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Those are great wonderful figs and good painting on all of them. I really dig the Confusius character, but I think I’ll have to get him and paint him with orange hair like presto from the old D&D show. May have to make a little hat for him too. No few painting on all of them. How is FG as a game?

Those are excellent minis.

Those are some really cool models. And great job on them!

Cool stuff, and bonus points for the old hexagonal base on the sorceror

The apprentices look awesome dude

Thanks, everyone, for the comments. That last batch of models was fun to paint. Since I've finished them, though, I've had a hard time getting inspired to paint. I managed to get these rats from the FG Gnolls Nickstarter finished:


And followed up with these barbarians from the FG Barbarians Nickstarter:



But having finished these, I'm at a loss for what to do next. I have started working on the goblins from the DHQ orc module, but the muse just isn't visiting and it's been slow going. I need a project. Can you help? Vote in the poll, and I'll do what ever you guys choose. I'll leave it open until next Sunday (my time).

Oh, yeah, here's a little battle scene:


These guys must still be first level.

I vote Samurai. Because Samurai, and I need inspiration.

I voted old elves, love those models!

Those rats look nice, and the (1st level) barbarians too - They could gain a juicy 5xp each there

Great stuff as always! Your naturalistic style is really working well for these low fantasy figures. Very very cool stuff! Those barbarians are great. And you know I always have a soft spot in my heart for rats…

Valete,

JohnS

The voting is pretty close, but the Oldhammer stuff has a slight lead. I'm a little surprised, and at the same time I find myself regretting buying new stuff this past year. I could just keep stripping and repainting all the models from my youth.

 cygnnus wrote:
Great stuff as always! Your naturalistic style is really working well for these low fantasy figures. Very very cool stuff! Those barbarians are great. And you know I always have a soft spot in my heart for rats…

Valete,

JohnS

I'm sorry there are only three instead of millions, and also that their eyes aren't red.

I gave Ghost Archipelago a vote as I am unfamiliar with the game/models and would be keen to see them. The Samurai would be a close second as I like your take on those models I have seen so far.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
The voting is pretty close, but the Oldhammer stuff has a slight lead. I'm a little surprised, and at the same time I find myself regretting buying new stuff this past year. I could just keep stripping and repainting all the models from my youth.

 cygnnus wrote:
Great stuff as always! Your naturalistic style is really working well for these low fantasy figures. Very very cool stuff! Those barbarians are great. And you know I always have a soft spot in my heart for rats…

Valete,

JohnS

I'm sorry there are only three instead of millions, and also that their eyes aren't red.

Well, that and they aren’t albino and headless....

Valete,

JohnS

Great stuff Josh.

the axe barbarian is my favourite from this batch, probably because of the magnificent beard

Very nice work. I'm always jealous of people who can pull off good looking samurai. What are you using for color references? I have a few old metal samurai I came into possession of, and I have no clue how to paint them.

Love the giant rats, lovely minis. Those barbarians are ace too, particularly like the beefy fella with the axe and the lady.

JoeRugby wrote:Great stuff Josh.

the axe barbarian is my favourite from this batch, probably because of the magnificent beard

That's probably the best model in the entire set. He was certainly the most funto paint of the three.

Barzam wrote:Very nice work. I'm always jealous of people who can pull off good looking samurai. What are you using for color references? I have a few old metal samurai I came into possession of, and I have no clue how to paint them.

I take a lot of the lacing patterns from Osprey books, but there are suits of armor on display in a couple of museums where I live. Taiga dramas from the last three years have all been sengoku/bakumatsu, so I get inspiration there as well.

Da Boss wrote:Love the giant rats, lovely minis. Those barbarians are ace too, particularly like the beefy fella with the axe and the lady.

Thanks. Theres's not a lot to painting rats, so I was able to crank them out quickly. It's nice to have something finished-- it eases the pain of the Pile of Lead.

Huh. It seems that Chaos was the winner this time, so I've started a few random models that have been sitting, unpainted, in a box for years. Elves were a close second, so I have a selection soaking in alcohol for after the Chaos guys. And after that, I have a couple of things I might try for the samurai. Thanks, everyone, for you votes!

Thanks again to everyone who voted. I'm going to do one unit/set for each category, in descending order of popularity, and see which of them (if any) really grab my attention. First, though:


Three identical goblins from Dungeon Saga. I gave these rather "meh" models rather "meh" paint jobs. They are good enough for boardgame models, and that's good enough for me. Just six more for this set-- three goblin archers, and three stands of orclings.



This Chaos Thug has been sitting, unpainted, in a box for a long long time. He turned out very brown. I was going to give him an Arcane Armorial, but I don't have any left in that shape with a hole for the shield boss.



Another Very Brown Thug. He was in the same box of unpainted models as the guy above. He breaks one of the few Unbreakable Rules of Chaos: chaos armies have no missle weapons. He'll work for a FG or SoBaH warband, though.



Back in the day, there were three levels of Chaos troops-- thug, marauder, and warrior. I divide them according to equipment-- thugs are lightly- or unarmored. Warriors have heavy armor and closed helmets. Marauders have visible faces and heavy armor. I love this guy's Ebenezer Scrooge face and the facehugger on his helmet (I may go back and redo that in fleshy colors). I'm not sure what to do with his shield-- maybe a Steve Ditko starscape to go with the disembodied face?



One more from the unpainted box. He's got the full armor and massive weapon of a chaos warrior, but I couldn't figure out what was up with his grotesquely-oversized head. I ended up painting it like a Babylonian/Mesopotamian death mask. Should I go back and paint the eyes?

