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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: psyberwyche on June 29, 2015, 04:29:52 PM
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Howdy Pardners!
This project log has been a long time in the making/planning, and my painting speed can sometimes slow so much that I wondered if I should even do it at all. But recently I’ve been so consumed by this project – at least, by the *idea* of this project – that I decided it was time to put up or shut up. And so, without further ado, I present to you, Psyber’s Warhammer Quest/ Dungeon Painting Log!
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A few things to get out of the way, for those who’re interested:
1. My guiding principle behind this project is that I will only paint models that I like, and will paint nothing out of necessity. Bold words, but the whole point of this project is to help sustain my enthusiasm for painting and modelling. Therefore, I’ll be selecting models from outside the core box, and even outside the Citadel range, in order to put together my ‘ultimate’ set. Parcels of classic models are arriving on an almost daily basis, and many of my old (20-year-plus) models are bathing in stripper as I type!
2. I used to be pretty seriously into the game as a lad, and hope to be again, so the first step is to collect and paint every monster from the levels 1-3 monster tables! Some of these will require proxies. Some, I simply don’t like and never have, so I’ll be swapping those out for models that I *do* like (see rule 1). But more or less, it’ll be complete.
3. I hate dungeon models on square bases, and even more so on green bases. To help unify the collection, I’ve chosen to base all my models on Fenris Games Temple Ruin and Cthulhu Temple round chamfer bases.
That’s the rules done. Time for the first pic:
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I painted the four heroes from the box, along with a few extras from Warrior Packs and homebrew rules, over 10 years ago. Actually, they stood up pretty well, so my first job was to rebase them and do some touch ups to bring them in line with my present painting standard.
Same applied to these guys – the Witch Hunter, and a Talisman model I use as a Bounty Hunter custom Warrior (you can find the rules here http://bwarhammerquestcustomized.runboard.com/ (http://bwarhammerquestcustomized.runboard.com/)).
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Wot, no Elf? ‘Fraid not. I never liked the Warhammer Quest Elf. I had a Talisman one that I used to use, but he didn’t really stand up to the others. So, the first brand-new-from-scratch model I painted for the project was this Elf from Statuesque Models.
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I plan to replace the three original heroes in the near future, as only the Barbarian really stands the test of time for me. I’ll also be adding a Trollslayer and Warrior Priest for starters, and maybe the Imperial Noble later.
However, in the next update I’ll be looking at monsters…
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A Warhammer Quest tread? Eeexccellleeeent! :-*
Great painting on those heroes, I'm looking forward to what you'll do next!
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Oooh I'll be following this. My own WQ project got bogged down after I didn't implement Rule 1 and started painting the orcs from the box... I haven't even got round to painting the heroes I sculpted yet. :(
Top painting all round and your old figures look great on their new bases. I'm really pleased to have provided an alternative elf - I'm not a fan of the original either. :D
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Cheers! Problem with the old Elf was that he didn't actually look like an Elf lol
I'll be using your Barbarian for sure. But tonight I'll be photographing the first batch of baddies ready to post tomorrow.
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Good stuff: crisp, strongly contrasted, colourful, well-modulated.
The one-piece plastics from the boxed set were always favourites of mine, as was the witch hunter.
I never noticed before that Statuesque's elf appears to be Jeremy Paxman in a blond wig.
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Yes. Yessss. YESSSSSS. Continue.
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TOP WORK!
Your minis really are pieces of art.
Good memories with those classic minis.
Waiting for more.
Thanks for sharing.
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Amazing work! :o
Some of these miniatures are laying in my shelf orribly painted: i wish one day to have stuff painted like yours. Keep on sharing!
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Lovely work!
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So, the first baddies I painted weren't from the box set at all, but instead scratched my itch to paint some Undead:
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Now, the eagle-eyed among you may recognise a few of the models so far from an article in Wargames Soldiers & Strategy a few months back. Yes, my project stalled almost before it had begun, but have no fear, I now have my mojo back, hence I'm using the project log to provide further motivation.
To prove it, I added to my growing Undead horde (well, small gang, maybe) with more Skeletons. The thing I love about Quest is that you never need to paint more than 12 models of the same type - and in this case, it's only 6 of each type of Skeleton (bows and swords). This helps keep the motivation and interest high, and encourages you to do a good job on each model, rather than bash them out, army style. I also painted a classic Warhammer Quest Necromancer to lead them (taken from the brilliant Catacombs of Terror set):
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Have to confess, the new Vampire Counts plastic skellies from GW are great, if a little on the small and finicky side. But they're a real pleasure to paint compared to the old archers.
Mr. Larenscheld, it's time for your close-up:
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That's all for now. I'm putting the finishing touches on some Zombies, and I'll be back. Thanks for looking!
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Excellent paintwork all round. I'll watch this project with interest. :D
I never really got into Warhammer quest but played heroquest and advanced heroquest for quite a while.
I'm quite taken with the new GW skeletons. Might have to get a box myself...
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Wasn't hugely happy with the photo quality on the second batch of Skeletons, so I've taken a couple of single shots of my favourite one. Meet Skeleton Bob.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/447/18676081363_c7550ccc7c_z.jpg) (https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/18674162244_07c9e7f141_z.jpg)
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Stunning.
:-*
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While I'm totally unfamiliar with the various Quest games, your creations are GORGEOUS & would look WONDERFUL with any Fantasy game. VERY WELL DONE!
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Constantly impressed and amazed at the quality and quantity of your output (well certainly compared to me).
Great stuff :)
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Bob looks good. :)
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Great looking skellies :-*
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(stamps and claps my hands) MORE...MORE...MORE...MORE...
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Looking great!!
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Love Quest - looking to get my own up and running soon.
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Last update for the week - I can't promise I'll be updating the log this regularly all the time, but for now I'm being fairly prolific. I'm sure normal, Cretaceous service will resume soon lol
Continuing the little Undead theme, here are some Zombies:
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Had a lot of fun posing and painting these chaps. The guy with his guts falling out was an experiment with the Citadel 'technical' paint, 'Blood for the Blood God', which comes out really glossy and icky. A lot like Tamiya Clear Red I think.
In terms of gameplay, I only need six for levels 1-2, but eventually I'll have to paint another 3 to 6. Everything I'm doing now though is to get me through those first few gaming sessions with fully painted models for everything.
I'm going to do a little more Undead, then I'll probably treat myself to a Warrior before moving onto the Orcs and Goblins.
Have a great weekend :)
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Just awesome. I've been meaning to do some Warhammer Quest (actually going to print some cards for room cards using the D&D tiles I think). Love seeing the way you're doing this project.
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Cracking job on the skellies (and everything really) can't wait to see what comes next!
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New update, and it's the end of the Undead drive for the time being.
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Are you my mummy?
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/315/19357840460_edb7312b25_c.jpg)
I'll need two more mummies eventually if I want to progress past level 5, so I've already prepped and undercoated two old Heroquest mummies as nostalgic fill-ins! But I'll get round to those later - I've got some serious painting to do if I ever want to finish the level 1 monster table...
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Nice Dr Who reference, have a jelly baby!
Love the mummies, the skin is nice and old, but preserved in that special way.
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Wow, stunning efforts! I am very impressed (and a little jealous considering that I never managed to paint any of my WHQ!), so I'll be following this closely.
Have to confess, the new Vampire Counts plastic skellies from GW are great, if a little on the small and finicky side. But they're a real pleasure to paint compared to the old archers.
I actually really like the kit. They are very obviously "fantasy", but are still reasonably generic; you only know they are GW models because of the lack of anyone else making decent plastic skellies.
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Beautiful painting!
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Your Deadites are FANTASTIC...TERRIFIC brushwork & an eye for colors. The Zombies have a certain appeal for moi. VERY WELL DONE!
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Thanks for the words of support guys - it's motivating me to paint more, faster, better lol
This week's update: I promised I'd leave the Undead for a while and get on with the creatures from the box set, so here are the first six Orcs! I went for a more modern/imposing model than the ones from the WHQ box, but had a lot of fun with these.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/19638236406_744ddaeb40_c.jpg)
Almost done with the six Orc Archers/ Arrer Boyz too.
Stay tuned!
Edit: now with close-up!
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man, that's some serious bandage painting, there ...
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Nice. :)
Those orcs are so much more imposing than the originals.
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Yep. Just awesome. Preez continue.
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What's that you say? Two updates in a week? I wouldn't get used to that if I were you lol
Here are the aforementioned Arrer Boyz!
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Have a great weekend all!
Edit: Another close-up.
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The Sharpshooting Lads in Green look FANTASTIC. You do have a fine eye for colors, AND a deft hand with the brush. As always, VERY WELL DONE!
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This week's update (still making progress).
Decided to treat myself by painting a new Warrior before getting back to the dungeon denizens. This time it's the ever-popular Trollslayer. I admit this is one of my favourites, and I'm really pleased with the way the model turned out. Probably the best face I've painted in a very long time. Hope y'all like!
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Right, now back to the monsters!
Edit: Forgot to show off the stripey trousers!
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Awesome paintjob on one of my ever favourite mini. And yes, the face had tourned out beautifully. Great job!
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Gorgeous! :-*
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Your OUTSTANDING brushwork & eye for colors has brought to life a SPLENDID miniature, AND given the Little Psycho a WONDERFULLY expressive face. VERY WELL DONE indeed!
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The gems and the face are outstanding!
Cool!
Cheers
GS
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Wow, that's stellar. :-*
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Very, very nice. A great bit of paintwork. :D
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Shucks, thanks guys. Probably the model I've enjoyed painting most. I'm now rooting around in the lead pile for some trolls for him to slay!
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Intense and beautifully executed. This is one of the threads which made me pick up a brush for the first time in 9 months a week or two ago. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Though I'm not convinced that the new plastic fantasy Orcs are any better then the ones that came with game originally (I actually dislike both designs for different reasons!), I do love you paintwork on them - most excellent indeed!
Seeing your Trollslayer (another lovely paintjob!) has me wondering... Are you likely to do several versions of each character in order to show the "progression" of a hero as they level up? Maybe three versions; starting adventurer (levels 1-6), experienced adventurer (levels 7-14), heroic adventurer (levels 15-20)? Could be a nice excuse to paint up a few different versions of the heroes too...!
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Cracking trollslayer that! I'd wager it came out so well because you loved doing it so much. Wouldn't want to get on his more-bad side, that's for sure.
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@Major Gilbear I wasn't planning on doing multiple characters for progression purposes, but I do plan on doing multiple versions of the same class so that people can choose their favourite model when they come round for a game (so I'd have two very different Barbarians, for example, and possibly a male and female version).
On the Orcs, I think the larger plastics are far better than the original boxed game ones, certainly in terms of expression, detail and menace! However, they aren't my favourite models - the old metal Big Uns are probably the most characterful IMHO, but really hard to get hold of. I have two and couldn't even find them on ebay, let alone buy another 10!
PS. I've added a few close-up shots to some of my earlier posts, for those interested.
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@Elbows: That sounds like I'm responsible for something. Oh god, I can't take the pressure! lol
(seriously though, you're too kind).
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[...] I do plan on doing multiple versions of the same class so that people can choose their favourite model when they come round for a game (so I'd have two very different Barbarians, for example, and possibly a male and female version).
Great idea!
On the Orcs, I think the larger plastics are far better than the original boxed game ones, certainly in terms of expression, detail and menace! However, they aren't my favourite models - the old metal Big Uns are probably the most characterful IMHO, but really hard to get hold of. I have two and couldn't even find them on ebay, let alone buy another 10!
I do like the Brian Nelson style of Orcs... I just don't like what GW did with the rest of the anatomy (like going from hunchbacked Orcs to having ones with heads in the middle of their chests).
I know what you mean about the Big 'Uns though. That they were not really released in quantity doesn't help in getting them second-hand now either.
PS. I've added a few close-up shots to some of my earlier posts, for those interested.
Yep, your paintjobs are absolutely super! :-*
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Howdy!
bit of a slow week last week due to holidays. I did manage to rummage about in the attic,however, and dig out some more models. I've started to cannibalize my old Orcs and Goblins Warhammer army now, and so I found a half-painted Troll, rebased him and repainted him for the Quest project. I'll consider this one a test piece - need to get two more painted eventually, but for now one is enough.
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Lovely, lovely, lovely (as everything else you have posted!).
That's pretty much the skin tone I want to achieve with my trolls, once I get to paint them. Grey with a slight moss green tint.
Can you please share the paint recipe you've used with this nice fellow?
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That is an OUTSTANDING creation...BEAUTIFUL array of colors & some WONDERFUL work with the brush. VERY WELL DONE!
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Awesome...though the Dwarf doesn't look like he's too excited.
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Great job on all of them...but I love the skeletons!
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That's pretty much the skin tone I want to achieve with my trolls, once I get to paint them. Grey with a slight moss green tint.
Can you please share the paint recipe you've used with this nice fellow?
Sure! I used some old paints on this guy though. The skin was 50/50 Knarloc Green and Adeptus Battle Grey (both Foundation paints - not sure what the new equivalents are). I washed the model with green and black mixed washes (I use Army Painter Green Tone and Secret Weapon black, but there are several on the market). Then I just gradually added Fortress Grey to the base colour for the highlights.
