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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: jetengine on July 23, 2018, 10:24:39 PM
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A thread for all of my fantasy miniatures.
Whilst I'm primarily (fantasy wise) playing AOS at the moment I buy into many rulebooks, games and systems so eventually other non Warhammer things will appear.
Right now though ? Primarily Dwarfs and Elves for my Dispossessed army (5000+ pts) and my Eldritch Council (1500pts) plus some bits for General Order armies. Case in point....
A Carmine Dragon. Not the actual forgeworld Carmine dragon model (long oop and a bit ugly) but one of the nicest dragons GW has ever made imo, the LOTR 'Generic' Dragon. Paint job isnt mine but a GW staff member who painted any single mini as a raffle prize.
(https://s33.postimg.cc/5ulhy5jzj/20171031_155448.jpg)
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Now for a mini I actually painted. I'm not a great painter frankly. I go for simplicity and tabletop standard (in my eyes thats 'looks ok from the tabletop' though some would disagree). I tend to prime gray, basecoat, wash then done. I put a bit more effort into characters and skirmish figures but otherwise its fairly average.
I have a love of Old/Middlehammer and Alternate ranges though, it adds nice variety to an army and as long as the paint jobs cohesive whilst the model designs arent too radically different it can work really well. In this case my Unforged.
Effectively a GW Slayer with different fluff the model is Mantics Berserker Lord, one of the few Dwarf minis they do that I actually like (whilst cheap which is always a good thing in mass battle games they look like playmobil imo). An added bonus is he fits my Dwarfs Realm of Beasts aesthetic.
(https://s33.postimg.cc/k3druasdb/FB_IMG_1532095713908.jpg)
I tried to go for a Native American/Indigenous Australian look for the wristband and belt.
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Next up is my Runesmith, a great model from 6th edition (though he may be from the 5th edition Grudge of Drong campaign ?) with lots of detail including a surprising number of gems which is weird, since Gems are usually more of a High Elf thing. I'm happy with my paint scheme though.
(https://s33.postimg.cc/9wsv3fzyn/37488427_873891692811483_5130492800491585536_n.jpg)
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Great looking models, I always liked that style of GW mini.
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Now for a 7th ed Metal Engineer, sans giant jumbled backpack since it looked too cluttered imo. This model is....a bit of a nuisance frankly. Too angular, detailed in a bad way (little bits everywhere) and wasn't as fun to paint as my prior two characters.
(https://s33.postimg.cc/7wodcibz3/20180801_191209.jpg)
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Its been a while since I posted but I'm trying something a little new where every week I post my WIP or finished stuff to give me some motivation.
This week its 2 complete 'Jungle Trolls' , Games Workshop Sourbreath Troggoths (Generic Trolls) for my Jungle based Spiderfang Grotz.
(https://i.postimg.cc/x1b27YBF/20181201-210017.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/nVRfhCJP/20181201-210031.jpg)
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I really like those trolls, the red eyes really pop on the one with the statue overhead.
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Between work and life its been hard to get hobby stuff done, so less painting then usual. Though I did manage to assemble and base some Trolls. I also assembled/based/primed my Loremaster and Arachnarock Spider with a converted Spiderfang Grot Shaman.
(https://i.postimg.cc/nVy62dZR/20181215-183123.jpg)
The Trolls are from Momminiaturas, a spanish website that makes various fantasy and sci fi resin miniatures. Very characterful and a good Black Friday deal.
(https://i.postimg.cc/K8FCSR1t/20181215-184916.jpg)
The Loremaster is an older GW miniature called Aenur Sword of Twilight, a mercenary in a skirmish game called 'Mordheim'.
(https://i.postimg.cc/027hBpy8/20181215-182852.jpgp)
The Arachnarock is a great miniature full of detail. Huge and disconcertingly realistic in the dark (as my darling GF can attest) it sits on a sandwich plate sized base that a friend 3d printed for me due to how irregular the size is.
(https://i.postimg.cc/vTJXvSVW/20181215-182943.jpg)
As for the Shaman he's converted from a pre-existing 'Normal' Grot Shaman. The Spiderfang Grots have a more Amazon/Native American inspired aesthetic so I merely removed the models Wolf Cloak, Wolf Tail trinket, skull bowl and top knot. I then added a Miliput saddle of sorts to the Arachnarock to rest the Shaman on, added a Spider crawling on a skull to his hand and filed down his vest so I can paint him bare chested.
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Its been over a month and I've been in some bad health with a nasty chest infection, despite that I've managed to get some painting done.
