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Wow those look stupendous. Your NMN is really really good. I agree that the shield is very strange. I feel like where it is belted to him it would just smack him in the butt constantly as he ran or fought?

As always, I love your photo background, very thunderstorm-y.

 makeitorky wrote:
Wow those look stupendous. Your NMN is really really good. I agree that the shield is very strange. I feel like where it is belted to him it would just smack him in the butt constantly as he ran or fought?

As always, I love your photo background, very thunderstorm-y.

I hadn't even thought about the placement of the shield. Now, I don't think I'll get rid of that image...

My photo backdrop is just something I downloaded and printed on the color printer here at work.

I finished the Champion of Slaanesh last night:




You can tell this is a Jes Goodwin model because of the little nubs on his gloves. I stuck with lighter, almost pastel, colors as befitting a champion of Slaanesh. I also tried a new technique on the sword. I think it worked better on the front than on the back.

Here are all four chaos dudes together:


I've not yet decided whether to enter the whole group in the Dakka Comp, or just the Champion. I still have a few days to decide, though. Next up, a couple more resin Stalkers for Zona Alfa.

Awesome. So much to love in the old Chaos range. You've done a great job on these guys.

You painted quite the team! They look great together. I can't wait to see what you paint up next.

Very cool, very retro. I reckon that champions of chaos absolutely fits the theme

youwashock wrote:Awesome. So much to love in the old Chaos range. You've done a great job on these guys.

Thanks! There was, indeed, a lot of weird and wonderful things in this range.

makeitorky wrote:You painted quite the team! They look great together. I can't wait to see what you paint up next.

Thanks! I have some Stalkers sitting on the table, primed and waiting for brush time.

inmygravenimage wrote:Very cool, very retro. I reckon that champions of chaos absolutely fits the theme

Agreed-- he's definitely fits the paradigm!

Looks great Josh! This is probably my favorite of all the recent chaos warriors

Amazing work, Josh. Your old school Chaos inspired me to work on my old school Chaos.

Now we can both be jealous of each other's stashes of ancient rare models

Nice crew. Excellent work.

Nice work Josh...some great color work.

Cheers,

CB

Syro_ wrote:Looks great Josh! This is probably my favorite of all the recent chaos warriors

Thanks! Back in the day, I wasn't a big fan of this model ( I was a devotee of Khorne), but it's really grown on me since repainting it.

KidCthulhu wrote:Amazing work, Josh. Your old school Chaos inspired me to work on my old school Chaos.

Now we can both be jealous of each other's stashes of ancient rare models

It would be so much fun to compare all our OOP stuff in person, wouldn't it!

Camkierhi wrote:Nice crew. Excellent work.

Thanks!

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Josh...some great color work.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks! I'm trying to branch out from my Paint Everything Brown technique. I still can't seem to make myself do really bright colors, but these pastels worked out pretty well, I think.

As the summer gets hotter, I find myself slowing down. Here are a couple of almost-finished Oldhammer skeletons for the July Painting Challenge:



For the weapons, I'm trying to make them look rusty, but with the corrosion worn off on the cutting edges, implying recent use. It works better on the sworn than on the scythe. The shield need some wear and tear, as well.

Another skeleton, mostly finshed:



I'm experimenting with rusty NMM for this set. I think the weapons have turned out pretty well. The armor actually looks better in these photos than in real life, which is a switch.

I think that there is an excellent job on the rusty metal.

Beautiful rust. I really like the skeleton with the horned skull. A lot of really characterful models here - I'm trying hard not to get distracted into fantasy figures, and you're making that tough!

inmygravenimage wrote:I think that there is an excellent job on the rusty metal.

Thanks. I think I've figured out how to do the rust, but I'm not sure about the spots where the rust has worn off. I'll keep trying.

Scarper wrote:Beautiful rust. I really like the skeleton with the horned skull. A lot of really characterful models here - I'm trying hard not to get distracted into fantasy figures, and you're making that tough!

I've been on a fantasy kick for a couple of months, but I'll likely switch back to SF sometime soon.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

I've been on a fantasy kick for a couple of months, but I'll likely switch back to SF sometime soon.

No rush man, the skeletons are looking great.

 DJJazzyJeff wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:

I've been on a fantasy kick for a couple of months, but I'll likely switch back to SF sometime soon.

No rush man, the skeletons are looking great.

Thanks! I only have one more in this set-- I can't locate the horses for the chariot-- and then something different. It looks like I'll be painting more fantasy stuff for the August challenge, though.

You are hitting me right in the nostalgias with this stuff. Started out in WHFB with Chaos before switching to Undead, who remained my main army until I stopped playing. I may still have cow-skull-guy around here somewhere. Looking great!

 youwashock wrote:
You are hitting me right in the nostalgias with this stuff. Started out in WHFB with Chaos before switching to Undead, who remained my main army until I stopped playing. I may still have cow-skull-guy around here somewhere. Looking great!

I did the same, but in reverse. I got into WHFB with the plastic Skeleton Horde box, then switched over to Chaos because of the lower model count. This was in 2E, when a single Chaos Lord who got lucky with mutations could steamroller over entire blocks of infantry.

Here are my final photos of the skeletons. First, Longhorn:


Most of these models are from a time when everyone got a name, rather than a descriptor (leader, champion, etc.). I didn't do any more work on this guy except finishing his base. His pose is kind of weird--it will be hard to wield that scythe with his arms behind his horns like that.

Next, Hellblade:


In addition to finishing the base, I added some battle damage to the shield. Also, take a look at his elbows. Did you notice that he has patellae there? I think Aly Morrison repurposed the legs from a different skeleton model to make this dude.

Next up, Screamer:



NMM chainmail continues to be difficult. Also, I had to Liefeld his right foot to hide a miscast.

Lastly, an armored skeleton:


Not much to say about this guy. His armor looks better in these photos than in person.

Finally, a group shot:


I'm running low on inspiration at the moment, so I don't have anything on the painting desk. I'll probably paint up some classic Fire Dragons for the August Challenge, but I haven't been gaming for the last few months, and so I'm at a loss for what to work on. I'll have to dig in to the many Boxes of Opportunity and see what grabs my fancy.

Retro glory! I know what you mean, I find sometimes you just need to totally change tack. I've decided to tackle some marvel after not doing any supers for months. Be a creature of whim!

You've really brought out the best in those old sculpts, Josh!

I look forward to seeing what you find rootling through your boxes, you always seem to pull out something interesting

Very nice work JoshInJapan.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks for the comments, fellows. Painting has been slow this month, as we're in the middle of a heatwave. Japanese summer isn't all that hot, especially compared to the American SW (where I come from originally), but with humidity in the 80-90% range, 35C is pretty brutal, and mostly I just want to sit in a cool room and not do anything. That said, I have made a little progress.

First, this Stalker that I actually finished in late June, but just got around to photographing today:


He's from the same set as the track-suit guys I posted a while back, but he struck me as being more of a jeans-and-leather jacket type.

Next, three wizard shades for Frostgrave:





Northstar released these with The Maze of Malcor, and they've been sitting, primed and ready for painting, since last October. There are two more in this set, but I don't know where they are, and in fact I may not even have them.

Finally, a WIP shot of my entry for this month's Painting Challenge:


The theme is Some Like It Hot. These are going to be Burning Men, a foe that appears in [i]The Red King, another Frostgrave supplement. The skulls come from GSW, while the rest are Frostgrave Barbarians. The skulls alone were too incongruous, so I decided to try sculpting some flames here and there to tie the parts together. They turned out alright, but the proof will be in the painting, as it were.

They look amazing! I love the color choices for the woman with a flute.

 makeitorky wrote:
They look amazing! I love the color choices for the woman with a flute.

Thanks! I can't really take credit for any color choices, as all three paint jobs were based on the art from the Frostgrave supplement in which they appear.

This month's Dakka Challenge is Some Like It Hot, and I'll be entering some Burning Men made from Frostgrave Barbarians, for use in the Red King supplement. I started with barbarian bodies, adding flaming skulls from Secret Weapon and some hand sculpted flames:


I then painted up all the non-flaming parts using my trademarked Paint Everything Brown technique:


I had some time today, so I did up this guy to practice painting fire:





The fire is quite vivid, if not entirely realistic. The OSL works in some places but not in others. As is often the case, he looks better in hand than on the screen. I'll do them one at a time and see if I can't get better at this.

Looks very spicy 🔥 I like the variations in the flames,.feels very natural

Fantastic unit, Josh. Great execution of a concept.

Great sculpting and painting - Works really well!