DemiMurgos

I don't really see the danse macabre part in the singles, but congrats to the winners.

Kinda late upload as I just got back from expat working, but here is my contribution to October - the would have been dance macabre crew, totaling a full 25 SS for October, achieving my pledge. The figures have been modified, as I have removed the swords from each punk zombie carefully, and even made a makeshift battle vest for one of them - which is my current best miniature and is my pride and joy. ❤️ I am also especially proud of the necrosis painted on Sloth's severed arm. The Twisted Firestarter: The Screamer, hommage to my good buddy, the drummer of E.N.D.: And my prize and joy, the Punk: Sloth:

I feel you, I still have to get my hands on some greenstuff, but milliput is definitely NOT the tool to be used for detailed work, as it simply dissolves in water and makes a mess in anything else.😅 Wishing you the best, eager to see what you came up with for the diorama! @Diddick I wish you the best as well, I think your Misaki was also looking amazing But contest are just that, pushing us to learn and become better at what we do.

I love snails, but the name sold it immediately.

Demi chipping in! I'm going to be an expat for most of October at work, which means I won't be able to take any minis/paint with me. I'll be finishing the remaining kunoichi for this month (needs a little touch-up, as one of the cats gnawed on it), as well as am working on a big secret project in case the new, Rotten Harvest themed competition starts in October. For the latter, I can already coin a total of 18ss, but can't reveal the figures just yet... Would that count? In case not, I'll throw in enough figures until I'll reach 11 ss for the month. The tool that changed my painting game was definitely my wet palette. I am using much less paint for much longer now and my mixes keep longer.

Finally! It is done! I have officially worked off my mulligan and am finishing September with a total of 24 SS! I will still work on projects but don't intend to finish anything by the end of the week, given all the hassle with IRL work going on. The kunoichis follow the box art more or less; they have given me an opportunity to try to paint silk and nylon-like textures. Which I now officially put on my top 3 hated things to paint (next to space marines and horses). EDIT: I have some issues with the picture upload, apologies. EDIT 2: Managed to delete some old material, you're up, girls!

Either upload the files here in the post, or upload them to some sort of cloud (like in the Forum gallery in your own folder (make one shouldn't you have one already), imgur, etc.) and just embed the links here.

Probably, I only found a bottle of Model Color "magenta fluorescent" and it has the same consistency as my canvas acrylics, like glue (despite shaking it like crazy). The frankenmagenta stuck somehow, I'll shoot a pic later when the varnish dried. Painting miniatures made me realize how important magenta can be, it makes everything more vibrant in the mix. For anyone who saddled over from canvases to miniatures: Liquitex paints are amazingly vibrant if you can somehow find the best solution-ratio (suffers from gloopyness otherwise).

This looks amazing! What brand of magenta are you using to paint? I am on my third brand now and they are horribly blotchy and gnarly, but (given it is a "fake" color) it's extremely hard to mix it out of others. I have tried Vallejo, Liquitex acrylics (still working the best, but huge pigment for minis) and Louvre acrylics (same issue as Liquitex and it worked even worse). Pictured: my fight against the paint to achieve a bright magenta silky smoothness on a kunoichi.

I can finally contribute something! Working half off of my mulligan in August I officially tank in 12 SS for September, and will push to finish 2 Kunoichis to make up for the missed month. The bunrakus are officially finished, I'll eventually put them on nicer bases when I finally figure out how to work with Miliput. I have tried to incorporate some traditional elements, like the seigaiha pattern, as well as some traditional kabuki colors. Speaking of which, I finally put Chiyo on a playbase with some traditional japanese toys scattered around as fluff (no claim, as she was already presented as my Flowers & Showers entry a few months ago). Creating such tiny "wooden" toys out of Miliput was definitely the wrong idea to use this material for, but hell, here we are!

Trying to mosey as many stones as possible to be completely honest. I'll exclude them until they can be revealed then.

@Hawkoon I vote for either 6 or 8, both of them are intrigueing models with tiny details you can get lost in. A public service question: how do modifications count (if they do at all)? I am preparing early for the next competition with a concept I actually have been cradling a while, and it requires some heavy modification of the figures. Do these count, or should it be eventually counted towards the month when they are actually painted? I am almost done with my bunrakus, expect a picture soon when I'm released from the sweet caress of IRL work.

I am from Hungary and no shops carry E3 Malifaux anymore, we usually do our shopping in Wien, Austria when we visit. I got the Easter Angelica for an invoice from Siren Games (home delivery), so it shouldn't be a problem. Although, I don't know if the policy changed.

Demi reporting in after a hearthy mulligan in August... I'm trying to finish up my August minis, so Bunraku 3 and Kunoichi 1. Due to autumn kicking in and thus, most of my work-life projects spring into overdrive (and weekendly overtime...) I most probably won't be able to finish much in autumn, so I might have to drop out of the challenge. #reallifesucks Discussion part: Starting from the back: 2. I am feeling a little burning out myself, despite the peaks of inspiration the forum brings me - the painting feels more like a chore now rather than something that makes me happy. It's hard to sit to it, however, after I started painting, it usually works itself and I'll get a boost to work on a model for a couple hours. Also, since I mostly use mixed paints from a limited palette I own, getting that shade I needed on the first try is always a huge emotional lift. 1. I am working on a schedule for my Pile of Shame, so what I am painting next is never a question (given half of said pile is owned by partner yours truly, who either has explicite ideas or just wants the box art to the T). When I am given a free hand, I am trying to sneak some sort of authenticity into my pieces: for the Wastrels, I went through a ton of Wild West pictures; for the Qi and Gong crew, I spent some time researching Japanese kimonos, kabuki theatre culture, textile patterns and their meanings, etc. I am trying to put effort into the self-built bases as well (like creating little Japanese toys scattered around Chiyo's base, which I think I did not publish just yet...). I demand near perfection from myself and I want each piece to be a standalone little "story" on the board. Once the mind-work is done, it just needs to be done! I usually build the figure and then paint it, however, I have recently started to partially assemble a figure and glue it on the go once the pieces obstructed by other pieces are already done. This way, all shadows are correctly cast. Reading all this back, now I see why I am so damn slow with a pledge of 2 figures...