Nice progress, though!

Thank you, Slinky!

Found myself home with the kids, so I wrapped Raziel up. Fairly happy with the end result. Waiting on varnish and final pics. B&W teaser in the meanwhile.



Thanks for looking!

Raziel looks great. Are you doing a Kain to go with him?

Intriguing. I look forward to color photos.

Thanks, guys! Ask and receive.

Raziel, savior, destroyer, soul reaver. Happy with the results. Always something I would change or approach differently, but I do like him. Sort of a pain to photograph, though. Lighting ended up a little dramatic, but I think it works.









No plans for a Kain at this time. However, one should never say never. Time to pick something Space Mariney. Thanks for looking!

Wow, very dynamic. I really like the black outlining on the scarf.
My hands are not steady enough to paint that way.

Great work on the huge dude, lots of good textures going on

Also I had forgotten how weird Raziel looks, anatomically speaking He's not just a blue ninja guy with a psyonic blade like I remember from *checks wiki then chokes on his coffee* 1996!

Nice job on Raziel, but wow, super impressed by the Succubus Queen considering she's an old gummy Bones figure.

Thank you all, very much!

Stop it, Boss Salvage, you'll make me feel old.

What's that the Cap'n is always saying? Something about a long painting war? He's not wrong. Here we go again.



Primed most of Cammy, another Randolorian and Velma 2.0. When my friend printed her, I wasn't sure which options I would be using so I had him print everything. This included a nude torso, which I certainly wasn't going to let go to waste. Initially I planned to do it up as a 3/4 bust or something, but I got industrious and boldly printed another set of legs on my home printer. Seeing as how they are textured, I figured it could handle it. So far, it looks like I was right. Cammy is going to need a little more clean up, as some artifacts jumped out after priming.



Also trying to get some more Dice and Fire minis done. I wish THESE were the veteran models and not regular grunts. They are so much more dynamic and their swords are way more over the top. I don't know when I will play again. Between this game and Crisis Protocol, I don't like feeling like my knowledge of what my models do is probably outdated. I guess GW players deal with this and the associated fatigue as well. But that is one reason why I don't play 40K, either. BB Zoat is lurking, too.

Plenty on the go. Thanks for looking!

Toyed with the idea of entering Cammy for Space Marine month. She's MI-6, which is military, so sort of like a marine. And she takes up a lot of space, see? But I went with the Sicaran instead.

Wow, those are like Noise Marine level of colors.

Heh. Yeah, I was just using whatever filament was loaded at the time. Looks like Skeletor's tank to me.

Cross-posting the round-up from the monthly challenge. This was the first year I tried to take part every month, and I found it to be a lot of fun and a boon to motivation. Prior to this go-round I think I had only entered once, maybe twice.

Space Marine



Doomsday



Mistakes Were Made



Centennial Challenge



Renewal



Some Like It Hot



Sun's Out, Guns Out



Halloween Special



Wrecking Ball



Open Round



From The Shadows



Out With The Old, In With The New



Hopefully I can keep it up for this next year. Looking back I am happy with the entries, and I feel like they display the diversity in subjects and manufacturers I am sort of known for. That's a nice way to say I can't stick with anything. Velma, Gwenom, Raziel and the dragon stand out for me as successes. Thanks for a great year, thanks for the votes and thanks for looking!

Thanks for posting this retrospective. It's cool to see the variety models all in one place.

I think it's safe to say you nailed it, competition wise

That is an awesome display of true talent!

Greatly appreciated, fellows. Cam, you are too kind.

Snow makes priming an issue, but I finally got to spray another coat on Cammy and Velma and I got a few tank parts, too. In the meantime, I polished off the Night's Watchmen that have been stinking up my desk for a while. I feel they will look ok on the table if I ever play again.



And the aforementioned spraying.



Moving along. Thanks for looking!

Lovely flesh tones. Also Cammy is laaaarge

Thanks, Boss Salvage! She's a hefty piece of real estate.

Got the base sprays done on the Sicaran. Sort of a hassle, but I think better than brushing.



Curious how quickly I will be able to finish this up. May need to consider a stretch goal if it goes well.

Thanks for looking!

Starting to give it some character after partial assembly. I like vehicle models quite a bit, but always shied away due to size intimidation. I mean, my Armorcast titans have sat unpainted for decades. Looking for an effective method, and I hope this is a start. Also, eyes ain't what they used to be, so bigger models seem to be a thing I am easing into. Who knows. Rambling on a Sunday after losing an hour for no reason.

Thanks for looking!

 youwashock wrote:


Starting to give it some character after partial assembly. I like vehicle models quite a bit, but always shied away due to size intimidation. I mean, my Armorcast titans have sat unpainted for decades. Looking for an effective method, and I hope this is a start. Also, eyes ain't what they used to be, so bigger models seem to be a thing I am easing into. Who knows. Rambling on a Sunday after losing an hour for no reason.

Thanks for looking!

I was kind of hoping for a bright blue-and-purple tank...

I don't do a lot of vehicles, but when I do I find that Gundam markers make panel lining much easier.

That Sicaran coming along nicely.
My biggest fear of large vehicles is them going to Legends after paying for them.

 Tommygun1918 wrote:
That Sicaran coming along nicely.
My biggest fear of large vehicles is them going to Legends after paying for them.

I agree that the Sicaran is looking good!

Also the worry about rules. 10th dumping a lot of rules for the 30k stuff into legends took a lot of wind out of may sails. And I have troubles with painting tanks to start. I love the look of them when done, but they just take so long to paint. Hard to keep up motivation

You’ve been busy youwashock. Benchtulu came out amazingly well, not a print line to be seen! Succubus Queen looks great with her slime buddy too.
Edit: I really am behind there’s a whole other page here!

Raziel looks amazing and the painting comp recap was really cool, masses of diversity and the bigger models look great. The Nights watch chaps look great, the ASOIAF unit bases always look super cool and the have great poses to boot. Sicarian looks sick… sorry, I’ll get my coat

Thanks, you three. Very kind words.

Sicaran has limped along. Not a lot of painting going on. May not finish in time if I can't get out of my head. Feeling a little disconnected.



In other news, a long time friend finally sold his house here in town and decided to pretty much dump all the game stuff that had been chilling in the garage for about 16 years. It was a lot. Most went to a friend with a game store, but I took a few shinies.



A grip of Rackham, 1999, and the requisite GW among other things. Sealed copy of Ragnarok and Hybrid. Warmaster, which I guess I now own again. There was a small painted Empire force to go with all the blister packs.

Also this guy:



Painted one many moons ago as a Black Knight for Mordheim. This one will be green.

And an absolute ton of random CCGs, which I pulled this guy from.



Never played, but I'll take a Fett where I can get it.

Thanks again for the comments, Tommy, Nev, gobert. Plenty on the go. Thanks for looking!

EDIT: It appears that I came out on top of the monthly challenge for the last year. Thank you to all who voted and to Nev and Midget Gems for keeping it running. I attribute my score to some early successes and to entering every month. Here's to another year, if I can keep it up.

Don’t sell yourself short! Take pride, pat yourself on the back, pop the champaign. You earned that win with your mad skills.

And while yes, your podium spots were more skewed to the first half, it’s not like you were an also-ran in the second. Took a prize more often than not overall. And while showing up does help, you were still well ahead of the pack, even for other people who were in every month. You still had an average entry score higher than anyone in the top ten. If Ezki or CanceledApocolypse had entered every month and maintained their average, they might have been able to knock you off the high spot. But they both missed half the comps, so that’s a lot of speculation.

You ended with a 7 point lead over second place, which is like a full month gap. That’s not winning by a nose, photo finish stuff. Whole horse length.

(Not to throw shade on everyone else in the comp. Amazing work from everyone, up and down the pack.)

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That is quite the pile of retro goodness! Always fun to paint old stuff, so much character in classic sculpts. Enjoy.

I played a little of the SW card game back when it came out. I remember it being fun, with some quirky mechanics. It did tend to suffer from PTW. While you could make some halfway decent decks with assorted cards, it suffered from the “I have all the title characters in my deck, I win” So more so then MtG, where you could make somewhat decent decks spamming commons/uncommons, it was a lot more pronounced. Still have them in a box somewhere.

