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Everything here is superb. Your kit bashing, green stuff work and painting are all top notch. And your x-men. Holy trip down memory lane. I saved those pics just for reference. Lve the gray scale as well that caught my eye. Again beautiful work.

The Blood Bowl team is terrific- I've got a Dark Elf team coming from a Kickstarter (the Occulte Predators) and I'll be sneaking some looks at yours- especially the faces- when attempting mine.

And that Rasputina is really something else- the shading on the cloak especially is very catching.

More, please!

@schank23 - Thank you very much! Glad you like what you see. I hope to get a few more KD models going soon.

@Meer_Cat - Thank you! Rasputina will soon be joined by SnowStorm and hopefully not too long after by the Ice Golem. As always, too many minis, not enough time.

That was a very pleasant read through, you got some skills.

"Somebody get this man a time machine!"

Wouldn't that be something? Unfortunately I would probably wind up shattering the continuum before I got caught up on minis projects.

Thank you for the compliment!

Oh yeah that mask looks mega-fiddly :S I feel your pain. I've definitely dropped some very expensive bits and spent hours scouring the floor to find them again. Worst one was the head for my Yncarne while I was carving out its skull face. Wasn't looking forward to buying another £35 Triumvirate for one measly head!

Nice Blood Bowl figures. Nice to see some oldies get some painting love.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you, Captain!

@Ynneadwraith - That would have been a heap-big drag. Losing this part wouldn't have cost me much beyond the time I spent shaving the bugger down. Which was admittedly considerable.

SnowStorm is painted and mid-varnish. After that basing and they are done.

Time flies. So does the snow around here. Appropriate, then, that I have for you today some of December's children.

SnowStorm



And the group so far, including the Gamin I painted years ago when I first got the Rasputina box. I have never played Malifaux, but I really like some of their models and the setting in general. I gravitated towards the children of the cold early on in my perusal of the range. I also had to pick up Titania and her crew, but not for years after my initial purchase. Maybe one day these will see use.



And A WiP collage showing a little work on SnowStorm and things to come.



As always, thank you for looking!

Gods I love your work, your style really grabs me. Brilliant work, and looking forward to progress on the WIP.

Excellent work to get that darker blue to highlight the muscles.

Cheers,

CB

Beautiful work Yowashock, love the blues.

Cam, you flatter me.

Thank you very much for the compliments, guys!

I have to agree. Your blues look great. And your style is striking as well. And like I’ve said in the past. Love those marvel figs. Your paint jobs on them are awesome.

Thank you, schank23! Been a slow week or so. Lots going on, but Hulk and Frosty the Golem are a little further underway.

All the pieces very well done- I'm busy making notes for myself. I'm particularly interested in how you did the highlighting on the purple cloak and the grey trousers- really brings depth and nuance to the items and makes the whole figure come alive.

Your work is amazing. I loved everything but my favorite would have to be the Snowstorm. A million thumbs up!

Thank you very much, you two!

Meer_Cat, the purple is a strange purple/grey I received as a paint sample from Reaper. Base coat with that, Army Painter Strongtone wash, highlight with the base, highlight with 50/50 base color and P3's bone white color. Any unleached titanium color will do. Pants are a mix of Vallejo greys, washed with AP Darktone.

Thanks again!

Couple larger models finished. First up is Hulk, a repainted Heroclix model that will serve as the centerpiece of the Avengers team that will maybe one day see action in the Marvel minis game.



Always liked this sculpt. Nice to have it in proper green and not grey.

Looks like Wolverine isn't too happy about it.



Also finished the Ice Golem for Malifaux, aka the Fist of December. Another model I have been fond of for some time and am glad to finally put on the painted list.



Little brothers!



Working on Legion, big robots, Avengers, and random other things. Maybe even some Relic Knights.

As always, thanks for looking!

Nice repaint, somehow I missed out on the whole heroclix game system. Probably for the best.

Malifaux is one of the games that has always peaked my interest, just never seen anyone local playing it.

Thank you!

I sometimes wonder if I would not have been better off missing the whole WizKids prepainted plastic money sink.

I hear you on Malifaux. I have never played the game or even read the rules, but the figures are awesome so I couldn't resist at least a few.

