I've got a bunch of project in front of me, both model and terrain wise, spanning multiple game systems. I needed a place to collate everything, so here it is!


Right now, I'm working on a Rivet Wars diorama for a small contest on CMON. It's a small trench scene, between a Blight mobile artillery piece and some Allied troopers.

First I have the general shape cut in the foam, then sanded. I cut the place for the trench, and also roughed up the top to have space for pool of mud and water. I also did the planking for the trench in balsa.


Here, I smoothed the rough cut and filled the unwanted holes with wood and epoxy putty. I added tracks's marks on the left where the Blight model will go in putty, and also the posts that will hold the barbed wire.


Final texturing with different grit of sand. I think it's a bit too coarse, but i'll try to smooth it up a bit when I will apply the mud effect.


Same step as before, but with the models added in. They aren't glued, just pinned, to have them paintable separately.



Next up, painting. I already primed and brown basecoated the terrain piece, but nothing photo worthy. I'll start work on the models soon enough, but I'm still not sure on what scheme to use: the official studio one or something custom. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Onward with the paint. This first picture is just the earth sections, so it's pretty much all browns. It's fine, I think, but I hope the mud effet I'll add later will make it a bit more interesting.


On this pic, I've painted the wood parts. Base coat, light drybrushing and some pigments to work on the shadows.

Easter weekend was all but productive, but I was finally able to put brush to model today during nap time. I went with the studio colours in the end, as time is getting short and tinkering with a variant would just have gotten me late.

So here is a first wip of the models. I mostly worked on the Allied troopers. Their uniform is done, and I am now moving to leather and faces.

New WiP pic: Allied troopers done, Blight driver/shooter in progress. Only two days left, and I'm out of the house for most of those. I'll need to cut corner for the contest pictures, but I'll put a nicer finish on it once that is done.

Here is last night work. I came in late and couldn't do much, so tonight will need to be really productive, as it's the last day to enter.

First, the Blight artillerist advanced a lot. I have the eyes left to do, as well as the various gold trinkets and the gun. Then I need to rush the cab.



I also placed half of the barbed wire and weathered it. It might need a bit more, so I'll do it when I pose the second row. The killed Allied trooper is now glued in, waiting for the resin to drown him on top of all the shots he took. The joint between the model and the base will be hidden with a mud mix before pouring the resin.

I'm all done, but probably too late. My picture was uploaded just a bit after 12, so the date on the page is May 1st. Too bad. :(

I would still appreciate if anybody could go on the CMON page and vote, as I'm curious to see how I would have ranked.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/356970


Here are the pictures. I'm not too fond on the lightning of the overall one, but I'm happy with the 3 close-ups.

Rating has ended on the Rivet Wars contest, and I got an overall 8.5, which is my highest score on CMON ever, and ranked me 6th out of 144 entries. Not bad for a first diorama! It is also over the contest threshold of 7.0, so I got me a little Chibi Dust adventurer in the mail.

Next project: painting an Orcnar starter for the game Relics, by Tor Gaming. I tried that game last year, and fell in love with the twisted fluff and cool rule system. I painted one of my Britanan model when I got them, but other projects got in the way. Now, with their new crowdfunding going on to help produce the last models from the first book, I got the urge to paint some more Relics goodness and get playing. As the Orcnar starter is less models, and easier to paint, I went with them, and I'll do the Britanan after.

The first model I tested my colour scheme on is a Docga. Those are giant Orcnar hound-like creature, that act as fast and violent flankers. The base is 40mm.


Next up, the second Docga is done. I only have the basing and the LoS marking to do, but I'll wait for the rest of the starter to be done before. In the back, you can see the other 4 models in the starter that already got some coats on.

One Unmann down, two more to go!

Orcnar starter done! Nicer pics to come soob. Next up, the Britanan starter so the Orcnar have something to fight.

Well this is all excellent!

Thanks Squidbot!

Here are the results of my photoshoot. Same models, but better pics on a nicer background. First, the whole starter.



Then a small vignette showing a poor Britanan trooper on the verge of being ripped apart by savage Unmanns.

Two projects this weekend. First, I did the base coats and the bases on all the models from the Britanan starter, to have some playable opponents for my Orcnar and for demos. I'll come back to the detailing and shading later. The second picture is a comparison shot between a basic model done this weekend (left), and my fully painted test model for the army. There is a difference, butI think the baseic models will do the job for demos until I have time to come back to them.





Second project: converting some Doomfire Warlocks for my Dark Elves. I must admit that I am not a fan of their heads. I understand the concept of the flowing/spirity hairs, but I don't like how it looks, and I don't really like their faces either. Instead, I wanted to give them a mysterious/mystic look, using hooded heads. As hoods don't really stand free like that, I wanted to add a vest or a cloak. That was my basic concept.