Edit: for paint compatibility, check out this chart: http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart
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Thanks, will keep the recipe (and the link) in mind when I get down to mine. :)
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Great thread. Terrific.
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Stop. Hammer time!
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Ahem.
This week's update is another hero - this time the Warrior Priest. Again, I didn't use the Warhammer Quest figure with the gigantic barrel-shaped hammer, but instead picked up my favourite mini from the metal WP sets that GW released a few years back. I'm not too fussed about him having exactly the right starting equipment (two hammers instead of one, scrolls instead of book), especially as heroes tend to buy and find new equipment all the time during the game.
I really need to stop getting distracted now and paint those monsters, or this project will never get done!
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Gorgeous model again!
I liked that series of priests actually (they looked suitably grim and determined) - I think they did something like three sculpts with slightly different weapons loadouts.
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Yep. I actually had all three. The one with hammer, shield and book was probably slightly better, but he suffers from 'one leg up standing on huge rock' syndrome, which was just too much work for the dungeon setting :)
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Just wanted to plug this website for any fans of Warhammer Quest: http://bwarhammerquestcustomized.runboard.com/
Run by a guy called 'Littlemonk', this is is one of the most complete collections of warriors, cards, dungeon tiles and adventures on the net, and it all looks very professional. As he plays regularly, he's also revised some of the original warrior packs to make them play better, and he's done a sterling job.
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Yep, I've scanned that before - it has quite a following. I like the way you did your priest up. Looks like he's ready for a fight.
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Incredibly, I've managed to keep pace with this project log, ready for another Monday update. I give to you the first of my Minotaurs:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/382/20447462452_c288f3ea48_c.jpg)
For anyone unfamiliar with Warhammer Quest, the Minotaur is the 'big bad' of the basic game. It's possible to face D3 Minotaurs in your first game, which is almost impossible to defeat. If you get one of the buggers, you're going to have a a hard time :)
The choice of model here isn't everyone's favourite - it's not even my favourite, but good Minotaurs are hard to find. I searched and searched and basically came to the conclusion that these goofy ones from the 90s, if painted well, are about as good as it gets. For anyone wondering: Scibor does three great minotaurs, but a bit too expensive for my blood. Avatars of War do my favourite minotaur, but only have two poses and they didn't look easy to convert. The new GW plastics are, to my eyes, ugly as sin (what's going on with those weird feet?). The original Warhammer Quest ones, although a marvel when they were made, now look very dated and not very threatening compared to my hard-bitten warriors. No-one wants a cuddly Minotaur!
The advantage of using these particular models is that the Minotaur Lord, which came out at the same time, is a genuinely nice figure, and will fit in with his Minotaur minions nicely. I just secured one off eBay, so eventually I'll be painting him along two more basic Minotaurs to match the one above.
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Lovely. I want to redo my current minotaur (doesn't look beastly enough). Lovely work on that fella (I particularly like his choice of weapon).
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Lovely minotaur!
I agree that the snouts look a bit cartoony, but that era of Citadel metal minotaurs is probably my favourite actually.
That said, I've seen a few conversions over the years that mix and match different bodies and heads to great (superior) effect.
Anyway, well done. 8)
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Lovely. :D
Great work on that Minotaur.
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Well done on that Minotaur! Like your painting style.
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Wonderful painting. I recall coming against a couple of Minotaurs during my first or second WHQ game: things did not end well!
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I recall coming against a couple of Minotaurs during my first or second WHQ game: things did not end well!
Yep! The Minotaur is the primary reason that most parties don't make it past Level 1. Thankfully, if you do get past that early barrier, things get a little more balanced, at least for a time. The difficulty curve goes 'Insane-->normal-->easy-->Insane'. Yet for all that, it's still brilliant!
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For anyone unfamiliar with Warhammer Quest, the Minotaur is the 'big bad' of the basic game. It's possible to face D3 Minotaurs in your first game, which is almost impossible to defeat. If you get one of the buggers, you're going to have a a hard time :)
Hear, hear.
I still remember that game of Warhammer Quest. It was a no-master, randomized game. First room, draw a encounter card... 1D3 minotaurs. Roll the dice... 3 minotaurs.
Let's just say that five minutes later we were starting a new game. lol
Oh, and very nice painting on your minotaur!
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Right, I've been putting off painting the bog standard monsters for this game, as even in these small quantities I have to find models that I really like, otherwise I can't bring myself to batch paint. I've sort of figured out a solution.
Enter the Night Goblins:
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These guys are so much more characterful than the ones in the WHQ box, and are probably the best Goblins GW sells. They might be my favourite Goblins ever. They're the one-part Gobbos from the Skull Pass starter set, which I never got round to painting. Very crisp detail, and I like that they're small too, rather than the over-sized ones that GW used to make.
My solution to painting fatigue is to do them in batches of six rather than all 12 at once. I've already started the six archers, and I've been breaking up the 'assembly line' by doing a few test schemes for future models. So there'll be more Gobbos next week :-)
Rather enjoying painting these guys. Interestingly the Goblins in the original box were the common variety, but I've gone for Night Goblins all the way, because (a) they're much better models, I mean, so far superior that there's no contest, and (b) Night Goblins live in caves and dungeons, so it makes sense to me.
More to follow.
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Nice! I concur, some of the best GW goblins. For my dungeon crawl I very much do the "paint a big batch of baddies...then a hero/monster" routine. :D
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For my dungeon crawl I very much do the "paint a big batch of baddies...then a hero/monster" routine. :D
Totally agree, it keeps at bay the madness (mostly). At least I'll never need to paint more than 12 of the same type - that's the mantra that keeps me going. Six more little Night Goblins, then a Boss, Shaman, 3 Fanatics, and I'm done on the Goblin front for a while. Gotta paint some Squigs eventually...
The bit I'm least looking forward to is the small critters, which are kinda essential for gameplay purposes - Snotlings, Bats, Rats and Spiders. I'm going to have to start them soon while my enthusiasm for the project is still high, because if I leave them until the end they'll never get painted!
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FANTASTIC ADDITIONS! While I prefer the older plastic Goblins...different strokes & all that, your Little Green Guys look WONDERFULLY nasty, AND the Minotaur is an OUTSTANDING creation. VERY WELL DONE one & all!
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Woohoo! Received an unexpected parcel today, and it was my Kickstarter stuff from the Zealot Miniatures Twisted Catacombs campaign.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5645/20548720919_73bcbd5ab1_c.jpg)
Particularly impressed by the 'boss door' - totally going to use this when the Objective Room gets drawn in Warhammer Quest.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/732/20114513233_5e0913b311_c.jpg)
I don't have time to photograph everything right now, but I'm incredibly impressed by the quality. There are doors (large and small), piles of little skulls and bones for base detailing, treasure chests, flagons, bottles, candlesticks, tables, a well (of doom), trap markers, spiral staircase, portcullis... so much stuff. A big reminder that this project is not just about the minis - looks like I'll be painting some 3D dungeon components now too :-)
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Oooh, nifty! I'll be sitting next to the mailbox the coming days... if I was not going on holiday :s
Looking forward to seeing the scenery painted.
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That's a true box-full-of-goodness. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it (and everything else, as a WHQ fan I love this thread). :)
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I was sad I was broke when that came around...I hope they have a good retail option.
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Cheers guys - I'm really looking forward to painting some scenery, but I've got a long way to go yet ;)
Here's that test model I hinted at the other day - a humble Snotling! It was meant to be a fast and dirty paintjob using predominantly washes, but it didn't turn out so good, so I ended up painting him properly. Not sure how quick it'll be to paint another 11 like this lol
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5818/20572913448_db1c17e780_z.jpg)
Anyhow, I'm going to set it aside until I've got my Night Goblin contingent done at least.
I gave waaaay too much thought to the base - 25mm bases look far too big for the critters in the box. I had a look at 20mm rounds off eBay, and even had a go at sculpting some flagstones onto them, which looked okay but was pretty time consuming. Then I realised that trying to remove 12 bats and 12 tiny rat paws from their stands just to pin them to a base was insane. In the end I just left the little guy as he was and painted the base plain black, and actually I think it looks nice and tidy!
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Another weekend gone, another lot of minis finished. I now have all 12 Goblins required for a Level 1 Adventure.
Goblin Archers:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/710/20027949833_d7a8f32fa6_b.jpg)
While I was at it, I painted a Night Goblin Champion up to act as a boss. Really fancied a go at doing the classic checkerboard pattern that you used to see on GW Orcs & Goblins back in the day. Quite pleased with how it turned out.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5742/20026354514_f23826e36a_z.jpg)
Close-up of that shield, which was weirdly hard to paint considering it's mostly one colour. Getting the hang of painting yellow now though!
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/656/20460916608_58d3334ca8_n.jpg)
I'm ashamed to say I've put off painting those Snotlings again, although I'm not quite done with greenskins yet. Hopefully more to show next week :)
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Got a sinking feeling that my updates may start getting sporadic. Tomorrow we go to pick up a puppy to join our little family. Mrs Psyberwyche is already eyeing up my hobby area for the puppy's playpen. I'm determined to stick to one update a week if humanly possible. Let's see who wins the turf war lol
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Time to elevate the hobby area...on stilts...and paint above the pup. Problem solved.
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Time to elevate the hobby area...on stilts...and paint above the pup. Problem solved.
So far no miniatures have been chewed - can't say the same for everything else lol
He has a weird phobia of black boxes, which means he sits and stares at my figure cases (and the barbecue outside), barks at them, then runs off. Weird little dog.
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Still on the greenskins kick, and not *totally* distracted by the new addition to the household, here's the fruits of my labour this bank holiday weekend - a metal Night Goblin Shaman. this is a model I had sitting around for ages, because I have a tatty old Orc & Goblin army for Warhammer, some of which I'm stripping and repainting for this project. I never got round to this one though, which is a shame because a very nice, crisp model to paint. Hope you like it!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5737/21010286636_3c6c48dd6c_c.jpg)
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And a couple of detail shots for good measure, because this model has a ton of small details - the mushrooms and cauldron of fungus brew, and the tiny Snotling familiar are great touches!
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5782/21010283956_f90b44cdc9.jpg)
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Looks brilliant. Good luck on those snotlings... lol
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Looks brilliant. Good luck on those snotlings... lol
Are you suggesting I'm putting off painting the Snotlings? Well, the fact that I'm still painting, and the things on my desk *aren't* Snotlings, should tell you that you're absolutely right! lol
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Cracking work all around Psyberwyche! I've just spent the last wee while going through your thread. Thats sime great painting! My particular favourite has to be the dwarf. I love the colours you've achieved on the face! :-*
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Cheers AndyM! The Slayer was such a lovely model to paint. All the old metal models from that particular range had fantastic definition and character. I still need to get round to replacement heroes for the core box - Barbarian next I think, then Dwarf and Wizard.
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FANTASTIC WORK on the Goblins...you captured their psycho persona quite nicely. VERY WELL DONE!
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Welp, I think I'm going to bring my Goblin painting to an end for the timebeing, so I decided to paint something a bit more wacky and fun. Enter the whirling loonies, aka Night Goblin Fanatics.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/686/20460916418_dbb25c7de8_c.jpg)
Had a lot of fun with these guys, although I got some pretty bad mouldings that I wasn't thrilled with. Lots of chopping and changing, shaving off bits of grass at the feet and so on, allowing me to pose them in unusual ways and rebase them for my dungeon. Pretty pleased with the overall result.
I'm going to do some work on filling out more monster groups next (I know, I know, I keep saying that).
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Very cool, gonna be hard to stuff them in a dungeon! lol
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Nice addition. 8)
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Very cool, gonna be hard to stuff them in a dungeon! lol
Hence I have no plans to make the dungeon rooms 3D. All two-dimensional tiles, and lots of artistic licence! lol
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Extra update this week, largely as I'm not sure I'll be able to post anything next week due to various commitments. Got massively sidetracks by these old Heroquest Mummies. I needed two more Mummies to finish my Undead dungeon section for the time-being, and just couldn't resist (sorry Elbows, no Snotlings again this week).
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5618/20703055093_690f3d2b16_c.jpg)
Unfortunately, my rose-tinted spectacles were in full effect - these models are awful to paint lol Still, they're done, and now I have six mummies, 12 skeletons, 6 zombies and a Necromancer for the Undead contingent.
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They might have been horrible to paint, but they turned out fantastic! The red eyes are a great touch.
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Ok so I cant really put my thoughts down on here for this thread. The most I can muster is WOW just WOW :D Very well done and very nice painting on all of these miniatures so far :) Keep them coming :D
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wonderfull thread to browse through.
Lovely models in incredible paintjobs.
I've been meaning to update my own heroquest, but other shiny stuff keeps distracting me.
keep it coming.
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The miniatures may not be all that wonderful, but the painting is OUTSTANDING...VERY WELL DONE once more!
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Too kind everyone, too kind.
Having a blast with this project. It's something I've wanted to do since I first picked up the game eons ago, but is only now feasible because I'm a proper grown up. Honest.
Youth is wasted on the young ;)
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(slaps you over the head with a dead snotling) GET TO WORK!
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(slaps you over the head with a dead snotling) GET TO WORK!
Brace yourself. I might (MIGHT) prep 11 more Snotlings today. And if that's successful, I might even spray them. Which means that, by the end of 2016, I MIGHT have conjured the required motivation to paint them... lol
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WOA :-* :-* :-*
I've always had a soft spot for WQ! Amazing project and superb painting!
Keep going! And ditto to Elbows lol
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Lovely work - especially on the mummies (which I know first hand are... er, tricky to paint nicely!).
Brace yourself. I might (MIGHT) prep 11 more Snotlings today. And if that's successful, I might even spray them. Which means that, by the end of 2016, I MIGHT have conjured the required motivation to paint them... lol
All joking aside, I'm a little surprised you didn't get some alternative snotling models for them - you replaced a lot of the other creatures already, and other snotling sculpts are frankly rather fun to paint (somewhat like Nurglings in fact!).
When you get around to doing Chaos (you are doing Chaos, right?), will you paint models around each of the four gods, or will you be going down the Undivided route with only themed daemons?
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All joking aside, I'm a little surprised you didn't get some alternative snotling models for them - you replaced a lot of the other creatures already, and other snotling sculpts are frankly rather fun to paint (somewhat like Nurglings in fact!).
You say that. I have previously painted 20-odd of them for my old Orcs & Goblins army, with another 20 or so unpainted in the loft, and there are several reasons why I haven't gone down that route:
1. They are fun, characterful and nostalgic sculpts. But they're also messy, rushed and bloody tiny. Great en masse on a multi-base, but eye-bleeding when based singly.
2. Which brings me to the subject of basing. The old metal Snotlings are attached to huge wads of metal, designed to be disguised with green stuff on a multi-base. The wads of metal don't look at all neat, so I'd have to cut them off carefully, and pin those teeny, tiny, frankly malformed feet to another base to match my dungeon. An expensive resin base at a fiver for ten. That's alot of work...
3. The plastic ones, although not brilliant, are larger, and much more cleanly sculpted and cast - I can do a much nicer paint job much quicker, and the bases are integral so no pinning is required.
4. As with the rats, spiders, and bats (which I could also use rebased metal models for, but am not gonna), you only ever need 12 of each, and in game terms they are a minor inconvenience at best. They really aren't worth the extra effort when I look at the 200+ models I still have to paint!
When you get around to doing Chaos (you are doing Chaos, right?), will you paint models around each of the four gods, or will you be going down the Undivided route with only themed daemons?
Naturally I'm doing Chaos ;) - I already have everything I need up to level 5 in my burgeoning Ebay pile. Not totally sure about the basic warriors - I've never been a fan of Chaos Undivided/Undecided, as it doesn't mesh with the old Realms of Chaos background that I really love. I'll probably pick one Chaos God for the basic warriors (Khorne is the most sensible, but I've always been fond of Slaanesh, oo-er). I already have a bunch of Chaos Champions - old metal ones - of varying alignments, so they'll more of a mixed bag.
I've actually been saving those fellas as a treat for when I finish these bloomin' greenskins.
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Re: snotlings, fair enough! lol
Re: Chaos Warriors (and Thugs/Marauders if they are in WHQ - I can't remember the exact bestiary contents all that well), I would be tempted to do a few (3-4) in each colour for the four gods, together with a few (3-4) in a more neutral scheme. That way, you can have them properly themed to each god, but by adding the neutral ones to the themed ones when you play, it saves painting a good few models. Your classic Champions would be on top of those, naturally! :P
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That's a rather good idea. The maximum you ever need is 12 (2D6). At earlier levels it's D6 Chaos Warriors (no Marauders, although I'm tempted to just mix them in and 'count as').
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Another week, another single figure, because life is getting in the way of my project. However, it's a model I've been looking forward to painting for ages - the Barbarian from Statuesque Miniatures. I said at the beginning I was going to replace the Barbarian, Dwarf and Wizard from the set, so this is the first of those:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/742/21592021855_df729e30c0_c.jpg)
I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Statuesque dungeon adventurers are probably the cleanest cast metal minis I've ever bought, and are a joy to paint!
In other news: Important Snotling Update for Elbows - They are finally undercoated and ready to paint!!! lol
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Brilliant! :-*
I think i like that better than the 'offical' paint job! Well done! 8)
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Brilliant! :-*
I think i like that better than the 'offical' paint job! Well done! 8)
Praise indeed! The official one was crisper - I certainly don't quite have the eye for that level of finish. But I didn't like the bright red cape lining inside a black cloak - it seemed a bit too opulent for a Barbarian. So I went with a grimy look - he looks like he's been stuck down a filthy dungeon for a few days, and is really cross about it! lol
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I don't really care for the face sculpt. He looks like an ogre...
The paintjob is top-notch as always, though.
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I don't really care for the face sculpt. He looks like an ogre...
They are a caricatured set of minis, for sure (and who says he can't have a bit of Ogre in him? He's a marauder from the frozen north, after all ;). I actually think they're more Warhammery than the actual Warhammer Quest figures lol
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Cheers chaps.
I've picked out my Dwarf already. I'm in two minds about which Wizard I'm going to use - I've got a cool one from Reaper minis, and an old Warhammer battle wizard. I'll either post up some snaps of the two models and take suggestions, or just bite the bullet and paint both. Who doesn't like a good wizard, eh?
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What a WONDERFUL nose! The rest of his oh-so-expressive face is equally impressive...FANTASTIC WORK on an OUTSTANDING miniature!
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What a WONDERFUL nose! The rest of his oh-so-expressive face is equally impressive...FANTASTIC WORK on an OUTSTANDING miniature!
Thanks Nala - your messages are always so motivating. Warms the cockles of my heart :-)
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imposing bad guy! Very nice miniature and very well painted. Quote about the PJ, much better with the grimy look! It's a ferocious barbarian not a elf princess! lol
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I feel like I start every other post with 'I got distracted. so...' lol
Last week I really did get distracted, massively so! I was searching in the attic for some extra bits for the project, and came across a case of Vampire Counts figures for Warhammer 6th edition. In that case was one of my favourite old minis, painted to a very basic 'army standard' - the Varghulf (for non Warhammer players, it's a Vampire/Werewolf hybrid trope).
So, even though this beastie has no rules in Warhammer Quest, I decided to rebase him and repaint him anyway! I'll cook up some rules somewhere along the the way, but for the time being he was just fun to revisit.
Pictures were really tricky - my homemade lightbox setup struggles with anything larger than a 40mm based critter, so hope these look okay.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/576/21155840304_9e9ba50430_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/668/21752411656_4cba17cd32_c.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5651/21778516565_fd754622c4_c.jpg)
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Oh thats the dogs danglies!! :-* You really can easily forget just how good some of the GW models are!
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An excellent model, and your efforts (even if "basic Army-standard") still show him off wonderfully! :)
Any thoughts on which ghouls you'll use for your undead models? :)
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Awesome additions. Love the werebatwolf thing.
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The varghulf is just eye droppingly good. Really terrific. I am so impressed. The paint job is just outstanding.
cheers-
red
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An excellent model, and your efforts (even if "basic Army-standard") still show him off wonderfully! :)
Any thoughts on which ghouls you'll use for your undead models? :)
Ah, sorry - I repainted as well as rebased - not trying to show off! He was pretty much basecoated/drybrushed/washed before, so I gave him a thorough makeover following my new 'paint everything as nicely as I can' ethos ;-)
As for the ghouls, I was going to use Paul Muller's originally, mixed with a few old metal GW; but while I was up in the loft I found 3 boxes of unassembled GW plastics that I hoarded and totally forgot about, so it looks like I'll be using those! lol
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The varghulf is just eye droppingly good. Really terrific. I am so impressed. The paint job is just outstanding.
Thank you! (all the feelz) ;)
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Great thread, some really nice paint work! The dwarf slayer is fantastic
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Oh, that is a nice model. Would like one of those.
Those open wounds really look realistic. Wonderful as always.
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Oh, that is a nice model. Would like one of those.
Those open wounds really look realistic. Wonderful as always.
Cheers!
I've made a fair bit of use of the technical paint 'Blood for the Blood God' during this project (which is virtually identical to Tamiya Clear Red). Never really used it before as it seemed a bit OTT, but used sparingly it looks really... icky!
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Nice. Very nice. :D
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I've made a fair bit of use of the technical paint 'Blood for the Blood God' during this project (which is virtually identical to Tamiya Clear Red). Never really used it before as it seemed a bit OTT, but used sparingly it looks really... icky!
Yeah, I don't use GeeDubs normal paints, but I found theire special stuff range has some very usefull products.
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Cheers!
I've made a fair bit of use of the technical paint 'Blood for the Blood God' during this project (which is virtually identical to Tamiya Clear Red). Never really used it before as it seemed a bit OTT, but used sparingly it looks really... icky!
You did great with the blood paint! I tend to go about OTT when I use it, but you've created a great effect.
Yeah, I don't use GeeDubs normal paints, but I found their special stuff range has some very useful products.
I'd have to agree with that. The agrellan earth is a great paint as well.
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Barely had the time to get anything finished last week, but my messy painting area is strewn with half-done and barely-started minis, so I decided to get cracking and finish some of them!
Behold: a Night Goblin Boss, which almost completes my Night Goblin contingent for Dungeon Levels 1-5! (Just need a few Squigs and herders).
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5799/21952119302_938f7b11b4_c.jpg)
Really like this model. Very crisp, clean lines, lovely to paint.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5787/21343134503_ef34b353fb_b.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/21343135173_e5242d7ba6_c.jpg)
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Damn...that's a serious looking fella. Awesome paintwork - love the eye.
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I have that Little Rogue lurking somewhere in The Vault of Pack Rattiness. Your OUTSTANDING creation may motivate me to dig him out for some attention. VERY WELL DONE...I think!
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wonderful stuff!
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Great goblin model, Great paint job and a HUGE well done :D
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very nice gobbo! :-*
Love the model...perfect for a dungeon!
now we need a goblin groupshot :P
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No update for over a week. Ugh - so much going on right now that my painting time has been eaten away. However, I have made a few choice purchases for the project on Evilbay. Foremost among them are these beauties - a pair of Khorne champions.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5634/22065048728_1e594065d3_z.jpg)
I remember really wanting these models when I were a young 'un, and drooling over the Mike McVey paint jobs, but couldn't afford them with my pocket money. Ah, the perks of being an adult but still a big kid at heart ;-)
I've mentioned before that I'm saving my Chaos Champions as a treat for when I've got the basic set finished, but I might crack...
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It's amazjng these models STILL hold up to today's standards of sculpting! If someine newly made them today, they'd still be highly sought after!
BTW that's just teasing.... showing those great models then telling us you're leaving it to last! :(
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Well, inevitably the project stalled when real life intervened. However, my enthusiasm hasn't waned, even though my time for painting has!
This week I received my Dungeon Saga Kickstarter rewards from Mantic. For $25 USD, I got a Dragon, some card floor tiles, and a bunch of Dungeon scenery.
Highlights from the scenery set:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/772/22910136384_6f268b3b14_c.jpg)
Some bits that I can't use because they're really bendy (I could maybe heat them up/freeze them, and/or pin them, but it's too much hassle):
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/780/22911307463_3ca4cdbf57_c.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5767/23455945391_1a460d9264_n.jpg)
But the crowning glory, and worth the price of the reward tier all on it's own - the Dragon. So impressed with this model! (Skaven shown for scale).
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/762/23538390025_94f89875cc_c.jpg)
That's all for now, but just finishing the first bit of painting I've done for weeks, so hopefully more updates soon.
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Can't wait to see what you do with this. Got the call from my folks that my box has arrived (yes, I sent KS to my folks house because I move around every couple of years...and with KS taking 1-2 years, I just feel safer doing it that way!). The terrain was underwhelming in some pictures, but your pics make me a bit more hopeful. I'll see how much of my stuff was bent.
Odd, how today, 20+ years on they can't match the precision and quality of plastic stuff from say Hero Quest. Kinda odd. ???
When are you going to tackle that dragon?
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Yeah, the scenery is actually better in real life than in the photos, although the plastic is soft. The solid bits like doors and bookshelves are great though. I also have the Zealot minis scenery, which us better still.
I want to paint the dragon now, but I have no use for it for ages... ;)
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How long ago did your Zealot stuff arrive? Have a buddy who's been waiting on his for a while now...I didn't have the funds to get in on that stuff (sigh)
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How long ago did your Zealot stuff arrive? Have a buddy who's been waiting on his for a while now...I didn't have the funds to get in on that stuff (sigh)
End of August. I'd advise him to chase them up (their email responses were excellent).
