Two years ago I started a thread that eventually became the Pokeminis P&M blog thread here on Dakka.

Eventually I named my gaming blog pokeminiatures on blogspot.

I stopped updating the thread when the end of 2009 hit.

Now it's five months into 2010 and I'm ready to start painting again. I tried to start sooner,
but I hit a wall painting some historical figs. However, I've nearly completed some terrain
and made progress on the Soviets and so will start updating regularly.

Disclaimer: I don't really post in a timely fashion to change anything. The best I can do
with your advice is use it for the next iteration of the project posted.

Here's a start: Soviet tanks and arty for FOW.

I was literally just looking at your FoW stuff in the gallery and wondering what became of it. Glad to see more is on the way, looks like good progress on the tanks already. The russian armour looks like so much fun to paint.

Looking good.

If I ever start FOW, I'm torn between using Soviet or German armies. I do like grey...

Fow never really did hit a chord with me, but I congradulate you for actually being able to paint something the size of your fingernail!

I didn't get any real hobbying in again until April, when the guys at Black Sun Games came
to make some Warmachine terrain to earn their Combat Engineer stamps for the league.

I built a bunch of houses using Gareson's method of attaching two pieces of 2" foam
together, cut a roofline with a utility blade, then brought materials with me so that the
guys could dress it up.

Cool, Malf's back!

Looking good already, i like scratch building terrain, its so much more fun than buying the stuff. I take it those buildings are FoW scale?

Thanks for the welcome.

Take a look at the second image. That's a temple flameguard testing out
the size of my trench system.

edit: Wow, that's a surprisingly dirty sounding sentence.

Oh yeah, my bad. They look even better then!

And you're right, that does sound slightly nsfw!!

So for the Warmachine league, we needed flag stands for the finale. I looked around for
some flags, and finally I decided to use the stamper that I was provided as league organizer.
I got 40mm bases from Litko, thick brass rod, and proceeded to set the rod into the bases at
various angles to simulate a flag pitched into the dirt. You can see my method for basing
here as I apply regular sand to the bases and prime the whole thing all at once to help
seal the sand and give me a good color to paint on.

Glad to see you're back, malfred - waiting with anticipation to see what minis you show us.

The trenches look good - I keep thinking about doing a trench system display base for my Mercs.

I've been waiting when you return to humble us all with your painting pace.

Good to see some interesting scenery here.

Dysartes wrote:Glad to see you're back, malfred - waiting with anticipation to see what minis you show us.

The trenches look good - I keep thinking about doing a trench system display base for my Mercs.

Thanks. I should have more pictures up in the next week or so.

Metsuri wrote:I've been waiting when you return to humble us all with your painting pace.

Good to see some interesting scenery here.

Pffft. There's quality, then there's quantity.

Here's how the flag looks.

I stamped each side of a piece of paper folded over. Then when it was dry I dipped
the whole thing in watered down white glue and curled the paper different ways for
the "flag effect." Overall, I think it looks okay.

A project for the future.

Hey, who did you get to paint those tanks? (oh snap!)

The flags came out nicely. Its good to see you painting again.

xenite wrote:Hey, who did you get to paint those tanks? (oh snap!)

The flags came out nicely. Its good to see you painting again.

Yeah. Here they are almost completely done.

And now...a bunch of forest templates.

They still need some grass or something.

LOS breaking rock stuff

The flags are looking good, malfred, as is the LOS breaking rock stuff.

Your pics have acquired that green tinge again. What is that?

Dysartes wrote:The flags are looking good, malfred, as is the LOS breaking rock stuff.

Thanks. I never thought terrain building could be fun.

captain.gordino wrote:Your pics have acquired that green tinge again. What is that?

I don't notice it. Might be the color balance or the camera.

A series of buildings almost completed:

The trenches are nearly complete!

Soviet Tanks, Pre-wash.

On the Soviet assault guns, the one with the log attached - is that sculpted on or is it a separate thing that you glue on? I've seen it on a couple of the soviet kits and cant figure it out.

The log is sculpted on. (That's what she said)

Soviet Artillery, also pre-wash.

My first fully painted and sealed models in 2010. 24 flagstands.

My next set of completed stuff are my forest templates.

So that's 32 done this year?

Rocky things done. You can tell the sizes from the pics.

35

35 figs finished this year already? Sheesh

Mind you, I'm aiming to add at least 21 to my finished list by mid-June.

Gratz.
Its comming along nicely.


How is it you can paint soo much though?
I tend to get bored far too quickly and never finish anything.

