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What a great round up dude! Looking forward to many more!

Sweet year in review! Looking forward to seeing you tackle the Cursed City minis

Thanks for the recap Viterbi It's enjoyable to see.

Nice work on that apartment. And a healthy selection painted over the last year

For someone who doesn't like painting you do a damn fine job And 75 minis and a vehicle is a very impressive amount! Great selection as well. I hope you had a good festive season Viterbi, look forward to seeing what you tackle in 2022

youwashock wrote:Looks like a great year, Viterbi. All the Marvel minis look really cool together.

Thanks youwashock!

inmygravenimage wrote:What a great round up dude! Looking forward to many more!

Thanks Graven!

gobert wrote:Sweet year in review! Looking forward to seeing you tackle the Cursed City minis

Thanks gobert!

Syro_ wrote:Thanks for the recap Viterbi It's enjoyable to see.

Thanks Syro_

monkeytroll wrote:Nice work on that apartment. And a healthy selection painted over the last year

Thanks monkeytroll!

zahnib wrote:For someone who doesn't like painting you do a damn fine job And 75 minis and a vehicle is a very impressive amount! Great selection as well. I hope you had a good festive season Viterbi, look forward to seeing what you tackle in 2022

Thanks zahnib! Still don't like it, but I like that other people like it. That's enough like for one sentence

Bit of radio silence here, used up my hobby space to sort my movie collection and than the motivation waned a bit. Got slowly back into the swing of things, but first *drumroll* my foothill of embarrassment (not enough for a pile of shame):





Pretty manageable. Wanna try and get the MCP, Sisters and Cursed City/Warcry stuff painted. Of course, I already bought some more Marvel and the two AoS Witch Hunters, but those and some of the Cursed City minis gonna go on square bases and do double duty in Mordheim.

On the painting front this guy got me started again. Spray white, use Contrast, mini practically done I corrected the staff today and need to finish his base. Other than that I'm very happy with this look.



He's tiny, but should paint up quickly too. Glad the eyes worked out, hope I don't ruin them when painting the other colors of his fur in the face.



He is Groot. Kept it simple with drybrushes over Contrast.



Mostly Contrast, just some Dark Reaper on the black and Stormshield over the whole mini. Not entirely happy with the flesh on the mouth, but good enough for gaming.



And this weekend I need to visit all your plogs, been away too long.

Nice comeback post! Moon Knight does look very cool already, as do the others.

Pile of shame seems like it should yield a nice variety of projects. And might be done in a lifetime.

Nice progress on the WIPs.

Foothill of embarrassment! I like that, need to get mine to that sort of level. Some cool little projects you have in the pipeline. The MCP stuff is coming along at a great rate now your back on the wagon, the Guardians of the Galaxy are pretty cool

That's your 'pile of shame'? It looks like the start of a couple of small projects to me

At least there's a reasonable chance of completing that lot.

Groot and Rocket looking good, Moonknight is very cool

Your venom is delightful! Very manageable, contrast clearly the way the truth and the (moon) light

Quite the collection! Sure got your work cut out for you, but I'm confident you'll be able to tackle them.
Will especially look forward to the sisters!

Nice work so far.

“Foothill of embarrassment”, so good, hahaha Looks like a good variety you’ve got, I’m sure that’ll keep you busy for the rest of the year

youwashock wrote:Nice comeback post! Moon Knight does look very cool already, as do the others.

Thanks youwashock! Love his pose, that cape flowing is just great. And everybody loves a one-paint-coat-mini

Nevelon wrote:Pile of shame seems like it should yield a nice variety of projects. And might be done in a lifetime.

Nice progress on the WIPs.

Thanks Nev! I'm glad too that there is still a little bit of everything and not just Sisters oder Space Marines left.

gobert wrote:Foothill of embarrassment! I like that, need to get mine to that sort of level. Some cool little projects you have in the pipeline. The MCP stuff is coming along at a great rate now your back on the wagon, the Guardians of the Galaxy are pretty cool

Thanks gobert! It was quite liberating taking stock. I also sold a bunch of stuff last year, sometimes still in boxes, because it made me somewhat anxious. I'm not predisposed to amass stuff

monkeytroll wrote:That's your 'pile of shame'? It looks like the start of a couple of small projects to me

At least there's a reasonable chance of completing that lot.

