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Nice work. Pirate looks good, as does his base.

Good work on the Skeletons too.
It's a shame the others haven't told the one that picked up the wrong skull... he must wonder why they keep making "horny" jokes about him...

 Ruglud wrote:
Your expiremental ink wash would look great on gun barrels and vehicle exhausts as it has the effect you seen when metal gets super hot...

Completely agree, and it would never had occurred to me. Thanks Rug!

The skeletons are really decent! I've gone back through your older work and I'm always impressed with your work. The consistency from piece to piece is impressive, especially since you are all over the hobby with different miniatures, color schemes, etc.

Well Thanks skalk - I could never stick to just one thing.

Here's my last minute entry to yourr competition as I'm painting it. It is an air vent. Made out of junk - the propeller is a spinning top I got in last years Xmas cracker, around that is a pipe offcut, then there is a piece of an ork wartrack frame, a circuit board bit, a fuse and an old rhino box. Needs rust.

Well that's that banged out! I only managed to paint this so fast by baking it under a 60 watt bulb between paint layers! I'm pretty pleased - its not exactly a junk pile per say but its made of junk and its rusty so I hope it counts

Nice job, and done with typical weety speed too

That would look great placed on top of buildings

Nice job. Looks like it came in one piece. Nicely painted as always.

yes monkey it could be their air-con system - or you could put it on a death star at the end of a trench at a pinch?

Dr H - I'm not sure if that neatness won't count against me in a junk pile comp - I had hoped to get some small junk to have lying around the vent but in the event I just didn't have time - I'm too distracted by painting for this modelling malarkey.

The paint job was built up in layers using watered down ink for shade and grey and white spray paint for the highlights. I watered down the green ink to an almost homeopathic level to get that sheen of verdigris on the fan. The rust colour is just a bit of flesh wash splattered about.


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Some new stuff ready to paint!

Really looking forward to seeing that Musician! So many folds and creases, so many fiddly bitz. No doubt you are going to do something great with it.

Regarding the contest entry- you did a really nice job with it and I'd put that anywhere on my table. Clean doesn't count against anyone. Junk is junk. I never specified it has to be rotted and rusted, that's just how most people decided to do theirs. My son gave me an idea that has stuck since we talked about it- not everything has to be old, and even old things decay at different rates. Smart lad that one.

But if I'd had more time I would have added something more to it - small stuff, maybe some discarded containers or some ivy, just to bring it to life and suggest scale. I just plain forgot until I looked at monkeys thread on sunday!

The Drummer guy is great. I'm enjoying the empire's dress sense its very 16th century Landsknecht mercenary. I might have to get some more.

A wip shot of the drummer.



And this is my first horseman. Now I've got this I'm a bit daunted by it. Should I paint the horse and the man separately? I think I will loosely pin him in then I can do it either way. He arrived undercoated like this because I couldn't afford to get a new one.

It is completed! Happy happy, joy joy.

And it looks fantastic! :-) you can sure churn out the talent Weety! you have an interesting style! almost seems like you watercolour on 3d models or something like that :-)

That's one way of looking at it yes. I'd like to learn how other people paint with these thick paints! Just for variety of style. But for speed and subtlety I like my washes and inks, I get ease of application and it shows up detail well - I think it only really falls down where the underlying detail is muddled or badly cast. Then one needs something thicker to cover it up!

Stick with what you do best i say! it's something you learn individually and the response you get from all your painted mini's speaks for itself! what you do works well! :-) I can't paint like you and couldn't if I tried but I can damn well appreciate the talent and final product!

I think it's good to learn new techniques and skills to add to, but not change, the way you do things.

I, like many people, really like the way you paint, Weety and wouldn't want to see it change. Part of the appeal is that it is a unique look that you achieve.

But the addition of a different way of painting can only be a good thing as it will broaden your horizons and you may find a technique that will help or enhance what you already do.

I'm sure I was building up to a "point" there... I'll leave it with this: Learning is fun.

Drummer looks great too.

Do you ever sleep? The turnaround on that drummer staggers me, especially because of the quality. How many miniatures do you figure you've painted in your lifetime so far?

Regarding the horse / rider I'd say do them as separate pieces. You'll have more control of both and less difficulty w/ fiddly things like the space between the saddle and the rider.

Erm - somewhere around 500 at a guess, well since I started really painting anyway, experimental daubings aside.
Actually I sleep a lot. Got to keep the hands steady! Steady hands are important for fast painting and I do my best work when rested and in a meditative state of mind.

An empire general kitbash I threw together from some bits. He has a surprisingly large codpiece.

Bring me...THE BLACK RUSSIAN!

Nice!! Im pretty sure that drummer is a Bebop drummer. Hes got some nice left hand technique Seriously great paint job though

Ah blackadder jokes! thanks briancj.

The drummer can bebop, He also lays down some mean scat

Mon Capitan is done I reckon.

Hear the drummer get wicked.....

Empire figures have some nice clothing details that suits your style

And some lovely pimp hats too. Zoom in on the face of that captain folks...the bags on the eyes are fantastic.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the knight....you should look out for the old green knight mini, you could work some magic on that....

Sweet job Weety. Love the colours.

Wonderful work, the drummer sure is ahappy little dude, singing away - I imagine he's singing the Todd Rundgren song 'Bang on my drum all day'

As for Captain 'Black Russian' (great reference Briancj) he looks great (and fully loaded, if you know what I mean...)

Thanks all - here is a bigger picture so you can see his eye bags better.

His face is excellent Weets! the bags under his much fatigued face look superb :-) and his armour is tops!

Wonderful work on the face and eyes weets.

I don't know about the armour actually I think it might need more work. I'm happy with the face though.

Not sure if it's the pic but the armor looks grainy.

Maybe you should zoom in more? But seriously I might just go back and give it some wet blending and washes - I am supposed to be questing for perfection after all, and he is a captain.

Hit the drummer get wicked.