All looking excellent Minus, the new warforge model looks nice although the sculpt looks a bit busy for some reason.

Really like the group shots of the Alkemy and Eden minis, I'd love to see some in game shots of the Alkemy game.

Beautiful work, they all look amazing.

GiraffeX wrote:All looking excellent Minus, the new warforge model looks nice although the sculpt looks a bit busy for some reason.

Thanks.
I like the sculpt of this new model. Don't know if its sculpt is busy, but I liked painting it.

GiraffeX wrote:Really like the group shots of the Alkemy and Eden minis, I'd love to see some in game shots of the Alkemy game.

I'll post some photos, then.

Camkierhi wrote:Beautiful work, they all look amazing.

Thank you Cam' !


I quote my last message here to have the photos on this page... for the lazy people like me.

 Minus wrote:
Ok. Been away for a while. Thanks for your comments.
I have some news to show. Hope you'll enjoy !

First, I painted 2 more models for Alkemy. This is all I have for that game so far.
Now I'm painting a few objective markers.






I painted a werewolf-like model for Eden. I painted every model that was released for my faction :




And the whole group so far :






Then I painted a second model for Kolaps. Do you remember Nicolescu, the butcher looking model with a two handed axe ? Here's his friend, Vlado the penitent :





And the last model I just finished is the latest WarForge model, Nikita the assain :




I also have in game photos of Alkemy. I can post some if you are interested.


@ Casey : to get a bright pink, you should use a white undercoat. If the model is primed black, paint the pink areas white first. You can use the new citadel base white. Then apply a rich deep color, like the old Warlock purple. Then highlight with pink and white.

I got some photos of my latest Alkemy game. We had a 3 player game. The ruleset is not made for it, but we wanted to have a try. And it works really well.

The templars are marching to an old sanctuary :




Aurlok warriors get out of the jungle :




My own Aurloks, called the Nervials, were resting close to a pond :




The table at the beginning of the game :




The Aurloks have seen the templars and move to intercept them.





In the center of the table a lot of fights happen :




The Aurlok wolf attacks the Nervial shaman :




The Aurlok wolf attacks the Nervial toad. The toad doen't look that dangerous, but he kills his opponent and drowns his body into the pool.



In the back, we can see the Templar commander smashing heads.

That's a very neat battle mat (and the figures look great!).

Looks like a fun game with some lovely painted minis all round.

Happy New Year everybody !

What are your modelling plans for 2015 ?

Gitsplitta wrote:That's a very neat battle mat (and the figures look great!).

It's the official mat, sold by the game editor. And yep, it looks good.

GiraffeX wrote:Looks like a fun game with some lovely painted minis all round.

It's a fun game. It totally works around objectives, killing everyone doesn't make you victorious. Insted, you have to activate beacons, close magic vortex and so on.
I'm only a beginner with Alkemy, but the game mechanics are simple to learn and the fighting systems is really great. It uses special dice, with values and symbols. You launch two dice. The values of the dice plus your combat skill are compared to the target's defense to see if you hit your opponent. If you do, the symbols combination determines how many life points are removed.
Simple and effective. I really like it.



I also painted some NPC models for Eden the game :

Models look awesome, that looks like a great game you had.

Happy New Year, looking forward to seeing what you are upto this year.

They are nicely painted although a bit weird on the model side

I had a look round on both Eden's (Taban) website and Alkemy and they have some nice minis but there's no rules for Eden and Alkemy is only in French. Do you know if Alkemy will be doing a translated version?

Camkierhi wrote:Models look awesome, that looks like a great game you had.

Happy New Year, looking forward to seeing what you are upto this year.

I have several projects for 2015. One of them is to get back to my Dark Eldars Army.
But the next project is to paint 2 more NPC for Eden.

GiraffeX wrote:They are nicely painted although a bit weird on the model side

Those beasts live in a world that was wasted by nuclear bombs... this caused some consequences. The lycals look like a mix between a wolf and a hyena... with 4 eyes... well one even has 6 eyes.

GiraffeX wrote:I had a look round on both Eden's (Taban) website and Alkemy and they have some nice minis but there's no rules for Eden and Alkemy is only in French. Do you know if Alkemy will be doing a translated version?

The rules exist for Eden. You can download them for free in english : http://www.eden-the-game.com/downloads-ins15.html
For Alkemy, they are currently translating the rulebook. I have no idea when it will be ready but I'll ask if they have a deadline.

If you are interested by this game and have some questions, feel free to ask. I'd be happy to help.

Thats cool thanks Minus

I'll add them both to my list of games to check after I've completed some of my current projects.

No problem.
Once again, if you have questions feel free to ask.


I just finished two more NPC for Eden. Two sort of zombies wandering through the desolations.

Excellent job on the bluejeans Minus.

Thank you Gits !
This time, I tried painting the pants using only washes. I quite like the result... and most important is that it was quick and easy !

They are nice pants, which wash did you use for the zombie on the left, that's a nice colour blue.

Hi GiraffeX !
It's really simple... I was surprised that it looks so good in the end.
I painted on a zenithal basecoat (zenithal white spray over black coat). First I painted the pants with space wolves grey.
Then I applied a wash made of ultramarines blue + black + medium.
Last step was to add devlan mud on the dirty areas.

Finished. Waiting for the washes to dry was the longest part.

Thats a lot easier than I thought it would be, cheers

You're welcome.



Last week-end was my gaming club's Convention. We organized an Eden tournament on Sunday and we had 14 participants.
I took photos of the event, I thought that you might like to see them.


ISC drones are patrolling in the desert.




Bamaka warriors are attacked by the Matriarchy.




Fighting in the heat of the foundry :




Sister Yliss has found machines. She orders to destroy them.




Survivors are exploring the parking lot of an abandonned mall.




Wait ! Doesn’t this look like Mad Max ?




An intense fight in the remains of an industrial area.




You can see more images in my gallery right here : http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-50760-45085_Eden_tournament_18_01_2015.html

Really cool shots & fantastic gaming spaces... wow!

Thank you Gits !

It's something I like with Eden, when you deploy your painted minis on the table, you can feel the post-apocalyptic tribe.

That looked like a great day out, those tables are amazing.

It was a great day.
Thank you GiraffeX !


Lately I realized that I had painted a lot of models for skirmish games (Eden, Fury, Alkemy, Kolaps) last year, but almost nothing related to 40k.
Then I decided to paint some Dark Eldars to make my army grow up.

I needed a Raider for my Grotesques, so I went on.
The raider itself is almost finished (only have to add all the dirty details) and the monster is only at the beginning.

Now that is very interesting. Looks brilliant, monster looks awesome sat like that.

Loving your use of confrontation minis (as always!) - go dirz!

Camkierhi wrote:Now that is very interesting. Looks brilliant, monster looks awesome sat like that.

I wanted this raider to be immediately identified as the Grotesques transport. I think it's clear enough, isn't it ?

inmygravenimage wrote:Loving your use of confrontation minis (as always!) - go dirz!

You should love what's coming next, as I'm painting the one that comes on top of the raider, and another to be my squad leader.


I'd also like to share this with you. Some folks here could be interested by the Kolaps Reboot.
Remember my Nicolescu (the butcher with a two handed axe) and Vlado (the living dead penitent) ? If you liked them, there's currently an Indiegogo for a reboot of that game, with the first 2 factions : APC (some kind of private police agencies) and also the Vampires.
The game is not translated yet but the models are fantastic. The Indiegogo is already funded, the models have been sculpted so there's no risk with this one. More information on TGN : http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/kolaps-ground-zero-rebooted-on-indiegogo/



More pics of the raider coming soon.

New WIP picture.
The raider is almost done, I'll add some dirty, shiny and sticky details in the end. Right now I'm painting the passenger.

Raider looks awesome. How did you paint the tank? Looks creepy (in a good way)

It give the phrase :Swab the poop deck!" a whole new meaning

Red Corsair wrote:It give the phrase :Swab the poop deck!" a whole new meaning

So true !

Nashbashem wrote:Raider looks awesome. How did you paint the tank? Looks creepy (in a good way)

I painted the tank white, at first. The content (the ugly thing) is painted using several layers of Army Painter washes (they are similar to previous GW ones like the famous Devlan Mud). I used sepia, brown, red and purple washes, and applied them successively starting from a lower point, so the liquid is darker at the bottom.
Then I painted the fluid surface with a thin brown line.
At this point, the inside of the tank is done. Next steps are to paint all the dirt streaks coming from the upper trap door. On the previous image, these are made with brown and green washes. To get the final result you can see below, I added some more streaks with pigments.

