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FMing my first game tonight. Have questions regarding using "untrained skill". When a player has to make an Unconscious check, but doesn't have the Toughness skill, does that player automatically fail their Unconscious checks? Also can players still attempt skill checks even thought they don't have the skill by using only the Aspects stats? ex shoveling coal using Might instead of Athletics?

Next, Cassandra. I have never used so much red! I had a difficult time with my reds due to the paints being extremely thin. Is there a thickener i could use so that the paints are the right consistencies for me? Just asking. Anyhow, Cassandra turned out ok, although im not happy with the face. Could be the sculpt, could be my skill, but something is bothering me. However, its not bothering me too much because i moved onto the Collettes. I have Collette's original sculpt and the 3 sculpts for her avatar. I decided to paint them all at the same time in order to keep colour consistency. I used the same colour scheme on all, except for the white rabbit sculpt due to the white. I tried to reproduce the magical cloud effect that i did on the one dove but it was less swirly so its not quite the same. I am happy with the way the faces turned out. I have such a difficult time with eyes but these turned out really well. In all... Im happy with the way they look. As a whole crew, i am happy on how they turned out. And i was told that the client was extremely happy with my work. I enjoyed painting these models. It was a challenge and i can't wait to start a new project soon.

...Wow...=-O =-o

Nice job, great conversion work on Monty. I have to agree with WebMonkey, Jack needs a little space between him and the ground or repositioned to make "hang". First look I thought he reminded me or a school kid standing for the bus in the morning whistling (well ...maybe on the morning of Oct 31).

Wow, that looks awesome, great job!

Very nice , Sculpting is one thing I wish I could do .

Hi everyone! As promised, corephees! The client had already glued the corephees the way he wanted them and described to me that he wanted the 2 crouched down to be different colours and the standing ones to correspond. Not only that, but for the colours to be the same as the corephees on the cards. My biggest challenge with them was to get them to look like each other even tho the sculpts are different (I think I managed to pull it off). I took a few liberties due to the sculpts in order to make the patterns work. In all, they turned out ok. I had painted my beckoner in August for my Pandora crew for events at GenCon. Here is the final product. I wish I could have figured out how to do the stockings a bit better but for my fist attempt, I think it turned out great. Cassandra, Collette and her Avatars soon to come. As always, I enjoy comments, critiques and general hellos :1_Happy_Puppet2:

Hi everyone! @ Daemonkin and @Wings: Thx for the compliments. It was fun painting that smoke. Quite happy with how they are all turning out. :Smug_Puppet1:

Very nicely done, love the transitions

Hi everyone! Sorry for the long posting delay. I took a break after the mad rush of Gen Con and took on my first commission; to paint a Collette crew. :1_Happy_Puppet2: Yay for me! So yes I have been painting and here is the proof. Be forewarned our camera is still having problems with small object focus and the flash/ lighting is still plaguing us at times. They appear more shiny than they actually are due to the need for a flash to show detail. Here are Colette's Doves. They took me the least amount of time to paint and were the most fun. I used glazes on the white smoke for the tallest dove to get the effect. The cards on one dove I free handed their faces; while the book was basic. To get the doves to look metallic and such, I used metallics and then used a black wash for detail. They were fun to paint. Next up, the Performers and Mannequins. The client wanted the models to look like their cards so I did what I could. He wanted little better than table top quality, which was really difficult for my perfectionist self (not gloating I have a lot of room to improve; its just I want to layer more but it takes so much longer for that extra little bit the price would go up...). What's that saying, "higher highlights, darker shadows"... That was tough. But I did my best. Lots of feathering and blending to get the effects. The performer in the purple dress started off with gold metallic details but it looked like crap so I went over it with yellows and oranges to make it look better. The dress of the blue performer was done with lots of different shades of blue that were feathered. The mannequins were done with basic painting techniques: layering glazes to get the shades right. It took me longer to paint these than I would have liked but it is going smoothly now. Next are the Corephees and Cassandra then finally all of the Collettes. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Comments are appreciated. *Oops; will get back to that Beckoner soon.