Good luck getting the tank done. Motivations and time at the bench can be rough some days. Hope you can make it!

Speaking of which, I need to get some paint down...

Congrats on the big win, it was well deserved! You always enter quality stuff that I can only dream of doing. Also, very nice haul there! I love the classic Star Wars CCG and have a large collection of the cards in my closet. It was a better game than it got credit for even if, as Nev mentioned, power levels of decks was skewed towards the more rare cards (particularly the main characters). The company that made it, Decipher Inc., also made a very good Star Trek CCG and an amazing Lord of the Rings TCG, probably my favorite trading card game of all time.

You've made a lot of progress on your tank. I hope you can get it finished-- your challenge entries always inspire me to up my own game.

Entirely too kind, Nev, ZergSmasher, JoshInJapan. I appreciate it.

There's almost a full run of the first =][= releases in that pile,too. Missing Artemis and Josef, I think. One day, one day.

Still cooking away on the Sicaran.



Thanks for looking!

Got the Sicaran finished. In no small part due to the support of my fellow painters, so thank you. Little rough in spots, but so was the model. All in all, I think it blends in pretty well with the rest of the Imperial stuff.










Bonus group shot.



Always more to do. Thanks for looking!

End result looks great, love the glow of those XL plasmas. Also I wouldn't have guessed it's a print apart from the lines being a bit sharper than FW resin


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The dreaded rollover!

 youwashock wrote:
Got the Sicaran finished. In no small part due to the support of my fellow painters, so thank you. Little rough in spots, but so was the model. All in all, I think it blends in pretty well with the rest of the Imperial stuff.










Bonus group shot.



Always more to do. Thanks for looking!

Heh, thanks, Boss Salvage.



Going to be painting Cammy for April. Let's Finish This works great for a SF character, and she's been a pain pretty much every step of the way, so I am ready for her to be done.

Thanks for looking!

Tank is outstanding. Beautiful work. Now to go back over last couple pages!

Thanks, Cam!



Trying out a leg. Not completely convinced. Need to give it a minute.

Thanks for looking!

I sure am! That sheen is IMO really smart and fits Cammy-in-a-swimsuit to a t.

The Sicaran looks great- that purple power glow really pops.

Congratulations on the big win youwashock! Absolutely deserved And your Sicaran turned out great. From the pictures I wouldn't be able to tell it was a 3D print, especially not an FDM print! And wowweee! That is quite a deposit of old-hobby-goodness! Look forward to seeing some (all ) of it painted up soon.

Congrats on the painting comp win! There’s always stuff competition and your work is up there for sure! Nice job getting the Sicaran done, that purple glow really was a good choice!

youwashock.

That Sicaran is really good.

Cheers,

CB

Much appreciated, fellows! Thank you!

Let's not get too carried away, zahnib. I feel like I could paint a mini a day and still not get to everything.

I appreciate that very much, Boss Salvage. Unfortunately, this is one of those rare cases where the picture looks better than the real thing. After some deliberation, I have scrapped that process and will try something else. Hope to have a sample soon.

In other news, another rando Mando appears.





Not much, but it keeps me working. Always plenty more to go. Thanks for looking!

Another Mandalorian? How many do you have?

This is an interesting color combination. Is it canon?

Cool Rando, he looks great and the chipping works well

Nice looking Mando, is that the Army Painter white speed wash on the armor?

The weathering looks nice and subtle. May I ask what process you used?

Cheers,

CB

Since when did you go full pro? You always been brilliant, but lately you been full pro.

Thank you all very much for the comments!

Cam, as always you are too kind. I do my best with what I've got, and hope you guys like it.

Cap'n, the weathering is just sponged on using a mix of brown, blue and a dash of black.

Tommygun, it's Citadel Contrast. Apothecary White.

JoshInJapan, I bought all the Mandos released for Legion that I know of beyond Rook Kast, who I believe is still locked up in a box of stuff I don't need or want. Not a canon color scheme (at least as far as I know) just trying for visually interesting.

Still working on Cammy. Pretty slow going now that I have switched back to brushwork from sprays, and life hasn't been conducive to working on minis.



Also picking away at the Night's Watch.



These four are very nearly done. As with the rest, painted for overall effect on the unit base rather than for individual oomph.

Always more on the go. Thanks for looking!

Nice progress. Keep up the good work.

I just noticed you use a mix of the old chonky GW handles and a slim necked one. Worth upgrading?

Thanks, Nev.

I got off the blu-tack/paint bottle wagon pretty late, and the chonks were on their way out. Otherwise, that's all I would have. The skinnies aren't bad, but for my big sandwich grabbers, I prefer the heftier handle.

Another rank down. One more to go. Then another unit. Then the war machines. And that's it. Practically done, right?

Thanks for looking!


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And a little bit more WiP on Cammy. Steady on.

Mando looking great as ever!
Good progress on Cammy as well. Will look forward to see it done!

I look forward to seeing Cammy done, as it looks like a pretty cool sculpt of the character. Gonna do any other Street Fighter characters?

Thanks, Ezki, ZergSmasher!

No plans for more SF, right now. Maybe if I can find a cool Akuma. Or another Cammy.



Got this where I want it. Mostly. Now to do the rest of the skin. Need to knuckle down.

Thanks for looking!

Getting there.

Thanks for looking!


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And she's done. Pretty happy with the results. B&W preview before varnish and final pics. Need to decide on what to do for next month. Was hoping for Glow Up, but I have lots of options for what we got. Too many, if I'm being honest.

Thanks for looking!

And done.







Pretty happy with how she turned out, overall. As always, there's plenty of room for improvement, but I feel the effort shows. And, given the issues printing and painting her, real glad she's finished.

Bonus scale shot. She's 'uge.



On to the next thing. Thanks for looking!

If I was standing where that little dude is, I wouldn't be looking forwards...

Seriously Cammie turned out great! Kind of a cheesecake pinup thing going on, but that's okay, it's well executed. There's a Facebook group called "We Love Female Miniatures" where that model would fit right in.

WOW I did not realize she's so gigantic! Makes the layering all the more impressive, another level of abstraction going on there. Really solid skin, which is good considering how much of it there is

The only thing I don' like is the shape of the eyes. Great work nonetheless.

Wow, I knew she was big, but she is way more huge that I expected. Great job on her

Thank you, all.

Yeah, the skin was something. Quite an exercise in layering/blending/glazing. A quick note, the sheen you are seeing is painted on for the most part. She has a pretty matte finish. I was going for sweat/suntan oil. Or something like that.

Onward. Nice Ride is the topic for May, and I'm bringing the Green Knight. A classic mini.



Thanks again for the comments and thanks for looking!

The fleshtones and shading are remarkable- extremely impressive work!

 youwashock wrote:
Thank you, all.

Yeah, the skin was something. Quite an exercise in layering/blending/glazing. A quick note, the sheen you are seeing is painted on for the most part. She has a pretty matte finish. I was going for sweat/suntan oil. Or something like that.

When I first saw the finished model, I wondered whether those highlights were painted on or reflections of ambient light. Very effective.

I look forward to seeing your take on the Green Knight- there's a lot of interesting detail to work with there.

Nice work on Cammy, great skin!

Cammy and the Nights Watch turned out great! (We’ve been rewatching GoT and I think it’s better second time around as there was loads that I missed first time.) those ASPIAF minis are really cool, even the duplicates!

youwashock very nice work on such a large model, where the details need to be more...detailed..

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, guys! Always appreciate the comments.

Green Knight has stalled. Primed and sitting. Real life has been hectic and motivation is low. Switching gears to a couple Star Eagles prototypes. Hopefully knock these out by the end of the month.



Just showed the kids The Last Starfighter, so spaceships are on my mind. Interstellar!

Thanks for looking!

Assembled and ready to prime.

Thanks for looking!

Wrapped up the Night's Grunts. I hate that I still love seeing units of minis. I feel like I have been conditioned to collect and paint a certain way, sometimes, and that way is no longer practical. Why paint ten of something when I get what I need by painting five? Or one? Need to look into that. Anyway, on to the next block of infantry.



And I fired up the 3D printer again. It has slumbered, but after getting Cammy done I feel OK printing this guy. A Rancor. Who may or may not end up as part of the Mando collection with a handler or rider.