You can add some white lines and dots to simulate the reflection. And in the end add some gloss varnish.

Might sound complicated, but honestly it's not because it doesn't require much care or precision except for the liquid surface.



And the Raider is complete.
I added a character on the front, to show that this space is free. That way I can show in game who embarqued the raider.





Hope you'll like it.

New painted model : my Grotesque's squad leader.

Hi all !

I recently painted an objective marker for Eden. It's a phone box from toy cars sceneries.
This marker was an excuse for me to try a product that a buddy from my club lent to me. It's something that historical modelists use to make weathering effects on their tanks, planes and so. It's from Mig Jimenez AMMO range, called "heavy chipping effects".

This are the WIPs shots.





And the final result, after adding weathering powders and final details. It turned out good, I have to practice a little bit to achieve a finer result, but for a firt attempt I'm happy with what I got.

OK show off, is there anything you can paint badly?

Looks fabulous bud, great result.

 Camkierhi wrote:
OK show off, is there anything you can paint badly?

There's a lot I can paint badly.
The thing is... I try not to !

I may have a go and paint a model using bad technics, awfull color scheme and post it on this blog. Just for you. Just for fun.

On of my next projects though will be to paint some Resistance fighters for Eden. In the middle, the main colors I'll use. You can try to guess what colour goes where.
(I never can remember... what's the difference between "color" and "colour"... is one american writing and the other one UK spelling ?)

Yes, the Brits like to add extra letters to their words.

The Atlantic is full of "U" that get dropped.

Just cus you cant spell good like wat we does!

Looking forward to those guys Minus.

That's where all the U-Boats came from.

Love that phone booth!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Love that phone booth!

Thank you Warboss !

Briancj wrote:That's where all the U-Boats came from.

Camkierhi wrote:The Atlantic is full of "U" that get dropped.

Just cus you cant spell good like wat we does!.

Gitsplitta wrote:Yes, the Brits like to add extra letters to their words.

Even without the little flags beside your avatars, just with your answers I would have guessed wich of you is British, and wich one is American.

Camkierhi wrote:Looking forward to those guys Minus.

First WIP shot on the test models. Nothing is finished, and the picture is not really good, but it shows the color scheme.
Alice is supposed to be black... so I decided to paint her blonde ! And Duncan will look definitely better as a black guy.

New WIP.

Ok guys (and girls), Duncan is over.
I finished painting him today. Alice is closed to completion too.

So Duncan and Alice are my two first models for the Resistance faction, for Eden.
I used them to validate my color scheme. I also used another Ammo by Mig product. This time I tried a product designed to create rust streaks.
It works pretty well, might do a step by step if you're interested.

I think you need an entire squad of Duncans... because they'd all look fantastic on the tabletop!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I think you need an entire squad of Duncans... because they'd all look fantastic on the tabletop!

I can't.
But I hope the whole team will look as great as a full Duncan squad.

Great stuff Minus. The sculpts are a little goofy but I love the paint scheme...and I'm partial to anything pink as usual you're pumping out beautiful gaming figs like a mad mAn. On a side note those DE Giants are gorgeous!! I commented on the pics!
Cheers pal
BB

Some seriosuly rad painting here. Lovely work Minus

bebopdrums2424 wrote:The sculpts are a little goofy

Do you mean Eden sculpts in general ? Or Duncan ?
Duncan is quite small and stocky, and he's wearing quite a lot of stuff, that makes him almost as wide as he's tall.

bebopdrums2424 wrote:I love the paint scheme...and I'm partial to anything pink

As I am with purple. And pink is quite some sort of purple, isn't it ?
You are clearly a man of taste.

bebopdrums2424 wrote:On a side note those DE Giants are gorgeous!! I commented on the pics!

Thank you !
Maybe I should take a picture of the whole Squad with its raider.

Januine wrote:Some seriosuly rad painting here. Lovely work Minus

Thanks.
I have 4 more Resistants being painted on my desk, hope you'll like them too.



And now please welcome the wonderful Alice !
I really enjoyed painting her.


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Your work is excellent m8, really nice painting.

Very 1970s...

Gantoris wrote:Your work is excellent m8, really nice painting.

Thank you !

Gitsplitta wrote:Very 1970s...

Does it remind you when you were younger Gits ? ^^


New Resistance fighter, this is Martin !
I really enjoyed painting this one. The sculpt is a bit approximative on the face, especially due to the mold lines running on his ears ( ) but apart from this it's a really cool model to paint. His pants are perfect, I felt like it was effortless to paint these.

I used the Ammo product for the rust streaks on the gas canister on his back, and I love the way it looks.


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Nice sculpt. Great paint job. As always.

He looks really good, the rust streaks look very nice.

Thanks guys !
I made some touch-ups, and took a photo with his friends.

On more to paint and I'll have 100 points to play this faction. But don't worry I have several more to paint after that.



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That's a really interesting looking group Minus. Love the electro-whips.

They look ver nice together. Really different sizes though, the guy on the right looks really small now compared to the other two.

Ah fantastic work Minus as always...nobody does denim better than you thats for sure. You have that washed out dark blue look that i just love...the guy in the middle looks like my friend Dan lol....great scheme all round too. I stick with my thoughts about the man on the right...the sculpt is wonky to me...like the cigar is just massive in his mouth..like a can of primer lol....but the paint jobs are great

BB

I'm back !
I've been really busy at home lately 'cause my little daughter was born end of march. Of course she's definitely the most beautiful "miniature" I've ever made.


But back to business !
I've found some time here and there to grab a brush an splat random colors on miniatures.

Firstly, I painted Jack.
Doesn't he remind you of someone ?



Now who you gonna call ?


A group shot with his friends :





And the latest model I painted is a small robot called freedom. This model was a good apportunity for me to use the Ammo of Mig chipping effect product.
I'm happy with the final result :






@ Gits : I replaced his weapons 'cause I didn't like them, I thought that electrowhips would look cool with his pose.


@ Bebop and GiraffeX : the guy on the right is small, grumpy, carries a miner drilling machine... he's basically a dwarf.


@ anyone : I was discussing with a friend lately, and we wondered if there was a specific english term for the edge highlights when painting miniatures.

Missed your beautiful work.

Congrats on little one.

Your blue denim work is outstanding.

Very nice, i really like the denim effect and wanna rip it of for my Malifaux gremlins! And advice would be welcome.

Hi !
Well well well, almost 2 months since my last post... Looks like I've been quite busy lately.

To paint the denim, I use a blue plus black mix. I use ultramarines blue and added chaos black to get some sort of blue-grey. Then I put a blue wash everywhere (I use the old asurmen blue or army painters' wash). I shade the recesses with red wash (army painter once again).
It's now time for highlights. I get back to my base color and add space wolves grey. To get the denim effect, the secret is in the highlights. On the last steps, I don't try to get a smooth blending. Instead, I try to get textured effect, either with painting little dots, or with painting "grids". The last step is painted with pure space wolves grey.

Hope this helps. Maybe I could make a tutorial on a next model if someone is interested.



Now let's see what I've been doing lately (besides taking care of my daughter ^^ ).
First of all, I opened a blog because I wanted a place for me. Of course it's in french, but there are lots of pictures and google translator could help. And in case I'd have lots and lots of foreign visitors, I'd make english articles. My blog is there : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/

I also organised (and played) an Eden tournament. You can see lots of photos on my blog.

And I keeped painting Eden models.
Pamela :




And Ashton :





And to conclude, a friend created a post-apocalyptic game. We made demos last saturday on a Convention, so I painted a car for him. It was so funny that I borrowed him 2 more to paint !

Beautiful work, that car is outstanding, Brilliant paintwork effect.

"For sale: Post Apoc sedan, only driven once, shot once... some burn damage but on the plus side there's no (living) previous owner and it's newly upholstered!"

Camkierhi wrote:Beautiful work, that car is outstanding, Brilliant paintwork effect.

Thank you Cam' !
To be honest, my rust is a bit too orange, it shoud be darker. But I like it anyway.

Gitsplitta wrote:"For sale: Post Apoc sedan, only driven once, shot once... some burn damage but on the plus side there's no (living) previous owner and it's newly upholstered!"

Oh man, this made me laugh so much !

I'm back and it didn't take me 2 months this time !

The game's author who's also a friend proposed on a forum that people create their avatar in Red Button's Nation's universe, then send them to him. And we'll use those models for the rulebook's illustrations.