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Some bits that I can't use because they're really bendy (I could maybe heat them up/freeze them, and/or pin them, but it's too much hassle):
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/780/22911307463_3ca4cdbf57_c.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5767/23455945391_1a460d9264_n.jpg)
Boil some water, and fill a bowl or large mug. Then dip the bent models into the hot water for a time (swords and legs take a couple of seconds, but thick parts take a bit longer), and carefully fish them out with a fork. Don't let the water get cold! When you retreive the parts from the hot water, straighten them out and hold them in place until they cool a bit (shouldn't take long). Then, still holding them in the desired position after they've cooled a bit, run them under a really cold tap, or dunk them in a large bowl of cold water with a couple of ice cubes in it.
This technique can also be used to re-pose models. :)
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How long ago did your Zealot stuff arrive? Have a buddy who's been waiting on his for a while now...I didn't have the funds to get in on that stuff (sigh)
Correction: I just saw the latest update saying that only a third of pledges have been fulfilled. They did much better than expected, and I think they're sending orders out in order of pledge (I backed in the first few hours).
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Cool project. I backed the Dungeon Saga KS for exactly the same set as you. Can't wait to see yours painted, should give me some inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for the bump, psyberwyche - I would've missed this great thread completely. Fantastic painting on some fun old (and not so old) models!
I hear you regarding the HQ mummies. It's hard to not end up with something out of Scooby Doo. You did well with yours though!
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Gosh, how time flies! This thread is so old now that this is almost threadomancy. Real life (and conflicting hobby projects) have really got in the way of this little quest.
Thankfully, I have some new stuff to show, so hopefully I'll be forgiven.
Just finished a Minotaur, and almost done with a Dwarf adventurer. More soon!
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1459/25024439955_7ae738dcbe_z.jpg)
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Awesome, I love seeing this thread pop back up. It does make you feel bad when you think "I'll go update my thread..." and it's on page 3, or the forum says "Nothing has been posted in 120 days..."
lol
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Not as bad as I feel when I read through the last few pages and realise I *still* haven't finished those Snotlings lol
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Old school colour styles mixed with new school painting techniques equals epic win! I love your stuff!!
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Minotaur is great!
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Old school colour styles mixed with new school painting techniques equals epic win!
That is exactly my intent, you totally get me! I've got an almost OCD focus on painting style consistency throughout the project too :-)
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Brill! 8) Where's the big guy from?
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Brill! 8) Where's the big guy from?
Ebay job, I'm afraid. Late 90s Citadel. Very old skool, but good Minotaurs at a reasonable price are otherwise hard to find.
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A while back I posted a pic of the Mantic dragon I got in the Dungeon Saga Kickstarter. Still not totally sure how I'm going to paint it, but I gave some thought to rebasing it.
I measured up, and it seemed like the ideal size was 85-90mm round. Unfortunately, Fenris do no such bases in either of the ranges I use (in fact, since their big base tidy-up began, they don't do many bases at all, and the promised new sizes have never materialized. This may cause me problems in the not-too-distant future).
Anyhoo, I decided to have a go myself. So I ordered a 90mm round laser-cut disc in 3mm ply, and sculpted a base to (roughly) match the Fenris temple bases I use. A few Dark Arts Studios coin piles, and Bob's your mother's brother.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1574/24515045284_a501c82b64.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1460/24518845513_33e7105ebb.jpg)
Now, where did I put that dragon?
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A good update to the project this weekend. Finally finished my alternative Dwarf adventurer - just the Wizard to go!
A hard one to photograph for some reason - it doesn't look as dark in the flesh, but hopefully you get the idea.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1458/25096640611_d86977110a_z.jpg)
Pushed myself with this mini, actually learning a new technique called 'the loaded brush' on the cloak (check Youtube for some great tutorial videos). Also did some advanced colour theory, shading the dark turquoise with a reddish-brown. Quite pleased with the result!
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1616/25071617282_4cefd3471a.jpg)
Only the Wizard to go from the four main heroes. I actually have it narrowed down to three models, but can't decide which one to go for lol
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Oh he's trick! Very much like the look of him.
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Wow! I love that cloak! :-*
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One of the best miniatures themed project I ever seen....
I love the painting and how you have done the bases.
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Also love the cloak :-* and all the other work in this topic. Keep 'm coming!
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Thanks for the support everyone.
I have my third and final Minotaur done! (Well, final until I do the Minotaur Lord, but that's for another day).
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1613/25277035461_c2118159ef.jpg)
And here's the group shot:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1641/24931141111_45d924c337_z.jpg)
As I've said before on this thread, when you play the first few games of Quest, you *really* don't want to meet all three Minotaurs. That always results in total party kill... :D
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This is one of my favourite threads. Everything looks great.
As I've said before on this thread, when you play the first few games of Quest, you *really* don't want to meet all three Minotaurs. That always results in total party kill... :D
Ah, the memories!
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Some great painting in this thread, the minotaurs in particular. Back when I played WHQ with my little brother I actually used to like it when 3 turned up at once - this might have been because I usually played a troll slayer! lol
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Some great painting in this thread, the minotaurs in particular. Back when I played WHQ with my little brother I actually used to like it when 3 turned up at once - this might have been because I usually played a troll slayer! lol
I was going to say, since I only ever played a Troll Slayer I don't remember minding it so much - but it did kick the crap out of the player group most of the time. We've been discussing running a big Warhammer Quest game (possibly using DF terrain in place of cards)...I'm looking forward to it.
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Great group! :-*
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Prepare thyself for some serious threadomancy, adventurer...
Yes, that's right. The Warhammer Quest project may have taken a break, but it's certainly not dead. There's a bunch of models on my painting table nearing completion, but first, I wanted to come back with a bang. With something incredible and eye-popping. Are you ready? Are you?
Behold...
12 Snotlings! lol
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7536/29439791666_5777e7c36f_z.jpg)
(This post is dedicated to Elbows, because he probably thought I'd never paint these pesky little greenskins...)
More to follow soon!
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Just put the finishing touches on this guy today. The Boss for my greenskin contingent.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8558/29394475721_e563481c14_c.jpg)
This is a promo figure for the ill-fated Warhammer Online video game. Had him on my painting table for a very long time, but he's a real pain to paint up. I remember this figure getting a fair bit of flak, because he's so static and chunky. While that's true, there's something very characterful about him and his pet Grot, so I decided to use him in my Quest project. On a 40mm base, however, he's a real beast!
Obligatory rear view for the completionists, although he's a bit boring from the back:
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8194/29185546350_1d832f389e_z.jpg)
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Awesome work on that fella.
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The Big Green Guy & his equally Green if somewhat smaller Associate are BEAUTIFULLY painted creations. VERY WELL DONE!
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Faaaaan-tastic! I really love the mini troll-slayer heads on the goblin! :-*
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He's magnificent!
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I actually really like the model. GW Orcs are meant to be chunky.
It has the right ammount of detail for a character model, though I understand it's a doozy to paint.
And you did a cracking job on it.
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Thanks for the kind words fellas. I'm currently assembling a horde of Skaven and a few more minor gribblies - I'm so close to having the base set finished now, plus a load of add-ons, that I'm inspired to get back into the thick of the project.
In the meantime, however, I've repurposed a model from my other big obsession of the moment - Zombicide: Black Plague! Baldric the Wizard is now one of my Warhammer Quest Wizards. Not sure I like painting this bendy plastic tbh, but I'm happy with how he turned out.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8108/29365368622_4f639ca1e2_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8379/28852220033_ded6464bf5.jpg)
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End-result certainly is nice!
Makes a good heroic character. They might make a good adventuring party for skirmish games as well, I imagine.
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Well done. I had considered painting my Black Plague stuff but after receiving it have decided otherwise.
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Well done. I had considered painting my Black Plague stuff but after receiving it have decided otherwise.
Yeah, I'm definitely not going to paint the whole set. I hate the bendy plastic (it's really hard to clean up). Some of the sculpts are... iffy. With a few exceptions, the detail really isn't great. So I went on eBay and managed to get a spare Baldric, and one of each type of zombie so I could do some test paints rather than break into my Kickstarter set. This is why I decided not to paint the rest!
Here are the other test models I did. I like them, but not enough to paint any more of em, and they definitely don't work for Warhammer Quest.
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8382/28849650724_b5b0b7a36c_c.jpg)
Thinking of using that Abomination as a Possessed in Mordheim though!
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Finished up an old metal Orc Shaman that's been on my painting table for... maybe years! lol
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5601/29505829483_bac08782dc_z.jpg)
He's got his beady eye on you...
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8139/30050383211_96dbc27df1.jpg)
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What a sourpuss. Someone give him a piece of candy.
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Someone give him a piece of candy.
I think someone did: that's why he's only got one tooth left.
It's quite some painting that can stand up to such an extreme close-up, psyberwyche.
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Love that model. I have one laying about for some years as well. When I was working on my Orcs and Goblins I had to have that specific model.
Lovely work on it, as usual. The lip really makes him come to life.
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I just found this thread. Its a visual bonanza.
Wonderful work psyberwyche!
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Psyber, great minis and project, CONGRATULATIONS! :-*
Well done. I had considered painting my Black Plague stuff but after receiving it have decided otherwise.
The only Zombicide Black Plague figure worth of painting IMHO is Piper. :-*
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The only Zombicide Black Plague figure worth of painting IMHO is Piper. :-*
Oh my, I wasn't aware of that miniature...
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Oh my, I wasn't aware of that miniature...
She is not-Michelle Pfeiffer :-* in the movie Ladyhawke (1985) ;)
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Wonderful and impressive work here ...! :-*
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Thanks for all the kind words guys! Making a start on my Skaven now. I realised that I'm scarily close to finishing the basic set, and that's given me the motivation to push on :)
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THREADOMANCY!!!
Haven't updated this project in ages. I got hugely distracted by Conan, and Marvel super heroes, and Batman... BUT I have been plugging away with Warhammer quest still.
I haven't finished those pesky Skaven yet (at least they're now assembled and joining the paint queue). This little fellow has been on the desk for months though, so I present to you Flimbo Bagshot, the Halfling Thief.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3938/33112258534_cb35c3d6ae_z.jpg)
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Nice addition, a little threadomancy can be a good thing!
She is not-Michelle Pfeiffer :-* in the movie Ladyhawke (1985) ;)
:-* :-*
Indeed!
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Nice halfling!!! Don't care much for those plastic figures though
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He's brilliant! Your best yet! :-*
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Nice halfling!!! Don't care much for those plastic figures though
Cheers! But which plastic figures?
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Back again - I seem to have rediscovered my Quest mojo.
At the moment I'm struggling with my camera setup. I've just made a new lightbox, but my lights just aren't as good as the trusty old ones I started this thread with, and the colour balancing/;lighting is all over the place.
While I work it out, I did a new test model for some Skaven Clanrats. In the end I took this snap on my phone, and it's not bad. I'm happy with this test model anyhow, so I'm going to batch-paint five more to start with. I need 12 Clanrats and a champion/warlord model, and I'm using the Island of Blood two-part plastics, which save a lot of assembly time, and look pretty good I think!
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2855/34255695216_62fba43217_z.jpg)
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They look super - and the IoB Skaven are actually lovely models too.
In fact, apart from not painting all the IoB clanrats ('cos you will never need more than about 12), the other Skaven models are all great for WHQ too. :)
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Incredibly, I've managed to keep pace with this project log, ready for another Monday update. I give to you the first of my Minotaurs:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/382/20447462452_c288f3ea48_c.jpg)
For anyone unfamiliar with Warhammer Quest, the Minotaur is the 'big bad' of the basic game. It's possible to face D3 Minotaurs in your first game, which is almost impossible to defeat. If you get one of the buggers, you're going to have a a hard time :)
The choice of model here isn't everyone's favourite - it's not even my favourite, but good Minotaurs are hard to find. I searched and searched and basically came to the conclusion that these goofy ones from the 90s, if painted well, are about as good as it gets. For anyone wondering: Scibor does three great minotaurs, but a bit too expensive for my blood. Avatars of War do my favourite minotaur, but only have two poses and they didn't look easy to convert. The new GW plastics are, to my eyes, ugly as sin (what's going on with those weird feet?). The original Warhammer Quest ones, although a marvel when they were made, now look very dated and not very threatening compared to my hard-bitten warriors. No-one wants a cuddly Minotaur!
The advantage of using these particular models is that the Minotaur Lord, which came out at the same time, is a genuinely nice figure, and will fit in with his Minotaur minions nicely. I just secured one off eBay, so eventually I'll be painting him along two more basic Minotaurs to match the one above
I'm responding to an OLD post from this thread, but if you're looking for a Citadel Minotaur, I highly recommend the one from their Advanced Dungeons & Dragons line. I love the big belly. (http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VkEAAOSwnH1WWv8A/s-l300.jpg)
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Sorry those zombiecide ones!
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Started motoring along again. I was very happy with my colour test Skaven, so I completed five of his buddies.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4189/34200507882_74948fb145_c.jpg)
Here's a couple of close-ups of the heavily armoured ratty:
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4187/34165773382_4bab29391a_z.jpg)
Next up: a Warlord, Grey Seer, six more Clanrats, and 12 Rats.
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Those skaven are great! Really menacing!
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Very nice - a few more, and you'll be able to play the old Advanced Hero Quest adventures too! Also, that old WD Skaven campaign... ;)
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The name's O'Mancy. Thread O'Mancy.
Because I'm still plodding along with this project, which may indeed turn out to be a lifelong endeavour...
Anyhow, here's a Skaven Warlord to lead my Ratties. Imposing figure (a tad impractical for a burrowing dungeon-dweller, yes-yes), but terrible to photograph. Where's his perfect angle? There isn't one! lol
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4516/38079856546_16a7aede2c_z.jpg)
Close-up of the Rat King.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4454/24282462018_46d0b20c15_z.jpg)
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Stellar...awesome work.
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Managed to plough on with more painting this weekend. Amazing, I know! Behold, one of the oldest of old skool figures in the collection, the Grey Seer:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/38129094372_12c0b83bd0_z.jpg)
Had a lot of fun with this guy, although the casting I bought off eBay left a lot to be desired. It had obviously been stripped of paint, there were lots of little fibres stuck to the metal (some of which I couldn't remove), and the lead was a bit pitted - hopefully not the dreaded lead rot!
Next up, I need to paint six more Clanrats, and 12 little rats. Then I'll take a break from Skaven for a bit and maybe paint another hero. My old Imperial Noble is giving me wistful looks from the painting table...
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So I finally completed the laborious task of cleaning up all those little critters - bats, rats and spiders. 36 in total. I was going to just paint the rats for now, but I figured why not try to do them all, assembly-line style.
Here's a quick colour test:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4573/37567268045_64bf7715ed_z.jpg)
Could be neater, especially the bat, but these guys are so 'throwaway' in game terms that it seems daft to labour too long on them.
Anyway, a quick head count of my collection so far has gotten me rather excited. This project has been plagued by distractions - zombies and skeletons, bonus heroes, mummies, trolls, etc. So much so that I lost sight of the original goal, which was to paint a replacement core set first. Well, it turns out that when these 36 critters are done, I'm only 6 Skaven Clanrats away from that goal.
So here I go - a complete Warhammer Quest set by the New Year? Maybe even Christmas for some Yuletide gaming? Wish me luck!
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Just found this thread and WOW! I am IMPRESSED!
Great minis, great paintjobs. It turns back time and I find myself sitting on the floor at a friends house, playing Warhammer Quest (but without paintjobs).
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Very nice. Those littlest minis look great.
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Just found this thread and WOW! I am IMPRESSED!
Great minis, great paintjobs. It turns back time and I find myself sitting on the floor at a friends house, playing Warhammer Quest (but without paintjobs).
Many thanks for the kind words. And yes, this project is a pure nostalgia trip. I think it'll keep me busy for years...
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BEHOLD! twelve prepped and undercoated doors...
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4565/38485611636_285cb29aa7_z.jpg)
Okay, so not the most exciting update for content, BUT very exciting for what it represents. Because it means I now have everything assembled and in some stage of painting for the final run-in. Soon, I'll have a base set of Warhammer Quest to play with...
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Always loved those doorways
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Just went through all the pages in this thread.. lovely work!
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Always loved those doorways
Me too...
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Very nice - a few more, and you'll be able to play the old Advanced Hero Quest adventures too! Also, that old WD Skaven campaign... ;)
Funnily enough I do have that issue, along with all the cards and floorplans. Never played it - but now... :-D
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Just gone through every page, enduring the cruel, lingering wait for snotlings to appear. Well done that man! It's an interesting timeline of WH models through the ages. The red period-ness of WHQ never excited me but even those models look ok with a sensible colour scheme.
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Just gone through every page, enduring the cruel, lingering wait for snotlings to appear. Well done that man!
Many thanks. I'll be honest, the Snotlings almost killed my enthusiasm! lol
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Oo, this thread's gone onto another page. Quick, a proper update is required!
I've just finished a colour test on one of the doors. Actually quite happy with this. It's a mobile phone pic so some of the subtle mossy colours and washes aren't showing up. Will sort out some better pics when they're all finished.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4519/24724916758_a80499f23b_z.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4557/37709157415_aa03eb42d0_z.jpg)
When I was younger I painted ten of these, doing them in various colours for different types of stone, marble, etc. To be honest it all got a bit garish, and I spent ages trying to match the right rooms to the right doors. Decided to save myself the hassle this time and go neutral.
This is a test piece, so I used various techniques. Maybe a bit too much blood? I'll go easy on the others.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4560/37709157435_dcd1cf7383_n.jpg)
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When I was a lad I'd probably have painted the skulls as skulls just as I did when the y were part of a Space Marine's power armour. Not recommended.
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When I was a lad I'd probably have painted the skulls as skulls just as I did when the y were part of a Space Marine's power armour. Not recommended.
This was always a long-running joke with my friends and I, when we'd grown up a bit and looked at our old minis. Teeny-tiny skulls, or gigantic skulls, or flat face-plate skulls, all painted like actual skulls... lol (In our defence, the Eavy Metal painters of the day often did the same).
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When I was younger I painted ten of these, doing them in various colours for different types of stone, marble, etc. To be honest it all got a bit garish, and I spent ages trying to match the right rooms to the right doors. Decided to save myself the hassle this time and go neutral.
Perhaps one (just one) BOSS DOOR painted differently?
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You've done a very good job painting these old castings. Adds tons of flavour.
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Perhaps one (just one) BOSS DOOR painted differently?
Ah, I've already got something special planned for that... :D
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4569/38674007361_30106abbe3_n.jpg)
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Ah, I've already got something special planned for that... :D
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4569/38674007361_30106abbe3_n.jpg)
YES!!
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The race to the finish continues. Today with SPIDERS!
Creepy little gits...
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I like that paint scheme!
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On The 12th day of Quest-mas my hobby gave to me…
12 Spiders spinning
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11 Goblins sneaking
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4539/27052226639_2c75b0e957.jpg)
10 Rats death-leaping
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9 Snotlings fleeing
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4571/37942069775_698f66aa63.jpg)
8 Bats a-flapping
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4733/38382553875_335af126d9_n.jpg)
7 Stabby Skaven
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4567/37942067755_64ecedb27c.jpg)
6 Orc Boyz chopping
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/19638236406_744ddaeb40.jpg)
5 Muu-uu-mmiees!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4561/27052226339_c7638ffe23.jpg)
4 Adventurers
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4530/25085336848_5b09718e4a.jpg)
3 Minotaurs
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1641/24931141111_45d924c337.jpg)
2 Dungeon Doors
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4737/39230443552_e94935e20f.jpg)
And a fi-nished War-hammer Queeesst Set!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4637/38549618834_d437e43c09_z.jpg)
Years in the making, and I honestly couldn’t have done it without your encouragement. Merry Christmas folks.
(And it doesn’t stop there, the expansions and monster tables will keep me busy for some time yet. Watch this space…)
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Great work! Sometimes it's good to have some light entertainment, and that Warhammer Quest box looks like just the thing.
Plus your 12 days of Warhammer-ness song is wonderful!
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Very nice, I always feel a weird sort of happiness and ennui after a completing a game like that. Looks fantastic!
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Warhammer Quest is far more than some light entertainment. lol While the game mechanics themselves are a bit "meh", the depth of the game (obviously you're a bit limited by the minis in the box at first) is tremendous. Loads of potential, character building, skills, abilities, treasure, etc.
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Warhammer Quest is far more than some light entertainment. lol While the game mechanics themselves are a bit "meh", the depth of the game (obviously you're a bit limited by the minis in the box at first) is tremendous. Loads of potential, character building, skills, abilities, treasure, etc.
Yep. The core rules are perhaps too wedded to Warhammer for their own good, and yet I don't think it's been bettered yet. Descent probably comes closest, but it's too fussy by half. The WHQ roleplay book is just bags of fun.
Very nice, I always feel a weird sort of happiness and ennui after a completing a game like that. Looks fantastic!
Many thanks, and totally agree. Mind you, my 2018 goal now is to paint everything from the old Undead expansion (or their modern equivalents), at least two more heroes, and hopefully finish all the monster tables up to level 3 at least!
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Lovely painting! As for the song? Fantastic! Can't wait to see what else becomes of this little 'finished' project.
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Well, after the excitement of painting 36 tiny creatures and 6 Skaven in about three days, and hitting the Christmas target, I decided to ring in the New Year with a new adventurer.
Introducing Franz von Kreiger, the Imperial Noble.
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Top brushwork - the face is superb.
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Top brushwork - the face is superb.
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Top brushwork - the face is superb.
OUTSTANDING! Your Dashing Swashbuckler is a BEAUTIFULLY painted reaction. VERY WELL DONE!
I got to do one a few years ago for a friend it is a wonderful mini to paint. When it came out it was the most expensive single mini I had seen
...an outrageous $15. Now that isn't an unusual price to pay for a nicely sculpted miniature.
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Brilliant brush work! Great colours! :-*
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Yeah, that is supremely well done! Bravo.
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Thanks for the kind comments. I've had that Noble mini for ages, and was really looking forward to getting him painted.
Just going through the photos and realised I hadn't uploaded my second batch of Skaven, so here they are:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4602/38805836175_61f9c3b9ff_c.jpg)
Next up: Undead!
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Very nice work finishing that. (Sorry a bit late in the reply here)
I've been playing this with my son recently and have just made up a whole bunch of new cards for events. Great to see everything painted. It gives me enthusiasm to get my set painted.
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Next up on the workbench: I'm starting the Catacombs of Terror models. I'm using the classic Tomb Guardians, but replacing the seated Liche King with an Otherworld Miniatures Liche, just because a standing, single-based figure can be used in more adventures.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4672/39692000532_544ff5972e_z.jpg)
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He fits in perfectly, solid choice!
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Before I get on with this big batch of Undead painting, I thought I'd show off this little acquisition - three Wraiths from Black Tree Designs (with a rebased Luthor the Hunchback tagging along). These might be the only BTD minis I actually like.
I got them because GW weirdly discontinued Wraiths from their range, and I only had one. (Such an odd evolution - sell metal ones in blisters of three, then raise the price while reducing them to blisters of 1, then get rid of the metal ones and replace them with a single-pose plastic, change the name to Cairn-Wraiths, then discontinue them altogether despite having spent money on plastic tooling very recently, and now making people's models obsolete. But hey...)
*Cough* I think it might be obvious that I was a Vampire Counts player back in the day ;)
Anyway, behold:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4648/25867929568_cb8784578c_z.jpg)
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Those BTD Wraiths are excellent. Got them too.
Indeed everything here is excellent, the idea, the models, the painting! :)
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Those are great wraiths. On my next btd order.
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True to my word, I've started 2018's endeavours with the Undead from the Catacombs of Terror expansion. First up: Tomb Guardians.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4755/39234294944_ef45667280_c.jpg)
These guys were an absolute joy to paint, and really stand up well to the more current minis in the colleciton.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4648/39944586551_4f5105f261.jpg)
Rear view.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4625/39234295124_db3e0d5692_z.jpg)
EXTREME CLOSE UP. WOOOAAAHH!!!
Only question now is, do the two guys in guard positions need shields or not? The original minis didn't have them, but I've got loads of nice undead shields I could give them Thoughts?
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Love those undead
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Keep up the good work, love your minis and paintjobs!
Shields? Only if they add something spectacular, don't want them to obscure your wonderful work!
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Quick mobile phone snap, and a blu-tacked shield.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4694/28204456169_0d09f094a9_z.jpg)
So... shields or not?
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I'm putting a shield on mine, so would recommend the same. Then again, if it has any game mechanical influence, you have to decide based on that. Halberds were usually not used with a shield...
Good looking models!
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I would leave them without shields they just look better
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I would leave them without shields they just look better
I concur!
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No shields! They are carrying two-handed weapons, and the pose is defiant without the shield.
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No shields, but don't let the shields go to waste!
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I think no shields is the consensus. Thanks everyone!
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Latest figure. I strayed from the path of Liches and their ilk, and went for an even bigger bad for the Undead: the Vampire Lord.
this is a metal Vlad von Carstein figure, and it's probably one of the best paintjobs I've ever done. Certainly spent longer on this mini than I have on anything in the last 20 years, and mostly on his weird flayed-skin cloak with spectral-trapped-souls. This is it guys, I've peaked! All downhill from here. lol
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4619/28279982869_e299ab8e6e_c.jpg)
Obligatory rear view:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4609/39160868355_dd4d0c8630_z.jpg)
Have a face close-up (although it looks a bit ugly this close tbh, but I don't mind doing a warts-and-all shot):
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4628/40059496231_9c5db1f7be.jpg)
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Now that...is crazy frikkin' good. You should be proud of that paintjob.
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Amazing paintjob!
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Yes that is awesome, anything downhill from that will still be amazing.
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Lovely vampire! Not sure I'd ever say those two words together, but here we are! lol
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Magnificent work on that paintjob! I wouldn't worry about how it looks in the close-up (great, to be honest!): it's already several times its size in the other shot, and it looks superb!
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Not for the first time, extreme Threadomancy ahoy.... lol
This is one of those lifetime hobby projects that'll never truly be finished, and periodically I go back to it. I've started a whole bunch of Warhammer Quest figures recently - the beauty of this game is that you can paint a bit of what you fancy whenever you like, and it'll always find a use!
Anyway, I couldn't revive such an old thread without showing something good. I recently treated myself to painting this Wardancer hero, who's been on my lead pile for around 20 years. Such a joy to paint! I've painted loads of modern resins lately, and they all lack that certain something when compared to these old Citadel sculpts. Nostaglia overdrive...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50156272812_51986f939e_z.jpg)
And from the back (HAIR METAL!)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50155482683_b83c4d21ca_z.jpg)
I'll try not to leave it so long for the next update... :D
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That is one lovely Wardancer!
Great work!
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Love the tats, they fit so well.
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Extremely well done. Great colour scheme and I second that the tattoos work well on him. Blends are smooth and the TMM is nicely done with a bit of variation.
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Gosh darn it! I only went and painted something else! lol
Way back in this thread, I showed a photo of some Black Tree Designs Wraiths that I bought, because GW had stopped making Wraith units. Well, it's taken me so long to paint them, that GW has started making Wraith units again. But I have carried on regardless!
So here you go, three alternative metal Wraiths:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50156272782_63bfe9e125_c.jpg)
I realised that at higher levels, WHQ requires D3+1 Wraiths instead of just D3. So I'm currently working on a spare GW plastic mini to make up the numbers.
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Nice minis well painted.
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Well done
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I do agree! While I also like many aspects of the new wave of plastic models (allowing for huge robots, thin connections etc.), these old, charming, comical GW models will always have a place in my heart.
It’s a mixture of very high craftsmanship, glamrock, punk and over-the-top poses that make them so enjoyable.
And yeah: Warhammer Quest was one of the best things they ever did!
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Love them skellies, great work!
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Fantastic! I love the colour of the skeletons! 8)
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Another small update, as I got my fourth and final Wraith finished.
This time, a [[gasp]] brand new plastic model from the Shadespire range. Have to confess he's a cool figure. I plan on painting the rest of the box eventually as Undead champions.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50267467287_d38ff58bd0_c.jpg)
And from the back:
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Nice work, particularly on the wraiths. The skeleton is also great - that Shadespire box is excellent. Shame it went up in price.
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Lovely work on the skellyman. The rust is really well done!
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The resurgence continues, with another Elf! The third Elf Warrior I've painted for this project. A friend asked if we could play a 4-Elf party, so now, with the inclusion of the Wardancer, we can!
I actually have YET ANOTHER Elf on the painting table right now, and I still need to do the Elf Ranger warrior pack. Which is all very ironic because I absolutely hate Elves lol (always more of a Dwarf chap, although I have to confess the old metal Elf miniatures are lovely).
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50360081936_d6ff876f14_z.jpg)
From the back:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50359381083_8ccb4e3959_z.jpg)
And the details. I was inspired by the Oldhammer Wood Elves painted by Mike McVey, with their turquoise dags and Native American-esque patterns.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50360246537_8d895106fa.jpg)
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Decided to treat myself by painting a new Warrior before getting back to the dungeon denizens. This time it's the ever-popular Trollslayer. I admit this is one of my favourites, and I'm really pleased with the way the model turned out. Probably the best face I've painted in a very long time. Hope y'all like!
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/442/19674763160_22d26a7d0e_c.jpg)
Lovely work all round mate! I've been through the entire thread, and this Trollslayer is easily my favourite from your log. I hope he slayed suitable foes in his quest for release!
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Great thread :)
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Thank you :) that model is my favourite of all the ones I've painted. So naturally he rolls the most ones lol
Lovely work all round mate! I've been through the entire thread, and this Trollslayer is easily my favourite from your log. I hope he slayed suitable foes in his quest for release!
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Thanks for reviving this thread. I haven't been a member long enough to have seen this one. Great looking figures.
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I love that wardancer. Best of all the wardancer minis. Also the Black Tree wraiths have been on my wishlist a while. great to see them!
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I painted another Elf! I really must stop with these pointy-eared weirdos lol
Anyway, I now have four Elf Warriors, plus a Wardancer, so my Elf-loving friends can finally have their all-Elf adventure. I just need to paint the High Elf Ranger warrior pack, the Lord of Aenarion, plus the long-awaited female Elf warrior (still haven't found the ideal candidate), and then I'll have painted enough elves to last a lifetime...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50394754747_b4dace2761.jpg)
And the rear view of his 'adventuring' gear...
"Just like an Elf to bring a harp to a swordfight."
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Prepare thyselves for some serious nostalgia...
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Yep, Felix Jaegar, of Gotrek and Felix fame, has joined the party. I painted one of these when it was first released in the late 90s, but it got lost in a house move. So I bought a badly painted one on eBay for a cheap price, then stripped and repainted it. Such a joy to paint!
Probably use him as an alternative Imperial Noble, or possibly an Outlaw (using the custom rules from Littlemonk's WHQ forum).
Rear view for those of you who like red cloaks lol
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fantastic job on Felix- I especially like the glow on the runes on Karaghul. White Dwarf did contain a scenario for Advanced Heroquest based on a Felix and Gotrex story, where you could play as the heroes.
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Oh, Felix! Always wanted that mini but I never seem to get my hands on him. Lovely work on the pants, vertical lines can be such a bother, eh?
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I'd forgotten how good this thread is. Being buried in my own project (inspired...20 years ago by the demise of WHQ...oddly), I'm now jealous of the smaller scale of some WHQ encounters. I love going back through this thread - very inspiring. Keep it up!
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I'd forgotten how good this thread is. Being buried in my own project (inspired...20 years ago by the demise of WHQ...oddly), I'm now jealous of the smaller scale of some WHQ encounters. I love going back through this thread - very inspiring. Keep it up!
Cheers! when I started this adventure, you were one of the folk who gave me encouragement when I was struggling to get through hordes of finicky little critters lol
I've got more on the painting table. I keep wanting to add more heroes, but I still have a bunch of monsters to get through.
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I don't think I ever posted this to the thread - remiss of me!
A while back, I tried to paint up the classic Pit Fighter warrior. TBF I had a slightly dodgy model - the nose got flattened somewhere along the line. But on top of that I just couldn't get on board with it. The sculpting and anatomy just seemed a bit off somehow, and it was no fun to paint. I stripped it and tried again, same energy. So I referred myself back to page 1 of this thread, where I outlined my project rules - only paint models I like!
So I looked around for bitz to make a pit fighter conversion. With a combination of old Empire flagellant weapons, a new GW gladiator-type-thingy (from Warcry I think, no idea what he's called), and a Chaos Marauder head, I bashed this fella into a reimagined Pit Fighter.
Now he waits in the gigantic painting queue for his turn in the spotlight...
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He's a head taller than his predecessor (which is ok, as he's a hulking fantasy gladiator). But it does mean he needed a bigger base - the only hero so far to have a 30mm round base.
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Nice revision. I think your original pit fighter looks great - and if you don't like him, these things still sell for decent money on eBay. Go make yourself $40 :D
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Oh, Felix! Always wanted that mini but I never seem to get my hands on him. Lovely work on the pants, vertical lines can be such a bother, eh?
I went over the thread last night and realised I've now painted three heroes with blue-and-white striped trousers. And I have an Ogre on the go who also has blue and white striped trousers.
I... I think I have some kind of problem lol
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Since making the comeback on this project, I've been alluding to monsters, and I've finally finished a really big one!
The Mantic Dragon has been on my painting pile for ages - earlier in this epic thread I mentioned it, and even made a custom base for it, but then it got sidelined. Finally, I found my inspiration, and I'm pretty pleased with how he turned out:
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Cons:It's a bendy plastic/rubbery material, which is difficult to clean, and actually doesn't take paint that well (careful priming required). Quite tricky to achieve a flat basecoat, but once you get there it becomes much easier to get the details on. A lot of the textures and details had to be painted on, as the wings especially are quite featureless.
Pros: It's massive! The pose is really cool (I think), and it looks really imposing (more so that the various old Warhammer Dragons, I reckon). It's also really cheap for the size - this one was part of the Dungeon Saga Kickstarter, and I picked up another in one of Mantic's Black Friday sales for about £15. Serious bang for buck.
The face is really nicely detailed:
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Painted detail on the wings (quite pleased with these):
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Base detail (90mm laser cut MDF from warbases.co.uk. green stuff flagstones, and treasure piles from Dark Arts studios).
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The only practical downside to really big monsters in the game is that they take up lots of space in the dungeon! I opted for a 90mm round base so it takes up 3x3 squares, but even for an Objective Room that's a lot. Luckily there are websites out there with large rooms as custom tiles, so my plan is to incorporate some of those into the set, and only allow extra-large monsters when large rooms are in play.
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You know what this Warhammer dungeon is missing?
A little CHAOS!
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Coming Soon...
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A wonderful Dragon. fantastic
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Happy Hallowe'en everyone!
I took a break from the Chaos Warriors (almost done though...) to paint a spooky old model from Lead Mountain. Presenting: Luthor the Hunchback.
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"Math-ter, Math-ter. Werewolf!"
"Werewolf?"
"There wolf. There castle."
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Bonus points for quotes from one of the best movies. lol
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Different sort of update today. Because, friends, I'm now living the dream!
Behold, a glass display cabinet, with a shelf devoted to WHQ, and professionally printed backdrops!
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Each shelf has a different theme. So far I've got WHQ and Harry Potter. Need to get a few more minis painted and potentially making a superhero shelf, but that's for another thread :)
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The right place for such a fine collection! I assume you put some more glass shelves in?
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The right place for such a fine collection! I assume you put some more glass shelves in?
It has 4 sections, each one a glass cube, so I'm going for a different hobby project in each one.
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First proper faction update for ages. I'm finally tackling Chaos in the Old World!
First up, the ubiquitous Chaos Warriors (I'll need 6 more eventually, but these will do for a while).
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Something about these models. They're too uniform for my liking, but they do look menacing, and they're really lovely to paint! I went for a classic colour scheme of black and gold (using Darren Latham's excellent YouTube tutorial for painting black armour) rather than pick a Chaos Power. I plan to paint a bunch of god-specific Champions, so these guys need to look good alongside any of those.
Close up on one:
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Like those a lot! :-*
The blue highlight of the black armor really makes them pop!
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They look great, but yes, very uniform for chaos lol
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Like those a lot! :-*
The blue highlight of the black armor really makes them pop!
Thanks!
they're slightly turquoise in the flesh - camera balance not quite right I guess. The technique I learned, which blew my mind a bit, was to do all the blends with blue-greys, then at the end make a glaze out of turquoise Contrast Paint. It smooths out the blends and provides a colour tint all in one. I've finally found a use for contrast paints!
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Painted the first of my classic metal Chaos champions. Started with Slaanesh (because I'm weird like that).
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I bloody love these old models. The thing about this one in particular is that, once you get paint on it, it becomes considerably more risqué that you realised. 'Oh, they aren't trousers, they're skin... Oh, that armour is actually a corset in the shape of a half naked tortured person... Oh, he's got a bell hanging in front of his... *cough, cough*' lol
Oo-er, missus! They certainly have a strong sense of narrative!
Here's the back view. Excuse the thong! lol
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Pustules and skin tone, very good. Yes this figure is great, wonderful mini and great job painting.
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Yeah, that's a really classic champion figure - great paintwork on it!
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Painted the first of my classic metal Chaos champions.
Wow! Great job. He's one of my all-time favorite champions. I have two, and I have never painted them. Was waiting until I got good enough I guess!
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Great figure and a worthy paintjob!
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You can't keep a good project down! And so I return to you now, at the turn of the tide...
No, wait. Wrong Wizard.
This one is from Zealot Miniatures, and I've painted him in the classic HeroQuest Wizard colours. He's older and wiser, but still looking for Morcar lol
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Fantastic work on those chaos warriors
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Great paintjob. I especially like the FH stars and moon, and how the staff turns silver/icy towards its tip.
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Yeah, that looks...absolutely fantastic.
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Wow, awesome!
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I've painted him in the classic HeroQuest Wizard colours. He's older and wiser, but still looking for Morcar
This is a lovely idea, perfect choice of model and an unrivaled paintjob - excellent work all around, Sir!
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Many thanks you guys. I've been struggling to find a Wizard that I really like for this project, but that Zealot kickstarter guy really does the trick.
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Been busy of late, and finally got some paint on that Pit Fighter conversion I showed pages ago...
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This is a Warhammer Underworlds model, with a flail taken from a plastic Empire Flagellant, and a head from an old late-90s Chaos Marauder. The chain on that flail is a little chonky, but otherwise I think he's a good substitute. Mind you, he is gigantic! Talk about scale creep in the newer GW figures...
EDIT: For reference, he's the only one of my heroes on a 30mm base instead of 25mm. GIGANTOR!
Other views:
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Great work, heck yes. Nice conversion/paintjob.
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Let's get back to those Chaos champions, shall we?
The Khorne Flesh Hound mutant champion was always one of my faves - although in hindsight he does kinda look more like a cat than a hound...
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Took a while to find a shield I liked. This is from a slightly later plastic Chaos shield sprue.
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I always thought that was some kind of Chaos Skaven champion? It clearly isn't because it has hooves of course, lol Cool miniature and great paintjob as always.
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That Pit Fighter conversion is genius!
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I always thought that was some kind of Chaos Skaven champion? It clearly isn't because it has hooves of course, lol Cool miniature and great paintjob as always.
Yep, definitely a Khorne boi. You can tell by the fancy chin-frills. Nothing screams BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD quite like fancy chin-frills.
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Clearly, someone has hit me over the head with a Nostalgia stick lately, because I just can't stop... lol
Behold, this Talisman Chaos Sorcerer, who is somehow simultaneously awful *and* lovely.
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Lovely work on the Plastic fantastic Chaos Sorcerer!
There's something really pleasing about painting the old monopose plastics.
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So, I promised myself no more elves. I don't even like Elves all that much AND I've still got a bunch of Chaos Champions left to paint. But then I went rummaging around in the attic, and I found this guy. An original Scarloc. He was cleaned up and primed, just like I left him... oo... 21 years ago lol
I felt struck by inspiration, and painted him immediately! Super quick paint job (for me) - mean and moody, like an Elf Ranger should be.
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Obligatory rear view (phwoar! Look at that quiver!)
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Nice colour palette, I like that old model. I really should repaint mine!
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Great job on the gems and the quiver. I've got to get on my grey mountain as well.
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Oh yeah, that elf is great...and I'm normally not much for elves!
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A slightly different sort of update for the thread. Aaaaaages ago I posted some pics of my Mantic and Zealot dungeon furniture. Well, I've finally got some painted. Hoorah!
There's not a huge amount of scope for furniture in WHQ, beyond 3D objective markers. But I plan on using it both for photo backdrops, and for some openworld dungeon skirmish such as the Elder Scrolls, and the forthcoming Lasting Tales game. http://kck.st/3cynzfJ
First up: Cupboards and bookcases. Exciting huh!? These are from Mantic's terrain crate.
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Ubiquitous treasure chests. I have a few more than this, but it gets a bit samey... lol These are a mix of Zealot Miniatures, Mantic, and CMON from the Zombicide Black Plague upgrade set. the Zealot ones are the most expensive, but are by far the best in detail and casting. The big pile of chests in the second photo is from Mantic - makes a great objective marker.
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If you've got treasure chests, stands to reason you'd have a treasure chest Mimic... (Zealot minis)
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And big piles of loose treasure for the Dragon to guard (Mantic):
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Some debris and barricades (Mantic):
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A fancy throne fit for a Liche King (Zealot), and a table from Mantic:
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And finally, not the best photo in the world, but I've been playing around with scenic shots.
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Two updates in swift succession. I must be ailing for something... o_o
Managed to finish off the third of my classic Chaos Champions. This time, a faceless champion of Tzeentch. Really quick and fun model to paint - I made good use of inks and glazes made from GW contrast paints to get the colour tint on the armour, and washes of that weird Nihilakh Oxide technical paint on the mask and mace.
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And from the back:
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Now that is sweet👍🏼
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lovely painting
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Who needs a face when you look that good? Great work, as always.
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What a creepy dude. The glazes on the metal skirt add a really nice touch.
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After a long hiatus from painting due to house renovations (which I consider just scenery-building on a larger scale), I finally got some more bits and pieces of furniture and such painted. Alternate colour scheme for the original doors, plus a bunch of Mantic and Zealot scenery.
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The orrery (probably spelling that wrong...). On close inspection, the sculptor has clearly designed the big 'planet' in the middle as a Death Star, so I painted it up as such. The planets are Tatooine and Alderaan (plus Alderaan's moon). It amused me anyway lol
And every good adventure starts with a staircase...
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Man...I love this thread.
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Great stuff. Loads of inspiration here!
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Man...I love this thread.
Always feel slightly guilty when I resurrect it, but it's a lifelong project... I don't think it'll ever truly be finished lol
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Continuing to deliver the good stuff :)
I really have come to enjoy scatter terrain and extra details on the periphery, excellent job on yours.
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Always feel slightly guilty when I resurrect it, but it's a lifelong project... I don't think it'll ever truly be finished lol
Not at all, feel free to add to it when you get the chance.
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Time for an update - and this time with an evil theme...
I've just finished my classic Nurgle champion. I was looking for this guy on eBay for a while, and was very happy when I finally got him for a low price. This completes my first set of 4 champions - I plan to do 4 more so I'll have 2 of each power.
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Also completed, a bit more dungeon scenery just for fun. This is a sacrificial altar from Zealot miniatures - perfect for those Chaos cultists...
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Thought I'd put all 4 together. Now I'm going to have to rephotograph them because the Nurgle Boi isn't on the same background as the others and it's gonna bug me forever... lol
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Brilliant painting there. Really like the one eyed dude and the blue on the hoody…
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Lovely job on the altar and the nurgle fella. Never even seen that one before.
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One of my favourite chaos champions, great job.
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Lots to love in this thread, brilliant brushwork!
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Lovely job, great brushwork!
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I bring to you the semi-regular raising from the dead of this ongoing (probably lifelong) thread...
I've been working on a couple of larger models for my higher-level dungeoneers to battle. Just finished the first of these today. So, I give you: the Griffon!
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I absolutely love classic metal models, and of the old Citadel monsters this particular Griffon is probably my favourite. This is 'Stormwing', the War-Griffon of Eltharion, sculpted by Trish Morrison (now Trish Carden on various social media). I was contemplating swapping his wings with something a bit more modern and dynamic, but they're so difficult to join that it would have meant more feather-sculpting than I'm comfortable with. So instead I carefully bent the original wings to give them a nice, natural curve. I'm pleased with the result - this is very much a benefit of metal models!
Colour scheme, I went for a traditional golden eagle and lion combo rather than the various fancy leopards and tigers beloved of GW. The golden eagle has quite a muted palette, and I used loads of photo reference for the wings.
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Wing underside.
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Wing top-down. Note the white is brighter, with no striping on the feathers.
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Extreme close-up!
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fantastic griffon :-*
love the chaos champions' paintwork.
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That looks really awesome! Im planning something similar for my wifes griffon, but I cant hope to get near Your work...
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Great detail work mate, your griffon looks brilliant.
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Nice painting on that.
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Superb griffon. Endlessly jealous of people who can paint things with fur and feathers. My arch-nemesis :D
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Thanks guys, much appreciated - the Griffon seems to be a crowd pleaser :D
Currently working on an even bigger model, to rival the Mantic Dragon, but progress on these big guys is slow!
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+1 likes on that Griffon. I think the lion + golden eagle combo is good. Keeps it simple. I do like griffons myself, I've ended up owning a few. Something great about wings on a lion with an eagle head.
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Agreed on the gryphon. Going to have to keep that colour scheme in mind if I manage to get my hands on one.
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Wonderful painting on the griffon.
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I managed to squeeze in one last model before the end of the year, and it's the big fella I've been talking about for ages: the Warhammer Giant!
This model has been on my painting desk, assembled and undercoated, for about 15 years. It's even moved house with me! And finally, after starting and stopping several times over many months, he's done: ready to hit barbarians with clubs, throw Elves across the room, and stuff halflings down his trousers...
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Face closeup:
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Couldn't resist a couple of childish visual gags. The halflings in his knapsack are painted in the colours of Merry, Pippin and Frodo. Meanwhile, his loincloth is made from a flag of the Moot (yes, it's the Fighting Cock...)
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Happy New Year to all!
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Bursting with character mate!
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Fantasticly painted model.
I really love the little touch on the *cough* rooster. lol
Just the kind of detail my juvenile mind can appreciate.
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Nice job on that.
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Love the freehand and the allusion to the Hobbits. Really like the skintone, too.
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Fantasticly painted model.
I really love the little touch on the *cough* rooster. lol
Just the kind of detail my juvenile mind can appreciate.
lol indeed!
Really good work :)
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Lovely work on the giant and his...loincloth.
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Threadomancy again - the project lives! ;D
I've been tinkering away on a couple of character models lately. First one to get finished is a new hero: the Ex-Blood Bowl Player!
I saw the new (ish) Imperial Nobility team, and just had to have this one particular model. The idea is that Fitz is a huge bear of a man from Middenland (and therefore the ridiculous scale creep of newer GW figures doesn't really matter), and he's a celebrated hero in his village due to his glory days in the Blood Bowl league. When the call to adventure comes, he dons his old kit - now far too small for him, as he's grown fat on the accolades of the villagers - and set out to protect the village from the denizens of the deep.
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And the rearview (dat ass tho...)
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Two models in one week? INCONCEIVABLE!
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A baddie this time - a Chaos Lord of Nurgle from a recent Knightmare Miniatures Kickstarter. Really tall fella, so he's going to tower over his underlings.
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Great work. That is an intimidating foe!
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Lovely painting :-*
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Great stuff 8)
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A nice collection. I like the little background stories... :)
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Threadomancy!
Seems like every other post I make on this thread resurrects it from the dead. But this time I played a bunch of games of Warhammer Quest over the Christmas break (and Advanced Heroquest, as it happens), and it got me all fired up to paint some more minis.
I've had this guy in storage for something like 24 years, so it was therapeutic to finally get paint on it. Annoyingly, I took him out of the box in the loft, and the original shield fell out, and went between the cracks in the insultation boards. No chance of getting it back. Luckily, I found an old box of plastic Bretonnian knights, complete with waterslide transfers, which saved the day! (Yes, 20-year-old decals still work...)
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Stunning!
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Wonderful Knight
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Wow, All so nice. echo the love of the giant and his loincloth design. lol
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Bright knight! Bright knight! :D
A lovely nineties paintjob that really brings out the model; great work again!
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Wow, All so nice. echo the love of the giant and his loincloth design. lol
I know, I'm such a child lol
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So after a long period of silence, it's a double update this week. Emperor's Bones!
I knew that eventually I'd have to paint 6 more close-combat skeletons, but to be honest I find skellies quite tedious to paint, so I've put them off for years! Anyway, I got my hands on some of these lovely Warhammer Underworlds undead, and decided this was just the inspiration I needed. Lovely, unique poses, and I can use them for multiple games (at the current count, Warhammer Quest, Advanced Heroquest, Underworlds, and Lasting Tales). I love multi-use models...
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The Skeleton Champion is a lovely model. Here's a close-up ... Although I only noticed he was slightly out of focus after uploading. Doh!
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Great work! Yeah, that particular skeleton box was excellent, particularly when it was $20, lol. Great sculpts. I use them in my dungeon crawl as well.
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Great work on those skellies!
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Those are really nice. Very vivid colors.
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Time for another hero!
So this is Chaos lord from Hasslefree Miniatures. I wasn't sure whether to paint him up as one of my Chaos Warrior baddies, or as the Chaos Warrior Hero alternative... so I figured why not both? I'll be honest, I always found the idea of a Chaos Warrior as a hero a bit weird. I figure he's just a northman who's taken things a bit far (I mean, what is the Barbarian in Warhammer Quest if not a Chaos Marauder with fewer scars? lol)
A bit of rebasing so he matches the rest of the collection, and he's good to go.
Took a few photos of this one - he doesn't really have a perfect angle to get everything in focus.
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Obviously the mark of a 'hero' is a cloak made of mouldering old flayed skin...
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Great painting! He does remind me of Militron in one of the older Legend of Zelda games.
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Nice model with a great paint job! 8)
It should fit in just seamlessly with GW Chaos Warriors...
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Lovely work! Good thing you had those spare shields, eh?
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Great work!
He does seem quite "heroic" in a way, but it is strange how he wears his cloak with the fur on the inside, skin out!
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That's because of his grafitti; doesn't look half as good on fur... :D
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lovely painting!
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Lovely work! Good thing you had those spare shields, eh?
The shields saga is driving me nuts. Years ago I had a little bag with about 10 of those shields (probably worth their weight in gold now). The idea was to use them for a unit of very bling knights, but I never got round to it. Now I've been through every box in the loft five times and those shields are nowhere to be seen. So yes - plastic shields and decals to the rescue! (Quite pleased actually that one of the decals matched the knight's heraldry).
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Another update. Say whaaaat!?
On my to-do list for ages has been to paint up some alternative female models for each of the principle heroes. I've been searching for suitable models, and finally made a start with the Barbarian.
Disclaimer: I normally hate chainmail bikini models with a passion. But this came as part of a Kickstarter from Knightmare Miniatures, and this Boris Woloszyn sculpt was just so nice that I had to paint it. Properly old skool, and I think she'll make a great addition to the collection.
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I have a female Elf on my painting table right now, but I'm also in the process of painting up some more monsters, so we'll see what gets done first as I flit endlessly between projects lol
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She is lovely - do like the Hyborian feel.
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Chaos hero is ace! Bloody good model! But you’re right chainmail bikini chic is also pretty cool!
Top notch painting on both!
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She looks like she stepped straight off the cover of a 1980s Dragon magazine! Totally takes me back to my mis-spent youth!
I like what you did with that figure. Your painting is excellent and she will fit right into the lineup for the game!
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Excellent work!
Disclaimer: I normally hate chainmail bikini models with a passion. But this came as part of a Kickstarter from Knightmare Miniatures, and this Boris Woloszyn sculpt was just so nice that I had to paint it. Properly old skool, and I think she'll make a great addition to the collection.
I couldn't pass up on that Kickstarter either, very cool minis.
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Vedry cool. The flayed skin cloak is exceptional
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Disclaimer: I normally hate chainmail bikini models with a passion.
Yes, but when they are properly proportioned and tastefully done they can be a thing of beauty. You did this model justice.
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Very striking painting.
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It's a rare thing that I paint up an Oldhammer model and don't enjoy it. But this beaky guy was a royal PITA. Slightly miscast, and with what I suspect may be a tiny bit of lead rot that I noticed after stripping the old paint, he was a real chore. Even the flying stand snapped while I was varnishing, meaning I had to do more touch-ups after the repair. Truly, a cursed model! But never mind - I now have the two Chaos Sorcerers I need, one on foot and one on disc, so I can get back to my beloved undead!
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Love that model!
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My favourite sorceror from that era; he features prominently in my Tzeentch-themed Warriors of Chaos army.
And sometimes miniatures are just like that; they're more individual than we think, even when they're casts of the same sculpt. I had a great time painting up my first RT era Dreadnought years ago. But when I did up another one last year, it was as if the model fought me every step of the way. I finished him, but for some reason there was loads less enjoyment than with the previous one, plus there were and all kinds of mishaps along the way. And they were exactly the same model!
Your sorceror came out looking great though, regardless of his resistance. The yellow is perfectly offset by the purple and blue 8)
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Very cool. That one's on my "must get but will never get around to" list. Love the colour choices.
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I love the flesh tones on that barbarian, awesome.
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Even if painting him was a pain in the a.. as you said, the disc rider came out great! Lovely and weird model!
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Older models can be a pain in the apiary, but you did a great job on it!
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It's a rare thing that I paint up an Oldhammer model and don't enjoy it. But this beaky guy was a royal PITA. Slightly miscast, and with what I suspect may be a tiny bit of lead rot that I noticed after stripping the old paint, he was a real chore. Even the flying stand snapped while I was varnishing, meaning I had to do more touch-ups after the repair. Truly, a cursed model! But never mind - I now have the two Chaos Sorcerers I need, one on foot and one on disc, so I can get back to my beloved undead!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52806367921_6a48a26b7f_z.jpg)
This is gorgeous, lovely use of colour. Really dig your painting style
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When the thread is so old that LAF gives you a warning about threadomancy. Again. lol
BUT: I've only gone and started painting more Warhammer Quest minis. Even had a game. An actual game! And for that game, I discovered that I'd completely forgotten to paint any Ghouls, so that's what I did first.
I purchased a bunch of the newer plastic GW ghouls a few years ago, but when I came to paint them I just didn't like them as much as the old metal ones. So I found 12 in the attic that were part of my old Vampire Counts army, stripped them, and repainted them. (And now that I've taken photos, I realise they need touch-ups. Dammit!)
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Six down, six more to go.
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They do look very good though. In terms of threadomancy, it means I got to see that cracking Tzeentch champion again, great colours on that!
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Lovely!
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They do look very good though. In terms of threadomancy, it means I got to see that cracking Tzeentch champion again, great colours on that!
Cheers! He still gives me flashbacks. And I've just finished another really old model that was also a pain to paint. Sometimes this project throws curveballs, but it's a labour of love!
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The varnish has just dried on the next model.
As I was saying in a previous post, this one was also a PITA to paint - I've always wanted to paint the classic Teclis model, but never felt like my skills were quite up to the task. Tbh, I still don't, because the finicky details + amount of freehand required are seriously 'extra'. But I gave it my best shot, and finally finished him.
In terms of Warhammer Quest, I figured it was a bit unfair that the Wizard should always be human, and because I painted so many elves already (by accident - I don't even like elves!), I wanted a Wizard for an all-elf adventuring party. There isn't really a more impressive/OTT wizard model from the golden era of Warhammer, so Teclis was the natural choice.
I'm going to try a dungeon with four elf characters: "Elf" (the OG, with the most original name ever), Elf Ranger, Wardancer, and Wizard. Wish me luck!
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For someone who doesn’t like elves, you did a great job on that one! I especially like the painted on details, such as the stars on the cloak. Beautiful work.
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As for the ghouls, I was going to use Paul Muller's originally, mixed with a few old metal GW; but while I was up in the loft I found 3 boxes of unassembled GW plastics that I hoarded and totally forgot about, so it looks like I'll be using those! lol
Quoting myself here, because apparently earlier in this thread I made the decision to ditch the metal ghouls in favour of plastics back in 2015! Fast forward 9 years, I finally got round to them, and clearly changed my mind lol lol
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For someone who doesn’t like elves, you did a great job on that one! I especially like the painted on details, such as the stars on the cloak. Beautiful work.
Many thanks!
I find elves - especially high elves - to be the most annoying and effete of all the fantasy races. So it's galling that they have some of the most beautiful miniatures that I just find myself drawn to lol I still have the "Lord of Aenarion" warrior to paint, although I'm yet to source the ideal miniature for it. (It's one of the later "specialist games" rules packs with no official model).
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Ruh-roh... I've got quite a few minis lined up on my painting table right now, but I just found a big bag of Chaos Dwarfs, and the urge to paint them is STRONG!
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If you are blessed with a big bag of chaos dwarfs it's less an urge than a duty lol
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Great job on Teclis, and a great find in that bag of Big Hats.
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Okay, I'm resisting the Big Hats for a little while at least (although I might* have ordered some 3D printed Bull Centaurs from Etsy...). Work continues to finish all the half-painted stuff on my desk first.
(* I totally did.)
Here's a monster! None other than the fearsome DEATH CHICKEN! lol
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I'd been looking for a good dungeon-sized Cockatrice for a while. I considered the ye olde Marauder mini, but it really was small and chicken-like. Otherworld minis made one, that's very nice and old-skool, but still a bit small considering its impressive statline in the game. Then GW made a super-cool new model a few years ago, and went completely the other way, making it way too big for the purposes of Warhammer Quest (equal in size to a big griffon or small dragon).
Anyhow, I remembered that the Massive Darkness boardgame had a "cockatrix" in the stretch goals box. Now, I really didn't get on with that game, and sold pretty much everything from the Kickstarter, but this model remained, and I think it's the perfect balance between size and ferociousness for Warhammer Quest. It was a bit tricky to clean up and paint, being CMON boardgame plastic, but I'm happy enough with how it turned out. Once it got mounted on a Fenris Games base to match the rest of the collection, it instantly began to look more the part.
Now, onwards to the painting pile!
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Looks gorgeous! Wouldn’t want to meet them in a dark alley! lol
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Agreed, lovely work on that, and I wouldn't even want to meet one in a brightly lit alley lol
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That's great. I have the same model, but you went bolder with the colour scheme and it is all the better for it (and your painting is better than mine!). Excellent work.
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Cracking painting.
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I have that chicken as well! Mine was sourced either on Ebay or here in the bazaar. I had no immediate use for it, but I remember really liking the design and picking it up. I occasionally encounter it when exploring the Lead Mountain, but so far it has eluded the brush... ::)
You did a great paintjob on yours though; nice and garish, just as I imagine such a monstrosity to look :)
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Thanks all for your kind comments about the Death Chicken. I'm sure she'll have a long and glorious career of petrifying adventurers.
Speaking of adventurers, the latest half-done model to finally get finished is my Kislevite Shaman. Actually an old metal Amber Wizard, stripped and repainted.
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Next up on the bench is a female dwarf, some more Chaos Champions, then I really should get the rest of the Ghouls done. But the Chaos Dwarfs are calling to me lol
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Beautiful work on the shaman!
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I agree that shaman is fantastic. All of it is.
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Still on my mission of "finishing off things that have been in progress for months and months... lol
Another of my female versions of the core box heroes. This time a classic Dwarf Queen Helga miniature to use as the Dwarf Warrior.
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Came out a little bit dark for me. Mind you, some of that is because her eyebrows are so massive they've completely shaded out her eyes under the camera lighting!
Just got a couple of Chaos Champions to finish off, then I'm going to start something new, which will probably take me an age. I've got Chaos Dwarfs at the ready, the last of the metal Ghouls, and yet another bloody elf! ;D
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That gem is delightfully shiny! Nice work!
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That gem is delightfully shiny! Nice work!
Thanks! I honestly love painting gemstones - they're my favourite part of these classic models.
I've noticed in recent years that there's been a change in the accepted method of how the top painters do gems (the big Youtubers, especially). But I still follow the tried and tested, 1990s Mike McVey method, with a bit of gloss varnish at the end, and I doubt I'll ever change.
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A lovely little lady indeed! :-*
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Another Chaos champion done (cor, a flurry of activity on the painting table just lately!)
I wasn't quite sure which Chaos God this guy worshipped at first - he seems to come from the age of "Chaos in all its forms" miniatures. Despite his sylph-like figure, I settled on Khorne, due to the bones and massive sword.
I really like this old mini, despite it being another of the "Why are all the edges rounded?" brigade.
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I wasn't quite sure which Chaos God this guy worshipped at first - he seems to come from the age of "Chaos in all its forms" miniatures. Despite his sylph-like figure, I settled on Khorne, due to the bones and massive sword.
I've got a 1996 Citadel catalogue that lists it as code 8527D "Champions of Tzeentch", but I believe the model was first produced a bit earlier, late 1980s, so maybe the 1996 designation is just a rename. The metal slot on its base just says "Chaos Champion". Could definitely pass as Khorney (!), and that's a very nice paintjob you've got on it.
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I've got a 1996 Citadel catalogue that lists it as code 8527D "Champions of Tzeentch"
Interesting. Definitely not getting Tzeentch vibes from it, but back then the lines were much more blurred.
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It is indeed shown as a Tzeentch champion exactly as stated above.
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Well now I've got the urge to repaint him...
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This thread is absolutely jam-packed with beautiful minis. Excellent work!
Regarding the champion; in ’89 it was listed as champion of Khorne. Maybe Tzeentch offered better fringe benefits? :D
LINK (http://www.solegends.com/citcat1989mo/c1989mop0047-00.htm) to solegends.
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Regarding the champion; in ’89 it was listed as champion of Khorne. Maybe Tzeentch offered better fringe benefits? :D
Ha! Look at that! Honestly, I thought this fellow's horns/crest (?) looked at least vaguely like Khorne's rune, not to mention all the bones, so I was surprised when I saw it listed in my '96 catalogue as a champion of Tzeentch.
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Regarding the champion; in ’89 it was listed as champion of Khorne. Maybe Tzeentch offered better fringe benefits? :D
LINK (http://www.solegends.com/citcat1989mo/c1989mop0047-00.htm) to solegends.
Phew! My existential crisis about repainting is now over. If even GW got mixed up, I can take my pick lol
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Anyway, this latest one is definitely Tzeentch!
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He'll serve dual purpose in the game as a Tzeentch Champion, or a Sorcerer on foot. In his Sorcerer role, he'll have a little familiar (no in-game effect in WHQ, but I guess I can use him as a spell effect token if needed).
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Both together. ("This way, tiny scrollbearer!")
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Very nice! That moon-face guy is one of my favorites from that era of Citadel miniatures (J. Goodwin sculpt?), and I painted it in much the same color scheme as yours, and put him on one of those flying discs.
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Yeah I'd say it's a safe bet ol' craterface is a tzeench guy! lol lol
Great work!
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I’ve work on “Old Six Fingers” there. Nice model, right up there with all the classic Chaos models. You’ve done him justice! 8)
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. I tip my pointy hood at you all.
So oddly, I was just packing away my figures after a game, and I realised there's a (fairly) recent model that I don't believe I've photographed for the project log. He's one of my absolute favourites though, so I've quickly rectified the situation.
Presenting, the Dread King himself, and the Grimoire Necris!
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Some of you may recall that I purchased an Otherworld Minis Liche ages and ages ago to fill this role. Unfortunately, just as I was about to paint it, his staff snapped off, and it was the fiddliest bit of metal ever, and even my 0.3mm drill bit couldn't fix it. So I rooted around in the attic and couldn't believe my luck that I had all the pieces to build this absolute classic miniature from Catacombs of Terror. With the exception of his slightly goofy feet in the air because he's too short for his throne, I love him!
Anyhoo, time for your close-up, Dr. Phibes:
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And the Dread Throne:
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"Klaatu, Barada, Nikto"
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Perfect job. Great mini.
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Wow, that’s really amazing! I like his eye, and that book is top notch.
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Incredible! :-* :-* :-*
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Great detail on the writing in the grimoire.
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Ooh, that book is lovely, as is his eye!
And honestly, having his feet off the ground just works, like he's in the middle of an evil rant.
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I believe someone ordered the hats, extra large, with a side of tusks and ringlets?
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Yep, the Chaos Dwarfs are here! (D6+2 of them, if you like Warhammer Quest). Couple of metal guys close-up:
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And some of my favourite one-piece plastics. Real charm to these little guys.
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Awwwww yeah, superb!
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All hail metalheads! lol Beautiful job!
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Looking great!