Work in Progress Wednesday: Oathsworn Dwarfs

A good friend of mine gifted me a few out of production dwarfs by Oathsworn Miniatures. He kindly undercoated them to avoid my household's issues with nickel allergies.

I've added the bases and texture to all the models ready for painting.

I don't have a particular plan for these figures beyond painting them for the fun of it. I may use them for RPGs or maybe skirmish games, though.

The look of these models is quite "Warhammer Fantasy" rather than more generic fantasy or Dungeons & Dragons.

This fellow in particular is really rather 'Slayer' like, as Games Workshop really has locked down the "unarmoured, bare chested dwarfs with mohawks" look. I'm not sure if I'll paint him as a Troll Slayer or something more generic.

November: Plans and Progress

With a long weekend off work, I've been finishing up some half done things I had lying around. First up are these two civilian types by Bad Squiddo Games. (You can find them as "Beer Maiden and Scholar" in their Amazons range.

They come across to me as quite generic fantasy medieval, which I believe is intentional so there's plenty you can use them for. They also remind me of an awful lot of "generic LARP costumes" I've seen over the years.

Thing is - they're absolutely great for that. If they were super period specific or fantasy setting specific, they'd be of much less use. As generic fantasy civilians of a bookish or tavern persuasion, they're excellent.

 

Next up on the docket is getting my Viktorias crew painted. You can see the nearly finished Caliban off to one side who didn't quite make the photo shoot section for this blog. I've since started getting base coat colours down on one of the Viktorias, and goodness, they are fiddly models, and it's weird putting down grown up base coats and not Contrast paint again!

Work in Progress Wednesday - Black Crab Miniatures Kickstarter Signposts

These two weird signposts are from the Black Crab Miniatures second Kickstarter. I don't know if there's anywhere you can buy them, though.

End of October Progress Check

In terms of previous months, its been a pretty productive month all told. I've got four models painted and plenty queued up to paint next.

Thing is, the plan was to finish up the Shasvastii from Wildfire. Oops! That said, the Caliban is super nearly done, leaving only the Gwailo to finish up.

So it seems I'm mostly procrastinating doing what I should be in favour of displacement activities. Still, painted models I can use for something being done is a useful thing.

Now, how can I find something else to procrastinate so I can actually paint what I want to?

Future Fridays: Warhammer Combat Patrol from Bits and Bobs

With the loss of e-books to "buy a physical book and get a code for the app", I picked up the new Codex: Space Marines given I have . . . rather a lot of Marine models and a pile of planned Marine projects - Imperial Fists guarding Terra, Deathwatch and Rainbow Warriors.

I have my big projects for the rest of this year planned out (finishing up the Wildfire Shasvastii, a Malifaux crew and a starter Skaven force) but I thought I'd have a dig about and think about what I could do with some Marines, maybe in January.

In the latest edition of 40K, there's a new 'suggested game size' of 25 Power Level or 500 points a size, called Combat Patrol. I don't much fancy massive painting projects for 40K at the moment, but I still like the look of the edition. Small games seem to be the way forward.

I work out a vague list with what I've got lying around.

I've got some Necron stuff from Indomitus I wanted to convert into something weird and creepy. The big tall tripod thing is a good basis for a Dreadnought. The floaty Necron character will become an Inquisitor. And the two stabby guard Necron constructs will be Company Veterans.

I include the Skulls pack as I know that will be the start of the conversions. I'll need some Marine weapons so they're clear on the table what they are, but a lot of the Necron looking lenses and so on are going to get skulled up.

A good friend heard I was doing a few different Marine projects and while we were swapping sprues, dropped off a bunch of Intercessors. I pulled four Intercessors out to use as the basis of the Troops choice, but I was then short a sergeant model.

I got Kor'sarro Khan in the "Supply Drop" deal. I have more Space Marine character models than I know what to do with, so super fancy sergeant he is!

My friend also included this Horus Heresy character sprue. I'm going to use the Terminator Captain here. I haven't decided if I'll also use the Chaplain for an alternative build for the Combat Patrol, or if I'll make him into a Rainbow Warrior or something...

The Intercessors are going to get some knightly heads. I think these are from the Demigryph Knight kit, but I'm not sure.

This bit from the old Empire General kit is also the sort of thing I'll be wanting to use for the look and feel. I want a weird, isolated planet feel, with lots of grime and weirdness. Probably metal and cream for a colour scheme?

Anyhow, this isn't for a while yet, but I've put these parts aside so they're all ready to go.

Work in Progress Wednesday - 40K Inquisition

I've got quite a few bits and pieces of 40K stuff in the paint queue - Inquisitors and other Imperial agents.

I'm not hugely enthused by 40K at the moment. I'm liking the look of what Games Workshop is doing with the rules in general, and am kind of keen to try out some smaller patrol games when I can get out again. But the new edition launch not having a digital version has been really rather disappointing for me, meaning I've still not picked up a copy of the new edition. I moved over to digital books to save space at home and have less to carry to games, and I'm less than happy that they seem to have moved away from that again.

I'll not be giving up 40K or anything like that. It's just been a bit disheartening. I'm sure I'll get into it in time.

I've got a couple of priests to do, either for my Guard or for the Sisters I'm planning to do.

I have a few Inquisitors to do, mostly from an old Made to Order Games Workshop ran a while back.

I'm not sure all the wargear these models are armed with are available in the current rules. I'm not too worried, though, as the models are pretty awesome looking.

I also have a Death Cultist I picked up cheaply at some point. That said, roll on plastic miniatures for the Death Cultists!

Also, not included in the group shot, I also found this Inquisitor on the "to do" tray after I'd done the group shot. I've left the book off to get the painting done separately.

I can't think of a good Satyr pun

 
I am deeply pleased with how well this satyr by Otherworld Miniatures has come out. I picked him up in their over-stock sale and how his paint job has come out deeply pleases me.

Unfortunately, I still haven't got the lights working on my photo box, so he's looking a little dark here as the sunlight isn't as forgiving as it was in the summer. I either need to sort out the cable for them or get a better solution in general.

The paint job itself was a a base of contrast, then some selective highlighting and shading. My latest discovery has been using Kislev Flesh Air paint for skin highlights as it's naturally good for glazing consistency. It's super good and I want to try the same principle on some other colours too.

Work in Progress Wednesday - Captain Friedrick

Also in the queue to get painted is Captain Friedrick by GrimForge Miniatures. I don't have a particular use for him, but I love the ornate look of him and really wanted to have a go at painting him.

The painting results of a week off

 

My goal last week was to try and paint one of the Aenor Trolls, a Shasvastii and the old EM4 ganger. I've managed to complete one of these three things, and also paint two other models while procrasting what I 'should' have been painting.

I actually got a ton more tidying and housework done than I'd planned / expected. But this remains my painting blog and not my housework blog!

This giant iguana is produced by Bad Squiddo, and is apparently called Leif. I got him on an impulse years ago, and thought it would be good to get a little paint on him. He's a lovely sculpt and super easy to paint. He'd been undercoated with Mechanicus Standard Grey. I drybrushed white over the top of this, then used the Warpstone Glow contrast paint. The skin was finished up with a light green drybrush from the top down. I then painted in the other details.

I quickly finished up this ganger at the start of the week. Not sure if he has a use in any particular game, but he's done now.

Another Bad Squiddo sculpt, Morgana is a good natural spell caster / druid type model. I made the mistake of not lightening up her Mechanicus Standard Grey undercoat before applying contrast, so she was a little too dark. I added a Karak Stone drybrush to bring her up a little bit, but I think it would have been better adding the lighter tones before painting on the contrast.