Here's mine.
This is "me" in the game's universe. It's a Bamaka Eden model with a Hasslefree gun.
And of course, he's the driver of the car I painted previously.

That's truly disgusting... but a great paint job. Why can't someone make a Loni Anterson model outfitted like that?

Oh Lord I'm so busy these days, I barely have the time to update this topic. Not even speaking of browsing other painters blogs...

Thank you Gitsplitta for the comment. I should try to find some time to check your topic. I'm pretty sure I'm 40 pages late... at least. >_<


Anyway, here's my latest recruit for Eden :

Lizard dude is looking good Minus, I like the way you did the green.

Wow, REALLY cool skin.

lovely stuff minus

The lizard dude is great!

Thank you all !
Last sunday I went to an Eden tournament and I played him. I had a very great time. I placed 4th on 10 players, and got the painting prize.

I posted lots of pictures on my blog, it's in french but well... you don't need to understand french to watch pictures. The article is here : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/08/tournoi-eden-lantre-du-dragon-09-08-2015.html

One photo from the tournament, to make you want to see more :




Recently I also painted one Joker, for Eden too :




And the last model I painted is Father Grigore, for Kolaps :

Stunning again, that Joker looks awesome, the body hair and everything!! WOW, but the purple on the Father figure is the best for me, it looks like satin! NSS, (non-satin Satin) the more I look, the better it looks.

Do you varnish your minis and if so what do you use?

Camkierhi wrote:Stunning again, that Joker looks awesome, the body hair and everything!! WOW, but the purple on the Father figure is the best for me, it looks like satin! NSS, (non-satin Satin) the more I look, the better it looks.

Non satin satin, excellent !
I'm happy you like it, because a satin finish was exactly what I was aiming for. But I didn't really know how to achieve this. When I started highlighting the purple, I was like "oh man what am I doing, I'll ruin everything". But I kept going on and in the end I got the kind of result that I wanted.

Gantoris wrote:Do you varnish your minis and if so what do you use?

Yup.
I always varnish my models. I mainly use Pebeo matt varnish spray for acrylic paintings. It is a really good varnish, easy to apply with a really matt finish. This is what I used on father Grigore. For Stipan, I used Army Painter varnish, simply because that's what I used on my other Jokers. Seems quite good too, but not as matt as Pebeo's one.

This one :

Your mastery of the color purple is impressive (and for all of the other colors as well). It would make me seriously happy if you'd post up a tutorial on how to do that metallic purple.
Do you have a hard time with that spray-on matt varnish? I know that there are issues with many other brands, which is why I still primarily use Vallejo's brush-on product.

Never had a problem with this varnish. Of course I avoid using it when it's freezing or when it's 35°C outside. But used with "normal" conditions it always worked perfectly fine for me.

The only exception is to not use this on soft plastic models like boardgames miniatures, Zombicide for example. These specific plastics react with some varnishes and become sticky.
Apart from this, no problem. I used it on plactic models, on metal models, on resin models, for more than 6 years and never had a bad surprise.


For the purple metalics, I'll see if I can do an illustrated tutorial. I can already explain how I proceed, the trick is to use Army Painter washes. Or previous GW washes if you still have some, not the current ones that don't have the same properties :
- basecoat with metallic color. I used bolgun metal.
- apply a purple wash overall. I thinned it down a little bit, and pushed it in the recesses and in the lowest areas to already have some color variations.
- now the idea is to have a color gradient with lighter colors upside, and darker colors downside. I use a blue wash first, that I apply in several steps. I concentrate mainly on the recesses and on the lower areas.
- now I use black color for the ultimate shading, especially on the lower part of the mask that I wnated to be really dark.
- last step is to highlight all the edges with silver

If I have the time I'll make a photo tutorial, I guess it will be easier to understand. ^^

I ask because varnish tends to really hurt my paint jobs and yours seem barley harmed by it at all, so far been using the Vallejo brush on stuff will give this Pebeo stuff a go.

Didn't notice specific problems. Except this varnish is pretty matt, so if you expect a satin finish you won't like it. I've read on forums that some people don't like the effect on metallics. But I think it looks good.

I'd just avoid it on models that I want to keep shiny, like lacquered armours and so. For instance, I don't use this varnish on my BFG fleet, that is painted with ink washes on metallic base. In this case I want to keep the glossy effect.

As usual, amazing and inspiring work Minus! love the Non-Satin Satin! looks perfect mate! and the lizard dude is as we'd expect from you :-) bloody amazing and creative. I'll have to learn French and check your blog out for the games, I don't think my limited knowledge of western yoghurts with French names will get me far!?.....

You do love your purple! Would love to see you tackle Fulgrim

I find the varnish really screws with my highlights darkening all the details and adding am ugly shine even when i use matt. Heres my latest Gremlins, they are a good example of this problem...

Heres a pic of them almost finished, just need to do the hat tne base + varnish...


And here they are finished with the coat of matt varnish...

nerdfest09 wrote:As usual, amazing and inspiring work Minus! love the Non-Satin Satin! looks perfect mate! and the lizard dude is as we'd expect from you :-) bloody amazing and creative. I'll have to learn French and check your blog out for the games, I don't think my limited knowledge of western yoghurts with French names will get me far!?.....

Thank you Nerdfest !
I'm glad to see that you're keeping an eye on my topic. I really have to find the time to check all the others P&M blogs out there, but my little girl made me become a really busy man. ^^

For my Blog, I've added a translator tool on the right of the screen. I don't know if it works perfectly, but it should make it easier for you to understand what I'm talking about. I'm curious now... why do yoghurts have french names ? Do you have examples ?

inmygravenimage wrote:You do love your purple! Would love to see you tackle Fulgrim

I do. Purple is one of my favorite colors, and it's really interesting to paint because it's not easy, and there are so many various shades of purples. I love it.

Gantoris wrote:I find the varnish really screws with my highlights darkening all the details and adding am ugly shine even when i use matt. Heres my latest Gremlins, they are a good example of this problem...

Oh I see what you mean. I also have brush on varnish, but I've always found that it shines a little bit in the end. So I don't use it anymore, I prefer spray varnish.
By the way, I love those miniatures, and though the pictures are a bit small, your painting seems to look pretty nice on them.

Thanks for the advice and the kind words , i will have to give spray varnish a go and see if it makes a difference.

In case your interested heres my Gremlin painting thread... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/649231.page

Father Grigore for the win!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Father Grigore for the win!

Your posts always make me smile Gits.

@ Gantoris : commented directly in your blog.


I've almost finished painting Hellion, my fourth Chrisme miniature. The sculpt rocks, he has a damn pose. I love it.

Couldn't post yesterday because of "automatically blahblah blah".
Does anyone know how long we have to wait before we can double post and not have our two posts merged together ?


Well, as I said I finished painting Hellion. This model is definitely great. Il love the way he looks, like sneaking in the city ruins... carrying a 2 meters long sword.




And with his buddies :




More about that game and how I discovered it on my blog. It's written in french, but I added the google translator tool, that's a good opportunity to try it.
The link : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/08/kolaps-le-chrisme.html

So dynamic. ..

Thanks Gits !
I'll try the game tonight, I've just read the rules, we should have fun !

Wow, yup that Hellion is brilliant, he makes a fine follower for father Grigore, if the power of the cross is not enough, an heavy blade should do the trick.

 KernelTerror wrote:
Wow, yup that Hellion is brilliant, he makes a fine follower for father Grigore, if the power of the cross is not enough, an heavy blade should do the trick.

Haha.
And Grigore also carries a shotgun... just in case.

We had our first game of Kolaps : Hell Awaits at our club last friday. The game creator was in our area so he came for a demo.
The game was fun, and seems interesting. I hope I can I try it again soon now that I know the basis of the rules.

I've put pictures on my blog, here are some.

Loving these figs Minus. Really great stuff

Thanks Januine !
I had a really great Eden game yesterdy with a very good friend. I'm preparing the photos right now, expect an article soon.

I'm back with Eden "in game" photos.
I had a very interesting game with a good friend, and posted a battle report on my blog. Once again, it's written in french, but a) you don't need to read french to watch the photos and b) that's another good occasion to try the included translator.

The report is here : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/08/eden-partie-jokers-vs-matriarcat.html


But I'll show you some photos here :





 
 

Lovely work as usual Minus - gotta say though, your wrecked vehicles are top kahunna - awesome stuff. I say that calls for a wee tutorial

Hi Januine !
Do you mean a tutorial on how to make those wrecks ? Or how to paint them ?



