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Cheers Minus. There's a few wee things I noticed tht I want to go back and change a touch. Will get 'round to it ......at some point

Great work on the finished Haemonculi and his little friend there.

Cheers (again!!) Az. He was fun and at a few points, a pain, to paint. Always loved that sculpt and was glad to finally get one painted up. Kept the colour palete fairly simple and fleshy earth tones. Think it suits his character nicely.
I need to make him a better dio base (at some point)

No wips or updates here at the mo. Busy workign on AdMEch over on the other thread

However....

came across this tidy wee kickstarter earlier. Gorgeous 54mm figs. Pretty dark and twisted with what looks like a cracking storyline. Have a wee look yourselves and see if you like. A few of the figs are NSFW.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1602989624/asylum-the-alderney-case-first-act

Interesting designs there. Any plans to pick some up? I'd be very interested to see your style and skill applied to some non-GW stuff.

I've pledged for one of the characters. May get a few of the others down the line. Quite a few of them I like. I'd love to have a crack at some of the malifaux stuff but can't get them over here :( May pick some up though when I head back to Ireland in the new year

Malifaux stuff is definitely a treat to work on paint-wise, but the assembly makes even the more complex GW stuff look like simple lego in comparison! There are things like seperate tiny hands, limbs with connections so narrow you could sneeze in the next room and they're liable to fall off, and even in some cases a dozen parts for a single mini! It's pretty crazy.

Still, they are some of the nicest sculpts/designs out there if you like the aesthetic, so come highly recommended as and when you can get some!

The classic tiny Malifaux part being Yan Lo's beard, a tiny 2mm max separate beard for a miniature. It has led to the creation of "By Yan Lo's beard!" as a curse of bad fate/small parts in the Malifaux community. Think you would do some wonderful work on them Jan...any particular crew or faction that you are after?

Oh joy - fiddly figs!!!! I think the fiddliest yet for me was either the sydonian dragoon (those bloody cables on the inside of the legs) or the haemonculus. Actually I don't really mind fiddly that much. It just takes a little more planning as I'm one of those that always paints in pieces or sub assemblies.
There's quite a few of the malifaux figs n sets I've been eying up. Really like some of their darker stuff. Yup def gonna be picking up some in the near future - probably some of the Neverborn, though am really loving those Coryphee figs..... Lot of lovely figs there.....not sure 'lovely' is quite the right adjective though lol

It's been a year almost to the day since I decided to pick up brush again and get back into painting. Though I should empty the cabinet, get all the figs out and get a wee group shot. Not the best lit or quality sanp but nice to see everything all out together. A full size photo is spoilered as its rather large!!




Damn but it's been a fun year - here's to many more

Very nice stuff, Jan! I may have to steal your idea and put up a shot of everything I have painted this year in my own blog, although I will wait until New Year's Eve to do it.

Wow. Great idea showing everything you've painted this year. It looks great!

EDC

Cheers EDC. I really need another cabinet though - lol

Way to put the rest of us to shame, man!

Just kidding! Fantastic stuff, and you should definitely be proud of it.

Well happy Really should have finished the DV boxed set by now though!!! 2 Characters adn 10 cultists to go!!!

Sounds like a challenge! There's still 21 days left in the year!

Well, the 2 characters are getting paint for the Dec comp. The cultists though........yeah......probably not till the new year. Knight is priority at the mo

'lot of folk are putting up P&M goals for the new year and that seems like a bloody fine idea. I lose bits of paper after about 2 minutes of putting them down, so hopefully here they will remain less..... loseable.

