More Terrible Photographs!

That's a group shot. There are two 'true' 25 mm figures there. The snake man on the far left front row and the gladiator on the far right right row.

These three are 'lesser' orcs from the Reven faction in Warlord. Basing is done with Army Painter Black Battlefield with some flock and ash thrown ontop of it.

Reven lesser bulls spearmen. Did them at the same time as the sword wielder.

True 25 mm snakeman priest. Don't even remember the company. He was in a state of 'almost done' for well over a year. Finally finished him off.

Female gladiator from Mega-Minis. Another true 25mm figure. Some great detail on the shield.

Drow warrior from the very short lived Chain Mail line from WoTC. You gotta hand it to WoTC, when the going gets tough, they quit. ;-)

Type 1 demon aka the Vrock from Otherworld miniatures.

As I continue to read Bulkheads and Blasters, a d6 based game that uses # of successes to determine if you make a roll and if you beat opposition who also uses d6, I'm still painting up figures that may be useful for such a setting. Thankfully some of the Superfigs can pull double duty in being useful for Mutants and Masterminds or another, in this case, minis game. As you might be able to tell from the group shot, he's also a rather large bastich!

So still messing around with the camera. If one of these pictures is the least offensive, let me know!

Malifaux Sorrows and Mega-Mini Warrior Woman Testing

Please let me know which one you think looks better. I'm testing out the different settings on the camera including macro and automatic in this case.

That is the macro.

That is the automatic.

I have the Neverborn Pandora set. My g/f hates miniatures, role playing and other assorted things for herself. She has no problem with me messing with it. However, she does love 'weird' figures like Baby Kade and Candy included in this set so I figure I'll get Pandora and the Sorrows and hell, maybe she'll even try it.

The Warrior Woman is another one from Mega-Mini's pack. She was done mostly with a base coat and a dip in Vallejo Sepia. The Sepia is pretty dark, probalby the equal to Army Painter Strong Tone, and like that Army Painter, does pool up, but not as bad. It also dries matt not shinny but doesn't protect so has to be sprayed down. The dip toned down the sword and leg piece so much I went back in with Mithril Silver to highlight it.

Both pictures were taken at the same time. Both had three lamps; an overhad and one on the left and one on the right.

The Last of the Wine (2011 version)

This year, in many aspects, I cut back on my miniature spending. This doesn't mean it came to a stop or anything like that. I just recently picked up the prepainted Dragons collector set from WoTC and I've had the Paizo prepaints on preorder for two months. I've also bought supplies like Army Painter primer, micro-files, green stuff, and other tools. However, miniature purchases have not been where they were in previous years.  This has been a funds thing in minor aspect but the major aspect has been time. For the last two years, work has been beating my ass with a tire iron so I've taken to a lot of short cuts (hence Army Painter and Vallejo Dips) and not buying as much as I used to since the stuff I've bought in the past I still haven't even primed. While I won't say that in 2012 I vow to improve my painting skills, I will try to paint more. Anyway, onto the last pics I'll post for the year. I hope that next year sees more people posting here. We have some great talent on board here and I'd love to be inspired by more of it.

These may not be the last of my trinity figures that I've had since the game came out, but I ran across them and painted them up. Armor is the iron/silver Army Painter spray followed by Andrea inks; brown, ultra marine blue, black. Skin is Andrea skin tone pack. The base is done up with Happy Suppuku mold that does Hexes. Nifty stuff there.

Reven from Reaper's Warlord game. I didn't do the two beastmen (woodchoopers in Warlord) at the same time, but I like them anyway. The orc is something like an orc sargent but a pig faced one. The green on the orc's skin is Andrea's six pack of green. These guys are pretty standard in basing terms.

Some Menoth figures from Privateer Press. He was a dip. He is part of a pack I'm giving one of my friends for X-Mas. I know it's late as I haven't given it to him but screw him as he didn't get me anything.

Two of GW's figs. The elf is a wood elf from the command group. The pic is so clear I can see a spot I missed on his pants. The gunner is another one I found while cleaning up. And again I gave him the wrong dip. Should have been soft and I used strong. The base on the wood elf is cork. I tried to disguise it a little by clipping it at odd angles.

Two more mega-miniatures. The first is dipped in Vallejo's Sepia. The second in Army Painter Soft. I weep for the crimes I commited against that second figure's eyes but done is done!

Have I mentioned I love Superfigs? Another robot with some paste for the base. Andrea silver set on this one all the way.

I took all these pics at the same time with the same camera and lightning and this is the best of six pics I took of the Black Legion here. The guy on the left with the great sword was my old 4e character, Rus, a fighter from the core I played for a while under a solid GM. The rest I painted later on. The bases are Heresy or I should say, were Heresy. They are cobblestone tabbed that go into the standard 25mm bases. The price of metal has risen so much that Andy at Heresy doesn't even make them anymore and recommended I go to Fenris for some resin versions. I hope they are a good match as I want to buy a few more of these style figs for games like A Song of Blades and Heroes and Havok and others I've heard good things about, not to mention Warlord, by Reaper, itself. I like the simplicity of the figs. I like these guys much more than the halbred ones.

I've already got a lot of figures in various stages of painting right now including a Red Box figure that would go great with the Chaos Mauraders from the north from Warhammer as well as a set of Orcs from Chronpia I think the game was called, as well as many more figs to prep.

I hope 2012 treats everyone better than 2011 did and that the paint flows freely in the new year!

Unknown Dwarf and Mega-Miniature Warrior Women

I don't even know the miniature company that makes this guy. Might be an old Grenadier or something. He was on a very small base so I used a larger base and some green stuff with a Happy Suppuku texture on it that I then through some winter grass ontop of to cover where the original base and the green stuff didn't quite mesh.

One of the great things about today's modern era is that between companies like the Army Painter, Vallejo, Reaper, and Games Workshop, no one appears to just be standing around waiting for the other guy to drop. The Army Painter has their dips and now Vallejo has their own version that thus far only includes two; black and sepia. The above, all three from Mega-Miniature, were dipped in Sepia.

The Vallejo dries much quicker and dries flat. Useful for those who don't want the shinny miniatures that Army Painter produces. However, you'll still probably need to hit with a coat of protection as the Army Painter does act as protection.

Reaper Orc Reven and Mega Mini Cleric

Another batch of Reaper Orc Reven.  This time I tested out some Penzer Acer colors I recently got from Miniature Market. They had the whole line of 48 for $62.

The little guy on the left is another Mega Miniature. I painted him up in the colors of the Monks of War off the cover with the black and white going on.

Total: 29

Reaper, Heresy, Rafm, Mega, Ral Partha, and WoTC

Okay, the cyclops is from heresy.

The guy in purple is an old storm giant from Ral Partha.

The minotaur next to him is a Reaper.

The minotaur in front of the first row is from WoTC (I believe) from their 25th anniversery set.

The three ladies are from Mega Minis.

The two serpent people are from Rafm from the CoC line.

Alternative take here: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/5440047725_329b19c935_b.jpg
Total: 18

Mega-Mini Minotaur, Iron Wind Efretti

The minotaur to the left is from Mega-Minis. He comes in the beastman pack. the base is from Secret Weapon. The figure on the right I believe is some type of efretti and is from Ral-Partha (or at least that's what the stamping on the bottom of the original base says.).

The minotaur is quite large. Where his shouldplate begins is where the head of the last minotaur I phot'd stops. Goofy looking? Yes. Huge? Yup.

Mega-Minis: 1
Ral Partha: 1
Total: 5

Crocodile, Reaper and Mega

I know, some people are thinking; doesn't this guy have anything better to do. Honestly though, I'm innocent. These were in the way on the table and we've got Christmas company coming over so the table must be cleaned anew! One day perhaps I'll have a more realistic painting spot but until then, the dinning room table will continue to suffer my painting wraith.

Up first is a lizard man I've owned for years. He's supposed to be whipping two mini-raptors into action. I've long since lost the little bastiches.

 The Nativity by Reaper. I did a few touch ups on it already but didn't have time to take any more pics of it. A nice scene that goes to my g/f.

This is a Crocodile Miniature figures for Pathfinder that wound up going to Reaper games. It's a huge figure and could easily double as a hill giant or something larger. Part of my pet peeve with monsters and the near complete lack of standards for the miniatures. Huge problem with WoTC little plastic crack fiends.

And last but not least, two more of the Mega-Minis. Ugh. I really, really, really have to stay away from trying to provide lipstick to the women and have to cut down on the size of the eyes more.

Mega Minis Again

Another batch of Mega-Minis. The first two I tried a little something different with the snow. Think I'll skip the red lips in the future. Or practice a lot more on it. Figure one and three look hideous with it. The first figure I was messing around with the various ahdes of black. The other three are 'dipped' The third I tried messing with some snow and the last is another sand style base.

Mega Minis

Another batch of Mega-Minis down. I've got some more that I'm just waiting for the 'dip' to dry before doing the bases.

