youwashock,

You are bouncing from game to game and model to model.

Whispers: "Go back to update more Eldar."

Cheers,

CB

Great stuff... love the swamp things.

FTL

Love those zoidberg chaps, the pale green with bold red is a really effective scheme.

and thanks for posting that basing method. I've never been that adventurous with bases so its good to get some tips

Hey, all. Thank you for the comments and compliments.

Boss Salvage, that would be the Lupucide, I believe. Amazing names, this game had. Havoc Staffs and Shock Rods. Yeesh. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the minis.

Maharg, no problem. I normally don't stray beyond standard basing, myself. These guys are pretty much a throwaway project so I was comfortable experimenting. Who knows if they will even get used.

Work continues. Assembled a few more Relic Knights figures, which I neglected to take pics of, a couple more Demonics, and put some more paint on the Knight. Vision is also nearing completion, and the Griffon has been started. Some WiP shots.





Enlarged to show texture. Like your cereal.



The guy from the drill team has no mask. You can see what I was saying about the eyes. He has none.



And since I hear a voice whispering somewhere in the background, a squad of Fire Dragons has moved to the desk. They have been in this state since the transition from 2nd to 3rd. Looks like they might get finished finally.



Plenty going on. Slow progress is still progress. Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Knight looks interesting with the various layers and washes.

Ah, classic Fire Dragons.

Cheers,

CB

Liking the progress on your knight, it’s looking nicely worn and ancient.

What’s the plan with th fire dragons? Straight up yellow or yellow through red to black like smouldering coal?

Thanks, guys.

Planning mostly yellow body, chestnut wash, dark red helmet, black guns like the Warp Spiders with brass nozzles.

Always love seeing the aspect warriors, some of the best sculpts ever done.

Nice work on the knight as well .

The knight is looking great, lovely grimy, tarnished metal.

Also happy to see those original Fire Dragons there - even though I've bought the newer ones in my ebay trawling I've always had a huge soft spot for the originals. They certainly hold up a lot better than most other models of a similar age. Look forward to seeing what you do with them.

I've missed more than a few updates but great work! I like how dirty the knight looks, you're making great progress!

Great metal work on the Knight, and I like the pattern on the warspiders. You don't see that kind of texture/color very often.

Awesome work all round.

The metal work on the knight is sublime.

Looking forward to seeing the fire dragons finished, those were always my favorite aspect.

Knight is looking awesome, great work on the metal

I love the way you decided to paint your knight, just working on the skeletal structure like that is really smart and let's you just go to town on it without worrying about other pieces getting in the way. I'm digging the worn metal looks you have going on too, looks well used. If you don't mind my asking what was your technique for weathering this guy?

Thank you very much for the comments, all.

IF, the metal areas are first primed black, then drybrushed sloppily with P3 Molten bronze, then stippled sloppily with a craft store bronze that is a lighter shade. After that it is drybrushed with Army Painter Plate Mail Metal. Then you hit recessed areas or areas you want some grime build-up with Agrax or Nuln Oil, feel free to get streaky or sloppy here, as well. Next there is a patchy stipple with Citadel Chestnut ink for the rust spots. Finally sponge dings with Vallejo German Grey. The key, I believe, is to just keep building the surface.

Slow progress, but Vision is done, so it is varnish and basing time for him. Will probably hold off as the next 2 Demonics are also close to being done. Will have pics then. Thanks again for the compliments!

For that kind of thing, I kind of wonder if it would be easier to spray Testors Silver and then apply various washes.

Thx for the breakdown youwashock. I only use GW paints as they are the easiest for me to get but I'm sure I can find the analogs within my collection. If anything it's a good guide I can use as a basis for my own technique. Thanks man.

Love the metal work on the Knight, great that you have a technique down for such an excellent weathered effect.

Still love those Fire Dragons, so close to Mr Goodwin's concept sketches from way back in White Dwarf 127 (irrc), glad that you are motivated to get working on them after all this time.

Layers.....it’s always layers , I’m slowly learning that you cannot escape going the long route.

Thanks, ListenToMeWarriors. WD 124 and 127 will always hold a special place in gaming history for me.

Yeah, Theo, sometimes it seems like there is no easy way around it.

Been working, slowly. Also had a chance to indulge the easiest part of the hobby, acquiring more models! Hit the semi-annual swap meet at Great Escape Games last weekend. Always cool to see the stuff all out for perusal and haggling over prices. Picked up a few things.

Some gems here. Ultraforge sexy demon and Red Lioness are lovely finds, especially at bargain prices. Enforcers are currently planned to serve as black ops counterparts to the Sedition Wars Samaritans, because I am doing so much with those figures right now...



Guess I play Dreadball now. Who am I kidding. At least I may paint some of the models. They look like fun.



The most surprising find was this guy. A kindly old gentleman was selling loose minis for a buck a pop. My last dollar found this 1999 Demonic with Flamer and Tech-fist, a model I have never seen in real life. Happy day! Missing the backpack, but I can find something I am sure.



On to painted stuff. Progress on Knight, Dragons, and Suicide Queen, but not pic-worthy yet. Finished Vision and two more Demonics. Demonics came out just fine. Fun models, fit with the others. Vision is a mixed bag. Things I like, things I don't. Cape came out ok. But he is done and that just leaves Cap and Thor and then this odd task I have set for myself will be finished.









And a good look at the radar screen.



Thanks for looking! Hope to have more soon!

Love the base on Vision, never a fan of the character, but I was an X-men fan and not an Avengers guy . His base is also really well done.

Radar screen is great.

Nice finds on the smexy demoness and lion.

Vision looks great!

The Demonics are new to me, really interesting models and they look great. I really like the red helm/mask as a spot colour with the primarily green paint job. Great sculpts as well.

Vision looks great, KM did a innovative dea with the flight stand as well.

Vision and Demonics look great! I like Vision's cape especially, always enjoy seeing a more painterly style.

That radar screen is amazing. Demon guys look like fun as well.

Great work as ever youwashock. The zoidbergs in coats look really cool, nicely finished off with the radar screen. That and the arm for his gun reminds me of the Smart Gun from Aliens.

Can’t wait to see your progress on the knight and the fire dragons

Like the Demonics there youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you very much, all. Greatly appreciated.

ListenToMeWarriors, sadly Vision is not a Knight Models figure. He is a repainted Heroclix figure. This whole Avengers project was born out of the frustration of NOT being able to get hild of the KM figures when the game went OOP.

A few bits of WiP to show. Dragons are still going, so I have a shot of the one that is furthest along, but still very much unfinished, and a bit of work on the Knight, heat stressed stacks and some kneepads. The rest of the armor plates will receive a similar treatment.







And lastly, a (hopefully) quick project inserted into the schedule. Shadows of Brimstone has caught on pretty strong with my game group, with one guy buying everything he can get his hands on and late pledging the current KS, and another guy buying a couple core sets and some expansions. It is a fun game, with serviceable models and a few standouts, like the honkin' big dragon and not-Cthulhu. Thankfully, I already own a couple honkin' big dragons and not-Cthulhus, so I don't feel compelled to add any of their figures to my collection. Unfortunately, I do like to feel at least a little invested in the games I play, so as I have been playing the Assassin and wanted a model with a little more curb appeal, I traded for Suspect 7 and will now have a couple to choose from. Looking to get these out fast, basic black costume and skin and hair and done. Really wanted to have them done by Friday, but due to life making it's lifey moves, I have only assembled, based and primed so far.



Also finished Suicide Queen and almost done with her bike but could not get a decent pic for nothin' so I gave up until I can get her in the lightbox. All the pics last night were giving me a hassle. I blame sunspots.

Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Yes, you are back doing some oop elder.

Very nice work on the heat stressed stacks of the Knight. Was that several migrating layers of dry brushing?

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, Captain. The heat stress is all done with inks. A brown/yellow mix, purple, blue, and finished off at the top with Nuln Oil.

Always a treat coming back here, so much different stuff going on. Fire Dragon is coming on nicely, looking forward to the whole squad. New demonics look great, particularly the heavy weapons guy with the radar. I'm most looking forward to that knight though, it's going to be awesome when it's done

Thanks, Maharg. I hope to be able to focus more on the Knight and Dragons over the next couple weeks. Time has been even shorter than usual. Busy with life, but got a few models finished.

First up is Suicide Queen, finally done after being started about two years ago.







Weird model to take pictures of. Not really a good angle to be had. But she's done and now her poor doggie can finally get that bone.

