On Thursdays, I like to take a break from my army projects. Instead, I try to do something that I can start and complete all in one evening.
Today I was finally able to do the Wench with Mugs. This is one of the townsfolk models from the first Reaper Bones Kickstarter. This time, I didn’t try to just use washes. It worked out a lot better.
The primer I used for this batch (OSH White Primer) seems to have left a bit of a sandy surface texture. I’m pretty sure I did it in decent weather (<60% humidity, >60ºF is my target), so either I did it wrong (held to close, maybe?), or the product is just unsuitable for modeling.
As part of the Inquisition War campaign over at Endgame, I decided that Inquisitor Volta should call on a favor from the Deathwatch.
In the fluff, the Deathwatch is an extra-bonus-elite set of Space Marines, with individual members coming from different chapters. I wanted these guys to be badass, so everybody needed a sculpted shoulder pads. This meant a combination of bits from my stash, Ebay, and the Deathwatch shoulder pad set from GW. Most of the rest are from the plastic Sternguard kit.
The bases are all Secret Weapon’sUrban Streets set, with some of the static grass I use on the rest of my Ultramarines. That ties them both into the Marines army, and the Inquisitor and his retinue (which get Urban Invasion bases).
Brother-Librarin Joab of the Genesis Chapter
Joab is the Dark Vengeance librarian, the first I’ve actually used from the set. I scraped off the DA icon on the chest and printed out a decal for the Genesis Chapter. I also swapped out the Dark Angels shoulder pad for a metal Deathwatch one, although you can’t really see it in the picture. That means that this dude has a blob of ProCreate as an upper arm.
Brother-Captain Garran of the Red Scorpions
For some reason I really love this head. It’s like the perfect combination of Picard and Riker. This head alone sold me the Sternguard kit. Garran’s chapter shoulder pad is an individual bit from one of the Forgeworld sets.
Brother from the Mortifactors
This guy’s skull shoulder pad is a green stuff experiment.
Brother from the Salamanders
Another Forgeworld individual bit on the shoulder. He’s also magnetized to take the heavy flamer.
Brother from the Space Wolves
I originally didn’t have a Wolves head, so he was helmeted. I thought he looked a little tame, so I traded some bits with my friend Ann to get a proper space viking head. The legs are Sanguinary Guard.
Brother from the Iron Hands
This guy may be the most expensive of the set. He’s got an Iron Hands shoulder pad and torso front, as individual bits from the GW upgrade set. He’s got the Deathwatch shoulder pad plus Deathwatch bolter. He’s got a Mk2 Iron Hands bionic arm from Forgeworld. Plus, he’s got a bionic leg I cut off an old metal metal inquisitor (it seemed appropriate).
I noticed after I had attached it that the bionic leg was a few mm longer than the other one. Fortunately, one of the bases had a curb/step on it that was just about the perfect distance. Crisis averted!
On Thursdays, I like to take a break from my army projects. Instead, I try to do something that I can start and complete all in one evening.
I didn’t get a chance to go any painting this Thursday, so instead I’ll feature one I did a couple of week ago.
This is Snakeman, from the first Reaper Bones Kickstarter. Its painted in my traditional Random Rursday technique: midtone, wash, drybrush or edge hightlight to taste.
Snakeman
I’ve done the red fletching things for arrows a couple of times now, but it never quite turns how I want it to. I should probably branch out a bit.
The blood on the knives is Games Workshop’s Blood for the Blood God technical paint. It’s pretty easy to get a nice effect, although I haven’t been able to get enough volume on a splatter type effect.
On Thursdays, I like to take a break from my army projects. Instead, I try to do something that I can start and complete all in one evening.
Over the course of many Thursdays past, I painted up the entire set of Descent base set miniatures, one hero (or set of monsters) at a time.
Grisban the Thirsty
Leoric of the Book
Syndrael
Tomble Burrowell
Ashrian
Widow Tarha
Jain Fairwood
Avric Albright
Skeleton (Reanimate)
The heroes all get Secret Weaponflagstone bases. This is both to make them stand out a bit from the monsters, and was an excuse for me to check out the resin bases without committing to buying a whole army’s worth. The skeleton (a familiar for the necromancer) is from the Reaper Bones Kickstarter, since the game itself only comes with a cardboard token.
Zombies
One of my players noticed that these guys are giving each other high fives. Somehow they seem somewhat less threatening now.
Flesh Moulders
The purple magic fireball thing in their hands kind of came out looking like a scarf or something.
Cave Spiders
Painting the underside of these guys (and their base) was a pain. In retrospect, I probably should have sliced them off, then reattached once painted.
Goblin ArchersBarghestsMerriods
I’m really happy with how these guys mouths and teeth turned out.
EttinsShadow DragonsElementals
In game, these have powers representing all the elements. I decided to catch them in fire and water mode. I tried doing some OSL-style lighting on the base of the fire one, but it kind of just looks like I’m sloppy.
