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They have good PC vibes, and a neat story to go alongside it - I don't remember Myth at all!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
They have good PC vibes, and a neat story to go alongside it - I don't remember Myth at all!

I'm not wholly surprised-- the KS was back in 2013. Imagine my surprise on receiving a bunch of minis a decade later.

The theme for April's Dakka Challenge was From The Scrapheap, which I chose to interpret as finishing an abandoned project. I had originally planned to paint up some Skaven I got in a trade many years ago, but lost interest after getting them based. Then I decided to take a look in the container of alcohol I use to strip minis:


and saw all the models I had toyed with entering in past challenges and then forgot about:


Here are the models that I ended up painting from that particular lot. First a couple of Chaos Thugs:




I prefer this generation of Thug to the plastic Marauders. The latter are essentially a bunch of mostly-identical Conans, while these guys are like extras from a Mad Max movie. what with the crazy hair and mix-and-match armor.

Next, some Chaos Warriors:


I spent a lot of time going back over the NMM on their armor. I'm not 100% convinced it works, but they are done. Here's a group shot:


I also painted up a couple of Wood Elf Wardancers:






And finally, an Ogre Captain, which I am entering in the comp:

Great painjobs on such classic models! Really like your NMM style. Good luck with the painting competition!

Lots of old school goodness in your latest batch.

muette wrote:Great painjobs on such classic models! Really like your NMM style. Good luck with the painting competition!

Thanks! Drop by and give me a vote!

aku-chan wrote:Lots of old school goodness in your latest batch.

No school like the old school, right?

Great work on some classic models. The Ogre captain and Wardancers are particularly cool.

Oh boy, what a lovely batch of old metal.

Cheers,

CB

May has been a productive month. First, some more Myth models:






The martial artists and alchemists were late-campaign stretch goals, which explains the slight drop in sculpt quality. The necromancer is a much nicer model.

The theme for this month's Dakka Challenge was May Day. I chose to interpret it somewhat literally, to wit: May 5th is Children's Day here.



These two are called Shinwhackers, and are part of Bad Squiddo's Onna Bugeisha line. I painted their kimonos in springtime patterns.




These two are from Oathsworn's second Heroines in Sensible Shoes kickstarter. I had originally planned to paint them like the Chiquita Banana kids (you know, the ones who saved the Earth from an alien invasion using thei Banana walkie-talkies and Banana compass), but I had misremembered the sculpts. It turns out the models are nothing at all like the kids in the ad. Ah well, they were fun to paint. I will be entering these in the Dakka Challenge this month.

You were protective JoshInJapan.

Some good work.

Cheers,

CB

 Captain Brown wrote:
You were protective JoshInJapan.

Some good work.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, CB! Some of the models are kind of hit-or-miss, but finished is finished, right?

This summer, there is a special Side Quest Dakka Challenge, with the 5-model limit lifted. I'm going to try to get through as much of my Dungeon Saga Origins as possible:

Ooft! That's a main quest of a sidequest!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Ooft! That's a main quest of a sidequest!

Yeah, I had pretty high hopes before I started. That said, I have made some progress:

Orlaf, the barbarian:


Rordin, the dwarf:


Danor, the wizard:


Madriga, the elf:




These guys are all significantly chonkier than their first edition versions. I put a lot of work into these models, as they are the PCs and thus sort of deserve it. I'll be spending less time on the minions. Speaking of which:



The game comes with three copies of each minion. I'll be batch painting them, of course, and hope to have them ready to show in a couple of days.

Most of my painting time has gone towards the official Dakka Challenge. The theme is Slow and Steady. I'm in something of a dark place these days, watching my home country slide slowly into decay. Naturally, that means painting some post-apoc models, specifically a Mutant Warband from Black Site.




I chose this guy first because of his magnificent Johnny Bravo pompadour. Sadly, the casting on the hair is quite blobby, which spoils the effect a bit.



I like the gimp mask on this second fellow, as well as the Coke can on his belt.




Gas masks and tentacles are a recurring theme in this set. It took me a little while to figure out that this guy has two faces, though.




This guy's protruding brain and skull face (note that the skin on his face has melted off) reminded me of a Mars Attacks! martian, which informed my color choices.




Another gimp mask guy. I used a lot of blues in this set, attempting to simulate faded denim. It kind of works?



Gas mask and tentacles-check! His armor is made of license plates. I'm fond of how the axe turned out.



Another dude with magnificent hair. I gave him a flamboyant red coat and white go-go boots, because even after everything goes to hell, a guy wants to express himself, amiright?




And finally the big guy. This guy was fun, but he suffered a bit from weirdly-place mold lines. In fact, all of these guys have mold lines in weird places. Black Site sells STLs of their models, and I suspect that we are supposed to print them ourselves, which is why the casting is a little funky. I did my best to cover any flaws with my painting, and for the most part I think it worked.

Here they are all together: