That's a nifty set of models. You really nailed a lot of the subtle details-- the paler face and dried foilage on Past, and the wine bottle stand out.

The half-full look on Present's bottle is incredibly effective.

Great job on finishing Christmas Present! Just had a look at the Reaper website, they have some fun Christmas minis.

Vejut wrote:I just figure its style points on the harp bow. Christmas set looks good too, I like the pants on present and both dresses especially.

Thanks!

JoshInJapan wrote:That's a nifty set of models. You really nailed a lot of the subtle details-- the paler face and dried foilage on Past, and the wine bottle stand out.

Thanks!

youwashock wrote:The half-full look on Present's bottle is incredibly effective.

Thanks! I was worried about that bit, I can never work out how to paint bottles right.

Viterbi wrote:Great job on finishing Christmas Present! Just had a look at the Reaper website, they have some fun Christmas minis.

Thanks! They have a few more they only sell during December, I had quite a few that I got rid of for some stupid reason.


Another mini done, this time it's Cleo (Twisted):-



Bit annoyed I didn't notice her lean in time, but I still think she painted up nice.

On the desk I now have:-



Guy with big sword (Malifaux), the same Elf Archer (She's getting there slowly) and a little girl with a big gun (Twisted).

Cleo's got a great look. Sort of Egyptian inspired steampunk. Old man Gatsu is rad.

 youwashock wrote:
Cleo's got a great look. Sort of Egyptian inspired steampunk. Old man Gatsu is rad.

Thanks! I wasn't too interested in Sword Guy when I got the set, but he's been growing on me as I paint him.

Finished another mini, Celine (Games Workshop):-



Took awhile as she was rather fiddly, but came out good in the end.

She looks very nice. And since I just finished Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, my brain is telling me she would make a wonderful Gelfling.

 youwashock wrote:
She looks very nice. And since I just finished Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, my brain is telling me she would make a wonderful Gelfling.

Thanks!

Took a little while, but I got a couple more minis finished, first Mikhail XVI (Malifaux):-



Struggled a bit with this one, but he turned out okay.

And Blunderbuss (Twisted):-



On the other hand, I'm really pleased with how this little girl turned out.

Starting new stuff:-



At the back we've got my big Valkyrie lady, and at the front, steampunk Agatha Christie and a Guild Ball guy I need to find the name of.

Nice work. Blunderbuss is great. Looking forward very much to Yndrasta.

Now that's a blade you can bring to a gun fight... You could use it as a shield

Also great start on the new minis, love both steampunkers and Yndrasta is just a great mini (I converted mine into a living saint, but have yet to paint her up).

youwashock wrote:Nice work. Blunderbuss is great. Looking forward very much to Yndrasta.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Now that's a blade you can bring to a gun fight... You could use it as a shield

Also great start on the new minis, love both steampunkers and Yndrasta is just a great mini (I converted mine into a living saint, but have yet to paint her up).

Thanks!


So it's been a little while. I had to pack my painting table away for a few days and just really struggled to get started again, but I've finally finished something, Venin (Guild Ball):-



He turned out okay.

Hopefully I'll be back to regular updates now.

Interesting mini. The way you've painted him, he reminds me a little of Jack Flag.

 youwashock wrote:
Interesting mini. The way you've painted him, he reminds me a little of Jack Flag.

Thanks! Yeah, I can see a bit of a resemblance.


Another mini to show off, the Cleric of Maersuluth (Reaper):-



I actually painted him up a couple of months ago for a competition. Didn't do very well but I like him.

Nice! I like the subtle corrosion effect on the armor.

Vejut wrote:
Nice! I like the subtle corrosion effect on the armor.

Thanks! It couldn't compete with the full NMM armour others in the competition had, but I liked it.


I got two minis finished now!
First there's the Sniper (Kingdom Death):-



Who ended up rather colourful!

And Mun Gun Low (Enigma Miniatures):-



I'm really pleased with this one.

Working steadily on other stuff:-



Agathas back, along with my Cursed City Leaping Vampire and a Funky Elf.

KD sniper is fantastic. The cleric, too. Love the barnacles and starfish.

Great work on the finished minis and the next batch is looking promising too! Love the lady on the right, kinda like Miss Marple with a gun vibes

youwashock wrote:KD sniper is fantastic. The cleric, too. Love the barnacles and starfish.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Great work on the finished minis and the next batch is looking promising too! Love the lady on the right, kinda like Miss Marple with a gun vibes

Thanks! Almost right, she's a Steampunk Agatha Christie.


Another two minis down, yay!
Leaping Vampire from my Cursed City set (Games Workshop):-



Not too happy with her hair, but the rest looks okay.

And a Jungle Elf Warrior (Durgin Paint Forge):-



His little facemask didn't work like I wanted (No metallics on the next one), but overall I'm happy with him.

Having a good hair day is half the battle won Both look cool!

 Viterbi wrote:
Having a good hair day is half the battle won Both look cool!

Thanks!


Another finished mini, Agatha Christie (Twisted):-



She's a little slanted (Gotta start letting the Greenstuff on their bases fully dry before attaching) and googly eyed, but I'm pretty happy overall.

The table continues to be full of stuff:-



Now there's a Mirror Mage, Cursed City Evil Wizard and a Kingdom Death Knight in fabulous but totally impractical armour.

A month between updates isn't too bad.

Struggling to paint again. So I dug something simple out of my pile of Reaper minis, just to attack with paint when I felt like it, took a couple weeks but he's done!

Ogre Chieftain (Reaper):-



Kept it simple, but I don't think he looks too bad.

Now the hard part is to keep painting.

I like how it turned out, it looks like a fun mini.

Nice work on the ogre and hope you'll be able to tackle the other stuff soon!

Syro_ wrote:I like how it turned out, it looks like a fun mini.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Nice work on the ogre and hope you'll be able to tackle the other stuff soon!

Thanks! I'm sure I'll get to them one day.


Yay! Not quite a month since the last update, I'm improving!
Not anything I was originally working on again, but another guy is finished, Obulus (Guild Ball):-



Kind of annoyed his face is so washed out, it looks much better in hand, but as least it's another mini done.

Still struggling with the painting...

Rather than fight against my current high level of easily distractedness, I'm going to try and lean into it, and rotate what I'm painting each week (Don't know if it'll work, but anything is worth a try at the moment).

So this week I've finished my Alpha Armour Survivor (Kingdom Death):-




Who I'm very happy with.

And I've been working on a Zeus-alike Storm Giant from Reaper:-



Next week I wanna try to finish a Kingdom Death pin-up for their competition and work a bit more on Torgillus from Cursed City.

Made decent progress last week!

Kingdom Death Pin-up is all done, and looking pretty decent, piccys will have to wait until the competition is over though.

Also finished Torgillius the Chamberlain (Cursed City):-




Really pleased with him, particularly my attempt at doing a bit of writing on his noticeboard thingy.

This week I'm working on Lady Lamplighter:-



And the Mirror Mage:-



See how far I get on these before the week is up.

Didn't get much done this week, the warm weather is making me lazy, but I got a little further on the girls:-



This week I'm working on Badar:-



And the Ferryman:-



Although, with the hot weather set to continue, I'm not sure how much actual progress I'll make.

After a couple days of staring at Badar and the Ferryman, I gave up trying to find the enthusiasm to paint them (Swapping what I'm working on regularly works, planning it all out on a rota doesn't).

The rest of the week has been spent painting Barbarians:-



I'm not doing too bad batch painting these guys.

And assembling ugly dudes:-



Forgeworld resin has got so much better! It's a shame their old Empire stuff is OOP, I'd re-buy it all!

This weeks plan is to stick with what's on the table, see how much I can get done before I get bored of them.

My streak of painting 1 mini a month continues

Finished one of my batch of Warhammer Underworlds Barbarians plus their mutant cat thing:-



Pretty happy with them.

Just gotta keep nibbling away at the pile and try not to get too disheartened by the glacier-like speed of my progress.

Looking good, and hey, even if its slow, its two more models done than you had before.

