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Nice WiP shots. nice to see how you achieve your amazing results

Fascinating. And seriously sinister.

Thanks very much guys!

sorry for the delay but i have been working on my mechanicus..just slower than planned as life has a tendency to get in the way.

in any case, celebration day here - i finally finished my mechanicus bot and tech smith unit! its a rare thing for me to finish an actual unit so i'm pretty happy.

i have to say i really enjoyed painting these models. i know the bots arent to everyones taste but i really got the retro vibe. as ive mentioned before i tried to be a bit more adventurous with the shading, given the larger spaces on the bots.

in any case, i hope you guys like them. as always keen to hear comments (and votes!).

many thanks for reading!

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Family portrait! (for some reason you need to zoom in a notch or two to get this in focus. sorry guys)

I love... LOVE... the sign waves in the visors.! Brilliant!

Cheers gits! Hopefully they break up the red

Greetings all!

well, i have decided to take a big step and try my hand at something other than GW models. mostly just to keep things fresh and to learn some new things.

i had a look around and i thought i would try my hand at malifaux - they seem to have a lot of character, and the aesthetic is totally different to 40/30k. least to my eye goblin hillbilly cowboys? whats not to love?

so anyways, my box of malifuax "The Kin" arrived on thursday. gorgeous models, im very happy to say. but they are tiny! for anyone that hasnt seen them in person, this pic should give you an idea. the scale to the right is in millimeters. time for new brushes i think



so anyways, got started on Ophelia today. so far i've done the skin and blocked in the shirt and shorts. to me these models are very fun so i've tried to strike a fairly bright skin tone, with more subtle use of reds and purples..

as a long time Space Marine painter, it will be a challenge to paint all the cloth on these models. but...thats what i wanted, right...

I think those are my favourite painted Castellan Robots that I have seen thus far, brilliant work. The visor effect is especially good, brings to mind a heart monitor screen.

Congratulations on the Malifaux purchases. They are brilliant, characterful minis and sometimes a pain to put together (separate feet, jaws and sometimes fingers(!?!). Great start on Ophelia as well.

Thanks thraxas, you are very kind mate!

To be honest...yes ...the malifaux models are a bit of a pain. I think strangest decision was to make the face a separate piece to the rest of the head. I've tried to use green stuff to prevent it looking like she's had some fairly dramatic surgery....but we shall see how successful it's been

I forgot separate faces, that can create some odd issues. The initial cry of Malifaux players for tiny pieces was " By Yan Lo's beard" but many more difficult pieces have been produced since then. I recall a particularly tumultuous experience when gluing a separate leg onto a zombie chihuahua.

From those pictures is does not look like you have had any issues with the face. Good luck with the cloth.

Cheers mate...fingers crossed

Just a quick update tonight with a small amount of after work progress on Ophelia.

Cloth is still a new texture for me, but i'm not unhappy with how the shirt is looking and i think the cooler colours make the face pop more?

Look great.. with this model and pose I would have gone ' Daisy Duke' Still outstanding. Interesting to see where you go with all the rest .. boots, gloves ect..

Thanks solar!

Beautiful work on the skin tones.

Shes looking really nice so far, its always good to paint lots of different types of models, stops you getting bored of power armour!

The face looks great with the shirt, cannot wait to see where you go with the hat, boots and hair.

Thanks so much for your comments guys - it keep me going!!

@Gits - thanks man!

@GiraffeX - i certainly hope so...could also make me want to paint orks lol

@Thraxas - fingers crossed i dont mess it up

well folks, another quick post work update. today - i learn to paint cut offs! hopefully they look denim? or at least...denim-ish? tomorrow....i tackle the belts. im starting to regret gluing the hat on. in retrospect might have been a lot easier to paint seperate!

She's coming along beautifully. I love the way the denim and white shirt compliment the yellow skin. Very excited to see where you go with the accessories like the leather, boots and gloves.

Thanks gits! To be honest, I'm fairly slavishly trying to copy the colours used in the box art which has a white shirt and blue shorts. Mostly I'm trying to use some of the advice I've read about mixing warm and cool tones on a model.

Thats a big thing...warm and cool....takes painting to the next level really, something im trying sort through and apply as well! (always hoping for criticism on things that i attempt and fail at btw)....i can see already how great this mini above is going to be! the denim is fantastic. By the way, what scale is this mini? I think after this infinity stuff i want to paint some larger scale stuff that isnt so painstaking....the more i paint that sniper the more im disliking it >_<....lol argh....anyways...cant wait to see where you go from here. always have loved your painting and you know it

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Bebop! Good to see you man; hope the gigging is going well.

This is the first time I've tried to take it into account (the whole colour tone thing), so will have to see. Loving your infinity stuff btw. To the best of my knowledge she is 1:32 scale...and she is definitely not bigger than gw stuff. There is a shot above with a ruler but to give you a quick idea, here is ophelia next to standard ork boy

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Sorry to keep drip feeding updates guys, but it takes me ages. besides, the act of posting and whatever comments i do get seems to stave off the inertia that i inevitably get.

so..todays drip...boots! trying for worn leather. i think this might be the most layers ive ever done on something to then think to myself "well, you really cant tell!". anyways,...hope they fit in ok

...oh and sorry if the pic is blurry but very hard to get an iphone to focus on something that small!

The browns are lovely and warm... but if I'd hazard a guess... perhaps too rich to really represent warn leather. I'd expect worn leather to be faded out to grey somewhat, rather than just going to a lighter brown.

You know what, I think you are totally on the money gits! I think maybe I put to much yellow into the mix. Tomorrow I might make up a desaturated version add that to the highlights and see?

Sounds like a plan.

Well, no progress over the weekend...but tonight I decided to tackle the belts.

In the spirit of trying to push myself, I followed some of the tips from the amazing Roman over at massive voodoo, to try and get a more interesting and textured leather. It was a bit hard to get the photo, the belts are very small... But I think it looks more interesting than my usual Calthan brown - wash- highlight.

OH yeah... nicely done!

GORGEOUS. San that is a beautiful model. cant wait to see it done.

Oh wow! Those belts... Do share... Can you post a link / run down of how to achieve that.

Very nicely done.