop slacking Iffy!

I was on my weekend D: Back to painting today though!

As for the airbrush question, I only use 20psi so I rarely have enough paint in the air to be worried about inhaling, I just sit at my painting desk with a couple of cloths down to catch any paint that doesn't hit the model, in a room with a window slightly open

That carni and goblin look really nice o.o I keep wanting to dabble with airbrushes but I've not gotten to it yet >.<

Damn that Carnifex is bright!

I'm disappointed nobody else picked up on the awesome pokemon reference earlier.

For shame guys, for shame.

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:I'm disappointed nobody else picked up on the awesome pokemon reference earlier.

For shame guys, for shame.

I'm just going to quote myself from a thread over in Dakka Discussions...

Dysartes wrote:Hold the phone - at no point has anything to do with Pokemon been awesome, let alone good and pure...

Sasa0mg wrote:That carni and goblin look really nice o.o I keep wanting to dabble with airbrushes but I've not gotten to it yet >.<

You totally should, they open up a whole new world of sillyness! And fades. Wonderful.. wonderful fades...

Cutthroatcure wrote:Damn that Carnifex is bright!

TIGHT AND BRIGHT.

Dysartes wrote:

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:I'm disappointed nobody else picked up on the awesome pokemon reference earlier.
For shame guys, for shame.

I'm just going to quote myself from a thread over in Dakka Discussions...

Dysartes wrote:Hold the phone - at no point has anything to do with Pokemon been awesome, let alone good and pure...

No Dysartes, bad. No. Go to your corner.


So today was back to work, I did 3 whole things! Wowsers.

I assembled and greenstuffed this gobbo on squig-



Who was a right pain in the bum but I eventually got him together and he is curing overnight. This is the first showpiece model for this commish, which is my top standard.. I'm rather excited. Myself and the owner decided on him being a dark red/orange trailing up to bright yellow on top, with blue warpaint. Going to be lots of fun!

I got a couple more layers down on these giant wolves-



who are also being a pain in the bum as they really don't take paint well, likely due to their casting resin, and I have to let each couple of layers dry for nearly 12 hours before I can layer over it again or it just wipes off >< That should improve as more layers get down though.. hopefully.

And I finished up 3 tabletop test figs for a small Empire commish-



Fighting battles in your pajamas is a great idea lads, kudos. Seriously.

Ifalna wrote:

TIGHT AND BRIGHT.

WOAH there Iffy, tmi dude.

The wolves most likely havent been washed if they're doing that. Might be easier and more likely for the paint to not slough off if you stripped them and washed em properly. Going from personal experience with mould release agents here. Iirc just painting over that gak never works :(

Vitruvian XVII wrote:
WOAH there Iffy, tmi dude.

Spreading the word of Spandy Andy is never tmi. http://www.facebook.com/spandyandyfanpage

Vitruvian XVII wrote:The wolves most likely havent been washed if they're doing that. Might be easier and more likely for the paint to not slough off if you stripped them and washed em properly. Going from personal experience with mould release agents here. Iirc just painting over that gak never works :(

Aye, they have sadly already been washed and fully degreased, the stuff is just like a mirror.. I have my fingers crossed that I am past the problem now as they took the primer decently, I just don't want to risk it and am staying cautious. The figs themselves are really gorgeous, but the resin is the stuff of nightmares. /shakes fist

Ifalna wrote:

logg_frogg wrote:
It's strange to see this blog so deep on the list! Get some sleep and stop slacking Iffy!

I was on my weekend D: Back to painting today though!

As for the airbrush question, I only use 20psi so I rarely have enough paint in the air to be worried about inhaling, I just sit at my painting desk with a couple of cloths down to catch any paint that doesn't hit the model, in a room with a window slightly open

I unfortunately paint in the same room that my models are stored in
I wasn;t so concerned about the odd coloured stuff that was coming out of my nose after painting but having to clean rainbow coloured dust off of all my shelves and models wasn't siting well!

But like you said, I wasn't having the problem at 20psi I was having it at 50 psi when I was basecoating with a thicker mix

Looking forward to seeing some painted squigs!

Ifalna wrote:

Vitruvian XVII wrote:
WOAH there Iffy, tmi dude.

Spreading the word of Spandy Andy is never tmi. http://www.facebook.com/spandyandyfanpage

Vitruvian XVII wrote:The wolves most likely havent been washed if they're doing that. Might be easier and more likely for the paint to not slough off if you stripped them and washed em properly. Going from personal experience with mould release agents here. Iirc just painting over that gak never works :(

Aye, they have sadly already been washed and fully degreased, the stuff is just like a mirror.. I have my fingers crossed that I am past the problem now as they took the primer decently, I just don't want to risk it and am staying cautious. The figs themselves are really gorgeous, but the resin is the stuff of nightmares. /shakes fist

I've recently started washing my resin miniatures in my ultrasonic cleaner for the same reason. I don; know what FW uses for mould release but it doesn't like to come off if it's on nice and thick!

those remind me of my pjs codpiece and all.. a guy can never be too protected

Ifalna wrote:No Dysartes, bad. No. Go to your corner.

The world is my corner, Ifalna - looking forwards to seeing how the Squig Hopper turns out. Which manufacturer are the slippery wolves from?

You've got lots of interesting things on the go now Iffy.

I have a similar problem with a FW mini I picked up where the undercoat wont stay on, but I think I've got past that stage once its on though theres no issues.

logg_frogg wrote:
I unfortunately paint in the same room that my models are stored in
I wasn;t so concerned about the odd coloured stuff that was coming out of my nose after painting but having to clean rainbow coloured dust off of all my shelves and models wasn't siting well!
But like you said, I wasn't having the problem at 20psi I was having it at 50 psi when I was basecoating with a thicker mix

Haha, if it was 50psi I can imagine there was quite a cloud of paint getting into the air every time you used it, I would have had to use a breathing mask in that case. As it is though, I sprayed pretty much all day today and don't feel like I inhaled anything, but I do need to get a brush cleaner jug so I can spray the airbrush cleaner fluid in without spreading any vapor. That stuff is nasty.

Norn King wrote:Looking forward to seeing some painted squigs!

On the way!

logg_frogg wrote:[
I've recently started washing my resin miniatures in my ultrasonic cleaner for the same reason. I don; know what FW uses for mould release but it doesn't like to come off if it's on nice and thick!

An ultrasonic cleaner is something I have had my eye on for quite a while, for the airbrush also. You can get very cheap little ones but I'm not sure if they would do the job very well. What are you using and how much did it cost?

Rogue Wolves wrote:those remind me of my pjs codpiece and all.. a guy can never be too protected

I am sure they would totally deflect cannonballs and large swords

Dysartes wrote:
The world is my corner, Ifalna - looking forwards to seeing how the Squig Hopper turns out. Which manufacturer are the slippery wolves from?

I'm actually not sure who made them, I will contact the owner and find out

GiraffeX wrote:You've got lots of interesting things on the go now Iffy.
I have a similar problem with a FW mini I picked up where the undercoat wont stay on, but I think I've got past that stage once its on though theres no issues.

I know, so much stuff to paint! I'm hoping I am past that stage now too and I won't have any flake off, but I am being extra careful anyway, just incase.

Today I spent a while ( a crazy big while) trying to get a nice strong yellow to red fade on the big squig with the airbrush. It was a bit of a lesson in dexterity but I got his bases down and he now looks like a tropical fruity cocktail, so I seriously approve.

(I am super tired and just went with the first batch of photos, they aren't the best, sorry)


Will be starting on shading and highlighting him tomorrow.

I also got quite far with a Nurgly tank -



Which was only meant to be tabletop but I got carried away with. Needs to have its dribbly nasty parts painted in, some ooze, and metals added. I am now crazy tired and am off to bed!

Wow, plenty going on over here.

Tequila Sunrise Squiq looks like it's going to be wild.

Rhino looks fantastic, weathering is great.

Is Boba trying to train the thunder-pups?

The squig looks brilliant! Great work on painting thr Rhino as well.

So many wolves

Both the squig and the rhino look great so far.
But while I really like the weathering, I think you should paint some more oil stains on it, right now most of them are on the hatch.....
and drill the exhaust pipes

@logg_frogg and Ifalna: Thanks for the feedback about indoor airbrushing. I've only used a can of pressurized air for airbrushing until now for monetary reasons, and that thing basically does whatever pressure it wants...looks like it's time to pay for a proper compressor and properly adjustable pressure settings!