Here is my first try. I used a Wood Elves' hooded head, from the Glade Guard kit. For the vest/capes, I went with the Dark riders cloaks. My own DR are the old models and don't have cloaks, so I don't think it will be too misleading. I also used the naked torsos and arms from the Warlocks, to keep more of their original feel. After some cutting here and there and some gluing, here is my first model. I still need to add some greenstuff to have a better seam between the hood and the cloak, but I already like it.




I'm also thinking about switching the sword for a staff, to give them a bit more of a wizardly theme, but I'm not sure if it wouldn't be going too far. If you have any comments about that idea, share away.

Really cool DE. I'd keep 'em as they are.

Thanks thenoobbomb.

The whole unit has been glued last night. I still have to finish the collars with green stuff, but I already like the look of the unit a lot. For the champion, I want with a masked face and a pointed forward sword, but it might be too subtle a difference.

Looks great. Looking forward to seeing 'em painted

Wow, summer went so fast! I haven't been able to hobby a lot, as I've moved and also did a bunch of overtime. Now that I'm back in hobby mode, here is some more progress.

The Warlocks conversion is still on hold, but will hit the painting table soon, as I have a Fantasy team event coming in November. I'll try to have them done by then, and maybe a new Cauldron of Blood, to replace the tiny old one I already have.

I've work on a smaller terrain project during the summer, but its a gift for a friend, and he does navigate Dakka once in a while, so that's the main reason I haven't posted anything lately, as it was my main project.

In the past month however, since coming back from GenCon, I've assembled and painted Helga the Conqueror, one of the farrow warlock for Hordes. As she's a leader, I've pushed the painting for her more than I usually do for that game. Here is it:



Speaking of GenCon, my Rivet Wars diorama got me a Bronze mention in the Master Painting Competition for its category. Really happy about that.

I finally was able to start painting the Warlocks I converted earlier this year. There isn't a lot done, but at least painting has started!



I also painted two more Orcnar models last week, to go with the starter I already showed. An Ealdmoder, which is an old crone, one of the leader of the faction, as well as an Eotan Abifian, one of their big brute, able to send shockwave by banging is boulder fist on the ground.

More work done on my Warlocks. Missing paint on the hooves, the runes, the warlocks' eyes and some glow effects. Almost there!

OSL test on the horses' runes for the Warlocks. Test model is on the right. What do you think of it?




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Worked from home today, so I was able to the runes on the other Warlocks and do a quick photo session. Don't know what project I'll do next, but I'm happy those are done!

It as been a long time since I last posted, but the holidays, then a new baby, can have that impact on the hobby.

Since then, I've been back in the hobby saddle and got myself two commission projects for some friends. The first one is Lylyth, Reckoning of Everblight. She's a huge base (120mm) warlock for Hordes, riding on a sleigh drawn by corrupted reindeers. Pretty cool model. I have the base done now, and the sleigh. The two deers are about 80% done, and the woman herself is only at about 30% done.

I wrote a tutorial about the base, if anyone is interested in trying their hands at making a frozen lake base, that you can find on my blog:
http://www.zonion.net/en/2015/05/how-to-frozen-lake-base/



I've also been working on a set of collapsible cardboard terrain a friend is gonna put on Kickstarter pretty soon. I'm doing the painting for him so he has something else than cardboard brown buildings to show, but all the hard design work his is. I can't take credit for any of that. If you find that interesting, like his FB page, MC Studio, to stay updated.

The buildings are done! Here a group shot with some Mercs minis.

It took me almost a year to notice, but...

...good job on painting those Dark Elves.

Nice work on the buildings, and the sleigh (and its base) look great!

 Tonio wrote:
It as been a long time since I last posted, but the holidays, then a new baby, can have that impact on the hobby.

Since then, I've been back in the hobby saddle and got myself to commission project for some friends. The first one is Lylyth, Reckoning of Everblight. She's a huge base (120mm) warlock for Hordes, riding on a sleigh drawn by corrupted reindeers. Pretty cool model. I have the base done now, and the sleigh. The two deers are about 80% done, and the woman herself is only at about 30% done.

I wrote a tutorial about the base, if anyone is interested in trying their hands at making a frozen lake base, that you can find on my blog:
http://www.zonion.net/en/2015/05/how-to-frozen-lake-base/

The base and sleigh look fantastic! I checked out the tutorial and there are some even better views of the base on there

The card terrain you have made look incredible, too. The fact that this thread doesn't have more replies is a mark of shame, Dakka (although it's probably also because you only update when you've got something good to show, which sometimes makes for a long time between updates, but each one is worth it!).

