Time we had one of these like there are in the Infinity and Mantic forums, an ongoing thread for us to display any kind of painted Malifaux minis, share ideas and encouragement, and give some inspiration to anyone new that comes along!

I'll get the ball rolling with my own.

Lady J crew:


Sonnia Criid Crew:





So, Dakka, let's see what you got!

Guild Pathfinder


Death Marshal


Brutal Effigy


Guild Rifleman


Peacekeeper


Lucas McCabe


Dreamer Crew

Cool stuff! The blue coats on the riflemen really works!

I'm getting my photo booth set up this winter, by Jove I'll have some pictures to show!

Not a great photographer, but here's most of what I've painted for Malifaux so far...I should be adding some 10T Brothers and Katanaka Sniper soon, and then Yin and Samurai after them. This game is so sweet and has really had me inspired to paint a lot!

Yan Lo's crew

Ototo

Ashigaru

One or two here......

http://wyrd-games.net/community/gallery/member/16400-hieronymous/

Very cool so far.

Whats with all these goofy Guild and Ten Thunder (ex)humans? Time for a proper Gremlin crew.


And on the rebellious side some Arcanists.


Although to be honest I don't thing Mei Feng is really all that loyal to them or the Ten Thunders.


And all the rest. ... for now.

Very nice stuff! The Arcanists especially look great!

Lilith (WIP)


Terror Tots


Barbaros


Cherub


Young Nephilm (WIP)

Tots got into the raspberry preserves again, I see.

Good stuff, dude.

I was learning with the new GW technical paints. I went a bit overboard on the Tots. I've been a bit more restrained since then.

A bit.

Very nice crew there. Good strong colours and the blood works!

The colours were very much intentional. After doing more muted military colours for Infinity, I wanted to do some brighter colours again.

Painted up some M&SU for a mate. Thought I'd share. It was a nice change from GW models.


Crew:


Howard:


Joss:


Brass Arachnid:


Gamin:


Arcane Effigy:


Spiders 1:


Spiders 2:


Spiders 3:

That's really nice. You magnetized the spiders?

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
That's really nice. You magnetized the spiders?

Thanks! Was my mates idea to magnetize and I had to execute. it. Was a bit fiddly but got there in the end. Tried to position them so just about any spider can go on any base. Worked about 75% of the time.

My first Katanaka Sniper, along with how a lot of my Malifaux models will be getting based from now on.

Looking good, very stealthy.

Also, the M&SU Crew above is stellar!

Hey guys, great thread. I finished my Carver this morning and I am searching for basing materials at the moment. I want to put him in a cornfield setting so his base is not quite finished.

That is the old one, right? How well did it go together?

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
That is the old one, right? How well did it go together?

Hi Matt, it went together just fine. Obviously his assembly is not as seamless as the new plastics but overall he was not challenging. The left leg had a bit of a gap that needed green stuff to fill in near his hip. The arm with the knife and head went on fine with no issues. I used a bit of putty and CA glue to assemble them. The model itself was fun to paint and there was a nice level of detail about it. I glued him to the base and then again applied Milliput putty around the base to give him a more substantial securing as well. Haven't had any issues with handling and is one of my most favorite models to date.

I've seen images of the new plastic carver and I have to say I'm not a fan of the design. It's rather cartoony and does not give that creepy bogeyman that the metal one exudes.

I do need to find some miniature pumpkins and crows for my basing. The plastic one does have the crows, that is one thing it has in its favor.

 JamesGang wrote:
I've seen images of the new plastic carver and I have to say I'm not a fan of the design. It's rather cartoony and does not give that creepy bogeyman that the metal one exudes.

That seems to be an overall change in aesthetic direction for the game in general. I like it (most of the time, I hated the new Tuco art enough to hunt down the old metal), but I can see why people who have been with the game for longer don't.

True and for most part I am pleased with the change. Some of the metals were "meh" compared to their newer plastic counterparts now but the same goes for the converse as well for a few models. Just comparing both models is the best way to judge the design to see which best captures the horrorifying scarecrow trope in your own opinion.

I really like the new lord chompy bits and the death marshals compared to their metal brethren for instance but the Carver in plastic is just cartoony. I also prefer the metal version of Mortimer as the pose is much more dynamic.

Oh well at least all of the models paint up beautifully!

@Mathieu:
Here is the unpainted unassembled Carver in metal and a link to see a comparison of both versions of the figure.
http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.com/2014/12/unboxing-malifaux-m2e-carver.html

Just dug out my malifaux models as ive decided to start up again now i have some more time and cash. heres my pride and joy of my collection.

 virusoverload wrote:
Just dug out my malifaux models as ive decided to start up again now i have some more time and cash. heres my pride and joy of my collection.

All I can think of is, "Have you seen my bear tibbers?"

glad you like it lol

Man that is sick but in a cool way.

I have the plastic teddy but am unsure how to go about it. I might dig up my old teddy from my childhood and make a nightmare version of that.
Here are my sorrows I finished earlier today (01-12-2015)

Well ive got the normal metal one aswell his colours are reversed. so white body and blue limbs.

Love those sorrows. I like the really subtle highlights. just enough to make sure you know they're there.
I need to work on some darker colour schemes for some of my neverborn. half of mine look like they come from a circus.

Thanks, it was a series of washes and highlights after basing with dark angels green and black mixed. Then successive highlights of the base mix with nurglitch green added yo lighten it up. The wash cannot be replicated as it was what I had left of thraka green, asurmen blue and devlan mud.

I miss devlan mud....

Agreed. devlan mud was a good wash. I've found similar ones in vallejo but not the same

My favorite crew (Tara):



My best crew (dreamer):




(Link: my dakka malifaux painting blog)

Alright I'll post up more pics to get the mere mortals showing their models again.

(It's agreed by all that SC has the market on the malifaux painted models legendary status)

I did these guys while enjoying a nice Sangiovese and listening to the Flyers get throttled by Vancouver. They are good enough for me!

Anyway, I am not finished teddy. I want to put plaid patchwork on the arm and leg areas that are gray. Mr. Graves was a bit of a pain with his tiny head syndrome. Picture flash created a blue tint but is definitely no on the model. Curse you iPhone 5s!

Cheers!

 JamesGang wrote:

(It's agreed by all that SC has the market on the malifaux painted models legendary status)

Agreed! But nice work all round!

 JamesGang wrote:
Picture flash created a blue tint but is definitely no on the model. Curse you iPhone 5s!

Tip about taking mini photos- don't use the camera flash. Get 2 lights and point them at the sides of your model you want to take a snap of.

Oh I know it's just that where I took them and the time of day factored in. I wanted to show off Teddy's different eyes. Thanks though!

I think it might be time to assemble and paint the whiskey golem!

A Hannah WIP. I'm starting to play with weathering powders and effects with masking fluid.





Some of my crews:

Only just really started with Malifaux. Been playing the Gremlins and only have 1 miniature painted. Unfortunately piccies are too dark.

Anyway, I am currently working on Burt Jebsen so here is a WIP picture of him. I need to sort out the Hair, Trousers & Boots. I will probably throw a glaze on the skin as well.

Looks nice so far! Keep going!

I've been on a painting tear, preparing for Templecon and Adepticon.












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And some more:

Here's a WIP for my Collodi crew. I'm going with all the puppets as little versions of the masters in the game, so he has puppets of Colette, Molly, Raspy, etc. This is the first one I've gotten on the painting table so far

Nice work, everyone!

hopefully i get my camera set up sorted and ill get some pics up of all my neverborn.

Not as impressive as some of the awesomeness on this thread, but good enough for the tabletop (good thing I just compare my stuff to my own previous work, otherwise seeing some of the minis in these parts would cause me to hang up the brush).

I've had this crew for a while but just now started painting it, trying to get most of it done for a Con at the end of the month.

Punk Zombies




Canine Remains

A less polite person than I might say feth you and your insane talent.

Those remains look very good.

Yeah, those are great. The dogs especially.

Wow! Some really nice work here! Love those dogs!

Here are some more models for my mates M & SU crew that I have just finished.

Electric Creations and an Essence of Power

Man there is some cool cool stuff in here. I havnt played Malifaux in a couple years I'd bet, I know the main rules have changed at least once since then, maybe I should get back into it because I love the setting and such. Any who I only have a picture of one painted mini from my crew but I played Pandora. Here's my baby Kade. The theme for my crew was to have them seem like a black and white photo of themselves but anything else is colored.

Well I completed Burt Jebsen. The only shot I have is before painting the rim of the base green.



Also completed my Pigapult. Quite happy with the overall look. I need to do some work on my layering though.



And this is my current work in progress. The newer version of the War Pig. I have the older one painted, will dig out and post a pic when I get a chance.

My latest crew. Isn't nice that as soon as you upload photos, you realize you have a ton of little things to tidy up on them?
Yan Lo

Chiaki

Some Ashigaru

Toshiro. I'm not sure about the orange of the collar, the yellow and blue match my Ten Thunders... but the orange I was thinking of redoing as green. I think it would tie him to the Ressurectionists a bit more.

And my greatest sadness. Izamu. I had it very well painted (I think) and then my matte varnish spewed a thick white layer of dust on it. I corrected as much as I could before going to game with it, and then I just never finished the job, I'm too disheartened.

I ought to. It's a beautiful model.

If you hadn't said anything, I would have assumed that the dust was an intentional effect. On Izamu in particular I think that it's an effect that fits his background. I really like it as it is.

It ain't half crazy. It certainly rationalizes my lazyness away.

Cheers for the compliment. I'll pass it along to my matte spray!

Rationalizing laziness is my primary strategy when it comes to painting.

Some awesome stuff there!

Thanks. My wife just confided that until I showed her the pictures, she'd never been able to see the minis that well. We then had a long conversation about reading glasses.

I love the bamboo basing. How did you do it? (I also run Yan Lo and Chiaki.)

They're just toothpicks, cut in half lengthwise. In other words, lots of superglue on my fingers.

Nice work, Mathieu, I like Yan in particular.

Something I've noticed about Malifaux models, particularly the new plastics. It's very hard to make them not look good. The models have so much character, and work well with both bright or dark and gritty paint schemes and have just enough detail to break up the models that it's always a joy seeing a painted crew.

True. Although it can be harder to spam core models because the poses and look are so unique.

Playing as Gremlins, this is the problem I have. If I run Sommer or Lenny I can have a few different Bayou or Piglets in play at once. So I have a mixture of things like metal and plastic piglets (7 different altogether) and 7 Bayou Gremlins (plastic and metal as well). Although I am only learning so I tend to only be able to keep a couple alive at any one time.

One thing I love about the miniatures is how easy they are to paint. I love the sculpts that the likes of GW, Warlord, Privateer Press and so on do but they can be varying degrees of complicated (the main reason I haven't started a Scions army yet). But these are so simple (and I don't mean that as a negative). They also lend themselves to any skill level. I am currently working on Miss Ery and even with a bit of shading and a couple of colours she looks great. Which is a surprise for such a large piece.

And here she is. Need to tidy a lot of the washes and get the rest of the stitches, claws and teeth done. Once that is done a couple of pink patches and then I will highlight her.





Tempted to try and do a glow effect from each of the seams, but that may be too much. Will wait till it's closer to completion.

I built some proxies for the Guilty, and they're table top done, barring the bases.

Yes, the male MPM is a boon. Too bad you have to cut every ankle on the female ones to get a decent size.

I took pictures of my Neverborn and I am not even uploading them. The skin job is too horrible.

houshin wrote:
One thing I love about the miniatures is how easy they are to paint. I love the sculpts that the likes of GW, Warlord, Privateer Press and so on do but they can be varying degrees of complicated (the main reason I haven't started a Scions army yet). But these are so simple (and I don't mean that as a negative). They also lend themselves to any skill level. I am currently working on Miss Ery and even with a bit of shading and a couple of colours she looks great. Which is a surprise for such a large piece.

Yeah, something I didn't appreciate until I started painting some Malifaux was how good a model can be with simpler detail. Someone once told me old timer painters liked models like these because 'they paint up a treat', and I never really got it. Too much GW at the time with skulls on buckles on ammo belts on more skulls.

Malifaux plastics tend to have large areas free of detail broken up by simple details. This lets you explore, or not, painting techniques you might not have had the skill level to try on more complicated models. It also has the bonus f being easier to paint, so for people like me who are terrible at details, they can stick to painting the basics with clean lines and clear transitions between different parts of a model and they still look good.

Yep, I'm not always happy with the over all model (like when it's out of scale or in a pose I don't like), but Malifaux plastics take paint exceptionally well regarding how easy it is to get something nice going.

It's funny. I used to be scared of the Malifaux miniatures as they tend to look so good I thought I would ruin them by just running my brush near them.

Now doing a batch of 10 Guardsmen, or 10 Wehrmacht Infantry scares me more.

I am now looking forward to getting hold of something like The Dreamer set, especially to have a go at painting Lord Chompy Bits. And I am really looking forward to painting Merris.

Hmmmmmmmm...........................wish I hadn't sold it now.

Really like that alt Lady J! Don't recognise the other, but it's also great!

 Paradigm wrote:
Really like that alt Lady J! Don't recognise the other, but it's also great!

The other one is Snow Storm.

Alt lady J is original lady J

While she had a few problems, I still hugely prefer her to "generic anime girl" lady J.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
Alt lady J is original lady J

While she had a few problems, I still hugely prefer her to "generic anime girl" lady J.

The original and still the best! New one is rubbish. Not a fan of the current Wyrd style at all. Theres some improvements, but overall? Nah.

Yeah, huge leaps and strides from a technical perspective, but there's a lot of their original style I prefer. I think the only faction I think has seen near-universal improvement is the Gremlins, but even with them I still think that alt/avatar somer is way cooler than the current one, and don't like the mctavish concept art.

Here's my latest minis. First, the last of my Ten Thunders (until Shenlong comes out):

Sniper (The LE sniper really represents a big step forward for me as a painter. I'm not sure that it LOOKS a lot better, but I really FEEL a lot better about it)


Low River Monks (I like the way these turned out, but the photo stinks)


Plus, here's one of my favorite Wyrd minis I've seen, along side easily the worst.
Teddy (best)

A&D (so so so ugly)

Good stuff everyone. Very inspiring to continue putting brush to plastic.

So, here is the (almost) completed Gremlins so far. The old metal War Pig needs its base sorting though.

I finally got all the Guild masters done, so here's the last year or so's worth of collecting and painting. It's all the plastic models released for the guild, a few extras that can be hired by various masters, some counts-as made from the TTB multi-part kits, plus the Viks and hangers on.



Individual crews spoilered

Wow, impressive collection. Also the first non-skull Death Marshals I've liked.

My Redchapel crew. It was the TtB box I got, so I haven't really added anything to it yet.

Seamus


Sybelle, front and back


Copycat Killer


Rotten Belles, including and MPM... can you guess which one? Geez..


Punk Zombies (unrelated, but I don't see them as belonging to a specific crew, they're more "generally useful" than anything else.) I don't like the green of the flesh, I'm going to try to turn into a bit more flesh-y.

Finished these guys up for Gottacon last weekend. They got best group for the painting competition, but poor Mortimer only got 2nd for single.

Very nice! I prefer the old Mortimer, personally. But I love your flesh colour, very consistent.

Those are great, second the love for the flesh colour.

It's in the gallery, but noone looks in there so this is my first Malifaux mini



Any C&C welcome, no matter how nice or mean!

I'm starting to get into painting my Malifaux minis at the moment.

Here's my Latigo Posse

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
Yeah, huge leaps and strides from a technical perspective, but there's a lot of their original style I prefer. I think the only faction I think has seen near-universal improvement is the Gremlins, but even with them I still think that alt/avatar somer is way cooler than the current one, and don't like the mctavish concept art.

A lot of the Neverborn stuff is infinitely better. Nephilim went from looking like the work experience kid made them with playdough to some fantastic looking models.

Yeah, Neverborn and Outcasts both saw big strides forward too, but they both also saw some minis I just don't particularly like. 1e Jack daw, Ronin, Nekima for instance are some of my favorites, vs. only okay plastics.

I think the only faction I like worse as a whole is Guild, though (Guards in general, Justice, most of the Ortegas, Lucius, Peacekeeper... there are a ton of old models I prefer and very few I like the updates for better).

The Ortega with two pistols is better in plastic, imho. I had to paint the metal one twice and he was soooo flat. Now he seems like a giant of a man, full of machismo, rather than a scrunty little thing that would fly away at the slightest breeze.