Btw, I'd like to ask people in here a question.
I'm considering the idea of painting some models for others. Not intending to make this as a full time job, but just a side activity to make a little money with something I like. I'd rather paint single models, as heroes, or skirmish games warbands, because there are already tons of army painters that are cheaper as I would ever be. Plus I feel like I'd do a better job on paintings that I appreciate, and I like individual models better than blobs of 90 zombies/soldiers/goblins.
I'd like an objective feedback on my skill. Do you think someone could be interested ? Would people be afraid to buy from another country ? And what do you think would be a fair price for those commissions ?
Be honest, it's just an idea for the moment and I can't decide if it's a good one or a bad one, so any comment is welcome.

Both Minus! And as to you doing commisions.....I say go for it. The figures I've seen of yours here are top notch. I'm sure there'd be a market for a Minus original. Pricing and such - no idea at all!!

I say go for it minus. Your painting skills are there for sure. I could even be your first customer!

I'll try to make a tutorial the next time I make a car wreck, then. ^^
I've already made one regarding the painting part, but in french. You can see it there : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/06/tutoriel-le-weathering-1.html
Is it what you're looking for Januine ? I can translate it in "almost english" if this helps.


Thanks for your answers regarding comissions. Only 2 messages so far, but really encouraging ones, so I'm seriously considering this now.
Gits, can I PM you to chat a little bit about it ?


Ok, and for teasers, I'm currently painting a Yeti from the game Fury : Outburst control.
It's a challenge through a french forum, several friends have a model to paint. And for some reason, the first posted Yeti was blue... the next one was green. Then we started joking about this, saying they are like the Power Rangers and we should paint one of each colour.




... and I decided to paint mine red...

A Yeti... red.
We'll see what I come up with in the end.

As to you painting on commission, you absolutely have the ability and a quite unique style, I think you would be a success.

Again I am in no position to advise on prices etc.

Yes of course!

Thanks all for your support.


As promised, I've got a pix of my newly painted Yeti for Fury Outburst Control.
You can see the full article (always in french, good way to learn a foreign language) here : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/08/defi-warmania-peinture-dun-yeti-pour.html


And the photo :

wow - lovely work Minus - that guy is awesome; can feel the rage!!!! Cracking stuff

Thank you Januine.
As I started painting him in red (because of that Power Rangers / Bioman joke) I had no idea what I could do with that.
In the end it looks a little bit like some japanese demon I think, and I like it.

Ok I'm back !
I've just painted my Warmachine starter. I wanted to paint it real quick, so I went for a colour scheme that is not subtle at all, with crappy painting technics.
I went for heavy corroded metallics, a fluo green for all the energy-things, and I love the result. It should look good on the table during the games.

Article here (in french as usual) : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/09/warmachine-starter-convergence-de-cyriss.html

And the picture :

Wow - those mechs are awesome. Love the paint scheme. Where are they from?

Thanks !
That's Convergence of Cyriss robots, from Warmachine/Hordes. I'm not a great fan of the design of Warmachines robots, I tend to prefer Hordes, but the Convergence of Cyriss I really like them. They have an old-school sci-fi look wich really inspire me.

Hi all !
On my blog and on french boards people asked me for a zoom in in order to see the metallics texture.
I post it there too, maybe it might be interesting for you too.

Those are pretty amazing... how did you do them?

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Those are pretty amazing...

Thanks Gits !

 Gitsplitta wrote:
how did you do them?

You mean how did I paint them ?
Colors and technics used ?

Yeppers. Want to steal your techniques.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Yeppers. Want to steal your techniques.

No problem, I'll explain this in an upcoming post.

Today I had a bit time to paint while my (adorable) daughter was asleep, a bit this morning and a bit right now, so I've started a new model for Eden.
I definitely love this game. I'm currently painting a bear with aviator glasses.

Pix is crappy but well, that's a WIP shot.

Hey Minus, nice take on those Warmachine models.... You really made them stand out !!!

Eden looks interesting too... And I keep having FB "suggest" me to love their page aaaaaargh

Thanks Yggs !
Honestly, Eden is a great game. You should have a try, the rules are available as free download on their site. It's my favorite game at the moment.

I've been working a little bit more on Mishka, the bear, tonight.

sweet!!!

Thanks.
I've finished painting Mishka today. For the first time, I've painted NMM, I had never done this before because I prefer TMP.
But I wanted to match with the rest of my Jokers (that were painted by a friend) so I had a try.

More images on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/09/eden-peinture-de-mishka.html

No one here wants to hug Mishka ?
He's so sad.


Ok, maybe you'll prefer a pretty lady wearing a corset ?
(really early WIP shot)

No way. I'm loving mishka. Makes me just wanna say 'rawr' but in a little voice. Seriously though - lovely job. The old lady is creeping me out o.O

 Januine wrote:
No way.

Why ?
She's pretty.
Well... she was... maybe... a long time ago.

This model is epic.

 Januine wrote:
Makes me just wanna say 'rawr' but in a little voice. Seriously though - lovely job.

Thanks Januine.
It was my first attempt at painting MNM, honestly while I was painting him I was wondering what I was doing. I'm happy with the result, now I'm wondering what list I can build with him for an upcoming game. ^^

Mishka looks lovely Minus. The old woman is a bit of a flasher by the looks of it, I'd stay well clear of her lol

Teddy bear is cute. Looks great.

Old lady is creepy, reminds me of my mother. Scary.

GiraffeX wrote:Mishka looks lovely Minus.

Camkierhi wrote:Teddy bear is cute. Looks great.

Thanks mates. Mishka was really happy when I told him !

GiraffeX wrote: The old woman is a bit of a flasher by the looks of it, I'd stay well clear of her lol

Hahaha.
Beware, she can move faster thant you'd expect.

Camkierhi wrote:Old lady is creepy, reminds me of my mother. Scary.

Is it because of the haircut ?

Her dress really doesn't help either lol

She's sexy and she knows it !



New WIP, I'm slowly building up the NMM, it's pretty long and on some places I have no idea what I'm f***ing doing.

What the hell is that in her hand that she seems to be 'threatening' someone with.......looks......*shudders*....

Haha
It's not what I think you think it is.

It's some sort of welding machine, Jokers love to set fire to everything... including other people.


New (slow) WIP.

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Pleaaaaase welcome the marvellous Ma !
It's the second time I paint NMM on a miniature.



Isn't she lovely ?
More pix on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/09/eden-peinture-de-ma.html

I'd call that a very successful experiment Minus.

Nice take on the NMM, though TBH I preferred it on Mishka !

"C'mere my looovvvely......Ma's got a little something for ya.....yahahhahhaaaa"
*shudders, screams, runs like hell*

Nice job there Minus

That mishka bear is amazing, as is the old lady. Lovely work m8y.

Gitsplitta wrote:I'd call that a very successful experiment Minus.

Thanks Gits !
It took me way too long to paint those models, but the result is pretty good so I don't feel like I wasted my time.

Yggdrasil wrote:Nice take on the NMM, though TBH I preferred it on Mishka !

To be honest, I prefer TMP too.
And it's faster to paint, in addition.

Januine wrote:"C'mere my looovvvely......Ma's got a little something for ya.....yahahhahhaaaa"
*shudders, screams, runs like hell*

Nice job there Minus

Januine, I think Ma is falling in love with you... Love at first fright.

Gantoris wrote:That mishka bear is amazing, as is the old lady. Lovely work m8y.

Mishka wants to hug you for this nice comment. Ma is to busy rolling after Januine.

Hello all !

I've painted something special today... because I have no idea what I'll do with it.
A friend gave me a Dystopian Wars tank and told me "paint it if you want". I grabed a pot of green paint that I don't often use, basecoated it and started from this point.

The photos are not as good as I would like, but I'll do better ones once the base is done.








It's quite small, around 3 centimeters long I think, but it was really fun to paint. It changes from infantry models or 40k scaled vehicles and it was a good opportunity to try some Ammo of Mig products that I just ordered.
What do you guys think ?

Looks really good Minus, really like the weathered look.

I love the streaking on the armor plates and the little glowy bits. Put something that looks like a bomb on top and it would make a great squig bomb. Or perhaps the top half of a meched out human and it could be a servitor w/ heavy bolter!

Impressive weathering considering the size! These are same scale as Epic right?

GiraffeX wrote:Looks really good Minus, really like the weathered look.