Also finished up two of the three ninja girls for use in Shadows of Brimstone. Wanted these done in a week, took closer to three. Just no time to make a whole lot of progress, but a little is always better than none. Working with these gals and the Dreadball models has reminded me how much I love this plastic. In that I don't. Could be worse, but this generation of models is being done no favors by it. Quick, serviceable paintjobs, models are fun, decent sculpts, still deciding what to do with the third model from the set, that for some reason looks very different and has an atrocity for a head and a sprig for a sword.







And a shot of one of the ladies in-game, leading the charge against a Goliath. Party dropped all of its buffs as soon as it stuck its head out of the portal. Add in some favorable dice and the poor thing never stood a chance.



Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Painting models always takes longer than we plan...it is like one of the laws of painting model figures.

Cheers,

CB

Really like all of these, but Suicide Queen's doggy is my favourite, cool stuff. I get what you are saying about resin plastic. There was a hope that it could have been the next thing in miniatures but the mold lines and bendiness just killed it.

The dog looks cute. I like it's little helmet. Great model and nice to paint I can imagine.

_Love_ the Suicide Queen, her dog and the Assassins- great figures and the painting is well executed.

Those ninjas look awesome man!

Ah, lot's of good stuff!

I've been stalking all tje time, but as time has been short I have not managed to find the time write responses.

Always enjoyable to come here. As I've said it and will probably say a few times again: I love the variety.

The effect on the Knight's exhaust pipes looks awesome! Good job with those girls too.

What is this? Soda pop miniatures with faces . The few I’ve seen have all had far to little detail for anyone to do a decent paint up. Well done

Thank you very much, everyone! Glad you like them.

Yeah, Relic Knights was a real mixed bag, quality wise. As far as faces go you really need a light touch, or be ready to just fill in the blanks yourself.

Painted a little. Dreadball guys this time. These went pretty fast for me, and I hope to keep that up and get my teams done and out of the way for more involved projects like the Knight. But they are fun little models and make for a satisfying diversion. Material aside. LOVE those mold lines. Pics.









Agent 88 and a Jack for my human team, the LexxCorp Kryptonites, or 'Nites for short. 88 was one of the models that almost got me to pledge for the initial KS. Just dig the model, so he gets to be a Striker stand-in. Wildcard is the other model I really liked, and she is being painted now. Using the MVP models breaks up the look of the team a bit. And if I wind up playing the game much I figure my opponents won't mind the off-team models. Need to get these guys done, then it is time for space turtles. Also put in some time on the Knight and the Dragons and even laid a little more putty on the Avatar. Progress is progress.

Thanks for looking and thank you again for the compliments!

You have really brought out detail on those Dreadball minis, which is amazing having owned some I remember them having very limited detail. As for the material, yep restic mold lines are (well were, have not dealt with it for a while) an absolute pain to clean and even spot before you have laid some paint down. I think my favourite thing about the Dreadball range as a whole are the clear hex bases and the big guy players.

Lots of good stuff going on here.

Really like he cream colored figure, the helmet shine effect works great.

Thank you!

The shine is just a quick hit of Future after varnishing.

You know what I need? More projects! Decided I wanted some more Zoats. Saw some offered here, but it was a little too rich for me so I hit eBay and found a lot of 6 that was willing to take what I was willing to pay. Maybe should have taken a closer look at the pictures, because after I got them it became rather apparent at least 4 of them were recasts. 4 came with paint on them, and those four had extra mold lines, softer detail, and downright slag in some areas. They shared common defects, and had mold lines in places that authentic models did not. Sadface. However, I was able to get a datisfactory amount of money back after discussing the situation with the seller, and since I had already spent a decent amount of time stripping and cleaning these things, by thunder I will make them work. Part of the plan is to convert a unique leader, since there is not a whole lot of variety in the range. Here's his parts after a taste of the Dremel.



Too many models, too little time. Hope to knock these guys out quick, too. Thanks for looking! Shop smart!

Oooo.
Zoats!

I'm lookin' forward to see what fun options you've got cookin' with these bad boys!

I'm eager to see more Zoats, even if the purchasing was a little disappointing. I'm sure you'll make them look great. Looks like I missed a few updates - love the Suicide Queen and the Dreadball guys. Very nice work for a quick paintjob!

Can you ever go wrong with Zoats? I’ve got one more I need to paint someday. Waiting for the right moment...

Sweet! It's fun to see Zoats again. I'm especially looking forward to seeing your unique leader once you make it.

Thanks, guys! Always good to see the Zoat love.

Parts assembled, GS in progress. Couple quick WiP shots.







Need to reconnect the power cables, add a few details and a couple armor plates, and he will be ready for priming. Dreadball, Knight, etc. still in the works, as well.

Thanks for looking!

GS work all done. Fairly satisfied with the results. Should blend in pretty well after painting.









Think the headpiece and the gems came out the best. Onward to priming.

Thanks for looking!

Infinity gauntlet powerfist?

Indeed. Had to short him a gem/stone, as he's only got the three fingers.

He should crush some opponents on the dreadball field. Will you have enough for a full team? If so which faction would they stand in for? Terratons perhaps. I’ll know they are old rogue trader models, but I find it fun to use GW models in a game that’s a GW knockoff .

Greenstuff looks good and primer hides any imperfections, which I don’t see any.

Also my son has started to call his cat Thanos now since the second infinity war movie .

Thanks, Theo!

These aren't for Dreadball, just collecting. It would be neat to have a Zoat team, but positioning would be troublesome. I will have to content myself with the Teratons. (Spoiler: Teratons coming soon!)

The Zoats make a comeback.

Nice greenstuff work.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you, Captain!

Couple (fairly horrendous) WiP pics. Lots of reptillian goodness on the way.





And some humans. Think I may sub The Enforcer in on the Teraton team as a guard.

Thanks for looking!

That green and purple scheme is looking great .

You must have been gutted with the recasts, at least you and the seller were able to come to a sensible fiduciary resolution. You have also done a bang up rescue job.

Dreadball wise I am very interested to see how your Terratons turn out, nothing wrong with a ball playing group of giant future space terrapins.

Dreadball teams coming on nicely and always good to see more zoats

Thank you, guys.

LTMW, I was a little salty, for sure. But I will make of it what I can. I won't likely be reselling, so I won't have to keep it in mind to add a disclaimer that part of my collection is bogus.

A little progress. Started a couple zoats, but they aren't much to look at yet. Real life has reared it's its ugly, intrusive, hobby-disrupting head in a big way. But I push on. Dreadball stuff today. A guard and jack for the 'Nites, and an MVP who is most likely going to stand in for a guard on the Teraton team, as I have somehow wound up with an imbalance between guards and jacks. Figure an enhanced armored guy will fit in ok with the big turtles. Maybe I will call him Champion. Stopped short of painting a glowing purple hand.

Pics.









Hope to have more soon. Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Sorry to hear about the recast Zoats you ended up with.

Dreadball figures are looking nice.

Cheers,

CB

I really enjoy that green / purple color scheme. Purple parts especially look really good!

Really liking the color combinations on those guys. Great job on them.

The purple and green are really striking, but that grey looks like a wonderful urban camouflage pattern .

Keep up the great work.

Thank you, fellows. Muchly appreciated.

Stuff happening. Lots of jumping around. Finished Wildcard for Dreadball, but no pics until after varnishing. Three more models and the human team is done. And some cheerleaders. And a coach. Ok, they are almost done. Some WiP shots.



Zoats.



Flaming shins. Sounds like a band.



My stack of DB stuff did not include a ref. Since I like this model but had no real use for it, he's my guy. Looking for a black with grey edgelights, some red. Nice threatening refbot.



Figured out what to do with the last ninja girl. New head, old ponytail, new claws, old tengu mask cut off and stuck to the belt. Thinking about calling them the Oishiikage ninja clan.

And now to the interesting stuff. Been feeling a ton of curiosity about Contrast, and went and did this:



I bought Space Hulk 1st ed when it came out, and 2nd marked down many years later. Never painted the Genestealer. Tried, but never found a way I liked that could be done quickly. Seems like a good time to try again. Test models primed:



And a start:



I think it will work when it is done. I figure in the time it would normally take to basecoat, the model is almost done. Jury still out, and I am curious to see how the marine goes, but I am optimistic.

More soon. As always, thanks for looking!

The flaming shins are very well executed- I like that look a lot. I look forward to their album coming out.

Flaming shins are looking amazing , as is the genesteeler .

Looking forward to your ninja clan.

The Flaming Shins were one hell of a band, their 1979 compilation album "The Flaming Shins: The Shingles" was seminal. Looks really good, is the Knight a Freeblade or something else?

Interesting with your Contrast experiments, Tyranids as a whole are made for the line. Any particular chapter you are going for with the Terminator? Also thanks for rekindling memories of that classic initial metal Terminator boxed set.