Here they are altogether:


There was one more in this group, but I decided to undo the ugly putty bagpipe that I tried to give it. I'll give him a go in another week. Next up: elves. Very brown elves.

The Thugs are great . Such awesome figs and really well done paint jobs.

I’m going to have to look through my dungeon saga stuff for those goblins. I think I only took out the furniture and the zombie trolls, everything else is still in boxes somewhere.

Old school!

Yes, I would say adda few stars to that shield, that should look cool - But I would leave the metal head as it is personally...

The thug with the big axe and gold face reminds me a lot of the Chaos Dwarf aesthetic that developed later on.

Theophony wrote:The Thugs are great . Such awesome figs and really well done paint jobs.

I’m going to have to look through my dungeon saga stuff for those goblins. I think I only took out the furniture and the zombie trolls, everything else is still in boxes somewhere.

Thanks. I do enjoy painting Chaos Thugs (moreso than the heavily armored warriors). As for DS stuff, the goblins are among my least favorite so far. The orcs were cool though.

Slinky wrote:Old school!

Yes, I would say adda few stars to that shield, that should look cool - But I would leave the metal head as it is personally...

I added some stars and lines and stuff, but I guess I'm just not Ditko-enough to make it work. He's packed away in a box, officially finished.

Archer wrote:The thug with the big axe and gold face reminds me a lot of the Chaos Dwarf aesthetic that developed later on.

I hadn't thought of that. I had a fair number of Chaos Dwarfs back when they were little Chaos Warriors, but none of the onion-hat versions. I still regret selling those off...

Having gotten through a set of Chaos models, I decided to work on the first runner up in the poll: oldhammer elves.


A pretty straightforward elf warrior. I didn't notice the spot of bronze on his nose until I posted this photo. I'll have to go back and correct that before packing him away. Note that this guy has no scabbard, meaning he carries that sword everywhere.




A couple of variations of the same model. Everything I have painted for the last year or so has been really dark, so I went with lighter colors on this set. They're still really drab, but they'll add a little variety if/when they see action.



Grr! This guy is really angry about something. Every model in this particular set was stripped and repainted. I got this one, and the next one as well, in a trade from a friend who used spray primer when he painted them, so I had a lot of trouble getting them cleaned off. This guy turned out OK, but there are a few spots where the detail is still a little soft.



I never managed to get this guy's hood stripped. It worked out OK in the end, I guess.



This guy is not, in fact, an elf, but rather Aragorn from Citadel's LOTR line from way back in the 80's. I had used him as a Wood Elf scout, covering the stubble with camo face paint, but decided to re-Rangerify him this time. There is no way that Anduril would ever fit in that scabbard.

Group shot:


All of these models look better at a distance.

Bonus model:


I had originally planned to paint this guy with the set from my previous update, but he had to spend some time in acetone to get rid of my terrible failed attempt to give him a set of bagpipes. I love his Judge Dredd chin, but I got bored painted all that armor.

As always, comments, criticism and feedback are welcome and encouraged.

Great stuff as always. Those old school wood elfs are really choice.

Yeah, I have a real soft spot for those old elves. Nice colours, subtle shading, they look great!

Thanks, guys. I keep coming back to these models. They are some of the earliest models I ever actively collected, and they remain among my favorite.

Love them all.

I can just see him yelling, “I am the Chaos!”

I do love seeing you continue to work through those Oldhammer elves. Jes’ Stuff may not hold up completely with modern sculpting, but they definitely have an old-school charm. Never mind the personal nostalgia value….

Great stuff, and as always, I am absolutely blown away by the balance you have struck between volume and quality whilst keeping them both so high

Valete,

JohnS

Terrific work on the Elves, Josh! I have these figures too but could never do them the justice that you have- wonderful pieces. Thank you for the memories of when I was first getting into Warhammer!

Vintage GW looking so good. I love this stuff.

bbb wrote:Love them all.

Thanks!

cygnnus wrote: I can just see him yelling, “I am the Chaos!”

I do love seeing you continue to work through those Oldhammer elves. Jes’ Stuff may not hold up completely with modern sculpting, but they definitely have an old-school charm. Never mind the personal nostalgia value….

Great stuff, and as always, I am absolutely blown away by the balance you have struck between volume and quality whilst keeping them both so high

Valete,

JohnS

The secret to getting your numbers up is to lower your standards and use glazes. I guess that's two secrets. When can we expect some models from you?

Meer_Cat wrote:Terrific work on the Elves, Josh! I have these figures too but could never do them the justice that you have- wonderful pieces. Thank you for the memories of when I was first getting into Warhammer!

Jes Goodwin sculpts are easy to paint because everything is so exaggerated. Maybe that's why I keep coming back to them.

youwashock wrote:Vintage GW looking so good. I love this stuff.

"Vintage." That makes me feel old. Still, I'm glad you like them.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

bbb wrote:Love them all.

Thanks!

cygnnus wrote: I can just see him yelling, “I am the Chaos!”

I do love seeing you continue to work through those Oldhammer elves. Jes’ Stuff may not hold up completely with modern sculpting, but they definitely have an old-school charm. Never mind the personal nostalgia value….

Great stuff, and as always, I am absolutely blown away by the balance you have struck between volume and quality whilst keeping them both so high

Valete,

JohnS

The secret to getting your numbers up is to lower your standards and use glazes. I guess that's two secrets. When can we expect some models from you?

Funny you should ask...

Valete,

JohnS