Thanks Gir'. The weathering was the funniest part of the process and I really like what I got.

Gitsplitta wrote:I love the streaking on the armor plates and the little glowy bits. Put something that looks like a bomb on top and it would make a great squig bomb. Or perhaps the top half of a meched out human and it could be a servitor w/ heavy bolter!

Nice ideas Gits. I think my friend would prefer that I start an army, but your suggestions are more likely to happen. This, or I keep it on my desk because it looks cool.

Gantoris wrote:Impressive weathering considering the size! These are same scale as Epic right?

I haven't seen Epic models for many years now but I think it's a little bigger (but still really small compared to a 40k vehicle). Fluffwise, this tank is way bigger than an Epic one, it's like 40 meters long or something. The model itself is around 3 cm long.
I made a shot with an Ultramarine, for scale comparison. The base is only temporary, to put the tank on the same level as the marine.

Heavy bolter servitor... definitely.

It would indeed be perfect for this.
For the moment I've put him on a rock base, new photos and french chatting on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/09/peinture-char-francais-pour-dystopian.html

New day, new project.
Today I started painting 2 characters for Alkemy.

That's an early WIP, but the bases are mainly done so we can imagine what they will look like in the end.
A Crow shaman on the left, and an Aurlok female leader on the right.

You seem to have quite a few models with their arms in the air. The bear and now this shaman guy seem to "have had it up here". lol

Anyway, great work all around. Always a fan.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
You seem to have quite a few models with their arms in the air. The bear and now this shaman guy seem to "have had it up here". lol

Hahahaha.

I didn't even notice it.
But it's alright 'cause I painted the Dystopian tank in between, and he doesn't have his hands up in the air.

Good to see some more Alkemy on your painting table Minus

 GiraffeX wrote:
Good to see some more Alkemy on your painting table Minus

Then you should be happy 'cause there's another WIP shot.

Hello guys (and girls) !

I finished painting Tamel'Seh today. Wa ya Wa Wo... well the female Aurlok had a little accident so I needed to repair what needed to be repaired before I could continue painting her.
Tamel'Seh is a really nice model, and though it took me ages to get painted (mostly due to all the feathers) I really likd it and I love the result.




More views on my blog, as usual : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/10/alkemy-peinture-de-tamelseh.html

gorgeous as ever Minus (and so less creepy than Granny Lovetool )

Thanks Januine.
Ma is sorry for scaring you... (but she's happy to hear that you're still thinking of her ^^ )

I love the work on the inside of the cloak and the specs on the skin. Beautifully executed!

Yup love the way you do the skin on these guys, stolen it and been experimenting on my orks, works well. Not as excellent as yours though.

That cloak lining is superb.

Thanks mates.
Do you have pix of the orks you painted using my technics Cam' ?

I painted another Alkemy model, a female Auroch named Woa Wa'yake :












And at the moment, I'm painting an Eden model for a tournament this sunday. And speaking about Eden, there's a small introductive video that's been made by a fan. Honestly, it's one of the best games I've played, if you have a chance try it.

I can't embed it to my message, so click on the link : http://www.facebook.com/240405336083139/videos/319916621465343/

Chunky monkey.

Haha Gits, I learn new expressions almost every time you comment in here.


I painted a new Janissar for Eden.
I converted the model to make him look more agressive. You can see WIP pictures and more angles on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/10/eden-conversion-et-peinture-de-fahim.html




And the band I'll play at the upcoming tournament :

That middle guy reminds me of the Gorn from the original Star Trek series. All you need now is an Orion Slave Girl to go with it.

I'm all about cultural exchange. I've learned how to spell words with all kind of extra letters from the Brits on dakka. About time I gave something back!

lol Git's that's quite funny.

The new new Janissar looks great Minus, he does look small compared to his warband members.

Sweet work there Minus

Wow. Impressive, as always...

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That middle guy reminds me of the Gorn from the original Star Trek series. All you need now is an Orion Slave Girl to go with it.

That's true. He also reminds me a little bit of the Unas in Stargate.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I'm all about cultural exchange. I've learned how to spell words with all kind of extra letters from the Brits on dakka. About time I gave something back!

Haha. I never remember, when there are two spellings for a word, wich one is the UK and wich one is the US version. So generally when there are more letters, that's the British spelling, right ?

GiraffeX wrote:The new new Janissar looks great Minus, he does look small compared to his warband members.

He's not small. It's his bodyguards that are pretty big, they are ogre sized. See this image from last week's tournament, the Alghul is surrounded by humans models (Matriachy band from a friend). You can see more images of this tournament here : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/10/tournoi-eden-de-la-porte-epique-18-10.html

Januine wrote:Sweet work there Minus

Yggdrasil wrote:Wow. Impressive, as always...

Thanks guys !


On the last tournament last week, I won the painting prize. As there is another tournament next week, I wanted to paint something new.
Fahim has 2 hyenas, so I decided to paint them. For the moment, I have all available Askari entries painted.


The hyenas :








And the band I'll most probably play next week :

Just an amazing group of figures you've got there my friend! Look great on the table too I bet.

Thanks Gits !
I'll play them on the next tournament, I'll take in game photos.


Recently I've watched Mad Max Fury Road, that I had never seen until then. It made me want to paint worn out cars, with rust and dust.
I had already painted one sooner this year, here's the second one. I also have two more that I converted today.









I love painting this kind of things. So much fun !

That car looks fantastic. Really nailing the rusty banger look. Poor Mercedes, who would do such a thing!

Group above look outstanding as always from you.

 Camkierhi wrote:
That car looks fantastic.

Thanks Cam !

 Camkierhi wrote:
Poor Mercedes, who would do such a thing !

The next car I have to paint is a Porsche Spyder.
Well... a custom Porsche Spyder, with dozen of blades welded on it, and a frigging gatling on top.

I'm wondering what color I'll paint it. I already have a white and a black car. Somebody here would have an idea ? I was considering grey, or yellow but I'm not decided yet.



Oh, a little game for you all. The Mercedes refers to a rock band. Will anyone guess wich one ?

That's insanely brilliant Minus!

That car is awesome. Weathereing is perfect - how, how HOW??!!!!!

The car looks great, I've just watched Mad Max as well it would fit in really well.

 Januine wrote:
how, how HOW??!!!!!

The "trick" is to multiply the weathering technics. On this car I used stippling, masking fluid, blister foam, pigments, acrylic washes, enamel washes, streaking rust effects enamel and pigments.
Each of these technics are easy and give good results. When you start combining them, the result gets deep and rich. I LOVE painting this kind of stuff, beacause it has a random part, I never really know what I'm getting in the end.


Thanks for all your comments mates. That plus Fury Road, I'm really motivated to paint the next cars !

sweet stuff Minus. Def gonna be using multi-techs on the knight once I him to that stage

I'd love to see this Januine !


I don't know if I'm allowed to post this here since it's not really painting or modelling, but Alkemy the Game starts a new expansion cycle and has launched a Kickstarter.

So if you liked when I posted this :




Or this :



Or this :




Check their KS page right here : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909359300/alkemy-blitz-miniatures-game
A starter set contains everything you need to play, unlike some games where a starter is just the core of your army. And the game is really good... and now available in english.

Can't believe I missed this thread till now. Just been through the whole thing from page 1. Must admit I was just looking at the images after a while
So full of win. I especially like your Ultras. Not very often people get them looking bad assed >
Keep it going man.

Fantastic group Minus... just awesome. Feather colors work great with the skin too.

vim_the_good wrote:Can't believe I missed this thread till now. Just been through the whole thing from page 1. Must admit I was just looking at the images after a while
So full of win. I especially like your Ultras. Not very often people get them looking bad assed >
Keep it going man.

Everyone should read my thread.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, hope you'll come back.

Gitsplitta wrote:Fantastic group Minus... just awesome. Feather colors work great with the skin too.

Thanks Gits.
Ah that feathers. I painted my band and went to the club to play them. And the friend I played with told me "yeah they look good but you should highlight those feathers a little more and they'll look even better". I hated him because the feathers had taken me sooooo much time. But I followed his advice, and guess what... he was right. It almost drove me crazy to re-highlight those, but the result has really improved so it was worth it.




And today I painted in a rush a robot for Red Button's Nation :

Gorgeous weatheirng as ever Minus.
Painting some vials on a DE last night and suddenly realised - " Omg - I'm painting these in 'Minus purple' colour"
The DE haemonculus' name is now "Minus"

 Januine wrote:
Gorgeous weatheirng as ever Minus.
Painting some vials on a DE last night and suddenly realised - " Omg - I'm painting these in 'Minus purple' colour"
The DE haemonculus' name is now "Minus"

I'm not sure he'll be really good on the battlefield (I generally don't get good dice rolls ) but he'll definitely look good.
Did you post photos of him ?