Vejut wrote:
Looking good, and hey, even if its slow, its two more models done than you had before.

Thanks!
All I really want to do is paint slightly more minis than I buy.


Bad dose of flu messed up most of this weeks painting plans, but I did make a little bit of progress:-



Zeus is coming along nicely.



As is the Chain Lord.

Hopefully I'll get better soon and I can start making more progress.

Those two are looking good so far, and hopefully you are feeling better.

 Syro_ wrote:
Those two are looking good so far, and hopefully you are feeling better.

Thanks! Took a lot longer to get back to full health than it used to (The cost of getting older I guess), but I'm feeling a lot better.


Still struggling a bit on the painting front, but I'm slowly making progress:-



Zeus shouldn't take much more work.



Lots to do on the Chain Lord.



And I've just started on Guan Y (Who, for legal purposes, is an entirely original concept and totally not a Space Marine!), I think I need to tone down the top of his head.

Nice progress, and all the flesh looks good! On the legally distinct from a space marine, I dunno, on its own I feel the top looks fine, just kind of a seam at the brow I think? Maybe bring that up more?

Great work on those skin colors. The Chain Lord's look especially lifelike!

Thanks guys!

It's been a little while.
Was feeling very low for a few weeks and the hobby bore the brunt of it, at one point I had everything packed up ready to be dropped off at the local charity shop. Fortunately, I didn't do anything drastic in the end and I'm slowly getting back at it.

Painted up a Guild Ball mini, Brisket:-



Not sure which version of Brisket this is, but I'm happy with how she looks.

Now I just have to keep the momentum going!

Definitely glad you didn't bin things. Brisket is a solid paint job too!

Vejut wrote:
Definitely glad you didn't bin things. Brisket is a solid paint job too!

Thanks!
It was my laziness that saved the day. Even all boxed up, there was just too much stuff to deal with.


Unfortunately, my painting momentum didn't last and everything is all packed up again. I'm not wallowing in self-pity this time though, so I do intend to start up the hobby again one day, I just don't know when.

Until then farewell!

Hello again!

New year and a new attempt at keeping this thread going!

Been managing to do a bit of hobbying most days lately, and finished a couple minis.
There's Lady Florence (Games Workshop):-



Not completely happy with this one, was a more complicated mini than I thought and I kept finding bits I'd missed, but at least I stuck with it.
And Zeus (Reaper):-




A lot more pleased with this one, in places he's a bit more basically painted than he should be for such a large mini, but I think he looks good.

And I'm making steady progress on a couple other minis, but lately I've been bogged down getting some Malifaux stuff assembled.
I'll try and make regular updates, but I'm not really set up to take Work In Progress pictures any more (I haven't set my painting desk back up and don't think I will, I seem to be doing better without a constant reminder that I should be painting).

Zeus rules! Glad you are still at it!

Good to see you back at it, and yeah, Zeus came out looking nice!

Thanks guys! Glad everybody likes Zeus.

Was hoping to have something finished by now, but I'm getting there slowly:-



Really close to finishing the Slaver Lord and Potion Girl, Skelly Dude is getting there and I have my first Juggernaut all prepped.

Woot! I've finished things!

First there's the Chain Lord (Necromunda):-




Really happy with this one, I think he turned out quite good.

Second there's the Potion Girl (Kingdom Death):-




Not too happy here, struggled to figure out how to paint a lot of her.

And finally, the Skeleton Captain (Cursed City):-



Pleased with this one too, especially his cape!

All that's left on the table now is this pair of fatties:-



The Shackle Man and the Smug Juggernaut.
Going to be busy building things though, picked up some more Necromunda stuff and I'm worried I'm going to lose those teeny tiny pieces.

Still building things, so no new painting done yet, but I can finally show-off this Pin-up girl I did last year for a competition (It took them a long time to get it all wrapped up, as is the Kingdom Death way!)

Ram Armour Pin-Up (Kingdom Death):-



Didn't get anywhere in the competition (There was a lot of very fancy painting going on), but I think I did a good job on her.

And now back to building, my Gunsmyths arm needs gap-filling.

Woot! Finished building stuff:-



And now I realise I left 3 minis (A Corpse Grinder and the House Griem pair) out of the group shot

I also received my Kings Coin from the Kingdom Death competition:-



I know that everyone that entered got one, but it still feels like I accomplished something!

Nice work on assembling all those models, also that coin doesn't look half bad! :O

She's quite pretty, aku. Congrats on snagging that coin.

Boringstuff wrote:Nice work on assembling all those models, also that coin doesn't look half bad! :O

Spoiler:

Insert snarky comment here about KD putting more effort in for that than delivering on promises. XD

Thanks!
Yeah, you'd think they would have more important things to spend their time and money on, but apparently not.

youwashock wrote:She's quite pretty, aku. Congrats on snagging that coin.

Thanks! Yep, rather happy with her.


Finally finished my Smug Juggernaut (Malifaux):-



I'm really pleased with how he turned out, but it shouldn't have taken me the best part of two months to paint him.

Got three more minis on the table:-



Hopefully they don't take me as long to paint.

Wow. You always have wild looking minis to paint. Who's the guy with the axe and tiki mask?

Smuggernaut looks awesome!

 youwashock wrote:
Wow. You always have wild looking minis to paint. Who's the guy with the axe and tiki mask?

Smuggernaut looks awesome!

Thanks!
That is... *Looks up website* Prophyrion, he's from last years Special Edition Malifaux set.

So, I had plenty to be working on, but my brain decided to paint skeletons, and, of course, I couldn't paint any skeletons I had lying around, I had to build some new ones:-



I'm making decent, if slow, progress though.
And then I had to build more stuff just because:-



Hopefully I'll have something done next time, although I did well on Ebay for some Marvel Crisis stuff, so who knows what I'll be working on.

There's nothing wrong with building stuff. It'll all get painted eventually, right?

 JoshInJapan wrote:
There's nothing wrong with building stuff. It'll all get painted eventually, right?

That's the plan, but I think I've long since passed the point where I can get everything finished during my lifetime.

Was determined to actually finish something before I posted an update, it's only one skeleton but it's a start:-



At least he looks decent.

I built a few more minis, but a really gappy Kingdom Death mini has put me off assembly for a while, so back to painting:-



Harmony, Owl Knight (I think Kingdom Death has a bit of a scale creep problem) and Mecha Dragoon.

Harmony (Guild Ball) got wrapped up fairly quickly:-



Think she turned out okay considering she's a bit dinky.

Now to keep this momentum going!

Good to see this back, and the minis are looking good!

Harmony looks quite cool. That Owl Knight is really something. Bet it turns out sweet.

Harmony looks great. The highlighting on the tank-top is particularly effective, and as always, I like your use of purple.

Vejut wrote:Good to see this back, and the minis are looking good!

Thanks!

youwashock wrote:Harmony looks quite cool. That Owl Knight is really something. Bet it turns out sweet.

Thanks! Yeah, I think the Owl Knight is the best mini Kingdom Death has put out in a while, although it's a shame his helmet isn't held in place by yet more hands like the artwork.

JoshInJapan wrote:Harmony looks great. The highlighting on the tank-top is particularly effective, and as always, I like your use of purple.

Thanks! Yeah, I was pretty pleased with how her vest turned out.


A bad back has put a stop to any painting this week (I thought exercise was supposed to help not hurt!), so I've done yet more building:-



Wasn't planning on getting back into Marvel Crisis Protocol (My brain is never going to be happy that I can't have all the things), but I ended up getting some cheap off Ebay.
Forgot how badly some of their early stuff goes together though, my poor Captain Marvel has even more gaps this time around!

A weird and wonderful mix of minis in here mate, thanks for sharing! Nice to see some of what's out there.

Your skin tones are amazing and I love how much purple is popping up.

Seems like you're in a good rhythm at the moment - build, paint, build, paint, build. Keep it up!

aku-chan brings the variety, that's for sure. Speaking of which, I can't wait to see some of that smooth, vibrant aku-style applied to those MCP minis.

tzurk wrote:A weird and wonderful mix of minis in here mate, thanks for sharing! Nice to see some of what's out there.

