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Inevitable_Faith wrote:Loving your colour picks on Chiemera, really coming along nicely.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Lovely skin tone on Chimera and a cool color scheme for your Overlords, love the green/brown contrast.

Thanks!
I'm being a bit conservative with that particular Overlord, some of the others will probably be a bit more colourful, I'm currently mulling over the idea of doing a couple in "girly" colours to hint that there may be a lady Dwarf inside the suit.


Didn't get a lot of painting done this week, was sidetracked into assembling these ladies:-



As much as I may complain about Kingdom Death in other parts of the forum, I do like their minis!

But, as it's now over, I can show off my competition mini, Quinn the Investigator (Reaper):-




Even though I didn't get anywhere in the competition itself, I thought I did a good job on him so I'm still happy.

WarbossDakka wrote:Oh wow, it's been a while huh?

Those Kingdom Death minis are gorgeous! Definitely a range I wanna have a go at painting someday, though I can see it being one of those things I'd keep putting off till I get "good enough"

Nice work on the competition mini, really liking the colour palette you picked for it. Good update!

Thanks!
Yeah, I'm still pretty reluctant to paint my Kingdom Death stuff. They're no more detailed than the average GW mini but they seem more intricate somehow!

IGtR= wrote:Great round of miniatures (I too had lots to catch-up on!) - there must have been some stiff competition for your fella to not get anywhere

Thanks for sharing

Thanks!
Yeah, standards were much higher than I thought they'd be, my poor little dude didn't stand a chance with all the fancy stuff everyone else was doing!

Ragsta wrote:Excellent Investigator, and I do like the menagerie of hero’s and scoundrels! Nicely done

Thanks!


Finished more stuff!

The Chimera (Etherfields):-




Pretty pleased with how this one turned out, even though I never got her skin the way I wanted it.

Skefill (Games Workshop):-




I'm also pretty happy with this one, despite taking the lazy option in painting his gem encrusted base.

On the table now is Mecha Toto:-



And, Little Dot:-



I'm trying to get my Oz gang finished by the end of the year.

Viterbi wrote:I quite like the KO base. The subdued tones contrast nicely with the gems and keep the focus on the mini.
Already loving the two new steampunk additions!

Thanks!

Fifty wrote:That Chimera is creepy!

There's quite a bit of creepy in the set.


Merry Christmas! I Hope everyone enjoyed themselves despite the circumstances.

Didn't quite manage to get anything finished.
Toto is all painted up:-



Just need to finish his base, but I'm waiting to do Dorothy's at the same time.
Speaking of:-



There's just a few odds and ends left.

Mostly, I got sidetracked building stuff again, the next things in the painting queue are:-



This pair of lovely ladies.
And:-



This handsome, but headless, dude.

 youwashock wrote:
Toto rocks. Good job wrapping up Chimera. Oktoberfest KD gals are exciting to see!

Thanks!
I'd been putting of buying the holiday Pin-ups for a while, as I don't have a great track record when it comes to finishing my larger Kingdom Death minis (or any of my larger stuff for that matter!), but I seem to be doing okay for now.


Managed to get Dorothy and Toto (Twisted) wrapped just before the year ended:-





Not as happy with these two as I was with the rest of the set, Toto in particular ended up rather bland, but at least that's another set done!
Weirdly though, I dug out my older Dorothy mini to do a comparison shot and:-



I'd given them the same colour dress, even though I haven't looked at older Dorothy since I painted her at least a couple years ago, and it's a colour I rarely use.

Finishing them gave me a grand total of 47 minis finished in 2020! Not quite the 52 I wanted to do, sinking a lot of hobby time into stuff I didn't finish (Like that danged submarine) didn't help, but I was close.

Finished Minis:-

Reaper
Ashlynn
Mary Jo
Remus
Amiri
Quinn

Guild Ball
Rage
Corsair
Hopper and Quaff
Harriet the Hat
Hemlocke

Wolsung
Hazel
Pop

Games Workshop
Screamin' Eddie
The Engineer
Istar
Shroomancer
Gudea
Tukkuttok
The Rebel
Bride of Filth
Grashrak
Skefill

Kingdom Death
Storm Knight
Cleric
Lady Fancy Hair
Skully
Angry Joe
Gigalion

Deep Wars
Klegg
Triton

Twisted
Tricia
Squirrel
Dodger
Tzandi
Oz Gang

Marvel
Doc Ock
Zemo

Random
Sir Shelly
Singh

Malifaux
King Crybaby

Etherfields
Shapeshifter
Chimera


For 2021, as I've gotten into Warhammer:- Underworlds in a big way, I want to concentrate on getting more painted (maybe even actually finishing a whole team!). I also want to get more Kingdom Death stuff done as I should (hopefully) be getting a load of stuff from the Kickstarter during the year.
It would also be nice if I could get some of my half-finished big stuff wrapped up.