After a second look at my robot, I added some black lining between armor plates.

I love the slightly greenish tint on the shiny bits.

Scorpion Green Gits. ^^
It's a color I have had on the paint rack for years and never used before. I tried it for the first time on my Cyriss models, because I wanted to use something different than Scaly Green (oh man I love this color) and Scorpion green works well for these kinds of effects.

However it doesn't cover at all, so applying a white coat previously is mandatory.

I use it a lot with my marines, but it's always going over a darker color, so the fact that it's translucent just makes for a more subtly blended highlight.

Thanks!

You're welcome Gits. Have a try on a white coat, you'll see that it's a very interesting color for such effects.


Yesterday I attented to an Eden tournament, and I got the first place with 4 victories on 4 games !
It was a very great day. I took lots of photos and posted the best ones on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/11/tournoi-eden-de-lost-avesnois-01-11-2015.html


A small teaser :

I was experimenting with different mixes of varnishes, and I realized that your minis have the perfect finish that I've been looking for. I apologize if you've already answered this on a previous page, but what's your process? The best results that I've managed are from 2 coats of gloss, and a few more of thinned-down matte, but it looks like you have it mastered.

Hi !

I also tried lots of different varnishes before I could find the one that I was looking for.
The answer is quite simple : I use Pebeo mat varnish spray, for acrylics. It's easy to use, I've never had problems with it. When applying it, it leaves at first a quite thick white-ish coat. It's a bit scary but don't touch anything, let it dry gently and it will be fine.
Now question is : is this brand available in the US ? I have no idea.


There is only one problem with this varnish : it reacts with soft plastic models and makes them sticky after a certain time. Don't use it on Zombicide models or so. Otherwise, it's perfect. I have plastic, metal and resin models that I sprayed like 6 years ago, and no problem with them.

The can looks like this :






And I have some update, with new cars for Red Button's Nation. I also took new pics of the previous ones, I now have 4 cars :

Post-apoc vehicles at their best. Fantastic job Minus. They look spectacular!

I've never seen that varnish, but that doesn't mean much... they don't let me out very often.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Post-apoc vehicles at their best. Fantastic job Minus. They look spectacular!

Thanks Gits !
The more I paint rust, the more I like it.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I've never seen that varnish, but that doesn't mean much... they don't let me out very often.

And I can understand why they don't...

Thanks for the info on the varnish. If I can't find that exact can, I still might be able to locate something similar.
Those cars are looking great as ever. Your eye for texture is incredible. An interesting technique that you might like is using tiny bits of putty to make weld marks between panels. It does look a little bit dramatic at this scale, but the added detail can really push the gritty aesthetic you're going for here.

I went for rivets this time, but I keep the idea of welding seams because it's really interesting !
Thanks.


As for the varnish, in France we can order it online on art craft webstores. Maybe you can find it on US websites, or even directly on Pebeo's online store ?

Those post-Apoc vehicles are 10/10 cool. Really awesome stuff.

EDC

Those cars look fantastic. I must admit Fury Road made me want a Mad Max miniature skirmish game SO badly.

Love the post apoc cars, terrain and Eden miniatures. You`ve got real talent with the brush!

Will take a look at Eden, the short battlereports look very cool

 evildrcheese wrote:
Those post-Apoc vehicles are 10/10 cool. Really awesome stuff.

Glad you like it.

Mymearan wrote:Those cars look fantastic. I must admit Fury Road made me want a Mad Max miniature skirmish game SO badly.

I had the cars waiting to be painted for a while. As soon as I (finally) watched Mad Max, I wanted to paint them. This movie is incredibly beautiful.

Illumini wrote:Love the post apoc cars, terrain and Eden miniatures. You`ve got real talent with the brush!

Will take a look at Eden, the short battlereports look very cool

Thanks Illumini ! I'll now paint the warriors, unlike yours mine are a mix of whatever I found inspiring, there's no cohesion between them and I mix humans, mutants, monsters and robots in an apocalyptic mess. I see them as mercenaries that gathered for a common cause... or for money... or water.


As I already said in this topic, Eden is my favorite game at the moment.

Since a Kickstarter is currently running for this game, I wanted to paint some more Alkemy. I had one Crow to do. Crows are probably my favorite type of Aurloks.
Now that he's all dressed up in colored feathers, I have a new playable list that includes the previous two models that I painted :




And all the Aurloks that I have :





If you want to start the game, the Kickstarter offers nice prices : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909359300/alkemy-blitz-miniatures-game

Those are lovely! Really like your choice of background as well.

Nice looking stuff!

Thanks for sharing the Pebeo tip... looks like Blick Art Supplies here in the States carries it for those who need it.

Mymearan wrote:Those are lovely! Really like your choice of background as well.

Thanks !
It took me a long time to find a background that I really liked. I was pretty happy when I took the photos and saw the result. ^^

Wehrkind wrote:Nice looking stuff!

Thanks for sharing the Pebeo tip... looks like Blick Art Supplies here in the States carries it for those who need it.

Oh thanks for the information. Even US people can buy this varnish now, that's cool.



I have started a new model this morning. Didn't post it on any other forum so far. You're the first who'll see it.

Very cool. And what?! You post on OTHER forums!! For shame!

A Minus mini without a lick of purple? What has the world come to?

Other forums?......OTHER FORUMS!!!!......

Gitsplitta wrote:Very cool. And what?! You post on OTHER forums!! For shame!

nerdfest09 wrote:Other forums?......OTHER FORUMS!!!!......

No...
I don't...

Well okay. I MAY post on other forums... sometimes... maybe... people say so but there's no proof...
But DakkaDakka is the only foreign forum where I go !

youidiotkid wrote:A Minus mini without a lick of purple? What has the world come to?

Wait for the next steps.
Haha.

Who wanted pink or purple ?

I just finished paiting this model. Lots of views on my blog as usual : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/11/warforge-peinture-de-kristiana.html
 

This model can be played as a tech-priest or something like that in 40k, she's provided with servo arms and also a little robot.
Since I wanted to play her in Eden, I painted her using my Resistance color scheme.


More views and a group shot on my blog, but here's a photo of her :




And for those who wonder, she's available here : http://warforge.fr/

Nice cyborg. And all of the other miniatures on this page.

Stunning Minus, you outdid yourself with that figure! Lovely work.

Thanks mates !
I really love this model. I'll paint her little robot soon I think.


Remember the Yeti I painted ?
Or my Soviet gobs ?

Yesterday, a friend came home for a game of Fury, and I took photos of our bands.
His orcs. I LOVE the paladin, the one with the black armor.




The Yetis, I painted the red one, and two friends painted the other ones.




And my Goblins.






I painted my models like a year ago, but we only really started playing last month, and so far we really enjoy it. You can see in game photos on my blog right there :
http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/11/fury-poudre-et-femmes-de-petite-vertu.html

And : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/11/fury-le-lancer-de-peaux-vertes.html

Really digging that Cyborg model, you've done a superb job on the paintjob.

I like the red yeti the best, which seems odd to my brain.

EDC

It seems like you and your group are all incredibly talented painters. How long have you all been at this?

Love those goblins, always have.

Cyborg looks stunning.

evildrcheese wrote:Really digging that Cyborg model, you've done a superb job on the paintjob.

Thank you EDC.

evildrcheese wrote:I like the red yeti the best, which seems odd to my brain.

Because it's red ?
I painted him this color because friends defied me to. So I said "ok, let's go I'll paint that guy red". But to be honest, when I started painting him I had no idea what I was doing and how I could make an "icy" creature look good with fiery colors.

youidiotkid wrote:It seems like you and your group are all incredibly talented painters. How long have you all been at this?

Yes, I have a group of friend that I really like to play with because a) they all play full painted, if it's not painted it stays in the case, b) they're cool, we have the same conception of "playing miniatures" and c) we all roll dices incredibly badly, our group is a living negation of dice probabilities.

And some of them paint really good. For example the one that painted the Fury orcs above.
Or the one that plays the Matriarchy in Eden. His band facing my Askaris at a tournament :





I don't know exactly when each of us started painting models. Personnaly I jumped into the hobby around 1999, when Mordheim was released, 40k was at its 3rd Version. But back then I didn't paint my miniatures, I'd rather say that I put colors on them. I really started painting, trying to improve myself in summer 2008, when I came back after several years without painting or playing.

