WIP Giga-Robo

I've been asked to paint up the starter box contents for Giga-Robo. Check out the site and see! 

I'll be painting up some 3-D renders for their display at Gencon this year, which unfortunately I won't be attending. But I'll be there in spirit as a few of my paintjobs will be floating around on display and the gaming table.

Stay tuned!

Release the Hordes! Part 2

All that's left now is Lylith's Chariot. Then I can move on to the Trollbloods portion :) It's been fun working with more value opposed to different colors to break everything up. Now I'm facing the most boring part of the commission, I'm not much of a machine painter but I'm sure I can power through it.

Release the Hordes!

A horde of models for the game of Hordes! A couple warlocks for the Legion of Everblight and some casters as well as support models for the Trollbloods. These will be painted to either exhibition or heroic quality which is a nice release after the larger tabletop job I finished earlier this week.

First up in this commission, the Legion of Everblight. It also happens to be there's a new season of Trailer Park Boys up on Netflix, time is on my side my friends.

I started this post with a colorful picture to get your attention. Now behold, the not so inspiring but essential documentation of the first few steps.

What have I been listening to? A lot of funeral doom which I'll post links to as I go. First though, enjoy the sound of HELL

WIP All the Kings Men Part 2

Following Adepticon I've taken a serious inventory of commissions, which there are many of. Not the most ground breaking paintjobs but it can be fun to paint a group of tabletop models. At this point I'm closing the gate on tabletop commissions, I still have some to finish but am no longer accepting more. So I'm enjoying this job for the fact that it's one of the last.

Also, I'm rewarding myself upon completion with more painting. There are a few personal projects lingering in the back that need some attention :)

WIP Deathcrush

Still smoking after Adepticon I sat down and got to work on a little personal project. The goal of this piece is to focus on atmosphere and add a little more narrative thought. The model(s) come from the game Wild in the Streets, a sort of Warriors themed game focusing on interactions between warring factions of underground music subgenres. Like Straightedge vs Crusties for example :)

So I chose the Goth gang because I saw a conversion waiting to happen. Enter Deathcrush. Fans of Mayhem will get the reference. The setting being an ejected coffin illuminating a graveyard with cryptic green light. The focus on lighting and nighttime atmosphere, plus a deathrock babe.

This will be a slow grow project as I have commissions to take care of  but I'll get back to her when the time is right so stay tuned. Already in the afterrthoughts stage I'm seeing there needs to be more ironwork sculpted on the coffin.

Deathcrush, Deathcrusshhhhhh

WIP Custom Asawira

Just a few days until Adepticon :) I have my Crystal Brush entries squared away and the only bit of painting left is a custom Asawira model for my Haqqislam force. The current versiont is pretty outdated and I don't see an new sculpt in the near future so I decided to build my own. Which gave me chance to pick a heavy infantry from another faction as my basis. I went straight for the Morats and picked a suryat with HMG. The rest was done with putty, plasic rod, and a naffatun Head.

Enjoy!

I've stuck to a tabletop level as my standard for the Green Bastards (parts unkown) but for this piece, as he's a bit of hammer And anvil, I decided to go a little further.

I'll finish him off today and squeeze out one more post before Adepticon. Then the shenanigans can begin!

Orruk Jam Zone

I've been a busy grit getting moving house and painting when I can this week. It's nice to have the jungleboyz taking to a proper display base. I've paintedany units in the past (take that how you want) but never with an imbedded display board. New! Fun! Yellow!

Next step will be building up the jungle around the Boyz, I'm thinking some tall ruins will create a fitting backdrop and of course, more shades of green :)

WIP Wraithknight Part Two

You're not seeing it wrong, this is a different Wraithknight from last time..I decided to switch gears quick and start a project I could finish before my vacation. I'll be visiting California this weekend for a hefty 10 days. I might be moving there so I have some research to do. So here is the result of that gear switching, a craftoworld Mymera Wraithknight!

Airbrushed basecoat.

At this point I'm on to the brushwork. I'm trying to finish this by tomorrow night so it might be a photo finish. Time will tell!

WIP Wraithknight, Part 1

Change begins at the bottom. This piece, once assembled, will be painted in a death jester motif :) So I'm going to try a few new things on this one, should be fun!

WIP Orruk Megaboss

One more addition to the ranks of Da Jungleboyz, coming right along!

Almost there, it's now to the point I can start finalizing areas. The armor still looks a little bland so I'll add some dags or something to zazz it up a bit.

WIP: Eldar Combat Patrol

First step is getting that fine fine turquoise to come out juuuust riiiight.

Something for my local buddy Kevin as there has been some interest in combat patrol. Can I paint these before GW changes that? Satay tuned and find out!

WIP Haqqislam Expansion

Leading up to the holiday I've decided to take a break from painting and do some painting. But this time for myself. After playing a few games with my new Haqqislam army I've made some changes to the roster. I'd also like to attend Waaaghpaca this January and field a fully painted list. So the main objective of this week, besides sculpting, is to paint a small expansion..I'm still waiting on the final couple of models to show up so it's just the four for now.

I'm not a fan of the standard smart missle bearing "chicken bot" in the Haqq range so I picked up a box of Kameel remotes and added a missle pod from a different game. Not sure where I picked that up.

Weapon of Hell

This is part of a much larger project and you have to start somewhere. So I'm focused on getting the sculpting out of the way. Which has been fun, my only problem is waiting for the putty to finally cure before adding the next layer. But on a near formless demonic stye, that can be used to your advantage.

Table Notes, Dec 2016

I'm always painting but sometimes that focus is spread across middle earth and deep space. The is week has been productive but I don't have anything finished to show for it. Many things started though and thos will yield its rewards when the time comes. So this time around I just wanted to show a single picture and show what I saw when it hit me that I need to focus in :)

This weekend I have some one on one coaching to do and then it's back to the grind, in a more focused way.