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Wow, Viterbi. What large and impressive updates. Very nice LT, and I'm impressed that you are working to get all of your undead painted up.

I thought the Red WIP was going to be Iron Man, but Hellboy will do and he is looking good already. Is he restic like a lot of the Mantic board game pieces or some other material?

How did you go about the cell shading? It is a foreign concept to me.

youwashock wrote:LT is rocking those colors. He turned out really well. Low effort, sweet results for the ghost. Hellboy looks like a lot of fun.

Thanks youwashock!

aku-chan wrote:Hellboy is looking good!

Thanks aku-chan!

gobert wrote:Low effort ghostly looks great, is that just a contrast paint? My only note would be that the Rose looks a bit lost in the base as it doesn’t seem bright red enough, could be the lighting though. Nice job on the Lt, his blade looks nice and bloody!

Thanks gobert! Low-effort ghost was sprayed Grey Seer, than I painted the vines and roses with normal paints, put Basilicanum Grey Contrast over the whole mini and drybrushed the ghost with Celestra Grey after everything was dry.
And thanks for the tip with the rose. In reality it's not that dark but a little brighter accent on the top could really help make it pop.

JoshInJapan wrote:The ghosts look good so far. Even if the cel shading didn't turn out like you planned, it's a win for you because you're trying something new.

Thanks JoshInJapan!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:I really like that LT sculpt, too. Come to think of it, I could probably use another LT myself . . .

One can never have enough LTs, fact of life!

inmygravenimage wrote:Lovely low key ghost, and glad you're finally cracking into the Hellboy!

Thanks Graven! Although Hellboy will pobably be alone for quite some time

zahnib wrote:I imagine black and white would be particularly tricky colours to pull off when going for a cell-shaded look. The low effort ghost turned out great though!

Thanks zahnib! Yeah, it probably wasn't the best choice for a first foray into it

Yorkright wrote: Ghosts look good, that Lt. is quite the stand out model. The pistol conversion and base looks great can you tell me what you use for the snow effect?

Thanks Yorkright! I use the Valhallan Blizzard stuff from GW for the snow. Easy to apply and seems to hold quite well, my oldest model with snow on the base is now two years old.

Meer_Cat wrote:I also liked the ghosts. The subtle colors in the base were particularly good, I thought, but could see bringing the roses themselves up a small touch.

Thanks Meer_Cat! Yeah, the roses will definitely get another brighter accent, now that you and gobert mentioned it

Syro_ wrote:Wow, Viterbi. What large and impressive updates. Very nice LT, and I'm impressed that you are working to get all of your undead painted up.

Thanks Syro_! All the Undead sounds big, but in effect it's not 20 minis and with my low-effort scheme it is... low-effort

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:I thought the Red WIP was going to be Iron Man, but Hellboy will do and he is looking good already. Is he restic like a lot of the Mantic board game pieces or some other material?

How did you go about the cell shading? It is a foreign concept to me.

Iron Man is already based red too, but only because I did the eye lenses on the LT and thought "eh, gonna base layer Iron Man with contrast, if I have it out anyway" . But he will most definitely get some more colors too in the next days.
I'm not sure about the material of the Hellboy figs, some kind of plastic is my best guess.

Regarding the cel shading I had watched a video for painting the Marvel Crisis Protocol terrain that way. You paint it normally (base, wash, maybe a light drybrush) and than you do edge highlighting but with black so that it looks like hand-drawn, here's the video, very nice tutorial:

Found a pocketful of motivation und pushed the Penitent Engine over the finish line. Could have used a touchup here and there, but it's good enough for gaming.

Nice one! It’s a bit of an odd sculpt the penitent engine I think. But as always your Imperial colours shine through! Is the pilot blue because he’s cold or because he’s nearly dead?

Nice work on the Penitent Engine Viterbi, I like the blue flesh tones. I agree with gobert, it is a bit of an odd sculpt, but you've done a great job. I wish they'd just done a plastic version of the old metal one.

gobert wrote:Nice one! It’s a bit of an odd sculpt the penitent engine I think. But as always your Imperial colours shine through! Is the pilot blue because he’s cold or because he’s nearly dead?

Thanks gobert! Actually after I put the Grey Seer base down for the Contrast skin application I realized that in combination with the purple pants he gave of a bit of a Joker vibe. So I left his skin white, made the helmet green and somewhere Dr. Arkham is very happy indeed

zahnib wrote:Nice work on the Penitent Engine Viterbi, I like the blue flesh tones. I agree with gobert, it is a bit of an odd sculpt, but you've done a great job. I wish they'd just done a plastic version of the old metal one.

