Monthly Painting Challenge 2017 -- April

[xsinrebornx]

My list for the month: 51SS

[iamfanboy]

Okay, here's what I have on my paint table for April.

In case you can't see it, and pardon me if the SS cost is wrong, it's Von Schill (15), Freikorpsman x4 (2 of them are still in the box, though) (20), Specialist (8), Librarian (7), Trapper (6), Trunk (3), Student of War (4), Oiran x3 (15), Lust (8), Latigo Pistoleros x3 (15), Silent One (6), Slop Haulers x2 (10), Gluttony (8), Waldgeist (6), Stitched Together x3 (18), Primordial Magic (2). 151ss total. Some of my personal stuff MIGHT get dropped, but the Gremlin, Outcast, and Guild stuff are all commissions (and so is Lust), so that's a must-paint this month and my first priority. I may also try to convince him to drop the extra Freikorpsmen; it adds money to his bill and I'm not sure he'll ever USE four of them!

I WAS going to get started earlier today, but I assembled the slop haulers and the steam trunk (RRGH) for this shot; nothing kills my paintboner faster than having to piece together Malifaux minis. Love to paint them, hate to put 'em together.

The great thing about the variety in Malifaux, though, is that it's perfect for breaking up the monotony of assembly line painting; each batch is so different there's almost no way to get bored doing it.

[Lonewolf240]

After completing 50+ SS last month, I am going to turn to easy mode for a few SS. These have been sitting on my desk now for months, and I need them off.

Ashigaru-5ss

4xMindless Zombies (Translucent but I will be painting everything except for the skin) 8ss

 necrotic machine-2ss

I am sure I will paint some more models, but I want these off my desk first!

Total= 15ss

 

 

[Franchute]

Hey,

I've worked a bit on Joss and would like to share my WIP:

[klatschi]

On 4.4.2017 at 6:51 AM, iamfanboy said:

In case you can't see it, and pardon me if the SS cost is wrong, it's Von Schill (15), Freikorpsman x4 (2 of them are still in the box, though) (20), Specialist (8), Librarian (7), Trapper (6), Trunk (3), Student of War (4), Oiran x3 (15), Lust (8), Latigo Pistoleros x3 (15), Silent One (6), Slop Haulers x2 (10), Gluttony (8), Waldgeist (6), Stitched Together x3 (18), Primordial Magic (2). 151ss total. Some of my personal stuff MIGHT get dropped, but the Gremlin, Outcast, and Guild stuff are all commissions (and so is Lust), so that's a must-paint this month and my first priority. I may also try to convince him to drop the extra Freikorpsmen; it adds money to his bill and I'm not sure he'll ever USE four of them!

 

Holy moly, that's a ton you will be working on! Good luck :-)

But you're right - the different models, even in one faction - help to stay motivated :-)

[Chou]

Here are my models for April!

Sorry I didn't take a picture of the Blessed before painting it. The cost in SS is as follows:

* Snow Storm = 11 SS

* Blessed of December = 9 SS

* Vintage Rasputina = 3 SS (cache)

* Freikorpsmann (x2) = 10 SS (5x2)

* Freikorps Specialist = 8 SS

For a total of 34 SS, or at least that's the goal. Next model will be the Snow Storm. And here is another pic of the Blessed, I'm having second thoughts about adding some blood effect to the mouth and claws:

 

[H4ml3t]

@Chou

I like the transition from skin to fur. I think the model looks good. I tend to dislike blood effects but tastes vary so go with what feels right.

I'm leaving my Guilder Rasputina partially unassembled for painting. This will be my first time doing post paint assembly which scares me. However, the cloak on her right side and the big piece of skirt block off so much of the model that I'm going to try it.

[Franchute]

5 hours ago, Chou said:

I'm having second thoughts about adding some blood effect to the mouth and claws:
 

It might be a good idea if you dont exagerate to get some quality contrast. Maybe you could also  paint the tip of the teets ("los pezones", dont remeber how to say that in English) with some pink, something like tusgor fur if you use GW colours.

