[Xmas Gifts] Jojo's Stitch

For Xmas, I printed and painted a Stitch for my daughter. I had fun with it.

[Xmas Gifts] Pumpkin Monster Redux 2010

In this post dating back to Halloweend 2010, my daughter found herself a model that I painted for her. This model survived no less than 15 years, four and a half moves. By then, it was pretty chipped and worn.

She asked me for a refresher job on it, which I was quite pleased to do. The new paint job is darker and more atmospheric. I also added much more depth to it.

BTW, Shout-out to the Gang from Gamers' Haven in CO. I haven't forgotten about you guys.

[Commission] Warforge Alchemist

The second commission for Ron.

I believe this is the first time I painted a warforged... I just never use them in my games, so I never had any reason to paint one.

Again, he gave me pretty simple instructions. "Go with a blue scheme" was all he said.

At first, I thought about making him of blue-tinted metal... But quick tests did not make it look good. I wanted a subtle blue but it didn't work out. Came out too blue.

So instead, I chose to make the wrapping a deeper shape of blue and the body more dirty steel metallic. The result is that the brown leather really pops against the metal and the blue draws the eye.

For the base, I painted a broken lantern and a skull that were there, peeking out of the grass, leading to the question: what happened to their owner? Maybe I'm just too entertained, but I amused myself by the story they told.

One funny thing is that the model had a support line that connected directly into the warforged's mouth. I left it there and painted it as a cigar, and extra accent.

[Commission] Goblin Alchemist

I received this commission by my friend Ron at the Sunday D&D game.

His demand were simple: make it look good. He sent me a palette that was simple. I got the impression that his character was a type of back-alley alchemist or potion reseller. Whatever the case, buying something from him should make you wonder exactly what you got until you drink it.

And even then...

The most interesting aspect, as a painter was originally the many potions... they are so small but I wanted them to be different colors to showcase a variety of products...

Something that's hard to see are the plaids I painted on his pants. They really look good.

The cloak has two tone: A hood section mostly red and a dark brown bottom section. I like the mix of the two as it breaks the big blob of brown.

Hormagaunts/ Gnashers

These are hormagaunts, the melee troops of the tyranids.

For SpaceFOE, they are called gnashers part of the Ticks. The ticks are creatures who are insect-like and spread out into the cosmos. They fight by swarming targets mindlessly. I have some Small (CR 1/8), Large (CR 1), and Huge (CR 2) versions.

[SpaceFOE NPCs] Group shot

And finally a group picture of all the SpaceFOE NPCs.

Tyranid Hive Tyrant/ TIck Queen

A classic Tyranid Hive Tyrant to lead an army.

In SpaceFOE, the Tick Queens are the generals who lead their brethren into battle. They evolved from the greatest of the Tick warriors. This thing is massive and it lords over all other creatures of the range. The third photo shows how the Queen lords over the huge gnashers

[SpaceFOE NPCs] Black Cohort and a Commissar

This Praetorian soldier belong to the Black Cohort. I hate painting large sections of black and used a little highlights not to hide the shiny black color.

This Commissar is ready to take command of an army of Local Defense Force (LDF). She could also be used as a boss for the Red Gang.

[SpaceFOE NPCs] Hunters and Bounty Hunters

These two girls were initially destined to become Necromunda Escher gangers, but I decided to go a different route and use a simple scheme. One has an ice scheme and the other a more forest-y.

This is a random off-brand Delaque juve from Necromunda I think would make a great bounty hunter with that long duster. The odd angle is because I had to fix him after his foot broke off.

[SpaceFOE NPCs] Two Nobles

A nobleman for SpaceFOE. His clothes look like crushed velvet. I really like the sculpt of his pistol.

This noblewoman resembles Helen Miren. She had a pistol that broke off, leaving her with something that resembles a deadman's switch or a communication

[SpaceFOE NPCs] Scream-killer and a Mech-priest

Perhaps the most random character of all, this is a model of the killer from the Scream franchise. Although he has a black robe in the series, I went for a blue scheme - because I prefer not to paint too much black.

This was a low-polygon Mech-priest painted in classic colors. I like his drill arm. The arm broke when I took it off the printing supports. I glued it back in its current position.

[SpaceFOE NPCs] Sheila and the Sniper

I painted this generic adventuress based on Sheila from the classic D&D cartoon, giving her a cammo cloak using a color scheme similar to the Spy.

This sniper I did with two different types color cammo schemes. The cloak with brown and green for his pants.

Tyranid/ Tick Warriors

I built my tyranid warriors to carry a variety of weapons and use them in Grimdark Future. I like the ecclectic armament.

In SpaceFOE, they are elite Tick warriors who serve a local commanders. Unlike the gnashers and spitters, warriors are rather intelligent and have a sense of self-preservation.

[SpaceFOE NPCs] A Priest and a Sergeant

I painted this guy as a member of my classic Cawdor Necromunda gang with purple and lavender.

This sergeant is ready for action and lead troops into action. I keep thinking he might lead the Green Thugs as an officer.