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The Tale of Malifaux Painters


DAGabriel

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What is it all about?

The aim of “The Tale of Malifaux Painters” is to help motivate those involved to start and complete their Crews/Bands in the next 6 months.

The painters involved have made a commitment to paint and post, by the last day of each month, their finished minis. They do this each month for the next 6 months. Starting with their first post on the last day of August 2011 and finishing with their last post on the last day of January 2012. So we have this month, whilst everyone signs up, to collect, build, convert, undercoat and otherwise get yourself ready to go with the first work in progress starting in September.

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However, because people have real lives with exams, holidays, honeymoons, new babies etc, etc. They get one 'Joker'. For one month within the half year you can ‘play a joker’ and rather than post an update they can post "sorry guys couldn't get it done this month. Real life got in the way." But the other 5 Months they have to come up with painted and based figures. Even for the slow painters that should be at least 1 crew.

If the thread should become too big I will split it, but unlike the other Tales I would like to try and keep it in one thread.

A WORD ON PHOTOS

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Bigger than this results in the scroll bar of doom for many.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q : Am I too Late? Can I still Join in?

A : No you are not too late. Yes you can still join in. Just post on this thread saying what you intend to paint.

Q : How much do I have to paint?

A : There is a minimum of one mini per month with the additional WIP pics. Most will aim at more. But one breathtaking mini will take a long time.

Q : Can I include a short narrative with each months post.

A : Yes. We love background stuff. Write as much as you like it will be read and enjoyed by many.

Q : Can I drop out?

A : No you can't, why should you?

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So guys and gals, here it is for all of you.

List of Participants (total 65):

AdrianMills...........Kirai

aka hazard...........Guild............................1

alegionaire...........Lilith

Angor..................Hamelin

AstroZombie

Azathoth.............Ressers

Backno................Ramos/LadyJ

Belladonna...........Lilith.............................1

Bigkid

Bleeding Through..Pandora.........................1

Borthcollective......Dreamer, Vics, Hoff

Bucket Monkey.....Guild..............................1

Cassarus.............Hoff................................1

Chromophile

Cjm1174

CRC....................GenCon things...................1

Cronus3166.........Lilith,LadyJ

CubertFarnsworth..Raspy, Nekima, PWs

D Arquebus......... Somer

Daemonkin..........Seamus&Perdita

DAGabriel............Gremlins and more..............1

Deadpool............lots of things

December`sPawn..Raspy/Hoff/McMourning.......1

DeusInnomen.......Guild/v.Schill

Edonil..................Kirai & more........................1

Evaine...........................................................1

exileded..............Collodi, Gencon....................1

fishtank..............Ophelia

FoeRender...........Collette

Geckilan..............many things............1

glshade

Halflingspy...........v.Schill

harbinger.............Kollodi

Hatchethead........Ressies

hjorhrafn.............Showgirls

lamwyrd...............Kirai

Jaslyne................Collette, Perdita.................?

Jens

jty3...................Collette

Korrosion...........Lilith, Perdita....................1

marcuzi.............Raspi alt

Memento Mori....Colette, LadyJ

Mike3838

Moondog............Viks, Perdita

MunkeyKungFu.....Ophelia & Lucius

Mydnight.............Rasputina

Nightseer.............Ramos............................1

Orboros...............Marcus

Osoi....................McMourning....................1

Perplexity.............Guild/LadyJ................Here & other side of the breach

pfuetzi

Poisonfrog13

R.J.....................Gremlins.........................1

Rathnard.............Lucius & al......................1

Regnak...............Seamus alt gang..............1

Rotokultaxe.........Kirai, Seamus..................1

rudders

Rumpole.............Colette&Pandora

Scribe.................Ramos

Sigur............................................. .......Here & other side of the breach

SliderDaFeral.......LadyJ/Viks......................j

Starfog................Lilith

SteamHammer.....Lilith & al.......................1

Stonedog-7..............................................j

Talos...................Outcasts

taozenrat.............Gencon things............j

ToTalyWyrd..........NE Lady J

Tuesday..............Hoff/Showgals

WookieeGunner....Raspy/Pandy

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Well, this month I'm starting simple, with a pair of assembled and undercoated Guild Hounds to paint. I also have a Lawyer ready, but he's half painted so won't officially count once I do paint him.

The rest of the Lucius Crew is still awaiting my order of cobblestone bases from Dragonforge (my Guild Hounds need to match up with my Marcus crew too, so they get away with having more generic bases). So come September I should really be able to get stuck into these guys...especially if my Gencon order is still on it's way and thus not distracting me. ;)

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This month I will be working on a Convict Gunslinger and Taelor.

I did some work on my Gunslinger this morning and pretty happy where he is after 3 hours of work. He stills needs alot of work as most of its just basecoats but he is coming together.

Just saw he is meant to be wearing gloves oh well. With Malifaux models I like to work on one model at a time. So wont start Taelor till the Gunslinger is finished.