Your skin tones are amazing and I love how much purple is popping up.

Seems like you're in a good rhythm at the moment - build, paint, build, paint, build. Keep it up!

Thanks! I do wish my build:paint ratio was higher on the painting side though.

youwashock wrote:aku-chan brings the variety, that's for sure. Speaking of which, I can't wait to see some of that smooth, vibrant aku-style applied to those MCP minis.

They're in the queue, unfortunately there's a lot of other stuff in there too!

Had a bit of a motivation dip, did get one mini finished though, the Gentlefolk Lancer (Twisted):-




Who doesn't look too bad.

Working on a bit of a big project now:-



Glutos is coming!

Howdy y'all!

I'm still painting, not particularly fast or consistently, but I let my poor thread die.
However, next year I do want to try harder with this whole painting thing, and part of that is resuming regular-ish updates, so I thought I'd start by showing off what I've been doing these last 6 months.

First there was a pair of Ghouls, Uncle Gregor and Aunt Vanya:-





Then there was Astri:-



Plus, Siobhan Adhair (She's a 1:1 scale fairy):-



Next, Polyxeni the Mirror Mage:-



Followed by, Coleman Stryker (I picked up a few Privateer Press minis when they nuked their old stuff):-



And, Tevurua the Glade Maiden:-



And finally, Yndrasta:-



That may not seem like a lot, but there's quite a bit of part painted stuff too (That's also something I want to work on next year, actually finishing what I start!).
At the moment I'm trying to finish a set of Witches (I wanted them done by Halloween, but at least I'm getting there), I've finished 2 witches and their cauldron:-



I'm hoping to get the final Witch done by the end of the year, still got a bit to do though:-



And then I can finally have a good go at my motorbike dude:-



See y'all in the new year!

Geez that's an impressive body of work to show! Welcome back!

I'm particularly impressed with the stitching on Vanya's cloak, Astrid's eyes and the cloak shading in blue you used with Yndrasta. I have to chuckle at my own impateince, because even as I was reading your description of the (first) two witches and their cauldron, I was thinking "But there;s three witches in MacBeth!" and then you immediately showed the third one you're going to do (not that witches have to come in threes! )

Always a pleasure to see what you've been up to.

Hey! Good to see you back! Fun stuff, as always. Love Yndrasta and the Glade Maid. Best of luck in the new year!

Solid bit of work. I like how yndastra's feathers came out!

Lovely work, as always. I'm always impressed at a) your use of bright colors (something I can never seem to make myself do) and b) how smooth your shading and highlighting are. I look forward to seeing what you do in 2024.

Thanks guys, it's good to be back!

Over Christmas I managed to finish my Witches Set (Reaper):-






They turned out okay, mostly I'm just glad I finished them.

Currently I'm working on this guy:-



He's been sitting unfinished for far too long!
And this guy:-



Slowly nibbling away at him.

Also built my Death Chicken and Oblivion Armour Set from Kingdom Death. The new armour sets are so much better than the old ones, but (Much like their bigger models of the past) the Death Chicken is gonna need some gap filling.

Witches are looking good!

Vejut wrote:
Witches are looking good!

Thanks! I think the blonde one turned out the best.


So I had a plan for the new year.
I'd picked a handful of minis that I'd work on for the next couple of months, then pick out another batch etc.
Only problem is, it only took a couple of weeks before I got fed up of seeing the same minis on my desk every day.

Now those minis are stored away in the Cabinet of Unfinished Things, and I'm getting this guy finished:-



It's going well.
I've also been slowly prepping another set to work on:-



But this time I'm going to be smart and keep them out of sight until needed!

Is that guy riding some kind of giant rabbit?

Lots of cool stuff coming up, for sure!

Definitely some fun stuff. Nice progress on the beastie. And yeah, I generally find when my desk starts getting a lot of active projects on it my brain starts getting iffy on them, glad I'm not the only one.

youwashock wrote:Is that guy riding some kind of giant rabbit?

Lots of cool stuff coming up, for sure!

Yep that's Zacchaeus:- The Winters Chill, he's one of those new 3d printed Warmachine figures, took ages clearing all the supports out of his nooks and crannies!

Vejut wrote:Definitely some fun stuff. Nice progress on the beastie. And yeah, I generally find when my desk starts getting a lot of active projects on it my brain starts getting iffy on them, glad I'm not the only one.

Thanks!
The idea was, that by having everything on the desk, I could jump between minis whenever I got a bit bored, didn't work out like that though...


Making steady progress, keeping my desk clearer is working.



Didn't get quite as far on this guy as I would've liked. Got some smudges on his skin painting his poncho, and I could not remember what colour mix I used (I know it's a grey and a flesh tone but that's it), so I had to re-paint his back.



This guy has made his way from the box to my desk, he's going well so far.

Glad the new workflow is helping. The Stormcast gent is looking good. The white lion kneepad stands out as a nice detail. Good choice.

 youwashock wrote:
Glad the new workflow is helping. The Stormcast gent is looking good. The white lion kneepad stands out as a nice detail. Good choice.

Thanks! I hadn't actually painted that bit yet, but I did go down a similar route.

Was trying to get something finished before I did my next update, still haven't quite finished the big orc but did get Hendrick done:-



I think he turned out pretty decent.

Started a new mini but it's for the new Kingdom Death painting competition, so it will have to remain secret for now.

Love the teal highlights going through - the scabbard and the scale skirt. Good job!

Nice! liking the cloak fur!

Hey, it still works.

Nice job. The teal makes for a great splash of color against all that armor. Digging the cloak.

Love that Stormcast. There are a few gems tucked away in that range

Thanks for sharing

Thanks guys!

I changed my mind on how shiny Hendrick was, so I went over him with some matt varnish, I think he looks better now:-



I was also challenged to do a bit of freehand on his scabbard, it's basic but I'm pretty happy with it.

Also finished my Killaboss (Games Workshop):-



He looks good but mostly I'm just glad he's finally finished!

I also finished Mavaro (Reaper):-



Feeling so-so about this one, at least he's finally done after all these years though.

Now I'm working on Damaris:-



Lets see how far I get in a week.

Freehand came out well, and liking Mavaro's skull!

Vejut wrote:
Freehand came out well, and liking Mavaro's skull!

Thanks!

Nothing finished at the moment, spending a lot of time on my Kingdom Death competition entry, I got stuck on my first attempt and had to start another one!

But I can show this:-



Egret my Hunters Guild archer.
The return of Guild Ball is on my mind, so I've dug out all my stuff to work on, plus I need to make space for all the new ones I brought to fill the gaps in my collection.

Always sucks when you get to the "Don't want to look at it" point before its done. Progress on Egret looks nice though!

Vejut wrote:
Always sucks when you get to the "Don't want to look at it" point before its done. Progress on Egret looks nice though!

Thanks!

Finished and submitted my Kingdom Death competition mini, I know it won't win but I like the job I did on it, now to start my Reaper competition mini!

Also finished Egret (Guild Ball):-



I like her, still can't figure out if this is the Hunters or Falconers Guild version.
The Guild Ball stuff rolls on, started on Scourge:-



He's not bad for one of their PVC minis, didn't quite get all the moldlines though.

Quite the pleasant looking fellow.

Egret looks good, too. I like all the stitching picked out and the red hair with the green clothing.

 youwashock wrote:
Quite the pleasant looking fellow.

Egret looks good, too. I like all the stitching picked out and the red hair with the green clothing.

Thanks! I was pretty pleased with myself that I managed to do all of Egrets stitch-work without making a mess.

Didn't make a lot of progress this week, but things are getting there.
The Reaper competition mini got shelved, the casting wasn't great and getting it prepped sucked all the enthusiasm out of me.

Scourge is progressing:-



Just got skulls and rats to paint now.

Salvo is the next Guild Baller on the table:-



Very early days though.