I'm also going to be having a bit of a clear out, getting rid of some of the random stuff I've been acquiring, so you probably won't see me painting any more Malifaux (I've finally accepted as much as I like their minis, I just don't like painting them), Deep Wars (They're nice, but terrible to put together, especially the resin stuff) or Marvel Crisis Core (I'm just way too behind on releases).
It's a shame as there's quite a few minis in there I was really looking forward to painting at one time, but want to stop spreading myself so thin, and concentrate on a handful of ranges and more self-contained stuff (Like my Etherfields set).

Thanks guys! It's always nice to discover you've painted more minis than you thought, even if it's never as many as you'd like.


Didn't quite finish the Octoberfest Aya's:-



But they're coming along nicely.

Also been nibbling away at a couple more, The Brewmistress:-



And Lysette:-

Thanks guys!


Finally got my Octoberfest girls (Kingdom Death) finished:-




They're a little rougher in hand and Big Ayas spilt beer looks nothing like beer, but I'm rather pleased with how they turned out.

Both Brewmistress:-



And Lysette:-



Are getting there slowly.

youwashock wrote:Aya n' Aya look fabulous. The whites and skintones are super smooth. Lysette is looking wonderful as well.

Thanks! I tried something different on the larger skin areas and just applied my Flesh Wash sparingly instead of slooshing it all over, seems to worked our well.

Viterbi wrote:Wouldn't worry about the beer color, it's just dark ale (is there such a thing? ). Other than that very vibrant colors on them and very smooth white.

Thanks! There's a lot of layers in that white.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:Absolutely stunning Oktoberfest models! Great work!

Thanks!

IGtR= wrote:Gorgeous skin tones as ever!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks!


Finally got the Brewmistress (Games Workshop) finished:-




Got a little lazy with the ingredients rack towards the end, just to get it done, but I'm happy with how she turned out.

Poor Lysette had to be put aside (I managed to spill the paint I was using), so she's been replaced by Elodie of the Blade:-



Tried to get her finished last night, but couldn't quite manage it, not much more to go though.

This week is going to be somewhat animal themed:-



Thanks to Business Penguin and the Ratman!

 Viterbi wrote:
That owl's gonna be a hoot... I let myself out

Had a decent week painting-wise.

Finished Elodie (Games Workshop):-



Not hugely happy with her robe, but I'm pleased with the rest.

Also made decent progress with Rat Guy:-



Just got his armour and base to go.

And Business Penguin:-



Not as realistic as some of the versions I've seen, but I like him.

Continuing to paint at a decent pace!

Finished Balmonoth (Games Workshop):-



He came out quite good I think.

I've also finished the Business Penguin (Etherfields):-



Kept it simple, but I think it works.

And brought some new stuff to the table, the Skeleton Champion:-



And the rather odd Ram Pin-up:-

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
That Ram pinup model looks wild, is it a Kingdom Death mini?

Yes he is, I'd never painted a male pin-up mini so he jumped to the front of the queue.


Continuing to make progress:-



The Champion has had his armour done.



And Ram has had his magnificent buttocks painted!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:BUTTS!
Great butt.

Thanks!

Inevitable_Faith wrote:My goodness Kingdom Death coming in HAWT with the fan service. I knew they could do female butts for a long time but this is something special! Excellent job on adding some colour to his cheeks, it's looking great!

Thanks! Yeah, they've done a handful of male pin-ups now.

Viterbi wrote:Lot of nice updates and I hadn't realized it is a penguin, he looks very cool. Love the elven mage, cloak looks good and I love how protective she is of the bonsai

Thanks!


My run of decent painting time kinda dried up this week, but I did get a little done.



The Champion is almost done, just the axe to go.



Ram is getting there slowly, but he's looking a little messy, my brush skills weren't quite up to painting that rope-bondage getup of his.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Loving Ram, nice colour choices. I think you did fine on the bondage ropes, looks tidy enough to me.

Thanks! That piccy was taken after I'd spent quite a while slowly fixing everything!


Despite not doing too much painting this week I still managed to finish the Champion (Games Workshop):-



Happy he's finally done, pain in bum to photograph though.

I also thought I'd finished Ram:-



But I'd forgotten to make him a base

Started new stuff too.



Padean the mighty barbarian.



And the Shrike Urchin, who, even with his base weighted with putty, tips over incredibly easily.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Great work finishing the Champion and Ram! Do you have an idea in mind for what you want to do for Rams base?

Thanks! Rams base is going to be pretty simple, his wacky throne of arms takes up most of the space.

