Grenadier Box "Gold Line" group "painting" Therapy?

[Severian]

Great to see this thread rising from its (admittedly shallow) grave and walking among us once more.

Some fantastic painting there by you both.

The wizard in particular is outstanding.

[LeadAsbestos]

Wow! Grenadier has never looked so good!

[weismonsters]

Great stuff there Doomrunner. Who is the guy on the back left behind the snakeman?

[Doomrunner72]

^thanks;) he is the aspis from dwellers bellow set

[Spooktalker]

Wonderful work Otherworld, Revfan and Doomrunner! Really, really, great!

[Revfan]

Hey Guys (and Gals?)

Anyway... I haven't abandoned this thread yet... I just had a bit of a set back.  I am stationed with the US Forces overseas here in Germany, and my mother, who has had many years of bad health, went into Home Hospice Care at the end of May.  I had to fly back to the states to help provide that care and didn't get back to Europe until the end of August.  I have been playing catch up with all my family duties here... and work etc etc, and have only managed to put primer on the figures from the current box I am working on (Females #2007).

Hopefully, I'll start into them seriously soon... but my free time has found me playing Fallout 4 recently... ughhh...


Remember... this isn't a contest, or Challenge... just paint along, or post what you have done....   Inspire Somebody else or receive inspiration/motivation.  Its all good!

[otherworld]

I finally got my Wizards boxed set finished.  As usual, a couple of them were rushed, just to get them finished, but they're finally all done.  The photos aren't the best, taken at home with poor lighting.  I'll see what I can do later with the lighting rig at work.




I'm moving on to the Dwarves set next....

[Pangolino]

I don't paint my miniatures (I did paint two back in the 80's - a Citadel Druid with sickle, as I got him in a trade and he was primed anyway, and a Grenadier lizard man with club), but it's so good look through this thread and see all these "people" I have known for years in new ways. For example, I feel like I finally get the cleric from the Wizards set now that I see him wearing black. Of course he is! Also, seeing the lizard men with caucasian flesh tones boggled my mind a bit. I'm not sold on the idea, but It'd never have even entered my head before. Thanks for posting photos, everyone.

And, holy crap, you have a great sense of colour, otherworld. Those wizards are pretty magical.

[Revfan]

Also, seeing the lizard men with caucasian flesh tones boggled my mind a bit. I'm not sold on the idea, but It'd never have even entered my head before

While I was cleaning them up for priming, I got the idea of the half man/half lizard thing.... If I was a better painter, It might have translated better.  Still, I personally like the idea and it is a unique take on it, if I do say so myself!

[fred]

Great work on the wizards, I really like the colours and the look you have gone for. The wizard with the giant hand is an interesting model!

[Pangolino]

I agree about the wizard with the hand-spell (included in the box were two possible spell-additions - the other one, if I remember, was sort of a gorilla-head. The hand is better). And I especially like that the mist/smoke is tinted blue - and also that it's a different blue than appears coming from the other wizard's cauldron.

[Zombie Master]

really enjoying this thread, need to find some to paint for myself.

had the specialist set back in the day but it is long gone.

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[otherworld]

I'm making good progress with my set of Dwarves.  In fact, 9 out of 10 are almost finished, just a few small details to do, then bases to paint, and a coat of varnish,

Unfortunately, the last model - the crossbow team, had a couple of casting flaws and also signs of the dreaded lead rot, so he needed some repair work and a bit of reconstruction.  So he's a bit behind the rest, and will have to be tackled as a separate job later.

They've been a lot of fun to paint.  Here's a quick snap with my iPad, I'll add better photos later, next time I have my lighting set up in the office.

[otherworld]

9 out of 10 Dwarves are finished.....




I'll get that crossbow team finished one day, I just got sidetracked by some old Asgard lead!

[Reed]

Superb, the background really makes your figure shine.

Hope you don't mind that I ask: How do you take your pictures? I'm struggling a bit with miniature photography lately, and any tips would be welcome.