And this guy has returned:-



Thought I could get him wrapped up quickly, but I keep finding little areas I've missed.

The "dang it I thought I got that spot" is always annoying, but he looks pretty good. I like the eyes on the cloak.

And nice progress on scourge.

Vejut wrote:
The "dang it I thought I got that spot" is always annoying, but he looks pretty good. I like the eyes on the cloak.

And nice progress on scourge.

Thanks! It was getting up under his feathery bits that were proving tricky.

Finally finished the Owl Armoured Male (Kingdom Death):-




The feathers didn't quite turn out like I hoped, but otherwise I'm happy with him.

Also continued the Guild Ball run by finishing Scourge too:-




Considering how hit and miss Steamforged Games PVC minis can be, this one didn't turn out too bad at all.

Also continued with Salvo:-



Been a bit too shaky lately to tackle his many straps though.

And this determined looking Warcaster has arrived on the painting table:-



Trying to go down a different route than my usual "All armour done in metallics" one.

Scourge and owl knight looking good. Straps are always a pain, yeah. And the warcaster looking like a nice start.

Vejut wrote:
Scourge and owl knight looking good. Straps are always a pain, yeah. And the warcaster looking like a nice start.

Thanks! I don't normally mind painting straps but he had four tiny ones on each limb.

Had a bit of a dip in the old hobby mojo, trying to regain it by working on different minis.

Picked a new Guild Baller to work on:-



Vitriol, she's coming along nicely.

And either Callis or Toll (I'm not sure which is which):-



Annoyingly, I didn't think to paint the inside of his armour collar before I did his face and now I can't get a brush back in there.

 aku-chan wrote:




Annoyingly, I didn't think to paint the inside of his armour collar before I did his face and now I can't get a brush back in there.

Oh, I hate it when that happens. In fact, that's the reason I prime everything in black these days-- lighter colors are more work, but missed spots don't stand out as much.

Owl armor turned out great. Vitriol is a very interesting model.

JoshInJapan wrote:Oh, I hate it when that happens. In fact, that's the reason I prime everything in black these days-- lighter colors are more work, but missed spots don't stand out as much.

I can't go back to priming in black, I have a hard enough time seeing what I'm painting as it is!

youwashock wrote:Owl armor turned out great. Vitriol is a very interesting model.

Thanks!
Yeah, the Guild Ball range has a few of these randomly super-dynamic minis (Or at least it did before they re-sculpted everything, the current Vitriol isn't as interesting).

Was hoping to get things finished over the weekend, but it didn't happen. There's not much left to do though, so hopefully I can get them wrapped up this week.



Vitriol just needs boots, gloves and cane done.



Callis needs more tidying up, but mostly he needs trousers and pistols.

Can't forget your trousers, no. Good looking progress!

Vejut wrote:
Can't forget your trousers, no. Good looking progress!

Yep, trousers are a must!

Got stuff finished.
First there's Vitriol (Guild Ball):-




Really pleased with this one.

And Armand Callis (Games Workshop):-




He didn't turn out too bad either.

Continuing with the Guild Ball stuff, next to the table is:-



Harry the Hat.

Plus a totally normal owl doing normal owl-ly things:-



This one's going to take a while I think.

Looks good, especially liking the damaged skin on the side of vitriol's head.

And on to kingdom of far too many fingers I see! One of the better painters around me rather likes them, and yes, will be a while, but they look great painted...

Vitriol turned out awesome. Love the cane and the burned skin (?). Excited to see how you tackle the KD owl.

Vejut wrote:Looks good, especially liking the damaged skin on the side of vitriol's head.

And on to kingdom of far too many fingers I see! One of the better painters around me rather likes them, and yes, will be a while, but they look great painted...

Thanks! I wasn't sure how to paint Vitirols scars but a dab of Red Wash worked pretty well.

youwashock wrote:Vitriol turned out awesome. Love the cane and the burned skin (?). Excited to see how you tackle the KD owl.

Thanks!


So after staring at the Owl for several days and having no idea where to start on it, I set it aside to do some assembly:-




After all these years I've finally assembled all my Guild Ball minis! (Until they release some more...)

Brought the Owl back to the desk, still couldn't work out what to do with it, so I've returned to minis I'm more familiar with:-



A pair of Ambitious Survivors.

Been letting the painting slide a bit lately (Watching a lot of old Dr. Who instead), but I've finally finished something.

My latest Guild Ball guy, Veteran Rage:-



A fairly simple mini, but he turned out okay.
Here he is with OG Rage:-



Making slow but steady progress on the Ambitious Survivors:-



They're a complicated pair.

Loving the blues and red on those guys. Rage is interesting. Imagine being so angry for so long you get a promotion.

Its the whiskers, obviously, gotta promote a guy with those sideburns!

And kingdom death looks like its coming along nicely!

Thanks guys!

Painting is still going slowly, but I'll get there eventually.



The Female Survivor is almost done, just got to remember to glue the head of her poleaxe back on, the Male has a lot more gubbins going on, so he's taking longer.
I've also almost finished Pride the Lion as my latest Guild Ball mini.

Looking good! And yeah, weapon parts falling off are always annoying.

Good stuff. I like the lion mini. I think that without you, I may have never even heard of Guild Ball, much less seen their models.

Vejut wrote:Looking good! And yeah, weapon parts falling off are always annoying.

Thanks! Yep, don't know if it was a separate piece or it broke but her axe head just would not stay on.

youwashock wrote:Good stuff. I like the lion mini. I think that without you, I may have never even heard of Guild Ball, much less seen their models.

Thanks! Yeah, I don't think there's many of us out there still painting the stuff.

I got stuff done!
Also my trusty camera finally started dying after over 15 years, and I'm still getting to grips with it's replacement, so picture quality is all over the place.

First I finished Pride (Guild Ball):-




He turned out okay in the end.

I also finished Mrs. Ambition (Kingdom Death):-




Less happy with this one, kept having to go back to touch up spots and I think it looks a bit messy as a result.

Mr. Ambition is still on the table, trying to paint both of them at once was just really slowing things down, but I should get him finished off fairly sharpish now.
Plus there's a new Baller:-



Veteran Honour (And Starla her assistance dog!).

That figure is awesome! Love the doggo! Her face and hair are already looking great.

 youwashock wrote:
That figure is awesome! Love the doggo! Her face and hair are already looking great.

Thanks! It is a nice figure, ran into some trouble painting her trousers though.

Got more stuff finished, yay!

First there's Mr. Ambition (Kingdom Death):-





I quite like how this one turned out, I think I did a better job on him than I did on his missus at least.

And I finished Veteran Honour (Guild Ball):-



Mostly happy with this one, I got a bit lost painting her trousers (I think she's wearing chaps or something), so the back is a bit of a mess compared to the front.

Got the next Baller on the table already:-



Veteran Greede and possibly Strongbox the tortoise.

Sigh, I'd been doing pretty well not buying too many minis this year (Apart from completing my Guild Ball collection), but now Warcrow has got it's hooks in me.
Already pre-ordered the starter set (So I get the Polar Bear man) and I want pretty much everything I've seen so far, even stuff that usually doesn't appeal to me like the Dwarves and Orcs.
Going to try very hard not to let this one gather dust on my shelf (Like everything else I buy) when it comes out in a couple of months.

Mr. Ambition turned out really well. I like the way you leaned into the bare-midriff, and the purple cape looks great, as well-- I really struggle with purples, so it's always nice to see it done this well.

Mr. Ambition does look very cool. I see what you mean on Honour's pants. Things get a little nondescript back there. Love the fur birthmark. That turtle rider is astounding. Surely going to be a hit.

JoshInJapan wrote:Mr. Ambition turned out really well. I like the way you leaned into the bare-midriff, and the purple cape looks great, as well-- I really struggle with purples, so it's always nice to see it done this well.

Thanks, I was pretty pleased with his cape, just wish I could get better at blending the highlights in.

youwashock wrote:Mr. Ambition does look very cool. I see what you mean on Honour's pants. Things get a little nondescript back there. Love the fur birthmark. That turtle rider is astounding. Surely going to be a hit.

Thanks!

Trying to get into the habit of weekly updates, even if I don't have much to show off!



Greede is progressing very slowly.
And I've taken a couple minis from the Cabinet of Unfinished Things to see if I can finally finish them:-



My Shackle-Man, who's actually pretty close to finished now.



And the test mini for my Death King armour set, who has quite a way to go.

Wonderful stuff! A choice of palette that makes me think of 2000AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.

Truly Ghafflebette, Zarjazz and Scrotnig!

Borag Thungg, earthlet!

That death armor is going to be super-cool!

Just had a look through the thread, some lovely paint jobs.

Love the variety in minis too.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Wonderful stuff! A choice of palette that makes me think of 2000AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.

Truly Ghafflebette, Zarjazz and Scrotnig!

Borag Thungg, earthlet!

Thanks!

youwashock wrote:That death armor is going to be super-cool!

I hope so.

gianlucafiorentini123 wrote:Just had a look through the thread, some lovely paint jobs.

Love the variety in minis too.

Thanks! Gotta get better at finishing stuff though...


Really not doing well with the heat this summer, just doing a spot of painting here and there.

Did manage to finish the Shackle Man (Necromunda) though:-




Happy this one is finally finished.

Also made decent progress on Greede:-



Haven't had much time for Mrs. Death King though:-

Hey, one step at a time, sooner or later you get there. Keep up the good work. Digging that Necromunda jailer.

 youwashock wrote:
Hey, one step at a time, sooner or later you get there. Keep up the good work. Digging that Necromunda jailer.

Thanks!

Haven't been doing any painting lately, it's just gotten too hot, I did put this guy together though:-



Looking forward to working on him when it gets a bit cooler.

Yay, painting!



Got quite a way to go.

That guy looks pretty huge. What size is he? Also, where from? Your collection's span is so wide, I wouldn't try guessing.

 youwashock wrote:
That guy looks pretty huge. What size is he? Also, where from? Your collection's span is so wide, I wouldn't try guessing.

Yeah he's a biggie!
He's an 80mm scale mini from Akelarre Models.

Been to hot again to do much painting, but I made a little bit of progress:-



The armour is all finished, and I've started on the skin.

Today though I've been working on my Warcrow Starter Set:-



Not off to a great start, I'm missing half of the human faction, and the Internet was right, these aren't particularly well designed minis. A whole day of prepping and I still couldn't get them to go together without noticeable gaps.

Armor looks good, hope to see more.

Disappointing on the warcrow, though if it helps, I'm not seeing the gaps from this angle, so the prep at least worked.

Vejut wrote:
Armor looks good, hope to see more.

Disappointing on the warcrow, though if it helps, I'm not seeing the gaps from this angle, so the prep at least worked.

Thanks! Fortunately I did a decent enough filling job with my so-so putty skills, it really helped restore my enthusiasm for working on them.

Didn't get as much painted as I'd like this week, the main culprit being this guy:-



Been trying to get into all the nooks and crannies of his hat feathers, there's a lot of areas I just can't reach with a brush and it keeps bothering me, you can't see them but I know they're there!

I did at least make a start on my first Warcrow Orc:-



I'm going outside my comfort zone and doing a green skintone.

Big guy is coming along quite nicely. A few good washes can fill in those fiddly areas. Liking the greenskin, too.

 youwashock wrote:
Big guy is coming along quite nicely. A few good washes can fill in those fiddly areas. Liking the greenskin, too.

Thanks!

Once again I ended up building something rather than working on the stuff I was supposed to:-



But sometimes you just need to lose yourself in assembling a kit.

I can show this guy off though (Crimson Armoured Warrior - Kingdom Death):-




He was painted up a few months ago for the last Kingdom Death painting competition.
Didn't get anywhere, I was way out of my league, but I like him and I only entered for the participation prize, so it's all good!

Really need to get the others painted up one day.

You're doing a better job getting through KD than me, aku. I love their models, but when I think about working on them I get bogged down with the malaise that has grown around that KS. Been so long, with so little progress, and the continual sales of new stuff on their website while backers face the real possibility of a 10 YEAR fulfilment drag me down.

Keep up the good work!

Wow, I really love your painting style and color choices.

youwashock wrote:You're doing a better job getting through KD than me, aku. I love their models, but when I think about working on them I get bogged down with the malaise that has grown around that KS. Been so long, with so little progress, and the continual sales of new stuff on their website while backers face the real possibility of a 10 YEAR fulfilment drag me down.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks!
It may not have made much financial sense, since I'll probably end up buying a big chunk of it anyways, but I still think I did the right thing getting my Kickstarter pledge refunded.
No good getting things cheap if you no longer want them when you finally get them.

Tommygun1918 wrote:Wow, I really love your painting style and color choices.

Thanks!


Life is still getting in the way of painting, but I am finding the odd moment here and there to build things.

The missing minis from my Warcrow starter arrived, so I could finally build the human half of the set:-



Fortunately, went together a lot better than the Orcs did!
And I've been building more Kingdom Death ladies:-



Frog Girl and Crossbow Knight so far.

Those minis look pretty rad. Reminder to self: stay away from Warcrow.

Bring on the Frog Girl!

 youwashock wrote:
Those minis look pretty rad. Reminder to self: stay away from Warcrow.

Bring on the Frog Girl!

The warcrow minis are snazzy but I still have mixed feelings about the Siocast stuff they're made from.


Shock, horror!
I actually did some painting this week, not something I was supposed to be painting but I'll take what I can get:-



It's been fun to work on so far.
And still building things:-



The last few Guild Ball peeps.



And more Kingdom Death, had to put the viking guy on a bit of cork because he's way too big for his base.

Hey, sometimes your motovation just needs some variety. Looks good so far, and lots of interesting stuff lined up on deck.

Vejut wrote:
Hey, sometimes your motovation just needs some variety. Looks good so far, and lots of interesting stuff lined up on deck.

Just wish it didn't need quite so much variety, all those half finished minis!

A bad cold I can't quite shift ate into my hobby time this week, but I got a bit done:-

More building!



This is the follow up set to the Warcrow starter, and we're back to the minis being pretty gap-ridden. They've got that old problem where they've got both hands on a weapon but only one hand actually lines up its arm.
They're nice minis but they're too much work, so I'm not going to pick up any more until it looks like Corvus Belli has gotten better at using this Siocast stuff.



With no Warcrow to try and keep up with, I'm going to try and make a dent in my Warhammer Underworlds stuff instead, I built some Ninja Rats.



Also a random mage lady.

Did get a little painting done:-



Finished the Monks for Lady Z's ride.



Hitting the floor of her ride with a brown wash to pick out the gaps and cracks accidentally gave me this lovely marbled tile effect. I'm actually going to be pretty disappointed that most of this will be covered up in the end



Also back on the Guild Ball stuff, not much left to do to Greede.

Enh, half finished minis now means lots of easier to finish minis later. Paint looking nice, always nice to see more ratty boys. Definitely seeing the gapping on the dwarfs for the Warcrow stuff--unfortunate, hopefully they figure it out. Good job keeping going!

Greede is looking good. So is the purple procession. You always have such a variety, it's easy to forget GW is in there, too.

Vejut wrote:Enh, half finished minis now means lots of easier to finish minis later. Paint looking nice, always nice to see more ratty boys. Definitely seeing the gapping on the dwarfs for the Warcrow stuff--unfortunate, hopefully they figure it out. Good job keeping going!

Yeah, it's a shame about the Warcrow minis, I was really hyped up for that range. Annoyingly, no one else seems to have gotten a bad set.

youwashock wrote:Greede is looking good. So is the purple procession. You always have such a variety, it's easy to forget GW is in there, too.

Thanks!

More painting!

Veteran Greede is all finished:-




I think he came out okay.

And I've started my next Baller:-



This one is called Pin Vice.

I've also started painting my Underworlds stuff again:-



Just randomly picked out one of the older Dark Elf ladies.

And making a little more progress on Lady Z:-



The monks arms didn't connect as seamlessly to their bodies as I would've liked. Hopefully, once it's all finished it won't be too noticeable.

It doesn’t show even now.

I agree, not really seeing the seams now.

Greede looking good, and always fun to do just a random model to try.

Thanks guys!
The dodgy joins are a bit more noticeable from other angles, but it's mostly a case of 'I know they're there, so I can't unsee them'.

Bit more painting done, concentrated on the two ladies this week:-



The Elf lady got some big green hair and dodgy eyes.



And Pin Vice got a rather poor attempt at metallic cable hair, the sculpt is a bit lacklustre in that area (It's like the sculptor couldn't decide if she had normal hair or wires, so they did a kind of mishmash of both that doesn't really work for anything).

And more building of course:-



A Kingdom Death battle maid.



And some Evil Space Marines.
Not sure why I brought these guys as I'll probably never paint them. At least they are fun to put together for the most part, I'd prefer the arms to have nubs or something, so I know if I'm putting them on right.

Green Hair and Dodgy Eyes sounds like an album title, for sure.

She's looking good, though. Still trying to decide if I need to own that model. And if I do, she's got a good chance of ending up like your Marines. "Why did I buy this?"

I like how Pin Vice is coming along, especially the wood grain (is that wood grain? I'm going to assume that it is) on her armor.

youwashock wrote:Green Hair and Dodgy Eyes sounds like an album title, for sure.

She's looking good, though. Still trying to decide if I need to own that model. And if I do, she's got a good chance of ending up like your Marines. "Why did I buy this?"

Thanks! I don't think I'd recommend picking her up as a painting project, her details are a bit soft and mushy in places (Probably because she's one of the earlier Underworlds minis).

JoshInJapan wrote:I like how Pin Vice is coming along, especially the wood grain (is that wood grain? I'm going to assume that it is) on her armor.

Thanks! It's very fine wood grain, I'm honestly surprised it took a drybrush.

I didn't get a lot of hobbying done during the week, got a lot of life stuff on my plate at the moment, but I got a good session in today:-



The Elf lady and Pin Vice are getting there slowly, did not enjoy picking out that pattern on Pin Vices cape though.



And got all the wood done on Lady Z's throne.

Going to try and get more hobbying in this week, hopefully get something finished.

Is the beige KD figure next to the big Viking a Warhammer homage? I ask because I just so happened to look at your blog after looking at theCrow’s blog, where the latest post showed some old Warhammer art that looks really similar in many ways.

 Turaxa wrote:
Is the beige KD figure next to the big Viking a Warhammer homage? I ask because I just so happened to look at your blog after looking at theCrow’s blog, where the latest post showed some old Warhammer art that looks really similar in many ways.

Wow, that does look similar!
But no, I think she's just meant to be a stereotypical anime/JRPG fantasy female mage.


I've finished stuff! Woot!
First there's Pin Vice (Guild Ball):-



Not one of my best, even though she's a fairly simple mini I did struggle with this one.

And Morgwaeth (Warhammer - Underworlds):-



Apart from her face, I don't think I did too badly on this one.

Also I've almost finished Lady Z's throne:-



Just got to finish off some of the metallics and then it's on to the woman herself.

Plus, I've been building stuff:-



Stormcoven.



Another Kingdom Death lady, I left some bits off this one, because I couldn't work out how to attach them.



Angry Space Marine chap.
Always liked this guys weird muscle armour, so had to get him as soon as the plastic version came out.

And I've picked out the next Guild Ball and Underworlds minis:-



Ratcatcher Graves for Guild Ball.



And Floaty Dwarf for Underworlds.

Hair on the witch elf and face on the ratcatcher looking especially nice! Nice progress!

I really liked the leatherwork on Pin Vice (Vise?) there - looks both weathered and realistic!

A fine selection of upcoming minis. Morgwaeth has turned out quite nice.

Thanks everyone!

I haven't done much this week, now the weather is getting a bit colder my hands are playing up, but I'm still trying to make slow but steady progress:-



Graves just got some leather armour.



But I did finish the dwarfs blimp.



And made a small start to Lady Z and her friend.

Pin Vise looks very nice all painted up. It must have been a bear to pick out the details in metallics on her cape.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Pin Vise looks very nice all painted up. It must have been a bear to pick out the details in metallics on her cape.

Thanks!
Don't remind me, it was danged difficult spotting all those random swirly bits.

Today was the first day I did any painting, it was a busy week, so I didn't get much done.



Graves got the most attention.



Floaty Dwarf got the least.



Lady Z and friend got matching outfits.

Gotta try and do more next week.

Loving that purple, aku-chan.

As a knowledgeable connoisseur of purples, that is a mighty fine purple.

Thanks guys! I just wish the camera didn't show off how bad I am at layering these days

A little bit of progress this week:-



Graves is mostly done, just needs his poncho painting.



Lady Z is done, her friend just needs her candles doing.

Should get a few things finally finished next week, probably would've got them done this week had I not been putting together the new plastic Warmachine Starter set:-



Not sure who's doing the manufacturing, but they're doing a good job!

Kinda reassuring to see WM still trucking along. Looking forward to how he turns out.

Love the colour scheme on Lady Z! Great paintjobs.

Hello Aku-chan, your paints look great, don't do yourself short saying you're not a good painter, you're pretty good.
As for colour-issues with photography, do you have access to or the money for a lighting set up? They are generally about 40-50 bucks in photography stores, the ones with either a ring light or flat bars with customizable angling, such lighrs have a dial on them on which you can adjust the lighting from cold to warm, and generally it is warm lightning messing with colours.
Another idea is to exclusively photograph in natural lighting areas, not necessarily outside but atleast in a location that has a large window close to it during the daytime.

Check the challenge thread on these forums!

-Helveine.

edit: lol didn't notice this post was from 2016 -_- wut
Anyway, compliments still stand and eh, lighting advice.. probably you already got that fixed seeing from your recent pics.

Graves is coming along nicely. I really like your use of several different browns on and around the boots-- I would have likely taken a lazier approach.

youwashock wrote:Kinda reassuring to see WM still trucking along. Looking forward to how he turns out.

The Warmachine stuff is pretty far down the painting queue, gotta stop buying things just because they look cool!

muette wrote:Love the colour scheme on Lady Z! Great paintjobs.

Thanks!

Leopold Helveine wrote:Hello Aku-chan, your paints look great, don't do yourself short saying you're not a good painter, you're pretty good.
As for colour-issues with photography, do you have access to or the money for a lighting set up? They are generally about 40-50 bucks in photography stores, the ones with either a ring light or flat bars with customizable angling, such lighrs have a dial on them on which you can adjust the lighting from cold to warm, and generally it is warm lightning messing with colours.
Another idea is to exclusively photograph in natural lighting areas, not necessarily outside but atleast in a location that has a large window close to it during the daytime.

Check the challenge thread on these forums!

-Helveine.

edit: lol didn't notice this post was from 2016 -_- wut
Anyway, compliments still stand and eh, lighting advice.. probably you already got that fixed seeing from your recent pics.

Thanks!
Yeah, it took me ages to figure out a decent photo setup, but I got there eventually.

JoshInJapan wrote:Graves is coming along nicely. I really like your use of several different browns on and around the boots-- I would have likely taken a lazier approach.

Thanks!
I've just got a thing where stuff needs to be different colours if they're close together.


Finished things! Woot!

Zenestra (Games Workshop) is all done, but proving hard to photograph:-





I am really pleased with how she looks, and it proves I can finish these bigger minis if I just stick with them.

Ratcatcher Graves (Guild Ball) is also finished:-




Not sure about his albino rat (It's not particularly well detailed to start with, but the all white scheme is making it extra blob-like), but I like the rest.

Feeling a bit of painting ennui, so going to build things for a while.

Didn't get much done this week.

Built 3 minis (And forgot to take a picture of them before I packed them away) and started painting 2 others.

Mother:-



She's a gearpunk spider!

And a Working Class Mage:-



Not sure why she's working class.

Maybe because she has to carry all her own gear? No servants?

Zenestra is wild. That is one complex mini. Nice work finishing it off. I look forward to the cool spider.

Theres enough shading on the rat I think it reads well enough. Good work getting them done!

Spider is certainly an interesting looking guy!

Thanks guys!

Actually managed to get something finished this week.

Mother (Guild Ball) is all done:-




Thanks to being almost entirely drybrushed, I got her done in record time (For me).

Also made decent progress on the mage:-



I've decided she's working class because she wears jeans.

And another mage has joined the table:-



Decided to get my Underworlds project going again with a different mini, rather than trying, and failing, to get the Floaty Dwarf finished.

Love how Mother turned out. Some nice colors on the mage already.

 youwashock wrote:
Love how Mother turned out. Some nice colors on the mage already.

Thanks!

I managed a little bit of painting:-



Got his armour done, but my last paintbrush died, so I'm building things again until I can get some more in the new year.
So far I've built:-



Vampire hunters,



Chonky Knight and Chonky Queen,



And half an Oblivion Mosquito.

Merry Christmas y'all!

I didn't get much done over Christmas (Not that I did much for Christmas either), but I did finish building the Oblivion Mosquito:-



Unfortunately I broke one of her bony leg things and it dropped off again shortly after taking this picture.
It's going to need pinning, but that can wait until I get around to painting it (If I get around to painting it).

Also finished the other two Steel Wax Armour minis, Chonky Guardian and Chonky Archer:-



Kind of annoyed that Archer has some obvious notches on his chest where his cape attaches, I didn't want him in one and I'm pretty sure the Archer loadout gets in the way anyways, hopefully it'll look better once painted.

Did do a little bit of painting, I think I ordered the wrong brushes though, they seem a lot smaller than usual!



It took forever to get the basecoat on those capes.

Since it's almost the end of the year, I had a look back to see how well (Or not) I'd done hobby-wise in 2024. Turns out, despite all the procrastination, I'd painted 25 minis which is double what I thought I had done, so I'm pretty pleased with that.
While I'm never going to reach triple digits, I think if I could actually get into the habit of doing a bit of painting every night, I could easily knock out 50 maybe 60 minis in 2025.

Happy New Year everybody!

Best of luck in the new year, aku! Keep it up! Also, that Oblivion Mosquito is really something.

 youwashock wrote:
Best of luck in the new year, aku! Keep it up! Also, that Oblivion Mosquito is really something.

Thanks!

Painting has been slow but steady this week, things should go a bit faster now that I've accepted defeat and brought yet more new brushes



Both Barnabas and the Mage are mostly done now, just need their staff's and bases done.

Cloaks on both look good, the nmm on the chestplate on the stormcast and the pants on the mage are both great!

A new brush is one of life's great joys.

I'm curious about how you achieved that great denim effect.

How did I miss that Stormcast looking just like Dr. Doom? That's awesome!

Vejut wrote:Cloaks on both look good, the nmm on the chestplate on the stormcast and the pants on the mage are both great!

Thanks, but the stormcast is done in metallic paint, I'm not clever enough to grasp NMM.

JoshInJapan wrote:A new brush is one of life's great joys.

I'm curious about how you achieved that great denim effect.

The mages denim trousers are mostly down to Greenstuffs Smoky Blue paint being really denim-like. It's a base of Smoky Blue, some Blue Wash, and then highlights of more Smoky Blue and a Smoky Blue/light grey (I used Reapers Misty Grey) mix.

youwashock wrote:How did I miss that Stormcast looking just like Dr. Doom? That's awesome!

Thanks! Yeah, he kinda had to be Doom.


First two finished models of the year!

Working Class Mage (Westfalia):-



Took a while but I'm really happy with how she turned out.

And Sir Barnabas (Games Workshop):-



Not too sure the glowy, floaty rocks work but he's okay.

Did you add the magical elements coming out of the ground or is that a feature of the model? I love it - did something similar with an inquisitor (But then, naturally it broke!)

 blockade23 wrote:
Did you add the magical elements coming out of the ground or is that a feature of the model? I love it - did something similar with an inquisitor (But then, naturally it broke!)

Thanks!
It was part of the model, that's why I thought I should paint it differently, so it didn't just look like a weird rock.


Life, and a bad cold, got in the way of painting last week, but I did manage a little yesterday:-



Chonky Queen is off to a decent start.



And so is Minerva, after a lot of fiddling with her eyes (They're just dots, why should that be so hard!).

Chonky Queen is already looking great. Glad you are on the mend.

I like the Chonky Queen so far. What metallic blue did you use?

Thanks guys!
Her armour is done in my usual Vallejo Oily Steel, my camera was just making things bluer for some reason.

I wasn't feeling too inspired with what I had on the desk, so I set them aside and started something new:-



All hail the king of the Gnomes!

I know that feeling, usually helps to swap then yeah! Skin on the gnome king looks nice!

Vejut wrote:
I know that feeling, usually helps to swap then yeah! Skin on the gnome king looks nice!

Thanks!
For a while I've found if I stop working on something, even just for a few days, I really struggle to get back to it. I guess the only solution is to never stop painting!

Work continues on the Gnome:-



He's not quite working out how I wanted him to (I thought painting something big would be easier but it's not, it's just different), I'll get there in the end though.

Also started on some Necromunda dudes (Determined to get some painted before I buy more):-



Early days, but I'm liking them so far.

Characterful necromunda dudes! Ogryn, or just big guys?

Bust shaping up nicely, been meaning to try one at some point...

Vejut wrote:
Characterful necromunda dudes! Ogryn, or just big guys?

Bust shaping up nicely, been meaning to try one at some point...

Just big guys, they're the pit fighters that'll finally finish my Slaver Guild set.

Slowly making progress on everything.
The gnome king is eating up most of my painting time:-



Deciding to do the leaves on his outfit different greens was not my best idea!



Concentrating on just one pit fighter at the moment.
Now I'm zoomed in I can see I missed a chest staple.

Progress is progress. Steady on.

Those guys definitely look like they would hang out with Bull Gorg. Keep it up!

Thanks guys!

Continuing to make slow but steady progress:-



Gnome King is getting there, working on his staff at the moment.



Pit Fighter is just boots and base, so should have him finished next time.

Gnome king giving new meaning to smoking a stoat-gie. Progress looking good!

Vejut wrote:
Gnome king giving new meaning to smoking a stoat-gie. Progress looking good!

Thanks! I'm getting there but it's taking so long!

I've finally finished something, woohoo!

Pit Fighter Red (Necromunda):-



Despite my camera not being too happy taking pictures of him, I think he turned out okay.

The Gnome King is almost done now:-



I should, hopefully, have him finished by next weekend.

And I've started a new Guild Ball mini, Shaft:-



Haven't got very far, struggled a bit with his face, there's not much going on there.

Pit fighter is definitely ready to rumble, and the Gnome King is looking great. Lots of great detail.

 youwashock wrote:
Pit fighter is definitely ready to rumble, and the Gnome King is looking great. Lots of great detail.

Thanks!

Didn't do any painting this week, just too busy.
I think I've mentioned it before, that I'm someones live-in carer, unfortunately they've gone into a care home, so I've lost both my job and a place to live.

And that means this blog is going on hiatus for a while, but I'll be back with more painted stuff one day!

That's unfortunate. Good luck, aku-chan!

That's a tough break. I hope things get better soon.

Good luck aku-chan.

CB

 aku-chan wrote:

Vejut wrote:
Gnome king giving new meaning to smoking a stoat-gie. Progress looking good!

Thanks! I'm getting there but it's taking so long!

I've finally finished something, woohoo!

Pit Fighter Red (Necromunda):-



That gnome face is very nice gj man

Despite my camera not being too happy taking pictures of him, I think he turned out okay.

The Gnome King is almost done now:-



I should, hopefully, have him finished by next weekend.

And I've started a new Guild Ball mini, Shaft:-



Haven't got very far, struggled a bit with his face, there's not much going on there.

Thanks guys!

Still busy packing things up, don't think I would've got into this hobby if I'd ever thought about having to move it all some day.

Oh, that Gnome King is such a fun looking minis.
A lot of nice color choices.

When we moved houses, the 'war room' aka the room with all the minis took about as much time to pack as the rest of the house combined. Fortunately I did it over several weeks and moved things to a storage unit first. Sometimes you just don't realize how much stuff you have!

Tommygun1918 wrote:Oh, that Gnome King is such a fun looking minis.
A lot of nice color choices.

Thanks!

blockade23 wrote:When we moved houses, the 'war room' aka the room with all the minis took about as much time to pack as the rest of the house combined. Fortunately I did it over several weeks and moved things to a storage unit first. Sometimes you just don't realize how much stuff you have!

It wasn't quite that bad, but still a bit of a pain in the bum!


Still stuck in moving limbo at the moment, I got a bit bored of watching TV every night though, so I unpacked a little bit of hobby stuff to work on until I'm finally moving on:-



Got some bony boys on the go, I've made a start on all 6 in the set, but there was just too much bone to batch paint!



Also built a pair of Warmahordes people to paint up as well.

Glad to see you're back at it. Skeleboys are looking like a good start!

Vejut wrote:
Glad to see you're back at it. Skeleboys are looking like a good start!

Thanks! Not sure how far I'll get before I need to pack it all back up, but it does look like it's going to be a while.

More painting done:-



Got two skellys finished (except their bases) and two about half done.



Going a bit different with the colour scheme on my big barbarian dude.

Interesting skin on.the barbarian and nice progress on the skeletons!

Vejut wrote:
Interesting skin on.the barbarian and nice progress on the skeletons!

Thanks!

I didn't paint as much as I hoped this week, but I did make some progress:-



Got two more skellys done and started the final two. If I try hard I should be able to get the set all wrapped up by the end of the month.



Barbarian is getting there slowly, he's got a lot of details!

I badly underestimated how much of a pain in the bum painting the cloth bits would be on my final two skellys, so I'm not getting them finished this month, but I got close!



I just need to tidy up where I made a mess with the red and do their bases.



I will also get this barbarian finished one day!

I like the blue tint on the giant skeleton's axe.

Nice bone colors. I have a bunch of tyranids that need bone colors like that.

JoshInJapan wrote:I like the blue tint on the giant skeleton's axe.

Thanks! They all have it, but he's the only one it really shows up on.

Tommygun1918 wrote:Nice bone colors. I have a bunch of tyranids that need bone colors like that.

Thanks!
It's a pretty simple colour scheme, their bodies are a base of Vallejo Iraqi Sand with a Sepia Wash and highlights of Iraqi Sand and Vallejo Bonewhite. The bone trim on their armour and weapons is the same but with a Yellow Ochre mixed in and a Brown Wash instead.


Finally finished stuff, woohoo!

Kainan's Reapers (Games Workshop):-















The Bony Boys in all their bony glory!
Definitely not trying to paint a unit in one go again, it's just not for me.



Still haven't quite got the Barbarian finished, but almost!



Added an Orc to the table now.

Haven't been painting as much as I'd like again, I think finishing the Bony Boys used up all my oomph.

I did get that barbarian finished though!

Caul (Warmachine):-




Glad he's finally all done.

Haven't gotten much further with anything else.



I got stuck on an armour colour for the Orc and still haven't figured it out yet.



Also made a slight start to Cauls little sister.

Caul looks good! Nice work finishing him!

And skin on the next two looking good as always.

Vejut wrote:
Caul looks good! Nice work finishing him!

And skin on the next two looking good as always.

Thanks! Skin is one of the few things I'm relatively confident in painting.

Not painting enough at the moment to warrant weekly updates, so I'm moving to fortnightly ones, hopefully this'll mean more noticeable progress!

The Orc is getting there:-



Just his trophy heads and base to go.

So is the Barbarian Lady:-



Doesn't look as good as her big brother did, but she's kinda fiddly, so I'm not beating myself up about it too much.

Woot! I've finished stuff!

There's an Orc (Warhammer: Underworlds):-



He turned out okay, nothing too special.

And Brighid (Warmachine):-




Another one that turned out okay.

On the table next:-



A Lady Guard (Reaper) and a Lizard-loving Fairy (Household).

I love that little fairy. Is it a "house fairy"?

 Tommygun1918 wrote:
I love that little fairy. Is it a "house fairy"?

Technically she's a Sprite.
She's part of a set I got from an RPG Kickstarter called "Household". Like most things Kickstarter I was really excited for them, until they arrived, this is only the second one I've worked on.

Still getting things painted slowly but surely, I am about halfway through painting my two ladies at the moment:-



Shouldn't take much to finish them.
Also got the next batch prepped:-



There's another Fairy (Household), a Halfling Archer (Reaper), an Orc (Games Workshop) and Doll (Kingdom Death).

Chipping away, and looking good. Some nice models in the prepped pile too!

Vejut wrote:
Chipping away, and looking good. Some nice models in the prepped pile too!

Thanks!

Painting has slowed down even more.
The hot weather hasn't helped, plus a chunk of my week goes on doing volunteer work these days, but I'm still getting there slowly.

Finished my female guard (Reaper):-



And the Sprite (Household):-



They both turned out pretty good, I'm still struggling with my camera though.

Made a little progress on the new stuff, everyone has skin now:-



Until next time!

skin is generally considered important! Lots of variety being worked on, too.

Good work on the shield freehand, and the candy is a fun touch!

Vejut wrote:
skin is generally considered important! Lots of variety being worked on, too.

Good work on the shield freehand, and the candy is a fun touch!

Thanks!

Painting had to stop for a bit because I've finally moved!
So everything got packed back up, and is mostly still in boxes because I don't have anywhere for anything at the moment.

The new place is nice though, I finally have room for a painting desk (Just not the budget at the moment), and I can still do a bit of hobbying just so long as I don't get too much out at once.

At the moment I'm working on Pintpot (Guild Ball):-



Still got a way to go on him.

Good to hear things are looking more friendly to hobbying soon.

Pintpot's looking good so far!

Vejut wrote:
Good to hear things are looking more friendly to hobbying soon.

Pintpot's looking good so far!

Yeah, it's going to be nice having a proper hobby area after all these years!
It'll be a while before I have the budget for it though.

Still painting in the meantime though, Pintpot is all done:-




He's a little rough in places, my painting skills seem to deteriorate quite quickly when I take a break these days, but he's not too bad.

I also started another Guild Ball mini (Since they're the only ones I can reach at the moment), Yukai the Fisherwoman:-

Bottle especially came out nice on pintpot, like the gloss ceramic feel of it!

Feather's will be fun on Yukai I imagine! Planning any particular pattern?

Vejut wrote:
Bottle especially came out nice on pintpot, like the gloss ceramic feel of it!

Feather's will be fun on Yukai I imagine! Planning any particular pattern?

Thanks! I think the birds are cormorants, so I'm definitely hitting Google before I paint them.

Not a huge amount of progress, life is busy, but I'm slowly chipping away:-



Yukai's about 50% done at this point.

I've also added another Baller to the table:-



Meet Fissure and her little mining tank.

Good progress on Yukai, and nice little driller tank there...

Vejut wrote:
Good progress on Yukai, and nice little driller tank there...

Thanks!

Unfortunately, I've had to stop painting for a while, I've run out of some essential supplies (Like brushes) and I just don't have the budget to restock at the moment, it turns out that this is not a hobby for poor people

Even more unfortunately, Imgur (the picture hosting site I use) is not taking being pushed around by the UK government lightly, and they've cut off our access.
And, honestly, I just don't feel like finding a work-around or a new host site, I'm simply not that into my mini painting these days.

I'll still be around commenting on how cool people's stuff is, and I will get back to painting (One day...) but I'm turning off the lights in this thread.

So farewell! And may your paint bottles never clog!