This year im up to about 2 models, if you add all the paint used together lol.

Dysartes wrote:35 figs finished this year already? Sheesh

Mind you, I'm aiming to add at least 21 to my finished list by mid-June.

۞ Jack ۞ wrote:Gratz.
Its comming along nicely.


How is it you can paint soo much though?
I tend to get bored far too quickly and never finish anything.

This year im up to about 2 models, if you add all the paint used together lol.

Well, I was counting the 24 flags that I did since I spent a bit of time cutting them
up. They even have paint on them! Anyway, I've counted all the terrain pieces together.

No models done yet. It's taking me forever to paint up some stuff that I have in gold
(pics in the coming weeks).

Anyway, trenches done!

+5 pieces =40

43

There's one house missing from this bunch, but I think xenite's painting it (if he
isn't then I don't know where it is).

Hoping this month to get the boys building ruins and stuff.

Wrong pic, heh.

and this one.

45

Wreckage templates

Hmm - which system are those templates for, malfred? They look too big to be for WM.

Dysartes wrote:Hmm - which system are those templates for, malfred? They look too big to be for WM.

They're 4" Area terrain things. So we treat them as rough terrain or as cover.

malfred wrote:45

Does this mean a 2010 365 Challenge?

Sweet.

I'm at 118 already(120 if you count the 2 Objectives I did for Adepticon).

Got 210 Skaven to get through by July(hopefully) before deciding on what to finish out on.

Platuan4th wrote:

malfred wrote:45

Does this mean a 2010 365 Challenge?

Sweet.

I'm at 118 already(120 if you count the 2 Objectives I did for Adepticon).

Got 210 Skaven to get through by July(hopefully) before deciding on what to finish out on.

God no. I couldn't (both financially or time wise) do that again.

Or could I?

Anyway, not setting it as a goal this year. Be sure to blog your progress though!

Following this post are some Russian tanks with a wash on them.

artillery with wash

Artillery teams. Maybe I should photo them with the cannon next time.

50

Five Russian Tanks (Heavy Assault Guns, I think. Anyone know which these short barrels are?)

59

Soviet Artillery with crew teams.

I bow before the Pokeminiatures Master.....

Dysartes wrote:I bow before the Pokeminiatures Master.....

They require you to stand, I only ask that you kneel...

Two units of Exemplar Cinerators and two Templar warjacks in progress.

Now with more gold.

Additional work on the TEmplars

Further refinements.

love the terrain

Those Soviet tanks are IZ2s arn't they?

Or something like that. Well, you've painted a helluva lot more than me and to a much better degree too!

Disjointed.

Still cranking it out at a pace (oh dear, that sounded wrong !!), still doing an awesome job!

Bleached bone on the Cinerators.

Bleached Bone on the Templars

Further progress on the Cinerators.

Brown ink with bone highlights...


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Platuan4th wrote:

malfred wrote:45

Does this mean a 2010 365 Challenge?

Sweet.

I'm at 118 already(120 if you count the 2 Objectives I did for Adepticon).

Got 210 Skaven to get through by July(hopefully) before deciding on what to finish out on.

You know, I just realized you said a 365 challenge instead of a 520 challenge.

365 sounds do-able...even if I haven't hit a hundred yet.

Almost done.

I'm still working towards averaging more than one model a week

That reminds me, must finish that unit of Gun Corps and the Basher.

Dysartes wrote:I'm still working towards averaging more than one model a week

That reminds me, must finish that unit of Gun Corps and the Basher.

But that amounts to just 52 models a year

Though I guess that is an entire Warmachine army...

It makes for a reasonable starting point, though, malfred.

I've currently got to paint/finish at least 25 infantry + mortar, plus maybe another pair of jacks by July 3rd at a minim, which'll help

And a preview of the cryx.

Your speed of painting is stunning to someone who has managed to finish 13 figs this year. Good work on the menoth, especially the templars look good with the bone and green.

Metsuri wrote:Your speed of painting is stunning to someone who has managed to finish 13 figs this year. Good work on the menoth, especially the templars look good with the bone and green.

Thanks. It's a color scheme I've been fond of because of the Deathwing, probably.

Here's a pic of the huts that I built while watching the finale to LOST (4.5 hours of sitting in
front of the TV with a pencil!)

Penis rocks!

Model 60! Pics of model 61 later.


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http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/06/need-feedback-on-some-tunnel-tiles.html

Model 61.

These three Cinerators are completed projects 62, 63, and 64.