I think it's cool how you can paint something as bright and shiny as that tropical squig and something as dark, subdued and "realistic" as that plague rhino at the same time. Such different styles, but both look sweet!

PS: Oh, and I agree with MrMerlin about the exhaust pipes. Easily done, but I think it adds so much to the realism of the model!

I'm already stretching the limits of my tabletop fee on it, but screw it, I'll drill the pipes.

Im too nice. TOO NICE.

Nice Boba Fett Munny BTW...Never thought a Bounty hunter could be cute, but there you go.

He is pretty fantastic, there is a matching Chewie in the room somewhere too.

This is the unit I have been using Iffy



It's pretty much the heaviest duty *home style* unit tha you can buy and it cost me $100 + shipping.
I am quite happy with it but am looking to upgrade to a comercial style unit for approx $130.(similar to this one: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/DSA50SE-SK2-FULL-SET-INDUSTRIAL-GRADE-3L-3-17QT-250W-DIGITAL-ULTRASONIC-CLEANER?item=290604862797&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8247319298606037777)
The important things to look for when purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner are quality of construction and the amount of control you have. more control over heat and time are essential to getting a good clean!
If you are looking it's worth saving the extra few dollars to get into a small comercial/industrial style unit.
Basically if you aren't spending $100 for a new unit you are probably wasting your money and nobody likes that!


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I almost forgot to mention, Excellent work on the tank!
That is the style I want to do my nurgle tanks in, loving it!

Ifalna wrote:I'm already stretching the limits of my tabletop fee on it, but screw it, I'll drill the pipes.

Im too nice. TOO NICE.

But, now, when someone commissions a tank from you, they'll expect "Tabletop standard" to include drilling gun barrels and/or exhaust pipes.

Briancj wrote:
But, now, when someone commissions a tank from you, they'll expect "Tabletop standard" to include drilling gun barrels and/or exhaust pipes.

Ack.. yes. This is so true.

No, I'm going to have to put my foot down, I have to look at how much I'm getting paid and not make this silly, I'd say I've already gone a bit above tabletop with it, adding drill outs is just being unfair on myself and any future clients.

BYW Iffy... speaking of work you didn't get paid for. I loved the artwork you put on the box you sent my orks in. I'll keep and post it. I'd send the next batch of figures back to you in that same box except it looks like it got pretty squished on the trip over-seas.

However... I do remember winning a little contest you sponsored on your blog a while back... trying to guess your favorite drink or some such, the prize for which was a drawing... I'll count the box as my prize for that!

logg_frogg wrote:This is the unit I have been using Iffy
It's pretty much the heaviest duty *home style* unit tha you can buy and it cost me $100 + shipping.
I am quite happy with it but am looking to upgrade to a comercial style unit for approx $130.(similar to this one: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/DSA50SE-SK2-FULL-SET-INDUSTRIAL-GRADE-3L-3-17QT-250W-DIGITAL-ULTRASONIC-CLEANER?item=290604862797&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8247319298606037777)
The important things to look for when purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner are quality of construction and the amount of control you have. more control over heat and time are essential to getting a good clean!
If you are looking it's worth saving the extra few dollars to get into a small comercial/industrial style unit.
Basically if you aren't spending $100 for a new unit you are probably wasting your money and nobody likes that!

Ah, now this is something I agree with. No point spending even small amounts of cash if the product is going to be a "waste".

I may well invest in one of these, they would save me a lot of hassle in the long run.. my funds have been decimated by Diablo 3 (€60 Blizzard, are you fething for real?) and the webcam I am buying so I can record mini painting and what not, but if I get a few more Ebay sales before this batch of commissions is done, I will prob get one of these soon enough.

I also need to stop overworking commissions I am already doing cheaply I think.. slight epiphany this morning :S ugh. /slaps self

logg_frogg wrote:I almost forgot to mention, Excellent work on the tank!
That is the style I want to do my nurgle tanks in, loving it!

The tank is super fun, I wrote how I painted it on my FB painting page, but Ill pm you it if you want

Gitsplitta wrote:BYW Iffy... speaking of work you didn't get paid for. I loved the artwork you put on the box you sent my orks in. I'll keep and post it. I'd send the next batch of figures back to you in that same box except it looks like it got pretty squished on the trip over-seas.
However... I do remember winning a little contest you sponsored on your blog a while back... trying to guess your favorite drink or some such, the prize for which was a drawing... I'll count the box as my prize for that!

Oh.. OH. I HAD FORGOTTEN I DID THIS.
The womans face in the post office, the stare I got, AHAHAHAH AKLSD:LAKSD: oh WOW it was freaking hilarious.

Post office lady : /suspicious glare
Me: "Uh.."
Post office lady: /narrows eyes
Me: "..It's.. for a friend?"

Brilliant.

Haha! I preordered my Diablo III as soon as it was available >.<

It will end my free time starting on the 15th..... oh boi..

I'm lying to myself by saying I will use the auction house enough to actually make back the cash the game has cost me..

It could possible happen in fairness. I get.. grindy.. with these games.

Hrmh.

Ifalna, what color did you use for that bright green on the Carnifex's claws? I must have missed it--but I need that green for my ALEPH for Infinity...

Main body of the green is scorpion green, final bright parts are sunburst yellow with a hint of scorp

Sweetness. Thanks Ifalna.

That Nurgle tank is corking. It's great to see your talents extend in all directions (not that that was ever in doubt, but still). Irritatingly talented, arncha?

inmygravenimage wrote:That Nurgle tank is corking. It's great to see your talents extend in all directions (not that that was ever in doubt, but still). Irritatingly talented, arncha?

Ohhh man, it was totally the sponge and airbrush, they did nearly all the work!

I finished up the tiny commish and the tank today, heres the Empire guys first.



Loads of fun, just to tabletop but I sneaked in some wood grain detail cause WHY NOT. Fun trying to make them quite defined looking while not going above tabletop, and working with yellow is always.. enjoyable../cough.


And the rhino, which I am super proud of as it's actually the first vehicle I have ever painted! MILESTONE TIME!!

Huge pic for zoomy.



I think I went above tabletop with this which I really should not have, but I was enjoying myself an awful lot and learned plenty from it. Such as " These things are much larger than I thought and I need to charge more, bigtime. " ugh.

There are 6 more marines to be painted in the exact same scheme, but they need to be reassembled after a horrible issue in transit Haha.

The squig had some work done today but its very subtle shading and highlighting so far, so not worth a photo update

horrible issue in transit

Oh my...I hope they're alright...

It seems that all my favorite blogs here are shutting down after the 15th. I'd be upset, but I think I'll be too busy to notice

Dang Iffy... that rhino is first class!

prime12357 wrote:

horrible issue in transit

Oh my...I hope they're alright...

It seems that all my favorite blogs here are shutting down after the 15th. I'd be upset, but I think I'll be too busy to notice

What's the 15th?

Diablo 3 I'm going to try and not vanish by painting at my desk while I grind. It's... the only way.

And cheers gits, I'm well proud of it considering I had no idea what to do originally.

Rhino is great, congrats on your first vehicle

first vehicle!?! well it looks great Iff, luck of the irish much?? nice weathering btw

I have that same model of ultra sonic cleaner, I use it in a commerical application to clean dirtly carbs and parts it works really well and would clean up the models nicely and help with fixing warped mini's

You'd think I'd know that as I also ordered it.

Awesome rhino, Iffy! I love the worn, dirty look of it!

The weathering on the top hatches for the Rhino are really terrific.

prime12357 wrote:

horrible issue in transit

Oh my...I hope they're alright...

It seems that all my favorite blogs here are shutting down after the 15th. I'd be upset, but I think I'll be too busy to notice

On the plus side the issue happened on the way there and not on the way back after shipping

That reminds me of the forgeworld order I received in a crushed flat box last year >.< Lets just say air packing was my best friend!



I actually can't wait for the cash auction house! It will save me having to sell items on eBay!
IIIIII can't wait for the grind! I'll PM you my accnt once I get things up and running if the servers allow cross continental gaming

logg_frogg wrote:
On the plus side the issue happened on the way there and not on the way back after shipping
That reminds me of the forgeworld order I received in a crushed flat box last year >.< Lets just say air packing was my best friend!

