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LunaHound wrote:The zombie chuhuahua should be placed infront of the ghouls as they chase their run away pet xD

I might do such family shot, once I have more zombies to run after the poor pooch.

Here are some early WiP shots of my Ork Stormboy, which I will paint for the Waagh Dakka. It is going to be heavily weathered so now I am painting the the colorful parts to act as nice background for the chips, rust and dust. He is going to join the mob led by Mean Green Stompa's ork, so green boots are in order, otherwise he is painted along the basic guidelines for the WD. Gun arm not glued on yet to better reach the areas which are left behind in.

Let me know what you think.

That's looking good so far. I really like your muted palate btw.

I was looking back over the previous page and would like to mention that the pale looking DE with the bald head is very cool, almost cenobite-like.

Looking good,

Agree with MGSotmpa, the muted colors work well here. I would like to see that striking yellow used in the shoulder guards as well. I think it will weather rather nicely, so it would be good to have some bigger surfaces painted with it. And the gold is already quite close to the yellow.

Anyway, good job. Keep it up.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:That's looking good so far. I really like your muted palate btw.

I was looking back over the previous page and would like to mention that the pale looking DE with the bald head is very cool, almost cenobite-like.

Thanks, I like the natural subdued minis myself and have tried perfect that kind of approach. The pale looking DEs were a experiment, I tried to get a unnatural looking skin color like the one described in the fluff. It didn't 100% succeed as the effect is a bit too stark on the photos, but the minis pop on the gaming table well.

Northen wrote:Agree with MGSotmpa, the muted colors work well here. I would like to see that striking yellow used in the shoulder guards as well. I think it will weather rather nicely, so it would be good to have some bigger surfaces painted with it. And the gold is already quite close to the yellow.

After your comment I looked at the ork and agree with you completely. I went a bit overboard with too many different yellows on the mini (the fur on the ork's collar is also painted in yellow hue, which makes it third yellow on the mini) and the gold will be only used in small details. I will paint the shoulder guards with the yellow, it will work better with the patterning I have planned also. I will paint either checkers or tooth pattern to the shoulder guards, probably tooth pattern as it is easier to get tidy looking

I still have some highlights to do on the mini, all of the large areas are now painted and shaded so I'm pretty close to getting to work on the area this mini was started: the weathering. Sorry no pics at this stage, will try to get another WiP shot taken today or latest tomorrow.

I got some painting done, the shoulder guards had couple of coats of yellow for solid base and rust effect was painted on the wheel on the base. I also highlighted the skin on the arms and cleaned up the red areas on the gun. The pictures are this time taken with natural light and are really close to actual colors for once.

Still loads of work to do, but slowly getting this flyboy done. Next phase is probably going to be getting the jump pack ready for weathering and putting some patterns on the shoulder guards.

Please feel free to give suggestions and comments.

Nice progress, like how the skin turned out.

Didn't notice this last time, but the green on the boots is quite close to the skin color (same thing as with the yellow and gold last time) You could maybe change that, not sure if there would be too much yellow then. Or maybe the metal color could work, going with the same gold/metal combo as on the slugga and choppa?

Keep it up

The green has ended up pretty close to the skin, even though they started from completely different paints. I would have gone probably with yellow plates on the boots, but as this ork is going to join Waagh Dakka there was request from MGS that the boots should be green. I might go for another green though, but I will have to think on what would fit the rest of the fig.

During the past week I have managed to take some time to paint the stormboy a bit further. I have highlighted and cleaned the metal parts. I also begun the weathering by adding chips to the yellow, green and red areas. The chipped parts still need to be highlighted, before some washes and pigments can be added.

The jetpack is still the really WiP, I will add some ork glyphs to the large blank areas before starting to weather it.

Comments are welcome as usual, and clicking on the photos will take you to the big zoomable images on the dakka gallery.

Lovely muted colours. i shall keep watching...

Thanks Imperial Monkey.

I have added some more grime to the mini and some blood to the axe and gun blade. Still need to get some more chipping to the shoulder blades and do some detailing to the jump pack. Not enough progress yet for updated pics I'm afraid.

