What Minis Are You Painting?

I'm trying to crush through two DreadBall teams before I leave for Adepticon on Wednesday morning. It will not be easy.

Mr. White wrote: Wiith that, I attempted to work as fast as possible. These guys took three hours last night. Not bad, but I was hoping for around two.

If I could paint that many figures to that standard in that time, I'd be a happy man. In the UK, at least, exchanging 3 hours for a new Warband means you got paid minimum wage.

Well I was going to show my Chosen Axes off here but forget it now! Three hours...

Mr. White wrote: The other night playing Shadespire, someone asked if I'd paint their Fyreslayers. I said sure, for a warband (Orruks). Afterward, I sort of regretted it. Paint comission work is seldom enjoyable to me. It's low pay and I've got plenty of my own minis to paint. Plus, will I ever want to paint my own Fyreslayers having already done a set?

With that, I attempted to work as fast as possible. These guys took three hours last night. Not bad, but I was hoping for around two.

Yeah, I did some Axes recently in the same amount of time for the same amount of money, and there’s a reason I’m not showing them off here! Kudos!

I’ve been working on my Genestealer Cults recently. My stated purpose has been to use them in various small-team skirmish environments, so of course I went and painted my too-big-for-that-purpose models first.

I’m interested in Kill Team 2018, but really wish they’d just release a 10 dollar 40k Skirmish as they did for Sigmar.

That vehicle is sweet.

Gary Sax wrote: That vehicle is sweet.

How can you tell the flavour from a photograph?

MattDP wrote:

Gary Sax wrote: That vehicle is sweet.

How can you tell the flavour from a photograph?

I've licked it. It's more sour, really. Sort of umami.

Well, my kid refused to take naps during the weekend, so painting time has been dramatically reduced. WIP on some more spearmen.

I'm starting a Skaven Blood Bowl team for my son (and myself, let's not kid around). I probably should have started with some line-rats, but Rat Ogres are such fun!

I strongly suspect we're going to name him "Spike"...

Damn, son. Your highlighting is -impeccable- and the color choices are great. You make us all look bad!

Dat look good!

Muscles are really fun to paint, aren't thet?

Sevej wrote: Dat look good!

Muscles are really fun to paint, aren't thet?

Absolutely. And the nipples were the icing on the cake!

Michael Barnes wrote: You make us all look bad!

Thanks for the compliments! That's truly not my intention, but if it's any consolation: that level of detail comes at a hefty cost in time and sanity. At times I wish I could actually dial my OCD down and just crank out decent-looking minis in a much shorter time frame!

"The Realmgate Wars are over.
Elixia is shattered.
The Hammers of Sigmar have abandoned Chamon.
But we remain...We who swore to protect Celemnis in this twisted realm.
For the Maiden!"
- Lord Maulheart, Chamber of the Bloodied Dawn



EDIT: A little more on their background...Basically, they're the depraved citizens of Elixia left in the aftermath of the Realmgate Wars. Feasting on the corpses in the ruins of that conflict, they've come to see themselves as Stormcasts and stalwart defenders of the city and it's local hero, the Silver Maiden.

I was very much a fan of Bretonnia and the Vampire Counts in the Old World. The FEC in AoS is a great concept to bridge those two long standing interests. However, I felt portraying the ghouls as thinking they were King Arthur style knights was a bit out of place in the new GW fantasy. Why wouldn't they think they're the most noble golden boys of this era? So, here's my attempt at having some ghouls that think they're heroic Stormcast Eternals, while still getting that bit of Bretonnian knightly chivalry with their reverence of Celemnis.

Well, not painting anything on long weekend.

But I did work on around a dozen of textured movement trays.