Viterbi wrote:Shrike urchin looks very spooky, but the designer should be slapped, weighing that mini down really looks like an impossible job. Love the cloak of the chaos champion, nice work on the fur and the red.

Thanks!
The Shrikes problems are a little on me, I attached him to his base a little too far forward, but yeah it's one they should have left resin-only.

JoshInJapan wrote:The pose on the Shrike Urchin is really hard to read. I honestly can't make heads or tails of the model.

It's a hard mini to photograph, particularly with my poor skills! Hopefully as I paint more of him, he'll make more sense.

IGtR= wrote:Yes, the Shrike pose is a classic example to me of "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

Skin on Kingdom Death is looking absolutely fab

Thanks for sharing

Thanks for looking!


Finally got Ram (Kingdom Death) finished:-




He's still a little rough in places, but I'm happy.

Also made good progress on Padean:-



Should have him finished soon.

Shrikes going very slowly though:-



For every part I paint, two seem to take it's place! On the plus side though, I straightened one of his legs a bit and he's no longer really unstable.

Finished Padean (Games Workshop):-




Really pleased with how this one ended up.

Still struggling with Shrike:-



I'm getting there slowly, but it just seems to be taking forever.

In the mean time, started my next Underworlds mini, Laserian:-



He's angry!

And while I had my flesh paints out, I also started this guy:-



I think it's a Scarecrow, but I need to dig out my Etherfields box to make sure.

Not going to be getting as much (for me) painting done for a while though. For reasons I don't really understand, I brought a model kit Bakery Shop:-



And putting it together is eating up quite a bit of my hobby time.

youwashock wrote:Possible Scarecrow os one heck of a model. Quite bizarre. I have seen those little build kits before. They are INTENSE.

Yeah, wasn't expecting the difficulty level on the Bakery to be quite so high, I'll get it built eventually.

Viterbi wrote:Love Padeon, the light blue is a cool color choice and he looks very classic fantasy.

Thanks!


Finally got Shrike (Twisted) finished:-




Not super happy with him, but very glad he's finally off the table.

Also made a little bit of progress on Laserian:-



Should have him wrapped up before too long, hopefully.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
All painted up and viewed from different angles, the Shrike is actually a pretty neat model.

It is. I need to paint his friend the Ratcatcher at some point.


Not painting at the moment. Ran out of greaseproof paper for my wet palette, and can't seem to find any at the mo' (and painting without a wet palette is just too weird now).
I've bit the bullet and ordered some proper palette paper, but until that arrives I'm building stuff:-



Kingdom Death stuff.

Yeah there's some really neat minis amongst this latest batch of Kingdom Death stuff, I've set a few aside for painting sooner rather than later.

Got my new wet palette, but still struggling to get going on the painting front.
Did manage to finish Laserian (Games Workshop) though:-



Pretty pleased with him.

Also made a little start on this Kingdom Death lady:-



She's got a weird left eye for some reason.

 Viterbi wrote:
That's not a weird left eye, it's Picasso®-approved Great start on the mini and nice job on the chaos dude!

Thanks!
She'll eventually be holding a bug in front of her face, so it won't bother me so much.

Speaking of bugs:-



Being from Kingdom Death they, of course, have human faces.

Also made a start on Fahime, my next Underworlds mini:-



Keep making silly little mistakes (how did that spot of wash get in her hair?), so she's rather messy, but coming along okay.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
That Wych elf is looking really nice, really digging your colour picks so far on this one. The face in particular is very well done.

Thanks! I'm not hugely happy with her, it's one of those minis where all I can see are the mistakes.


Getting back into a painting groove, Fahime (Games Workshop) is done:-



At least she's off the table now.

Bug Girl is getting there:-



And I'm much happier with her.

Also started the next Underworlds mini, an Orc:-



Very early days.

And, totally out of left field, a Sewer Golem:-



Lots of fun to paint so far.

Inevitable_Faith wrote:I know the feeling on that one Aku-chan. My Morathi model is single handedly one that I am most proud and ashamed of all at once. Some times I look at her and feel pride in what I was able to do but then I notice every single mistake I made and want to spend the next 10 years infinitely tweaking her colours. For what it's worth I think your take on Fahime is top notch.

Thanks! I also think your Morathi is pretty awesome.

IGtR= wrote:Fahime looks great

Thanks for sharing

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:That Sewer Golem is weird as I think Kingdom Death on the whole is nothing for me, but I always love your paint jobs on those minis. Excited to see it develop more, already looking cool.

Thanks! The Golem gets weirder, eventually there'll be a little dude in a gas mask fishing off it.