I knew I'd heard of them before- just couldn't place it- they did the solo track for DanShin with the Stars last week!

 youwashock wrote:


I bought Space Hulk 1st ed when it came out, and 2nd marked down many years later. Never painted the Genestealer. Tried, but never found a way I liked that could be done quickly. Seems like a good time to try again.

Ah first edition Space Hulk...the Terminators were so ghastly I painted up two of the metal sets to provide terminators for my group. We still have the mono-posed Genestealers in two of the groups armies.

Cheers,

CB

Hey YWS.
Those flaming shins are awesome looking. Any tips for painting flames like that?

I'm interested to see how you get along with the contrast paints as well!

The flaming shins look amazing! I also really like the ninja girl, the head swap is a nice choice. A very nice start on the genestealer as well

Awesome shins! Really cool looking flames.

I too am intrigued how the terminator will turn out. The genestealer is looking promising, those contrast paints seem tempting

Great stuff here as always. Not going to lie, your most current headline made me laugh a bunch. Keep up the good work!

You've got me in the mood to paint Dreadball and Relic Knights stuff now.

Curious how your Space Hulk stuff turns out as well. Gives me hope I can slop some contrast on my old unpainted masses and finally put some of that stuff to use.

Flaming Shins though... I think the Flaming Lips actually toured with the Shins one year. Are you having concert flashbacks?

Wow. Thank you all very much for the comments and compliments.

LTMW, I wound up shooting for an approximation of an older version of my Angels of Truth scheme. I am still a little skeptical of how it worked out, but the first Terminator is done and waiting for varnish.

Snrub, layers and patience are the best tips I can offer. Like the worn metals, it is all about building the layers.

Highlord, perhaps...

Made some progress. Flames are done on the shins, finished refbot and Striker (named Orchid Omega, I won't be using her as Wildcard at first, if at all.) Have settled on Holt Kazed as a name for my version of Number 88 as well.
Added some dreads to Blaine, or in my case acting-coach Kev Yautja. Also finished the test 'Stealer. I feel much better about him than the Terminator. We will see how I feel after painting a group of them. Pretty sure I just need to work with the Contrast a bit more. On the whole I like them. It is hard to not buy a bunch and dive into a bunch of "quick" projects hoping they will make it faster. Should probably pump my brakes. But all my Foundry Nymphs would be so easy with a bottle of Gulliman...

Pics.















And fluff:

"Well, fans, it looks like the Lexxcorp Kryptonites are a little sore about last year's loss in the finals to the Men of Steel and they have brought some new talent to the field. First up is man-of-mystery Holt Kazed. Nobody knows where he came from, nobody even knows what he looks like. What we do know is he is dynamite out there on the field and his moves are strangely similar to martial arts practiced by the priests of Pama and the monks of K'un L'un. His partner in crime (so to speak) is another rookie who goes by Omega Orchid. Like Kazed, her skills are undoubtable, her past is a mystery, but her blue-in-blue eyes suggest Arrakeen descent. Now, after what she did to the last interviewer who asked a little too pointedly about where she was from I know I won't be bringing it up, but there are whispers she could even be a Fish Speaker. Seeing as how they have not been spotted off-world for decades, that would really be a coup for Lexxcorp and may be the edge they need to finally clinch a championship!"

Thanks again, and thanks for looking!

Nice work youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you, Captain.

Real quick pic of a thing that happened to the shins.



Thanks for looking.

Oh those skulls are fantastic! The eyes make them look very menacing.
Your free hand work is beautiful.

Sweet looking skulls! That retro genestealer and your other work from the previous post are also great!

Totally agree on the skulls .

Genestealer is looking great and well done with the dreads .

Love the 'stealer! I wasn't sure about the contrast on it, but you really brought it out with he highlights!

Those freehand skulls are amazing!

Thank you!

I can't take credit for the freehand. I just dressed up a couple of transfers from the Renegade box. I am pretty jazzed with how it turned out and will certainly be looking to add a few more along the way.

MegaDave, I didn't go back and highlight any contrast-painted areas. It is probably just that the model is lit better in the finished pics. I found that the Terminator looked better in stronger light, too. Will have some pics of him soon-ish. And hopefully the rest of the Dreadball team.

Fantastic work.

Great stuff!

Love the flames and the skulls.
The perfect edges gave the trabsfer away in the end and your post confirmed my suspicions. Nevertheless, really well executed. Fooled me on the first pass
Might have to steal that idea.

Coming along nicely - I love the flames, and the classic genestealer is great too.

 youwashock wrote:
MegaDave, I didn't go back and highlight any contrast-painted areas. It is probably just that the model is lit better in the finished pics. I found that the Terminator looked better in stronger light, too. Will have some pics of him soon-ish. And hopefully the rest of the Dreadball team.

Really? Then contrast is way better than I thought it was, or at least those colors are ace. I haven't really had a project to use contrast on yet, but that is making me think about starting one!

Thank you, all!

MegaDave, they have worked well so far. I picked up another couple colors along with the Sister at Warhammer Day. May try to do her using mostly Contrast, too.

And just like that, the lower half of the Knight was done:



Thank you for looking!

OK that has to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

His loins are on fire....and I like it

Looks like you went for the same nid contrast colours as I did. I think that dark blue one works really well - it creates some nice edge highlight effects and is dark enough to mask any pooling of the paint. I have found that it rubs off the model fairly quickly though, I used the model in a game over the weekend and the carapace points have already started to come off. Definitely needs a good varnish, more so than normal paints

Love the knight so far, flames and skulls look great. Can't wait to see it finished

Legs are looking great, really dig that flame effect.

Thank you, he's a hunka hunka burning love.

Cam, that's some serious praise. I am humbled.

Yup, Maharg. Your bug sold me on those two colors, for sure. I hit my models with a coat of gloss and two light coats of dullcote. I wonder if it will be enough to protect metal models.

Really cool work!
I bet the Knight looks fantastic when done. Can't wait!

Thank you! I hope it all works out in the end.

Finished up the hoo-mans for Dreadball. Except for the coach. And the cheerleaders. The players are done. They were fun. And didn't really take a ton of time.







While I was painting the male Guard, my daughter came over and said, "he looks like Baymax." Coincidently, I had a Guard that was going to waste since I had gone for a gender-mix on my team. A little prep, which involved cleaning the mold lines the previous owner left, and a lick of Contrast, and he was done in no time.







Not winning any awards, but it is another mini done, a little bit of fun, and it went fast.

And to wrap up, the Terminator for Space Hulk, painted primarily with Contrast paints. Worked ok. Could have gone lighter in some areas. Can't really keep working these paints. Need to get them down and move on.







I figure they will do. And they are done. Again for not a lot of time invested compared to what it would have taken using a different method. Have 4 more 'Stealers prepped. Turtles and a coach on deck. More Knight. Eldar. Plenty to do.

Thanks for looking!

Liking the colour choices for your team. That Baymax take you did on one really does look the part, good job. Really digging how the green contrasts with the hazard striping on the termie.

Nice work on the dreadball team, they look really nice.

That genestealer still looks great, but it looks like the contrasts don’t work quite as well on flat surfaces to me. That said your (homebrew?) chapter colours work well together and the hazard stripes look great!

youwashock,

Was the Genestealer done with contrast paint?

Cheers,

CB

Primarily, yes, Captain. The blue and the pink are Contrast. Single coat over a semi-zenithal prime job. Then the large claws, toes and eyes and tongue are regular paint. Also a Nuln wash in the mouth and eye sockets.

Thanks for the comments, guys.

I agree, gobert. The next Terminator I need to be careful about how the Contrast goes on the smoother areas.

I agree with the others that the genestealer with the contrast paints turned out awesome, especially for using only a single contrast coat! That’s an example that clearly lived up to the hype. Keep it up.

-Rids

I've been struggling with large flat areas with contrast too, though I think it has given a nice aging effect on the terminator body. Shoulder pads less so.
Hazard stripes on the terminator are well done

The flames on that night are amazing, and I love that terminator.

Thank you, guys.

Nothing has been done since my last post. At the beginning of July I developed what has since been diagnosed as degenerative disc disease. I have a compressed disc which may or may not be leaking fluid causing what one doctor referred to as "considerable inflammation." My left leg has been traded in for a block of wood filled wirh hot needles. Sitting for prolonged periods isn't in the cards. So I can't paint. Spending a lot of time laying down and going to physical therapy. I hope to give painting a try soon. Maybe this week. The sooner the better, as far as I am concerned.

Ooh, I like that termie. Some Mantis Warriors vibes in it, the stripes succeeded very well.

 youwashock wrote:
Thank you, guys.

