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i am a casual painter, an even more casual gamer ... i took a break for a couple of years from painting... was just getting frustrated at what felt like a lack of skill progress for myself...

over the past couple of months i started getting interested again... but this time something clicked .. i stopped caring if i screwed up while painting something .. and just started going with it ...

i still have no clear direction on what i paint .. just whatever looks interesting to me mostly hah! .. so this will be filled with random mini's as i pick one out of the room-o-shame to assemble and paint .. with the occasional one i do for someone else as well...

Welcome back! Everything looks good so far. Firejaws really stand out. Here's to more worry-free painting.

Thanks! .. and yeah really liking what i have figured out with the airbrush finally .. even if it is just base coating and such still...

Ever since i saw this mini, i had to have it .. never played AoS at all. but have collected up a handful of minis i think are interesting from their series.

Good to see you've rediscovered the joy of painting. Spells are looking really good, loo forward to more

Maharg wrote:
Good to see you've rediscovered the joy of painting. Spells are looking really good, loo forward to more

thanks! .. yeah in the past i was getting to hung up comparing my work to others ... now i just enjoy doing it ... and it shows to me at least hah.

Got these fully finished so pulled out the booth to take a few better photos of them

Slowly getting the trim on my first Iron Warriors Obliterator .. this is going to be a slow process i can tell... then much more detailing and weathering once this is done ...

My Underworlds group i just finished up.

And two more for my Iron Warriors ... (i hop armies quicker then a frog on hot pavement)

Still love the nom-nom fire, and those Orcs look very cool in blue.

 SilenzZzz wrote:
And two more for my Iron Warriors ... (i hop armies quicker then a frog on hot pavement)

Nice one, but i must ask, what about the hazard stripes?
(or are they steel brethern, they are a splinter that lacks the hazard stripes?)

BTW i like him. really

Not Online!!! wrote:

 SilenzZzz wrote:
And two more for my Iron Warriors ... (i hop armies quicker then a frog on hot pavement)

Nice one, but i must ask, what about the hazard stripes?
(or are they steel brethern, they are a splinter that lacks the hazard stripes?)

BTW i like him. really

thanks, I haven't attempted hazard stripes at all yet .. will try them when i get to some of the heavier stuff and see how it goes .. maybe one day on a shoulder pad or two as well. as for them being a splinter .. honestly no clue hah i just enjoy painting them.

same on the AoS orks .. i want to put white checkers on them somewhere, but not comfortable attemtping it just yet so i got them to that stage and will come back later and attempt them.

The spells and the orks look great! I'm liking the vibrant colors, and Ironskull's cloak has some great texture. Is that just drybrushing?

Not Online!!! wrote:
thanks, I haven't attempted hazard stripes at all yet .. will try them when i get to some of the heavier stuff and see how it goes .. maybe one day on a shoulder pad or two as well. as for them being a splinter .. honestly no clue hah i just enjoy painting them.
same on the AoS orks .. i want to put white checkers on them somewhere, but not comfortable attemtping it just yet so i got them to that stage and will come back later and attempt them.

I'd suggest trying the hazard stripes on something flat first, rather than on a shoulder pad, makes it easier to paint straight lines.
And on checkers, orks are the perfect models for practicing! If your lines are not 100% straight, it doesn't really matter. Anyway, don't be intimidated by stripes or checkers, just try them out! They're fun to do and not that difficult in the end.

 mcmattila wrote:
The spells and the orks look great! I'm liking the vibrant colors, and Ironskull's cloak has some great texture. Is that just drybrushing?

Not Online!!! wrote:
thanks, I haven't attempted hazard stripes at all yet .. will try them when i get to some of the heavier stuff and see how it goes .. maybe one day on a shoulder pad or two as well. as for them being a splinter .. honestly no clue hah i just enjoy painting them.
same on the AoS orks .. i want to put white checkers on them somewhere, but not comfortable attemtping it just yet so i got them to that stage and will come back later and attempt them.

I'd suggest trying the hazard stripes on something flat first, rather than on a shoulder pad, makes it easier to paint straight lines.
And on checkers, orks are the perfect models for practicing! If your lines are not 100% straight, it doesn't really matter. Anyway, don't be intimidated by stripes or checkers, just try them out! They're fun to do and not that difficult in the end.

i have some old rhinos i am salvaging to make again (may end up terrain tho they are pretty rough) so i can practice on them for sure ...

and makes sense on the orks haha! ... i will give some a try .. maybe today or this evening just to see how they turn out.

Working on the fleshy areas of my first Obliterator some.

And i got 3 more guys for one of my killteams base coated.

Then there is this guy .. i dont play tau but have always liked this mini ... finally getting around to try to paint it... base coats are started.

I have done a little bit more on the Tau Stealth suit... i think, other then the hooves.. and panel lining it, and then the sight spot. i am happy with how it is turning out...

A friend asked me if i would paint one of his Blood Angels for him... first time painting finecast... meh is my experience so far .. even after washing it a few times still have had some fisheye issues ... mostly on the metallics tho ..

i think this would have been a lot easier to paint unassembled for sure ... have blacked out the areas behind the body as much as i can, and will detail out from there...

still in the stages of just blocking in the colors before i start on detailing tho....

Stealth suit is looking quite promising. Digging the Blood Angel, too.

 youwashock wrote:
Stealth suit is looking quite promising. Digging the Blood Angel, too.

thanks, still debating on the color for the hooves on the stealth suit honestly ...

did a little more on the BA before i went to work this morning...

For supposedly beeing casual you do a great job imo!

Lovely work, mate.

Where is that boaty skeleton man from? That's the sort of whacky model i'd like to have!

Not Online!!! wrote:For supposedly beeing casual you do a great job imo!

thanks! i am glad that i am finally feeling like my painting has improved.

Snrub wrote:Lovely work, mate.

Where is that boaty skeleton man from? That's the sort of whacky model i'd like to have!

Ii is from the newest age of sigmar endless spells.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/AoS-Forbidden-Power-EN-2019

It has been a busy week at work so not much progress overall towards painting but i have done a little more on this guy ... I now know for certain i would have much rather painted him unassembled then put it together .. but it is how it was given to me so just going with it ... still some more colors to do then onto ink washing and highlights ...

Aye, the ink wash will set him alight like a phoenix from the ashes. I really like the delicate work that you have done on the grey of the wings.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
Aye, the ink wash will set him alight like a phoenix from the ashes. I really like the delicate work that you have done on the grey of the wings.

Thanks, going to prob start the ink washing sunday morning since i am off work and go from there.

i still plan on doing a little more with the wings but stopped on them till i finish the sword and such.. plan is to get a lot of the larger feathers on the wings to an almost white near the tips

Incoming paint spam... had the day off so worked on a few things ... first was my Stealth Suit .. got it panel lined ... now just need to do the hooves and base. happy with how it has turned out for not being a Tau collector.

Also worked on my friends two minis some more ... mostly the blood drops and sword left on the first guy .. a long ways to go on the second one still.