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Quite frankly, that is a wonderful idea Dysartes

Just came to my mind: Have you thought about using an old toothbrush to make spotted squigs? I think it'd look great!

I like the black and grey bone daddy!

While I think the last one iscool, the red/black and the grey/green are, in my opinion, the best to do

I promise I will reply to everyone properly soon, I'm just posting a quicky update

Boxing up models now and then working on more squig ideas, the owner wants them bright! Supah bright! So as much as I love the natural ones, those are out

Pinks and yellows and fluorescent colours are in, I've had a busy day today so am only getting around to starting on ideas now ( I don't go to bed till 3-4am so its not thaaaat late right now).

I'm also getting a bit antsy because I haven't posted actual painted mini's in a few pages now and I am weird and get worried by that.

Ive been away for far too long
This was only on page 10 when i left lol.

Really can see your painting getting better and better over time, and at first it was bloody good anyway.

But 2 things.

1: No such thing as too many squigs, as a proud owner of 200+ squigs, i resent that

2: Be careful with the mangler squig, alot of the chain is really weak, but without it, the top squigs leg is the only contact point, which under weight, bends quite a bit.
Ive had to prop up the top squig on all 3 of them with random gobbo's and shrooms between them.

You can have too many squigs

OK, I like the blue one with the red mask the best so far. No matter the choice, can't wait to see the finished product!

Here squiggy squiggy sqiggy.. I like the black and red one iffy.

Moar squiggies please!

Squiggy! Me like squiggies!

squiggies like ...... you?

Rogue Wolves... Your avatar... My eyes...They burn!

@Rogue: LOL! Silly Rogue.

Gitsplitta wrote:@Rogue: LOL! Silly Rogue.

And the truth comes out!

Hey, if it makes you feel better, its MY cat, so i didnt have to google and "Steal" ... no waite, "Catnap" peoples cats!

just a super quick update before bedtime, I am very, very tired!

Finished the skin on this character standard tiny gobbo.

Nice, vibrant...

^

Jackal wrote:Ive been away for far too long
This was only on page 10 when i left lol.
Really can see your painting getting better and better over time, and at first it was bloody good anyway.

But 2 things.

1: No such thing as too many squigs, as a proud owner of 200+ squigs, i resent that
2: Be careful with the mangler squig, alot of the chain is really weak, but without it, the top squigs leg is the only contact point, which under weight, bends quite a bit.
Ive had to prop up the top squig on all 3 of them with random gobbo's and shrooms between them.

Haha, great that you have seen some improvement! That's exactly what I am aiming for at all times

I guess it is indeed impossible to have too many squigs, they are just too awesome. The manglers are actually going to be on 2 separate bases, so that should not be a problem. They do look waaaayyy too flimsy to stay in their intended position very long.. those chains could so easily snap, let alone the tiny connection point :(

I finished up the character standard gobbo today, and included a euro coin to emphasise how crazy small he is! Click for very big.



Went crazy with skin contrast to help define his features, kept the robe very modest when it came to highlights so the black would not end up a dull grey. Little bit of colour added with the turqoise and red eyes, and he matches the rest of the squig riders very well. Happy with him.

Going to send the shots to the owner and see if I get the all clear

I've been playing around with Livestream to work out the proper settings for recording, I don't think I will be able to stream live painting as I just won't be able to reach the upload quality needed, but I can still record stuff and add them, so thats still good Been having lots of fun streaming Skyrim while chatting to the people in the chat window with the microphone.

Decided to play around with airbrush speedpainting last night for practice, and ended up with a Carnifex 3 hours later



I will definitely be using the same technique again, I am thrilled that the subdued colour choices were mixed together quite well by the acid green claws and mouth Using cartoony stark highlights is definitely an option for me as long as I stay as neat as possible, especially if it means I can get a model that sized completely finished in 3 hours from sprue.

Thrilled, throwing him on Ebay.

That's impressive. Are all those little lines on the carapace airbrushed too? I don't think I can get mine that small, even though I think I have a pretty tiny needle.

You seem to have an affinity for bright colors. Very nice looking indeed.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's impressive. Are all those little lines on the carapace airbrushed too? I don't think I can get mine that small, even though I think I have a pretty tiny needle.

Everything is airbrushed bar some final highlight layers with a hand brush, the stripes are hand brushed, but theres only 3 layers and they took about 30 minutes, so it was worth it I think. My smallest needle wouldn't be able to do precise striping either, they would have been quite blurry and not what I was aiming for with this.

I went the effort of masking off the claws so I could OSL highlight with the airbrush on the grey but it turned out there was no need to, the recent extreme cleaning I gave my airbrush upped its preciseness quite a lot! Hah.

whalemusic360 wrote:You seem to have an affinity for bright colors. Very nice looking indeed.

I love bright colours, but I love enjoy playing them against darks even more. This guy may have actually looked more interesting with a black background, but I'm all out of velvet for it and have to get my hands on more.

Those manglers are awesome, the "punisher" squig is by far my favourite, dunno if it will fit in with the rest of the army of course. I guess night goblin armies rely on the squigs for a lot of colour and contrast.

i'm very impressed you painted the Carnifex in 3 hours Iffy, the colours go so well together as well. The green is very striking, love it.

I'll say an A++

im still jealous... you'll be Ifalraptor soon! then you can take on the fantastic four!

GiraffeX wrote:i'm very impressed you painted the Carnifex in 3 hours Iffy, the colours go so well together as well. The green is very striking, love it.
I'll say an A++

The colours were a total experiment, I figured it would either work, or be really horrible! Glad it turned out well!

DijnsK wrote:im still jealous... you'll be Ifalraptor soon! then you can take on the fantastic four!

Aww man, its the elite four. If you get that wrong, how can you expect to be the very best, like no one ever was?

Beautiful. The blue stripes are fantastic, but I really love the green.

I feel like you could throw this nid into the movie Avatar and it would fit right in! Nice paint work there iff

3 hours? Damn, you are fast. It looks great!