Nothing has been done since my last post. At the beginning of July I developed what has since been diagnosed as degenerative disc disease. I have a compressed disc which may or may not be leaking fluid causing what one doctor referred to as "considerable inflammation." My left leg has been traded in for a block of wood filled wirh hot needles. Sitting for prolonged periods isn't in the cards. So I can't paint. Spending a lot of time laying down and going to physical therapy. I hope to give painting a try soon. Maybe this week. The sooner the better, as far as I am concerned.

Ouch! I was diagnosed with that a few years back, but nothing that bad. Good luck, I’ll keep you in the prayers.

 youwashock wrote:
Thank you, guys.

Nothing has been done since my last post. At the beginning of July I developed what has since been diagnosed as degenerative disc disease. I have a compressed disc which may or may not be leaking fluid causing what one doctor referred to as "considerable inflammation." My left leg has been traded in for a block of wood filled wirh hot needles. Sitting for prolonged periods isn't in the cards. So I can't paint. Spending a lot of time laying down and going to physical therapy. I hope to give painting a try soon. Maybe this week. The sooner the better, as far as I am concerned.

Oh man, that sounds most unpleasant. Hope you're on the mend shortly, I enjoy keeping up with your painting log, it's always an interesting mix of cool stuff.

That sounds terrible, I assume that you are off work as well? It must be so frustrating to be in pain and unable to release a bit of that tension by hobbying.

Thinking of you YWS, and hope that the therapy brings some relief. Keep us updated as to your progress please Sir.

Thanks, guys. It is indeed very frustrating. No painting, no drawing. LTMW, I am still going to work. Gotta pay those bills. And buy minis.

youwashock,

Get better buddy. Health comes first.

Sincerely,

CB

That sucks! Doubly so that you still have to go to work in pain! I hope the meds and physio help you mend fast. Try to keep up the physio, I let mine slip and regret it

Oh man, hopefully you start feeling better soon!
Just make sure you don't break yourself while working and remember to follow the physio program, no matter how boring the routines might be.

Oh man, that sucks. :(

Hope the effects get better soon.

Sounds horrible, hope you start feeling better soon

Thinking of you bud, hope you are improving.

Thank you, Cam, Maharg, Fifty, Ezki, gobert, and Captain, I appreciate the well-wishes.

In health news, I am showing improvement. Comparatively speaking, much improvement. Not perfect (at all), but good enough to sit and paint for a bit, which is a game changer. Just need to finish bases and there will be pics. Nothing major, but I used the downtime to go through some older nonsense projects and the unpainted masses and so I have wrapped up a few, redefined others, and s-canned a couple more. The catharsis is welcome, and it makes room for new nonsense projects. Since I couldn't paint or build, I figured it would be a good idea to buy a bunch of Wrath of Kings not-wolfen so I could do...something. Not sure what beyond painting at this point. I can put them on the shelf next to all the unpainted real wolfen.

Anyway, thanks again, guys. I am shakily back in the saddle, and hope to have something new to share in the next few days.

Glad to here of the improvement, I’ll call off turning you into a servo skull for now. Hope to see pics soon

Whew, that's a relief...

A quick teaser:

Good to see you're on the mend. Looking forward to seeing more

Snake Eyes

After watching the video on hasbro and the making of GIJoe I learned the original Snake Eyes was all black not out of design, but they only had so much budget for the first wave of models and so one model had to be monochrome .

Yup. And in that one, penny-pinching moment, history was made. Thanks, guys.

Well, a little later than I thought, but I am back. Life and all that. Today we have the recovery models. These two were started years ago, and finally run through the brushes after I dumped off one of the in-progress shelves in the frustration of not being able to work. The Noh was begun not long after the first KS delivered (the Noh portion of my pledge has since been liquidated), and has sat mostly basecoated since. Snake-Eyes was converted out of a Taskmaster Heroclix figure (yeah, more clix), primed and left, again for years. Now they can sit on a different shelf. Nothing amazing, but they're done, and soon I hope they have new company.









Two down, untold legions to go. Thank you again for the support and well-wishes, and as always, thanks for looking.

Love that snake eyes. How did you do the head, green stuff?

Thank you!

Correct. This version has the hood down, so all I had to do was add the visor in GS. Then I added a few bits of gear from an IG sprue and a Catachan blade to replace the warped clix one. Prime and set on a shelf for a few years, and voila!

 youwashock wrote:
Prime and set on a shelf for a few years, and voila!

Mmm, there's the special sauce right there

Snek Eyes looks quite good, nice resourcefulness in the build. Props on knocking out the Noh chick as well.

Thanks for the rundown on Snake Eyes, Youwashock, now we know..... and knowing is half the battle! Yo, Joe!

Didn’t even notice the IG pack on him till you mentioned it That’s the true sign of a good conversion.

oooh Snakeeyes, very cool, and a lovely job done too! I've just been looking at some stls for GI Joe stuff, wonder how I could fit that into an RPG.

Nice work youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Great looking miniatures. I like the green skin tone and the bloodied hand.

Nice one Meer_cat

I'll have plenty of time to be serious when I'm dead.

Youwashock, you really did do a good job on the Snake Eyes piece; it's very hard to make a color scheme that is, essentially all black, look good. The shading is hard to get right so that the impression of overall 'blackness' remains, even though some of the highlights may be light grey or even white.

Very well done, simple and straight forward, belying the skill to get it right.

Thank you, everybody!

Meer_Cat, first, you rule. Second, I once saw a shirt that said knowing was half the battle and the other half was spilt equally between red lasers and blue lasers. And C, truthfully there is less down to skill on that black and more down to Black Templar Contrast.

Working still. Have some space lizards, a samurai bear, and some completely random stuff on the go, plus all the other partially completed projects.

And speaking of a couple of the random projects...

One of the projects cut during my recent bout of sciatica-related purging was a conversion of an old Heroclix model into the character Pitt. A 90's Image Comics Hulk knock-off with claws. You probably shouldn't read it, it was terrible. There was an ad in the back of one of the issues selling a pewter model of the character. This was a long time ago, and mail-ordering the thing wasn't something that interested me at the time. Years passed, Heroclix came out, it seemed like a thing to do. It never really seemed like it was going to work out in a satisfactory way, and I finally pulled the plug after several years of wishy-washing. Ebay, though, had the answer, perhaps the one I should have chosen in the first place:



A little funky, but it was 1995, after all. Moved straight from the mailbox to the desk and on the fast (ish) track to being done.

And next we have a model I didn't know I needed but had to own once I found out about it:



A Greater Fire Elemental from the Dragyri in Dark Age. In limited edition scarlet (ish) resin. Never bought any Dark Age minis before. Game always had intriguing models, but there was always something else to buy and not paint. I am a sucker for monsters, however, and a bigger sucker for clear plastic. And he should be pretty easy to paint in a fashion I can live with. He's in a race with Pitt to see who gets finished first.

Distractions, yes. But hey, I am getting rid of a fair few models and these guys make good replacements. Also finished a few others, and after they are based and varnished they'll show their scaly hides. Thanks for looking!

Glad that you are on the road to recovery. Pitt looks great, I hear 1995 and do not think of it as nigh on 25 years ago and to be fair the miniature does not look it either. Any idea who produced it?

Dark Age is something I know basically nothing about, but the scarlet (ish) resin beastie looks cool. You can never have too many models!

Thanks, man. Pitt was made by Heartbreaker. According to the bottom of the base it was sculpted by a guy named Phil. At least I think that was what it said. I got it for a lot less than most of the others listed for sale. I was worried that I had snapped up another recast since it didn't include the package or card/CoA, but if it is a recast they went all out as it had all the correct info inscribed on the bottom of the base according to pics I found online.

Pitt was always awesome. You know it to be true in your heart of hearts. I always liked Dale Keown's Hulk art too. He did a nice job on the Darkness later on as well.

I never knew the mini actually existed. I remember those adds too!

You'll enjoy your Dragyri. The whole faction are big crazy monsters. All the elementals are pretty cool. You ought to try and find the clear Ice elemental. The shadow caste are pretty impressive as well.

I worked at two different Comic book stores during the whole Image Comic book series release and Pitt was not a huge draw. I remember one of the competitor stores having the artist show up to sign books. All my buddy could say about it (he went to have the artist sign some of his old marvel stuff) was the artists wife/girlfriend was HOT .

man I hope your back starts getting better soon, Dakkadakka seems to be getting taken out by injuries recently.

youwashock,

That is some random stuff you are working on.

Cheers,

CB

Snake Eyes is pretty solid, black is a tricky thing to make interesting on its own.

Thank you, Sherrypie, Cap'n. Sometimes I lament my lack of focus, but every model done, right? Speaking of which...