In order to finish the year in positive note I have finished couple of dragging projects, this Stormboy being one of them. He is the first figure I have tried to do weathering and now that he is finished I have to say that it brings a lot of character to the mini. Since the last pictures I have added a lot of small details like the checkboard to the jump pack, some chipping to all over the plates and some dirt with pigments. In addition the base was finished to match the Waaagh Dakka specs. This was nice project, even though I got a bit exhausted in the end and some parts are a bit rushed just to get him finished.

I'm looking forward for your comments on him and I also like to wish happy new year to all who have been following on my painting blogs!










Coming next (year) in my random figs is a infinity fig and probably some old Rackham figs...

Nice to see another addition to WD, and a very nicely painted one at that.

Nice to see him finished, good job

Thank you guys! It was good to see him finished after the couple of months of putting him to the side for other figs.

As you thought Northen the yellow did weather really well and I have been thinking on painting my some of my unpainted marines in Imperial Fist scheme just to play around a bit more with that nice tone.

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(for anyone not understanding the reference - babababaaba I'm loving it)

Thanks Monkey! It was fun to finally get to try all the weathering tricks in practice and result is not too shabby for first try.

It took me a while to get the ball rolling this year. Some changes to the family situation along with xbox for Christmas meant that the hobby time took a bit of a hit. But it seems that during the last couple of weeks things have stabilized so that I can get a bit of time to paint. The first figs I have managed to finish this year are these two additions to my Malifaux resurrectionists: Flesh Construct and Sebastian the morgue assistant.

I have kept the turquoise cloth to tie these fellows to their work place and used the same method to paint the dead skin as with the mantic ghouls some time ago. Otherwise pretty basic paint jobs, I'm trying to get the rest of my ressers painted so that I have this small side project finished so next up is Rotten Belle along with a Punk Zombie. I had a bit of problem with the camera so the images are not too good, trying to sort it out for the next batch.









And finally a family shot of the finished body stealers:

Nice looking bunch, very characterful.

As a comment, the blood on the big guys hook looks better than the stuff on the saw blade and on the apron IMO, not sure what has happened there. Have you tried Tamiya Clear Red for blood effects?

Now the turquoise that I saw on the first guy makes more sense as I see more of these guys. As a hindsight maybe more hospital type pastel green would have been more appropriate

Northen wrote:Nice looking bunch, very characterful.

As a comment, the blood on the big guys hook looks better than the stuff on the saw blade and on the apron IMO, not sure what has happened there. Have you tried Tamiya Clear Red for blood effects?

Now the turquoise that I saw on the first guy makes more sense as I see more of these guys. As a hindsight maybe more hospital type pastel green would have been more appropriate

Thanks for the comments Northen!

The blood is needed partly done with Tamiya clear red, the most fresh looking part to be exact. I first paint the area with a mix of red, black and purple inks mixed with water and then the area with most fresh blood is given coat of clear red. I got a bit carried away with the small guys blood. I considered repainting the apron completely, but in the end felt lazy and let it be as a notice to be more careful in the future.

The studio paint job of these guys uses green and I wanted to push my limits with brighter colors than I usually paint, but at the same time try a bit original colors so I ended up with the turquoise. There is nothing that says hospital more than pastel green though

Another update within a week of the last one and containing another fully painted fig? I'm on fire. This time I have finished first of the living impaired escorts. As she is not part of the morgue crew I went with another main color on the clothes, but kept the off white and turquoise in there as well to tie her with my other ressers. She was nice and quick to paint, a bit more work this time on the skin as she has a bit more visible than the flesh construct. I'm quite pleased with the face. The skirt has more prominent highlights and shadows in real life, the camera took some away. After I have the rest of the figs I need to play painted, I might go back and add some dirt to the hem of the skirt as it looks too clean now. This is the first resser in my crew without any blood.







Next up is punk zombie after, which I have two canine remains to paint for the 25 stone crew.

Wow, like the deathly flesh tone on that belle.

Really cool stuff in this thread, you're a very good painter. I especially like the Stormboy! Wow!

n0t_u wrote:Wow, like the deathly flesh tone on that belle.

Thanks, it is quite easy to achieve. Just base coat with deneb stone or similar off white color. Then wash the flesh areas with purple, red brown etc. After the washes the skin looks quite dark and has nice spotted look to it. After this highlight the flesh area with base color which has some white added to it. I usually drybrush the areas with quite dilluted paint to allow the washes to show from below the highlight. Then in final phase add some very thin glazes of green and purple to add a bit extra variation.

MrMerlin wrote:Really cool stuff in this thread, you're a very good painter. I especially like the Stormboy! Wow!

Thanks, I like the GW's orks a lot and have painted a full FB ork army for 6th Ed. I don't have time to do that kind of projects anymore so I try to get some figs done here and there when inspiration comes. This thread is the documentation of my ADD painter madness and the small projects I do in between my main armies Skorne and Cygnar for Warmachine and Hordes.

I still have around 10 malifaux figs unpainted, but won't most likely paint all of them now. Just the figs that allow me to try the Morgue crew on the table top. There are some infinity and confrontation figs started on the table too and a nice soda pop fig is also crying for some attention. Tough choices to make what to paint first

Today I bring to see some shots of the latest recruit to my undead force going for world domination: a samurai punk zombie. He is still missing the last couple of licks of paint and blood effects to the blades, but otherwise he is finished. I went with turquoise shirt and red skirt to bring some needed warmth to the fig. The skin succeeded this time really well, I like the face a lot. He has such a nice expression. The swords were a bit of pain as they are made so thin and from so soft metal that they suffer very easily from bendy sword syndrome. I think he wont survive for long without some damage to the paint job even with added care in handling.

Anyways give me your opinion on him, next up I'll paint the two canine remains I have gotten for the good doctor before completing the first phase with a nurse.

Very good mini, I really like how you paint the clothes!

Thanks MrMerlin, with these figs I have been trying to use new techniques on painting with the clothes been one of the main areas for development.

The red is painted in more usual way for me, starting with solid base coat with mid color and then doing the shadows and highlights after that with slightly thinned paint. The turquoise is painted with more of a wash approach and the shadow color is very dark blue gray, which creates nice contrast but has to be applied more carefully than in my traditional way. Both seem to work quite well and the variation in techniques keeps the painting fresh for me.

During the weekend I had time to give the punk zombie some gore and get some work done on first of the canine remains.

The punk zombie is now finished, the only improvement to the last pictures is the blood. It was done by applying the first coat using old citadel inks and then on top of it I added some fresh blood using mix of Tamiya clear red with hint of black painted added to give it more dark appearance. I'm really pleased at how it looks, especially after the disaster that happened with blood and morgue assistant.







I'll also give you a work in progress pic of the canine remain. I browsed the nets for suitable dogs to use as inspiration for this fellow and came to the conclusion that he is a English bulldog and tried to paint him as such. The fur is is pretty much done, only blood effects missing. There are a lot of small details like the teeth still undone, but he is getting close to be done. That leaves just the second canine remain and nurse to be painted from the first batch of Malifaux figs. After those two I'll probably take bit of a break from Malifaux to get some Rackham figs done, or at least that is the plan now. Let's see how the inspiration goes

Looking good, Metsuri - I ordered my first Malifaux model last week, in the form of the Mobile Toolkit.

Have you had any experience with the Wyrd base inserts, out of interest?

Dysartes wrote:Looking good, Metsuri - I ordered my first Malifaux model last week, in the form of the Mobile Toolkit.

Have you had any experience with the Wyrd base inserts, out of interest?

Thanks for the comment Dysartes, the wyrd models are nicely detailed and often a bit different to the main stream mini lines. They make for a nice change. Hope to see the toolkit soon all assembled and painted.

I haven't had any experience with the base inserts, they were not available when I got my lot of Ressers and I ended up getting these Micro Art cobblestone bases for my army. They look really nice, some of them a bit too busy perhaps, but the scale and detail seem really great.

Well, we'll see how it goes once Maelstrom pull their finger out and ship - ordered on Thursday, with everything in stock, and no word on shipping yet :(