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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Topic started by: Anatoli on October 09, 2018, 06:36:52 PM

Title: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Anatoli on October 09, 2018, 06:36:52 PM
Did not know where to place this thread, but the nightmarish hallucinations and mental hospital theme felt more Lovecraft than a "Gothic horror" setting to me.

Anyway, I have begun painting up the entire set of mininatures for Lobotomy the board game. This will be the first board game where I paint both the heroes and all the monsters as the minis are really nice.

Lots of monsters coming up next :-D

More pictures of all the playable characters can be seen over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/10/lobotomy-playable-characters-painted-up.html


(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181008_155300(1).jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis
Post by: Orctrader on October 09, 2018, 07:00:34 PM
I rather like those.   :)

Good bold painting style really seems to make them "pop".

(Personally I don't like the transparent bases though I can see the appeal for board games.)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis
Post by: Anatoli on October 10, 2018, 12:23:45 PM
"Warden" and "Nurses" painted up. Had some trouble getting good light when taking photos today...

More pictures over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/10/lobotomy-warden-and-nurses.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181010_131002.jpg)

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181010_131328.jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis
Post by: Anatoli on October 11, 2018, 04:43:50 PM
Got off a good start painting the menatal patients, the most numerous basic monster type, for Lobotomy yesterday, finishing a batch of 4. The models are much better suited to this painting style than the nurses I painted previsouly, I will share pictures once I paint up the next 4.

In the meantime I posted some pictures of the Body Snatcher and Orderlies over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/10/lobotomy-orderlies-and-body-snatcher.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181010_131132.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181010_131231(1).jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis
Post by: Anatoli on October 14, 2018, 05:40:59 PM
All the mental patients for Lobotomy painted up, which makes it a downhill struggle with the rest of the collection as the most numerous monster type is finished. I also painted up 1/3 or the Scavengers which are the last basic monster type that need paint before I can resume playing games again.

After the Scavengers there will only be scenario related monsters and bosses left, which should be a lot of fun to paint since most of them are really nice miniatures.

For more pictures check my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/10/lobotomy-mental-patients-and-scavengers.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181014_100842.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181014_100921.jpg)

Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (14/10)
Post by: matakishi on October 14, 2018, 10:06:11 PM
You've done a great job on these. I may paint some of mine now. Excellent work.
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (14/10)
Post by: Anatoli on October 19, 2018, 08:35:38 PM
Adding a painted "Big Mama", the cannibalistic hag that is used for several scenarios as a mini-boss along with the "Little girls" that are inspired by the creepy girl from the Ring. The Little girls too are used for a few scenarios and are a special monster. Great minis to paint, and pretty creepy to. Had fun painting them.

Next up will the miniature duo for the "anti-Christ".

I also took a few pictures of the setup for tomorrows game :-)

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/10/lobotomy-big-mama-and-little-girls.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181019_201639(0).jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181019_205712.jpg)

Also, earlier this week I finished painting the Scavangers:

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181017_185130.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181017_185408.jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (19/10)
Post by: matakishi on October 19, 2018, 09:30:27 PM
Brilliant!
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (19/10)
Post by: Sterling Moose on October 20, 2018, 01:00:53 AM
Excellent!!  It would be nice if these figures, and others that are 'board game pieces' were available separate from the game.  There are some nice figures out there but not nice enough to invest in the full game.
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (19/10)
Post by: Nick Storm on October 23, 2018, 08:44:18 PM
Good Lorde are those well painted!!!
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (19/10)
Post by: Anatoli on October 30, 2018, 06:41:47 PM
Thanks guys, I took a break from the painting as I awaited additional models and I wanted to undercoat the remaining minis at the same time, but will start painting again later this week.

In the meantime I had to solve a problem with the abundance of tokens that track various status and cool-downs for the game. It had been a pain in the butt from the beginning, but the game is fun so I did not care at first. But in the end I had to do something to get peace of mind.

The solution was to use magnes along with the tokens and laminate the character cards. More pictures of the very satisfying result can be seen on my blog.

Came up with a satisfying solution for Lobotomy: the board game in regard to the annoying problem of dozens of loose tokens to track wounds, cool-downs etc on character cards, items and powers. Posted a small guide in my blog. I think this idea can prove useful and work with other games as well. Thankfully, most games to not require these type of solutions...

I also wrote a rant regarding the Swedish mail service which is a disaster.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/10/lobotomy-accessory-modifications-and.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/Tutorial pictures/20181030_185930.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/Tutorial pictures/20181030_185939.jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (19/10)
Post by: Anatoli on November 03, 2018, 12:41:41 PM
4 new monsters painted up for Lobotomy. The Nemesis, The Faceless, The Clown and The Anti Christ. More pictures over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/11/lobotomy-4-boss-monsters-painted-up.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181103_130508.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181103_130411.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181103_130254.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181103_130208.jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (3/11)
Post by: Bloggard on November 04, 2018, 02:40:17 PM
gosh, fantastic work.
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (3/11)
Post by: Anatoli on November 18, 2018, 10:02:00 AM
Did not paint much the last 2 weeks, but finished the Freddy Krueger "Slashers" and the Vampires this weekend.
Great minis, the vampire strippers sculpts are obviously inspired by Salma Hayeks character in From Dush till Dawn.

More pictures over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/11/lobotomy-freddy-krueger-and-vampire.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181118_100456.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181118_100624.jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (18/11)
Post by: Panama on November 18, 2018, 04:43:44 PM
Great looking models & useful for lots of different games :)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (18/11)
Post by: Mad Lord Snapcase on November 18, 2018, 06:49:33 PM
Absolutely lovely painting!   :-*   :-*   :-*
Title: Re: Lobotomy - painting up the board game minis (18/11)
Post by: Anatoli on November 21, 2018, 07:30:03 PM
Finished the last miniature for Lobotomy late last night, great feeling and a satisfying sense of achievement. It was a bit daunting at first but slowly the whole core box and a couple of add-on miniatures were all painted up.

These miniatures are the final monsters for the game, "Twins", "Nuns", "Frankensteins monster", "Witches" and "Baba Yaga".

The possessed nuns (just like the Slender man) were purchased as an extra add-on, the remaining monsters are all core box miniatures. The twins are a wonderfully creepy rendition of the urban legend of "Black eyed people". I really think that the whole painted uċ collection will not only add gameplay value to Lobotomy, but the miniatures should also be useful for other games as well despite having clear bases.

More pictures over at my blog, as always:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2018/11/lobotomy-remaining-miniatures-painted.html

(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181121_194154(1).jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181121_193048.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181121_192948.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181121_192659.jpg)
(http://anatolisgameroom.com/PaintedBoardGameMinis/20181121_192600.jpg)
Title: Re: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Cubs on November 21, 2018, 07:37:29 PM
What a superb body of work, each more creepy and disturbing than the other.
Title: Re: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Anatoli on November 21, 2018, 07:47:26 PM
Thanks!  :)
They were lots of fun to paint, and I got to try out some new colors, painting techniques and experiment a little with my own style on them. I think my painting style has evolved a little while painting the minis for this game
Title: Re: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Bloggard on November 24, 2018, 09:50:30 AM
look absolutely fantastic en masse.

looking through your blog - are you still using the tamiya spray matt varnish?
Title: Re: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Anatoli on November 25, 2018, 05:53:05 PM
No, I had so many bad experiences with the Tamiya matt varnish that I have completely swapped to "Warpaints - Anti shine" from Warlord Games. Almost 100% success rate of getting a nice matt finish with the brush on varnish.
Title: Re: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Bloggard on November 26, 2018, 09:42:08 AM
oh right, bugger. Just got two cans of the stuff (tamiya) on the way - thanks for the heads up tho'. It's a bit of a black art, this flat matt varnishing business.
Title: Re: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Anatoli on November 26, 2018, 04:30:48 PM
To be honest, the humid cold weather in Sweden did not help. If I had somewhere warm and indoors to use the matt varnish I think the result would have been a bit better.
Title: Re: Lobotomy - everything painted up 2018-11-21!
Post by: Dr Mathias on November 26, 2018, 04:37:28 PM
I really like the painting style you went with. Very impressive collection!