A Seraph and some swordsmen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks.

Maybe someday there will be actual pokemon in the thread.

Woo...

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

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

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

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

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

Oh, you are painting Everblight swordsmen too?

Are you trying to show me up now? :p

Hordini wrote:Oh, you are painting Everblight swordsmen too?

Are you trying to show me up now? :p

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

Mostly done.

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

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

Your minis look good, all of them!

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

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

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

Family board. Family board. Family board.

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

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

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

Good work and keep it up...

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

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

Good work and keep it up...

Thanks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anyway, I'm happy with the end result.

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

Question about these guys:

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

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

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

krusty wrote:the khador and corsairs look pretty sweet
especially the one big warbeast

Thanks.

Which warbeast? The flying Seraph?

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

Yeah, I know.

This! Is! Tabletop!

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

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

Really liking the Dark Elves Malfred!

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

Thanks.

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

The Swordsmen are done.

Work on the Champions begins.

A trollkin hero.

Borka the Kegslayer and the Keg Bearer.

lol I like the guy with the keg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which currently is infinitely more then I achieve...

I am a bad dab hobbyist

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

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

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

Hero has more stuff done.

More progress.

Yay.

Champions and Hero nearly done.

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

krusty wrote:i like the scheme you have on the wood elves
cool stuff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

R2D2...I mean, the Squire.

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

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

Good start on the R2.

Metsuri wrote:

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

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

Good start on the R2.

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

I figure having them makes up for having Rhoven.

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

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

Have time today. Going to post some things.

Serpent Guard complete.

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

Borka and Keg Carrier complete.

Borka's Champions.

Gretchin and Gretchin surrounding some Cygnar stuff.

Some Circle Orboros stuff I started last week.

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


Good work man!

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


Good work man!

Thanks!

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

Closer pics of the Circle Models.

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

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

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

Here's a shot of my started Blitzer.

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

White Lions with ink on them.

The Chariots look amazing with the wash, Malf.

Can we get closeups of the one with Korhil?

Platuan4th wrote:The Chariots look amazing with the wash, Malf.

Can we get closeups of the one with Korhil?

Thanks.

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

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

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

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

Why, game of course

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

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

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

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

Here's a 500 point list for my Skorne.

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

Oops, what army did you want to see?

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

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

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

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

RAWR! Washes on some Trollblood dire trolls.

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

Attempt at the Skorne battlebox and other useful models.

Some progress on the skorne

Haradrim Warriors before and after washes

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

What was the wash? Brush applied?

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

The wash is what I usually use, Vallejo Sepia.

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

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

Looks great Malf ^_^

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

Looks great Malf ^_^

Thanks.

What other sepias do you use?

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

Cryx works in progress.

Is the guy holding a cup of beer?

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

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

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

This is what i meant . It looks really good

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

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

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



And you'd be right.

Gerd your loins, here comes Barney from hell.

All and all they are shaping up well.

Edit:Forgot an 'o' in comes.

Mr.R4nd0m wrote:

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



And you'd be right.

Gerd your loins, here comes Barney from hell.

All and all they are shaping up well.

Edit:Forgot an 'o' in comes.

The new one is much better, thanks.

Work in progress on some AT-43 repaints.

I'll start posting finished project pics tomorrow night.

OH OH OH! at-43!

Did you prime them directly and paint over them?

*they make such cool looking ogryns dont you think?

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

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

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

i like the smooth colors you're getting.

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

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

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

i like the smooth colors you're getting.

Which colors?

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

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

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

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

The High Elf stuff.

Supplemental Troll force.

Cygnar forces ready to rock!

Gretchin.

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

BDJV wrote:I'm diggin' the skin tone of those Gretchin!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for the comments!

Simple update: Swamp Gobbers.

They look good,how effective are they in game?

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

Thanks.

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

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

Okay, back to updating the blog.

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

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

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Looking go Malfred,what is your target for this year?

Thanks.

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

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

I tend to just leave them be after a wash.

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

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

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

Sooooooooooooo awesome...

Completed a stack of Cryx Minis in April, too.

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

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

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

I see so when are the new rules coming out?

September right.

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I see so when are the new rules coming out?

September right.

Yep, with probably a pre-release at GenCon.

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

Repainting some Karmans.

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

Agreed the monkey men from space are looking good.

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

Wow thats alot to paint better get busy.

malfred wrote:Repainting some Karmans.

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

LunaHound wrote:

malfred wrote:Repainting some Karmans.

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

Simple answer: Yetis and Wendigos get very good Medics?

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

Gretchin in progress.

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

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

Some fences I made a long time ago.

The gretchin are done.