I love your Blessed too by the way 

[iamfanboy]

@klatschi, I prefer to paint to tabletop standards, so I'll be assembly-line painting them - I prefer to HAVE painted minis rather than agonize for days over how well or badly I'm painting them. (also, my friends only paid me for tabletop standard, so that's what they're getting!)

@Chou, I'm against bloodspatter IMHO. If you do it as it should be, bright and red, it looks cartoony; if you do it darker then it doesn't show as well and seems very old. Besides, right now you've got something that looks threatening, and adding spatter might well ruin that look. Might also enhance it too, but it's fine as is.

[Rikk]

Placeholder for WIP (need to find camera cable)

 

this month Im going to finish green stuff tidying on the Sow, paint a piglet and a couple stuffed piglets.

[iamfanboy]

So once again, I'm almost diffident about posting in here. I say, "Well, I got 46ss done yesterday, and another 24ss almost finished today!" and you look at them and say, "Well, gee, anyone could paint to THAT level of quality, it looks terrible here on my monitor four times taller than it is in real life," and I reply, "Well, yeah, anyone COULD paint like that... so why get obsessive?"

Anyway, my two customers only paid for "El Cheapo" jobs - about 1.5 hours work on the Pistoleros and 2 hours work on the Freikorps. Not that the Freikorps are done yet, we never finalized the flocking style, so we'll have to decide that when he comes up this weekend. At this point I'm getting the quick stuff out of the way so the time-consuming jobs - Silent One, Oiran, Von Schill, Student, and Lust - can be worked over at leisure.

Smoking guy in the middle is my favorite mini, though I frankly don't care much for any of the paintjobs. Once again limited by the "Raiders Fan" palette of colors, I'm glad that I could at least toss brown in there to break it up some. No facepaint on these guys, he chose not to pay for it.

Gray and brown seem very urban camo colors to have, and lend a more scifi look to these guys. Purple ribbon on the Librarian because we decided that his Vik Crew was going to have purple as a unifying theme and I wanted to tie her in a bit with them when/if I get to painting them.

Also, WIP/skintest of Gluttony, who I'm frankly unhappy with as of this point:

I think I'm going to mix up a bottle of African-American skintone with a base of raw umber, royal purple, and some cocao so I don't have to keep mixing it up. It always ends up way too dark in camera, even if IRL it only looks a BIT too dark and perfectly in keeping with a more African tone... however, in this case I WANTED more American, so failure. The drumhead was going to be human skin, though I think I may end up shifting it to Gremlin skin so he ties in more visually with the Gremlin crew - that, the snake, and the extra hand should be the bit of green I need to keep him looking like he belongs with the greenskins.

@Franchute, the word you're looking for is 'nipple'.

[drear_squid]

I hate to be the guy who keeps correcting other members' SS counts, but I can't bring myself to sit by and let someone else lose points they deserve. That being said, @Chou masters cost 15SS, so your Rasputina is 15, boosting your month to something like 53 I think 

[Chou]

2 minutes ago, drear_squid said:

 

I hate to be the guy who keeps correcting other members' SS counts, but I can't bring myself to sit by and let someone else lose points they deserve. That being said, @Chou masters cost 15SS, so your Rasputina is 15, boosting your month to something like 53 I think 

 

Thank you very much @drear_squid!  I'm drowning in SS, oh yeah!! 

[Franchute]

Hey,

I hope I'm not spamming. Last night I worked a bit on the glasses and the skin. I just wanted to share my progress to keep me motivated. Here's what I got:

[prof_bycid]

12 hours ago, drear_squid said:

I hate to be the guy who keeps correcting other members' SS counts

I, on the other hand, love that you are catching things I would otherwise miss!

Onward into April!

[prof_bycid]

10 hours ago, Franchute said:

I hope I'm not spamming.

You're not, in my opinion!  You are reminding me to get a WIP up.  In fact, back in a few ...

 

I have base colors down on these three now.  At this rate I risk not panic-painting during the last few days of the month.  You guys and gals are keeping me on schedule.  Egad, I love that Scorpius model.  Almost enough to forgive it for having so many limbs to paint.  I am going to try some crackle medium on the base of the Ice Dancer.  Also want to replicate the book image of the side fleshy bits on the Scorpius that look like organs.  Any ideas how to do that?  My first guess is to build up some very thin layers of flesh color, and maybe add a few veins early on, under later pink layers.

