A-Mo

I guess all I really care about is getting to put together an evil baby of doom crew. I really like my Candy model as well, so I could live with her getting the upgrade. Upgrading all named models to henchmen sounds a bit wonky to me. Not sure how it would work, but I'm reserving all opinions/judgement till I get a printed set of rules infront of me. I should say that I've really liked most of the roumors I've heard.

Personal wish, Baby Kade upgraded to henchmen. Would love to see that creepy baby leading his own crew. I've painted alot of models from alot of different companies, and Kade is hands down my favorite. That little pile of pewter has more character packed into it than models 10x his size. Pragmatic wish, I'd like to see Pandora keep her style but not be such a neagative play experience for her opponents. Not sure exactly how this would need to be done, but my gut reaction is that her Failed-Moral trigger needs to be replaced with something.

Thanks! I checked Reaper but my search only brought up a couple of the dog models. With the provided link, I was able to find two dogs that would work. One being a pug that will look sweet with a little gs guild armour.

Anyone know of a good dog mini that could be used. I'd like to add another to the kennel but don't want any repeat models. Puppy minis are okay as well since I think they would be funny looking as Guild Hounds in training. Thanks

Some Austringers, which im putting into the grun category. You can see on the Austringers on the left the cream shirt a purple bandanna that tie him into the color scheme. I wanted to try something a bit different with the raptors, but I ended up rushing it,and I'm not to thrilled with the outcome. I want to think ill repaint the raptors, but I'll probably just leave them as is. ---------- Post added at 01:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:36 AM ---------- Lastly are my witchlings. I wanted to make these guys look like the are start out of the infirmary. I painted the robes so they looked more like dressings, and I will add a bunch of blood stains when I get time. I feel like this will give them a really nice gritty/gross look. Also, still have some work to do on the metal bits. Feedback appreciated. Thanks

Exactly what I was thinking. Not only do these look great, they also have a very natural look. I find this is a quality that is hard to achieve In minatures. Looking forward to more.

Here are some more of the WIP I've got going. Im trying to flush out my guild crew after picking up the dead lady justice box a ways back. For color scheme I've got two ideas that I'm tying together. I envision that there are mainly two types of guild models. Grunts and non-grunts. The non-grunt models will have a more regal look. Purple and cream colors. The grunts will have more leather, but some accents of purple or cream. For my first set of non-grunts, I've started my my handler, proxy and exorcist. ---------- Post added at 12:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:17 AM ---------- Dead judge WIP. I cut off the chain knife since I thought it looked odd. I also filled in the broken side of the glasses since I wanted to paint him wearing old school 3D glasses. Just for a bit of humor.

Been a while since I've updated this thread. I got some better pics of what I've already posted as well as some WIP. Better pics of the Pandora Crew ---------- Post added at 07:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:04 AM ---------- ---------- Post added at 07:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:06 AM ---------- ---------- Post added at 07:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:07 AM ---------- I've always liked the executioner model, but something about the position of the left arm always bothered me. So, I decided to mod it into a more wolverine/come-at-me-bro posistion.. Looking forward to painting this guy up. Hope you guys like.

Again, won't be able to make it this week (4/19). Last week had our best showing yet. I believe there were 5 people total. Hopefully we'll get some more popping in this week. See everyone on the 26th, not missing that night for sure.

I won't be ablet to make it out for this weeks malifaux night (4/5). I should be back in the swing of things the following week. If people are still interested in showing up, please do so. Thanks

Malifaux Thursday is on for this Thursday (3/29) That is all A-Mo

I liked your CMON thread. Lots of good stuff in there.

Been a while since my last update. While this next mini isn’t from Wyrd, it was my entry for round one of this year’s Iron Painter. Now that I’m out of the competition, I thought I would post a pic of my entry for some feedback. A little background for the entry. When the theme “start your engines” was announced I realized I had an old predator sitting around from cheap ebay purchase. I thought this would provide a fun way to try out some new painting techniques. This was my first attempt at using an airbrush, and salt masking. Probably not a smart strategy for a competition. Ohh well. - Started off base coating the tank grey. - Used the airbrush to add some orange (rust) to the base color in places that I anticipated weathering. - Added salt (regular table salt) to the locations that I thought would weather. Edges, around hatches and so on. - Gave the salt covered tank a couple coats of hairspray to seal the base coat and salt to the model. - Covered the model in dark blue and worked the highlights up from there with the airbrush. - At this point, I was really happy with the highlighting. It looked nice and vibrant. - I took a brush and scrapped off the salt and realized things didn’t go exactly as planned. Apparently the small granules of table salt make it so the paint can easily work its way into cracks and get under the salt. I should have used a more coarse salt. This really made the weathering look kind of bland and even in my opinion. This was also the major criticism I got in my comments in the IP gallery. The consolation was that at least the highlights looked great in contrast to what weathering remained. Soon to be disappointed. - I’m not sure what happened, but as I let the model sit for a bit, I kept noticing condensation on the model. It looked like it was always sweating. I’m guessing that there was some reaction between the hairspray and paint. Whatever it was, as the moisture from the model sweated out, it pulled off a lot of the highlights, leaving the model fairly dull. - At this point, I just thought “ohh well, better just get it finished.” I put the finishing touches on the model, added a few decals, added some more rust with thinned down orange paint and got some photos posted to the competition. - I also threw on some pigments (another first) at the end, since I thought why not. While I was a bit disappointed with the results, I had a great time trying out some new techniques. Things I’ve taken away from this. - With Airbrushing, make sure there is strong contrast between the colors you’re spraying. I’ve found that if you try to work gradually up to a final highlight, you’ll get a washed out looking model. With high contrast paints, you let the airbrush do the transition/blending for you. - More research for salt masking is required. But I’m pretty sure plain table salt is a no no. - I really like pigments for adding dust and rust. I need to practice using the pigment and drawing it over the model with a wet brush. Some of the rust streaks came out a bit heavy. Let me know if anyone else has had any revelations with airbrushes, salt masking and pigments. I’ll get another post up soon that hopefully illustrates what I meant about the airbrush contrast and washed out models. Thanks for reading, A-Mo

I will most likely be there this Thursday. I got a lot of our moving ish sorted out on Sunday. I wouldn’t worry too much about the A&D reforming, since all I had left at that point was one death marshal. Plus you had more on the board that when the game started. Next time! I think I may just break down and order some night terrors and Coppeilus for my Pandora crew. The starter sets work great for people getting into the game (most of us at CK), but they really come up short against fully fleshed out crews. See you later this week. Thanks