Looking good, i love the bone green combo but thats cos i used to be a DA player

65 and 66.

More pics to come, then it's on to Cryx. However, I might delay those as I didn't like
how the pictures came out and I either have to shop them or re-take them with better
lightning.

67, 68 and my favorite number of all time, 69.




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In case you missed it, I started working on some tunnel tiles and posted the pics to my blog: http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/06/need-feedback-on-some-tunnel-tiles.html

Well, today I have an update for them (also on my blog): http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/06/tunnel-tiles-update.html

Completed pieces 70 and 71.

If I ever play Warmachine, it will be soley due to the fact that you make those mini's look so damn good. And if this were to happen, I will hold you liable for the death of my bank account.

CrashUSAR wrote:If I ever play Warmachine, it will be soley due to the fact that you make those mini's look so damn good. And if this were to happen, I will hold you liable for the death of my bank account.

You might change your mind when you see my Cryx.

Speaking of which...

More Cryxy. This time revenant pirates.

More progress on them.

Revenants

Your Cryx appear to be taking colour suggestions from Khorne, old chap

Dysartes wrote:Your Cryx appear to be taking colour suggestions from Khorne, old chap

Yeah, don't I know it! I like it much better than my original Cryx schemes, though.

Anyway, I ordered some stuff from Armorcast to use as objective markers of various
flavors. The weather hasn't been primer friendly, so they're still lingering in my "to prime"
bin.

great stuff, keep it up !

Those terrain bits look cool.

Thanks guys. Yeah, I've always liked armorcast. Good guys, good product.

Piece 72.

I wish I had modeled it differently. If I could have, I would have cut Nightmare's leg
in such a way as to make it passing through the piece of terrain the girl is hiding
behind for a ghostly effect. Ah well.

Love the green weathering effect. That repositioning would have looked cool, but the figure looks good enough anyway!

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Love the green weathering effect. That repositioning would have looked cool, but the figure looks good enough anyway!

Thanks.

By the way, here's a little break from looking at painted models and models in progress:

http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/06/2010-warmachine-league-battle-journal.html

Piece 73. I think it's the Barbarian from Pathfinder, but I'm not sure.

I bring you penis rocks!

Pieces 74-89.

FTW! What are they, terrain or objective markers?

Mal- this stuff is awesome.

Terrain is another whole addiction-yes?

It is for me too *sigh*

Vitruvian XVII wrote:FTW! What are they, terrain or objective markers?

As I posted, they are penis rocks.

Actually, I double their use. I can line them up as LOS blocking terrain, or I can use
them as large based objectives for scenarios like Destruction in Warmachine (in fact,
they were made specifically FOR the destruction scenario).

akira5665 wrote:Mal- this stuff is awesome.

Terrain is another whole addiction-yes?

It is for me too *sigh*

It wasn't an addiction until some friends taught me a little bit of know-how.

Thanks.

This is a shot of some terrain I was planning. You can see more pics that I have
on my blog.

http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/06/need-feedback-on-some-tunnel-tiles.html

Ya know, when you get so desperate to churn things out, that you just start scribbling on graph paper and calling it good - you may want to take a break for a while.

D'oh...double-post o'doomed...

CrashUSAR wrote:Ya know, when you get so desperate to churn things out, that you just start scribbling on graph paper and calling it good - you may want to take a break for a while.

Follow the link to see the extent of my madness.

The graph paper was just to see how it would line up in full scale.

Such madness...

Dysartes wrote:Your Cryx appear to be taking colour suggestions from Khorne, old chap

Or Gok Wan.
Quality stuff, I never paid much attention to this until now ;o

CrashUsR-"Ya know, when you get so desperate to churn things out, that you just start scribbling on graph paper and calling it good - you may want to take a break for a while. "

Made some drink come out of my nose... lol

Still......nice scenery, will have to follow the linky

And for a change of pace, some Harlequins.

Harlies that don't look like an acid trip yet? I approve.

this thead is still awesome. Big up.

CrashUSAR wrote:Harlies that don't look like an acid trip yet? I approve.

They match my Eldar color scheme. Plus, I don't think I've ever pulled off the motley
convincingly. I should try some day.

Scrazza wrote:this thead is still awesome. Big up.

The thread, too? Thanks!

This is a Malifaux miniature. I think.

Stormblades!

EStryker.

Looking good keep up the good work

And an Anima Tactics model.

Progress on the harlequins. If I ever get more Harlequin models, I haven't decided if I'd stick
to this scheme or try for something different.