You have a real knack for making awesome looking terrain, any more projects in the works?

The number of replies probably go with the randomness of what I post and the low frequency of posts on my part, for sure. I haven't posted everything I've worked on in the past months, but I'll try to post a bit more often.

Can't take credit for the terrain other than the painting side. Marc did a great job on their design.

Since I sold my last Endless board to On the lamb games, I would need a new one to be able to play again. I do have a couple of boards at the sketch level, so one of those might get worked in a near future. We're also getting in a Gorkamorka campaign locally, and I don't have any orky terrain, so that might happen soon too. Other than that, I'm getting into Pulp City and Batman the minis game, so I might work on a urban board filled to the brim with terrain.

Lylyth is almost done, only have to do a final varnish coat on the separate pieces before assembling it all together.

In the meantime, I got a small commission to work on, the fighters that come in the Star Wars Armada core set. Here is my test model for the Tie.

Great work on all these projects! I love your style and color choices!

 FearPeteySodes wrote:
Great work on all these projects! I love your style and color choices!

Thanks!


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The SW Armada fighters are done. First, some close ups of the Tie fighters and X-Wings, and after, a little scene with all the painted stuff.








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And something else I finished this weekend, Lylyth3. Here is the photoshoot result.



You can see a couple more angles of her on my blog.

This week, I did a small conversion project for the birthday of a friend. He's a Circle Orboros player for Hordes, and his list is based around a wolf theme. He however finds that it lacks a bit of punch, and I suggested adding a gorax. Sadly, it doesn't fit the theme, and he doesn't really like the model either. That's where my "Warpwolf Rager" enters. A gorax conversion to fit his theme. I didn't post wip pics as he's a member of the forum and I didn't want to ruin the fun before I gave it to him last night.

Base model is the plastic Gorax. The upper half of the head is from the Feral Warpwolf. The rest is simple Green Stuff and Apoxie putty.

Let me know what you think of it.

I'm done with the Star Wars Armada wave 1 fighters, Imperials and Rebels. Next project: a WM Deathjack, and some more piggies for myself in a local Journeyman league.

Oh my gosh, you've made those tiny ships look amazing!

And I LOVE your gorax conversion, so much better than the base model!

I can't believe this plog doesn't get more comments - could be the pace of reveals, but art takes time

Yeah, those fighters look outstanding.

Thanks guys !


I just realized that I forgot to share a big project I finished earlier in the year. It was a secret gift for a friend, so I didn't share any wip pics, but the giftee has the piece now, so I can share everything.

It's a display board themed for a Nomad force in Infinity. They live on 3 giant spaceships, so the board represent a small section of one of the ship's interior. The models are those of the friend in question.

You can see more final pics of it here, and I did a blog post about the construction here.

It looks sweet, love the steps especially! His models are amazing too, you must be part of a talented group

Nice.


I really like the window. Cool little detail.

Latest project, a Cryx Deathjack in a fully metallic scheme. Almost done with him, only got some touch ups to do, and the base.

Deathjack is done, just the final photo needs to be done.

Next project, a pair of converted Gorax for my piggies. Here is a wip of the first one. Still some work to do on it, but it's a good start.

Final pic of the Deathjack.

More work on franken-gorax no1. Another evening on it and I should be done with the conversion.

First franken-gorax conversion done! On to the second one and the painting. ^_^








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Being on the topic of conversion, those two are older, but I never shared them. Gonna paint the War Hog at the same time as the Gorax, so I should have both ready to share soon.

Start of franken-gorax number two. Time to get the green stuff out now.

I wasn't happy with the size of the pincer arm connection. After grinding into it, adding some tube and getting it closer to the arm stub, I like that a lot more. Putty time!

Some more work done. It's a slow week, with little hobby time, but there still is a bit of progress.

Started the right arm bracer to replace the Circle one. Gonna try to replicate the War Hog armour style.


Pincer arm joint halfway done.


Serum feeder dry fitting test.

I'm finally done with my second Franken-gorax conversion. Now, it's painting time!

Oh man, love that second Gorax! Since you say these are for your farrow, you must be going to try running Arkadius' "Nature of the Beast" tier list, right?

I'm going to try out "The Ark", so named because the animals go 2by2


There's a great thread on it currently in the Minions section on the PP forums explaining a lot of the possible shenanigans with this list:
http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?236234-Explain-it-to-me-like-I-was-a-child-of-four

I'm used to playing beast heavy trolls with some insane threat ranges on the Earthborn dire troll, so I think I will enjoy this . Planning to run it as an alternate to whatever normal Gators list I settle on, which Ramos Asura is hard at work on for me!

I really enjoy doing the converting myself (not so much the painting) and am planning to convert this model, Broga from Mierce Miniatures, for my War and Road Hogs, likely magnetizing at the wrists so I can try running the 4 Road Hog variant (which drops the Bone Grinders):


I'm really impressed with what you've been able to do with the official models! I'd love to see the list you're planning to run, and what models you have left to go for it (and also any other finished conversions if you have a link to pics anywhere).

Yes, it's for the new Arkadius Theme Force, I've tried it a couple of time in a recent Journeyman at 25 and 35pts, and while I need to practice it a lot more, it is a lot of fun to run. Like you, I like to run beast heavy with my Trollbloods, so it's a good fit. I don't have enough stuff to run it pure Ark, and I'm not a fan of spamming any way, so I'll probably run a bit less efficient list with Slaughterhousers. I have a team tournament event coming up in October, so I do need to settle on a list and get painting and practicing. I'm running Thornfall only, so I also need to find a second list. I might go with Lord Carver just because it's the Warlock I've used most often. That might turn out better in a timed environment.

Funnily enough, I've read that thread over lunch today. A lot of nice information in there.

That Mierce pig really looks good. A good base for the work of the good doctor. It reminds me a bit of the "afrikan" hogs that were in Brushfire. Do you know how it scales up compared to the PP stuff?

On the conversion side, I think I've shared everything I have done up to now for my pigs. The rest are pretty much stock, except some simple weapon swaps. I do have a second Road Hog to convert though, so I might get to it pretty soon.

Very cool . I'd love to hear how you fare with it!

I'm not a fan of spam either, and I'm tempted to include the Slaughterhousers because they look awesome, but I like the idea of an almost all-beast list... just seems crazy

I'll let you know how the Mierce pigs scales when it comes in - I think that's a 60mm base so it should fit perfectly. I'm not planning any such "frankenpig" conversions as you have here, but like I said absolutely love your second Gorax . You have an excellent theme going!

 RiTides wrote:
I'm not a fan of spam either, and I'm tempted to include the Slaughterhousers because they look awesome, but I like the idea of an almost all-beast list... just seems crazy

I hear you. I would play the new Calandra Theme Force if it wasn't for the fact that almost all competitive TB players are getting into it, and all the extra beasts I wouln't be able to play with any other Warlocks.

I finally was able to get some painting done. Sure, it's just some airbrush base coats, but it still is different than the green stuff I've been doing for the past month. Both franken-gorax, my second War Hog, a couple Razor Boars, a unit of Slaughterhousers, a min unit of Bonegrinders and off camera, the good doctor Arkadius himself. Lots of painting to get done for October.

The skin is done on one of the franken-gorax.

I'm almost done with the first gorax paintjob. I kinda like the vial liquid effect, but I'm not fond of the colour. It doesn't seems to fit in the overall scheme. Might just be too bright compared to all the muted browns. I might try to tone it down, or maybe switch to a muted orange or pink.

Done with the painting of the first Franken-gorax. On to finishing Arkadius, that's been sitting half painted on my shelf for far too long.

Looks fantastic! And I'm a fan of the glowy green goo against all that brown

- Salvage

 Boss Salvage wrote:
Looks fantastic! And I'm a fan of the glowy green goo against all that brown

After toning it down a bit mixing in some flesh and brown, it does fit in the theme. Keeping it.

Two new projects on the painting table. First, a couple of Space Marine bikes from the Imperial Fists, and a SDE paladin.

Done with my chibi Sebastian for a painting swap, and almost done painting a demo mat for Guild Ball.

I'm done with the Guild Ball demo mat. Really digging this game at the moment: I'll have more about it to post soon. Some more progress on the Imperial Fist captain on bike also.

Absolutely love the finished franken-gorax!!

The guildball mat looks awesome, could you summarize how you made it? That game is amazing

 RiTides wrote:
The guildball mat looks awesome, could you summarize how you made it? That game is amazing

I can't take much credit for the mat, it's a 2'x2' piece I cut from a larger Zuzzy mat. The rest is simply painting and some masking with tape and cardboard to do the lines and goal placement.

The captain is mostly done. Passing to his bike now before coming back and doing the weathering on both at the same time.

Excellent conversions and paintjobs. Consider me subscribed.

Progress on the 2nd marine biker. A sergeant this time.

Almost done with the Imperial Fist bikers. Only some weathering and varnishing left to do.