Thanks zahnib! Yeah, it is a bit weird, but I've come to like it and can't wait to charge it into heretics and xenos alike!

I built and primed the last ghosts and some of them are already in the works (as can be seen on the following pictures), but I wanted to get some hangerson out of the way.
First up are the Count-As Death Cult Assassins, the reprogrammed murder buckets. My friend has them for their Necron army all painted up and it will be fun when they clash on the battlefield
Secondly I finally finished the Canoness from the Sororitas Army Set, so I finally painted all minis from the set ( I had set her and the Penitent Engine aside for a while, because all the other Sororitas stuff I bought after the set was much more interesting ).

Dang but the cannoness has one heck of a collar. I think the collar is a weapon too. Great painting and color work as always!

Good job wrapping up the Sisters box! Canoness and Joker look cool.

Well done Viterbi, that penitent engine driver does look cold, but I can see why you went the way you did. When is the next battle scheduled?

The problem with Penitent engines is I cannot see them without repeating those Sean Connery lines from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It looks great in your scheme, as do the heretical death cult assassin and Cannoness. Grand stuff.

Viterbi,

Nice job on the Penitent Engine.

Cheers,

CB

amazingturtles wrote:Dang but the cannoness has one heck of a collar. I think the collar is a weapon too. Great painting and color work as always!

Thanks amazingturtles! And thanks, now I imagine her headbanging over the battlefield, decapitating heretics left and right with her collar

youwashock wrote:Good job wrapping up the Sisters box! Canoness and Joker look cool.

Thanks youwashock!

Yorkright wrote:
Well done Viterbi, that penitent engine driver does look cold, but I can see why you went the way you did. When is the next battle scheduled?

Thanks Yorkright! No schedule yet, wife and I have caught the plague (but she's already over it and I'm getting better by the day) so we have to wait to be cleared for interaction with other humans I'm hoping to have a match on Halloween, fingers crossed!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:The problem with Penitent engines is I cannot see them without repeating those Sean Connery lines from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It looks great in your scheme, as do the heretical death cult assassin and Cannoness. Grand stuff.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! And when a model brings recollections of Connery's gruff delivery it can't be a bad model

Captain Brown wrote:Viterbi,

Nice job on the Penitent Engine.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

And with the Sisters models out of the way the ghosts got my full attention. They paint up so quick and nice. First up were the four chainrasps I had left from the Briar Queen warband. Was quite puzzled by red hood because there were no roses on his base, all other models have them. So I opted for painting the hood red and his shackles on the base green. It will suffice. Candle guy got some more colors because in WarCry I can use him as a leader type (who is normally represented by candelabra guy from the chainrasp box, but I already painted him in another scheme for Mordheim and he is on a square base).



As suggested by gobert and Maharg I painted the roses a bit brighter after sloshing the model with Basilicanum Grey to make them pop more. Also redid them on the test model and painted up her three sisters yesterday evening. That brings me to eight finished models.



It's good to see that there are some gaps on the models I thought I filled up with glue, but apparently didn't work. Hellboy and the Cairn Wraith in the background are scheduled for the weekend, after I have finished that bunch:



Front row I want to do today. The other five in the back are planned for Thursday. Unfortunately they have no sculpted bases, so I will paint their weapon for a color splash and I have flowers lying around somewhere for their bases.

Looking good. My life is full of nighthaunts because of my eldest, so it's always interesting to look at inspiration.

The ghosts have turned out nicely with the basilicus wash.

That penitent engine looks ready to reap some heathens .

Sin City ghosts are turning out rad. The guy with the candle really works.

The extra color for the roses works really well, and they look perfectly ghostly. The guys with the deerskulls are some of my favorites to paint, i think. I'm looking forward to seeing how you do them!

Looks like you’ve been busy Viterbi! The ghosts look better with the brighter roses I think, great work! Good luck getting rid of the lurgey

Btw, I meant to say, my son adds playmobil roses to his also

Nice work on the ghosts Viterbi, your scheme is really effective. And I'll echo what others have said above, brightening up the red of the roses looks great!

inmygravenimage wrote:Looking good. My life is full of nighthaunts because of my eldest, so it's always interesting to look at inspiration.

Thanks Graven! And regarding your second comment, unfortunately we don't have Playmobil roses I could snatch from the Younglings. I believe a corral reef is the only plant life

Theophony wrote:The ghosts have turned out nicely with the basilicus wash.

That penitent engine looks ready to reap some heathens .

