Hey, guys! A new recruit to the Malifaux game and world here, and I must say I'm very intrigued. The models touch my ideal kind of fantasy world, and even if I can't recruit enough players in my area I'll have some fantastic and imaginative models to paint for my personal collection.
To begin I've chosen The Dreamer and the Neverborn. Although all of the Factions of Malifaux were interesting with a top-notch model range, the horrors of the Neverborn sit very close to my love affair with "anything goes" once I start branching out for conversions and the like.
The following models are very much work in progress, and are still a few steps from hitting the painting table. I really enjoy the idea of this eerie, darkened home/orphange, and the theme of the bases stick close to the actual Wyrd Orphanage bases. I wanted a bit more room, literally, to allow some additions here and there, so I elevated the floors with a bit of cork. Dirt will fill the underside of the floor boards, leaving enough room for the green stuff that you see to be mystic, glowing energy and nightmare monsters lurking beneath the wood.
Dreamer - I added a bit of a rug, but lifted up a section so I can have a deep shadow with eyes peering from beneath it. A ball sits next to him. Lord Chompy Bits has the same rug, but I omitted the monster/eyes, as LCB is more than interesting enough to not want to draw attention away once he's painted up.
Teddy - I added a simple child's book just to fill in the area a tad. Idea was simple, and stolen from the official bases.
Daydreams - These guys are great, and I wanted to keep them simple. One stands with tentacles reaching from beneath the floor boards, another is actually modeled to appear to be bursting from beneath the floor, and the last (the octopus-looking one) is sitting in a bit of cork where the floor has merged with the nightmare realm and will have some swamp and water effects.
Alps - More great models with amazing personality. I wanted to add to it a bit, but still keep it simple to not draw away from them too much. The one with the cigar has a bit of the floor removed and it'll be a pretty sizable blood stain and whatever gore will make it look like he just bashed in someone's head. The bent over one seemed to be in a "ready to charge" but I added to pieces of chalk, one actually in his hand", because I plan to paint "LEAVE" on the floor in front of him as if he just wrote it. The running one was gets the tentacles reaching from underneath the floor this time.
Coppelius - Little was done. I have some green stuff drying so I can carve some toys, and he might get one or two if they come out okay. I have a flat piece curing now to make into a puzzle, but I'm thinking I'll put that idea with Baby Kade once I get him together - I have Kade's older metal model and think it'll go nicely with him.
So, here's the WIP picture. Sorry it's a bit small for the amount of stuff on the screen, but I was really hurting for time and had to leave for work ASAP. I still need to scrape off mold lines, fill gaps, cut the excess rugs to the shape of the base once it's dry, and add the dirt. And then it's paint time!
