Marienburg vs. the Undeadish (update: undead & spooky stuff)

[DeafNala]

OUTSTANDING! The colors make the mini AND your brushwork is as WONDERFUL as ever. VERY WELL DONE!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks! I'm still going to tinker with some details on the bog demon a bit, and maybe give him a gloss varnish after the base is done.


My wife and I watched Labyrinth yesterday. It's the first time I've seen it in a long, very long, time. It was far worse that I remembered it. 



But a lot of the goblins were cool and it slightly fueled my recent side-quest into painting a few goblins. I still have a few old Crucible goblins I'd like to paint at some point, but I'm resisting making any plans further than that. But at some point in the somewhat distant future, I may look into picking up some more odd gobbos.


Speaking of picking up things I shouldn't, Warploque Miniatures was having a "last chance" sale on a few old OOP sculpts that had been re-molded. There was one in particular that I had always wanted. I had only a few hours to decide. I took the plunge and this will finally be mine (well, an unpainted facsimile at any rate...)



I had a list of big, "must have," giants that I've waned. Not too rare, but most are usually too expensive for me. I already have the old Marauder giant, The Ultraforge giant, and now this one. Still on my "wanted" list are The Otherworld Giant, and the one from Black Scorpion.

Unfortunately, even on sale, I still couldn't really afford to buy him. So I'm currently going through some more of my stuff and seeing what I may be able to part with to cover the cost.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Working on some figures for other people...




(Still a couple of touch-ups on these.)


and...

[kidterminal]

The fighter types are great very realistic painting.

[von Lucky]

Very nice.

I've also scrolled back up to that gif. What is it with me?

[ZeroTwentythree]

I've also scrolled back up to that gif. What is it with me?

  It's hypnotic?



I finally got a bit of time to do some more casting, and cranked out some more Fomorian heads. I was aided by a small but important equipment upgrade...



16 gauge industrial needles. I also found some cheap syringes, but I think next time I will get at least 5cc, if not larger. Made a big difference. Previously I had been using sharp 21 gauge medical needles with 3cc syringes that I had left over from architecture school (used to use them for dispensing PVA glue on delicate parts of models. These 16 gauge needles have the advantage of being dull tipped, so I won't accidentally poke into the mold. The resin flows so much better, and far easier to clean (and thus, get more use out of each needle.)

My attic is a mess, but I managed to stake out some space for a dedicated (for the moment) casting table. I was previously doing it on my (as yet, unused for games) gaming table, which was flirting with disaster.



Casting to the left, and beyond that is my sculpting & painting desk. Gaming table in the right corner. I've started setting up for that Pleasant Surprises skirmish. But now I'm stuck on the idea that I need to put together some more terrain. :roll: The big mess under the gaming table is mostly casting and terrain supplies.

Back to the casting of heads... I think I'm going to sell off a few sets of 10 heads for relatively cheap, and use the proceeds for some new silicone for molds. I used Smooth-On Ooomoo 30 for the heads, but would like to try Mold Star 15 next. Sales will come with the caveat that these are first time, amateur casts and have their fair share of bubbles -- and thus require work to get them into finished condition.

[von Lucky]

I'm jealous of that set up. Just make sure you have plenty of ventilation.

[DeafNala]

That is a SPLENDID & CREATIVELY MESSY work space. I have an unused game table also; I store my terrain boards on it...seems appropriate.

[Elbows]

Needles and CC's?  Are you going to give your miniatures breast implants!   

[ZeroTwentythree]

Around the internets, there have recently been painting themes for various months... Orctober, Deadcember, etc. When I saw the idea for the "Month of Marsh," for painting bog dwellers... I had to jump in it. I've been prepping with various aspects of the project, so I've decided to hit the Month of Marsh theme pretty heavy. So here's my start!


Bog Demon done.




Started working on my second Fomorian. (Fimir. Whatever you'd like to call it.) Reaper Bones orc with spear (unless otherwise noted, they're all Tre Manor sculpts.) I cut the spear, feet, and head off. Replaced the spear with a less, er, flaccid one (a bit of heavy florist wire and a plastic spear head from some old Citadel kit.) The head is one of my recent castings, and the tail -- which isn't really visible -- is one that I sculpted but don't have an inclination to cast. I still need to sculpt the feet, and do a bit of sculpting to blend the head with the body a bit.




And lastly, I dug out some old boggy themed figures (already painted) to find a home with the Fomorian raiders. I have two more of the smaller mud elementals (old Crucible figures from Ral Partha) that I've already base coated. I can't recall where the "Swamp Thing" looking guy in the middle came from. At some point these may get rebased.

[beefcake]

Love that bog demon.
With the fomorian, I thought you were doing the feet sub,edged in the bog. Could be an easy way to get around sculpting loads of feet?

[ZeroTwentythree]

A few people have suggested that. All I did ws cut the front of the feet off, and he's standing on his heels in that pic. The feet are actually really easy to sculpt, so I'm not too worried about it. Still, I do like the idea of wading through a marsh, too, so I ma try that, eventually...



Finished a second Fomorian/Fimir. This one uses another "reject" club tail sculpt. I did end up sculpting the feet on this one, too. The flesh turned out a little too green for my preference. But I would like to have a bit of subtle variation in flesh tones, so I can live with it on this one figure.




I have started chopping up a third. Here's the start. My plans are to replace the weapon, replace the feet, cut the spikes off of the pauldrons (my one complaint about these orcs is that half of them have pauldrons -- I would prefer my Fimm without any,) most likely cut the spikes off of the shield face as well, carve out the middle third of the lower armour in the back to accommodate a tale, and, of course, add a tail. May be one more one-off tail.




I continue to procrastinate in regard to sculpting some decent, castable tails. But it needs done. Soon. Besides, sculpting individual tails is even worse.

[Elbows]

Love the Fomorians...keep it up!

[Schrumpfkopf]

Yep, that's really great stuff. 

[DeafNala]

The Swamp Folk all look WONDERFUL...GREAT WORK!