Haven't been painting as much as I'd like (Stupid shaky hands!), but I did manage to finish the Bug Thief (Kingdom Death):-




Her bee-themed fur didn't end up looking as cool as it did in my head, but overall I'm happy with her.

Since I was concentrating on getting her finished neither my Orc:-



Or Golem:-



Has seen much progress.

Thanks guys!

So no updates in a little while, I've been assembling my Cursed City set (I build as slowly as I paint):-



But now I'm back painting, and I finished Thabron (Games Workshop):-



Pretty pleased with how he ended up.

The Sewer Golem is continuing to get there slowly:-



So many little details! I also made a start on it's friend Cuttleberry:-



I don't think I want to know what you would catch fishing in the sewer.

I also started painting my Cursed City stuff:-



Beginning with the Ogre.

Finally, started another Kingdom Death mini, Swamp Girl, her fancy base came out well:-



But I'm struggling with the girl herself:-



She's got this weird smile on her face, but I'll be danged if I can paint it right. Plus, after a couple of attempts, the actual sculpted detail of her mouth is pretty much gone.
Going to set her aside for a couple days, see if I want to strip her down and start over or not.

 Viterbi wrote:
I feel you, faces can be the worst. I really messed up Celestine's with a big blob of technical paint. But some Biostrip with a toothbrush made it possible to just strip the face and leave the rest of the mini. Maybe worth a try?

Excited for the ogre, love his skin tone, which colors did you use?

I'll have to gave it a try, hopefully I'll be able to strip just her mouth because I quite like the job I did on her eye.

The Ogre skin is a base of Vallejo Dwarf Flesh mixed with Vallejo Cold Grey, shaded with Reikland Fleshshade and then highlighted with the Dwarf Flesh/Cold Grey again and Dwarf Flesh/Light Flesh/Cold Grey.
I wanted to show the effect eating the undead was having on him, and it worked better than I thought it would.


Another mini finished, the Sewer Golem (Twisted):-





Took a while, but I'm really happy with him and his fishing buddy!

Ogre is getting there slowly too:-



Gotta go faster if I ever want my Cursed City set painted though.

Also pulled Minx out of the cupboard of unfinished things:-



Once she's done I'll to back and try to salvage Swamp Girl.

Thanks guys! Yeah, had a lot of fun painting the Golem.

Got another mini finished Minx (Guild Ball):-



Admittedly she was already mostly painted from a couple years, but at least she's done now, should've painted bigger spots on her cape though or more of them.

Didn't quite get the Ogre done though:-



Still needs his trousers painting.

Also decided to get a little bit more Guild Ball done with Hammer:-



He was a mass of mold lines, that I didn't do a great job of tidying up, but he doesn't look too bad.

Managed to get the Ogre (Cursed City) finished:-


Really happy with how he's turned out.

Didn't get much more painting done though, it's that time of year where I talk myself into trying to get all my Guild Ball minis built.
It won't happen this time either, there's still too many and I'm not that good at assembling metal dudes, but I'll get a little closer.

Thanks guys!

As expected, didn't get all my Guild Ball minis built (trying to get Original Minx's stick-thin arms to attach at the elbows pushed me too far), but I got another 20 or so done.

So back to painting, there's some more Cursed City stuff, Skeletons:-



Doing them in pairs so I don't have to face the horror of batch painting.

Also in the mood for painting something big, so Goatman returns:-



Not sure if I'll get him finished, but I'll try.

Didn't get much painting done (Had builders in making a mess) but I did get my skeletons (Games Workshop) finished:-



They should make a nice group if/when I get the rest done.

Also got my goatman's head finished and attached:-



Now I just need to paint up lots and lots of swirly armour.

New to the table, I got my next bit of Cursed City:-



Jelsen - Gritty Vampire Hunter.

And:-



Head Robo-nun (minus her head for now).

Thanks guys! Glad everybody likes my skellies!


Been struggling to put brush to mini at the moment, finally managed to get something done though, Sakana (Guild Ball):-



Guild Ball minis always manage to inspire me for some reason, not quite sure what's next though.

 Viterbi wrote:
Great bright colors on him, love the purple/blue contrast. We could discuss his hipster beard, but he'll probably skewer anyone who tries

Thanks! Apparently it's meant to be a pirate beard not a hipster one.


Still hunting for my painting mojo, so I'm just working on any mini that holds my attention, at the moment that's Lysette (Reaper):-



Unfortunately, my camera is objecting to her light blue hair and throwing all the colours off, she's looks quite a bit better in hand.

Thanks guys!


Still picking off minis out of the Cupboard of Unfinished Things, this time it's Tirinha Fallowheart (Reaper):-



Lost interest in this one previously because her details aren't great (I think she's a bit miscast), so I just did a basic job to get her finished.