Five Oni soldiers barred the way, their eyes as sharp as their blades.
His path was blocked.
The bear closed his eyes.
In the voice of the leaves, he heard his master's last words to him.
"Promise me, Pooh-san, that you will always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
The bear unclosed his eyes.
His path was clear.







The panda from Rum & Bones with a new sword. Love this model. Sat on the shelf primed for far too long.

And two of the new Zoats are done, bringing the Space Zoats even with the Fantasy Zoats. The three still to be painted will hopefully soon see the space lizards take the lead.



Thanks for looking!

Samurai bear is so full of Winnie
Your sword work is amazing

Leaping lizards batman

 youwashock wrote:

"Promise me, Pooh-san, that you will always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

Good choices on the colour scheme. Strangely enough, Winnie the Pooh really is referred to as "Pooh-san" in Japan.

You have the most fun and varied workbench. Great work on Pooh, and the zoats are classic!

Awesome Pooh, well-played

Zoat's invite my jealousy. Some day, my dinotaur lizard dudes, some day

I love the variety on your blog, it’s like a box o chocolates, you never know what your gonna get!

Sweet Zoats, looking good on their green bases!

Nice choice to go with pooh bear instead of po panda. He looks awesome. Nice effect on his sword too.

Pooh-san was great, some wonderful contrasting colours there.

Cheers,

CB

Pooh-San looks great, a very fun idea

Pooh-san is an unexpected little treat. Nice work, particularly the sword. You look to have some interesting projects coming up too, looking forward to those

Pooh- san really works. Never would I have expected it to, but it did.

Awesome.

Thank you all, very much! I am glad to see the positive response to the silly old bear.

Theo, your puns are nearly un-bear-able.

Contrast is right, Cap'n. He is almost entirely done in Contrast paints.

Nev, they say it's the spice. I do jump around a lot, and I enjoy the freedom of having no one game imposing a demand on painting time, but I wonder if productivity suffers as a result. I figure the answer is to keep painting and see.

A little progress on the fire elemental. Despite washing the resin was still looking to repel paint. A little dullcote and we were back in business.



And a giant distraction appears!



Belial from Shadows of Brimstone. I had passed on this model multiple times, but my friend bought two by accident, including this already assembled version with custom wings, and seeing it in person was enough to get me to take it off his hands. They look like cut down Bloodthirster wings to me, but I could be wrong. Hope to give him a quick but adequate paint job and get back to regularly scheduled nonsense.

Thanks again and thanks for looking!

Samurai Pooh is awesome, what a great idea!

Belial looks a cool model, really imposing.

I was wondering, do you bash pooh-san’s head on the steps if you take him downstairs or has his training taught him a better way?

Gobert: At first he thought there might be, but in the end there isn't.

Thanks, aku-chan!




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Flame on. Elemental is done. Sadly it won't look like this all the time, but enough of the translucency was preserved to make it pretty neat with a light behind. Fun and quick. Proper pics after varnish.





Thanks for looking!

Wow youwashock that looks great.

Cheers,

CB

That fire elemental is awesome. Needs a special light on him in the display cabinet . Wonder if that’d work on some of the translucent bones figures .

That looks really cool! I think you need to install a light behind wherever he’s going to be stored!

Poor Pooh, I’m sure some hunny will help with the stairs pain!

Thank you, guys!

Not a whole heap of progress. Been a long few days. Work, child illness, girl scouts, the works. But have a little more paint down. Pitt is being highlighted, kunoichi is just about ready for a wash, and a Zoat has a coat of Incubi Darkness hit with Nuln Oil. Some pics:







Thanks for looking!

You always have something new and kewl. I recognized Pitt, can’t remember how long ago I read that comic. That Zoat was such an interesting model when it came out too bad GWdid not update it.

The Pitt is a great looking figure, nice work on his skin tone.

Yes! More zoat goodness! I wonder if they’ll make a re-appearance in Blackstone Fortress or Necromunda?

Pitt is coming along nicely too

 youwashock wrote:
Thank you, guys!

Not a whole heap of progress. Been a long few days. Work, child illness, girl scouts, the works. But have a little more paint down.

I hear you YouWaShock, one colour at a time in the few minutes I can steal downstairs.

Keep up the fight.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you, all.

I hear that, Cap'n.

Gobert, after they dropped the Ambull, I figure it is only a matter of time.

I went and did something foolish. Sale at Miniature Market. I bought stuff I really didn't need to. But the wife and kids are big Potter fans, so justification!



Also another Cthulhu, because sure. This one from Shadows of Brimstone. He can keep Belial company.



A project a few months late. Grabbed the Sister at WH Day, then the leg went out. Time to make it happen.



And a quick progress pic. So quick, if you blink you could miss it. A little at a time, but they are getting there.

Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Interested in seeing how the Sister turns out. I see you have converted her to a Special Weapon sister.

Cheers,

CB

Progress is good no matter how little it might be.

Miniaturemarket strikes again. I’m trying not to buy anything...for a few days at least . Though not part of the sale I saw they have that fire elemental in a yellow and I’m really tempted.

When kids are sick it’s tough to get hobby time in. A little progress is better than none.

Thanks, guys. Appreciate the comments.

Me, too, Cap'n. Going to try some new stuff with Contrast.

Theo, you should get him. It's a pretty cool model.

Couple quick pics of some little bits of putty.





Must address that mold line before painting. Looks a little prominent.

Thanks for looking.

Nice green stuff work. That face and the corresponding artwork is one of the pieces that got me to buy Soul Wars.

You have no idea how hard it is not to order that fire elemental right now.

youwashock wrote:Gobert, after they dropped the Ambull, I figure it is only a matter of time.

Here’s hoping, I already got me an Ambull, a zoat would make a nice addition... maybe a Zobot too!?!?

Cool headswap on the sister, she looks a bit like Vasquez from Aliens... Now with added augmentation!

Thank you!

A little bit of what is going on. Primed white, then washed with Nuln Oil. The Dementor was done more selectively, as you can see, rather than all over as with the Sister.





Then I drybrushed white over the upper areas and painted the undersides black.



Then I hit him with the Black Templar. The idea is that treating the surface this way will squeeze a little more contrast out of the Contrast. I did a little of this on some areas on Pooh. I plan to paint neater white areas on the Sister for a little smoother finish, and tint the black some with the turquoise, but the Dementor is a rough model anyway so I went with just a drybrush there.



Also painted a bit of light purple around the mouth before the Templar. Afterward I painted the mouth with a blue glow and a touch of Rotting Flesh on the hands. Overall the black shows the pre-shading, but it is pretty subtle. Subtle enough that I don't know yet if it was worth it. Need to varnish, base and take real pictures. It should be more apparent with colors other than black.

Thanks for looking.

Great work.

I too think that some of the contrasts really need extra help with some undertones by preshading. It's what I did with my tree folk by hitting them with agrax before the contrast. Still playing with some other effects with the contrast paints.

Thanks, Theo.

Pitt is done, kunoichi is done, Dementor is done. Waiting on pics until varnish and basing are done. Started the Sister. Couple WiP headshots.





Thanks for looking!

The Sister and Dementor are coming along nicely. The sisters face looks really good, I especially like the shave part of her head. How’d you do that so nicely? Was it just a blend to grey at the hairline?

Thanks, gobert!

Since she was released right around the same time as Contrast, I planned to paint her as much as I could using those paints. Her head is separate because I didn't want to get it with the dark preshading, and also so I can paint it without worrying about fiddling with surrounding areas. Painting unassembled is not something I regularly do, but with things like this or the Knights I think it is worth it. Anyway, primed white, hit the hair with a brushed white to make sure it was opaque, then hit the hair and scalp with Apothecary White. After that was dry I gave her skin a coat of Gulliman Flesh. The grey showed through just a little, so went back over it with a couple thin coats of Apothecary White, thinning it out at the edges. A few thin white highlights in the hair were next. Then a dab of Agrax in the eye sockets and across the lipline. Need to paint the eyes, wire, and plug but the head is pretty much done.

Well the wash shows all the detail of the Sister.

Cheers,

CB

She's got a lot going on, for sure.

Pics of finished stuff. First the Dementor. Cool model, quickly painted, works well enough, I guess. Kissy-kissy in the face pic.







Up next is Pitt. Fun model. Older style, certainly, but it has that charm you see in models from 20 years ago. And there's something about the weight of a metal model and the sound it makes when it slips from your hand and bangs into your water mug.





Side view since you can't see his eyes from the front.



Third and final Kunoichi of the Oishiikage ninja clan.





And last, but not least, the Dragyri Fire Elemental.









Griffon is done, also finished a batch of rats from BONES I that I basecoated years ago. Zoat, Sister, etc. in progress.