Camkierhi wrote:Love those goblins, always have.

Cyborg looks stunning.

Thanks Cam' !

A new recruit for Red Button's Nation !
I love painting rusted and damaged things. So much fun.










And also Fury battrep with in game images : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/11/fury-le-grand-nimporte-quoi.html

I needed a doctor for Red Button's Nation.
Here he comes. The good news is that now I want to paint an ambulance.











And the link to my blog for the curious people : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/11/red-buttons-nation-le-doc.html

Robot looks fab, batrep was great, but that doc is brilliant.

Looks like he has a PVC suit on, and great effect on medicine bottle.

The doc looks great, Minus. Is that a coat of gloss varnish on the bottle and boots/gloves, or is it just straight-up non-glossy-gloss (NGG?)? Whatever it is, the effect is incredible.

Eeehhhhhhcelent!

Thanks mates.

 youidiotkid wrote:
The doc looks great, Minus. Is that a coat of gloss varnish on the bottle and boots/gloves, or is it just straight-up non-glossy-gloss (NGG?)? Whatever it is, the effect is incredible.

In fact, it's both of it. To be more precise :
- on the shoes, no gloss varnish, it's a grey then white highlight
- on the gloves and the black hood, it's a gloss varnish
- on the bottle, I painted reflections like you would do on gems or so, and then I added a gloss coat


I also painted a new model yesterday. I don't know if it will be familiar for you guys, but I had never seen such a thing before. Apparently it's a famous monster from D&D, and it's... an owl-bear. Man, I don't know who imagined this, but it's so stupid it's genius. And look at its face...
So that's a perfect mutant for Red Button's Nation :









And as usual, bigger images and all on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/11/red-buttons-nation-archibald.html

Instantly recognizable. Nice work Minus!

Thanks Gits !
To be honest I had no idea how I'd paint this beast, so I googled owls and found this kind that looks good :

Hi everybody !
I'm back with a new clown for Eden. These days I want to play Jokers. I searched for a list that would be fun to play, and came up with a band of pyromaniacs.Thus I needed a Leonid model (all Eden models are unique and have a name)
Problem : I don't have a Leonid miniature.
Solution : I have two Ievgueni, and since I can play only one...

Some explanations on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/12/eden-conversion-et-peinture-de-leonid.html

And the result :







The "hot" team :




(see Januine ? Ma is back... just for you )

hahahaha - Return of the S&M(a) *shudders* Gorgeous work as ever Minus. That troupe is creepy as hell. Straight out of a Katherine Dunn novel. Great work

Creepy but spectacular. Love the models.

I had a game this week with my Jokers. I need to practice a little bit but this list seems pretty fun to play with. ^^


I also painted another mutant for Red Button's Nation. Basically it's a big squig model. I searched for tropical frogs on internet, and mixed two skins that I liked.

Hahaha - love it.

Thanks Januine.

Currently I'm painting an ambulance, for the doctor I posted on the previous page.

 Minus wrote:
Currently I'm painting an ambulance, for the doctor I posted on the previous page.

Done !

Fantastic work, looks amazing.

I have to confess though, your cars are wonderful, but the tyres are throwing me off. Beautiful rotten truck with nice shiny new rubbers!

Squig looks amazing, love him.

I just love the patterning on the squig. Truck is amazing but Cam's right. Tires are much too new looking.

You're both right.
I forgot to add pigments on the wheels before the photo. It's corrected now !

Glad you like them. Two or three more infantry models to paint and I should have a complete Red Button's Nation convoy.

Merry Christmas Everybody !







More on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/12/oh-oh-oh.html

That is completely demented... I LOVE IT!

Just brilliant.

Merry Christmas sir.

Haha, thanks mates.
And HAPPY NEW YEAR. I wish all the best to all of you guys (and girls) who follow my thread, read my poor english, and comment sometimes.


To start this year, I painted a new survivor for Red Button's Nation.
I don't know where this model is from, but I really love it.





More images on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/01/red-buttons-nation-mister-k.html

Happy new year! Love the doctor`s van. Your rust and grime technique is impressive.

Thanks Illumini !
Painting rust is so much fun because it has a great part of randomness in it. I love doing this. I hope I can find a truck or a bus someday, to have larger areas to paint.


Another project I had was to make a new gaming table for skirmish games. It's now done, with a swamp terrain. It was inspired by some of the latest releases for Eden, but this table can also be used for other games like Alkemy or Fury.
















More on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/01/decors-table-de-jeu-marecageuse.html

That swamp terrain looks awesome.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
That swamp terrain looks awesome.

EDC

Looks like it literally blew your mind !


Thanks !

How did you do the water effect?

Love that first shot, with the zombies out of focus in the background - quite spooky! And a way impressive table all around, nice work

- Salvage

Table looks amazing bud, nice photography too, very atmospheric. Is that resin water, or one of the water effect products?

Love the geezer with the gun, he looks hard as nails, brilliant work as always on the clothes.

@ Gits : there's a gradient of greens painted on. And then I applied a generous coat of gloss varnish on top of it.

@ Boss Salvage : yeah I love this picture too. It's kinda atmospheric.

@ Cam' : it's "just" gloss varnish. Of course, I don't have a real deepness effect, compared to resin water used for dioramas. But it looks good enough for a gaming table, and it is really easier to do.



Back with a new recruit for Red Button's Nation : Tara.
We make demos of RBN at our club's convention saturday, so I figured out that it would be a good idea to have my convoy painted.


Samedi, on fait des démos de Red Button's Nation à la Convention des Nerviens. Alors je me suis dit que finir ma bande pour l'occasion ça serait une bonne idée.
Voici donc une nouvelle recrue, qui me permet d'avoir un convoi jouable, Tara :







A group shot of my convoy (without cars, I didn't have enough space ) :





And more views on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/01/red-buttons-nation-tara.html

They look stunning! Fabulous work.

Tara is a brilliant sculpt and beautifully painted. The only thing putting me off ever so slightly is her HUGE HANDS! I love the pose and the rest of the model is really nice.

Very nicely done Minus. Love how you treated Tara's robes - really came out so rich and lush looking. She really does have huge hands though eh>?!!!!! The whole group is looking great. really nice work

 Camkierhi wrote:
They look stunning! Fabulous work.

Tara is a brilliant sculpt and beautifully painted. The only thing putting me off ever so slightly is her HUGE HANDS! I love the pose and the rest of the model is really nice.

Great, now I can't unsee the huge hands. Great paintjob though. Love the group shot.

EDC

Hi guys !
Yes, Tara has huge hands, definitely. They're so big that I can't imagine that it wasn't made deliberately. To me, she's clearly a mutant, and I guess we wouldn't like her to put her mask off.

And it's perfect since there are lots of mutants in RBN's world. ^^

I painted three new models today, my 3 Puppets for Eden. Here on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/01/eden-la-peinture-des-puppets.html

And a photo :

Minus - youve outdone yourself fella!! they are gorgeous. love the colour and the staining/weathering is awesome. great work

Agreed the weathering is amazing, love the colour choice, they look stunning.

They look great Minus love the weathering and that blue is very nice which make is it?

Januine wrote:Minus - youve outdone yourself fella!! they are gorgeous. love the colour and the staining/weathering is awesome. great work

Camkierhi wrote:Agreed the weathering is amazing, love the colour choice, they look stunning.

Thanks mates !
I kept the color scheme from the rest of the band, but since there is only armour on these models, I didn't know how it would look in the end. But the turquoise on the whole models works pretty well, and the rust is a nice addition to this color. I'm really satisfied with what I got in the end. ^^

GiraffeX wrote:They look great Minus love the weathering and that blue is very nice which make is it?

Hi GiraffeX !
I'm not sure what brand you're asking for. So to be sure to answer, I'll give you the brand of everything.
The models are Resistance miniatures from Eden (Happy Games Factory).
The blue is GW Hawk Turquoise or Army painter Hydra Turquoise, wich are identical. I use them undistinctly. Then a blue wash (army painter) to shade. And highlights with turquoise plus GW Space Wolves grey.
Rust is made using Ammo of mig Light Rust wash and Streaking rust.
Add Forgeworld pigments on the base, and you know everything.



So let's see what we've got now.
I painted two sets of crates objectives for a new mission for Eden. What's noticeable with these is that I created the mission that goes with the crates. It was really fun to do, and it's cool when you get in your mailbox something that you had imagined !