Groot and Rocket looking good, Moonknight is very cool

Thanks monkeytroll! Always need to see the light of the tunnel. A real pile would drain all my energy by just being there

inmygravenimage wrote:Your venom is delightful! Very manageable, contrast clearly the way the truth and the (moon) light

Thanks Graven! Contrast is so great for the Marvel figs (as can be seen later in this post).

Ezki wrote:Quite the collection! Sure got your work cut out for you, but I'm confident you'll be able to tackle them.
Will especially look forward to the sisters!

Nice work so far.

Thanks Ezki! Need to get to some Sisters, they feel a bit neglected

zahnib wrote:“Foothill of embarrassment”, so good, hahaha Looks like a good variety you’ve got, I’m sure that’ll keep you busy for the rest of the year

Thanks zahnib! I'm not entirely certain if I came up with that or more likely read it here on Dakka somewhere But I love that phrase.

Some little update (and more in the pipeline).

Latest shots of Venom and Moon Knight finished. I realized to late, that the wind is blowing the other way so the comic on the Moon Knight base shouldn't be in that position. Ah well... And contemplated putting blood akin to the stick on his suit, but git scared And it's a magic suit so probably self-cleaning




Really happy with the Dark Reaper accents on Venom. Makes him look a bit like the 90's comics colors





And some WIP, gotta love Contrast. Thor will get some highlighting with normal colors, but only Contrasts is already working well.




And I started a new project (although painting is a bit off). New Mordheim warband, Vampire Hunters. Luckily only needed to buy the ven Densts, all other minis were already at hand.

The complete warband


Vampire Hunter leader and Priest of Morr (because he is called Octren in Cursed City I couldn't resist and he will travel the streets of Mordheim as Ogden Wernstrom )


Three Slayers


Four Pilgrims (the arms I had left weren't ideal for posing)


The Villagers (the story is that the priest revives the vampire's victims and let's them fight as zombies)


And the wolfhounds

Moon Knight looks Aces . Never got not into him as a character, but now it seems I missed out.

Vampire gang is looking good, using the monsters tools against him seems appropriate.

WERNSTROM :shakes fist:

Looking good, yeah the contrast blue is very good, Beast shaping up nicely too.

Nice work finishing off Ebony and Ivory for MCP. New guys off to a great start. Cool batch of minis for the Mordheim band.

The beast! Funny how some marvel characters (many in fact) are just meh to me but every now and then I have a surprising reaction to one I never thought I was such a big fan of. Turns out I’m a beast fan. I think maybe because he always got the witty lines in the comics. Nice to see him again.

The Marvel stuff is coming along great!

I bought some MCP last year, and seeing your finished models is inspiring me to get on with mine - great stuff! The buildings look really daunting though...

Also liking the Morheim minis, looks like a great excuse to paint up some random models, and looking forward to some battle reports for these

Theophony wrote:Moon Knight looks Aces . Never got not into him as a character, but now it seems I missed out.

Vampire gang is looking good, using the monsters tools against him seems appropriate.

Thanks Theo! I know next to nothing about him, but the Trailer for the MCU series looked good enough.

inmygravenimage wrote:WERNSTROM :shakes fist:

Looking good, yeah the contrast blue is very good, Beast shaping up nicely too.

Thanks Graven! I'm rewatching Futurama right now Not every episode is great, but I dig the characters and zany future stuff.

youwashock wrote:Nice work finishing off Ebony and Ivory for MCP. New guys off to a great start. Cool batch of minis for the Mordheim band.

Thanks youwashock and damn, didn't realize it with Moon Knight/Venom and their colors

theCrowe wrote:The beast! Funny how some marvel characters (many in fact) are just meh to me but every now and then I have a surprising reaction to one I never thought I was such a big fan of. Turns out I’m a beast fan. I think maybe because he always got the witty lines in the comics. Nice to see him again.

