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OOh... thugs!

Yup. Joker as a crew is all about hordes of expendable goons

Part 2 of the test:

I'm not entirely sure that the Master of Ceremonies works as a mime, and perhaps I should've gone with a more conventional circus look for him? After all, they don't all have to be mime-styled. Certainly the hoodie thugs (as the name suggests, hoodies and clown masks) won't be.
Wasn't sure about the red clown shoes but I'm actually very pleased with them. The buttons on the middle guy should be red too, I think, along with the Master's nose. Much happier with the spiral on the bottom (and top, though not pictured) on Borgon's strongman Hammer. The extreme highlighting of the black is freaking me out a bit but I know that black glaze medium smoothes it out nicely whilst (perversely) dealing with the residual glossiness of VJ Black. The scrappy flesh tone that I used for blocking is distracting and needs sorted just for sake of my sanity.
It's disconcerting to do the models together in stages like this. I think they look pretty rubbish just now but am reasonably sure that they'll come together :/


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Better.

These look fun to do, nice work.

cool. are those freehand stripes?

Camkierhi wrote:These look fun to do, nice work.

self-inflicted torture more like

tipios wrote:cool. are those freehand stripes?

yup. Madness I tells ya! It's torment.

hi mate....i am finally able to comment ....not at least thanks to the summary of 2016 by you! i feel ashamed of neglecting your thread for so long... your way too busy workload made me shy... but boy...you have to be proud of your work...and not only in hobbydom but in family too...it seems you´ve fought a very good battle on all frontiers and came out packed and loaded too^^

since there is way too much to comment on the stuff i missed actively out, lets just say... your work is simply adorable...probably has something to do with the amount of sexy models compared to most other threads... Batman sure delivers some classy ladies^^

as to the only question you asked i am able to be of any help...while a TWD monochrome miniature set would be as an idea cool...i think due to the minuature sized nature of the models you would loose out on much eye candy...so i would opt for a gritty but fully coloured scheme... you´ll probably end up with a more brownish one anyways since the whole series (TV or book) is all wasted and sweaty looking...just my two cents^^


cheers, *bowing before your productivity* vik

Your free handed stripes are very impressive then!! well done.

Viktor von Domm wrote:hi mate....i am finally able to comment ....not at least thanks to the summary of 2016 by you! i feel ashamed of neglecting your thread for so long... your way too busy workload made me shy... but boy...you have to be proud of your work...and not only in hobbydom but in family too...it seems you´ve fought a very good battle on all frontiers and came out packed and loaded too^^

since there is way too much to comment on the stuff i missed actively out, lets just say... your work is simply adorable...probably has something to do with the amount of sexy models compared to most other threads... Batman sure delivers some classy ladies^^

as to the only question you asked i am able to be of any help...while a TWD monochrome miniature set would be as an idea cool...i think due to the minuature sized nature of the models you would loose out on much eye candy...so i would opt for a gritty but fully coloured scheme... you´ll probably end up with a more brownish one anyways since the whole series (TV or book) is all wasted and sweaty looking...just my two cents^^


cheers, *bowing before your productivity* vik

Hey buddy, lovely to hear from you. There's times we all go dark on dakkadakka, such is life. As they say up here, dinnae fash (don't worry about it, don't be daft). Glad you like the sexy ladeez, and that is after me toning them down. You cape-chaser, you.
Your walking dead points are spot on and much appreciated. Muted, gritty, grimy? That I can do (even if I'm out of camoshade )

tipios wrote:Your free handed stripes are very impressive then!! well done.

Thanks I shaded the white this evening with ivory, and immediately just wished I'd started with that. Never mind.

Ready to call my first 3 Miniatures of 2017 done:

Really pleased, especially with the hammer, has a good Burton vibe.


So glad I went for big red buttons wonder if I should have done clearer lips (black or red)?


This guy has grown on me actually, especially as part of the group:

Now that I have a clear idea of the scheme, I think the other mimes will be pretty quick.

And a bit more work on Captain Boomerang:

Given that I need him (and the clowns) done for Tuesday, doing not bad.

Wife and baby full of goo. Sleep is somewhat evasive. Even the other 2 are getting a bit strung out. January, bah.

BUT! Have huge 6-way BMG game on Tuesday, hope to do a chunky batrep, and should have some very shiny new goodies to show later this week.
Cheers gang
Graven

Top stuff! This is a great take on Joker's lads, very unique and impressively executed.

You continue to amaze me... even though your baby-induced haze you are way more productive than I.

' Baby induced' / food haze !!!

Like the new crew. Only suggestion would be to change the mallet to a yellow or green and not try to match the outfit. Make it stand out rather than blend in.

Those turned out really well graven. Fantastic start to 2017... bodes well for the future.

Paradigm wrote:Top stuff! This is a great take on Joker's lads, very unique and impressively executed.

Thanks mate. Now that I have a clearer idea of what I'm going with it I might try to batter through the rest of the mime-style goons. Not sure about the street thugs in their hoodies and clown masks. They do have baseball bats so I'm think some sort of bat-men

Anpu-adom wrote:You continue to amaze me... even though your baby-induced haze you are way more productive than I.

I'm just in a good place with the minis and developing a portable set up. The OTT light is amazing.

Solar_lion wrote:' Baby induced' / food haze !!!

Like the new crew. Only suggestion would be to change the mallet to a yellow or green and not try to match the outfit. Make it stand out rather than blend in.

Maybe, maybe. I was considering this myself. Cheers mate!

Gitsplitta wrote:Those turned out really well graven. Fantastic start to 2017... bodes well for the future.

Cheers Mucker!

And so, Digger is... Done!

Turns out, I hate painting pink! And his mutton chops were an absolute nightmare to paint, did them with Vallejo Smoke in the end. Glad I used washes to paint all his cloth.

The winter freeze has hit, so can't really prime. I've still got my 2 buildings built to work on, though, and my laffy daffy clowns.

Let's keep going - on with the shelf!
Graven

and food references.

I like the unicorn. just sayin!

Great year review. Good work all round.
I'm now caught up with blogs.

Villains, thugs, heroes, scenery! starships oh my! all looking good, and I do like the grim and grimey look for your city scapes for the heroes to battle the criminals in.

Pink turned out alright, even if you hated it

Solar_lion wrote:and food references.

I like the unicorn. just sayin!

Hey, I appreciate it. I'm very happy with the unicorn, actually, though now I want to do him a keg of beer as a custom loot marker because cultural stereotypes!

Dr H wrote:Great year review. Good work all round.
I'm now caught up with blogs.

:applause: well done you all these folk threadomancing old blogs, it's great but my goodness my unread threads get busy fast!

shasolenzabi wrote:Villains, thugs, heroes, scenery! starships oh my! all looking good, and I do like the grim and grimey look for your city scapes for the heroes to battle the criminals in.

Thanks. Gotham (and star city for that matter) have to be grim and unforgiving, if you ask me. I'm going to add some ruined walls I think, also.

tipios wrote:Pink turned out alright, even if you hated it

yeah it's OK.
Not much progress to report, I'm afraid, just blocking in -

Having done the first 3 I now have a clearer idea generally, so have done all the black and given it an initial set of highlights.
Asker, who's at the far end, has been doing my head in, but now I think he's not going to be stripes - rather, mostly white (well, the giant cloak), more like a pierrot. As for Joker's trousers, I'm going to start white, micron pen in the lines, and paint checks. Eep.

Life is busy but in a good way. Gradually putting the house back together again after decorators. Chilled out for brother-in-law's birthday with vast amount of curry. Quiet day yesterday, Mrs made stew and trifle (despite being an epic baker, she doesn't really cook). Caught up with friends for brunch and swingpark today, and did a kick-arse pulled pork joint which will feed us for days is the little things, y'know? Especially grub Kids are... Kids. Eldest smart and smart mouth, middle being a pain, tiny being cute and wobbly. Trying to stay positive, and embrace the joys we have.

Hey ho,
Graven

Am I the only one not getting the Unicorn reference here?

Loving the joker crew though

Captain Boomerang has a unicorn fetish, and has one hidden in his coat in the Suicide Squad movie. And thanks!

Ahhh, okay! Haven't seen Suicide Squad yet - guess it'll be out on Sky soon, so will look out for this.

You can use a brush on primer. The Weather is never an excuse.

The goon with the axe, his hat? What sort of hat is it. It's hard to tell from the photos. It looks oddly Napoleonic.

Cool stuff, loving the mime goons.

EDC

evildrcheese wrote:Cool stuff, loving the mime goons.

EDC

Cheers matey.

Red Harvest wrote:You can use a brush on primer. The Weather is never an excuse.

The goon with the axe, his hat? What sort of hat is it. It's hard to tell from the photos. It looks oddly Napoleonic.

This guy?

It's a beret that I added. Pierrots have cones or skullcaps, usually, but I like the jaunty and and weird wispy hair that makes me think of Quentin Crisp!

Still not sure how to do these guys:

I think I want these guys to be more conventional, styled after DK movie. Would that look odd against the mimes?

I think if there's one crew you can get away with mixing styles it's a Joker one! Bearing in mind you've got the cosplay guys from Suicide Squad to mix in as well, so it's going to be pretty varied visually anyway.

 Paradigm wrote:
I think if there's one crew you can get away with mixing styles it's a Joker one! Bearing in mind you've got the cosplay guys from Suicide Squad to mix in as well, so it's going to be pretty varied visually anyway.

Good advice mate, hadn't considered that. I'm going to try to channel a bit of the DK clown vibe for them.
But meantime, more Burton mimes:

Happy with how they're coming along. Shading white, such fun :/ but I do think that the Pierrot has worked for all that. I'm really, really fretting over Joker's checked trousers - so I'm going to do a practice on the taxi door intention is to sketch a grid with a micron pen and fill from there. We shall see! Either purple hair for all or a red one, a blue one and a-nother one for the 3 similar clowns.

Had a great big team game on Tuesday, good fun introducing/reintroducing friends to the game. The speed force rules are still in need of tweaking, Barry went full super speed in the first turn and promptly rolled a paradox fail, and disappeared from the timeline - funny for us, not much fun for the guy playing with him :/
Irrespective, we had a great game, very loot focused (we had taken secret objective - loot and Boomerang has primary objective loot also, which adds an extra one to the mix), although we had set up a 4ftx4ft board rather than 1msq so 2 turns end up wasted trudging. Excellent stuff nonetheless.




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Black Canary, caught by clowns

Patrolling the mean streets

The city. My - the city.


Crucially, got folk hooked (even The Flash player )
Next on the list to build is a slightly strange idea, a giant clown with gatling gun - and balloons! Although I really should look at my LOER idea :(

Hey ho,
graven
graven

Love the city scenes... very cool.

Thanks matey. You know you've got someone hooked when they start taking photos

Getting there with the clowns:

hahaha that unicorn is great. also enjoyed the review

Those are brilliant! So unique, and executed really nicely!