Still working on the Star Eagle ships. Thanks for looking!

I think I agree with you about units. I have four big armies )and two smaller ones) for Kings of War that fill me with joy when I look over them, but at the same time with despair because I know I will likely never field them. They are taking up a lot of space, but I just can't seem to get rid of them...

Going from that near- life sized Cammy model to some teeny-tiny spaceships must have given you whiplash.

The Rancor looks fun, are there rules for it in Legion?

Thanks, you two!

JoshInJapan, it was definitely a shift.

Tommygun, I don't know. I don't play Legion, I just collect the Mandos.

Ships are done.





Fun little things. Here's a pic with some of my CAV force, which the not-Gunstar was painted to match.



Also finished the Zoat for Blood Bowl. Not an official GW mini, I believe it was made by Impact!





And with some of the Wood Elf team.



Still trucking along, albeit slowly. Have my entry for Glow Up picked out. Have my entry for the extended summer challenge, too, I think. Always plenty to do.

Thanks for looking!

 youwashock wrote:
Thanks, guys! Always appreciate the comments.

Green Knight has stalled. Primed and sitting. Real life has been hectic and motivation is low. Switching gears to a couple Star Eagles prototypes. Hopefully knock these out by the end of the month.



Just showed the kids The Last Starfighter, so spaceships are on my mind. Interstellar!

Thanks for looking!

LOL

The twin pointy nose one is an earth force fighter from the 1970s buck rogers tv show

Indeed. The other references the Gunstar from Last Starfighter. A couple more of the prototypes were homage pieces. Not sure how many made it to production.

I was about to mention that the one ship looked like the Buck Rogers Thunderfighter, but I can see I was beaten to that punch. The ships turned out great btw!

If anyone wonders why zoats are so rare and expensive, it's because youwashock has cornered the market (>.<

Thank you, ZergSmasher!

All your Zoats are belong to us.

Challenge models this month are something I have wanted to do for a bit, but couldn't wedge into the schedule. Judge Dredd from Citadel and Foundry. Not even sure where the original came from. Must have bought it at some point. The Foundry preview pack I bought when it came out, and like so many other minis, they have sat since then. I remember thinking 18 bucks for four minis was audacious. Oh, the innocence of youth.



And for the summer blowout, the two 3D printed wraithknights with Shadow Spectre mod.



Plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

"All your Zoats are belong to us. "

That reminded me. I through out all my metal Zoats years ago.
Now they are about $70 on eBay.

Yours look great painted up.

That's a tragedy, Tommygun1918. I lament your loss.



Primed and ready to go. Going for a comic book style like my MCP models.

Thanks for looking!

Tommygun1918 wrote:"All your Zoats are belong to us. "

That reminded me. I through out all my metal Zoats years ago.
Now they are about $70 on eBay.

Yours look great painted up.

I try not to think about the value of stuff on the shelf <eyes his 2 zoats> I’ve never heard anything but laments from people parting with models.

youwashock wrote:That's a tragedy, Tommygun1918. I lament your loss.



Primed and ready to go. Going for a comic book style like my MCP models.

Thanks for looking!

They are The Law! This is going to be good!

Good bit of old and new dredd there, looking forward to the comic book style.

I’m with Nev on only hearing laments over stuff people have parted with. I’m still p*ssed with past Gobert for binning his RTB9 Terminators. I am however thinking of selling my brother Undead stuff. The rest will only go if I die or struggle with mortgage payments

Yeah, make sure you REALLY don't want it before saying goodbye.

Thanks for the comments, you two!



Pretty much done. Just need to varnish and do the bases. Fun models. The face sculpt on oldie is just...damn. He definitely has what is commonly referred to as "charm."

Need to get those Wraithknights cooking, working on Velma 2.0, another Mando and more Night's Watch. Always plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Nice Dreads...

CB

Nice work on the double Dredds!

Those Dredds are excellent. The green and yellow shading looks great!

Thank you, guys!

The magic of Contrast, Olthannon!

OK, after a brief vacation, got the bases finished and the Dredds are all done.

First, the smaller, older version from Citadel/GW.



Second, slightly newer (price tag said '02), significantly larger version from Foundry.



And together.



The wrong side of the law.



Fun to do. Neat to have in the cabinet. Glad to finally have them done. The monthly challenge is a great motivator.

Still going on a Mando, NW boys, Velma, Wraithknights and I added a Valkyrie from Shadows of Brimstone because we are playing that again. Yay. Also pledged for Mythic Battles: Isfet. Because hey, why not.

Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Nice work on some old models (even the younger one is still twenty years old).

Cheers,

CB

Man, scale creep is real everywhere! Good job on those, colours really pop.

 muette wrote:
Man, scale creep is real everywhere! Good job on those, colours really pop.

Scale creep is a lie. The “bigger” one obviously has a a more upright pose. The other one is more crouching/squatting. /sarcasm.

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Love the vibrant colors. Well done and fun minis.

Size differences are fun! As are bright and neon colors.

Thank you very much for the comments!

Finished up a couple models. First up, another Mando I refer to as No-Katan, since they haven't seen fit to release her for Legion yet, despite being one of the first out of the gate for Shatterpoint. Seeing what has gone down with X-Wing and Armada, I'm not holding my breath.



And the back.



And the group as it stands, so far.



Got the Valkyrie for Shadows of Brimstone sorted in short order. Nothing too spectacular going on here, model or paint-wise, but she's done. I feel that way about a lot of the models for that game. Close to awesome, but not quite there.



That said, this model stands tall over her sister in the same box. That one may as well be a cardboard standee.

Plenty more on the go. Thanks for looking!

That's a colourful band of Mandos!

Nice work on the Valkyrie, the Shadows of Brimstone minis are really improving, that's a big step up from the detail-less blobs I got from their first kickstarter.

Nice colourful star war guys.

The Valkyrie is brill, the hair in particular is well shaded and looks realistic. Cool mini too!

Thanks, aku, Olthannon!

Page rollover? Good thing I took a picture of this guy:



Rancor assembled and his base is set to have Fett on there when I get around to him. Sooner, now, with this going on.

Thanks for looking!

That scene where the BDSM dressed handler runs out to mourn his dead rancor always gets to me. Can't wait to see him painted up!

Mandos look great together, lovely colour choices. Makes them seem like a real bunch of mercenaries.

CAV group are beautiful, that green...hnnnngh.

Thanks for sharing!

Lovely bunch of Rando Mando’s! No turned out great, her helmet is a good representation as far as I can tell. The Valkyrieis cool too, but the Rancor will undoubtedly steal the show!

Looking forward to seeing the Rancor completed, looks cool so far. I need to get myself some more cork for modelling supplies, I ended up using a spare wedding favour I found lying around the house..

The collection of Mandos is looking terrific!

 youwashock wrote:
I feel that way about a lot of the models for that game. Close to awesome, but not quite there.

I understand what you mean, but I think you did an outstanding job to make her look a lot more awesome! The tones fit perfectly.

Rancor will be a star. No doubt about it!

Thanks for the comments!

Switching over to the summer challenge for a second, since I had better make some headway there before August.



This is where I am at as of last night. I am feeling pretty good about it. I think it will work over a whole model. I remember these prints coming out cleaner. I will be doing a lot of clean up for this project. Oh, well. What model doesn't require some prep?

Thanks for looking!

Wow! Really good start. Liking the pattern.

I'm just a little sad that you didn't keep the safety orange...

Wow, looks ace. The pattern is really cool, good contrasting colours.

A pleasure discovering your project thread, as a past Eldar enjoyer myself cant wait to see the full model

Thank you all, very much!

Sorry, JoshInJapan, the orange kind of clashed with my...everything.



Looking to knock out a couple more Mandos for the monthly challenge. These will be in No-Katan's colors, since she always has a couple peeps from her entourage around. And it's getting to be time to wrap up the Mando portion of my life. 4 more randos to go after this, I think. Plus Fett and Din Djaren. Oh, and the Rancor now that he's part of the family. He should go pretty quick, though.



Progress on the summer challenge. Excited to see some more done, get a real idea of how they will look.

Plenty going. Hoping to do another fast-track job on the Shadows of Brimstone Blood Priestess. Cool mini. One of their best to date, I think.

Thanks for looking!

Great looking scheme on the wraith, the print is holding up pretty well it seems

Thanks, gobert!

There's some rough spots, but I am doing what I can. Been working on the first canopy. Think I have it going how I want.



Thanks for looking!

That's looking fantastic, very good freehand.

Wow, that looks ace! Really good freehand work

Wish I could freehand like that! Looking forward to seeing this come together!

Loving how the wraithlord is advancing, if I understood well its printed? Just curiosity

Amazing canopy!

Thank you, all, for the comments and compliments!

Yes, Retromancer, the wraithknights are 3D prints.

Wrapped up the Blood Priestess. Fun model. Ended up a little colorful.



Now that that's done, back to Mandos and big Eldar walkers. Thanks for looking!

Nice! So much colour it’s like she stepped out of the 90s ‘eavy metal studio!

Huh. I don't recall seeing any WIP of this model. She's quite well done-- the festive colors really catch the eye, but the expression of menace you gave her face really makes the model. The little puddle on the ground is a delightful little detail, as well.

I like the blood priestess, the colorfulness suits the model.

Thank you, Syro, gobert and JoshInJapan!

JoshInJapan, no WiPs for her. In and out. Felt compelled to get her done, but as she isn't for a challenge, or even the class I am playing in Brimstone right now, I wanted to not dawdle.



Speaking of WiP...here's the Mandos and some more WK parts. Trying to keep at it.

Thanks for looking!

Nice work on the Blood Priestess.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, Cap'n!

Mandos done. Nothing setting the world on fire here, but they're done and I am that much closer to wrapping up this little project. And No-Katan has herself a little entourage.







Plenty more on the go. Thanks for looking!

Wow, that Blood Priestess is gorgeous! Great choice of colors.
Something about that green against the darker skin just speaks to me.

I can already feel that the Wraith is going to be a piece of art!

Adding my praise for the Blood Priestess also, very beautiful yet also menacing. I'm imagining a kind of Southlands cult of Khorne.

Great work on the Blood Priestess, very colourful!

+1 to the praise to the Blood Priestess, really vivid. The lighting of the blue Mandos is really cool

Thank you, all. She appreciates your kind comments.



Ramping up a little on the wraithknights. Getting excited to do some assembling, but that's still a little way off.



And in the "related to nothing and completely unnecessary" category, while tooling around I found a knockoff Void Stalker, my favorite BFG Eldar ship. Not a perfect replica, but pretty neat. Printed out at double size because why not.

Thanks for looking!

I still cannot believe those wraithknights are 3D printed, they look so smooth. Was there a lot of sanding?

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, Cap'n!

The camera angles are forgiving, and I have done some filling. They are going to look ok, I think, but closer inspection will show many 3D printery artifacts.

That's a gorgeous blue on the last two mandos. Mandos. No wonder coming to this blog always makes me crave citrus.

Looking forward to seeing the big boy come together. Love the colour scheme, and the photo of all the parts together is giving me big EVA graveyard vibes in a good way.

Nice job on the Rando Mandos! That void stalker looks to have come out well from the printer too

Wraithknights are shaping up! I liked a lot the BFG ships as well, pity it wasnt a popular game in my area

BFG for the win, but hell yeah, those wraith knights are coming together NICE!

Many thanks, guys!



Beep Boop as the monthly challenge topic gives me the perfect opportunity to paint these two. Been thinking about them a lot, but they don't rate pushing other stuff out of the way. Now they can finally be finished. My Pit Slave gang will be fully painted again. Pretty sure both of these have been shown before, but that's as far as they went. Sabre-Gaia and The Iron Maximus, the leader and mentor/lieutenant for the gang, the majority of which was painted...a LONG time ago. When the Pit Slaves were first released. These two came along later, one as a re-fit for the old leader, one as an excuse to use the old, tiny Techmarine.



And some more WK progress. Your votes of confidence thus far have been greatly appreciated.

Always plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Nice choice on the freehand to distract from any layer lines. Iron Maximus looks a cool mini, look forward to seeing him painted up

Thanks, gobert! Enough paint covers all the pesky texture.

Progress, but no pics yet. Month feels like it is already moving along very quickly. However...

Marvel United kickstarter delivered and a con-exclusive supply drop.



Lots of little minis. Thanks for looking!

Ooooo I might be getting my fresh pile of chibi supes soon too

Also high five on the WK progress!

Thanks, Boss Salvage!

A little progress on the Pit Slaves.



Upon further reflection, this pic is fairly horrid.

And some Wraithknights coming together. Feels so slow. I really want to see these two standing on their own.



More parts done and assembly has started. Cannons have also been moved into production. All parts now underway.



Plenty on the go. Thanks for looking!

More pieces together.

Nice legs

I still think the orange would have been better, but I approve of your work so far.

Nice set of pins! The techmarine pit slave is looking pretty cool already. I certainly wouldn’t want to mess with him!

Thank you, all!



Bodies on the legs. Getting a pretty good idea, now, of how they will turn out.

Thanks for looking!

Nice color scheme. Is it your own or from one of the factions?

Thanks, Tommygun1918.

They are not meant to look like they are from any particular Craftworld, but as I am a little rusty on my 40K lore, they could look similar.



Cannons almost done. Nearing the finish line.

Thanks for looking!

Nice guns

Thank you!



Lots of progress over the weekend. Almost there. Finish the last head, varnish, basing.

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Going to do a squad of guardians fighting around their feet? Maybe a spiritseer? Dead chaos marines?

Or just rocks and tufts?

I love the gradients in the crystals.

Always nice to see Eldar getting ahead

Thank you!

I see what you did there, Facebeard.

Nev, nothing too crazy for the bases. They will be done up to match the Exodites, and will most likely be worked into that narrative. Or at least match my modern Eldar base style.



And we are done except for the niceties.

Thanks for looking!

Beautiful. The spirits in the faceplates are what takes them up to masterpiece level imo

The heat in those cannons is lovely, really nice contrast to the cold teal/blue in the rest of the scheme.

Also love the giant gems on the chest - I'm always terrified of a reflective surface larger than a goggle lens, but you sold the effect there.

Thank you both, very much!

Working on getting the bases done. Hope to take pics Saturday.

In other news, I hate 3D printers. That is all.

Love the inner glow on the gun arms!

Thanks, aku!

And that's a wrap.

Two 3D printed Wraithknights, made using a Shadow Spectre mod that I found and thought looked kinda cool. I had a good time with this project (mostly, the stress over the sheer scale at times was intense) and feel they have turned out well. Always good to see a project completed, especially at times like this where I still haven't even attempted to paint the GW Wraithknight I converted years ago. These guys are pretty big. For fun I printed them about 12% bigger than stock. On with the show. Having a twelve pic limit this time, there's a lot ahead.























Been cooking away at a bit of fluff to tie them in with the Exodites. The pilots are a male and female Eldar who each lost their twin and have a connection to Curaidh, the Snow-Crowned Prince. He will be reaching out to them for help in the conflict coming his way. If I ever get around to finishing that story.

As I said, happy with the results. The paint is a little crude in places, but it usually is for me.

Plenty more on the go. Need to finish Beep Boop, most pressingly. And get those pesky Mandos done.

Thanks for looking!

And after a good stretch at the desk, Sabre-Gaia and The Iron Maximus are done. Time to spray and base. I like them more than I thought I would while I was working on them. Maybe because they are done.

Thanks for looking!

EDIT: Rolled myself over.

Thanks, aku!

And that's a wrap.

Two 3D printed Wraithknights, made using a Shadow Spectre mod that I found and thought looked kinda cool. I had a good time with this project (mostly, the stress over the sheer scale at times was intense) and feel they have turned out well. Always good to see a project completed, especially at times like this where I still haven't even attempted to paint the GW Wraithknight I converted years ago. These guys are pretty big. For fun I printed them about 12% bigger than stock. On with the show. Having a twelve pic limit this time, there's a lot ahead.























Been cooking away at a bit of fluff to tie them in with the Exodites. The pilots are a male and female Eldar who each lost their twin and have a connection to Curaidh, the Snow-Crowned Prince. He will be reaching out to them for help in the conflict coming his way. If I ever get around to finishing that story.

As I said, happy with the results. The paint is a little crude in places, but it usually is for me.

