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That's a nifty set of models. You really nailed a lot of the subtle details-- the paler face and dried foilage on Past, and the wine bottle stand out.

The half-full look on Present's bottle is incredibly effective.

Great job on finishing Christmas Present! Just had a look at the Reaper website, they have some fun Christmas minis.

Vejut wrote:I just figure its style points on the harp bow. Christmas set looks good too, I like the pants on present and both dresses especially.

Thanks!

JoshInJapan wrote:That's a nifty set of models. You really nailed a lot of the subtle details-- the paler face and dried foilage on Past, and the wine bottle stand out.

Thanks!

youwashock wrote:The half-full look on Present's bottle is incredibly effective.

Thanks! I was worried about that bit, I can never work out how to paint bottles right.

Viterbi wrote:Great job on finishing Christmas Present! Just had a look at the Reaper website, they have some fun Christmas minis.

Thanks! They have a few more they only sell during December, I had quite a few that I got rid of for some stupid reason.


Another mini done, this time it's Cleo (Twisted):-



Bit annoyed I didn't notice her lean in time, but I still think she painted up nice.

On the desk I now have:-



Guy with big sword (Malifaux), the same Elf Archer (She's getting there slowly) and a little girl with a big gun (Twisted).

Cleo's got a great look. Sort of Egyptian inspired steampunk. Old man Gatsu is rad.

 youwashock wrote:
Cleo's got a great look. Sort of Egyptian inspired steampunk. Old man Gatsu is rad.

Thanks! I wasn't too interested in Sword Guy when I got the set, but he's been growing on me as I paint him.

Finished another mini, Celine (Games Workshop):-



Took awhile as she was rather fiddly, but came out good in the end.

She looks very nice. And since I just finished Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, my brain is telling me she would make a wonderful Gelfling.

 youwashock wrote:
She looks very nice. And since I just finished Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, my brain is telling me she would make a wonderful Gelfling.

Thanks!

Took a little while, but I got a couple more minis finished, first Mikhail XVI (Malifaux):-



Struggled a bit with this one, but he turned out okay.

And Blunderbuss (Twisted):-



On the other hand, I'm really pleased with how this little girl turned out.

Starting new stuff:-



At the back we've got my big Valkyrie lady, and at the front, steampunk Agatha Christie and a Guild Ball guy I need to find the name of.

Nice work. Blunderbuss is great. Looking forward very much to Yndrasta.

Now that's a blade you can bring to a gun fight... You could use it as a shield

Also great start on the new minis, love both steampunkers and Yndrasta is just a great mini (I converted mine into a living saint, but have yet to paint her up).

youwashock wrote:Nice work. Blunderbuss is great. Looking forward very much to Yndrasta.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Now that's a blade you can bring to a gun fight... You could use it as a shield

Also great start on the new minis, love both steampunkers and Yndrasta is just a great mini (I converted mine into a living saint, but have yet to paint her up).

Thanks!


So it's been a little while. I had to pack my painting table away for a few days and just really struggled to get started again, but I've finally finished something, Venin (Guild Ball):-



He turned out okay.

Hopefully I'll be back to regular updates now.

Interesting mini. The way you've painted him, he reminds me a little of Jack Flag.

 youwashock wrote:
Interesting mini. The way you've painted him, he reminds me a little of Jack Flag.

Thanks! Yeah, I can see a bit of a resemblance.


Another mini to show off, the Cleric of Maersuluth (Reaper):-



I actually painted him up a couple of months ago for a competition. Didn't do very well but I like him.

Nice! I like the subtle corrosion effect on the armor.

Vejut wrote:
Nice! I like the subtle corrosion effect on the armor.

Thanks! It couldn't compete with the full NMM armour others in the competition had, but I liked it.


I got two minis finished now!
First there's the Sniper (Kingdom Death):-



Who ended up rather colourful!

And Mun Gun Low (Enigma Miniatures):-



I'm really pleased with this one.

Working steadily on other stuff:-



Agathas back, along with my Cursed City Leaping Vampire and a Funky Elf.

KD sniper is fantastic. The cleric, too. Love the barnacles and starfish.

Great work on the finished minis and the next batch is looking promising too! Love the lady on the right, kinda like Miss Marple with a gun vibes

youwashock wrote:KD sniper is fantastic. The cleric, too. Love the barnacles and starfish.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Great work on the finished minis and the next batch is looking promising too! Love the lady on the right, kinda like Miss Marple with a gun vibes

Thanks! Almost right, she's a Steampunk Agatha Christie.


Another two minis down, yay!
Leaping Vampire from my Cursed City set (Games Workshop):-



Not too happy with her hair, but the rest looks okay.

And a Jungle Elf Warrior (Durgin Paint Forge):-



His little facemask didn't work like I wanted (No metallics on the next one), but overall I'm happy with him.

Having a good hair day is half the battle won Both look cool!

 Viterbi wrote:
Having a good hair day is half the battle won Both look cool!

Thanks!


Another finished mini, Agatha Christie (Twisted):-



She's a little slanted (Gotta start letting the Greenstuff on their bases fully dry before attaching) and googly eyed, but I'm pretty happy overall.

The table continues to be full of stuff:-



Now there's a Mirror Mage, Cursed City Evil Wizard and a Kingdom Death Knight in fabulous but totally impractical armour.

A month between updates isn't too bad.

Struggling to paint again. So I dug something simple out of my pile of Reaper minis, just to attack with paint when I felt like it, took a couple weeks but he's done!

Ogre Chieftain (Reaper):-



Kept it simple, but I don't think he looks too bad.

Now the hard part is to keep painting.

I like how it turned out, it looks like a fun mini.

Nice work on the ogre and hope you'll be able to tackle the other stuff soon!

Syro_ wrote:I like how it turned out, it looks like a fun mini.

Thanks!

Viterbi wrote:Nice work on the ogre and hope you'll be able to tackle the other stuff soon!

Thanks! I'm sure I'll get to them one day.


Yay! Not quite a month since the last update, I'm improving!
Not anything I was originally working on again, but another guy is finished, Obulus (Guild Ball):-



Kind of annoyed his face is so washed out, it looks much better in hand, but as least it's another mini done.

Still struggling with the painting...

Rather than fight against my current high level of easily distractedness, I'm going to try and lean into it, and rotate what I'm painting each week (Don't know if it'll work, but anything is worth a try at the moment).

So this week I've finished my Alpha Armour Survivor (Kingdom Death):-




Who I'm very happy with.

And I've been working on a Zeus-alike Storm Giant from Reaper:-



Next week I wanna try to finish a Kingdom Death pin-up for their competition and work a bit more on Torgillus from Cursed City.

Made decent progress last week!

Kingdom Death Pin-up is all done, and looking pretty decent, piccys will have to wait until the competition is over though.

Also finished Torgillius the Chamberlain (Cursed City):-




Really pleased with him, particularly my attempt at doing a bit of writing on his noticeboard thingy.

This week I'm working on Lady Lamplighter:-



And the Mirror Mage:-



See how far I get on these before the week is up.

Didn't get much done this week, the warm weather is making me lazy, but I got a little further on the girls:-



This week I'm working on Badar:-



And the Ferryman:-



Although, with the hot weather set to continue, I'm not sure how much actual progress I'll make.

After a couple days of staring at Badar and the Ferryman, I gave up trying to find the enthusiasm to paint them (Swapping what I'm working on regularly works, planning it all out on a rota doesn't).

The rest of the week has been spent painting Barbarians:-



I'm not doing too bad batch painting these guys.

And assembling ugly dudes:-



Forgeworld resin has got so much better! It's a shame their old Empire stuff is OOP, I'd re-buy it all!

This weeks plan is to stick with what's on the table, see how much I can get done before I get bored of them.

My streak of painting 1 mini a month continues

Finished one of my batch of Warhammer Underworlds Barbarians plus their mutant cat thing:-



Pretty happy with them.

Just gotta keep nibbling away at the pile and try not to get too disheartened by the glacier-like speed of my progress.

Looking good, and hey, even if its slow, its two more models done than you had before.