The Cygnar update.

Sure, the swan looks more like a freakish winged spider or something...

More progress on the Anima Tactics guy.

Still can't remember what this Malifaux figure is called.

I vote we call him Fred.

Dysartes wrote:I vote we call him Fred.

If it turns out to be Fred, I'll owe you a cookie.

Model 90 is Lich Lord Terminus of the Cryx.

malfred wrote:Still can't remember what this Malifaux figure is called.

There's this nifty invention called the Intarwebs, y'know.

It's called The Judge.

http://wyrd-games.net/shop/product.php?productid=16209&cat=258&page=1

Platuan4th wrote:

malfred wrote:Still can't remember what this Malifaux figure is called.

There's this nifty invention called the Intarwebs, y'know.

It's called The Judge.

http://wyrd-games.net/shop/product.php?productid=16209&cat=258&page=1

Crazy talk.

Models 91-95 are undead pirates

Completed pieces 96-100 is moar undead pie-rates.

Pieces 101 and 102, Bane Thrall unit attachment.

Y'know, I'm glad I've decided not to try to keep up.

Out of interest, what's your count without scenery elements?

Dysartes wrote:Y'know, I'm glad I've decided not to try to keep up.

Out of interest, what's your count without scenery elements?

Without terrain I'm looking at 102-61= 41 models.

The trouble is, I do the terrain because I run events. And because I run events, that
means that I have to multiples of any piece of terrain that I make.

I should look this up sometime ( I even have the rulebook for this game because the
artwork is so pretty), but it's some kind of Anima Tactics model

More progress on the Cygnar stuff.

Harlequins almost done.

Wip Judge

Diggin those Harle's more and more, and you're still pushing me closer to the edge of me taking the plunge into Warmachine...damn you...

And I'm sure you've explained it more than once, but what on earth is your avatar?

CrashUSAR wrote:Diggin those Harle's more and more, and you're still pushing me closer to the edge of me taking the plunge into Warmachine...damn you...

And I'm sure you've explained it more than once, but what on earth is your avatar?

His Murse.

More work on the Cyclone.

Yes, it's my murse.

Damn you, Malfred! Between this, new Trencher unit types, and the upcoming plastic Battle Box, it's getting harder and harder to resist doing a Cygnar(aka Loyalist Trenchers) army.

Platuan4th wrote:Damn you, Malfred! Between this, new Trencher unit types, and the upcoming plastic Battle Box, it's getting harder and harder to resist doing a Cygnar(aka Loyalist Trenchers) army.

You should totally do it.

malfred wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:Damn you, Malfred! Between this, new Trencher unit types, and the upcoming plastic Battle Box, it's getting harder and harder to resist doing a Cygnar(aka Loyalist Trenchers) army.

You should totally do it.

My only hang up is which caster to use for it. I've got eHaley so far along with 10 Trenchers that are dual purposed for my Magnus army and Finn.

Platuan4th wrote:

malfred wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:Damn you, Malfred! Between this, new Trencher unit types, and the upcoming plastic Battle Box, it's getting harder and harder to resist doing a Cygnar(aka Loyalist Trenchers) army.

You should totally do it.

My only hang up is which caster to use for it. I've got eHaley so far along with 10 Trenchers that are dual purposed for my Magnus army and Finn.

I think if you're playing Loyalist, Siege is the guy who would fight for whichever team
was in charge. Most of the rest are Leto's men.

The Cygnar is looking good, mal.

Dysartes wrote:The Cygnar is looking good, mal.

Thanks. There should be posts of the finished stuff soon. Until then, enjoy these armorcast
pieces.

What's the one on the left of the picture meant to be, mal?

Dysartes wrote:What's the one on the left of the picture meant to be, mal?

Both pieces are made by armorcast.

The one on the left is a decorative base. It's supposed to represent broken concrete.

And below is more of their terrain pieces.

More Armorcast objectives

I was up trying to get the objective markers done in time for an event. I only got
as far as the Wash.

Pieces 104, 105, 106, 107 and 108.
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 47

Nice Harlequins, malfred.

Dysartes wrote:Nice Harlequins, malfred.

Thanks. I like the colors so much I'm torn about starting another unit (most likely in
2011). They already have basing, so it's not like I can base them differently, and I'm
not quite sure how much different colored sashes will come off. Maybe I can do it in
a pale green or something.

Below you'll find The Judge.

Piece 109
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 48

Piece 110
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 49

Although I hear Death Jesters aren't so hot in the game these days, they're still some of my favorite models.