Plenty more on the go. Need to finish Beep Boop, most pressingly. And get those pesky Mandos done.

Thanks for looking!

Your knights look amazing. I love the way you've customized them through 3-d printing but they still match the vibe of the rest of the army. Great tie in with the exodite lore as well.

Makes me not want to post my own wraithknight in comparison (Or buy another to go with the whole twin thing!)

Yeah, wow. Those wraithknights are lovely mate, really beautiful finished up! Lot of effort's gone into them from start to finish, so congrats.

Shout out to the old wych conversion too. Lovely old sculpt with neat conversion work. The grimy metal on the gears is really nicely done.

Thanks for sharing!

Wow, those Wraithknights turned out fantastic! Love the detail on the face plates, and honestly minimalist basing was the right choice so as not to distract from the models too much.

Thank you, blockade23, tzurk, and ZergSmasher! Glad you like them!

blockade23, another Wraithknight is the only solution.

Beep boop. All done. Sabre-Gaia, Escher ganger turned Pit Slave rebel leader, and The Iron Maximus, ex-champion pit fighter turned cranky mentor.









Fun stuff. Big throwback on the bases, since I wanted to sort of match the rest of the gang. Which I painted in the 90's. Not sure why I felt the need to add models, but whatever, the gang is fully painted again. Quite happy to see S-G done, because looking back through my gallery I saw that I posted her build in 2017. For some reason I got the urge to re-do my Pit Slave leader. The Maximus came about because I wanted to make use of the cool old Techmarine, but we was so tiny. He makes a good "old warrior in a walking iron lung" type.

Plenty more to do. Absolute Unit is next month's challenge. The Rancor may be up to the task. And I put a tiny bit more paint on Velma. Need to get that going again. So many minis, so little time.

Thanks for looking!

EDIT: Oops, forgot the group pic. Gang's all together again. Shows that the green rims are to match, not to taste. All these guys except for the Wyrd conversion with the metal mask were painted back in the 90's in about a day and a half. Not my finest hour, but it got the job done and I still look back fondly on the days of them getting shot up by Ratskins.

Great looking band! And the previous eldar titan looks amazing too.

Man, what kind of radioactive green is the one from the base rims?

Thanks, muette!

It's Leaf Green from one of the common craft lines. Apple Barrel, Ceramcoat, one of those. As you can imagine, I have had it for a while.

They look great. I love how impractical her cybernetic tools are.

Just caught up on all the progress.

Those Wraiths are stunning! The teal markings are lovely but their faces steal the show, superbly done. It’s also impressive how the layer lines are so well hidden

The pit slaves came out really well too, the ex-techmarine is a great model, even if he’s a bit short for a space marine!

Thanks, Cap'n FB!

All the pit weapons are a little absurd. You'd figure they would go flying the second they made contact with something.

Thanks, gobert!

Poor techmarine. Guess they figured the servo-arm would give him some presence.



Saw something in the 3D forum about a Gunstar. Well, I love those, so here it is. Printed large enough to have a 35 mm pilot be believable.

Getting stuff ready for Absolute Unit. Working on Velma. And something a little silly. Always plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Rancor, Fett, Baby Yoda. An absolute unit of Star Wars favorites.

Thanks for looking!

Green rims, that takes me back!

Looking forward to seeing a finished Rancor.

The pit slaves and the wraith knights are great. Exalted.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, aku, Cap'n!

Prepped the basing material for the Rancor. I guess they can sort it out who is the main character later. And another Randolorian who jumped in to get primed.



Thanks for looking!

Those wraithknights look amazing!

Some cool Star Wars stuff incoming I see!

I love that face on the Wraithknight. I wish I could freehand better.

Your knights look absolutely stunning. The cyborg warband is also quite cool.

Thank you, ladies or gents. I am glad they are getting a positive response.



Finished baby Yoda for the Rancor base. Look at all his marketable cuteness.

Thanks for looking!

Here's something a little silly, but with potential. While I was working on the summer challenge, there was one forum member who seemed...attached...to the orange of the raw printed parts. Their posts got my mind working, and so I set to printing out another Wraithknight with the intention of treating it more like a non-wargame model. Molded in color and assembled with minimal painting. Would it work? Does it? I think maybe it does. So much so that I plan to do one or two more, in colors a little less eye-scorching, and some tanks, possibly a wraithlord or two. A small wraith/mechanized force printed in color with some painted embellishments. Any infantry I can worry about later. Seeing as how I plan to resurrect the school Warhammer club, I could use a low investment travel force. We'll see if it's a good idea or a bad one.





Thanks for looking!

Geez it looks just like an action figure from Kmart

 Cap'n Facebeard wrote:
Geez it looks just like an action figure from Kmart

With a tie-in afterschool cartoon!

This is the best thing I've seen on Dakka for a long time. Thanks for thinking of me!

LOL I saw the picture first and thought you were going to a heat effect.

Awesome.

Disney really cashed in when they came up with Grogu! He took to the Speed/Contrast/Express paints well.

Love the unpainted wraithknight, it works so well, proper action figure vibes like the others have said

I love that wraith knight. Reminds me of the action figures of the 80s and 90s. Very clean and cool.

Thanks, all! The world needs more 40K toys. At a reasonable price, JoyToy.

Glad you like it, JoshInJapan! Thank YOU for the inspiration.



Working away on Fett and Co. Long-time readers may recall that I am a late adopter of painting models unassembled. I still think it was a good move, but you sure need to plan more and really keep track of where you are in the process.

Plenty more on the go. Thanks for looking!

Finished with the man himself. I am looking to recreate the look from when he first gets his armor back. Original colors, but trashed by the Sarlaac and some time with the Jawas. The result feels almost grimdark with the level of grime and blotchiness. Time to tackle the vast expanses of Rancor skin.

Thanks for looking!

Very nice work. Fett really looks like he's seen some action.

Nice work youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Fett and Rancor are looking good so far. As for subassembly painting, I seem to have moved towards painting things fully assembled. In my head it seems quicker though I’m not sure that’s really the case

Thanks, you three.

Since I painted the first Legion Fett in his new colors, I wanted this one to represent the scene where he first gets his armor back on Tython, before the new paintjob. I am glad it reads as suitably battered.

Working on the Rancor.



Lots of hide to cover. And the dangers of 3D printing:



A random Wych-ish gal. Nothing but cheesecake. Speaking of...



Still working away on Velma.

Always plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Like said in the challenge thread, the Wraithknights turned out really good!

The models for the Beep Boop challenge are amazing. And the "goblin green bases", oh man! Such a great work.

Thanks, Ezki!

All done. Absolute Unit. Rancor, Fett, Grogu. Had a better time painting these than I thought I would, especially the Rancor. Pics are a little dark, since I had to dial the exposure back so Grogu didn't blind anyone. He turned out a little luminous.







Getting closer.



And a couple details.









My daughter also painted this Pumpkin Beholder. Fun mini from Reaper. I kinda want one.



Plenty more on the go. Better decide what to paint for the Halloween challenge. And get the printer working again. Thanks for looking!

I look forward to a time my daughter might want to paint minis. You are very lucky

Really nice work on that Fett

Awesome Fett, great work capturing a moment in the character's life that's rarely seen in mini form. The rancor came out really solid too, so much darker than expected with some nice texture work. The Grogs is practically flowing in comparison

Nice work on Fett and the gang, they look great!

Thank you, all!

Here's hoping it happens soon, Facebeard.



Going to work on some KD minis for the Halloween challenge. Watcher and Twilight Cloak will be the main focus, with the other minis as stretch goals. Hope to get at least a few extra done.

Also finished another Mando and some Night's Watch. Need to finish the bases before pics. Plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Great Absolute Unit there: Rancor, Fett, Grogu. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Cheers,

CB

Excellent work on the Star Wars trio. Fett in particular is amazing, certainly looks very battle hardened! Also please tell me that you didn’t paint the texture on Velma stockings and that it was a dry brush over an already textured surface!?! Looking awesome so far

Thank you!

Good call, Cap'n!

Yeah, gobert, that's all printed texture. I don't do trompe l'oeil.

The promised pics of the latest Randolorian and Night's Watch. Just a few chumps left and my infantry are done. Maybe play the game some day.