Thanks for looking!

All turned out well, the dementor especially is nice, I like the pop of color on its base.

Pitt looks like he’s posed to fit on a 2D page, but the painting is great.

Still holding off on buying that fire elemental. We just got ALL the credit cards paid off, wife’s car isn’t paid off and I have plenty to paint for a while, but it’s tops on the buy list thanks to you.

Wow so much goodness going on here! All of your finished stuff is amazing. My fav has to be Pitt he is just so well done, thanks for sharing Youwashock.

Thank you!

Pitt is a little pose-flat. All one piece, so I guess it is to be expected. Would love someone to do a modern version.

Quick pics of the Sister. Added white highlights to push the contrast.





Color up next. Thanks for looking!

It really impresses me the amount of detail GW can do now after increasing the scale just a couple of mm.

Your Sister is looking great... that’s not even an awkward come on. .

Good to see you're back to full painting speed after the injury and a great variety of stuff as usual. Looking forward to seeing the contrast over that highlighted sister, interesting to see the effect you get. Having said that, it's almost a shame to paint over the white, it's looking pretty good as is and would make a great black and white piece

That elemental is amazing! I like the alternate sister head as well.

youwashock,

The finished figures look great.

Highlights on the Sister really catch even more detail.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you, guys!

Theo, I can put in a good word for you if you like.

Maharg, thanks. It is nice to be back at it. As I have been working on her, more than once I have heard that little voice saying, "you could just leave the armor white."

Touch more progress. Hitting the details with regular paint.



Basing the griffon and rats. Painting the zoat. Other stuff.

Thanks for looking!

I’m already in enough trouble with my wife, I don’t need her to find me with a tiny woman

Metals are looking good as well.

Looking forward to this new project. Would like to see you do a whole army of Battle Sisters.

Thank you!

Yorkright, while it is highly improbable that I will have an army, I do really want a "classic" Sister squad (6-10 models, Sister Superior, flamer/meltagun, heavy bolter) to stand on the shelf with the rest of my Imperials.

Adding more color now.





Thanks for looking!

Nice progress youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Noice! The red cloth looks great to match the armour. She’s going to be spectacular when she’s done!

That red is really impressive

Thank you, very much.

And the painting is done.



I like her. Better pics after varnish and basing.

Thanks, as always, for looking!

I like the way this sister is shaping up, though the shade seems to be pooling up a bit on her arms (?).

Edit: blast, ninja'd! Really nice black, highlights the edges without going overboard.

Very nice youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Nicely done . Like the prayer beads and her face really does draw attention in the composition.

She is a work of art, please do a small unit of the Sisters for this Canoness to lead they would look outstanding. Are you sure you dont play 40K? Cause I would love to see some pics of your stuff on the table top.

The Sister Superior looks great.

Sister looks great, the preshading/highlighting worked a treat

Nice job on the Battle Sister, the head swap works great.

Nice work on the sister. Though I like the black, I’m gutted you changed from the white. How’d get to the black? I’m guessing a series of washes to take benefit from the shaded and highlighted whites?

The gunmetal black on the combi-melta is very realistic too, as is the heat damage on the meltan muzzle

Thank you very much, everybody.

Yorkright, the last time I played 40K was probably 4 years ago or so. We played 3rd edition. I will play it again, I am sure, just not sure when. Miniature games are tough for my group. Space and time considerations.

Gobert, the black is a single coat of a roughly 50/50 mix of Black Templar and Leviadon Blue contrast paints over the shaded white.

Thanks again! Pics soon of more stuff.

Base for the griffon is taking a minute. Maybe finish it tonight, pics soon after. Meanwhile, added a small, yet significant piece to the knight. Really need to get this guy finished.



Thanks for looking!

Nice

Flames look great
The name plate/seal is well done.
Also like the skull bits.

Nicely done!

Great to see this guy back on the painting table. New addition looks awesome, impressive freehand on the writing and the flames are well done too. Eager to see more on this one

That knight is looking sweet!

If I send you my knights can you freehand their names too? ;-) That and the flames are great stuff!

I’d completely forgotten that you were doing a knight! The scroll came out really well, and those flames still look great! Is there much more left to finish him?

Nice work all around.

Thank you so much, everyone!

Gobert, still have all the parts you can't see. Arms, shoulders, carapace, head. Working on the stubbers, now.

Yorkright, you got this. All you need is a Micron, a steady hand, and 5 or 6 deep breaths to stop the shakin'.

Pics of various finished things.

First off, some BONES rats from KS1. Throw-away, vending machine quality mooks to get maybe get exterminated someday in Mordheim. Glad to have them done, but they aren't much to look at. Killing me to match the green bases from older models. Same with the Space Zoats.



And a shot with the big 3 from my Skaven band, painted...a long time ago.



Speaking of Zoats...





Two more to go.

Another BONES KS1 model far overdue for finishing. The Griffon this time, one of the better models from early BONES days, once you address his tendency to use his beak as a kickstand. Known amongst the other models in the cabinet as Razorcloud the Black Bolt, He Whose Cry Splits the Heavens. I think his eyes came out nice.







And last, but not least, Sister Superior Noctis Venatari of the Adepta Sororitas. And a bonus shot with a fellow defender of the Imperium.







Also a couple quick pics of upcoming models. Still have the Knight going. And some Dreadball dinos. And 2 Zoats. And now these guys and gals. A few fantasy ladies, and two Assassins that I decided I needed to own, since my old ones look a little shrimpy next to the rest of the Imperial models.





Gotta keep paintin'. And as always: Thanks for looking!

Sister Superior Noctis Venatari Looks amazing. Love the simple but effective conversion work, and the paintjob is (unsurprisingly) brilliant. I also adore how the Knight is turning out. Can’t beat a good flame effect, and by jove is it a good one you’ve got going!

Nice highlighting on the zoster and griffon

All the models are coming on great.

Looking forward to seeing those ladies painted up.

Oh my sweet hell, the green on those bases

But superb griffon! And I haven't praised your sister yet, particularly that great head. Wonderful eyes on both her and the bird-o-cat.

Loving the snow leopard griffon! The eyes came out great too

Very nice work youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks for the tip on using the micron pen, but after 4 or 5 deep breaths I am a bit dizzy.

It all looks grand but that sister really jumps out at me. I can only dream of painting eyes that well.

Nice Snow Leopard pattern on that Griffon!

Hooray, Zoat!

That Griffon looks really cool, and I love the headswap on that Sister. Good stuff.

Wow! The eye on that griffin is amazing! It's also cool that you made it a snow leopard griffin, I don't think I've even seen that before. Nice other stuff too, always fun seeing zoats.

This is all brilliant

Love the Sister, the little touches like the blackening on the end of the melta barrel are awesome!

Wow. Thank you, everyone. I am glad to see so much positive response. I really appreciate it.

Been a rough week for hobby time. Super busy. However, the assassins are finally built and primed. Callidus had a little texture in places for some reason. Strange as Culexus does not, and was primed at the same time. Should be workable, but irritating nonetheless. Going to go for the preshaded contrast on these again.



Replacing all 4 assassins would be cost-prohibitive, so I picked my favorite two and found acceptable deals on eBay. Think I should take a pic of the original 4, just for the record and to show how tiny they look now. Still great models, though.

Thanks again, and thanks for looking.

If you’re doing the same black as the sister they’re going to look ace! Intrigued by the height difference, is it just their scenic bases making the difference or do they stand taller anyway?

I see the Culexus assassin takes hair advice from Jain Zaar . 40K really needs a race like cousin It from Addams family.

Razorcloud the Black Bolt, He Whose Cry Splits the Heavens’ eyes are good but personally I’m more impressed by the leopard print.

Thank you!

Gimme a head with hair. Long, beautiful hair... Yeah, Theo, it's a little much.

Gobert, the tactical rubble gives them a bit of presence, but they are overall taller. I'll get that comparison pic soon. Not a ton of time to paint this weekend, but got some work in.

Little WiP of Belit from the Conan boardgame. Going with some more color on the underlayer, see if it has any visible effect.



Thanks for looking!

I guess her hair is where she shifts her mass when she transforms .

Good start on Belit

Thank you!

Seems like a sound theory. It's gotta go somewhere.

Quick pic of the older Assassins. On one hand they look "ok", and on the other they look like trick-or-treating kids. More green bases. It was the 90's. Left them glossy because synskin. Seemed like a good idea at the time. May have to fix that.

youwashock,

I still remember when I started doing bases in colours other than green.

Cheers,

CB

I see what you mean about their height. They look about right next to their Marine contemporaries but the Primaris and modern Sister look like their mum and dad!

I too remember when I started painting bases other colours than green... but that’s because it was about a year ago!

So much random goodness here as always. I particularly like the snow leopard griffon - an unusual scheme that really works well.

Thanks!

Little progress. Belit is done, waiting for varnish and basing. Other things moving forward. Little guns for the Knight.



And the Assassins are just about ready for their contrast coat. Just a couple little details to go.







Thanks for looking!

Dang that hair on the Callidus looks sharp. I like the purple on them may have to steal that for mine.

I agree with Yorkright on the hair.

Cheers,

CB

Great hair on the lady assassin!

Thanks, guys! I am happy with her hair, as well. Fairly simple, Snakebite contrast over unshaded white, then a few highlights of Menoth base (I think, a bone color), then washed with old Chestnut ink.

Forgot a pic of a conversion I finally finished thanks to Cap'n Brown and his Oldcromunda posting. This guy sat for far too long waiting for arms. A Pit Slave, mostly machine, looking to get back at those who made him fight for so long. A mentor to the gang leader during her time in the arena. One step closer to completion.



Assassins are mostly done. Just painting their base decorations then it's varnish time. Thanks for looking!

The hair looks very much like my oldest daughters, just not long enough .

Pit slave looking good too.

I for one love the sickly green bases..and the old metal assassins. New ones aren't bad either of course. I'll join the chorus of praise on the hair - it looks like you spent hours on it, I will definitely be stealing the recipe! Love the flames on the knight guns too, excited to see things come together.

Conversion looks wonderful!

Seeing the assassins just prior to their contrast coats I’m tempted to find two copies of a Deadpool (or Deadpool expy) and do one of them in white...

Also, great use of a small marine body!

agree with others on that hair, really effective. Good to see that knight progressing and nice conversion on the pit slave

Thank you, guys.

tzurk, don't get me wrong, I love the old Assassins, they just don't fit in anymore with the plastics. I even have another set squirelled away to paint in a color other than black someday.

Couple quick WiP pics. Zoats and my Chaplain, finally built. Sort of. A quick conversion again too long in the planning.





Hope to have pics of Belit and the Assassins later today. Need to clear out the photo booth.

Thanks for looking!

Muh Powa Fist es bigga den Urz!

Oooh, are we getting purple and black zoats?!? Or perhaps just their undercoat prior to green?

Theo, it's a whammer, for sure!

gobert, the leader will be purple-ish, but the darker one is dark green washed with purple prepping to be brought up to green.

Finished pics. First Belit, Pirate Queen of the Black Coast. From Monolith's Conan boardgame, or more accurately, one of the artist boxes from the KS. The King Conan one. She should be paler. Eh. Also, all the DC going on lately had me looking at her as Diana in some gladiatorial situation.





And now for the new Assassins. A love for Imperial Assassins going back to Jaku Dihardis and Tarik Gortsuker in Chapter Approved gets new life in the latest versions of my two favorite temples. First up, the Callidus, Nine-Wraith-Alpha.



And then the Culexus, One-Dragon-Omicron. I thought the new Assassins were rad when they were released in WD, but when the Culexus came out at the end of 2nd with Codex:Assassins, my mind was blown. Glad to have a reason to update this soulless maniac.



Bonus pics of the Animus Speculum, because it has a ton of detail.







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Assassins look quite different from what I expected and the Pirate Queen is quite the looker from all angles. Amazing attention to all the little details. Keep em coming can’t wait to see what you paint up next.

Wow, great stuff. The skin tone is amazing on belit. The assasins look good as well, I especially like the way the blue bulbs turned out and the subtle purple highlighting on his clothes.

Both Belit and the assassins look nice, I think the purple goes well with the gold and plasma-like accessories.

The face of the Culexus is great, very menacing, definitely soulless.
Belite looks like she got a tan while pirating around the coast.

Some nice completions there youwashock.

Cheers,

CB

Colour me intrigued with the use of purple on the zoats. Assassins came out aces. The culexus is pretty sweet, but the hair on the callidus, wow!

Thank you very much, all.

Couple quick WiPs. Zoats and the Knight progress.





Thanks for looking!

Man that pirate queen is looking good! If I was a miniature...

youwashock,

Nice eyes on the Knight head.

Cheers,

CB

Liking the purple zoat, and it seems your getting lots of front page love of late your culexus being the latest one! Keep the great minis coming

Thank you!

@gobert: Indeed? Cool. How is what shows on the front page determined? I usually come straight to the forums, so I don't see the front page often.

Thanks again for the comments!

Your Callidus is up on the front page now. Never looked there myself before Gobert mentioned it and no idea how things get chosen but that model deserves to be seen, good work. Pirate queen looks great too and good job on the knight's eyes.

My shortcut is just to the front page and it often puts me on to cool pics and blogs. No idea how its chosen. it seems to be sporadically updated which suggests to me that a mod picks them, but there’s often quite old images on there so there may be some bot involved too?

Purple Zoat is awesome. I think that’s my favorite so far .

Thank you, Maharg, Theo.

gobert, who knows? I will just appreciate the exposure when it happens, I guess.

Slow going, but the Zoats are almost done. Quick pic of the gems.



Thanks for looking!

ThanoZoat? Love it, that knights head is awesome too. How long have you had the zoats? I think they came out in the late 80’s.

Thanks!

My Zoat collection ranges from models I bought while Rogue Trader was current to a couple months ago bought off eBay. I am up to 10 Fantasy Zoats and 13 40K Zoats. I don't see myself picking any more up, but may try to do something with the remnants left after converting up the purple Zoat. He would be separate from the current group though. An independent bounty hunter or something.

I hope you make sure, that zoat never opens his fist Gems are looking great.

And now the purple zoat makes complete sense! Looking forward to the full frontal and the required group shot of your whole zoat collection (please!)

gobert wrote:My shortcut is just to the front page and it often puts me on to cool pics and blogs. No idea how its chosen. it seems to be sporadically updated which suggests to me that a mod picks them, but there’s often quite old images on there so there may be some bot involved too?

It think it is selected on the number of visits over some short time period...or completely random. As soon as it happens you tend to get a number of gallery votes.

youwashock wrote:Slow going, but the Zoats are almost done. Quick pic of the gems.



Thanks for looking!

youwashock,

Those coloured gems are not in honour of a particular Marvel villain's glove are they?

Cheers,

CB

Great stuff! I love the purple highlights on the Culexus.

Thanozoat is great, the gems absolutely glow. Too bad he’ll get punked.

Thank you, everybody! Comments much appreciated.

Cap'n, to quote Donald Sutherland, "It's a distinct possibility."

Theo, it's because he knows he isn't really worthy...

After far too long, the Zoats are done.



The hall was eerily silent. Two Eldar Seers stood before the Webway portal, each staring intently for signs of their visitors' arrival.

"They are late," spoke the male.

"Patience, Fiannadar, " spoke the woman at his side, her voice a touch removed from annoyance. "They will arrive in plenty of time."

"But, Farseer Malaethe, we do not have much time left to before Khaine rises. We cannot tarry waiting for these mercenaries. Our preparations must be complete."

"They will be. We will prevent the mon-keigh from spoiling the Lilaethan. We will minimize the loss of Eldar lives. We will... Look."

The runes framing the portal blazed with light and its surface rippled like a pool of water disturbed by a slight breeze. From its depths stepped a group of six massive reptillian forms escorted by a small group of Rangers. Each strode forward on four thick legs and a powerfully muscled torso sat upright above the front-most pair. Each wore a kind of rebreather or mask, and they held a mix of strange weapons that looked as organic as they did technological. Their scaled hides were a mix of greens, with the exception of the first to step through, who was purple in color, the scales lightening around the face and chest. He (presumably) carried a weapon in his right hand and his left fist was encased in a large gauntlet, upon which set five roughly-hewn gems of different colors. They surveyed the chamber calmly as the portal behind them again went dormant. The purple creature looked down Warlock Fiannadar for a moment, his single visible eye narrowing for a moment before he turned to the Farseer.

"I am Jugger Grimlock. Herd-Thane of the Cantus Wastes of Lothal. I am told you have a proposition for us." The creature's voice was low and rumbling, filled with age and authority.

"Yes," spoke Malaethe. "We, the Eldar of Sceariyuden Craftworld have heard tell of your strength, and combat prowess. Also of your determination and tenacity in completing a contract. We..."

"I have been told. You wish for us to stand with you in your coming conflict. A conflict in which you feel that you need our aid. Arrogant Eldar asking for help against the wave of Mankind that threatens to drown your precious Maiden World. Nothing with you pointed-ears is ever that simple."

Fiannadar's mouth hung open. He had never heard anyone address his superior in this fashion.