Thanks theCrowe! I love that this big hairy blue dude is swinging around while dropping wisdom (although I've read not much X-Men comics). He always slightly reminds me of the Discworld's librarian.

aku-chan wrote:The Marvel stuff is coming along great!

Thanks aku-chan! And there's is a lot more to come

Maharg wrote:I bought some MCP last year, and seeing your finished models is inspiring me to get on with mine - great stuff! The buildings look really daunting though...

Also liking the Morheim minis, looks like a great excuse to paint up some random models, and looking forward to some battle reports for these

Thanks Maharg! They are just lovely to paint, because they are one and done Excited to look what you will do with them! And yeah, I don't like buildings, but they paint up quite nicely, if one musters the motivation... which I don't

Battle reports will take a bit. Our match this weekend was postponed, because of sickness all around Maybe weekend after next we'll play again.

And a small update, finished some more MCP minis, firstly Rocket and Groot:





Not super happy with the gun and OSL, but overall quite pleased.

And the God of Thunder, 80% Contrast paints:



Jenny and Bruce. Feel like Bruce needs another highlight, but my greens don't have the needed hue and I don't want to mix.



Finally finished Bob (he was 90% done last year) and of course Mr. Pool couldn't wait then:

I love your Deadpool, but all looking great. Highly recommend Vallejo livery green for highlights

I love the little comic book covers on their bases,
Are they the first issues the character turns up in?

Very nice - I spotted some Middle Earth in your foothills, so looking forward to seeing that come up

Man, that's cool. Love the Hulks. Great work, all around.

Nice job on the hulks. I quite like the green he’s at right now, it works I think, though we could all use more paint . Great touch on the discarded comics too

Bob and Deadpool look great as do Groot and Rocket.

inmygravenimage wrote:I love your Deadpool, but all looking great. Highly recommend Vallejo livery green for highlights

Thanks Graven! I may try that green, but looking at my track record, I believe I have never touched a mini again I counted as finished in my head

Guardling wrote:I love the little comic book covers on their bases,
Are they the first issues the character turns up in?

Thanks Guardling! It's not first appearances, but the covers I liked most when doing a Google image search.

Slinky wrote:Very nice - I spotted some Middle Earth in your foothills, so looking forward to seeing that come up

Thanks Slinky! Yes, there is quite some ME stuff, but unfortunately the other three M are at the front of the prio list: Marvel, Mordheim, Moresisters But the new painting comp is "age before beauty" so I may try my hand at Gollum.

youwashock wrote:Man, that's cool. Love the Hulks. Great work, all around.

Thanks youwashock!

gobert wrote:Nice job on the hulks. I quite like the green he’s at right now, it works I think, though we could all use more paint . Great touch on the discarded comics too

Thanks gobert!

Theophony wrote:Bob and Deadpool look great as do Groot and Rocket.

Thanks Theo!

Here are the glamour shots of Hulk, Rocket and Groot for the painting comp:

"We got him cornered, that'll be an easy 50.000 credits from the Grandmaster!"
"I am Groot!"
"I don't care if he won over a hundred fights, those are rigged anyway."
"I am Groot."
"You're just a pessimist and of course he looks angry, because we'll have him bagged in 5 minutes, mark my words!"







And the next batch of WIPs:



Still to stupid to use Contrast skin colors, but gonna layer over them anyway. Sabretooth will get some highlighting on the fur, looks to similar to the yellow suit right now. Not in love with his character or sculpt, but contrast made painting him so far bearable Taskmasters cloak will get some "real" yellow on the cape once I've done the suit. That looks very splotchy at the moment. Viper gets some green highlights and Valkyrie is just standing there, because I was painting blond hair anyway

If I can keep that tempo up, I may be done with most of the Marvel minis sometime in March. Fingers crossed!

The only one out of those four that I am familiar with is Sabertooth and he looks really good. I do like contrast paint, especially when it is used in conjunction with other paints to help out.

Yeah, I would be OK if the other three turned on Sabretooth and turned him into a fur coat.

Looking good! Love that green on Viper.