Your Rasputina gang is looking great!

Thank you! So far I have enjoyed painting Malifaux models. Probably do the Wendigo next for 'Tina's group. He is a silly little thing.

Greetings. It has been a bit. Been painting, but it is hard to sacrifice precious hobby minutes to stop and take pictures. Bear with me, this stuff is all over and the pics are a little iffy.

Up first, boost tokens for Relic Knights. The box is an official RK model, but the Cthulhu statue was a game piece from Fantasy Flight that in my opinion makes a perfect esper condenser.



Quick little things. That have sat primed for well over a year.

Next are some Blood Bowl leftovers. The two models that got benched from the Wood Elf box when I decided to go with the star player and spriggan models on the team. Figured I had better get 'em done now or they were never getting done. To keep the groups of three I had going when I painted the rest of the team (except for the treeman), I tossed an old dwarf ref in there. Fun old model.



This next guy has been WIP for a LONG time. So, I played Heroclix. And being the hobbyist I am, it was only natural that I would seek to mod some of the figures. This guy grew out of my reaction to seeing the dial for a Lizard figure. My first thought was "that's madness", and that spiraled into a mash-up between Lizard and the storyline where the Venom symbiote was exposed to toxic waste (go 90's!) and went a little crazy, sprouting extra arms and heads and the like. Venom: The Madness. So this is Lizard: The Madness. An Abomination figure, a few extra arms, some putty, dodgy paint job. Finally finished. Now that I am not playing Heroclix. Neat.



Now that that silliness is out of the way... Another Warzone model. A Crucifier from the Brotherhood. Should I ever play Warzone again (I won't) he will most likely be a stand in for Sebastian Crenshaw, who has yet to receive an updated model from Prodos.



Work continues on my budget Avengers for the defunct Marvel minis game. Black returns as the new black when these two leap into action: Black Panther and Black Widow. Both Heroclix repaints, but Nat started life as an Invisible Woman with a new set of arms.



And the team so far. Sun's gettin' mighty low, big guy...



And finally, I got in on BONES 1, and was quite fond of the translucent fire elemental. At the same time I also acquired the earth elemental. It stood to reason that the air and water elementals would follow suit and be equally effective models. Sadly, it would take two more Kickstarters for them to be realized. Seeing no need to drown myself in rubber models of varying quality, I skipped the KS's and just bought the couple models I wanted when they were released. Patience. Bought water when it was released, and in it's package it sat until a couple months ago. Spurred by the impending release of Air and finally being able to have all 4 I knocked out Water, bought Air when it came out, and set to work on it right away.





All together now.



Years, man. It seems silly now.

And one last bit, for any that have made it this far, and thanks if you have, the desk as it stands now. Stuff that will hopefully be shown completed here before too long. Iron Man has also just been finished and only needs varnish and basing.



Whew. As always, thanks for looking!

I'm drawing a blank on identifying those mechs.

My first thought was Infinity or something, but they don't look familiar.

Please enlighten me!

They are unreleased prototypes for what may one day be a game inspired by Cell Entertainment's RONIN/Ronin War. They were made by Damon Richardson, of Ganesha Games/Fightin' Fungi/Star Eagles fame.

Always inspiring to stop by and see your work, those elementals and repainted heroclix are so well done. Keep em coming Youwa makes me strive to be a better painter.

Saw your blog pop up, recognised the name, impressed by page one - so read the lot and subscribed. Your conversion work is great, especially the Marines. Have I missed something though? I've seen a lot of painted minis - but none of the converted Marines?

Thank you very much, guys.

Yorkright, glad I can help. I like to think we all help each other stay working and inspired.

Arakasi, unfortunately I work slow and my focus is prone to wandering. The =][= stuff is always floating around in the background of my hobby brain. I hope to paint some of the conversions shown earlier in the not too distant future. Need to get the stuff in the desk pic sorted, then start work on the copy of Renegade I bought, and in there somewhere get to both =][= and some 1999 (Cell Entertainment) stuff.

Thanks again for looking!

Ha! Far be it from me to accuse anyone of working slow - I think I've turned working slow into an art form. Please take all the time you need.