No, they still haven't made Jango for Legion.



Look, ma! Resources that probably should have been allocated to something else! Heap-big gamers remorse.

Back from chaperoning a school camping trip. Need to get cracking on the challenge entry. Always plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Rando-Jango looks good, these Legion minis take the contrast really well. The Nights Watch look great all together, there’s something oddly satisfying about the ASOIAF movement trays

Thanks, gobert!

The bases (and basing) are doing a lot of the lifting for my ASoIaF minis. They sure aren't much to look at individually.



Primed The Watcher and the next four Watchmen. Slow, but forward, movement.

Thanks for looking!

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts as they say!

Really cool ASOIAF minis there, I am myself on the brink of getting some

Thank you!

Slowly working on challenge models. Have pretty much ruled out stretch goals already, but I managed to prep Twilight Cloak. Been watching Dune again so he got different hands than the stock model to strengthen the Muad'dib vibes.



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Yikes. Month's almost over. Better get serious. Yeah, sure.

Trying to get something going on the Watcher. Inspiration fled. Could still get him done, though.



Sketching in highlights and where I want the light showing from under the cloak. Meh.



While I have not been busy, the printer sure has. Putting theory into practice with the Print N' Play Eldar army. Two Wraithknights and four tanks in progress. Looking at an Iyanden style build, as those models should be doable in filament. Minimal paint. Feels like heresy, but it's fun to make toys.

Always more to do. Stay nerdy, my friends. Thanks for looking!

That Watcher model looks like it will be a lot of fun to paint-- all those folds in the cloth should make for some fun shading and highlighting. I look forward to seeing how you approach the glow-from-within-- I've never been able to that satisfactorily.

Keep at it! Month is not over yet.

I should fiddle with my printer more. I was not happy with the level of detail it was kicking out, so lost interest. Interesting that you are doing Eldar, as smooth curves are not really something I expect from filament...

Thanks, you two!

Yeah. He's neat. All cloth and such. Got my feel back for him and should be able to get him done. I love Kingdom Death. And I hate Kingdom Death. The game has such a staggering amount of content as it is, with even more to come. I doubt I would recognize the game at this point. And I have a festering bitterness over how long the KS is taking to fulfill, spurred by how nonchalant the creator has been about it and the fact that there never seems to be a lack of a sale on their website of new stuff. Yeah, I get it, development times, keep the lights on, etc. I don't care anymore. It's been too long. Every little new thing that takes your attention away from the projected 10 YEAR fulfillment time-line is a problem. Especially when those new things have game content. Want to keep your sculptor busy? Cool, whatever. But quite wasting time on developing game content not related to the KS. Anyhow, here's how the Watcher looks at the moment. Rant over.



It's a bit of "acceptable roughness" where the prints are concerned, Nev. I think I can live with it, as it is a bit of a lark, anyway. Seeing what I can get away with, as it were. A little progress on that front. The Night Spinner is getting there, and the Wave Serpents. Need to print the extended compartment for the 2nd one, but both have their shield vanes.





Got a Watcher to finish. Thanks for looking!

Watcher is all done. Ended up pretty happy with the result after hating on this mini for most of the month. This is a "no frills" version of this model. For ease of play, painting and possibly transport, I left off some lanterns and what is commonly referred to around these parts as "swirly gak." Doesn't really affect the model. Still plenty ghostly.









Thanks for looking!

Ghostly indeed! Loving the blue effects. And the faces crying blood, top!

Yeah, that blue effect in there is really cool!

the grav tanks are also printing nicely

Thank you!

Looking to paint something that will (hopefully) be low stress and that I have been wanting to work on for a couple months. Elric the White Wolf from GW's ancient Melnibonean range. Picked this guy up in the garage clean-out. I have owned some the rank and file from that range for many moons, but never the man himself.



Thanks for looking!

I weep with envy over how many minis you've painted, and they all look amazing to boot. Rancor and pumpkin monster caught my eye for sure. 😀

Thanks, MegaDave! Again, good to see you back.



First PnP tank is done. A Falcon because that's a good place to start, and it's still a great design even after all these years. Looking forward to seeing how they will all look together. The other three tanks aren't far from completion. Then it's time to assemble the Wraithknights while I print the Wraithlords.

Thanks for looking!

I like what you have done with that canopy.

Also, I love me some Melniboneans. I have a smallish army of them, along with Elric and Dyvim Tvar, but not the White Wolf. I look forward to seeing your take on him.

Looking good! You going to do any edgeing or panel lining on the falcon?

 youwashock wrote:
Thanks, MegaDave! Again, good to see you back.

First PnP tank is done. A Falcon because that's a good place to start, and it's still a great design even after all these years. Looking forward to seeing how they will all look together. The other three tanks aren't far from completion. Then it's time to assemble the Wraithknights while I print the Wraithlords.

Thanks for looking!

Ooo that's a big one, I've looked at those too in the store but I am too intimidated by them so instead bought (and already finished) a wraithknight, what craftworld are you painting that Falcon for?

The PnP stuff is looking good, those canopies are lovely

Thank you!

Nev, this is what I am calling "done" at this point. If I get too bogged down with details I will probably just end up painting them for real.

Have not decided on a Craftworld name yet, but the army will follow an Iyanden theme of mostly spirit warriors.

Got the two Wave Serpents done.



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And the Night Spinner. That's the 4 tanks done.

Nice work on the Watcher! I think you made the right call on leaving most of its lanterns off.

Thanks, aku! Yeah, I didn't want to have to deal with all that stuff when we were pushing this guy around the board. And of course we stopped playing right before playing the showdown...

Anyway...form legs! And Wraithlord torsos.



Thanks for looking!

Looking good youwashock! The PnP legs are really cool. Good choice of filament for the yellow. It looks highlighted!

The eldar tanks look great, love the canopies.

Thanks, gobert! Thanks, Olthannon!



First Wraithlord done, excepting the base, and torsos on the Wraithknights plus gems painted.

Plenty on the go. Thanks for looking!

Those gems look fantastic!

Wow, your jewel effect is really good.

Those gems are fantastic, and very effective on a very simple scheme. It really draws the attention effectively to the gems!

Thank you!

The gloss coat and blurry photo are doing some assisting there, but they do pop in real life.



More assembly. Getting there.

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And that's everything printed assembled. First Wraithguard body currently printing.

First two Wraithguard done except for bases.



And the completed portion of the PnP Eldar. Not shown are the two WG and the 3rd WL who is waiting for me to pick up more Armageddon Dust.



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Those gems really do sell the minis really well! BTW, what size nozzle are you using? I’ve really struggled with getting minis to print and am planning to try a 0.25mm on my Ender 3 V3 SE to see if that helps

Thanks, gobert!

I have an E3V3SE, too. I am using the 0.4 nozzle at a .12 layer height. Works OK, but I wouldn't trust any Ender I have seen with real miniature work. Big stuff, yeah, but no infantry sized minis. I have heard Bambu printers can handle it, but have not tried them myself.

Snap! The 0.12 setting in the latest version of creality print seems to be doing me well. I’ll let you know if I can get any improvement with the thinner nozzles. I’m slightly regretting not spending a bit more for the bambu a1, some people are getting amazing results with pretty much stock settings. I like the idea of not needing to spend 3 days doing config prints!

Current state. Got the 3rd WL and just over half the WG in there. The rest of the WG are printed, just need to extricate the torsos from their support tombs. Printing a test for some warwalker stand-ins. More on that, soon.
Also going to do an Avatar. And there will be some authentic models in the form of Seers. Should think about painting Elric.

Thanks for looking!

Skimming over the Dakka Challenge thread, I was just wondering "Where is Elric?"

You've got a nifty wraith army going there.

Nice army filling out there youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, JoshInJapan, Cap'n!

Elric has been started. A little. Hoping to get him done over the holiday (and maybe squeeze a pity day out of Nev).

Slow progress this week, but the Wraithguard are all done. Thank goodness. I am not made for batch painting. Or batch support removal, more accurately. But I dig how they look all together so far.



And the last few printed models are underway. An Avatar and some Zoats stand in for war walkers. The Zoats all had the same error in the file where the belly shell didn't print, leaving a sort of void. I was already planning some sculpted details, so they will get belly tanks similar to the Archivist. At least I hope so. Also shoulder guns, masks, shields and a few armor bits. Some sculpted, some printed. I originally planned to do the Avatar in fiery orange, but decided on ghostly green since the army is primarily spirit warriors. Have to see how that turns out.



Plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Looking good, those Zoats are coming out really nicely

Nice progress. We already have a day extension for the comp, if you need Monday as well we can maybe work something out.

Shoop da whoop. Thanks, Nev!

Thanks, gobert!

Put in a lite time on Elric. May get him done, especially with the extension.



And some Zoat belly work.



Plenty going on. Keeping at it. Thanks for looking!

I like that you're going with the pinkish skin tone of real-life albinism instead of the Moorcockian "bleached bone."

So the entire Eldar force is 3D prints?

CB

Elric and the Zoats are developing nicely. Have you decided on a skin tone for them yet?

Thank you, all!

JoshInJapan, the end result wound up being sort of a mix between the two. Still favoring the pink side, I hope.

Yes, Cap'n. The whole army (barring a couple characters I have planned) is 3D printed in color with as little painting as possible.

Aside from a wash to tone it down, you're looking at it, gobert. The details will still be painted (or printed in another color) but for the most part, that's it.

Finished Elric. Fairly satisfied.







An ancient character, an ancient model, an ancient basing style. Fun stuff. Always nice to revisit the early days of the hobby.



Avatar all assembled. Zoat tank in progress. Plenty more on the go. Better decide on model(s) for December's open round.

Thanks for looking!

I'm really looking forward to seeing your Zoat Tanks all done and painted.

Elric looks great. I like the different whites for the hair and skin-- not a lot of pink left, but they are visibly different so nothing blends into anything else.

I imagine that Stormbringer was a challenge to paint-- you have to keep it black, but still bring out the lines. The flask of purple by the crossguard is a nice little addition.

+1 for the Goblin Green base.

Elric looks good, I like his magic sword.

Thank you, thank you!



Looking to get some living Eldar into the wraith army. Official GW and everything. I hope to get Shadowguide in as an Illic-alike or something similar, and an assassin/seer based on Yvraine's frame. A Farseer needs to happen, but that's looking like a complicated conversion of Eldrad and may be too much for the month. And a Lhamaean, just because. Have to see.

Thanks for looking!

Oooo, I want all those models...
A while back, I saw a simple, but really nice conversion of that Magus with a few Adeptus Mechanicus bits.
I've been wanting to do one ever since, but I generally don't buy character models much any more.

Nice retro-hammer! And plenty of cool stuff on deck.

Elric is looking really good! Caught my eye in the challenge thread. The classic green base works wonders.

Looking forward to those living space elves! I had the Magus kit for that very purpose as well, but ended up trading it some time ago as it just gathered dust. I kinda now regret it haha.
But that Lhamean is a kit I've been eyeing far too long. Just not sure whether to use it for an Eldar or Dark Eldar conversion!

So much amazing work. Beautiful.

Thank you for the comments, everyone.

Plenty of love for the Magus. Sadly, there's a good chance only her head will be making an appearance this time around. We will see.



Zoat progress. These guys are turning out to be a lot of work, but I hope in the end it will be worth it. The guns and shields are dry-fit/blu-tacked in place. All the sculpting is done for this guy, and I will probably finish him up to solidify the look for the unit.

Thanks for looking!

Hope you have better luck with your Lhamaean than I did, looking forward to seeing it painted up.

Thanks, aku-chan. I hope I can get to her this time around. But, I have clipped and cleaned Shadowguide, so I have officially started on the challenge.



First Zoat done. Feeling like the group will look ok. Avatar is coming along, too.

Lots to do. Thanks for looking!

Avatar done. Moving away a little bit from the "print n' play" concept, but still a quick bit of work, considering. Again, went for sort of a spectral look as the army is mostly dead guys. Not entirely convinced that it works, or that the blood trail isn't too much, but better to take risks like that on 3D prints and not 100 dollar models. I think the flames along the blade work ok. Doing too much sculpting for this project.

Thanks for looking!

Slow progress. Working away on challenge models. Shaved off the brow ridge and Eldared up the ears on the Yvraine seer, and built up the base for the sniper. Not pictured: a little more Zoat progress. Doing too much sculpting lately.

Thanks for looking!

Filled in the legs (and backside) on Yvraine. Moving things along.



More Zoat work. Getting there.

Thanks for looking!

It looks like someone isn't skipping leg day.

That's some great GS work. Very clean.

Thanks, JoshInJapan!

Never skip leg day.



Or arm day. How else could you carry weapons that big? I never realized how huge that sword is. Hope to prime tomorrow, and decide if I am going for a third model or not.

Thanks for looking!

Is your Yvraine wearing tight leggings or is she walking around bare-assed? Asking for a friend.

Great conversions going on the Eldar!
Loving the green on the Zoats, the wash certainly toned it down. Elric came out really nice, lots of cool effects he’s got

I accidentally clicked on the very first page of this blog instead of the latest and it seems like you have been going strong since 2015! Nice! I can see how your skills have improved over the years, but mostly you've remained consistently good throughout time.

I'm really loving this beefed up, muscle mommy Yvraine! And your tanked up Zoats are looking phenomenal. I really appreciate seeing your continued presence and progress in our hobby. You are an inspiration.

Cool conversions!

Thanks, everyone!

Warboss, you are incredibly kind. Thank you!

S and D, you can tell your friend it's a bodysuit.

Not much time for painting the last few days, but a long wait has ended.



The Cthulhu DMD kickstarter has delivered. Lots of drama on this one. Been at US retail for months, but backers are still being strung along. The comments section is so salty you would float in it. I have two outstanding KS projects ( one is Kingdom Death, ugh) and I think it is for the best that they be the last.

All that said, the minis look good, the game is fun. Azathoth and Zoogs are in this version. I'm glad it is finally here.

Time to get painting. Thanks for looking!

That game looks cool!
Have not heard of that game before. Had to look it up and it seems the box contains a bunch of fricking cool minis.

Huge fan of Lovecraft's work, so can't wait to see some color on them!

I hope to paint at least a couple of the minis, Ezki. Maybe just some Old Ones. One day.

It's a fun game. Cool art and models. Co-op, which can be nice.

Started something new.



As the Eldar army is just about finished, I broke ground on the next PnP project: Tau. We'll see how this goes.

Thanks for looking!


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Nice to see a broadside
Someday I will start a Tau army, like so many other projects I have planned.

Too many projects, too few years.



Working on the seer. She'll get finished, for sure. Sniper still has a chance.

Thanks for looking!

That Broadside looks a little stumpier than I remember the original model being. Is that the camera angle or am I misremembering?

He's pretty squatty, even printed at 110%. I don't have an original to compare to beyond a conversion I made several years ago, the only Tau model I ever built, based on a 1st generation broadside. The backpack is definitely bigger on mine, and the thighs look larger. Maybe they were always like this? I remember limb-lengthening being a common modification to early battlesuits. Unless I just made that up in my brain.

I know “toy like” gets tossed around a lot, but that broadside is living it. I know the goal is print and play, and he looks fine. But Tau start with an aesthetic that leans into that. Haha.

One of these days I’ll start a Tau force.

Nice progress on the seer.

Nice work on that seer. And I have to echo the "Tau looks like toy and unironically fits their aesthetic" praise. I honestly thought that was your intention.

Thanks, Nev, Warboss.

Yeah, the broadside looks a lot more "toy on a base" than the Eldar, I think. Hopefully it will be less so when seen in a group. Printing the other two broadsides now.

Seer is done. Hope she photographs OK. Pretty happy with her at the moment. Little teaser until I can get her varnished and based.



Thanks for looking!

That's a really interesting approach to the blade. Not quite bone, not quite metal. I look forward to seeing the whole model.

Thanks, JoshInJapan! I hope you like her! I feel like my plan for the blade was successful. Otherworldly, almost spectral.



Merry Zoatmas! Thanks for looking!


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Made quite a bit of progress on the sniper. Nice to have her assembled, at least.

Thanks for looking!

That's a cool, bold paint scheme on your sniper so far!

Thanks, Warboss W!