I like the progress

@Linus Mcmold & Wings: Thanks for the compliment! the first picture of Pandi that I took with my phone is much better then the completed picture. Don't know why. And thank you for finding her attractive @Lussuria: Good luck on the skin effect. Can't wait to see it on Raspi. And thanks for the compliment on the fluffiness of Teddy's centre. It's what I was going for so I'm glad it worked out. @daemonkin: Thanks for the compliments. and don't be hating Pandi; she's much milder in ME2. @durek: I know u wanted Kade's teddy to have a blue eye and not purple. I wanted to tie it in with the rest of my crew. When you get Kade, you can paint it blue. But thanks for being supportive and helping around the house while I do this crazy painting spree. and @ everyone: Thanks about the compliments on Teddy! I am very happy by the way he turned out and extremely happy that you all like it too *heart* And now the last piece for my crew (for GenCon) is my Beckoner. She's not done yet and I only have a few hours to work on her, but I think I can do it. I am quite happy how she is turning out. Durek (my hubby) jokes that she kinda looks like me, which is a compliment but also kinda true. My hair is a bit different now, but I did look like her at one point in time. Is anyone else having a hard time painting the new plastic sculpts? I'm finding the paint doesn't stay as well as it did on the metal ones. Well, I guess there's no point in complaining since they're all going to be plastic now; just means I have to work harder. Thank you all for the encouragement and the questions, comments, concerns, opinions, suggestions: keep them com'in! :1_Happy_Puppet2:

Thanks Lussuria! I usually have such a hard time with hair, (I will be taking a class at GenCon to help) but for the blonde on Candy I used the blonde hair triad from Reaper paints which I found to be most helpful. I will be purchasing that triad (I borrowed some from a friend for Candy) as well as the redhead triad, which makes me happy As for Pandora, I did add a purple to her skintone for the shadows and lining to add that 'looks human but isn't' feel. I also did a very pale highlight on her to emphasize this even more. I'm quite happy with the way she turned out. Segway into... Pandora and Teddy! Tada! The only regret I have on Pandora is for some reason I couldn't get her eyes quite right. I got to the point where it looked ok and I knew to just leave it alone. I have another 3 sculpts of her (alt sculpt, original avatar, new avatar) and will probably get the boxset (love the new Candy!) so if I didn't get her quite right, I have plenty of tries to do it. And I LOVE Teddy! It turned out better than I thought it would. I figured so many ppl have done the Care Bear version of him that I could play on that with a Malifaux spin and freehand of the Malifaux Mask, which was my second attempt. The first one was on Candy's base with the drawing of the Mask with Candy's signature, which I am quite proud. (if this contradicts a previous posting, it's cuz my husband has been posting for me ) Anyhow, as always, questions, comments, concerns, opinions, and suggestions are always welcome! Now back to finishing painting my Beckoner so I have a full crew to choose from when playing at GenCon. (btw, if anyone wants to play at GenCon, lmk, thx)

That is breathtaking, just smooth blends and great colour choices.

Simply stunning!

Thank you and here is the final product of Candy and Kade; the Original Nerverborn Twins. My husband had such a hard time getting the focus to work on our camera since they were so tiny. Unfortunately this is what we settled on. The Woes seem to be avoiding proper documentation Next I'm working on Pandora herself and Retro Teddy (not pictured). The WiP shot of her is from my cellphone hence the grainy quality. However its almost as good as our main camera with the tiny twins lol

Very nice work, love the colour scheme and the archers especially.

Really nice work on the Evil babies, so smooth. Can't wait to see more of Dita's Avatar.

@ Daemonkin: Thank you for the compliment:1_Happy_Puppet2: Bellow is an updated work in progress of Candy and Kade. I decided to wait to do Candy's base at the same time as Kade. Hope you enjoy

@Jormi_Boced: thanks for the compliment. sorry to hear about not being able to see the pics properly.

@Wings and @Viruk: Thanks a lot you two! I put a few hours already into Candy. I'm not completely happy with the face but if I know me... I'll never be completely happy so I'm going to leave it as is. I'm still trying to figure out what colour to do her dress. Once that's done, the rest of her will be quick and I will post it immediately.

Hello again! @ zFiend: Thank you, purple is actually my favourite colour so it worked out nicely. @Lussuria: His is kinda cute, thx. It was my first attempt at undead things, was happy when it turned out. I am continuing to paint! Hooray for me!<clapping> My husband re took the Sorrow photos…andhas come to the conclusion they’re not very photogenic so gave up with thefollowing result lol. Here, I have my poltergeist. I have kept the same colours as my Sorrows to keep it consistent and I have continued using my additive to help with the layering of colours. I decided to give it white hair after my husband suggested that it would make it real spooky. He was right. Also, I wanted to draw the eye to the faces and mouths on the Geist which adds to its creepiness, so I lightened that area to make them pop. I’m happy with how the model turned out… not so happy with the base. I dunno what happened, but it just wouldn’t work. Doesn’t really matter though, since I will be getting the new box set and the fact that the new Poltergeist is now on a 50mm base. Gives me a whole new chance to paint it better! As always, questions, comments, concerns,opinions, and suggestions are welcome. I also have Candy on the go. Here is a workin progress shot of her instead of just the finished product. Thanks for the support! Sorry for the spacing issues, both between words and paragraphs...Wyrd forums doesn't like me today. I fixed what it would let me....

Very nice variety of games and great painting.

Nice bright colours and clean painting always makes for good minis

Very nicely done, love the terrain