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My first WIP.....Ok yea I know I'm cheating. I am vigorously finishing up my painting for Gen Con as I am in two tournaments, and poor Raspy has to wait just a little longer. My goal with this crew is to go at a slower pace, spend more time and see if I can add more detail and try out new techniques with each model.

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Good to see this thread up and running. As I've bought more items since I pledged my list, here's an updated one -

Arcanists

Steampunk Arachnid Swarm

'Joss' counts as

'Kaeris' counts as

Coryphee Duet

Guild

Sonnia Criid

Samael Hopkins

3 Witchling Stalkers

Executioner (base)

C. Hoffman

Guardian

Watcher

Ryle

Mechanical Attendant

2 Guild Austringers

Neverborn

Dreamer and NE Lord Chompy Bits

3 Daydreams

3 'Teddies' counts as

'Coppelius' counts as

'Pandora' counts as

'Doppleganger' counts as

5 Sorrows

Outcasts

3 'Ratcatchers' counts as

8 'Malifaux Rats' counts as

2 Hollow Waifs

5 'Steampunk Abominations' counts as to rebase

3 'Steampunk Abominations' counts as

1/2 'Desolation Engine' counts as

1 'Ashes and Dust' counts as

Von Schill

Freikorps Trapper

Freikorps Librarian

Freikorps Specialist

2 Freikorpsmann

Resurrectionists

2 'Canine Remains' counts as

Should be everything. Unfortunately Seamus got axed, as I may not own him for much longer.

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For august, my plans are to paint the Datsue-ba and Ikirio, and if I have some spare time (with two kids, that would be a miracle...), I'll start Seamus or Bête noire. I'll try to slap some paint on Ikirio and Datsue-ba by tomorrow night.

Good luck to all!

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Yesterday I assembled and sprayed: pandora old avatar who will be used as normal pandora as the pandora sculpt I dislike and the new alt is even worse, 3 sorrows, baby kade, candy, coppelius, doppleganger, poltergeist and 2 stitched together. If I can justify ordering stuff from gen con expect to see new pandora avatar, new candy and nightmare teddy to complete my neverborn crew. If possible will also see dead justice and new alt and avatar seamus crew and I also built and sprayed my gfs rasputina crew but thats not part of this

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I'd love to participate in this. I'm determined to finish my colette crew in a decent amount of time, and then get started on perdita and all 5 lady j's after gencon. Just posted a couple new models on my thread this morning so won't double post it ^^ This is a great idea.

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So here is my official checklist for the next 6 months which shall be at a minimum.

Lucius Crew:

Lucius

Lawyer

Guild Guard Captain

2x Austringers

Drill Sergeant

3x Guild Guard

4x Guild Hounds

Lady J Crew:

Executioner

Hoffman

Joss

Ryle Hoffman

Ophelia Crew:

Ophelia

Pere

Rapheal

Francois

Rami

4xBayou Gremlins

2x Slop Haulers

These models will all get done however they will be completed by good old assembly line work and it will be very random :D

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So here are my opening photo's...

Firstly the starting batch of my Guild crew for the MWL painting requirement:

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Not a great photo but good enough to show that they're untouched.

This batch includes Lucius, Drill Sergeant, Guild Captain, 2 Guild Guards, an Austringer, a Lawyer and 2 Guild Hounds.

This will be 'topped off' with the dead Lady J limited edition set when that comes out and will bring the points total for the crew to 65 SS.

I also have these:

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Which I primed and washed yesterday.

We have a Black Blood Shaman, Nekima, 2 Hanged and a Flesh Construct.

These are additions to my Lilith and Nicodem crews.

When they are painted I'll use a better camera :)

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Primed and ready to go Cult of December.

I am using the Judge model as a Desperate Mercenary. I figured that if she knew that she was going to be working for Rasputina, that she would be cold and would need to dress warm....so I changed the sword and I added a gun to the Judge model to fit more of a Desperate Mercenary in winter clothing.

Also I am using the Snow model and possibly the Rasputina model as Silent ones and I will be using the upcoming Alt Scuplt of Rasputina as my Master.

Now the original silent one I placed her riding the Sabertooth Cerberus. The pose she is in looks like she is riding something. So to make my Cerberus (who will have a winter coloring, hence all the extra sculpted fur on him) look different, the Silent One is now riding him. This represents this thing getting Frozen Heart as much as possible!

Also I know that it is difficult to tell but I dug out alot of the bases so I can fill them in with water effects and then paint them to look like ice.

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Here is what I have to being the tale with:

3 Terror Tots

2 Young Nephilim

1 Mature Nephilim

Lilith

Black Blood Shaman

Cherub thing

Nekima

I'll start with a terror tot tonight. My aims for this project are to learn:

using putty (green stuff)

basing (more than just sand on glue)

thin layers (glasing?)

So any advice on these will be appreciated.

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