Hmm - for some reason that Death Jester is making me think he's a Necron in a trenchcoat, malfred

Dysartes wrote:Hmm - for some reason that Death Jester is making me think he's a Necron in a trenchcoat, malfred

Not my sculpt

I finally googled this model's name. It's Romeo Exxet.

Piece 111
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 50

Piece 112, 113, 114
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 53

Piece 115, 116, 117
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 56

This batch has the unit leader with his special weapon thing.

In Mk1 it was called a Storm Rod - I'd need to check FoW: Cygnar to see if it is still special.

You truly are a painting machine, malfred. I'm hoping to get my Avalancher mostly finished tonight, and get Basher #2 assembled & primed. Fortunately, the Avalancher is mostly down to doing the gold and some detail work.

Dysartes wrote:In Mk1 it was called a Storm Rod - I'd need to check FoW: Cygnar to see if it is still special.

You truly are a painting machine, malfred. I'm hoping to get my Avalancher mostly finished tonight, and get Basher #2 assembled & primed. Fortunately, the Avalancher is mostly down to doing the gold and some detail work.

It's still special, I just don't remember if it had a different name. Basically the unit
hits harder and can shoot further if they're within x inches of him. I don't remember
what all it did in Mk1.

Meh, I'm not a machine. I cheat this a bit by taking a bunch of pictures as I go and
stretching it out in blog posts. It's the only sane way to do it.


Piece 118, 119
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 58

The basing is different because I based the unit attachment before I figured out
that I wanted to do different basing for repeat units.

Piece 120
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 59

This Stormblade army is all eStryker's fault, after all. Without the theme force I doubt
I'd be half as interested.

Blaming it all on eStryker, malfred? That's just shocking.....

Do you have any other the other Storm units?

Dysartes wrote:Blaming it all on eStryker, malfred? That's just shocking.....

Do you have any other the other Storm units?

I have a full unit of Stormblades with UA that I painted last year. On my shelf I have
a Stormguard unit and a unit of cavalry with Katherine Laddermore.

So now 'm back to posting pictures of terrain pieces. These are armorcast pieces put
onto 50mm bases for the Warmachine Destruction scenario.

Piece 121, 122
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 59

Piece 123, 124, 125
Non-terrain pieces completed so far: 59

The broken columns are neat pieces. They're a little bigger than the 50mm base, but that's
fine because I like them. The other piece is a display base for pieces that's supposed to
look like your model is standing on a roman aqueduct or something (I guess).

Filthy Brown base on the columns with a Brown Ink wash from Vallejo, then highlighted up
to Bleached Bone.

I was lazy with the stone plinth and just used it to test out Terracotta paint color from Vallejo.

Pieces 126-132
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 59

These either came from the same armorcast sets or two different ones. They're terrain pieces for a
graveyard of some sort.

Pieces 133
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 59

The "broken concrete" display base from Armorcast being put to service as an objective marker.

Pieces 134
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 59

This is one of my favorite Armorcast pieces so far, the bone tower. There were some
mold problems with it, most noticeably there are places I probably should have sanded
the piece down, but otherwise the chains and ropes holding the pile of bones together
add a lot of character to this piece.

After the Armorcast markers, I set out to work on new Menoth stuff.

In addition, this batch will have a Black Templar Chaplain.

Some random models.

Where are those last two from, malfred?

Dysartes wrote:Where are those last two from, malfred?

I believe the Dwarf is Reaper and the dude standing there with his fingers all dark jedi is
Anima Tactics. This next piece is a Spirit of the Forest from Reaper standing on a sculpted
base I saw at the store.

Progress on Vindictus.

More progress on the Errants.

Spirit of the Forest. It's a basic Beasty Brown for the bark and Bonewhite for exposed tree.

Protectorate models after a brown ink wash.

CAn't remember if these guys got the Brown Ink or Sepia.

malfred wrote:I stamped each side of a piece of paper folded over. Then when it was dry I dipped
the whole thing in watered down white glue and curled the paper different ways for
the "flag effect." Overall, I think it looks okay.

Mal, I'm going to steal this idea to make some quick objective markers for my Mercs - were the flaggs attached to the poles when you did the above, and how watery did you make your PVA glue?

Dysartes wrote:

malfred wrote:I stamped each side of a piece of paper folded over. Then when it was dry I dipped
the whole thing in watered down white glue and curled the paper different ways for
the "flag effect." Overall, I think it looks okay.

Mal, I'm going to steal this idea to make some quick objective markers for my Mercs - were the flaggs attached to the poles when you did the above, and how watery did you make your PVA glue?

Dysartes, I'm not sure. Probably a good rule of thumb is to start at 50/50 and see how
the results turn out. Just be careful. When the paper's wet it tears much more easily.

Chaplain progress.

malfred wrote:

Malfred, you lazy beast!

Making that poor Servitor carry your paint pots...

Got to find some use for 'em, Platuan.

Thanks for the info, Mal - just need to pick up some dowel tomorrow, and away we go.

More trenches.

More stuff ready to prime!

Some stuff I primed in the midst of this painting spree for future months of painting goodness.

Pieces 135
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 60

A Black Templar Chaplain of the Order of the Sword Sheathed in Stone.

Pieces 136, 137, 138, 139
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 64

Servitors for my Black Templar Chaplain.

Pieces 140
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 65

The Anima Tactics guy with the fist and sword.

Possibly my eyes deceiving me, mal, but does Anima guy's sword look bent in that second picture?

Dysartes wrote:Possibly my eyes deceiving me, mal, but does Anima guy's sword look bent in that second picture?

Probably just an optical illusion. Or maybe it's bent. I'll have to dig the model out.

Pieces 141
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 66

I thought it might be an illusion, but I wasn't sure.

I think I'm going to try to set my volume benchmark for the year at at least half of your non-terrain pieces total I take it the swarm of flags aren't included in that total?

Dysartes wrote:I thought it might be an illusion, but I wasn't sure.

I think I'm going to try to set my volume benchmark for the year at at least half of your non-terrain pieces total I take it the swarm of flags aren't included in that total?

I probably included it because it took me time to figure out how exactly I wanted
the flags to look and it was time spent away from painting minis.


Pieces 142
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 67


And now for a random dwarf.

No clue why I bought this. The only thing I can figure is that he has a polearm. Models
with polearms are infinitely cooler than models without. See also: Grey Knights.

Pieces 144
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 69

Allegiants of the Order of the Fist

Looks like 2 dudes performing kata. Haha.

Pieces 146
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 71

The most uberest unit attachment...

Exemplar Errants!

For two points! The Hammerfall ones are 3!

malfred wrote:The most uberest unit attachment...

Exemplar Errants!

For two points! The Hammerfall ones are 3!

No need to rub it in, dude :(

They're looking good, chief - hmm, need to finish 4 more figs off to keep up with my target.....

Dysartes wrote:

malfred wrote:The most uberest unit attachment...

Exemplar Errants!

For two points! The Hammerfall ones are 3!

No need to rub it in, dude :(

They're looking good, chief - hmm, need to finish 4 more figs off to keep up with my target.....

Sorry!

Here's the High Reclaimer (Cuz I got high, cuz I got High, cuz I got high...)

Pieces 147
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 72

I was gonna clean my room, but then I got GODDAMN IT YOU GOT IT IN MY HEAD.

Why do people keep blaming me for stuff?

Pieces 148
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 73


Anyway, this is the Feora 2010 model. The pose is from the new artwork for her and it's
a much better model than the original. However, I'm still unlikely to use her in games as
there are other warcasters (and factions) I'm far more interested in playing.

Burn, baby, burn - disco inferno.....

Pieces 149
Non-terrain Pieces completed so far: 74

Vice Scrutator Vindictus. A lot of jokes about egg armor, but he's a fun game piece
and a unique model to boot. I even broke my rule about no stripping minis when I
screwed up the original primer job. I sank him in simple green, scrubbed out the
crevices and got ready for some more.

So the next thing was a second Unit Attachment for my Temple Flameguard

They're a bit bright, malfred. Vindictus is looking good, though.

Dysartes wrote:They're a bit bright, malfred. Vindictus is looking good, though.

They're meant to be bright. I painted a second unit back when eFeora had the spell
Blazing Aura. I intended for them to look like they were on fire or something.

Anyway, I started on some Khador with this batch.

Devil Dogs in progress.

Was there much work in assembling them, mal? They're a unit I'm considering once I get to 50% of my Merc figures painted.

This may take a little while, as I'm currently at 28% painted of 124 figures, though this'll shift a bit when I finish off the stuff I part-painted for the ETC.

Dysartes wrote:Was there much work in assembling them, mal? They're a unit I'm considering once I get to 50% of my Merc figures painted.

This may take a little while, as I'm currently at 28% painted of 124 figures, though this'll shift a bit when I finish off the stuff I part-painted for the ETC.

The Devil Dogs? No. Two or three pieces per model, if I recall correctly.

This is the UA with the gold filled in.

Butcher!

Mercs get some face time.

Inked!

The Mass of Mercenaries gets some ink loving as well.

red ink

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Playing catch-up on the plog.

Irusk!

Welcome back. It's good to see your work again.

Have you tried using ogryn flesh wash for your oranges? In my opinion it seems to work a better than red because the dark areas look dark orange and not red.

Models looking good and volume completed is still awe inspiring.

Take care

malfred wrote:The Mass of Mercenaries gets some ink loving as well. http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/at2/2010/7/17/3b0211bff293b51ae83f4e8b71d6ea87_131.jpg

What color paint are the green ish ones?

Welcome back, malfred!

albinoork wrote:Welcome back. It's good to see your work again.

Have you tried using ogryn flesh wash for your oranges? In my opinion it seems to work a better than red because the dark areas look dark orange and not red.

Models looking good and volume completed is still awe inspiring.

Take care

Thanks. Once I figure out which Vallejo ink corresponds to GW inks (mostly because I already
have a bunch of them) I'lll give that a try.

LunaHound wrote:

malfred wrote:The Mass of Mercenaries gets some ink loving as well. http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/at2/2010/7/17/3b0211bff293b51ae83f4e8b71d6ea87_131.jpg

What color paint are the green ish ones?

Luna: I'm not sure which ones look green-ish to you. Can you describe the model?

However, the easiest answer I have is to say that I mostly use Vallejo Sepia and Vallejo
Brown inks. If I can't think of anything else to buy, I pick up more ink.

Dysartes wrote:Welcome back, malfred!

Thanks!

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OH U SO FINE

Tacobake wrote:OH U SO FINE

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The Butcher of Khardov

The Butcher's looking good, mal - Strakhov looked a little grainy to me, for some reason.

Out of interest, and so I can track my progress, how many more non-terrain pieces do you have to post?

I think 40 or so.

Strakhov is fine except for his face. I think that might be primer and me
being too lazy to fix it.

malfred wrote:

Luna: I'm not sure which ones look green-ish to you. Can you describe the model?

However, the easiest answer I have is to say that I mostly use Vallejo Sepia and Vallejo
Brown inks. If I can't think of anything else to buy, I pick up more ink.

Was wondering if those are green ( looks almost like olive ish )

Nope, Vallejo Cold Grey with Vallejo Sepia, if I recall correctly (and I should figure
it out. I'm wrong on some more Khador right now).

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40 or so? Puts you at about 120, meaning I should be aiming for 60-ish by the time you've finished posting all of these

Well, I'm not miles off finishing Harlan Versh, then I can work on getting this first eight Roman archers done, then .....

Dysartes wrote:40 or so? Puts you at about 120, meaning I should be aiming for 60-ish by the time you've finished posting all of these

Well, I'm not miles off finishing Harlan Versh, then I can work on getting this first eight Roman archers done, then .....

Haha. Yeah. Again, that's a guess.


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I'd get more of these Berserkers for a sweet blow up your own Berserker list, but then I'd
be stuck with multiples of these 'jacks with this pose. Better I should expand my army
elsewhere rather than get stuck playing that game.

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Psst, mal - shouldn't your count now be 83?

Dysartes wrote:Psst, mal - shouldn't your count now be 83?

Why yes. Why do you ask?

NINJA!

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The white color scheme is my favorite so far , by a lot.

Do you give them matt varnish though? most of them look very glossy

LunaHound wrote:The white color scheme is my favorite so far , by a lot.

Do you give them matt varnish though? most of them look very glossy

It's actually Cold Grey highlighted up to Stonewall Grey.

And all my minis are glossy. I use a clear satin spray on purpose because I don't like
not knowing which minis are done and which aren't.

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http://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/10/babysitting-on-columbus.html

A good day.

I have some more of those metal crewman guys if your nephew wants to paint them.

I've got to say, mal, that I'm not keen on the paintjob on the TFG UA - but 'tis cool that you're getting your nephew to paint

Tacobake wrote:I have some more of those metal crewman guys if your nephew wants to paint them.

Thanks, tacobake. Really I'm just digging up all the stuff I'm not going to do and
letting them paint those models.

Dysartes wrote:I've got to say, mal, that I'm not keen on the paintjob on the TFG UA - but 'tis cool that you're getting your nephew to paint

It's cool. I realized that painting them to look on fire would take more than
a reverse highlighted paintjob, but the unit attachment is meant to go along with
a unit back when eFeora had the Blazing Aura spell.