My favourites of the current Guild are the two that cost the most. Santana and Miss Terious. I have the Miss Terious but can not find Santana's for below my upper limit (around the £50 mark).

I have been collecting both old metals and new Plastics. I do really like the new plastics (they put a lot of other manufacturers work to shame) but there was so much more character in the older metals.

One quick question, I have the Latigo Posse to paint up and was planning on painting them up with a more Mediterranean look. I just don't know where to start. My default skin on both my Cadians and Germans is Flat Brown, Bugmans Glow, Cadian Fleshtone. That just won't work for what I want in these.

So, finally completed Miss Ery over the weekend.



On to Wong and a Slop Hauler next.

Miss Ery looks fantastic.

Here is my first finished model for Malifaux, a Death Marshal. I'm sure I can still find things to do. It was a fun experiment with my airbrush at least.

The right time of year for these two...

Love the Donnie Darko style ears on those little guys!

Joining in the fun, here's my first painted Malifaux mini, good old Chompy.

That Death Marshall is gorgeous. WGF is really taking advantage of the fact that they are monopose.

Here are some pics of my only two finished Malifaux models...

They are turning out really big here and it's definitely not flattering but I can't figure out how to resize it (any advice is appreciated!).

Killjoy


Viktoria of Ashes (Sorry it's a bit blurry in the first pic)

I think they look great, I love the rusted metal!

Loving all the pics here. I would love to know how you got that metal to look so rusted.

Anyway, been doing a little bit of work on some of my other Gremlins. Here is my (almost) complete Wong.



Just need to do a bit of work on the bag and then rebase him. Not sure if I should add another slightly lighter and thinner highlight to the blues. Maybe just to the sharpest edges.

Oh and just noticed the moustache and teeth need doing as well.

NIce work so far houshin!

I think the blue looks fine as is, I'd suggest adding another layer of highlight to the flesh. I also suggest adding a third color, I think some red on the fan and/or bag would look great and help the model pop.

 Dez wrote:
NIce work so far houshin!

I think the blue looks fine as is, I'd suggest adding another layer of highlight to the flesh. I also suggest adding a third color, I think some red on the fan and/or bag would look great and help the model pop.

Cheers. I have been debating if to go lighter on the skin, but I have a nasty habit of going too light for too much. I will create a lighter shade and just pick out the eyebrows, ears and other areas like the knuckles and toes.

The bag I need to give some thought. I was happy with a black leather bag. But the base he is going on is slightly dark as well so something brighter might be called for.

I agree, I think the bag could be left. I do think red on the fan will go a long way though. Try painting the eyes and teeth, and see where that brings you overall before highlighting the skin tone.

I made this for the Iron Painter:

Finished Wong. Happy with him, the fan turned out quite well.

The slop hauler is almost done. I just need to sort out his feet (and please ignore the mold lines... Damn it!). But overall happy with how he has come out.

Up next is Ophelia and Gracie.

Nice work houshin!

I've not posted in here for a while, here's my latest Malifaux minis.

The No Shelter Here crew.



Lucas Mccabe



Hope you like them

I really enjoy painting this range of minis they are so nice and give great results.

Really nice!

Some epic stuff since I last checked in here, great work everyone!

I've just finished my Perdita Crew. I just need to actually get a light box to upload the pics here.

I'll get around to it eventually.

Well, here it is. The box set. And a random Death Marshall.

Nice work, I'd like to see you add a splash of color to Perdita and Francisco like you did the others. It really helps to make the models pop.

 Dez wrote:
Nice work, I'd like to see you add a splash of color to Perdita and Francisco like you did the others. It really helps to make the models pop.

You can't really see it on Francisco. but he does have pink and bone on the hat.

Unfortunately the crew isn't quite finished yet as they all need red armbands, and I've run out of red paints!

My Sue proxy



My Tengu proxy

Looking good. Where did you get the guitar for Sue? I did something similar with the TTB kit and made a slightly shoddy looking one from plasticard.

Here is my Guild before I sold them. Have Seamus kicking about somewhere. May paint him and his box up soon. Thinking I may get back into this game with Ironsides

















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Sorry for the double post. Here is the misses Rasputina crew

So, uploaded these two in the gallery but forgot to actually post them in any threads... Graves (the bouncer) won me first in category in Wyrd's Frozen Moments competition, but I didn't want to post him until I was done with Tannen. (Notes)

So, here's my first attempt to paint a "cheesecake" model, and my first real attempt to paint a person of color. All things considered, I'm actually pretty happy with the results.

 grrrfranky wrote:
Looking good. Where did you get the guitar for Sue? I did something similar with the TTB kit and made a slightly shoddy looking one from plasticard.

Zealot Miniatures made it. They also make some barrels, coffins, and other scenic elements as well, so it made it worth it to purchase from the UK. There's an electric guitar that comes on the sprue that I'll be using with the new Jack Daw when he comes out.

 Valhallan42nd wrote:
an electric guitar that comes on the sprue that I'll be using with the new Jack Daw when he comes out.

Awesome. I personally was thinking of giving mine a mic.

 Valhallan42nd wrote:
There's an electric guitar that comes on the sprue that I'll be using with the new Jack Daw when he comes out.

Yeah, I get it.

Jack Daw:


My thoughts went instantly to Mad Max

Latest crew I painted up for a mate. Just 4 more models to go!

Leviticus & Rusty Alice



Abominations


Waif 1


Waif 2


Waif 3



and a Dancer (?) from the Outcasts

And now that's Johanna done!

Very nice work on all of these!