I actually can't wait for the cash auction house! It will save me having to sell items on eBay!
IIIIII can't wait for the grind! I'll PM you my accnt once I get things up and running if the servers allow cross continental gaming

Yeahhh, I've been lucky enough to not have any packages arrive in horrible shape, this was just an internal packaging issue. He thought cotton balls would do the trick, they did not. Hahaha. Poor wee guys. Unpinned metal figs in transport = no.

Sounds like a plan, I am hoping for cross cont multiplayer too, hopefully will be possible as won't be near the server strain of running an mmo on worldwide servers, fer sure. Will be grinding non stop. Seriously. I have problems with this kind of thing.

I at one point had 8 wow accounts for multiboxing grinding lulz. Oh god.

That only makes me wonder how they're going to handle the auction house when they inevitably release the game on cosoles...

Sell gear for Microsoft Points? For Sony Cash? Link a Paypal account to your 360?

Madness.

I think I'm going to have to wait for Torchlight 2... if only because of this guy.




I mean... that's a character class right there.

can you show us how you paint that beautiful rhino?

Capitansolstice wrote:can you show us how you paint that beautiful rhino?

I cannae show you how as I don't have any way to record painting at the moment, but a quick walkthrough I posted on tumblr was:

Great ageing on the tank! Any tips you can give?

Don’t be neat!

Seriously, thats the main thing I’ve learned from aging, the neater you try to be the less organic it looks.

I airbrushed it from black to bleached bone to dead flesh, then sprayed on mud with dark flesh and bestial brown, then I ripped some sponge up and dabbed on dark flesh and BB again to make rust, followed up by a lighter sponge of boltgun and mithril.

I then slapped on a mix of badab and devlin mud with a tank brush and wiped it off any flat panels, then I added some Devlin mud streaks dripping from some hinges. After that was dry, I rehighlighted the chipped areas with mithril and gave it a final touch up of Devlin mud in areas I figured should be darker.

It sounds like it takes forever but you really need to focus on making it organic and not spending a long time getting it perfect.

Oh and as for the xbox d3, Im guessing paypal? Not sure how else it could work. Torchlight is amazing, I have near 100 hours on the original. God, what is wrong with me. Can't wait for the new one either

Ifalna wrote:

logg_frogg wrote:
On the plus side the issue happened on the way there and not on the way back after shipping
That reminds me of the forgeworld order I received in a crushed flat box last year >.< Lets just say air packing was my best friend!

I actually can't wait for the cash auction house! It will save me having to sell items on eBay!
IIIIII can't wait for the grind! I'll PM you my accnt once I get things up and running if the servers allow cross continental gaming

Yeahhh, I've been lucky enough to not have any packages arrive in horrible shape, this was just an internal packaging issue. He thought cotton balls would do the trick, they did not. Hahaha. Poor wee guys. Unpinned metal figs in transport = no.

Sounds like a plan, I am hoping for cross cont multiplayer too, hopefully will be possible as won't be near the server strain of running an mmo on worldwide servers, fer sure. Will be grinding non stop. Seriously. I have problems with this kind of thing.

I at one point had 8 wow accounts for multiboxing grinding lulz. Oh god.

haha!! good you will fit right in! One of my close friends IRL took 2 weeks off of work for launch ... and he's a bank manager

logg_frogg wrote:

haha!! good you will fit right in! One of my close friends IRL took 2 weeks off of work for launch ... and he's a bank manager

My partner took a week off for launch too, it is going to be an extremely geeky week. I am beyond excited. I don't care if its basically d2 with improved graphics and crafting. I don't care.

That's because D2 was freaking amazing!

The math behind the game is top shelf!

After playing 4 different versions of the beta over the last 6 months what we are ending up with is far superior to what they started with!.... 6 more days! Too bad I will be stuck at work for the first 18 hours after release.

logg_frogg wrote: Too bad I will be stuck at work for the first 18 hours after release.

Want me to call you in sick?

It's hard to call in sick when I'm at a fly in fly out location 700km north from home

They would just ask me to go see the nurse!... and our higspeed connection isn't hooked up yet so I can't even pre-download >.<

The particular irony for logg_frogg is he actually is a treasure hunter in real life. Seriously considering blowing the money I'll get for exam marking on an Xbox and d3 m'self.

inmygravenimage wrote:The particular irony for logg_frogg is he actually is a treasure hunter in real life. Seriously considering blowing the money I'll get for exam marking on an Xbox and d3 m'self.

I actually am part of a team that manages construction and expantion at a Gold Mine That's like treasure hunting right?

On a side note. Gold bricks are way heavier than shown in movies. the average gold brick weighs 25kg's

Wait, what, so in the last 2 weeks mini painting has led me to meet a diamond mine engineer, and a gold mine construction worker?

I.. what.

Sounds to me like good friends to make!

Now with the right Horadrim cube you can get to work making flawless diamonds!

Yeah we went to a gold and gem exhibit in D.C and I got to hold a gold bar and man it was heavy!

Ifalna wrote:Wait, what, so in the last 2 weeks mini painting has led me to meet a diamond mine engineer, and a gold mine construction worker?

I.. what.

hkhrmm. *correction* Engineering Technologist who specializes in heavy industrial construction specifically concrete and civil work who happens to have acushy job at a gold mine

sooooo 2 treasure engineers?

In a desperate attempt to get away from D3 chat which is killing me, heres a quick shot of the marines I started on.



Interesting to see just how bright they are now compared to how they will finish up

Airbrush layers down, sponge weathering down, now to cover them in washes and repick out some details. Fun!

These will end up the same as the tank, little lower quality maybe.

LOOK AT HOW CRYSTAL CLEAR THE SHOT OF THE HARVEST MORN BOXES IS, I AM THE MASTER OF CAMERAS.

That...is a lot of Museli.

Boxes are the perfect size to store dropper bottle paints in, and in no way related to me being a cereal addict.

What is it with you irish and cereal? My irish female flatmate eats like 6 bowls a day!

The Irish are all cereal killers.

"Extremely Exotic"!? Is it cereal or a miniature strip-club?

Gitsplitta wrote:"Extremely Exotic"!? Is it cereal or a miniature strip-club?

Hell, I would buy that just for the name Way more creative than *Rasin Bran* !


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I'm interested to see how the Plague Marines turn out as well.
I like the overall colour but the brown on the legs looks almost too much right now. Once it is washed based and higlighted it may have a totally different look!

The brown will match in, trust me! They are just about done, I'm adding the bases now.

THEY ARE DISGUSTING.

Also, notice how I ignored all the cereal comments. /giant obnoxious wink

You just hit a sore point with those Plague Marines with me. I picked up some finecast ones about two months ago and painted them up and put them in their case.

I went to check them on the weekend as its there first game (tournament) this weekend and the sergeants sword has actually bent out of shape and there was loads of space for the mini in the case.

Not sure if I should send a complaint to GW but what can they do?

/rant over

They are looking nice Iffy, if that's the right word lol

logg_frogg wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:"Extremely Exotic"!? Is it cereal or a miniature strip-club?

Hell, I would buy that just for the name Way more creative than *Rasin Bran* !

LOL!!
Iff, im really liking the looks of these boys, you do Nurgle well

His sword warped without being under heat?

Thats pretty bizarre, is there any chance you can shape it back? :(

I finished up the nurgly dudefaces, here they are. I had to physically stop myself from working on them because I was ready to go totally overboard as they were so much fun.



and a detail one of my fave -



These guys are lulz.

I have a finecast nurgle lord to paint up for another owner that I am going to go absolutely crazy on. Oh my god I can't wait.

Love the way those are looking Iffy! Well, if you can truly "love" something gooey, rusted and puss filled. *blech!*


... and a brief return to a previous topic... THIS is an example of something Iffy does that she doesn't get paid for... decorating the shipping box!



Which delivered... among other things... this! (my basing) FW Ork Squadron Kommander, rendered very faithfully with the real-life WWI prototype in mind.



I'm a very happy orky daddy...

damn that is one fine ork!

I <3 Box Decoration

I really, really like that ork.... great paintjob! Where did you get the model?

Also loving the box decoration!

Lovely dirty marines covered in filth. They look nauseating. And you decorate packaging! What a service you provide.