Very cool, great grading on the yellow and I do really like the reds as well

Biker looks great . But have you seen the new Farrow beasts in the Hordes Devastation book? There's a big thread over on the PP Minions forum about whether to include them in Nature of the Beast tier lists:

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?238931-NOTB-Tier-List-Will-you-be-taking-the-new-farrow-beasts

Personally, I'm planning to include a few just for variety

We were running an event this weekend, and with all the prep work and last minute painting, I couldn't do a proper photoshoot of the bikes. A friend still took a couple of good pics, so I have at least a shot of the finished models before giving them back to the client.

RiTides wrote:Biker looks great . But have you seen the new Farrow beasts in the Hordes Devastation book? There's a big thread over on the PP Minions forum about whether to include them in Nature of the Beast tier lists:

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?238931-NOTB-Tier-List-Will-you-be-taking-the-new-farrow-beasts

Yeah, I've seen them. I was really looking forward the Splatter Boar based on the first teaser that didn't exclude friendly beast in the frenzy check. Ok, we don't have Fury management, but we could have had Frenzy Management. Still looking forward to both of the new lights. Lots of great options.

I've run Nature of the Beast 3 times Saturday during our team event, and Carver once. Finished 3-1 (lost with Carver). It is a lot of fun to play, but again people not prepared for it, it's not even funny how fast it can get in their grill. And how chirurgical you can be with support removaal with the Razor Boars on the feat. I'll probably stick to playing the Theme Force only for tournaments (so mostly never), or if my opponents ask for it. My usual group my be too casual minded for that kind of list.

I've been lately working on some secret stuff that I need to wait before posting, but I also finished these 3 Lizardmen this weekend for a joint commission with a buddy painter. He tackled a big Temple Guards unit, while I was working on a trio of heroes.

The painting date back a couple of months, but I just got a go to share them. Recently, I've had the pleasure of painting some miniatures for the Arcadia Quest Inferno kickstarter by CoolMiniOrNot running right now. Two of those were shared in updates this weekend.





Take a look at the game too:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/arcadia-quest-inferno/

To follow (late-ish...) the painting of the M4 Buildings kickstarter by MC Studio in March, here is a tutorial on how to paint them with the "official" colour scheme.

Happy painting!

http://www.zonion.net/en/2015/12/how-to-paint-a-m4-building-by-mc-studio/

I got into Guild Ball recently, but was stuck using their paper models as I didn't have time to work on my models. That's over now, and I've just started working on my Butchers' Captain, Ox. Mostly colour blocking for now, and some shading work on the pants and apron.

A bit more work done on Ox. Might be able to finish him tonight, as there shouldn't be other stuff in the way at home. Yay for the holiday break starting in a couple hours!



I also put a first base coat on my fullsize mat (3x3). No pic, as it's just a 3x3 brown square right now...

Looking good so far, Tonio! That apron especially, although it's rather clean for a "butcher" I like it, different from how you usually see them

 RiTides wrote:
Looking good so far, Tonio! That apron especially, although it's rather clean for a "butcher" I like it, different from how you usually see them

Well, weathering and blood effects might happen later on.

Okay that's probably good . I love the color and how sharp it is, but it couldn't stay that pure without any spots for long

I took a pause on Ox last night to work on my game mat, but I'll be returning to him this evening. Only missing the goal tokens zones and goal lines.




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And done!

Mat looks extremely convincing! Is it an actual mat, and if so what is it based on?

 RiTides wrote:
Mat looks extremely convincing! Is it an actual mat, and if so what is it based on?

The base mat is the woodland one from Zuzzy. The company is a pain to deal with, but the product is good. The lines design on it is a pale copy of the official mat done by Steamforged games.


Back home after some time away with the family for the holidays. I got some more painting time on Ox. Pretty much done except the base and some weathering and blood.

He's awesome! Only question is are you sure you want that much grey at his temples - he's looking a bit grandpa-ish (fitting for the season, but still!). Lovely work .

Also linked to your second Gorax conversion as someone on the PP Minions forum was thinking of trying a similar idea (adding a rebreather to a Gorax to help it blend in with the faction).

 RiTides wrote:
He's awesome! Only question is are you sure you want that much grey at his temples - he's looking a bit grandpa-ish (fitting for the season, but still!). Lovely work .

[old man mode on] Watch your tongue young man! [/old man mode off]

I'm 35 and I'm as white as him. He's supposed to be a veteran, so I figured it was a good match. I like how it gives him a wise touch through all the violence that the Butchers represent. But it's true I could have gone a bit darker.

RiTides wrote:Also linked to your second Gorax conversion as someone on the PP Minions forum was thinking of trying a similar idea (adding a rebreather to a Gorax to help it blend in with the faction).

