Za's painting project. Threadomancy with pictures.

[Za Zjurman]

Dear Laffers,

I have some confessions to make.
1# I have accumulated an enormous lead/plastic/bones pile over the years. A lot of these miniatures are fantasy related.
2# I buy more miniatures then I paint  .
3# I need to paint more  .

So I have a plan... I want to paint something fantasy related every week, be it a miniature, scenery, tokens etc. From now on I will try to post my progress every weekend. This will be an eclectic mix of old scool, weird, new and the likes of that. If I fail to reach my weekly deadline you are allowed to hunt me down like an angry mob  .

So week one was relatively easy because I had the week off. That is why I painted 7 miniatures... Which is nice because I had a dry spell in August and September  .

A few months ago my wife bought me the whole Ewal Dvergar range for my birthday (sculpted by John Pickford). This is a private venture by Laf member Clam.
  
http://claminiatures.blogspot.nl

The miniatures are delightful and my painting does not do them justice. I can tell you they made me smile putting them together and painting them. C&C more them welcome.





More painted stuff next weekend  ,

Regards,

Za

[DeafNala]

That's a FINE start! The minis are OH-SO-COOL...lots of character & one GLORIOUS set of eyebrows...& the brushwork/color choices are OUTSTANDING. VERY WELL DONE!

[Brummie Thug]

They are great, I really like these.

[Za Zjurman]

Thanks for the compliments DeafNala and Brummie.

So Week #2,

I painted my first Reaper Bones miniatures: The fire elementals. I think they turned out OK enough (The paint job that is, not the pictures they are quite crappy, sorry for that  ).

C&C as always more then welcome.





Regards,

Za

[BigB]

I think those are awesome!  In fact, I'm going to totally use that paint scheme for my own elementals.  Thanks!

[Kyusumu]

Fantastic paint job! 

Love the fire effect!  Like B, I think I'm going to use this for my own, I imagine they will look incredible in a dark dungeon environment.

Great job!  I showed my son and he said WOW 

[carlos13th]

Really like the fire elementals. Just the right amount of black smokeyness.

[phreedh]

Good job Za, really like how the elementals turned out!

[Brummie Thug]

They look excellent. The darker smokey flame look is very good. I think I actually prefer it over the far more common brighter looking ones.

[DeafNala]

The flame effect is VERY WELL DONE! The black areas really set of the hotter colors WONDERFULLY. GREAT WORK!

[Za Zjurman]

Thank you very much for the nice compliments I got from you all. I really like the lava/ fire effect and I think the elementals turned out very nice, though I must say I stole the idea  
http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1302-hot-lava-bases

And now it is time for my weekly update:

I recently bought some nice cultists to make statues with them (for a big project I will keep you updated on in the next weeks, although there will be a big hint on what the project will be in this post  )
The miniatures are made by Pure Evil Miniatures and I think they make great statues. The statue bases are by Thomarillon.
I bought 12 cultists but on receiving them I decided to use only 6 for my initial plan and paint the rest up as normal cultists. A nice scenario sprang to mind... Statues coming to life  
I also used some Reaper Bones miniatures as statues.

Hope you like them.

Rainbow Cult:




Cultist Statues:




Reaper Bones as Statues:




Can anyone spot my big project  

Cheers,
Za

[DeafNala]

The Statues & Cultists all painted up SPLENDIDLY. I really like the idea of the Statues coming to life...very spooky.
When I first saw the Evil Shrouded ones in their glorious colored robes, The Cult of the Jaded Jelly Beans popped into my strange, old mind...it's stuck there now.

[aggro84]

This is a really cool project. I love the dwarf's and the statues the best.
I have no idea what you have planned though.
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[Too Bo Coo]

Very nice progress!  You'll have to show me how you did the flames, very nice effect!

[Za Zjurman]

The Cult of the Jaded Jelly Beans popped into my strange, old mind...it's stuck there now.

I think I have a new name for them now 

This is a really cool project. I love the dwarf's and the statues the best.
I have no idea what you have planned though.
 , 

Thank you very much. The clue is in the last picture and it is not the Bones Miniature 

Very nice progress!  You'll have to show me how you did the flames, very nice effect!

Thanks, it was real easy.

Spray white
Heavy Over brush/wet brush of Golden Yellow
dry brush Blood Red
dry brush Orkhide Shade (new name for Scorched Brown I think)
dry brush Black

and Bob is your Uncle.

Cheers,

Za