As much as I like horde factions (Over 350 Dwarfs and 70+ Spider Goblins) I tend to find bulk painting rather disheartening, even with the whole "Just paint 10 at a time" the nigh endless mountain of models can be daunting. In the future I'll paint such forces as I buy them instead of buying everything then feeling glum at the idea of painting it. Anyway this is relevant because I'm making a Troll army with my new Gloomspite Gitz.
Instead of 40+ painted models for a 1000 point I'd need 13.
Heres the first 3 done. Their the last 2 'Jungle Trolls' I did with the remaining model in the set bringing it to a full unit. Frustratingly however they removed these particular models from the game so they'll have to proxy as Stone Trolls/Rockgut Troggoths, they also changed the base sizes to 50mm do I've asked a friend nicely if he'll 3d print me some base extenders.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kgBW70mX/20190113-193853.jpg)
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Finished my anti-biotics but now have different health issues. Still I can paint some minis.
I managed to finish three more Trolls, so I'm nearly half way through a 1000pt force. These ones were great to paint but might have been better to do sub assemblies
Speaking of sub assemblies I'm doing one on my converted Dankhold Trogboss, leaving the arm off makes painting so much easier.
Finally I've started painting my River Trolls, I made a dumb choice though priming them grey when my scheme is white (going for a cave fish kind of thing) but as the one on the right showd enoygh thin layers and it looks ok.
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Its been a while with alot more health issues (both mental and physical) but I've managed to get more done.
I bought some classic Stone Trolls from Infyrana a few weeks back and they were awesome to paint. He was a top guy as well, good packaging, not overpriced and very patient with me.
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Thanks for sharing your project. It is fun to see all the different kinds of trolls. I hope your health improves and you keep on sharing. Always sorry to hear of poor health.
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Hey, thank you for the heads up! They look great, really like the vibrant blue and what you did with the eyes (I can't paint eyes for anything..)!
Keep up the good work :)
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So my healths still terrible but I'm still painting
My Trolls are almost finished with some objectives as well.
The general idea behind the fluff is a Fantasy David Attenborough type is using a very difficult mathematical formula that relies on the growth of mushrooms to discover wherevand when the Trolls will gather.
First is the trogboss, a great miniature from GW with alot of variation in layout and assembly, though some conversion required for weapon loadouts as I have done. I've gone for a scheme that tries to mix elements of the Forest Trolls and Stone Trolls.
Next is the Stone Trolls, the complete collection of GW metals. I'm something of a collector and it was a REAL pain in the butt to get them all but it was worth it in the end.
The first of my River Trolls. The GW plastics are very nice, have more variety then the Metals and convert up easier. For these guys I was trying to go for a "Blind cave fish" look.
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Chocks away!
Painted 90% with contrast paints, from Mominiaturas.
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Great work! I hope your health has improved. Painting seems to help my health.
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Great stuff!,love the trolls :-*
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Great work! I hope your health has improved. Painting seems to help my health.
Sadly not, though their starting to figure out what may be wrong with me.
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Heres a tester schene for a unit of Dwarf warriors.
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Some more Fantasy bits done.
A simple Stormcast colour scheme, I envision their weapons glowing purple as some kind of magic thing. Next time I might try and sculpt some flame to really get that "Its combat time now mofo" feeling.
Next is a Human Hero for my Barbarian/Gaul army. Much like the Elite Barbarians below their a kitbash of GW Ironbreaker bitz and North star Barbarians.
The Elite Barbarians I'm rather happy with, whilst their paintjob isnt great they certainly look like they could give a good fight.
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I'm really intrigued by Warcry, after buying some of the books I'm going to give my FLGS campaign a go. It also gives me an excuse to buy the really nice 6th edition Savage Orcs. They may only have 7 poses but in a skirmish game thats not a huge issue. Heres two painted, mostly contrast paint which helps me get stuff done so quickly. Also a Gryph Hound for the Stormcast gang I've got for Warcry.
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Some more Savage Orcs for Warcry. I'm not happy with how the leader turned out also all of their skin tones dont quite work for me but their finished.
Also a bird for the Stormcast gang whom (ironically) now have a warband box.
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More Stormcast and Gryph-hounds
Release the Bird-doggos of war
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Some more Stormcast for my Warcry gang and an Ancient model which will be used as a Wizard.
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I finished my Stormcast Leader for my Warcry gang. Here he is and the full gang, also some Fellbats
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"Down Down to Goblin town !"
I find the LOTR Goblins refreshing to paint, fairly simple and they come out with contrast fairly quickly.
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The Uruk Hai on the otherhand I'm not so much a fan of. I find them a bit bland and the features are very soft.
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Some very angry Uruk Hai
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You can never have enough Goblins ! These guys are easy to paint though I will admit, batch painting 40 of them was a bit draining.