Entered these in Frozen Moments earlier this year... the first shot is what I entered but bigger, the latter is a WIP piece I didn't submit since I thought it was gimmicky (notes)

Been on surgery recovery for a while, and it really killed my enthusiasm to paint. I recently finished off an Infinity model that was nearly finished before that, and now I'm working on my last Malifaux model that was in progress. Mature Nephilim. Some stuff left to do - horns, wings, metal bands, plus sealing and blood.

OK, got my first Guild Model finished yesterday. A Witchling Stalker. Got this done as I will be moving away from playing my Gremlins for a while and giving the Guild crews I have amassed a try. This was the perfect opportunity to try out painting a Guild Mini.



Happy with the overall results, the only thing I would change is toning down some of the brighter highlights on the cloak, but not along the bottom I am really happy with them there. Overall really happy with it though and I think this is probably my most accomplished model.

Really nice work! Love the metallics, and if you want to tone down the cloak a simple black wash would do it!

 Paradigm wrote:
Really nice work! Love the metallics, and if you want to tone down the cloak a simple black wash would do it!

I've started to seal these now, but I was debating doing that but with a blue wash instead. All three are done and have had a coat of gloss varnish. Once they have had a coat of anti-shine or dullcote I will get some new photos of them.

I have 3 more to do, the metal versions, so I will bare that in mind. In fact I have done something similar with soft tone on some trousers I was doing for a Through the Breach campaign. Once she is done I will post up a pic. Not happy with her skin, but that is something I really need to work on.

So all three Witchling Stalkers are done and varnished.

Also decided to have a go at speed painting. Well sort off. The Enslaved Nephilim took about 2-3 hours to paint and base but over the course of Sunday while doing other things. I did learn that I really need to thin down Army Painter inks. They don't go on quite the same as the GW washes. But happy with the end results.

Those Witchling Stalkers look great! I'm a big fan of painting in layers with washes, you can get some great effects that way.

I also tried some speed painting recently. I did around 20 Gremlins in 5 hours...and won best painted at a tournament the next day. I'll post pics soon.

I'll try to get my usual opponent to bring his camera along so I can take pictures of my stuff aswell. Might have to let him win then as a bribe . I like how the whitchlings look, the nephilim looks great aswell. Wish I had the patience to paint that nice and clean, I Always get fed up with details and sublte highlights halfway through and then just rush to the end. Maybe I shouldn't have so much on the to do list still.

 Dez wrote:
Those Witchling Stalkers look great! I'm a big fan of painting in layers with washes, you can get some great effects that way.

I also tried some speed painting recently. I did around 20 Gremlins in 5 hours...and won best painted at a tournament the next day. I'll post pics soon.

Thanks, It's a shame I didn't go back and give them a wash/glaze to tie the colours back together. I have been doing that a bit more with Ophelia, applying a wash/glaze both before and after the highlights and I am happy with the results I am getting.

I am also jealous of the 20 gremlins in 5 hours, I can paint about 5 gremlins in 20 hours.

But that is why I am going back to basics and keeping it simple. I really need to develop my skills with highlights and layers. Once I am happy with that I will move on to more advanced skills and try to make these figures stand out. But I am happy with the quality I am getting for the table top at the moment. The other 100-150 imperial guard I have to paint will help with that.

@gertjan, actually that's why I chose the nephilim, there isn't a great deal of detail on him. The skin was painted in a blue grey with a purple wash over the top (be careful with Army Painter inks, I found out they are a lot thicker than a standard GW wash). The fur, hair and hooves were painted brown with simple highlights and the diaper was painted khaki with a simple wash and highlights. The chain was painted silver with a wash and the ball was painted black, drybrushed silver, washed and then repeated a couple of time.

But I do have the same problem with GW kits. The tend to err on the side of a bit too fussy. And it frustrates me because everytime I think I am done there is some small detail I have missed.

I finished Sonnia now.

I need to get a photo of them though.

Will do that soon.

Oh, and houshin, don't bother painting gremlins. They're not a real faction!

 thedarkavenger wrote:
Oh, and houshin, don't bother painting gremlins. They're not a real faction!

Funny, I hear that a lot...

Look forward to seeing Sonia. She is in my to build pile. I am really enjoying playing with the Guild at the moment, in particular Perdita. The Gremlins can be frustrating and I never quite got to grips with their play style, except for The Brewmaster. I will go back to them after I have played around with all the other bits in the Guild and maybe dabbled in Neverborn & Arcanists. By that point I should have a better grip on what I need to be doing with them.

houshin wrote:

 thedarkavenger wrote:
Oh, and houshin, don't bother painting gremlins. They're not a real faction!

Funny, I hear that a lot...

Look forward to seeing Sonia. She is in my to build pile. I am really enjoying playing with the Guild at the moment, in particular Perdita. The Gremlins can be frustrating and I never quite got to grips with their play style, except for The Brewmaster. I will go back to them after I have played around with all the other bits in the Guild and maybe dabbled in Neverborn & Arcanists. By that point I should have a better grip on what I need to be doing with them.

...Brewmaster...

The Brewmaster is what got me to give M2E a shot, I just ordered my basing supplies (Hirst Arts barrels and Kegs)

I must admit, after playing Gremlins for the last 6-9 months, it was the Brewmaster that clicked everything in place for me. I enjoyed Wong, but didn't have all the parts I needed to play him fully. So I am playing the Guild at the moment and will dabble in Arcanists soon.

Anyway, I am putting the finishing touches to Ophelia at the moment and then I need to base her. After that I have a couple of finishing Jobs to do (6 Imperial Guard, a Minion for my Sister and Gracie) and then I can proceed to paint some more of The Kin.

