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Whoops, it's already October - here's the rest of my September pledge:

Old Guild starter:

I believe this one used to be called Governor's proxy back in the day, really nice minis - cast in metal, full of character.

And the new Lucius I painted during two streams

Altogether this brings me to 67 soulstones

5 hours ago, Gheist said:

I have a question: I am seeing all this beautiful Paintjobs and yet nobody is asking how they are done. Is it considered bad manners or would you answer me if ask nicely ?

This community is all about sharing and helping others so I don't think anyone would have an issue with such question  i'd only suggest asking more specific questions, e.g. about painting skin, material, freehand, basing techniques - that way you should get answers that could help you get more concrete details

I think I'll try to add this lot to my September pledge, let's see how it goes.

Aaand 15 more soulstones bringing me to 25 so far, what a great model this was to paint!

Thanks for dropping by @Diddick 

Really recommend checking out all the streams out there. Each of the painters has a different style and approach to the creative process so a lot to be learnt there.

I've painted this big bad guy during my first two streams and will continue with Jedza shortly 

So, August is almost over and here are the minis I've managed to paint post my vacation break.

2x Mecharachnid  - 12ss

The Scorpius - 7ss

Metal Gamin - 5ss

Soulstone Miner - 6ss

On top of that I painted two Nephilim. I'd originally planned to do them during my first stream for Wyrd but then work happened and I needed to cancel. Here's a pic of the lovely duo. I plan to add some blood splatters + swampy water to their bases but I think I'll do that during my stream. Speaking of which, I'll be doing it tomorrow 3:30 pm EST / 21:30 CET / 20:30 UK and plan to show my approach to painting Nephilim skin then

17 ss for these brings me to a total of 47 soulstones for August

Thank you @Caedrusfor running these, you've been doing an amazing job and I really enjoyed the extra layer of additional monthly theme/challenge. I have too many irons in the fire to take this up on regular basis but keeping my fingers crossed someone steps in  

@Diddick - congrats, hope the transition to bugger famaily goes smoothly  First weeks can be pretty intense but you also learn to manage your time better so I'm sure you'll always find some hobby time!

Checking in to the fun a bit later this month as I've just returned from my holidays. Not too much time left in August but here's my bold plan anyway : 

Nothing really Ahab about it though

I will be painting one of the big guys on my first Wyrd Stream on Tuesday 

So for my final addition to July challenge a Mature Nephilim. Good old M1E sculpt. Took him to a tourney yesterday. I had Black Blood Shaman buffing Euripides and the Gigants and then turning into a Mature turn 2. Great beater, solid scheme runner if needed too. 

That means I will finish with a total of 77 soulstones. A bit of a spoiler - for Wyrd Paint streams I plan to start with painting new versions of Mature Nephilim  That will have to wait a bit though as I am starting my holidays tomorrow. May even end up taking a mulligan in August 

Moving to a total of 67 soulstones with this (big) Bad Juju. Still planning to paint at least one more mini this month  

@Engorn- love the vivid colors and the highlights are super smooth. Playing such nicely painted crews is like giving Distracted +5 to your opponent!

@Ja9nge - I like the slightly cartoonish tone you have there. Gremlin with the huge sack is my fav  

33 + 16 for Mama Z, 1 for Doll, 8 for the Damned (dammmmm, one of the best M3E models ever!). 58 soulstones in July, looking to add more before the month is over

@Boomstick - wow, that was fast and the result is really good. I like the connection you have there between colors of Kirai and Ikiryo. 

@astapable - some seriously amazing work on the skin there

@Vessien - nice work on the NMM and red seems to work well on Ototo's clothes

33 soulstones for me so far this month. The discomfort challenge was to make sure I use vivid colors as these will be used as additions to Kaeris' crews. More pics on my Instagram profile at https://www.instagram.com/what.the.faux/

25 soulstones as plan minimum for this month + 8 soulstones for Slate Ridge Mauler that's almost complete (will post pic later this week). As for the discomfort challenge - I typically paint with toned down, dark colors. These will be super bright and vivid  

I forgot to post this earlier, 12 more soulstones to bring me to a total of 30 for June

On 6/23/2021 at 2:05 PM, Diddick said:

So if by any chance you remember how you did the gaki paintjob, i'll appreciate some tips. Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words mate!

The Gaki were fun to work with! I painted these a few years ago so can't really recall specific steps but in general you should aim for 2-3 highlights based on light brown going into bleached bone-like shade (could be even achieved with semi-dry brush). After that a generous wash of watered down light brown wash, followed by darker one applied mainly in the recesses. You can even do some dark wash in the deepest shades. That can be followed with a focused drybrush of bleached bone on the edges. 

As for the dirt - either use dry pigments or a torn sponge (like the one that comes with Wyrd boxes). Dip that sponge in dark brown, remove the excess of paint and apply randomly to the areas that would be seeing some serious wear and tear. 

As for the skin, similar process but purplish washes apply.

Hope this helps!

@Diddick- absolutely love your Dwarf engineer. Makes me think of Paul Bonner illustrations.

@astapable - really dig your style of highlights on Gremlin skin. Super smooth and brown is really well used for deep shadows. The swamp spirit on Bokor is just amazing.

@Ja9nge - very nice clean paintjon and those edge highlights really make them pop

@Cats Laughing- I like the choice of colors for this Tengu

@Engorn - love the vivid colors on the Vatagi and Corps. Super crisp work on the highlights too

@Vessien - very nice realistic colors on the Tanuki

@bedjy - metallics look amazing, rich and saturated colors. Lucious and his crew look great too

I just realized I still haven't posted pics of the Gamin I painter early in May. Here they are - 23 soulstones

I also managed to finish three Dinos which makes it a total of 53 soulstones for the month of May.

Some more pics below.

@Caedrus- hope these count as completing the Base challenge

Initial start for the month of June - plenty of opportunities for playing with contrast there

Well, there will be three different types of bases to begin May with - Wind and Poison

On 4/23/2021 at 8:41 AM, fire5tone said:

teleport *anything* to any ice pillar it can make for some seriously unexpected speed if you decide to whack an ally

Candy can be a nasty surprise when delivered this way at the end of a turn on the middle of your oponent's crew. Although with my "luck" I tend to hit her with a severe when she relents

8 hours ago, SEV said:

The Emissary painted with a 00 would be epic 🤣

Hold my beer

tbh though , month may not be enough to do that properly

Hey, looks like spring has settled in finally. I'm declaring these two for the beginning of April and the smaller one will likely be painted with one-brush-only  

On 3/31/2021 at 1:40 AM, SEV said:

Is this Nakedima? Seriously what is this sculpt? (And nice job on the skin btw) 

https://www.crystal-tech.pl/en/twin-goddess-miniatures/succubus-fantasy-pinup

It was printed in 20% larger scale.

Not sure if this would count as I've painted it for a buddy to serve as a proxy for Mature Nephilim. If OK, my total would be 38ss this month