1. Not buying anymore kits/models (with the exception of the ruststalkers I'm buying tomorrow and C̶o̶r̶a̶x̶ The Nurse from Thirdman Studios (hehehe) that I'm going to order from CMON.....yeah good start on this resolution already >< lol) until I've got all the stuff I've already got finished.
2. Finish off my DV boxed set....not terribly hard this one - only Turmiel, Kranon and 1 squad of cultists to go.
3. Get stuck into the Space Hulk box I bought a few months ago. So far 4 stealers, the broodlord finsihed and one of the termies started. Fair bit of work here still to go.
4. Get my AdMech force finished up -Magos (still building), Scyllax unit (built and ready for priming), Thanatar Siege (still in bag), TechPriest (likewise), Skit Rangers (built, but still to be pinned and primed), Ruststalkers (see #1) & Inquisitor X + retinue (also still in blister pack) and built him a few armed followers from existing stuff I already have - no buying new stuff for this one.
5. FINALLY get to that Eldar wave serpent that's been sitting in its box in my cabinet for nearly a full year - build and paint it to go with my so far so tiny Mymearan craftworld force
6. Finish up the last two Harlequin troopers waiting to be done (primed and basecoated) and the Solitaire (neither primed nor even built)
7. Start back into some CSM stuff, starting with the possesed marines kit TP sent me
8. Get Buttery's Tanith trooper convereted, dio'd, painted and back to him along with the commisar in decent time. Also give Methebeast's Inifinity fig a similiar speedy turnaround
9. ONCE all of the above is achieved - then can buy new crack....I mean figs.....starting with the DV Chaos expansion box.

That should do it

Now that's one heck of a plan!! Can't wait to see the results

Agreed! I look forward to another year of you putting us all to shame with painting awesome minis! I'm very keen to see you take on the Infinity figure, there's a learning curve to them after doing GW stuff but once you wrap your head around that, they can be made stunningly good in far less time than you might think.

we'll see how it goes. Looking forward to painting this infinity fig. I'm not mad keen on a lot of their stuff but this Chimera fig is pretty damn gorgeous

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Sounds like some grand plans right there! I had almost forgotten how awesome your Eldar are, so I'll be looking forward to that Wave Serpent especially.

Hey there Bottle 새해복많이받으세요!!! Hope you had a cracking new year's. Been an age since I painted Mymearan elder so that wave serpent will take a bit of thinking. Will get there though -lol. What about you - plans for 2016? Finally gonna be seeing a little grim dark from you?

Spent most of the weekend building and pinning rather than painting. Thought I'd better bite the bullet and try to get this Infinity Chimera lass underway. I won't get to her paint for a week or two yet but while all the snips, files and whatnot wee out from doing skits and rusters, reckoned I'd get her sorted as well. Omg what a pain to trim and put together. Is this typical for CB product? No instructions or diagrams of any sort. The parts don't seem to have any notch and groove or the like to guide the parts into a snug fit and the hands are so non-sculpted it's hard to figure out exactly what angle they go on at!! I think there maybe a little GS filler needed but impossible to tell until she's had a primer put down. That said, she's a lovely character and the paint should be a lot of fun but Corvus Ballsupi need to sort out their multipart casting and assembly style. Not fun at all

Really excited to see your take on Infinity. I have been tempted to buy a set to paint as well. What colour undercoat will you be working from and will you try any NMM as commonly seen on Infinity models?

The Chimera is one of the most nightmarish ones in the whole line, but quite a few miniatures of the older range have some kindproblems (mainly the deceased Exrah bugs, but also the Aleph line remotes), digital sculpting thankfully solved (most) of it.

And no, there is no instructions on anything, luckily on most infantry the joints have some kind of guideline sculpted so they only fit one way, but some TAGs (big stompy robots) are pretty annoying to put together.

Hey there Bottle. I'm gonna undercoat with a light blue/grey to start with and give it a light grey wash to pick out the details so can see what's what. Haven't decided 100% on the scheme yet as I've a load of other stuff to get done before it. NMM? Nah - not really that keen on NMM in any case - find it a bit flat and cartoonish for my taste. True metals will be the go - probably some nice coppery tones on her armour and a little weathered steel on the whip...maybe

Took a few minutes to throw a light prime down and watered wash so could see some detail and check the joins properly. Seems ok. Lovely wee sculpt overall. Lots of very thin layers and glazes ahead

That's the thing with Infinity; once you get to that stage, you're in for a treat as far as painting goes, it's just getting there that's not quite so fun!

true that. Most of their stuff I'm pretty meh about but they have some sweet sweet bikes in their range.