MarkK Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Hi all, creating one thread to post finished minis, mainly working on Ad Mech for Kill Team at the minute but have finished a couple of fantasy minis lately (but purchased long ago!). Intend to start painting Shadespire warbands when finished with the Ad Mech, might build up a small, regular AoS force all going well! Finally finished the Necromancer, carrying the Penguin Classic Book of the Dead Flowers in skeletons month may be taken out though, are they a bit gaudy? Old Bretonnian Damsel, first of a small, shameful pile of 2004 era Bretonnians to be finished... sometime Cheers for looking, and any advise/critique appreciated! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Just some pics of a WIP Tzeentch sorcerer I started today, about 1.5 hours taken so far, robes and cloak almost done, onto the skin next. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 More done today; skin, staff and black lining of robe. Trying out the ethereal look for the staff, will be good practice if I decide to get some sylvaneth. Armour, cloak trim and feathers to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Calling the sorcerer finished, tried to keep the colour scheme simple to avoid the model becoming too busy. Still not sure on the colour of the staff, may go back and change it to a light brown leaving the top green. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 Free Guild Captain WIP, still a lot to do, but making progress. First ever attempt at NMM on the sword! Thought it came out ok, but definitely room to improve 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 Free Guild Captain completed and assembled. Went with a bright colour scheme for the classic fantasy look, complete with green wheel on base (a nod to the dwarf war machines in 5th/6th edition FB, when I first discovered Warhammer). Learning alot, namely that NMM is really hard! Need to work on faces, and may repaint sword to regular metallics as it looks off next to the armour. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Small update this week, after a long time procrastinating finally picked a colour scheme for my corsairs. Background is that they are a company of privateers operating out of a free city, acting as a mercenary navy for the city's government, raiding coastal settlements and attacking trade rivals on the open sea. Went with a brighter than usual scheme, with a polished bronze armour, off white cloak and white banners. Rough WIPs below, also painted up an old lotr uruk hai while trying colours for the corsairs, I'm very easily distracted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvainn Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Painting random models, I love it!😄 Some nice paint work in there, the Uruk-hai works well, and the corsair looks promising. Once finished that unit will look great! Random question: is there a reason some of these models are on square bases and others on round ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Galvainn said: Painting random models, I love it!😄 Some nice paint work in there, the Uruk-hai works well, and the corsair looks promising. Once finished that unit will look great! Random question: is there a reason some of these models are on square bases and others on round ones? Haha yes, could never commit to one army, random is the best word to describe my collection! Cheers, painting definitely feels faster/easier with more practice, whether the quality is getting better is another story! Uruk Hai was very quick, apart from the skin, it's mostly washes, armour just leadbelcher followed by thin washes of nuln oil mixed with agrax and runefang highlight. The square bases were just already glued on, and I didn't want to risk breaking the plastic models, I've no excuse for the metal minis, sheer laziness would be the best answer. A lot of what I have is from way back around '04/'05, had bought some of the newer plastics a few years ago that sat in a wardrobe until recently, goal for this year is to start a real AoS faction of around 1000 points, still procrastinating over which one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Small (in every sense of the word 🙂) update: Cape, beard and shield done, a lot more to do, really enjoying painting this piece. Next project in the background! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Dwarf finished! Found out I'm not fond of painting eyeballs hidden behind a helmet 🙂 C&C welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvainn Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Nice work on the cape! It pops nicely and provides a nice contrast with the red and gold of the armour. The beard could use a bit more depth I think, a slightly darker shade in the recesses would make it look less flat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 Thanks Galvainn! Ya, I can see what you mean about the beard, not really enough contrast from base to highlight. I'll have a go to see if I can improve it by shading in a darker grey. I'll post a picture when done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 Even smaller update this week! Trio of rats from the This is Not a Test range, could be a good stand-in for skaven giant rats. Started on the orc, trying out some of the Scale 75 fantasy colours, liking them so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Haven't done much in the line of painting the last week or so, but I have done some hobby work; made up small batches of flock in various colours as a trial run and sieved some builders sand to give me about as much basing material as I'll ever need! Used sieved sawdust as the flock material mixed with artists acrylics and a little water. When dry, I pushed it through the sieve again to get very fine flock. What I learned was to add as much sawdust as you can, as it will make the second pass through the sieve much easier. A little progress on the orc, armour basecoated in Vallejo German Grey, and started highlighting the skin with Scale 75 Slimer Green and Toxic waste green. Really like the Vallejo grey, it's very dark, but you'd still be able to shade with black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) Finished Lord of Plagues and some early WIP of the Warcry starter set. C & C welcome! Edited December 15, 2020 by MarkK Added Spoiler Tags 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safr Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Great stuff all around. I particularly like the Tzeentchian sorcerer, it inspires me to start working on mine too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Cheers Safr, that means a lot, it feels great to finally get these painted after been away from the hobby for so long. Would you post yours up when done? Like to see how other people approach the model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 Unit of Blightkings finished, great models but take awhile to paint I've posted some pics already in the November contract thread, apologies in advance for spamming! Just wanted to keep pictures here as a log for myself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) Been a while since I've updated this thread, but the last month has been productive, so hopefully won't be as long between updates! Finished 10 Chainrasps, 4 glaivewraiths and most of the Warcry starter box terrain last month Work in progress: Thorns of the Briar queen, 4 Myrmourn Banshees and remaining warcry terrain. Started end of February, still WIP: 5 Blightkings fairly far along now and 1 converted Nurgle to finish painting. Edited May 2, 2020 by MarkK Removed Repeated Pictures 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sttufe Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 1 hour ago, MarkK said: Been a while since I've updated this thread, but the last month has been productive, so hopefully won't be as long between updates! Finished 10 Chainrasps, 4 glaivewraiths and most of the Warcry starter box terrain last month Work in progress: Thorns of the Briar queen, 4 Myrmourn Banshees and remaining warcry terrain. Started end of February, still WIP: 5 Blightkings fairly far along now and 1 converted Nurgle to finish painting. Reveal hidden contents Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 Test Hallowed Knights Stormcast finished, took awhile before finding a colour scheme I liked, pretty happy how it turned out, although the hair could have been better. And it was pretty tedious individually highlighting the squares on the tabard, would love to hear a faster method! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 Finally finished a second unit of Blightkings, onto a unit of blightlords next! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) After being distracted with 40k for a bit, I've finally started on the Lord of Blights that I've put off for too long as I didn't feel like I was good enough to do it justice, which is a bad reason for not painting anything. Anyway, this is about 8-9 hours done so far, almost all of that on the skin. The armour and cloth have just got one coat to test the colour scheme. I'm trying to push myself a little bit more with this mini and try new things, like NMM and more involved mixing of paints. I'm happy how it's turning out so far and I'm really enjoying painting it. Hope to finish the flesh and armour this week, all going well! (Spoiler for 40k stuff for those interested) Edited December 15, 2020 by MarkK Added Pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkK Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 More progress made; just finished the skin (apart from some sores) and basecoated the cloth. C & C welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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