All done. Just the two minis. No time for any more. These two will have to suffice as the only living Eldar in the PnP Wraith army, for now. (I may or may not be resisting the urge to paint a small batch of Harlequins to go with them.)

Eldar Seer and Sniper.





And some individual pics of the seer, as she is less 2D than the sniper. The Amallyn Shadowguide mini is pretty nice, and has plenty of detail, but is fairly flat when you get down to it.







And a shot of her with her Zoat bodyguards.



Army shots, soon. Maybe tomorrow.

Plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Ooh, that seer is lovely. The blade turned out great-- it really pops against the black bodysuit. Speaking of black, I continue to admire your ability to spot highlight black. I can never do that to my satisfaction.

Thanks, JoshInJapan! I'm glad you like her!

Seeing as how the two ladies and the Zoats are done, it seems a good time to take pics of the Print and Play Eldar army. There is the outside chance that I will go back and add those Harlequins I mentioned, maybe a couple low-level Seers, but for now it's done.









So, now the question: does it work? Is this enough to not break the immersion or kill the feel of the game? If you saw this army across from you, would it be a bad experience from the start knowing it wasn't traditionally painted? I am not sure, myself.

Still, it looks cool on the shelf, and it was a fun enough experience that I have already dived into the next army. Some immediate gratification(mostly, the Zoats were a lot of work) to get me through the longer projects.

Thanks for looking!

This is a really interesting project. I don't think it is immersion breaking at all, some people field armies that are substantially unpainted after all. I think your colour-accurate plastic is better than a grey horde, especially since you based the miniatures. This whole army traditionally painted to the same standard as the seer and the sniper would be most impressive, and that would be my preference, but if your objective is to build a ready-to-play army quickly then I think this is certainly one way of doing it.

It looks fun. Better then grey plastic, not quite as nice as a traditionally painted army. I generally don’t have problems with armies, I have problems with players. As long as you are not a jerk, it should be fine. The only issue is what are the zoats supposed to be? You may have mentioned it, but I forgot. But that’s the only non-WYSWYG thing, so everything else is straightforward. And I can keep track of 1d3 counts-as for the length of a game.

Not sure if you mentioned it earlier, but have you put some transfers onto the army? Or are you planning too? That might give you the chance to add some more detail that would make it seem more painted. I mean hell, you could go back and edge highlight a bunch of stuff too, but that just makes it more work than the goal of the project seemed to be. Decals are a midground spot that add the 'I painted it' vibe to an alternatively painted army.

Agree with the Zoats comment above as I'm not sure what you'd run them as in an Eldar army list. Most things are T3 and anything bigger you already have models for, unless you run them as corsairs and then...they're... some type of dark eldar model?

Nice ice blade on that seer!

Thanks for comments and for sharing your thoughts on the matter. I still feel a little like I'm cheating on the hobby.

The Zoats would be played as War Walkers if I ever did field them. That idea spawned the dual shoulder guns and shields, since WW (at least back in the day) are protected by an energy field.

Decals are an interesting idea, but I wonder how they would look on the textured surface. Any time I have put decals on 3D minis, they were painted first.





A little bauble for a long-running model. Trying to get Velma 2 finished. However, inspiration struck and I am sculpting this pocket watch based on a dice holder my wife gave me. Tiny thing. Will be attached to some fine chain I had laying around for some project in the distant past.

Thank for looking!

Attached the watch to the chain. Just needs a couple details and it's ready.



And I have been glazing back the green and purple underpainting on the shadows for Velma. Almost time for highlighting.



Thanks for looking!

Nice work on Velma so far!

That is one good looking army!
I for one would not be offended nor have any sort of negative feelings seeing that army on the tabletop. On the contrary, I think it's much more interesting to see things that are out of the ordinary.
As a long time Warhammer hobbyist who has learned to paint by observing the 'Eavy Metal style box art paint jobs, I know that it's the style many prefer and the schemes seen in army codexes are the "usual way to go".
I for one am happy to see the hobbyist's own take on the theme and color scheme.

So no, it would not kill the feel of the game. It's a brilliant group and you should display it with pride!

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So, now the question: does it work? Is this enough to not break the immersion or kill the feel of the game? If you saw this army across from you, would it be a bad experience from the start knowing it wasn't traditionally painted? I am not sure, myself.

Lets see:
Army painted - check (who cares how it was done, that is way better than an army of grey)
On bases - check
Do the figures look like what they represent - check

GW figures are expensive, but you have also bought a large number of them already (and I am sure will buy more).

I guess one question is, are you happy with the texture of the printed models? My friends, who have printed a few tanks, have later noted they were not as happy with them as the real models (so no one has gone all in for a completely printed army).

I would not refuse to play against you, this is way better than battling a monochrome army of grey plastic with proxies flagged here and there.

My two cents,

CB

Thank you, very much, Cap'n, Ezki! I appreciate your input on the matter.

One last model at the seven-and-a-halfth hour for 2024. If I say so myself, it's a humdinger.







Finished Velma 2.0. Finally. Not sure what the hold up was. Maybe just scared of that vast expanse of flesh. Which seems silly, in retrospect. Maybe just needed inspiration, which was furnished courtesy of the pocket watch dice holder my wife gave me for Xmas. Had to make one for Velma, and that was all it took. Pretty jazzed with her. There's very little I would do differently, at this point. Not a bad way to end the year. Very NSFW pics of the whole model:



I will most likely make a "look back" post in the next couple of days. Keep safe, everyone. Happy New Year! Thanks for looking!

See you in the funny papers, 2024.

Let's see...what did I do?

Looks like the year started slow, with the first finished mini being the KD Ninja at the end of January.





Followed by a Cthulhu-themed Benchy.



And a slime.



Who needed a mistress.



Raziel was next.





Love that close-up. Made a tank.



Mandalorians happened. Grouping them here.









And a big one, Fett and his entourage should go here, too.





Painted Cammy. She's big.





Zoat for BB.



Spaceships.



The Law. Two companies. Different decades.



Couple lethal ladies for Shadows of Brimstone.





A significant project for the summer. Twin Wraithknights. Still pleased with these two.



Some Pit Slaves for Necromunda. Should play that again.



Another KD model. The Watcher. Really need to keep KD in the rotation.



Elric and another green base,



Eldar ladies in the house tonight.



And one more big model, Velma 2.0.



Also explored printing minis in color. A lot, as it turned out.

Tested the idea with this Wraithknight inspired by JoshInJapan's love of my neon orange filament.



And grew into an army.



Managed to get some Zoats in.



And started another army.




That's about it. There were some Ice and Fire minis on there, at some point. Can't recall how many, and they don't look like much. Really, the bases are the best bit. Some fun stuff in there. Not a ton of minis, but some were pretty big. And steady (ish). So, what's next?



Something from here for January. Should finish the Twilight Cloak I started in October. And the Mandos I have left. Three or four, including Din Djarin. Then it's Web Warriors. More KD. Maybe Confrontation? Plenty to do.

Happy New Year, Dakka. Thanks for the comments. Thanks for the inspiration. And, as always, thanks for looking!

That is a very varied and impressive year. Lots of paint in lots of styles. You put most people (including myself) to shame. Looking forward to see what comes up this year. What are you working on?

What a lot of very impressive paint jobs in a single year! Thanks for the recap and for including us in your hobby.

Very nice! Great selection of paint over the year.

What a great year of great minis. I look forward to your work in 2025.

Echoing praise. Looks like 2024 was a great year for you. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this year brings!

Thank you, very much, fellow hobbyists! I appreciate the comments and comradery.



3D printer goes brrrrr...

Assembling the other two broadsides. I have decided to use the head from the XV84 suit instead. I think it looks quite a bit better than the original head. And some sails for the Black Ark courtesy of barnebiss2, the same person ( I think) responsible for most of the Man O War files I have. I am a big fan of the 3D symbols that copy the original decals that came with the ships.

Thanks for looking!

Broadsides assemble. First unit just about done. I have a batch of three XV84's that is almost ready for assembly. May do more after that (planning for 3x3), may do a character or tank.

Thanks for looking!

Great yearly review! You've painted up some awesome minis. The Tau are great, looking forward to seeing the rest.

You've painted up a lot of really great minis throughout the year!
The skin on Velma 2.0 looks really good.