So jealous of logg_frog - I have never gotten my hands on a gold bar - I lifted a silver one once and you wouldn't have wanted to drop it on your toe. But 25kg - I swear I weighed 25kg when I was 8... if you watch die hard 3 again with this knowledge you can tell that the gold bars are fake.

MrMerlin wrote:I really, really like that ork.... great paintjob! Where did you get the model?

Also loving the box decoration!

It's a Forge World event-only model from several years back (thanks Dysartes!). Picked it up off the net (apparently it's not the most popular design so it was reasonably affordable). I think it's a great fig & Iffy did a fantastic job painting it.

Def a great tabletop standard on those PM's!

They are looking beautifully disgusting!


mmMmmmM Cereal!

Gitsplitta wrote:It's a Forge World event-only model for a year or so back. Picked it up off the net (apparently it's not the most popular design so it was reasonably affordable). I think it's a great fig & Iffy did a fantastic job painting it.

It's 2009 at the latest, Git - 2010 was the Ork Runt Bot, 2011 had the Boarding Marine and 2012 has the Skin Wolf and Enforcer.

Fixed, thank you sir!

Thanks for the info, Gits! Much appreciated. I'll see if I get my hands on it somehow...

Gitsplitta wrote:Fixed, thank you sir!

Not a problem, sir - I'm currently in negotiations to achieve getting my FWODDKOKDRC, FWODORB and FWODSW painted to a much better standard than I could hope to achieve. My FWODE&CH will be getting painted alongside some Arbites I'm putting together.

Washing a "gorgeous" forgeworld nurgle sorc to get rid of the mold release coating while thinking lovingly about fruity cocktail squig. I'm going to start on those amazing teeth. Yes I am. That should actually be worth an update shot. The Nurgle sorc is going to be a LOT of fun as he is to character standard instead of the tabletop standard the other Nurgle guys were, and I have a lot of ideas for him. Horrible, nasty, gloopy ideas.

The FWODDKOKDRC is going to be a lot of fun, in fact, they will likely all be fun. The models are incredible :O Forgeworld has never failed to impress me.

By the way, I do have a Facbook page just for my painty stuff and would totally appreciate Likes if people do use Facebook and would like updates in that format, they really help as I have had quite a few commissions come in that were " My friend liked your page and I had a look and would be interested in xyz", so it really does help me out!

http://www.facebook.com/IffysPaintingService

I still maintain that Disapproving Horse should by the mascot for your painting service, Ifalna.

I'm thinking of just making the timeline banner a giant closeup of that squig riders bare bum.

Nah - Disapproving Horse all the way ;thumbsup:

I see they've not gone with compulsory Timeline roll-out yet.

Wow, brilliant looking plague Marines!

Dysartes wrote:Nah - Disapproving Horse all the way ;thumbsup:
I see they've not gone with compulsory Timeline roll-out yet.

Hurrhurr, I really do love him too. The face. I didn't even do anything, he's sculpted that way.

Not yet with Timeline, no, but I actually really like it now. It was confusing at first, but once I got used to it I preferred the control I had with it. Use it on my personal account as well.

Arm.chair.general wrote:Wow, brilliant looking plague Marines!

Thanks man, I'm looking forward to painting the Nurgle one as I get to go higher quality with him

you just got Liked now i can follow the same models in 2 spots!

Well played on the avatar korra 1337 celebratory gif.

Hey Ifalna - I notice you use an airbrush quite a bit. I've done some basic camo schemes on some WWII tanks with an airbrush, but never attempted the the type of shading on 40K figs like you've done with the squigs. Can you point me to any good airbrush tutorials specific to painting minis?

And thanks for all the inspiration. I really like your work!

Gutsplitta wrote:Hey Ifalna - I notice you use an airbrush quite a bit. I've done some basic camo schemes on some WWII tanks with an airbrush, but never attempted the the type of shading on 40K figs like you've done with the squigs. Can you point me to any good airbrush tutorials specific to painting minis?

I would consider myself still a total novice with the airbrush, as I mostly use it for just fading colours together or basic OSL (Object source lighting) highlighting. When you get down to the nitty gritty of the squigs, they have just been brushed their base colour, then faded up to a couple of different highlight colours. It's a lot simpler than it looks, when I get my webcam I will show exactly what I mean.

The tutorials I focused on were mostly the mechanics of the airbrush and how to use it for basic Object source lighting. I think once you get to grips with how to angle the brush so you are only hitting areas that should be highlighted, you can then experiment with lots of different colours and shadings

Dakka has an amazing osl tut here - Click

And I used what I learned from random Airbrush upkeep vids and guides on google, keeping it clean is the single most important thing to know when it comes to getting good work out of it.

Gutsplitta wrote:And thanks for all the inspiration. I really like your work!

Justice League of Squigs, go!

Ogod Dysartes no, I have so much actual real work to do D:

One day I will make a spiderman and punisher squig and all will be well, but that day is far off.

You don't want to do Marvel Squigs, Ifalna - DC is the right publisher for the Justice Squigs of Ireland...

The original line-up would give us...

Supersquig...
Batsquig...
Wonder Squig...
Flash Squig... (might need a new name)
Green Squig...
Aquasquig...
Martian Squig...

Colour suggestions available on request

As an aside, Ifalna, do you have any tips on painting the sort of wolf skin/pelt cloaks that the Space Wolves tend to wear?

Booooo! Marvel squigs ftw! The X-Squigs and Avengsquigs alone...

whalemusic360 wrote:Booooo! Marvel squigs ftw! The X-Squigs and Avengsquigs alone...

I'm not convinced Avengsquigs works as a unit name, whalemusic - ideally, you'd have a unit from each setting in your Goblin army

Squigvengers? I want an Age of Squgpocolypse unit now...

whalemusic360 wrote:Squigvengers? I want an Age of Squgpocolypse unit now...

Now, Age of Squigpocolypse is one I like the sound of

If people don't like the JLA-inspired squigs, I could always go for a Justice Squigciety of Ireland idea...

Flash
Green Squig
Hawksquig
Sandsquig
Spectre
Doctor Squig
Hoursquig
A-squig
Johnny Squig
Supersquig (not to be confused with the earlier Supersquig)
Batsquig (not to be confused with the earlier Batsquig)
Doctor Mid-Squig
Starsquig
Wonder Squig (not to be confused with the earlier Wonder Squig - in this case, it'd be the other Wonder Squig's mother/creator)
Mister Squigrrific (can you imagine a squig with FAIR PLAY down each leg? I can...)
Wildsquig
Black Squigary

dont listen to him!! avenger squigs assemble! you can use that giant one as hulk too!

I am on board with this plan!

Ifalna wrote: I would consider myself still a total novice with the airbrush, as I mostly use it for just fading colours together or basic OSL (Object source lighting) highlighting. When you get down to the nitty gritty of the squigs, they have just been brushed their base colour, then faded up to a couple of different highlight colours. It's a lot simpler than it looks, when I get my webcam I will show exactly what I mean.

The tutorials I focused on were mostly the mechanics of the airbrush and how to use it for basic Object source lighting. I think once you get to grips with how to angle the brush so you are only hitting areas that should be highlighted, you can then experiment with lots of different colours and shadings

Dakka has an amazing osl tut here - Click

And I used what I learned from random Airbrush upkeep vids and guides on google, keeping it clean is the single most important thing to know when it comes to getting good work out of it.

Thanks for the pointers. I guess I need to pull my airbrush out and do some practice. WWII German tank schemes at 1/72nd scale can be so random, it doesn't take a lot of accuracy. I think the fading will be something else. We'll see.

Ifalna wrote:

Nice.

Rogue Wolves wrote:dont listen to him!! avenger squigs assemble! you can use that giant one as hulk too!

Nah, Atom Squig-sher from the JSA.

There are just so many options, but I only have 2 squigs!

That means they have to be super iconic, Batsquig and Jokersquig? Spidersquig and Goblinsquig? THIS IS HARD.

Also, for any other EU D3 players, make sure to redownload - https://eu.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4410912 due to the previous installer problem.

Supersquig and Lex Squigthor?
Green Squig and Sinisquig?
Professor Squig and Magnesquig?
Captain Amerisquig and Red Squig?
Batsquig and Two-Squig?
Iron Squig and Squiglash? (Using Iron Man 2 as inspiration)
Squiglock Holmes and Professor Squigiarty?
Squigverine and Squiggertooth?
Batsquig and Squigcrow?

