Theatralics Dwarf Army: Groupshots

[Theatralic]

After some lurking and quiete some drooling on the great stuff which seems to be everywhere on this forum, I decided to open my own Thread. I am mostly active in Bugmans Brewery but after some hints from my good mate Drachenklinge i decided to have a look in here, and I like it :-) .

I have been a Dwarf collector since 13 Years but never could be bothered with painting them, that changed when I got in the Brewery, a lot of inspiring stuff!
Thats why I decided this year is going to be the year of my Dwarfs, time to paint that stuff!
Additionally I got addicted to the OOP metal stuff. I have hundreds of plastics, but they can`t keep up with the old Citadel and Marauder Stuff, this forces me to spent way more time on ebay than I should, for my wallets sake...

But enough talk, time for some pictures, I am learning so every Critique and Feedback is appreciated. still have a lot of stuff here, hope to keep this Thread going for a long time ;-D.









WIP Unitfiller



Cheers T

[Mutant Jon]

Nice mix of different era citadel/GW dwarves there the old Imperial Dwarves are my Favorites. Very nice painting to 

[Doomhippie]

Lovely old miniatures. They bring back so many memories.

About feedback: from the photos I would say the miniatures could use one more highlight step. That's a could because that is a matter of peronal taste. Other than that the dwarves look really nice. I'm really going to enjoy this thread.

[manic _miner]

 Nice group of miniatures and good painting too.

[Hoplon]

OMG!! My dream has come true but by the hands and means of another guy!!

Great job Theatralic, superb! 

[Theatralic]

Thank you guys, I would lie if I would say that the positive feedback doesn`t feel good.

@ Doomhippie I love those muted colors and subtle Highlights, but at the same time I am getting a lot of feedback about using more Highlights so maybe I should try it out and decide after that.

[DeafNala]

You've got some Old Friends in your collection...ah memories of better (perhaps) times. They all are finely painted little creations...the Guy on the stilts is a favorite. VERY WELL DONE!

[Jonas]

Looks really good and very nice choice of miniatures

[robh]

I am getting a lot of feedback about using more Highlights so maybe I should try it out and decide after that.

NO!!  The subtle colour palette and highlights are excellent, really show off the figures well and brings all the different styles/eras of figures together. Makes for a very distinctive collection.

[NurgleHH]

I remember a lot of 3rd Edition Warhammer Games with these Dwarfs. GW made real dwarfs, but now they do only dwarfs

[Ninja]

Wait that is you still learning?!? Those look way better than most people's painting that I hang out with on a regular basis. It is SO clean it really lets the model shine!

[Theatralic]

Thanks at you all, I am humbled. I have painted in the past but not much and when I painted my aim was just to get some color on the models, drybrushing , washes, etc.

I never had fun with painting, till I started painting those old minis, they are so rewarding, now I am trying my best to learn everything I missed the last decade on warpspeed .
I learned a lot while I spent one year in the brewery with lurking, those Guys over there are so helpful and I learned a great deal from them.

The funny thing is that a lot of people ( like most of you), remember those minis from the past, for me they are all new :-D, started with sixt edition in 1999.

I like muted, more down to earth colors and after some tests I am pretty sure I will stick with it. The highlights are are a little bit more visible in reallife but at the same time I loose alot because of the varnish, still looking for the perfect one. so far i tested Citadel purity Seal and army painter Matt Varnish, but not happy with either one.
Yesterday I got myself more browns and greens from Valljo ,  I was getting bored with my limited range from citadel, I hope they will still look tied together, even with my updated color range.

Cheers T

Hopefully I can get my hand on a camera soon

[**GS**]

Great, love to see the old stuff from my long gone past. But it's coming back :-)

Keep on it's lovely

GS

[Mason]

 

Wow!

That really is a blast from the past!

Back in the late 80's I had pretty much every one of those figures in a Dwarf army that was never finished. (Barely touched by a brush if I am honest!)

Looking at these fellas is a bit like: 'Look what you could have won!'

Very impressive results, I really like the more muted palette, it works really well with Dwarves, I reckon.

Lovely army in progress, mate, and really looking forward to seeing what you do with the wagon...
 

[Blue in vt]

 
As I have often said over on Bugman's...excellent work on excellent figures...I love the muted pallet...don't change a thing!  just keep plugging away at that old metal!

Cheers,

Blue