Edited April 7, 2017 by prof_bycid
... a few is up.

[prof_bycid]

Some late-comers in March made me think that I should make one rule a bit more explicit:  post your finished photo and SS painted amount before the end of the month.  A day to so into the next month, I don't want to be checking the old thread.  Also, this keeps it fair for the people that make a better effort and got it in on time.  In life, excuses doth butter no parsnips, I'm afraid.

P.S.  If anyone recalls who posted the parsnip thing a yr or two ago, let me know.  I love that line and need a source to cite.

Edited April 9, 2017 by prof_bycid
Because parsnips

[athelu]

Here is what I plan to paint this month:

Pere Ravage

 

and Burt

[Viruk]

Here are the minis I'm working on this month:

 

At this point they're just basecoated with some pre shading done with airbrush on the blades 

[SongOfTheSo'mer]

Alright here I am, i'm ready to make my pledge.

For April I have:

Asami: 15ss

Amanjaku: 3ss

Ohaguro Bettari: 8ss

3 Yokai: 15ss

3 Obsidian Oni: 18ss

Totaling to: 59ss for the month. 

And the Thunder rolls.

Time to get to it!

[klatschi]

On 6.4.2017 at 3:52 PM, Franchute said:

Hey,

I hope I'm not spamming. Last night I worked a bit on the glasses and the skin. I just wanted to share my progress to keep me motivated. Here's what I got:

Yeah, very vibrant colours, I like that 

[iamfanboy]

@Franchute, the vibrant yellow and blue contrasts perfectly with the rusty augmentations. That Joss really is awesome.

Now, for my, ah... much less spectacular works. It's strange, I wish I could say that I was envious and really WANTED to emulate you, but truth is I can and I just can't bring myself to do it. I'm lazy, I want to play with fully painted forces instead of just wishing they were done, and I've had my heart broken in the past on spectacular paintjobs which were ruined by accidents. Oh, my poor Belldandy garage kit... 

But onto what I've finished since Wednesday.

Stitched Together are just so... characterful, and part of the Essential Dreamer Kit. The gloss isn't really showing up well on their gory bits, though. *sigh*

I'll admit, I LIKE this miniature. It reminds me of Final Fantasy 4's Sylph Cave, and while I can see why people call it the pukeworm, I always considered that to be because of an... unfortunate... color choice by the original artist. I went with blue because blue is the color of magic in my palette.

Who am Groot? This guy Groot! For some reason, he's not photographing well at all; I swear to Ghost that he's highlighted well and looks like an old tree, not a brown mass. His base is a mix of the two different Neverborn themes I have (silvery gravel and black gravel) along with grass to represent his forest spirit.

The most fun part of Gluttony was the python - yellow ochre details on its scales were fun to do. I realize now I forgot to paint the detail on his gremlin hand necklace. Ugh, tomorrow's job. He's not done because I have yet to fill in water on his base and figure out a method of flocking him. It's hard because I need to match basing done by someone else entirely - the customer bought a prepainted Ophelia crew and I don't have the same flock. Plus the painter used some fancy-ass long swamp grass that I can't find except from a German manufacturer selling it for a lot more than I want to pay and in far larger lots than I'll EVER use. Might have to steal a clump from one of the other minis he already owns.

Same deal with the slop haulers here - I have to fill in their swamp water bases and couldn't do that until after sealing them. But I had my camera out and they were done otherwise, so.... The red, gory contents are nasty and interesting at the same time. Wasn't sure if it would work, but it does.

So that was 16 models this week. Next week I have a lot fewer, but a lot more care to put into them. I'm looking forward to the Lindsey Stirling-based Lust. Figured out a good way to do coppery ginger hair.

[SoylentRobot]

This month im doing most of McMourning's crew box. I got the nurses separately some time ago so they wont be part of this month's pledge

[Burnin' Coal]

 @iamfanboy great looking puke snake

[prof_bycid]

Progress on my mini light box!  It is 9.5 inches on a side.  Looking into LED ligh banks now to have on three sides.