Are you set on super heroes and villains? Or can it be any duo?

Perhaps Beavisquig and Buttsquig? Or Rensquig and Stimpsquig? Pinkysquig and Brainsquig?

Wonder Twin Squigs

How do you paint so well, how long have you been painting, whats the one technique you would recommend learning as a painter, if you don't mind think you could take a look at my WoP and finished model threads and just drop a comment on how i can improve them. Sorry your just amazing at it.

Whoah, lots of questions!

Dagirlz wrote:How do you paint so well, how long have you been painting

Practice and research I guess, I am nowadays painting 6 hours a day bar my weekends so its lot of practice which is the most important thing, and I spend a lot of my mornings reading about new techniques or watching tutorial videos or browsing sites for new ideas to try out myself.

I think it's important to not just be stuck with one "style" and be able to paint mini's lots of different ways, so research is a very big help with that

Painted my first mini's in 2006, then stopped for a while and only painted stuff for fun. My tabletop standard now is better than how I used to paint, so you get the idea >< Started trying to lean how to paint the proper way in 2009 when I joined Dakka.

Dagirlz wrote:whats the one technique you would recommend learning as a painter

Brush control. If you are neat and precise you can paint a mini with just 2 highlight colours and have it look really striking, thats kind of my formula for my usual cartoony style, keep it very simple and neat. Neat work = good work, even if you aren't shading or highlighting.

Dagirlz wrote:if you don't mind think you could take a look at my WoP and finished model threads and just drop a comment on how i can improve them. Sorry your just amazing at it.

If you Pm me the links to some of the models you would like feedback for, Ill get back to you later today You have lots of shots up and some are very lovely, so just send me the ones you think you could improve on.

Professor S and Squigneto?

Maybe we should stop the brand hating and go for some Amalgum squigs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_Comics for those interested/confused.

oh man if its only two it has to be Batsquig and Jokersquig!

Rogue Wolves wrote:oh man if its only two it has to be Batsquig and Jokersquig!

Why so serious about this, Rogue?

I'm not a fan of Jokersquig as a name, though a Dark Knight styled one could look good.

when she said jokersquig all i could think of is a squig in some creepy dark knight joker makeup!

A Dark Knight Joker mangler would be.. AMAZING. Imagine that., the riders on stop screaming at who he was charging at " YOU WANNA NO HOW HE GOT DESE SKARS??"

Taking a time out from this showpiece standard Squig to add up some WIP shots, mostly for the owners benefit First Showpiece mini I have gotten to paint in quite a while, really, really enjoying it.Hopefully the detail difference between him and the other Squigs is noticeable.

Squig is only about 50% done, his skin I am about happy with now, but we need to decide on his blue woad warpaint and add it on top, including lots of little drips and smears. Then he needs his varnish layer, with extra attention to the mouth, then onto his metals... then the goblin.. oh man.

You are getting facebook shots redirected because IM LAZY OK.







Also totally thinking of editing in this background from now on so the mini's don't lose their colours to white glare, though I may darken it a bit further first.

simply amazing iff! The skin is so nicely done, and i love the blue gums!

It feels great to not have to stop myself and say " Whooahh, stop, this is only meant to be xyz standard", I am freaking enjoying this.

I am playing D3 but will be rocking NA

So thats 6 hours work today (inc drying times for wash layers ofc) on the Showpiece standard squig and I am too tired to continue so it is bedtime.

Silvers are done, Squig is done bar warpaint and gloss coating, Gobbo skin is at 90%, just needs final highlight layer, then it’s the robe and wood tomorrow.

I am so very, very tired now.

Pig Squig

nice squig

I like these squig things - I might have to have one, they have such big teeth.

That's looking totally showcase there. Sounds like you are totally gunning to become the absolute professional commission painter - 6 hours a day! thats a slice more than I do at my regular job!

Nice Iffy... knock-your-socks-off vibrant. Love it.

I saw these last night on FB and they still look great today!

It's always nice when things still look nice in the morning

Watching Captain America with my coffee and pancakes, have not seen it before and I am impressed so far

Cutthroatcure wrote:Pig Squig

How great would he be if he was pink? Oh wow! Haha

CalasTyphon216 wrote:nice squig

Thank you! He is indeed a cool squig.

weetyskemian44 wrote:I like these squig things - I might have to have one, they have such big teeth.
That's looking totally showcase there. Sounds like you are totally gunning to become the absolute professional commission painter - 6 hours a day! thats a slice more than I do at my regular job!

Omg weets you should get some and paint them up, you would make them amazing, I know it.
I'm in the amazing position of not having to pay bills, so I have to take advantage of the time I have and really push to make this work and improve as much as I can. Doing 6 hours per day is just about right for me as I still have time to get houswork and cooking done, but get a lot of painting done too. Diablo 3 will of course throw a spanner in the works for a few weeks

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice Iffy... knock-your-socks-off vibrant. Love it.

He looks awesome beside all his smaller friends, the Manglers will likely end up just as vibrant, it is going to be fun! I have to say though, highlighting something that fades to another colour is bloody hard, I had to highlight the lines in gradient colours and it took forever. It ended up well though, he looks highlighted but quite naturally I think, the lines don't glare.

Really looking quality now and really does stand out above the rest.
Even the skin tones alone show far more detail


Might have to steal the "why so serious?" idea for one of my manglers

[i] think now you have to do a Pig Squig!

That's a very nice looking squig you have there Iffy

Thanks GiraffeX He is nearing completion now.

Good grief, just opened the new Devlin mud and Badab black I ordered from GW recently and the.. the smell... my god what is this.

I had pongy devlin mud before and I know it's a common thing with the washes, but what exactly are they putting into these things for them to smell like this?

It dries odor free, but uck, it is nasty while using it :(

That squig looks awesome! You customer will be VERY happy!

Great squig!

The Devlan smells like Wet dog

Mine smells like burned beef.. it's really, really bad D:

I had a delvan that smelled like...well, it was indescribably awful. I once got a baal red wash that smelled exactly like chocolate, though, so that was good

i think gryphone sepia smells much worse then devlan mud

I think it's random. I have washes with 0 smell that reek for other people. I would love to know WHY they reek though.. I have a feeling the answer is unsetteling.

Big squig now done bar warpaint

Click for giant pic!



Showpiece standard, really enjoyed painting him. Going to work on ideas for his warpaint patterns, get a thumbsup on a pattern from the owner, then finish him off

Wow, you do some good work!

Subbed, and I gotta say the blending on that squig is incredible.

Subbed, and can't wait to see what's up next.

If he's a cocktain squig, Ifalna, shouldn't there be an olive or a piece of fruit impaled on his rider's spear? Possibly a small umbrella as a base decoration?

^Yum!^

Jealous of your house wife/professional warhammer painter lifestyle! Hope you can wangle it for long-time.

Squigs are definitely in my future repertoire.

Brother Chaplain Kage wrote:Wow, you do some good work!
Subbed, and I gotta say the blending on that squig is incredible.
Subbed, and can't wait to see what's up next.

Ahhh thanks dude, but the blending praise should go to the airbrush

Dysartes wrote:If he's a cocktain squig, Ifalna, shouldn't there be an olive or a piece of fruit impaled on his rider's spear? Possibly a small umbrella as a base decoration?

weetyskemian44 wrote:^Yum!^
Jealous of your house wife/professional warhammer painter lifestyle! Hope you can wangle it for long-time.
Squigs are definitely in my future repertoire.

I am extremely thankful to my amazing partner for letting me be in this position in the first place. And please.. please paint somes squigs. Oh god, please.



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And heres the mockup of the warpaint, but we are skipping the leg stripes and going with a sprial on the other hip



We decided to not go overboard with it, so it won't ruin the lovely yellow.

Love the little grot hand-print.

Cocktail? Totally should be Sambucca Squig (not as child friendly as Peppa Pig, mind). Love the electric blue contrast idea. Also, tasty olive there.

Oh whoops Diablo, bye everyone. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Ifalna wrote:Oh whoops Diablo, bye everyone. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

^ this is very accurate, see you all in 4 months

ERROR 37

ERROR 75

FOREVER AND EVER

Ifalna wrote:ERROR 37

ERROR 75

FOREVER AND EVER

Huh?