Thanks for that! I'm glad if it can provide inspiration.


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And done! I'm really happy with how he turned out. Sadly need to take a pause to work on some commissions before I go back to the rest of the team, but I hope it's gonna be quick as I had a blast painting him.

I'm not sure about the brown rim on the base though. It's neutral and ties in well enough with the basing itself, but I wonder if a deep red would work better for Butchers. Might be harder to fit Union models later if I want them to tie in with more than one team...

I really like the idea of a deep red on the base rim (like the darker color on his shoulder). That would be sweet, and drive home the scheme a bit more while still allowing you to put less red on the model like you have here. You have a very nice set of colors on this mini, but if I am wishing for more of anything it would be red, and the base rim would provide that

What are the commissions??

After looking at it more, it's gonna stay brown. I like how they are not just red, that's it's just a touch, on a single accessory and then some blood splatter.

The commissions are the unpainted small ships from Star Wars Armada, a chibi model for a paint swap, and half a dozen more Arkadia Quest models. Luckily, I'm on parental leave for the next month, so I'll have a bit more time to paint, if the naps stays like they were with mom.

Swap model done! It's an chibi Medusa by Impact miniatures. I tried a winter themed limited palette, and I'm pretty happy with how it came out.



Now, it's SW Armada time

Very convincing medusa!! Chibi models are so intimidating because you really have to paint them well - you've certainly done that

Forgot to post those, but they were finished a couple weeks ago. They're from the wave 2 of FFG's Star Wars Armada.

Rebels


Imperials

Lovely tiny Star Wars ships you have there

Haven't posted in a while. I worked on a commission I can't post about yet for most of that time, but I finally worked on other stuff this week.

First, a little conversion commission for Hordes' Epic Borka. And the start of my own DZC Resistance army, all assembled, based and ready to paint.

Ah, it's just genius to convert Epic Borka - the head of his bear as a stock model was just terrible . I love what you've done with yours, though!!

DzC Reistance is quite cool Will you be painting them to match? It always bothers me how the studio scheme paints the tanks as pristine and the trucks as rusted out... I was planning on doing some DzC and was going to have them all rusted. Looking forward to seeing how you tackle them!

 RiTides wrote:
Ah, it's just genius to convert Epic Borka - the head of his bear as a stock model was just terrible . I love what you've done with yours, though!!

Oups, I wasn't clear, he's not done yet. The client wants more of a black bear head. I can't take too much credit, it's gonna be an almost exact copy of the one in that post on PP's forum:
http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?129060-aggraae-s-Trolls-growing-(wip-trolls)&p=2901432&viewfull=1#post2901432

DzC Reistance is quite cool Will you be painting them to match? It always bothers me how the studio scheme paints the tanks as pristine and the trucks as rusted out... I was planning on doing some DzC and was going to have them all rusted. Looking forward to seeing how you tackle them!

I don't mind the official scheme that much, as even the military vehicles are patched up, but yeah, they could have had a heavier hand with the weathering. I'm really not sure how I want to go with mine. I won't go extreme, as I prefer the Allied theme to the Feral one, but I'll probably rust them up a bit more. It's the basic colour choice that's bugging me right now, not the fun weathering that goes after.

I was mostly out of the hobby for 3 months, all free time taken by a big project at work. But I'm finally free!

I got back into painting by working on a quick project, a couple stacks of crates and barrels to use as terrain for Guild Ball. They're from Micro Art Studio.



On the table, a gargantuan ice base, alternate Thagrosh for Hordes and finishing the chibi Marie-Claude I started in a workshop with Liz Beckley in January. More pictures to follow soon !

I've been working on a second huge sized ice base for WM/H. This time, it's for the LoE BlightBringer. I'm almost done with it, only the resin water remains to be poured.

The model itself has been painted by my fellow painter Yaum la Machine.

The base is done.

Finally back working on my Butchers. I've been playing with the primed models for too long now; the painted captain needs company.

Got some paint on Brisket, their striker. About halfway done I would guess. I'm keeping with toned down palette, with just some highlights of red.

The ice base looks just excellent, so realistic! I know the model isn't yours, but where could we see the full thing?

Great to see you back working on the Butchers, too

 RiTides wrote:
The ice base looks just excellent, so realistic! I know the model isn't yours, but where could we see the full thing?

You can see the full pictures there:
https://www.facebook.com/lezonion/posts/1718495858419515

Brilliant, thanks Tonio ^_^

A bit more progress on Brisket. Hoping to have her done for Thursday gaming evening at the store.

I was done, sealed, flocked, everything. Even did the photoshoot. And then I realized I forgot the blood effect... Here is a temporary "done" picture.