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Ashlynn. I hate this model and I gakked up the face. Someday I'll paint it better.

Someday.

My own Ashlynn is still WIP - though interesting repose.

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That's OK then.

Brocker? Nice - he's somewhere on my list to get, when I clear my to-do list of doom.

Tacobake wrote:That's OK then.

I like to pretend I get lots of commentary. So I use the multi-quote.

Dysartes wrote:Brocker? Nice - he's somewhere on my list to get, when I clear my to-do list of doom.

Yeah, do it!

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Devil Dogs to follow.

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Finally finished the Devil Dogs in June. I think I had those models for years.

This is what I started working on in June for Gencon.

Guardian and a sword-on-a-stick Avatar? Interesting.

Posted the finished Grenadier last night, mal, but the board merged the posts.....

Dysartes wrote:Guardian and a sword-on-a-stick Avatar? Interesting.

Posted the finished Grenadier last night, mal, but the board merged the posts.....

I'll have to check it out.

Yeah, so now I have two avatars. Crazy, I know.

Started on some trollies back in June, too.

Some Armorcast trees

Looks like Pyg Bushwackers and a Pyre Troll, unless I'm very much mistaken.

I'm just about to start a Defender and a full unit of Sward Knights (plus UA), to try and keep up with my goal of half your painted figures

Dysartes wrote:Looks like Pyg Bushwackers and a Pyre Troll, unless I'm very much mistaken.

I'm just about to start a Defender and a full unit of Sward Knights (plus UA), to try and keep up with my goal of half your painted figures

Oh, trust me. I have not yet begun to paint.

malfred wrote:Oh, trust me. I have not yet begun to paint.

So I head - but 13 more finished models will take me to 61 for the year, meaning I'd be OK until you'd posted 122 painted figures.....

And that's excluding the 2-3 entries I want to do for our painting comp, and the minis I intend to paint for my mum's birthday, which add another 5-6 in total.

Well I'm finishing up more stuf now, and starting more stuff. I should be
picture caught up in a month or so

Terrain made by the local Warmachine group. I did a tutorial on building ruins...

Trolls nearly done.

I really like the scenery form the first page....great work and very realistic

Element206 wrote:I really like the scenery form the first page....great work and very realistic

Thanks, I really enjoy making scenery.

These ones aren't home-made, but at least they're hand-painted.

Wow just checked out your blog, and its very big and full of character. really like your imagination and , your style shows through in your work " painterly and colourfull" you have a lot of stuff going on in here, do find it hard to concentrate on one project! i know i do.
regard
neil101

neil101 wrote:Wow just checked out your blog, and its very big and full of character. really like your imagination and , your style shows through in your work " painterly and colourfull" you have a lot of stuff going on in here, do find it hard to concentrate on one project! i know i do.
regard
neil101

Thanks.

Me painting lots of different things IS me "concentrating on one project." The project
is called "Paint lots of different things." By setting army ADD as a goal, I don't feel bad
when progress on any single one army stalls. I start something else and come back to
the original project when I feel ready.

Some pieces DO set themselves up as singular goals, however, such as the Avatar/
Guardian models that are in progress below:

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Not sure if I'm going to make more of these. They were kind of a pain to put together
and playability will be an issue.

These are the finished ruins made by the locals. I just painted them.

really liking the terrain tunnels, and love your thinking on multyple projects as one! , nice way of seeing things . might try myself!

Thanks!

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These are standard trench templates for Warmachine.

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Some dead trees from Armorcast.

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Tree Stumps and a classy outhouse from Armorcast.

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Pyg Bushwhackers! They've been done since July, and I still haven't fielded them yet.

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Caber Throwers! Except, they don't throw them in Mk2 !

No longer Caber Throwers, they're Trolls-That-Hit-You-With-A-Stone-Column in Mk2.....

That outhouse is cool, mal. I see you've painted Bushwhackers - have you painted their more deadly cousins, the Burrowers?

Dysartes wrote:No longer Caber Throwers, they're Trolls-That-Hit-You-With-A-Stone-Column in Mk2.....

That outhouse is cool, mal. I see you've painted Bushwhackers - have you painted their more deadly cousins, the Burrowers?

The deadlier but cheaper cousins? No. They're on the paint table right now.

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Pyre Trolls spit pyre! I mean fire!

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Need some help as to what kind of a spaceship this is.

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Also need help with this one...