You're like a machine

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

I really like the gretchin! Very nice

RiTides Nids wrote:You're like a machine

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

I really like the gretchin! Very nice

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

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

Khadoran Assault Kommandos.

Some Armorcast terrain I painted.

malf is that old GeoHex terrain there?

sonofruss wrote:malf is that old GeoHex terrain there?

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

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

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

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

Curse you, Malfred! *shakes fist*

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

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

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

Curse you, Malfred! *shakes fist*

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

Progress on Corsairs and Orin Midwinter.

What are Corsairs from? High elves or something?

Midwinter looks fantastic

djphranq wrote:What are Corsairs from? High elves or something?

Midwinter looks fantastic

Thanks.

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

*think*

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

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

Ouch!!! Bummer :(

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

Maybe everyone should mark their primer cans with a big red "X" as a precaution...

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

Thanks.

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

The process is kind of like this:

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

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

Look at my green snake!

My Black Templars painted kinda Red.

Models for my ninja Rhyas army.

I stand in awe.

Tacobake wrote:I stand in awe.

I stand intoxicated!


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

Tacobake wrote:I stand in awe.

Of?

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:

Tacobake wrote:I stand in awe.

I stand intoxicated!


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

Don't drink and post.

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

Yet another reason why I don't play DE.

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

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Yet another reason why I don't play DE.

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

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

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

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

I feel that the arrow should be more central, personally

P4NC4K3 wrote:I feel that the arrow should be more central, personally

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

Its all looking good to mee


ABH

The kit comes with an arrow.

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

I hate wrist joins.

malfred wrote:The kit comes with an arrow.

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

I hate wrist joins.

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


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

Hordini wrote:

malfred wrote:The kit comes with an arrow.

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

I hate wrist joins.

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


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

Sorry to hear it.

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

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

Consider my frown upside-downed!

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

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Yeah he is a merc solo.Nice work Malf,now comon get painting!

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

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

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

Armies never end.

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

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

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

To go with the Stormblades

Oh man! Not again with the black primer.

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


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

Hurts me eyez.

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

Also, the Stormclad comes with a flag.

Were's the terrian from it looks very nice?

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

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

The rest of the hills.

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

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

Looks nice to me.Is that balsa wood?

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Looks nice to me.Is that balsa wood?

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

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

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

Yeah, the plan is to paint them. Eventually.

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

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

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Looks cool,do you have a site link I can visit so that I can check out the Uncharted seas game?

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

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

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

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

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:The long riders are looking good.Malf surely you must be a Pokeminiatures master by now?

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

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

Just some boyz. Nothing special.

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

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

Solution 2: Basswood buildings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eldrad now works for me as well.

PH33r me

Man I want Warwalkers now. Great painting.

Tacobake wrote:Man I want Warwalkers now. Great painting.

Thanks.

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

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

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

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

Looking good.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks.

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

Anyway, here's the expensive Trollblood cavalry.

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

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

Those are the Wild Rider horses, no?

Jin wrote:Those are the Wild Rider horses, no?

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

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

Keep up the superb work!

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

Keep up the superb work!

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

I paint a lot of red.

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

Did someone steal your man bag malf? we miss it

Man I want Orks now. Great painting.

sonofruss wrote:Did someone steal your man bag malf? we miss it

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

Tacobake wrote:Man I want Orks now. Great painting.

Thanks.

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

hi, long time since I looked in this thread.

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


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

LordRavurion wrote:hi, long time since I looked in this thread.

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


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

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

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

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

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

Why are the orks brown?
nice truck btw

typhus wrote:Why are the orks brown?
nice truck btw

Thanks. I prefer the brown color to the Green.

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

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

Anima Tactics character

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

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

Two things:

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

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

The Dark Riders in their completed form.

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

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Coming along well Malf,now paint,paint as fast as your...um...fingers can...um..well paint.

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

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

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

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

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

The Black (Red) Templars continue!

August was the month I started my Mumak!

Dem Ork ain't green enuf!

And I want to play Uncharted Seas!

ancientsociety wrote:Dem Ork ain't green enuf!

And I want to play Uncharted Seas!

No like green orcs.

I also started painting some Flames of War stuff.

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

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

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

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

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

And yes, they are Soviets.

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

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

malfred wrote:

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

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

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

Ancient Deff secret:

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

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

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

Man, I want Flames of War.

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

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

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

They look great at the store as well!

VirusSD1 wrote:They look great at the store as well!

Thanks Sam.

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

Dark Elf Unit Attachment.

I kept switching around projects at this point a lot.

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

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

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

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:They look nice Malf.They're the ones for warmachine right?

Yeah, I did them up for the league.

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

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

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

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

Blocking out the colors.

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