Looks really good, love the arms on the tunic and the gloves in particular!

Started working on Boiler and Princess for the Butchers, but I don't have pics to show.

However, I also recently started two sculpting projects, one 3d and one classic.

First one is a 3d resculpt of a small ninja onion (le zonion) I did in greenstuff in the early 2000s. I wanted to do a new version of it, and also to dabble in 3d sculpting, so it was a match. It's still a wip with lots to do on it, but I'm happy with how he is coming along, and also with Sculptirs, the software I'm using. It's intuitive enough that I could use it pretty quickly, and it works kinda like traditional sculpting, but digitally. Nothing like the old CAD/3d modelling stuff I tried back in school.






Second project is a small "snow golem" to go with a friend's Frostgrave warband. I'm sure you can guess the theme...

I'm about to start singing the theme song

Not a lot of hobby recently, but I did manage to put some time on Boiler. He's almost done; I wish to have him ready for Sunday tournament, in case I have to act as the ringer.

Also done with the main bopy of Olaf. Stopped working on it as I'm waiting for casting material to come in. Sing RiTides, sing!

Boiler is done, but I haven't taken a photo yet. Olaf is still on break, but I'm doing my first metal casting test with the new mould material this weekend, so it should come soon.

In the meantime, I've started working on a Menoth commission. It's for Severius 2, one of their warcaster. Robes are about done, and the rest is at colour blocking.



I also did the marking on a friend's Guild Ball pitch. Might has well put those template to use.

Severius 2 is almost done.



I also did some test casts using a new mould material, as what I previously used is past its shelf life by a mile. Details stay sharp overall. I think the 10mm dwarf is too small for gravity casting; I would need a spin caster to be sure the axe filled up before the metal set. The casted zonion body has too much texture, but from past experiences, I would just need to tweak the temperature a bit more. Happy with the new moulding material overall, so I can try it out on the snow golem soon. Worst case, it will work with resin too.

Looking forward to seeing the painted Boiler pic! And "snow golem" cast

 RiTides wrote:
Looking forward to seeing the painted Boiler pic! And "snow golem" cast

The pics are done. Forget to upload them here though...

Here you are: Brisket with blood and weathering, Boiler, and finally a family shot of the whole starter.

They look great! I think it works for Brisket to be bright, but if you add more models I love the muted skin tone of the captain

Big week to finish stuff.

First, my not-Olaf snow golem sculpting is done. Ready for moulding and casting.



I'm also done with Severius 2. Just need to varnish and take good pics.



Also helped a local player with his Guild Ball with his Fishermen goal. He made the barrel; I'm now doing the tentacles and adding resin water effect to it.



And finally, I started working on my next Butcher model last night, their mascot Princess. Contrarily to her predecessors from that game, she might be done in less than a month... She's almost done in fact, just have some clean up to do on the fur, than the base.

Casting successful for the snow golem! It's not perfect and requires some cleaning, but for a basement operation using gravity casting, it's fine. My good to bad ratio of cast isn't great (those arms... ), but I expected that doing a single piece. Still got about 10 good casts this evening. On to painting one now.

Congrats on casting success!! And oh my gosh, that Fishermen goal is looking so cool, what a great idea ^_^

Fishermen goal and Severius have been done for a while, but I forgot to take finalized pictures before giving them back to their respective clients...

I also finished Princess, my Butchers mascot, ans since that model is mine, I had all the time I wanted to take the picture. That was probably two weeks too long, but here is it finally.




I'm taking a quick break of the butchers to do... some more Guild Ball! Painting my Fishermen starter quickly. Won't do demos with primed models anymore. I'm doing a quicker job with those than the butchers, but I think they will still come out nicely.

Pit bull looks great, and nice to see you doing a few fishermen for demos! Are you a Guild Ball pundit or more of an "activist" . People around here are really enthusiastic about the game.

I've been a Pundit for almost a year now. Was in before the painting requirement, and have been bad at getting my stuff finalized. The game is exploding locally. 4 stores are carrying the game now, and probably over 30 "semi actives" players. Our bi-weekly gaming evening host 10+ players usually, which is pretty good I think, and we (2 pundits) host demos at least weekly.

Got to meet the Severius client at our local store and snap a couple of pictures of the finalised model, as I forgot to take some before handing it over.

 Tonio wrote:
I've been a Pundit for almost a year now. Was in before the painting requirement, and have been bad at getting my stuff finalized. The game is exploding locally. 4 stores are carrying the game now, and probably over 30 "semi actives" players. Our bi-weekly gaming evening host 10+ players usually, which is pretty good I think, and we (2 pundits) host demos at least weekly.

