Wip fight

I squeezed the dying weekend and a little more hobby juice came dribbling out.  This was spent on basing and underpainting the Eureka Brughel demons and recently arrived Skaven packmaster and rats that I got to spray earlier.

Intrepid of heart, yet noisome on the nostril, my WIP merc's battle a WIP Skaven swarm for Lanie's attention.  Who will be finished next?

Militia/Mercenaries, Merc Ogre, Terror of the Lichemaster halfling, Skaven and giant rats (All citadel minis.)

Yes, my Packmaster has pinky red fur.  Skaven's first colour advert in my first ever issue of White Dwarf had several pinky red Skaven.  Thusly I just had to.  You cannot judge me.  I AM THE LAW.

Simkin (Citadel Mercenaries) appears in the backdrop with his colours blocked in but no flesh work.  Naturally he will be exactly the colours he appeared in WD too.  Seriously, I am glazing layers of orange to get the exact tone as printed.  

I need a life.

(Sigh)

Wip it good

Jes Goodwin made some damned awesome ogres.  I could no longer wait to paint them, so I started trying out bolder colour schemes circa 1989.  Here is some works in progress.  The chaos ogre is really unfinished at this stage. Not sure about the colours to be honest.

Hrothyog is badly cast- looking like a run from the end of the moulds life. He was also missing a foot (this is Jes' fragile ankle era) hopefully from playing a lot of third edition battles in his life.  Poor killing machine... bit of Procreate and wire made his owie go away.  The buried skulls and shrooms where leftover putty.

Whilst painting my ogres, I pushed along a few more that shared the palette.  This is a great way to save time.

Front and centre is a Malifaux undead chihuahua... Possibly the worlds most overpriced figure in dollars per gramme.  As a dog miniature addict I had to have it... But only managed to pick up the pack and a dozen times to check if it was still priced at crazytown prices, promptly sighing and putting it back.   I got this little bitch in that ten buck Malifaux tub from CANCON.  See?  I am being a good girl this year and painting my new acquisitions right away.  Yeah, biatchez.  Clear conscience for next years used stall feeding frenzy!

I was stuck for ideas for the halfling's shield, then my wife walked in with a lovely cup of tea.  Perfect!

Next up is my Citadel '80's militia/mercenary collection so far.  Sooo much character!  Obviously early days.  I am tempted to modify them a bit to make them really loopy- but I dunno... it still feels wrong to edit a perfectly healthy vintage mini.  I guess I always have access to The Foundry recasts to go crazy on.

I call this warband 'Capn Chode's Cunch 'O Bunts'.  I think they need pig, chicken, rat and dog companions.

I need more dog minis.

I have a Mordheim warband of modern plastic militia but that will have to wait for a rainy day.  I have shame to wash away first!

And remember kids... commenters make better lovers.

Wear Purple Day

Today is Wear Purple day in Australia- to show gender variant and intersex youth we care.
And we should... among the transgender community alone youth suicide rates are around 45% according to some accounts- with many cases unreported.  This is a direct result of how society treats these kids.  People should not have to suffer for how they where born.

The wargaming community should be much more aware.  Its quite common to use the term transexual as a slur on a poorly sculpted female figure for example- and I already mentioned GWs sins in this department regarding Slaanesh.

Take a moment to visit wikipedia and look up transgender and intersex if you have never heard of these conditions or you still think they are mental disorders.  Then perhaps show your support next year with yer paint brush like I have here.

Its a silly little gesture,  but the more people know, the better this world will become.

Purple!

Ranger retouched and rebased

Just a quickie today.  I did a quick touch up on an old ranger with the goal of dotting I's (or, eyes in this case) and crossing T's in my mostly done painted collection.  Even with my workload I can fit in one mini to polish and wind up at a time.

The photo is crappy, but it's more about charting progress.

In the years since he was first painted, I have learned a great deal, and I thought it worth noting.
First thing I did was thoroughly dust the mini and give it some lahmium medium coats to matt the surface down ready for new paint.
The main upgrade in my technique is using strong contrast between shadows and highlights to make the model pop on the gaming table and in dim light. Though he was originally subtly shaded, I kicked him up a notch witha few simple glaze passes and some edging.  Deeper washes punched out the flesh and seperated the fingers.
The base was decorated with rotten wood, tufts and leaf litter to really sell the outdoorsy aspect of the character.