I got an ERROR 33....

I havent even tried installing it yet ... pesky hospital job.

What is your battlenet emails? Message them to me, it was 4:10 before I actually was able to get thru Error 37 and play! Playing a Barb come at me bro!

My Diablo 3 break is near over, and painting will be commencing again tonight I actually survived.

How far have ya made it?

I feel so incredibly slowed comparing your first rhino to my first rhino which I'm currently painting

Everything on here is just so good

just wanted to say i would love to see what you would do with one of these

Agreed, you'd do way better than the studio did on it! Especially if you did it in the below scheme

Ifalna wrote:And heres the mockup of the warpaint, but we are skipping the leg stripes and going with a sprial on the other hip



We decided to not go overboard with it, so it won't ruin the lovely yellow.

So, now that you've beaten Diablo (I guess?) where's that warpaint

This is by far my favorite model that you've done so far!

I have never played diablo! but boy oh boy did i enjoy this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsqUZkmO-zk

bigfish wrote:Everything on here is just so good

just wanted to say i would love to see what you would do with one of these

I think we've found the Incredible Squig...

niallkissick wrote:I have never played diablo! but boy oh boy did i enjoy this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsqUZkmO-zk

I would like to think he didnt stage that, but I know my rage at Error 37 was pretty bad!

Dysartes wrote:

bigfish wrote:Everything on here is just so good

just wanted to say i would love to see what you would do with one of these

I think we've found the Incredible Squig...

Um...that squig went far, far over the "cute" boundary line and ended up somewhere out in "ghastly monstrosity". It definitely is impressive and very dangerous looking, but I kind of like squigs to look funny not frightening.

I don't know he is kinda cute

Aaaaaaaaand I'm back

That squig is outstanding, I was linked it on facebook and had a total freakout. I want it. Oh my god yes.

The big squig is now officially finished as his warpaint is done, I think I managed to get the same colour idea as in the mockup but I removed the leg stripes as discussed with the owner, and moved the handprint onto his hip a little to allow more dribbly space.

Click for big!



He is a super cool squig for reals!

I am now beginning work on this nurgle sorc who currently just has his base colour down but will start looking fun very soon.



and assembling some guardsmen Busy busy.

Edit: Oh yes, and the results of my d3 marathon -



Barb was for co-op and was a lot more fun to play through act 4 with as the DH was a total glass cannon, but once he entered his late 30's he became hilarious and is now my solo grinder. Starting to stock up gold for the real world AH going live, and DH is the perfect choice for it as all you need is a high max dam bow gemmed for damage and then go nuts with gold+dext gear, then sit back and laugh at how everything is pulp before it even sees you.

Have a hardcore monk at 10 and everyone else in mid teens, not touching hardcore again till the servers are more stable though. /cough

Squig and rider are delightful Iffy. That nurgle ork is really going to be an interesting project I'll bet. The figure has great promise.

The squig is beautiful, Ifalna. I love the colors on him and especailly the war paint.

The Nurgle Sorceror looks like a lot of fun. Is it a converted figure?

The nurgle is a forgeworld mini I believe, I have to buff out some of those mold lines, I always miss some that show up after the first paint coat D:

He is extremely detailed, there are lots of nurglings hidden on him, absolutely brilliant

I am super happy with the squig, my favourite colour combo so far I think. Can't help imagine what one of those giant ones would look like painted that bright and covered in blue handprints!

Are you sure that's an orc and not just a really mutated plague marine??

It's not an orc! You just have a case of the orkies and are confused!

Its a Nurgle Sorcerer

Ah, I see my mistake. I read "sorc" as "orc".

My bad iffy, sorry. Darn these old eyes...

That's your next project after the LotD, Gitsplitta: Nurgle Orks!

Yes! Nurgle Orcs would be fantastic, do it

Updated colours as requested by owner -



He's asleep so Ill have to wait till the morning to get the thumbsup or not for it so I can start on the actual painting, haha.

I have a few pm's to get back to (you know who you are) but I am totally bushed and not capable of rational responses right now, so it will be in the morning. Sowwy :(

A goods night sleep is desperately needed..

The squig is awesome! I'd like to say more about it or be more eloquent, but that's about it It's really cool.

The sorcerer looks like tremendous fun to paint, so I'm quite jealous of you

Squig looks fantastic Iffy! Well done. The dribbly war paint really puts the topper on it.

Good job on the War paint!

Gad to see the commissions are keeping you busy.

I tried to get hold of some squigs myself but was soundly beaten by people with more money. They are very very popular atm. Your squig is very nicely done - can we have a goup shot maybe of the squigs together in a herd? It will look like a fruit salad! Or maybe a bag of skittles.

Nurgle is always the most fun to paint I think - no clean colours or symmetry and lots of opportunity for corpse humour. Pus, lots of pus.

A lotta nerd rage over Diablo 3 on the interwebnet. couldn't play it anyway as I don't have any internets - I'm connected via my toaster and I don't think it has the bandwidth. Hope it didn't drive you potty though - its always a shame when something you think will be perfect doesn't go according to plan the first time round.

So Ifalna do you think Diablo 3s worth it?
Havent played 1 and 2 but 3 appeals to me DDDDDDDDd

love the nurgle sorcerer. FYI I think the halberd is bent, not sure whether its just the photo

prime12357 wrote:The squig is awesome! I'd like to say more about it or be more eloquent, but that's about it It's really cool.
The sorcerer looks like tremendous fun to paint, so I'm quite jealous of you

AWESOME IS ELOQUENT I BELIEVE.
He is going to be a lot of fun, bar just how many mold lines I still have to clean and parts I have to bend. I also have to paint him to look quite dry, not the disgusting wet mess I normally like for Nurgle. I have to reign myself in and I dun wanna D:

Gutsplitta wrote:Squig looks fantastic Iffy! Well done. The dribbly war paint really puts the topper on it.

It totally finished it off, I am thrilled.

I am seriously, seriously considering dropping some money on that giant squig and painting it the same for Ebay, but I'm still arguing with myself if it would actually pay off...Ebay is so fickle :S

weetyskemian44 wrote:Gad to see the commissions are keeping you busy.
I tried to get hold of some squigs myself but was soundly beaten by people with more money. They are very very popular atm. Your squig is very nicely done - can we have a goup shot maybe of the squigs together in a herd? It will look like a fruit salad! Or maybe a bag of skittles.

Yeah I'm keeping my eye on Ebay prices for them and it is mental :S I'm not paying the same/more on Ebay than it would cost from GW, cmon. Ugh. It's also only unpainted ones that are selling so I can't really work out what the profit margin would be for painting and reselling and thats always a worrier :( Oh Squigs, y you do dis.

weetyskemian44 wrote:Nurgle is always the most fun to paint I think - no clean colours or symmetry and lots of opportunity for corpse humour. Pus, lots of pus.

I'm freaking loving painting them alright, but I have to have this guy dry! No pus or weeping sores?? My poor mind can't handle it.

weetyskemian44 wrote:A lotta nerd rage over Diablo 3 on the interwebnet. couldn't play it anyway as I don't have any internets - I'm connected via my toaster and I don't think it has the bandwidth. Hope it didn't drive you potty though - its always a shame when something you think will be perfect doesn't go according to plan the first time round.

Facebook exploded on launch night, oh my god it was hilarious. I had a massive rant thread up that exploded out of control, but it was to be expected Servers could not handle that many logins simultaneously.

lipsdapips wrote:So Ifalna do you think Diablo 3s worth it?
Havent played 1 and 2 but 3 appeals to me DDDDDDDDd

Hard to say, it is an extraordinarily expensive game to pick up if you haven't played the predecessors to see if you like it, and the click to move-click to fight- fixed camera mechanics arent everyones cup of tea. Maybe try it out on a friends install first, that would be my recommendation.

CalasTyphon216 wrote:love the nurgle sorcerer. FYI I think the halberd is bent, not sure whether its just the photo

It is totally bent in the worst way it could be :(

"Ifalna's Miniature Painting Service: The weapon is a nightmare, broke in transit and is far too thin to pin. The bend is just in front of the rejoin so I can't bend it without gluing it first (yay). Im going to have to heat it and try and force bend it without breaking it at the joint.

RESIN SO FUN."

Edit: Btw, if anyone wants to Diablo 3 it up or just chat on Bnet, battletag is Ifalna#2939 I'm so very creative.