Crates look good, with a little futuristic design. I painted them all rusty to give them a post apoc feel. And as you mignt know for now, I love painting rust so I really enjoyed painting that crates.
More views on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/01/eden-les-caisses.html


Two sets of crates :




And with models, for scale :

LOVE those crates. Can never have enough crates.

Damn the weathering on the creates and robots is sick! Great work.

EDC

Love those! And the robots are kickin'!

Those crates and robots are mind-blowing! Mind explaining how you did the weathering and overall "splotchy" painting style? It just looks incredible.

Thanks mates. I'm really happy that you like both the puppets and the crates.

@ Mymearan : I made a tutorial to explain how I paint these kind of rusty things on my blog right here : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2015/06/tutoriel-le-weathering-1.html
It's written in french, but I can translate it in English if you think it might be useful. Would someone be ok to correct my poor English when it's done ?



Also, I organized an Eden gaming day yesterday. I made an article about it on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/02/spacinwavrin-journee-eden.html
 You can skip the tchating and watch the images (almost 40 I think). Here's an overview :
 

Great pics Minus. I'd be happy to help with your English.

Thanks Gits !
I started translating the article. A re-reading will definitely be a good thing. ^^

@ Thanks a bunch, would be awesome! Love the in-game pics as well.

 Minus wrote:
Thanks Gits !
I started translating the article. A re-reading will definitely be a good thing. ^^

Gits had to correct one or two little mistakes. Not more.
Thanks Gits.

And the tutorial is now available in english. My first english blog article !
It took me forever to write, so please read it, try it, share it : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/02/weathering-tutorial-painting-chipped.html

It's an excellent article, I highly recommend it.


(expertly edited too)

Article is excellent Minus. Really well written, interesting, easy to follow and above all useful. Great stuff. Hope you don't mind I'm going to link it in over on my own blog so more folk can get access to and benefit from it. Great stuff again

@ Gits :

@ Januine : No problem, share it werever you want. And if you have a try, show me the result, I'd really love to see it.

Cheers Minus. And thx so much for putting it together. Will help a lot of folk, me included. I need to paint up some old promethium pipes for my Thanatar's base next month so will defintely use your tutorial for them.

Great article and fantastic pics.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Great article and fantastic pics.

EDC

Thank you EDC.
I probably already say it, but your avatar is wonderful (I'd say it's mind-blowing ).

And a great thanks to Januine for his latest blog update. When I read it I looked like this fella :

Lol

After the puppets, here comes their master.
The model is crazy, it's a puppet theater stucked into a frigging 3 meters tall robot.




Backside :




Master and servants :




Bigger images, more views on my wonderful blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/02/eden-le-puppet-master.html

Awesome! So vibrant.

Damn Minus - ye've outdone yourself. That is just fantastic.great stuff

Thanks mates.
Now that I read Januine's blog article, I've realized how flashy my color scheme is. I didn't really thought about it before. Thanks for pointing this out Januine.
And it's even more obvious on the Puppet Master because he's big.


Yesterday I began a new project. I started another faction for Eden. You know... you never have enough.

Your flashiness is awesome Minus - don't change for anyone!!! Now get off Dakka and get some more painting done - we want mooooaaarrrr!!!!!!

Don't worry. I don't plan to paint everything brown and grey.


And I left my keyboard to paint a little. I wanted to try my color scheme for my new Eden faction. I started with a Mars attacks dog, as count as for Leo, because the key of my scheme is the skin.
Here's what I got.








What do you guys (and girls) think ?
Is it colored enough Januine ? ^^

That's bloody lovely. Really nice scheme. The ever so light blue glaze on the highlights is a perfect finishing touch. Love it

Man that's an ugly sucker! (not your paint job... the model)

Haha.
How about this little one ?

It's my second test model, to confirm my color scheme and the way I'll proceed to paint the skin.

Awesome sauce. Great little dig and the paint scheme really works.

Got to say they look excellent, love the fleshy scheme.

Thanks guys.
The next step has begun : today I start painting the (almost) humans of the group. I'm curious to see how the color scheme works on them and how the addition of clothes will impact the result. ^^

Yesterday I finished painting Jeremias.
You can find more views on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/02/eden-un-convoi-pas-comme-les-autres-1.html
 
So in fact my Convoy is a group of escapes from an underground Askari laboratory. Askaris made scientific experiments on them, wich explains their mutations. Since they're former prisonners, I chose to paint their clothes orange. I think that it works pretty well with the skin tones.








And Jeremias, with my "dogs" :

sweet work as ever Minus

Stunning work, the cloth and the fur are outstanding. Love the eyes, flesh tone works really well.

Thanks mates !
I painted another human model, and I really like my color scheme. As usual, you can see more views on my blog : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/02/eden-un-convoi-pas-comme-les-autres-2.html








And a group shot :

Very cool group. Wonderfully unique in their look too. Brilliant use of color mate.

Really great looking crew so far, wonderful colors. You've also got me checking out Eden now, and I'm really impressed, with some lines really speaking to me. I don't really want to play the game - I'm in too many skirmish games as it is - but I'm currently scheming up ways to use ISC in other ones

- Salvage

Gitsplitta wrote:Very cool group. Wonderfully unique in their look too. Brilliant use of color mate.

Thanks Gits !
I made another group shot, with the latest model I painted. I really like my color scheme. I wasn't totally convinced to begin with, but now I love it.

Boss Salvage wrote:Really great looking crew so far, wonderful colors. You've also got me checking out Eden now, and I'm really impressed, with some lines really speaking to me. I don't really want to play the game - I'm in too many skirmish games as it is - but I'm currently scheming up ways to use ISC in other ones

- Salvage

I'm curious. What games do you play Salvage ?
I'm happy if you found models you like thanks to me, wathever game you play them in. And once you have a bunch of ISC drones, maybe you'll want to try Eden. ^^


I painted one more warrior for my Convoy. You can see lots of pics here : http://code660066.blogspot.fr/2016/03/eden-un-convoi-pas-comme-les-autres-3.html





(I love the smashed tv screen)


And with his buddies :

 Minus wrote:
I'm curious. What games do you play Salvage ?

Malifaux, Infinity, Age of Stuff & Warmahordes (though my sabbatical from WM/H is going into its second year now) on the skirmish side of things. Kings of War for proper armies - previously WHFB. And I suppose Super Dungeon Explore for board game minis? Though not as much as I'd like.

I also KS'd Arena Rex, Wraith of Kings, Titan Forge's thing ... but have very little desire to learn their rules, which means not likely getting to the pretty models involved. Bit of a bummer but my painting interest is closely tired to my hobby interest which is closely tied to gaming, or at least the dream of it.

Was checking out EDEN more yesterday, still quite a few nice things in there. ISC would probably be used as a Malifaux crew

- Salvage

Sweet stuff as ever Minus - been checking out the Eden webstore - some absolutely stunning figs....really trying not to pull out my credit card!!! Defintely goingto be buying some soon though to paint. Just...Cant.Decide.What!!!!!

Boss Salvage wrote:

 Minus wrote:
I'm curious. What games do you play Salvage ?

Malifaux, Infinity, Age of Stuff & Warmahordes (though my sabbatical from WM/H is going into its second year now) on the skirmish side of things. Kings of War for proper armies - previously WHFB. And I suppose Super Dungeon Explore for board game minis? Though not as much as I'd like.

I also KS'd Arena Rex, Wraith of Kings, Titan Forge's thing ... but have very little desire to learn their rules, which means not likely getting to the pretty models involved. Bit of a bummer but my painting interest is closely tired to my hobby interest which is closely tied to gaming, or at least the dream of it.

Was checking out EDEN more yesterday, still quite a few nice things in there. ISC would probably be used as a Malifaux crew

- Salvage

Haha. Sometimes I think I play too much different games, but I see I'm not alone in this case. ^^

Januine wrote:Sweet stuff as ever Minus - been checking out the Eden webstore - some absolutely stunning figs....really trying not to pull out my credit card!!! Defintely goingto be buying some soon though to paint. Just...Cant.Decide.What!!!!!

Take everything !
When I started Eden, it was just a "side game". I picked Askaris, because I love their look and theme (would you guess that I love mutants ? ^^ ). And they only require 3 models to play. It was perfect for me...
And now I'm painting Convoy, wich is my... sixth faction for this game...

I may pick a few of my fav sculpts for order rather than picking a specific faction. There really are some fantiastic figs in that game