Took a break from the Nephilim for a while. All that blue was starting to bore me. Sorrows and Poltergeist done. I thought about going a level or two brighter on the green, but wanted to go for a darker overall tone. I feel it worked well on the Sorrows, but not so well on the Poltergeist. Live and learn.

Last couple of weeks




Followed up by some waldgeists.




I then kind of felt like doing a one off mini so I punched out a teddy for fun.



Jacob Lynch and some terror tots.






thelatest

Looking good, some nice vibrant colors in there!

Some lovely work there. Just working on my Gracie at the moment. I might have something to show for it at the end of the week.

Baby Kade is finished.

Have a Katanaka sniper finished.

Completed Lazurus, Hans and the Malifaux Child.

That is it for a little bit. Got some other projects to get into before I get back into Malifaux.

Superb work!

Here are my latest models, Viktoria of Blood and Convict Gunslinger!

Nice work!

Thanks!

Here's a Teddy that I painted up awhile ago for a local painting competition (probably one of my favorite models to paint and one of my better results, but I'm always practicing). I'm nowhere near the level of most of these posts.

Just finished Mr. Graves.



I'm aware I messed the face up, but otherwise I'm happy with it, and I cba to fix it.

Nice, Valhallan!

A few neverborn "ladies" (notes)

Lots and lots of nice work here. I need to catch up. I've almost finished Gracie and just need to sort out her base and Ophelia's.

Finished Hoffman and got pics of Sonnia. Pardon the mess in the background, I had a late night and haven't tidied up yet.

Hoffman:



Sonnia:

I like the charred skeleton - I've seen that model painted a lot. Never thought about that, but it suits it a lot more than being painted straight bone.

 -Loki- wrote:
I like the charred skeleton - I've seen that model painted a lot. Never thought about that, but it suits it a lot more than being painted straight bone.

I can't paint bone so it worked out better!

I almost tried OSL on that crew.

Love those ashigaru, spot on colour choices.

my actual crew is going to be Gremlins, but I've not got them put together yet nor painted sadly :( too many projects lol

however I did finish this guy a bit ago. I bought him because of his superior, awesome sculpt. I don't intend to use a steamborg executioner in a game



Steamborg1

Steamborg2

(linked because pics are large)

 grrrfranky wrote:
Love those ashigaru, spot on colour choices.

That's Vallejo's Park Green from it's model color line. It's one of my favorites.

Really happy with Joss (notes):

Looks good, nice freehand on the tattoo!

Thanks- yeah, that was some fun freehand.Next up, the coolest of necromancers (IMHO).(notes)

how was Levi to build? I.E. Did he have any separate hands, or were the goggles separate?

Im thinking of picking him up, as I'm branching out into outcasts currently.

Also, wouldn't he be more of a mechromancer?

 thedarkavenger wrote:
how was Levi to build? I.E. Did he have any separate hands, or were the goggles separate?

Im thinking of picking him up, as I'm branching out into outcasts currently.

Also, wouldn't he be more of a mechromancer?

The whole Levi box goes together very well and there actually aren't that many fiddly bits.

 Dr. What wrote:

 thedarkavenger wrote:
how was Levi to build? I.E. Did he have any separate hands, or were the goggles separate?

Im thinking of picking him up, as I'm branching out into outcasts currently.

Also, wouldn't he be more of a mechromancer?

The whole Levi box goes together very well and there actually aren't that many fiddly bits.

I was worried after I bought Vanessa. P&p

Leveticus's kit was pretty good. IIRC a couple of the waifs had jewelry bits that were a little funky to attach (but also easy to leave off). His coat is 3 pieces and take a bit of patience, but the seams are well hidden and if you figure out the right order, it's pretty straightforward.

Man, do he and Rusty have some epic anime legs, though.

My take on the Forgotten Marshal :

Just starting up Malifaux and I discovered that dakka had a Malifaux forum about half an hour ago. Cool!

This is my first mini for a Resurrectionist crew (probably Seamus). I spent an eon of time painting this mini for the dakka paint challenge a while back. This is a new set of shots that I took before posting Sebastian on CoolMiniOrNot and this time the photos actually look better than the model!

Hope you like him!

Nice work, both of you! I have a bunch of stuff on the painting table now.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/744506-Teddy.html




I can't figure out how to post pictures in the forum...

 keeblerpowell wrote:

Bam! (I just copied the text in the second box of "Share This Image", labeled "Forums:", and pasted it in )

Teddy looks a treat too

- Salvage

Keebler, is the idea runes?

Zoat, nice though I still can't get over the fact that those teeth are on backwards... found a copy of the tiny metal version.

Lucius and his creepy buddies got a revision (notes)

The idea was that the patches were from fabric with a kind of teal flannel look.

I am doing another teddy (Same sculpt) that is reverse. Teal flannel with burgundy patches.

I'm getting close to finishing up my Ten Thunders; going full bore on Neverborn, soon.

Monks of High River



Komainu

Wastrel

Painted these a while back and haven't posted them here yet. I'm just getting into Malifaux and torn between Gremlins and Outcasts, will probably do both in some order. Trying to document everything as I go via blogs and Youtube videos, gives an extra edge to the hobby where you have to think your ideas through and validate them not just go "I'll slap some paint 'ere and there and this can be a Mary Poppins themed giant robot".

Very nice, I like how you chose blue for the Slithurids.

Just an FYI, Zoraida can be used with Gremlins (and Neverborn). That may help influence what direction you start out in.

 Dez wrote:
Very nice, I like how you chose blue for the Slithurids.

Just an FYI, Zoraida can be used with Gremlins (and Neverborn). That may help influence what direction you start out in.