Wish I could escape diablo but I fear its too soon at the moment.

Funny I have my barbarian and Demon hunter as my 2 as well lol.

I think I like the barbarian's fighting more just because just about every move I do sends people flying with a trail of blood behind them or makes them explode entirely when they die and for some reason I seem to find it amusing to make that happen.

And thats okay I think I was about as creative, same old username for me lol.

Im a big fan of this style of game believe me just want to know if it lives up to the standards that Diablo 2 aparrently set

lipsdapips wrote:Im a big fan of this style of game believe me just want to know if it lives up to the standards that Diablo 2 aparrently set

Oh! Oh in that case then, yes. It's as fun as d2. It had elements removed and new ones added, but its basically the same game rehashed in a way that no longer makes your eyes bleed while trying to play it nowadays. Plus the completion achievements will keep you working at it for a longggggggggg time.


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Ack :( Have to contact Gw again, I don't want to look like Im being a gakker so I specifically stated in the email that I JUST want this one sprue replaced, everything else is fine, I just can't remodel half of his face and hand detail myself.

You tell em ifalna - too much shoddy shoddy workmanship going around, break as soon as look at it (smashes diablo 3 and finecast gobbo against wall) shoddy shoddy shoddy.

Scratch what I just said about squigs, I just stealth bidded myself 6 for 3 pounds each!!

I called in my emperors Champ 5 times. 6th one was good.

Iffy, don't forget the piece of pink mould on the bottom of chains on the right gobbo...

I am loving the squig rider! Especially since you are showing me how to be better at my own blue warpaint style Goddamn, it looks so ALIVE against the orange and yellow!

Also, next time you email GW, tell them they can hire me to produce that sprue for them if it is really a problem. I will just require the masters and 2 copies of Diablo 3 from them.

Love the squig! pm coming your way

Oh god.. guys.. I think I just accidentally a Hulk Mangler.






I didn't realise. Owner was like " ELECTRIC LIME AND PURPLE? SOUNDS ACE" so I did it and now I realise what I have just done and oh my god.

Why do I suddenly feel the need to drive to 7-Eleven for a Slurpee?

It's madness. I live roughly 5000 miles from the closest 7-Eleven.

If they find me in my car in the English Channel, please tell the authorities that Ifalna is to blame.

SQUIG SMAAAAASH!!!


Damn Ifalna.... If I had half your skills...
Paintjobs look amazing!!

If, perchance, I might ask, what color is the green on that squig?

I love that red/orange squig, too... I may have to attempt to mimic that!
Keep up the INCREDIBLE work! I look forward to seeing that Hulk Squig finished!

I love it... you're brilliant!!

Needs purple on the legs, too, for true Hulkiness.

Heh, heh, heh...

Ramos Asura wrote:SQUIG SMAAAAASH!!!

Darn it. I wanted to say that!

I kinda like him though, perhaps a bit more detail or some tattoos around the green area but I am sure you have already thought of some good ideas!

All these squigs are looking excellent Iffy.

lol hulk squig! i love him, he's really cool! now you HAVE to do the avengers!

LOVE the Hulk Mangler

JB wrote:
Why do I suddenly feel the need to drive to 7-Eleven for a Slushee?
It's madness. I live roughly 5000 miles from the closest 7-Eleven.
If they find me in my car in the English Channel, please tell the authorities that Ifalna is to blame.

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. We don't get electric green slush puppies here ( god I just realised how strange a name that is..) but when I was a wee-un we had blue ones that would drive small children insane from the E numbers. Those were good times!

Ramos Asura wrote:SQUIG SMAAAAASH!!!
Damn Ifalna.... If I had half your skills...
Paintjobs look amazing!!

Asdjaskdjahd

Ramos Asura wrote:If, perchance, I might ask, what color is the green on that squig?
I love that red/orange squig, too... I may have to attempt to mimic that!
Keep up the INCREDIBLE work! I look forward to seeing that Hulk Squig finished!

The green is a base of snot, layered up to scorp, layered up to badmoon yellow! I would not attempt it without an airbrush though, that would be.. very painful :( The orange and red is just good old blood red up all the way to bad moon again. I love bad moon. See the person below for why.

Gitsplitta wrote:I love it... you're brilliant!!

YOU INTRODUCED ME TO THE MADNESS OF BAD MOON, YOU TOTALLY GET CREDIT. /hifive

Dysartes wrote:Needs purple on the legs, too, for true Hulkiness.
Heh, heh, heh...

Stop no I cant stopohgod I want to now.

Commander Cain wrote:

Ramos Asura wrote:SQUIG SMAAAAASH!!!

Darn it. I wanted to say that!
I kinda like him though, perhaps a bit more detail or some tattoos around the green area but I am sure you have already thought of some good ideas!

Oh god, that was just the basic colours down! He will be detailed to the max, he is showpiece standard Oh my god wait and see what I have planned oh man oh man.

GiraffeX wrote:All these squigs are looking excellent Iffy.

Thanks G!

Rogue Wolves wrote:lol hulk squig! i love him, he's really cool! now you HAVE to do the avengers!

So tempted.. don't get me started.

Cutthroatcure wrote:LOVE the Hulk Mangler

HULK AM PLEASED.

So I painted on shades to the skin, then re-highlighted it back up to badmoon. A lot of time but it now looks quite nice I think.

-Eyes are finished and glossed.

-Teeth have base coat and wash down, will be a nice light dirty bone colour when finished.

-Lips and jowls done bar gloss at the end.

The side with the dead gobbo looks a lot greener than the others, its not, its just got a dead gobbo hiding half of where the bad moon should be!







I have to eat something, I had a fainting spell and realised I've not actually eaten since breakfast. This is what being addicted to painting squigs does to you folks. But it is ok because I am now cooking a large ham. LIVING THE DREAM.

wow he just looks so awsome! I especialy love the contrast between the red inside mouth bits, and the lime green skin

Fantastic! Those eyes are so lifelike, they have been glossed am I right? Great work, can't wait to see him finished!

Looks beautiful Iffy! Hulk style or not it's a great paint job and looks sweet! I am particularly interested in the Nurgle army though are they all resin so far? I love the models and your paint has kind of kindled a flame for them! my Flesh Eaters marines will have all the models purchased very soon so I'll be able to focus on a new project and dammit they look like fun :-)

Rogue Wolves wrote:wow he just looks so awsome! I especialy love the contrast between the red inside mouth bits, and the lime green skin

Haha I like the red too, but I miiiight change it to be a bit darker, going to wait and see how it looks when the teeth are finished. I agree with the owner that the contrast might be a little too much.

Commander Cain wrote:Fantastic! Those eyes are so lifelike, they have been glossed am I right? Great work, can't wait to see him finished!

Eyes are glossed indeed, a nice gloss over a painted shine gives really nice finishes I find. Really draws emphasis on them on the mini.

nerdfest09 wrote:Looks beautiful Iffy! Hulk style or not it's a great paint job and looks sweet! I am particularly interested in the Nurgle army though are they all resin so far? I love the models and your paint has kind of kindled a flame for them! my Flesh Eaters marines will have all the models purchased very soon so I'll be able to focus on a new project and dammit they look like fun :-)

Woo The nurgle stuff has all actually been for different owners, the squad of marines were old metal figs, the sorcerer is forgeworld resin.

Look sir!

Squigs!
I swear Ifalna, you come up with the most bizarrely awesome things...

well i assumed that you wherent done with the mouth, but i know no matter what its going to look amazing

Hmm, need to get my hands on one of these just cause >.<


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O.o this sculpt is kinda funny

I fully support our new squig overlords. Iffy, you need to paint up a squig for Git's waaaaaagdakka.

The eyes stare through my soul........

The green is fantastic, and the purple is better! The one thing is that the lips and gums are really quite red, which sorta clashes with the electric green and the OMYGODPURPLE tones you have going on Come to think of it, once the teeth are finished, it shouldn't be an issue, so no worries, I guess

Sweet! Love that monstrosity of a squig you made, great work!
thanks for the advice on diablo also
cant wait

nice squiggy, good squiggy......

No squiggys yesterday, sorry folks :( Got smaked with a really bad sinus pain headache thats still going after 24 hours and a neti pot flush, Im hoping it will dissipate today so I can get work done.