That is awesome!!

And that's a very forboding commission mini

Little interlude in my Guild Ball painting to touch up a first warmaster dwarf stand I just got back after years in storage at a friends' place. Painting 10mm is fun. The rest of the army might jump up pretty high in the queue after GB, especially as it's getting played again in the local club.

Finished Angel, the first model done for my demo Fishermen starter.



And started working on some terrain for a tournament I'm running in a couple of weeks.

Another terrain for the GB tournament in progress, a tree stump that will be used as a Obstructions that models fit on. I'll probably mould and cast it to have multiple copies. The form is done, I just need to add the bark texture.

Tiny dwarfs are just amazing and I love the terrain!

The stump is done, and I did my first ever resin casting. Crisp details, light. A lot simpler to do than metal. Some bubbles though, so I can see why degassing is important. Not equipped for that, but I might look into it eventually.

A bunch of stumps, casted and painted. They took paint really well.



I did a bit more work on my Fishermen starter, but they are put on hold now until next week, after the tournament, as they won't be needed, while my Butchers might get used as a back-up force, so my last 4 meat-head are getting a rushed quick coat that I'll finalize later.

Man. Wish I could get that *ahem* snow golem

kakita wrote:
Man. Wish I could get that *ahem* snow golem

You can. I still have some spare casts of it. Just PM me your address, and I'll get you a shipping quote.

Small break on the Butchers while I work on a Protectorate of Menoth commission, and test my paint scheme for Warmaster. Thyra needs her face, weapons and base done, while the dwarves are only missing their basing.

Been silent recently, but still been hobbying. Thyra is done. Shark is done too for my fish, but I need to take new pics of him.



I've also been painting some Pulp city for a mega game coming soon. No wip, but I'll take some quickly.

And lastly, I got some preview minis from the 10mm fantasy ogres KS ran by Black Gate Miniatures. Painted those over the weekend to help promote the final days of the project. More pics and some scale shots on my blog: http://www.zonion.net/en/2016/10/showcase-black-gate-miniatures-10mm-fantasy-ogres/

Something else I've been working on recently is my first Pulp City gang/crew/posse/whatever. We had a mega battle planned last weekend, but I had to cancel beforehand for family reasons. That's not a reason to leave them half done on my painting table, so here is the first one all painted: Guerilla. Missing some stuff for the bases, so he'll have to sit on that cork for another week sadly.

Finished the last two models of my GB Fishermen starter, Shark and Siren. And a group shot.

Small aside from the Butchers (again) to work on some A.R.C. model for Pulp City. Quick-ish paint jobs using zenithal priming and lots of glazes.

Guerilla


Silverager


Ba-Boom


Group shot

Well you've just made them look brilliant! Although I think given recent projects, the thread title might deserve an update

Yeah, I'm often wondering about that... I'm still working on those Butchers though, so it's kinda still relevant. I'm just pushing them more, so need a break between models.

I haven't painted much in the past few month, working a lot on the convention we just hold last weekend.

However, I did paint 4 tiny 15mm models for a new line, Chronicles of the Wayfarer. They're holding a contest on FB. If you have a couple minutes to lose and want to support me or the other participants, an ❤️ on a gallery is a vote. (3 votes max).

https://www.facebook.com/Chroniclesofthewayfarer/posts/390288244686077

Finally done with another Butcher, Boar. Only one left to complete before having my original 6 line-up.

I forgot to update here, so I have a bunch of random other project I completed recently. Added them after Boar.




Thief, Endless Fantasy Tactics


Mandragora, Endless Fantasy Tactics


Absylonia 2, Hordes


Seraph, Hordes


Virus, Pulp City


Cat and dog, Pulp City "citizens"


Custodian Formic APC, 3D Wargaming


Wicth Coven & Egregore

Oups, haven't updated in a while. I might go back and add old stuff, but for now, here the latest project I've been working on: a first squad of Skitariis to try out the new 40k edition, and Shadow War at the same time.

More to follow soon, as I'm already half done on my Tech-Priest Dominus.

Sick faded yellow

ooks really nice

Some ongoing projects, all wip. First, I'm continuing to work on my own AdMech force. About halfway done with my Tech Priest Dominus.



I'm also painting an historical tank for a local 3d design company. This one is a M113, from the Vietnam War.




And lastly is a conversion for a local player. It's a DE Archon mashup with Captain Harlock. I took the GW model, trimmed it down, and I'm resculpting most of the exterior. Here's the inspiration pic, and were I was last week.

I finished my Tech Priest last night. Need to do a good pictures with the Rangers now. Next up are some Infiltrators or a Dunecrawler.