{"id":725,"date":"2015-02-24T07:39:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T15:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/?p=725"},"modified":"2016-10-16T20:06:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T03:06:04","slug":"malifaux-herald-of-obliteration-and-some-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/24\/malifaux-herald-of-obliteration-and-some-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Malifaux: Herald of Obliteration (and some friends)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a sucker for limited editions, so when the Nightmare Edition Herald of Obliteration box was available again at Wyrd’s Black Friday sale, I knew I had to pick it up. \u00a0I’m not a big fan of the clear plastics, but for only $5 more I figured I’d see if I could do anything interesting with it.<\/p>\n

I’ve only played Neverborn so far, so they’ve been sitting unloved. I decided to break them out<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0for Wyrd’s Frozen Moments<\/a> painting contest in the crew category<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nRead on for some commentary on each model.<\/p>\n
\"Tara\"<\/a>
Tara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I left Tara’s freaky arm transparent, and hit it with some green washes and a bit of drybrushing. \u00a0The rest was primed and painted as normal.<\/p>\n

\"Karina\"<\/a>
Karina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I struggled with what to do with Karina. \u00a0Doing her left hand like this maybe isn’t very different than\u00a0Tara. \u00a0I considered offering to swap with a non-transparent one. \u00a0In the end, I decided to use what I had. \u00a0I hit the left the hand clear, then hit it with Tamiya Clear Red. The idea is to evoke\u00a0the glowy magic from the art.<\/p>\n

\"Nothing<\/a>
Nothing Beast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Nothing Beast got primed gray for the lower body, leaving the it transparent from about the waist on up. \u00a0Painting directly on the clear plastic didn’t work well, as you’d expect (paint pooling up, and tending to rub off), so a layer of Dullcote acted like a clear primer. \u00a0Successive drybrushing and washes brought it up to mostly opaque, with just a but of translucency in the arms, hands, and tentacles.<\/p>\n

\"B\u00eate<\/a>
B\u00eate Noire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

B\u00eate is the clear red version from the Black Friday sale. \u00a0Waist down was left transparent, but with Dullcote and some washes to give it some depth and texture. \u00a0I had kind of hoped for a smoother transition from opaque to transparent, but it didn’t really turn out.<\/p>\n

\"Miss<\/a>
Miss Terious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miss Terious is the one non-transparent model in the crew, but at least she’s a special edition. \u00a0After I went painted the arm breaking out of the coffin green I remembered that it’s not some zombie breaking out, but whoever got trapped there. \u00a0Oops.<\/p>\n