At the verge of trying to claim for a medical card so I can afford the sinus spray / imigran I actually need without literally spending everything I earn on tiny pills. Actually quite angry and moany right now which is not normal for meh :(

Sasa I had a look at that sculpt and I am totally confused, thats a LOT of moolah to charge isint it? You can get 2 GW manglers for the same price, or am I crazy? I like it but I would be expecting to pay a lot less for it honestly.

Sorry to hear your under-the-weather Iffy. Get some rest. Stop staring at your computer screen, it'll only make it worse.

Gitsplitta wrote:Sorry to hear your under-the-weather Iffy. Get some rest. Stop staring at your computer screen, it'll only make it worse.

Nah, it doesn't make a difference at this point :( It's sinus pain so its either going to get worse and peak into a migraine, or revert to a dull thud and go in the next couple of hours. Only thing that will make it worse is if I ran around or got my heart rate up, if it was a headache or aura before a migraine, I would just go lie in the dark for a few hours with something cold on my head and sleep untill it left.

Tempted to take imigran anyway if it doesn't go in the next while but they cost 40 euro each factoring in the doctors subscription, so I tend to be scared of using them up. FUN TIMES TODAY! Hah.

Definitely planning on getting some work done either way, 3-4 hours at least, so I have plenty of time for this to pass or take a pill anyway. There shall be shots tonight, this I vow!

I shall prescribe you 250mL of ethanol, to be taken orally twice daily.
I find this is the top cure in all cases. Trust me! I have a degree!! *cough* In Comparative Cultural studies.... *ahem*

Hope ya feel better soon Iffy!

How're the sinuses doing, Ifalna?

HULK SQUIG CURE PAIN WITH TEETH!

Ugh. Migraines are the fething best.... I've found that coffee or caffeinated tea is helpful at beating them off, but sleep is the best for it.

Hope you feel better!

Thanks guys, it did indeed retreat a couple of hours ago and is no longer lingering, so it should not be back tomorrow

I got around to painting and managed some more nice work on the Hulk Squig, and got the Nurgle sorc started on his way, but its now 2.30 am and I am super tired so I will put up shots in the morning instead!

Sorry D:

night night.

Squig addiction!

Glad you're feeling a bit better... dream of squigs! And then paint them to match

RiTides, there is a little cave squig to go on the base of this mangler that I ALREADY have permission to paint pink with polka dots, so believe me, I am ahead of you with this plan

Ifalna wrote:No squiggys yesterday, sorry folks :( Got smaked with a really bad sinus pain headache thats still going after 24 hours and a neti pot flush, Im hoping it will dissipate today so I can get work done.

At the verge of trying to claim for a medical card so I can afford the sinus spray / imigran I actually need without literally spending everything I earn on tiny pills. Actually quite angry and moany right now which is not normal for meh :(

Sasa I had a look at that sculpt and I am totally confused, thats a LOT of moolah to charge isint it? You can get 2 GW manglers for the same price, or am I crazy? I like it but I would be expecting to pay a lot less for it honestly.

Yeah it is quite expensive @.@ I'm not sure why, maybe just because they can I dunno, it is in USD too though afaik so its not terrible but yeah still kind of expensive. A funny alternative if your willing though, reminds me of that disaster of a game warhammer online >_>; where you jumped inside your giant squig and battled as it/in its mouth


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Theres always this

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/COLOSSAL_SQUIG.html

xD

How're the sinuses today, Ifalna?

I am much much better Full of beans and had a really great day!

Today was the last day of our "weekend" so I did not do the full amount of painting I normally would, but did get lots of progress on the biggsquig and nurgly manface.

Bigg Squig -

I botched the lighting and left it slightly too dark in these pics, so had to bleach his colours a little to lighten the image :(

Hulk squig gots his nastay teeth. I think they help pull some of the contrast of the red away, but still might be changing the mouth a bit. Chains were a pain in the arse as a lot of them were miscast and I had to actually paint the chains on, when in reality the resin was not very detailed in parts. Chains need some more shading + highlighting.

Goddamn it Finecast.




Nurgle Sorc -

Armor is finished, skin, metals, gribblies, nurglings and cloth are still early on Starting to come together a bit now.

Black parts are unlikely to stay black, I just blocked them in to help me understand the mini a bit better. He is going to have extremely white pallid skin with gross black ichor dribbling from his mouth and wounds, like a corpse bled out and starting to decompose. Ewwwwwww.

Iffy, mad props to your painting article.

To me that is exactly how Nurgle csm should look. I love the white flesh, reminds me of worms. Great, great job.

Did you airbrush that green and purple on the squig?

Ifalna wrote:RiTides, there is a little cave squig to go on the base of this mangler that I ALREADY have permission to paint pink with polka dots, so believe me, I am ahead of you with this plan

Excellent

I really like the squig so far. The nurgle dude also look nice, looking forward to seeing these guys done!

sqiugs coming out nice, i like the teeth alot.. and also the nurle guy is ace, what model is he?

This dude, from Forge World.

oo thanks never saw that before

inmygravenimage wrote:To me that is exactly how Nurgle csm should look. I love the white flesh, reminds me of worms. Great, great job.

I think its quite rare to see white with Nurgle, but it can look really nice!

Cutthroatcure wrote:Did you airbrush that green and purple on the squig?

I did indeed, handbrushing that colour fade would have been a total nightmare D:

MrMerlin wrote:I really like the squig so far. The nurgle dude also look nice, looking forward to seeing these guys done!

On his say!

Rogue Wolves wrote:oo thanks never saw that before

It's a really nice model, though quite rife with casting issues it seems. I can understand why in fairness, extreme detail.

Click for huge!



Armor and skin done, metals and cloth, nearly done, everything else still WIP!

Awesome stuff as always! Perfect colours and toning. More please...

As for the Squig, it's a hulkling!

Looks great iffy!! I am a big fan of off white nurgle.

nice death guard sorcerer, i might have to get one myself

Makes sense, I was quite interested in the fade technique on the squig if you had in fact hand painted it.

The lime green squig...it's...beautiful.
MOAR!

Wow, I love the contrast with the chains so much. I think I need some manglers of my own now O_o

I consider the nurgle sorcerer a necessary evil standing between me and More Squigs!!

But it's looking good, in that nurglish way

The sorcerer is looking excellent Iffy any plans for the banner?

vent wrote:Awesome stuff as always! Perfect colours and toning. More please...
As for the Squig, it's a hulkling!

I have no idea what Im doing with this sorc, he has to be all browns and I am totally winging it, Im trying to make the browns all look different but oh god they are all brown what do I do help me D:

Big Squig had his mouth recoloured today and just a tiny bit of work on spotty mushrooms, its mostly been the nurgle sorc and assembling guardsmen today!

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Looks great iffy!! I am a big fan of off white nurgle.

Yes off white looks really nice versus all the normal Nurgle browns and greens I think, I've definitely seen it done to great effect before, so recommended trying it with the owner on this one

CalasTyphon216 wrote:nice death guard sorcerer, i might have to get one myself

They are really nice models, bar the usual resin problems to deal with, I had to rebend a lot of his parts in hot water, but it all worked out in the end.

Cutthroatcure wrote:Makes sense, I was quite interested in the fade technique on the squig if you had in fact hand painted it.

If it was hand painted I think the technique would have just been " 20 hours of painstaking layering and then jumping out a window after going crazy", so I do think the airbrush is the safer bet!

Da Boss wrote:The lime green squig...it's...beautiful.
MOAR!

THERE ARE MANY MOAR WAIT AND SEE OH MY GOODNESS SQUIGS EVERYWHERE

Da Boss wrote:Wow, I love the contrast with the chains so much. I think I need some manglers of my own now O_o

I figured the chains would have to be super dark to get the right contrast, but they still have a fair bit of work to go Everyone needs manglers, it should be model painting law.

RiTides wrote:I consider the nurgle sorcerer a necessary evil standing between me and More Squigs!!
But it's looking good, in that nurglish way

He's nearly done and out of the way, promise!

GiraffeX wrote:The sorcerer is looking excellent Iffy any plans for the banner?

Oh.. oh god that IS a banner. Crap. Em, no, no plans really, he's at the max of his painting standard, I can't wing adding freehand on the banner as a bonus with all the rest of the work I have to do :( He looks good with it just plain in fairness, he won't be missing out too much.