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

[Grumbledook]

Those Fomorians are very nice indeed, they've certainly got all the menace of murderous, kidnapping bog-monsters! Really enjoying your thread by the way, loads of great ideas at work.

And wow, that work lamp! Did it belong to a dentist?

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!

And wow, that work lamp! Did it belong to a dentist?

It's an old Luxo architect's lamp, and one of my prized art/painting tools. I used to use a pair of incandescent lamps, one on each side, with various types of blubs (daylight, Reveal, etc.) to try to light evenly. But since switching to this, I prefer it by a long shot. The regular ("bright" I think) fluorescent bulbs are a better "all purpose" match for various lighting conditions that the figures (or other art) will actually be viewed in. They cast a nice, soft, even light across my entire working view. It has also produced better lighting for photographing minis than my other attempts so far.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Just caught upon the Fimir. Bloomin' lovely. The frog spear is great, the rest too. (I refuse, however, to believe that the skaven hands exist. It would be silly to believe in their hands if I don't believe in the rest of them.)

Haha, thanks. It's easy to believe that those are not skaven hands anyway, as they are so ridiculously large for a skaven. If skaven existed. Which they don't.  :wink:




(Random image found on FB)



Still settling in and getting used to the new house. And starting this week, the new school schedule as well. (My daughter is starting kindergarten.) Unfortunately, it looks like I'm going to need to continue reducing, both time and stuff.

Optimistically my work & family schedule is going to keep me busy from 5:30am until at least 10pm on most days. The remainder is for sleep and any sort of personal/leisure stuff I can try to squeeze in as an alternate to sleep.

I posted a pic of my new painting/sculpting/hobby space a few days ago. It's a file cabinet and the last 30"+/- of surface space on my work desk. I can fit most of my painting & sculpting supplies in the file, though some of it is in the little green toolbox on top of the desk. I've managed to put many of my gaming & reference books on part of the shelf tucked under the desk. Everything else is temporarily in the garage or damp basement until I can figure out what to do with it.

I've been theoretically "planning" on going to the Oldhammer Day US in about a month, but I haven't been able to find the time to get away for an afternoon of gaming (or anything else) let alone disappearing for three full days. The move and other unexpected expenses have really drained my finances, so I'm not sure the cost of a weekend trip is responsible, or even possible to begin with.

So there it is...  

[DeafNala]

COOL NEW STUFF! Although the time may be limited, you are making the most of it. The new Fimir are BEAUTIES & the Giant has possibilities. GREAT WORK!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks.

I ended up with a little bit of unexpected time last night, before the first day of the new/clusterfuck schedule today. Someone was exhausted from yesterday's school orientation and was practically falling asleep at the dinner table. So before tackling the pile of parental paperwork, I ended up squeezing a final half hour of painting to finish my super quick & dirty (as it should be!) skeleton giant. My basing materials are still packed away, so it may be a while before he's 100% finished. (I think I need to give the teeth a little more definition (between them) too.

[DeafNala]

These golden moments of free time do crop up on a regular basis...I used to find some time between arriving home from second shift (1:30 AM or so) & going to bed (around 3 AM). You made the most of it. The Big Deadite looks WONDERFUL...your bone tones are BEAUTIFUL. OUTSTANDING WORK!

[Vermis]

What a grotesque, dead-eyed monstrosity.





The new giant skelly is nice, though.

Seriously tho, I aspire to your 'quick 'n' dirty' painting.

[Braxandur]

Well done in utilizing those rare moments. It's a mindset that I still have to get used to. Since we have a second small one around, the hobbytime got drastically reduced by family and couch potato time. Of course the latter should become hobby time, but it's so easy not to...

nice work on the giant as well. I really like that classic Guthrie sculpt!

[**GS**]

That's a cool rusty armor, the sack of bones is wearing!

Keep on!

Cheers
GS

[Elbows]

Oh, the big boy looks lovely!

[aircav]

A bit late to this, but fantastic work all round 

[ZeroTwentythree]

So.... new stuff! I'm going to post the photos below as a teaser. But I'm to lazy to even cut & paste, so if you want to know what's going on, check out my blog entry.

[**GS**]

What brand is the middle left guy?

Cheers
GS

[white knight]

The two in the middle are done by different members from the Oldhammer facebook group. They have offered copies for sale on there.

[Mark Backhouse]

I've loved lurking on this thread for ages. Great paintobs and conversions and loving the fimir! Great job!