I know, I also have some of the older Gremlin models in my mini storage some where. It's just a matter of if Gremlins are a good place to learn the rules or if I'm better off sticking with 1 solid faction for the moment to build up a decent collection for versatility.

I thought I was going to start with Guild...and then I saw how fun Gremlins are. I couldn't resist myself

I did play Malifaux a bit with Gremlins in 1E, but it wasn't as fun and the ruleset felt a bit clunky. M2E has been a ton of fun.

I suggest going with Gremlins, but perhaps try some cross faction stuff (like Neverborn).

I had finally forgotten that Zoraida sculpt...

Better go re-bleach my eyes

The paint job is awesome though. I have a soft spot for blue Silurids.

 Dr. What wrote:
I had finally forgotten that Zoraida sculpt...

Better go re-bleach my eyes

The paint job is awesome though. I have a soft spot for blue Silurids.

Gen con sexy Zoraida sculpt when? I guess that would be her nightmare box..

Thank you.

Work in progress, mostly finished though. Love some feedback on improvements so I can bring it to the next level. More pics in my plog here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/651919.page

There are some great paintjobs on here!

Here's some more of my recent work. Johana, Malifaux Child, Yamaziko (the white balance was off and came out very yellow) and Hannah (my favorite).

Let me know what you think!

Great stuff, especially Hannah. Really nice detail in the eyes. My only critique is there could be a bit more variance in the skintone (shading), and the cape on the 10 Thunders looks a bit chalky...I'm guessing where there was a seam and liquid Greenstuff was used (happens to me too!).

I love the cat's eye makeup! Quite nice.

Impressionism + Miniatures = Mancha Roja!

Nice on the Crossroads, wasn't really interested in them; now considering it.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
Nice on the Crossroads, wasn't really interested in them; now considering it.

They're fun to paint, and Greed and Lust have been serving me well.

Lovely stuff guys!

@AngryMojoMade I've been seriously considering trying something new/out of the box with miniature paint styles again. When GW first released their washes, I had a great time painting my Warriors of Chaos army in the shades alone like watercolor. I really like your style here, Catharsix also has a really great style. I'm a big fan of Piet Mondrian, but I'm afraid it would just looking like 80's/90's Rogue Trader style

 Dez wrote:
Lovely stuff guys!

@AngryMojoMade I've been seriously considering trying something new/out of the box with miniature paint styles again. When GW first released their washes, I had a great time painting my Warriors of Chaos army in the shades alone like watercolor. I really like your style here, Catharsix also has a really great style. I'm a big fan of Piet Mondrian, but I'm afraid it would just looking like 80's/90's Rogue Trader style

I'm a big fan of the Impressionists/Post Impressionists, and a lot of what I do winds up being influenced by them. You can see the brush strokes, but I think it works. I'd love to recreate Starry Night on a cape one day, but I need a lot more freehand practice before I can do that.

Painted up the Dreamer with some Akira inspiration (Notes)

Also, always nice to see someone thinking on different styles of painting, angry mojo.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
Painted up the Dreamer with some Akira inspiration (Notes)

Also, always nice to see someone thinking on different styles of painting, angry mojo.

He's okay... I guess..

Oh, and you got my vote in the Iron painter for the category and for basing.

Hehe, thanks

I had a lot of fun with the base, to the point where it felt like it was at least as much of the point as the Dreamer himself... guess it's 'cause I wasn't a huge fan of the base model.

It looks like you cast him in frosted resin and lit him internally.

Thanks, yeah, I was focusing pretty heavily on trying a fading/glowing look- glad it read right!

HOLY CRAP CADAVER

Almost didn't post these after seeing Cadavers... wow.

My Painted Nico stuff thus far.
Starter, Izamu, Caine Remains, 6 Mindless Undead, 3 Guild Autopsy


Fiancée's painted Raspy Crew

Some really inspiring work here, guys! Great boon to the system.

Here are my latest works. A few support additions for a mate's crews.
He just keeps piling them up on me. 3 whole crews to do already in the new year!
Dark Carnival, Crossroads and the rat-guy box (can't remember name at the moment


Taelor:






Hodgepodge Effigy (really prefer the old sculpts, though. *shrug*)

Custom made Mechanical Rider for Malifaux sculpted (by local talent) and painted (by me) to customer's rather specific instructions.

my first malifaux Mini

Currently working on a Disney Court of Hearts inspired Viks crew. Will post pics as an when I get them.

Finished a dancer, well almost, base is waiting on more putty so I can sculpt it.

Here are a few more completed models I've done recently, the Hodgepodge Effigy and Freikorpsmann.

I love the paint jobs and also the nice cozy acrylic fire in the back

Lucas McCabe, et al


Sidir


Jorogumo

Making some progress on the gang!


Just need to finish Colette and the bases, and maybe take some better pics!

Dark Carnival completed! Now on to Hamelin!





Alternative background

Really nice, I love your color choices.

I've finished a few Malifaux minis recently.

Sidir Alchibal



Luna



A Wastrel



And lastly Angel Eyes

Very nice painting, Giraffe!

Candy is ready to prowl the streets of Malifaux.





Had a hard time painting her, she's the size of my fingernail. It was essentially permanent fine detail mode. Unlike Baby Kade, she's got quite a lot of detail.

Very nice! Most of the Malifaux models have TONS of detail, it makes painting fun...if you have a steady hand

Just finished this one for a friendly painting competition with the theme "Don't Be Fooled."

Ha! That guy is in for a bad day!

Awesome!

Just finished Ashes and Dust last night...

Cool, nice work on the metal.

I've been playing a rapid growth so I've had a kick in the ass to paint some stuff.

