Going deeper underground (Warhammer Quest/Generic Dungeoneering project)

[Modhail]

Thank you all for the kind comments.

DeafNala, I don't know how you got your mind work the way it does, but I love it!    (I'm simultaneously hungry for and put off Pigs in Blanket now...)

Oh, and I agree with beefcake: No reason needed, just get them and figure the rest out later (It's how I built the collection of miniatures I have today). 

No painting today, but I'm covering the floor in foam offcuts (static, clingy Foam Offcuts of Ultimate Evil) making walls for the Frostgrave spell. Started Frostgrave after Crisis '15 with a Gunbird and the group is growing. Once everybody has their rulebooks and we've gotten a hang of the game we'll start a campaign. The "Wall" spell is very popular with us, but so far we've made do with paper markers.
I'm making my walls nice and beefy, so I can also use them as regular terrain for other games.

[Modhail]

As a counterpoint to the season of Enforced Cheer, I've decided to paint something nasty and mean:

The miniatures are the goblins from GW's the Hobbit range, but I intend to use them as generic sub-terranean degenerates (think; the Morlocks, or the creatures from the movie Descent).
As there are quite a few in the box, and I had to clear out my painting gear before Christmas, I gave them a quick, serviceable paintjob, mainly achieved by drybrushes and washes.

As an experiment, I photographed them against my Frostgrave wall markers, but it seems to have turned out a bit monochrome. Maybe I'll do a reshoot after Christmas.

[Gunbird]

...and they will work fine as muties for our future Post Apoc games too, so double your fun.

They do blend rather well with your walls. Maybe too much.

[DeafNala]

...there is Ghoul possibilities also. The Sort-of-Goblin Guys look TERRIFIC by any name. VERY WELL DONE!

[Modhail]

They do blend rather well with your walls. Maybe too much.

Yup. Oh well, it doesn't bother me enough to repaint them.

Thanks, DeafNala! My ghoul needs are covered by the lovely models (as yet unpainted) from Heresy Miniatures. Though, this batch could double as especially wretched corpse-eaters, the kind that are outcasts even among ghoul-kind. Very useful figures once you divorce them from their Peter Jackson/Middle Earth origins.

[DeafNala]

...very useful figures once you divorce them from their Peter Jackson/Middle Earth origins.

They are UBERCOOL & TWISTED Little Dudes that really don't bring Goblins to (my) mind. SO Peter at least came up with the basis for some SPLENDID minis if nothing else...the Mirkwood Elves are REALLY nice as well.

Lest I forget again, I love your bases as well...GREAT WORK!

[beefcake]

Great work. I really love those models. The only thing I've really been tempted to buy from GW in the later years.

[Elbows]

Always love when this thread pops back up!  The ghoulie-bits look excellent!

[ZeroTwentythree]

The miniatures are the goblins from GW's the Hobbit range, but I intend to use them as generic sub-terranean degenerates (think; the Morlocks, or the creatures from the movie Descent).

Before I read that caption, my initial reaction was, "Wow, those are cool Morlocks, I wonder who makes those..." Good call, and well done!

[tyrionhalfman]

Nice paint jobs. Thanks for sharing

[Modhail]

Thanks, guys, I'm glad you like 'em.
I'm not sure yet what/when I'll be painting next time, but you'll be sure to see it!

[Modhail]

Well, something funny happened today... 
Just look at this little guy I found:


He showed up on my painting table after a massively enjoyable bout with a variety of brown paints and washes... 
He came from the Toad King Castings "Warts and Wings" Kickstarter, it's the giant toad formerly sold under the Tengu Models name.
The figure was just a massive joy to paint, I had one of those days where everything went exactly right and effortlessly smooth. And I think a huge part of that was due to the absolutely first class sculpting and casting done by Blackstone. So thank you again, for the nice models and the most wonderful painting experience I've had in months!

Here are a few more pics to show him off, and to prove he is actually a miniature:

[DeafNala]

OUTSTANDING! In his natural environment he looked real...GREAT color choices & brushmanship. VERY WELL DONE once more!

[Michi]

OUTSTANDING! In his natural environment he looked real...GREAT color choices & brushmanship. VERY WELL DONE once more!

Exactly!!!

[Modhail]

Thank you, guys!