Thanks Theo! Hopefully those buzzsaws will get to work soon!

youwashock wrote:Sin City ghosts are turning out rad. The guy with the candle really works.

Thanks youwashock! Candle guy is my favorite, such a great sculpt.

amazingturtles wrote:The extra color for the roses works really well, and they look perfectly ghostly. The guys with the deerskulls are some of my favorites to paint, i think. I'm looking forward to seeing how you do them!

Thanks amazingturtles! And you don't have to wait too long, deerskull ghosts are done and pictures in this post.

gobert wrote:Looks like you’ve been busy Viterbi! The ghosts look better with the brighter roses I think, great work! Good luck getting rid of the lurgey

Thanks gobert! It was a good tip from you, I like the brighter red much better. And virus seems to leave, thanks again.

zahnib wrote:Nice work on the ghosts Viterbi, your scheme is really effective. And I'll echo what others have said above, brightening up the red of the roses looks great!

Thanks zahnib! Laziness often brings forth good ideas

And the ghosts are done, decided to add to all skulls some Blood for the Blood Good for extra gribbliness. Bell guy also got another finish and blood on his arms because he's a special model in WarCry.
In the background you can see my second start on the Cairn Wraith, who can be used as an ally in WarCry. I will try something new, hopefully it works out this time, not like the cel shading

Looks good! The splash of color from the skulls does help them pop nicely.

Spooktacular.

You did finish them and i am not disappointed! not that i would be of course. The red bits really help with the creepy look, like they're blinking in and out of view

 Viterbi wrote:
And the ghosts are done, decided to add to all skulls some Blood for the Blood Good for extra gribbliness. Bell guy also got another finish and blood on his arms because he's a special model in WarCry.

Nice and ready for the Unofficial Painting Challenge.

Cheers,

CB

I really like Blood God over monochrome, that's a really cool effect. Lots of classic horror vibes coming from these gribblies.

Aye, the blood god really makes them pop a bit more. Nighthaunt are a great way to to increase your miniature count for the year, I think I smashed out a fair few earlier in the year.

Minimal effort but the end product looks excellent. Have to agree with the others those blood red roses makes them pop.

Great choice on the bloody skulls! Will they all be getting the bloody skulls and other money bits treatment? I hope so, it’s properly chilling! The purple (heather?) on the base is a good companion for the red roses, nicely done!

Vejut wrote:Looks good! The splash of color from the skulls does help them pop nicely.

Thanks Vejut!

youwashock wrote:Spooktacular.

Thanks youwashock!

amazingturtles wrote:You did finish them and i am not disappointed! not that i would be of course. The red bits really help with the creepy look, like they're blinking in and out of view

Thanks amazingturtles!

Captain Brown wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:
And the ghosts are done, decided to add to all skulls some Blood for the Blood Good for extra gribbliness. Bell guy also got another finish and blood on his arms because he's a special model in WarCry.

Nice and ready for the Unofficial Painting Challenge.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown! You're right, but now the main attraction is still missing, they will be up against Hellboy, who is still WIP.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:I really like Blood God over monochrome, that's a really cool effect. Lots of classic horror vibes coming from these gribblies.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Aye, the blood god really makes them pop a bit more. Nighthaunt are a great way to to increase your miniature count for the year, I think I smashed out a fair few earlier in the year.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Yeah, they brought me effortlessly over my count for last year.

Yorkright wrote: Minimal effort but the end product looks excellent. Have to agree with the others those blood red roses makes them pop.

Thanks Yorkright!

gobert wrote:Great choice on the bloody skulls! Will they all be getting the bloody skulls and other money bits treatment? I hope so, it’s properly chilling! The purple (heather?) on the base is a good companion for the red roses, nicely done!

Thanks gobert! The ghosts are all finished on the pics, everyone with a skull got it bloddied (the Banshees only their jaw, the rest is under the hood). And the package declared the purple flowers as Highland Tuft. I'm no expert, if that's true. Alas I had nearly none left, because I used it all up for the big Playmobil arena and had to pick some from it

Finished the last Nighthaunt, the Cairn Wraith. Went for a different scheme, because I can also use him with my Bonereapers in WarCry so I didn't want him completely affiliated with the Nighthaunts. He got the more classic green glowy look and pristine white bones. The rusty scythe and the flower show the allegiance a bit. And he is infantry sized mini #160 for this year, so I already broke my 150 from last year.





And I didn't want to get the Artist Proof Space Marine figure, but after seeing some very funny Tweets by Adam Troke and his DA one and the unpainted pics by ListenToMeWarriors I bought one yesterday and looking very much forward to painting it in my chapter colors.

He is a big one: