Anatoli's Empire of the Dead thread 23/11/2013

[Anatoli]

Thanks for the kind words guys 

Another "regular" member, but sporting a pistol/cavalry saber combo. This model almost killed me as I repainted the jacket 5 times, it's probably covered in 20 layers of paint at this point. Initially I wanted a dark brown jacket to make a greater contrast to the cape, but I just could not make it look the way I wanted so it ended up grey/khaki.

I also wrote down a mini guide to how I paint the flesh on the Gentlemen's Club miniatures as I have been trying out a new idea. The mini guide and more pictures of the model on my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2012/10/gentlemens-club-duelist-member.html

[Malamute]

I like him, I think he's my favourite so far. I especially like the trousers.

[DeafNala]

I like him, I think he's my favourite so far. I especially like the trousers.

I agree...the trousers add a flashy look to the mini. I've noticed that quite often the minis I agonize over turn out to be favorites. GREAT brushwork, basing, & color choices, as always...VERY WELL DONE!

[obsidian3d]

Wow what a great paint job. It looks like all that hard work was worth it!

[Anatoli]

Last of the regular Gentlemen's Club members. More pictures of this mini and a group picture of all 5 membership miniatures can be seen on the blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2012/10/gentlemens-club-last-membership-mini.html

[Malamute]

More goodness, I like the design of this one, especially the pipe which is a nice touch.

[Chairface]

Very nice! Tell us more about the blue flowers

[Anatoli]

Very nice! Tell us more about the blue flowers

Regular green clump foliage painted a small brush. First dot the entire bush in a basecoat color then apply a highlight. In this case I dotted the clump foliage with Vallejo Imperial Blue and highlighted the dots with a second layer of Imperial blue+white. It's very simple to do 

[obsidian3d]

And yet something I would have never thought of. Nicely done.

[Anatoli]

First one out of the three characters that you get in the Gentlemen's Club boxed set - the "Secretary".

More pics on the blog:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2012/10/gentlemens-club-secretary-eotd.html

[obsidian3d]

Back when I ordered my sets (as in everything Westwind had for EotD at release), I was hoping to paint them all before the end of the year. At this point, I've not even started...and here you are hammering out great paint work after another. When you're finished this box, I'd be really interested to see a shot of all the EotD figures you've done.

Oh and if you hadn't reviewed the game in the first place, I would never have bought any of it. I blame you...so Van Helsing is off the hook for this one.

[Anatoli]

Thanks Obsidian, there will most certainly be a group picture of my whole Gentlemen's Club gang - it will be up this Sunday along with the President 

Pictures of the Vice president will be up tomorrow, just finished the last touches on the last miniature this evening and am really happy I made a focused effort to finish this project.

[Anatoli]

And here's the Vice President of the Gentlemen's Club.

I wasn't certain how to paint him, he looked like some kind of "superhero/avenger" with that mask and cape - almost like a Victorian London Zorro. So I went with an all red color for his clothes, an experiment to see how well it would look to paint a miniature in pretty much a single color. He really needs  a coat of matt varnish so that the layers of red become easier to distinguish.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2012/10/gentlemens-club-vice-president-eotd.html

[Malamute]

Err, well he is certainly different. A bit too much for my prim Victorian sensibilities though. A great paint job none the less

[Anatoli]

Last Empire of the Dead miniature in my lead pile, the President of the Gentlemen's Club. Wanted to paint some kind of pattern on his clothes as well, but didn't want geometric shapes. So I did an internet search for "Victorian clothing" and came up with a pretty cool jacket which I tried to replicate. This is also why I prefer miniatures that aren't cluttered with tons of objects, makes it possible to paint stuff like this. The miniature itself is also very cool, eyepatch and vampire slaying kit thrown over the shoulder.

I'm thinking about whether or not wash the coat with a ochre wash to tone it down a notch and make it closer to the real clothing I used for inspiration, hmm...

More pictures of this guy and a group picture of the whole Gentlemen's Club on my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2012/10/gentlemens-club-president-and-group-pic_7.html