From QuinnM: New Old World Models (155 points )

The last couple weeks for me have been really hectic and busy. But I have been able to squeeze in some painting time. 

To start with, I finished up with my unit of Jade Warriors which are from the new Warhammer fantasy faction Grand Cathay. Normally I don't like buying GW new because it's soo expensive. But around Christmas I got a good bonus and decided to treat myself with some of these new models. They are highly detailed models almost to their detriment as doing anything fun or unique with them (at least how I paint) would be too time consuming.  

So for the Jade Warriors I painted them up in a lighter green and highlighted with teal to make them very vibrant and pop and normally I paint things in a much darker style. I think ultimately they turned out really good and look great all ranked up. 

I ended up doing two units all totaling 25 

10. Halberdiers 

And 15 with sword and shield. 

I've already submitted one for points so it was left out of the photos with my freehand Banner

Also, I was reached out to by a 40K player to paint up his army of white scars for him. I don't do a lot of commission stuff but he was just running a simple paint job so I agreed to do it. Ultimately, I think the final result on the first unit went better than I expected as I've never done white armor before. Always was scared of messing it up. 

And here are two more heroes for my Warhammer quest that I painted up and realized I forgot to post. These guys are like a month old at this point. 

Point wise this week.

31x28mmfootman@5points = 155

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Sylvain: Good progress on your projects! I am especially interested in your Cathay army. It's always interesting to observe how a British game maker "sees" what an ancient Chinese army is. There is lot of jade in there and you rendition is splendid. I also agree with you about your White Scar commission: they turned out good. This should provide you with hours of fun game play. Fabuleux! 

 

From QuinnM: Freehand practice (5 points)

This week I have been painting up some of my Grand Cathay Jade Warriors. But as I've been badge of painting 30 of them, they're not all done just yet but I did put some extra time into their Banner bearer with some free hand. 

The only free hand I've done before this was some simple small logos so this is a big leap but it was a really fun thing to do and I'm very happy with the final result. 

For points this week it's 1-28 mm foot soldier for five points.

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Sylvain: Quinn, your little side project turned out great! It's this kind of detail that really adds lots of "pizzazz" (is this still a word?) to your whole army. I shall use my minion's right to reward flags and banners and throw in an extra 3 points. Génial!

From QuinnM: 2 weeks worth of models (190points)

 I missed getting my post up last week as things happen. But I did paint a last week. 

So the Models I painted last week are an entire Malifaux crew. They are Nephilim vampires. I am not much of a fan of the models (why is every single one that has a pair of wings different sized) but their rules are really fun. 

and this week I did some more work on finishing up my AOS Sylvaneth Army. We have some Kurnoth hunters with great swords and a bunch of dryads. I did get these guys second hand so a couple of parts are missing. Not that you'll really be able to tell. 

With These guys I did follow up with the cherry blossom theme. I still have not received my Cherry flock to fully complete these guys along with their basing medium. But the stage of painting is done so I'm going to claim points on them now.

So for points. 

36x28mm footman@5 points = 180 points

(10 malifaux models. 20 dryads and 6 kurnoth)

I found two more dry bottles I painted that I'd left out of the group shot. So instead of setting them all up again you get this. So you can see that all 20 are there

 

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Sylvain: Another great demonstration of your talent for blending colors nicely. The brownish color of the vampire really evoke a sombre ambiance, while the purple on the Sylvaneth makes you travel to a world of fantasy. Bravo!

 

 

From QuinnM: Tree Lord and some Malifaux (35 points)

This week I didn't quite finish as many models as I wanted to, but I was able to get some Malifaux completed. These are some versatile terracotta soldiers for Malifaux. These guys are some quick washes and dry brushes just to have something more than one guy for this week

And then the model that I spent most of the week touching up and refining. We have a tree-lord from Age of Sigmar. I've seen a number of these guys painted up online as cherry blossom trees (Sakura trees) and they all look amazing. And I ultimately decided to do the same for my Army. 

I am still waiting on some pink flock to fully finish him. But ultimately the OSL and nmm are things I don't have a lot of practice with and I'm going to try and do a lot of it across the entire Army. We have a larger batch that's not quite finished for next week. 

only for size ref

Points this week for me are a little tricky as this guy is big. So I'm going to leave points to you 

3x 28mm foot soldier @ 5 points = 15 points

1x 28mm vehicle @ 20 points = 20 points

Total = 35 points

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Sylvain: Quinn, this is a great "fusion" of cultural references, and very colorful too. Because of its hybrid aura, your treeman feels otherworldly. As for your terracotta warriors, they have a great earthy texture. Bravo!

Scoring is not easy, since you obviously spent a gazillion more hours on one figurine than the 3 others. I will score your large figurine as a 28mm vehicle.

From QuinnM: Warhammer Quest Cursed City (201 points)

For my first weekly post, I actually have a decent collection of different types of models. From rats to skeletons zombies and bats These all come from Warhammer quest:cursed city board game a revamp GW tried to do on their old Warhammer quest IP that flunked a while ago.

I picked up this game with the intention of painting and playing it with one of my friends. someone I played hero quest with over the course of covid. Now that he's moving out of province in a bit over a month, my plan of slowly painting these over the first month of the challenge has changed and I have been madly rushing to get them all painted myself so that we can play through the game before he leaves. So these are some very quick and dirty models. They're all done through the slap chop method. Which I have never used before.

I used three different contrast paints to give a bit of a gradient and then touch them up afterwards with a highlight. I went for a sepia tone look kind of inspired by The monochrome nature of old horror movies as all of the creatures painted could certainly be found somewhere in a horror movie. And ultimately, I am very happy with the final result. 

So for points this week as some of these models are collections of animals, they all work out to be about 28 mm models. Leaving me with 

37x28mm footman @ 5 points = 185 points

8x15mm footman @ 2 points =16 points(This is for the little tokens) 

Totaling 201 points. 

And I will finish this up with a some close-up shots of the individual unit types. 

 

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 Sylvain: You are truly a master of lighting. I can imagine a full moon shining bleakly on these foul creatures. Your photos are splendid and the dark background helps bring the ambiance of death and despair that you are conveying. Joli travail!