The one on the far left is done in 'sand' style base because I've got a few I'm setting up in 'gladiator' style themes. Maybe I'll add some dried blood to the base? Probably not because you see she done! They're already packed away.

The third and foruth mini I went to make as similiar as possible in terms of clothing and hair color because I thought they'd make a good brother/sister duo for the players to meet if I ever run another campaign.

Hope you enjoy!

The Great Catch Up

I moved in May. Many figures broken, many lost, many found, many repaired, some destroyed by accident once I was settled. My mother in particular destroyed one of my Eldar vehicles by placing a large box of books ontop of a flimsy box that contained said vehicle. Crunch. I could probably salvage it but...

Anyway, I apologize in advance for the quality of the photos. In the move my old camera gave up the ghost and the place I'm painting now has zero light source. Makes things ugly. The below are the miniatures I've finished since I've moved back to Chicago proper and don't include a lot of the material I'd painted before moving.

One of the drow I picked up when the Chainmail line went on sale.

I stink at putting pics up. If there is a guy to the right of the screen, that's a Black Legionaire from Reaper. Normally on a brocoli base, I had to snip him because he kept getting knocked over. Went onto a square base in case I start playing their tabletop game Warlord.

Another drow.

To be honest, I didn't like the way either one turned out. The clothing and skin is too close in coloration and the eyes were all buggy but I'm in the "f it, it's done" mode.

Before there was the Rusty Heroes from Fantization, there was a limited edition miniature! I finally knocked him out.

Old GW archer for the Empire. He's actully metal!

IK miniature.

A Cygnar Gobbo repairman. I've owned him since Warmachine first game out at Gen Con before the book was even printed. Finally got him done.

This is one of the adventurers from one of the Mega Mini packs.

I've owned this guy a few times. He's from the old Ral Partha boxed set of Warlords. Some fantastic miniatures for this time with a lot of character.

Another IK miniature, this time a gobbo assassin.

 A skaven pack master.

Another Mega Miniature. Kept it simple and painted on a double cross.

And last but not least, a dwarf sighter for a cannon I don't even think I own anymore. I love all the metal mead flagons on his back. great figure with a lot of character.

Should old acquaintances be forgotten...

Okay... the ogres, the last of my current batch of Ogre Kingdoms Bulls and Iron Guts from Games Workshop. The little guy on the far side of the Ogres is some nameless lacky from the Mordenheim tabletop game also by Games Workshop. For a buddy so it got one layer and a dip.

Elf with bow from megaminiatures.

Fighter with great sword and plate armor from Reaper miniatures.

Fighter with two blades is from Crocodile Games.

Weird looking machine skeleton is from Magnificent Egoes.

The guy with the big axe is from Privateer Press. Second time I've painted him.

The oozes are from Otherworld Miniatures.

The Hook Horror and Frog Demon are from Otherworld Miniatures as well.

And thus ends the painting of '09.

Or at least the finished painting of '09.

Another Miscellania from Ral Partha to GW

These two are classic Ral Partha figures. The first is stage three of the old three stage cleric, the second is stage three of the old three stage magic user. I went for a lot of different whites on the wizard as its always reminded me of good old Gandalf. The cleric on the other hand, I painted to go with the old Crusaders from Reaper's Warlords game.
I mentioned before that I've done the block work on a lot of my ogres. Here's four more. I've got several more still in the pipeline in various stages, hopefully to be finished soon.

This guy looks goofy. He's actually quite huge though. Larger than the ogres above. He's glossy because I had to throw a coat or protection on him because the fur on the head keep coming off so I gave him a quick gloss coat. I'll spray him down latter though. I used a saw to take him off the original base and threw some cork under his foot and put him on a 'premium' rounded base.

Okay, dude on the far left is a Lance and Laser bandit I believe. Next up Kobold King I've had since that old Paizo adventure came out and finally decided to finish him. Next up some Dream Blade mini that I'm going to call a decadent naga, a creature whose flesh and bones warp due to the perversion of cannablism. Great loss of almost all magical ability but the creatures become brutes in combat! Lastly, another goat man, the one missing from my last batch. A ton more to go and lately I'm just trying to 'finish' em to get them off the painting table.

Another Miscellanea

OKay, the pig faced orcs and the goat headed beastmen are part of a mega miniature pack. The guy with the huge scimitar is a Warlord by Reaper figures that leads the mercenaries. The dark elf is from Ral Partha, I believe part of their Crucible line. The savage orc on the big pig is Games Workshop.