The Farseer bristled at the interruption. "Let me speak as simply as I can. Lord Grimlock, our Craftworld is small, and the forces arrayed against us great. We cannot let this world fall to the humans. We need your strength to support us. Is that simple enough?" The corner of her mouth turned up in a smirk.

"No. You hide something. Your witch-sight is strong. You seek to conceal something about this conflict. My own witch-sight is also strong." The Zoat flexed his left hand and the stones set upon it glowed. A wave of outward psychic pressure made the Farseer furrow her brow as if in intense concentration. The Warlock stepped back half a pace.

"You dare..." Fiannadar gripped his staff tightly. "Wait, what is this? Those gems...this energy...waystones? How?" He turned to Malaethe, indignation upon his face.

"Five of your kind, wanderers like the ones that brought us here. They fought by our side." The Zoat's voice was far away. "The battle went poorly. Your nemesis, the opponent. No hope for their survival, for the enemy burned the air with poison around the gateways, but not strong enough to kill us. Left on the field, they could not allow their spirits to be. They asked me to take them. Return them if we could. But their worldship was broken. So I have kept them, as I have sworn. They channel my witch-sight, I soon found. Make it clearer. Let me see through the mists you would conjure. And more."

"This is sacrilege! An abomination! Farseer, how can we let this savage...?"

The Zoat leader continued, "There is something upon this world that you want more than the world itself. Something the humans cannot have. And there is more. Your dark kin know. They make ready for war. You fear they will find it. The battle will be terrible with them involved. Carnage. Losses sure to be grievous. You need our strength, and you need us to serve as a buffer against the other Eldar while you see to your true agenda. Pointed-ears, think they are so different from each other. Only the ones with the pretty-lights speak plain, even if it always sounds like riddles."

Fiannadar spoke, "We know you have served our cousins in Commoragh. We also know that your loyalty is bought, Zoat. You can accept their offer, act as if you serve them, but when the time comes, turn your weapons against them. We can compensate you handsomely of this."

"Betrayal paves a short road, Seer. My people are also not great in number. I would not turn traitor and sour the arrangements between us and your kin. We have enemies enough. If we fight at your side, it will be in full view of all who oppose you. Knives in the back are your province, not ours. We will send word of our decision. Two revolutions of Lothal." The Zoat turned to go.

"Wait! You cannot just leave here with...Farseer, we can't let him take..."

Malaethe's mouth turned up again and her eyebrows lifted, "Do YOU want to try to take them?"

With that out of the way, on to the pictures:









And to commemorate finishing all the Zoats (pretty much) and for gobert, some group shots:

First the Space Zoats.



And with their WHFB brothers.









Nice to see them all together. Happy bringing paint to a conversion I was excited about. Paint at the end could have been a little tighter, but the it always seems that way seeing it all blown up. Gems worked out. Nice and vibrant. Onward to Knight and other things.

Thanks for looking!

Zoatastic YWS! Great to see them all together as one. Thanks Zoat has turned out fantastic, a leader to be proud of. His purple skin is especially good. Looking forward to the Knight progress.

Those really bring back some fond memories when I first got into the hobby. You’ve done a fantastic job painting them plus I really enjoyed the story!

Congratulations on finishing the zoats, they look great all together. Your thanozoat really stands out, the work on the gems, skin, and the cables looks like it took a lot of time.

Very nice work on the Zoats. Love the gauntlet, and the story.

Always fun to see the old stuff emerge from the mists of time.

Zoatalicious!

Lovely zoats, and a cool, imaginative piece of fluff too. Nice one!

Grimlock (another awesome reference!) looks AMA-ZOAT-ING! Really nicely done hybrid of universes. The fluff piece worked really well and gave the whole herd a great backstory.

Then to cap it off with a whole-herd photoshoot, you really know how to get a guy right in the nerd! They all look great together, the different greens help their individuality, in spite of the limited number of poses.

Looking forward to seeing the knight come together !

Wanted to echo the chimes that those models look lovely.

I am insanely jealous of all those Zoat minis you have. I haven't been able to find any online that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg!

Z O M F

So many Zoats! I'm so jealous But many congrats on the collection and all that painting, quite a hobby achievement. Thanoat is particularly excellent.

I really appreciate the comments, guys. Thank you so much! Zoats are one of my favorite things GW ever did and they remind me of when I first discovered Warhammer. Glad to see them so well received.

Quick pic of things in the works.



Chaplain ready for assembly and highlights, ladies ready for Contrast, Dragons a bit further along and some Knightly parts.

May Tryptophan smile on you all and as always, thanks for looking!

Everything's coming along good, I'm curious what the ladies will look like with contrast. I have only used skin tones for faces and not larger body parts until now.

What chaplain model is that? The armor looks really cool!

Thank you!

He is Kurtha Sedd from Betrayal at Calth, but with a new plasma pistol and the head from the Primaris Chaplain.

Looks like you have a lot of fun projects in the que. Looking forward to those fire dragons.

That's a lot of Zoats, lol. I have four or five in my collection.

youwashock,

Classic Fire Dragons.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you, gents!

Veteran Sergeant, every collection could do with a few Zoats.

Work continues. Another quick (and iffy) pic. Chaplain assembled and close to being done. Not a bad figure, really. Looking forward to having him on the shelf with the other Imperials.



Thanks for looking!

Nice chaplain, but I’m mostly looking forward to the ladies with the purple metallics. You can’t go wrong with metallic purple! It seems you’ve found another range of minis that work well with contrast, in the fire dragons!

Thanks, gobert!

None of those models have had any Contrast applied in that picture. The Dragons won't, they will be all "regular" techniques. Same with the Chaplain. The two ladies will be Contrast, and sadly, the metallic purple areas will all be gold.

Cool final chaplain, loving his cape!

Wow. I have never seen that many Zoats in one place. The paintjobs look great.

Nice chaplain. The base guy from BaC is one of my favorite recent sculpts. The hood/green cloak gives him a much different flavor. He’s the 10th company chaplain now, keeping an eye on the faith and purity of the scouts. Sure, he might not have fancy things like infiltrate and or a camo cloak, but he would look right at home moving up with some vanguard marines and beating the heresy out of the foes of mankind.

Crap, now I want to make one.

Really liking the work on the Chaplain, it is amazing what a simple head swap and updated, if slightly Chaotic, Plasma pistol can do. I am really struggling to place the head, which kit is it from?

The cloak, armour and purple plasma glow are really helping to make this a very visually interesting scheme.

Thank you, all!

Nev, do it! I would love to see one of these guys done up like your Ultras.

LTMW, the head is from the Primaris Chaplain.

 youwashock wrote:
Thank you, all!

Nev, do it! I would love to see one of these guys done up like your Ultras.

LTMW, the head is from the Primaris Chaplain.

I painted mine as a captain, not a chaplain. Although in hindsight, now that I have more captains than there are companies, but only have 4 chaplains, I should have done it the other way. Looking at the primaris Chaplain, he could be pressed into service for the 10th with minimal work. Since I have all the Captains, maybe I need all the Chaplains as well...

I might have a HQ problem.


(although the Librarius is on deck for the next major boost, with 3 new members in the pipeline)

 youwashock wrote:
Thanks, gobert!

None of those models have had any Contrast applied in that picture. The Dragons won't, they will be all "regular" techniques. Same with the Chaplain. The two ladies will be Contrast, and sadly, the metallic purple areas will all be gold.

Sorry, my bad! Looking at the image from the gallery they’re clearly layered

Those Fire Dragons have a lovely glow.

The chaplain also looks cool.

You really did a killer job on the chaplain the green robes and purple plasma really jump out.

Technical excellence on the Chaplain's paint job and the colour scheme is perfect in it's simplicity!

Love the Chaplain. Great paintjob on the cloak in particular

Thank you, thank you!

Nev, there are certainly worse problems to have.

Some quick WiP shots. All sorts of things happening, including work on Brother from the swamper crew for Song of Blades.









Probably should have taken a pic of the Knight now that the head is installed. After the thermal cannon, I guess. As usual, plenty going on outside the picture frames, too. So many minis, never enough time, but each one done is a victory in itself, some, like the Dragons, bigger victories than others. Can't believe they are going to be done.

Thanks for looking!


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Got a little bit of painting in, here is a blurry pic of LT's hair ready for a chestnut wash, which will just about be it for that.

It all is looking good, but as an old eldar player I am loving the dragons. They all have a nice fiery tone to them.

Very much agreed--even as is they're looking pretty hot.

Also very interested in that gator, its a really striking scheme, without using crazy colors. (Deleted because I realized the gator was the "brother" being refered to, still a nice model)