Pandora



Doppleganger (weather is terrible for sealing, so I won't get a shot with her bloodied up back for a while)

Very nice!

I just finished off my Iron Painter Round 2 entry.




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And my Hungering Darkness

Colette, Cassandra and a showgirl now done!



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Pandora crew finished.



Teddy finished.


Effigy finished (I remain unable to get a clear photo of this thing).




Doppleganger finished (added gore)




Widow Weaver finished.

Beautiful! Love the sheen on the Doppleganger, but I couldn't look at it long without cringing. The thought of being flayed...

Hamelin Crew + Killjoy

Was an exciting project as I had an excuse to paint up the Secret Weapon Miniatures Sewer bases which I've been wanting to do since they came out. Pretty happy with the results!




Next up: Tara, The Herald of Obliteration

It's boxing time.

 Kr00gZ wrote:
Hamelin Crew + Killjoy

SO. MANY. RATS.

- Salvage

Man this thread gets better every day!

Latest completed crew: Tara, the Herald Of Obliteration!!!

Really stoked at how the simple ethereal effects look.

Really great, love the color details on those gribbly beasts.

The gang is finished!

Productive weekend - I got two models finished! Here's some terrible phone shots.

Tuco Ortega




Coppelius

Been a while since I posted any of my models.

Been working on the Ortega family recently.







Got Nino to finish off, granny has been started and need to make an effort with Francisco.

Your Santiago is excellent! Well done!

Some beautiful blending in there!

Had a burst of enthusiasm today and finished off a Malifaux model. Iggy, the pyromanceriac.





Iggy and the other creepy orphans, Candy and Baby Kade.



Also some better photos of some other recently finished models, Tuco Ortega and Coppelius.

My Lady Ligeia

So... I've been quiet her, mostly because I've been really bad at keeping up with stuff. Well, Seamus & company, revised since I wasn't happy with them before. (notes)

Here's my take on the Seamus Avatar, impractical base and all..

Well, that's a creative way to get Nekima some of her height back.

Justice & characters, in a simpler paint job

A lot of very nice paint jobs, so many ideas.
I just ordered Lady J crew, Guild Riflemen, The Lone Marshall, Guild Hounds, Brutal Effigy, Brutal Emissary, Viktorias crew and Vanessa so hopefully I'll have something painted soon

Cool, yeah, I think the marshal theme fits together really nicely.

I quickly painted up Von Schill, didn't take as much time on him as I usually do but looks good enough to me!

Just a quick one to show the progress on the Viktoria's box set and to show how massive the Emissary is.

 Rolsheen wrote:
Just a quick one to show the progress on the Viktoria's box set and to show how massive the Emissary is.

They are looking really nice, I like the bases as well.

____________________________

I've actually painted a few minis myself for Malifaux this week, both from the starter set.

The first is a Bloodwretch





The other mini is the Scion of Black Blood.

First two Gremlins finished. Well, the one on the wharf needs some water effect but I haven't played around with that before so that'll get done when I try it.

I finally have a fully painted crew This last Sunday finished my Leveticus crew:

Abominations:


Waifs:


(I blame Re:zero for the blue-haired maid )

Leveticus and Rusty Alice


Rusty Alice's face looks horrible I learnt the hard way how the details on her face were too soft even for a watered down Bugman's glow. All the waifs and Leveticus were painted with a layer paint as basecoat and it worked out much better.

(This was a copy past from the showcase thread, I admit!)

I have a few more angles here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/705750.page

Those look good. Always liked Leviticus' set.

Another Bayou Gremlin down. This is my favourite of the lot. He just wants those other immature younguns to get of his lawn.





And a group shot of the current Bayou boys.

Yeah, that last one is pretty good, I love the pipe he has.

Very cool looking Gremlins, I'm amazed how good that shock pink looks as a spot colour for Lenny

Some great models here, I especially like those gremlins (they look awesome) and the shirt on that bloodwretch (I need to be more ambitious with my patterns and fabrics, it seems). Good work everyone!

Painted up the Dreamer recently:

I love those gremlins!

Gremlin update. I figured I'd finish a few before perstering people again. Finished a Slop Hauler, the LE Bayou Gremlin and Raphael from The Kin.




Current finished Gremlins.



WIP of the Master, So'mer Teeth Jones.

Oh wow, I am loving that So'mer already! Love the purples and the medals on his hat!

I have been busy too, decided to finish a few more before posting! The 3 Ronins from the Hired Swords crew are done, next up is the totem, Student of Conflict!

I have been laaaaaaazy, I had these girls painted for a long time but I just kept posponing the picture taking session



I loved painting this crew. Everyone was so unique, I was able to use rarely used colors, like the cyan.

I painted this guy up yesterday.

So... been a while since I've posted, but getting back in with some easier pieces I'd been meaning to finish:

These models have been fantastic to look at! I'm going to my first learn to play Malifaux session tomorrow afternoon. I am pretty sure my first purchase is going to be the Misaki set but I want to walk through the game and talk to the other players before I settle on anything.

It's been a while! I'm off Gremlins for a while. I was inspired to paint some more Neverborn since I'm getting a super purdy Dog Might case to carry them. The Dreamer, his Daydream totems, and the Primodrial Magic.

I just finished my Killjoy the other day

Pretty happy with my set of swamp beasties (notes)

Looking good everyone.







I do have all my Outcasts, more or less, finished, so that's something.

A few more Neverborn, this time Nephilim. I've had the stuff from the starter for a while, so I did the Scion and Blood Wretches. Angel Eyes will be next after I bash out a couple more Gremlins.

The first half of a Kirai crew I revised for someone (more detail on my blog)