dafruk Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 So I love me some malifaux figures, was playing a fair bit in 1st Ed but when second rolled round it threw me off for a while, not because I didn't like the rules but because I was waiting to see how everything panned out and once wave 2 landed I started to get interested again and finally a few of us in my local club (Bristol) got out models back on the table again. 2 games later and I'm back hooked again. Love the new game (though I must get round to painting up markers for my scheme counters) and that got me back to painting up my figs again. First off some history. M1e I had guild and Neverborn (yeah I know, everyone had them) And here's the last model I painted before 2nd ed dropped. So from that there was a break of about 18 months before I picked anything back up again. which brings me to the last couple of weeks: I've got 2 more guild hounds to do and then that's my (current) guild stuff completed, actually I'm forgetting the ltd ed death marshall whatever her name was. Neverborn has a widow weaver and Nightmare teddy to go and then I've got a Leveticus crew in a box that I haven't touched plus the nightmare justice set. Hmm wonder if I've made some bad choices, Zoraida & Leveticus. I might as well just buy Marcus and then have to buy every single figure in the range! I'm not rushing to get stuff painted up having plenty to learn with at present but I do find that malifaux models suck me in, so once I start painting I tend to end up finishing the entire thing in a single session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmeep Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Glad to hear youre back in the saddle again. Looking forward to seeing you finish the rest of your collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks, Got the next pair of dogs finished up, not my finest work, but not the finest models either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Ooh, I like Lucius in the silver mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTHATER Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Dufruk, Man overall you have an impressive army of well painted, playable figures. Some of your color choices were a little bold for my taste (Criid and Justices crew) but it worked very well for you. I cant believe you haven't broken a guild guard sword, the judges sword, or that desperate mercs sword yet. Those are so fragile it's insane. Its the reason my judge is carrying the scathe, its not nearly as fragile. It's looks pretty rad too I guess. Nighthater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkeyKungFu Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Leisurely paced......Dave the speed at which you paint sickens me sir Very good as always though mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrehorseman Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I really like the bold red on the Justice crew. I can't wait to see how you paint some of the M2E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Thanks for the comments all. Nighthater, I think I've just been lucky with the swords so far, several occassions have expected bits to shear off when I've snagged them on things but somehow it's not happened yet! As for colour choices it's very much a personal thing, you're not a fan but spectrehorseman likes the bold red. The Criid crew got some serious raving when I first posted it up going both ways. Overall though I felt the guild should clearly split into divisions and I gave each a uniform for the respective section to make them all stand out. Neverborn are far more mish-mash for me so get a bit of everything going on depending on what takes my fancy. Speaking of which I've now done my teddy (nighmare edition). Man this was a joy to paint, really great texture and easy to get looking decent with just drybrushing then picking out a couple of details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Ok, I mentioned above that once I start working on Malifaux models I can’t put them down. Well, wow, that really has been the case, since I dug it all back out I’ve been smashing out figures at a furious pace. When I titled the blog it was because this year I’ve been painting far less than the last few years so no pressure to do anything quickly, seems that the love of these models has overtaken me! Steampunk Abominations Pretty simple little paintjobs, basically undead skintone which I’ve gone a bit greeny on, originally started out intending to be more grey but mid way through painting just went with a bit more colour to see how it would look. Tried to do denim style trousers on them and then a nice aged bronze/brass look to the metallics as didn’t want a steel finish. Tempted to go back and add a load of rust effect seeing as these guys are basically dead buried things that come out the ground in the stories. Realised that since I too this picture I've added a bit more detail like picking out the tongues in purple and adding a little more depth to the skin with a purple wash in the recesses. Killjoy Another really fun guy to paint, did the skin the same tones as the SPAs because I’d imagine I’ll probably use him with that crew, but will also no doubt be seeing time in some of my others seeing as he’s such a lovely beater and a merc to boot. These old original sculpts of Wyrds have a certain something about them, you can tell that they were designed just as a model to sell and not something specifically for a game they all have a certain charm about them. Played about with blood and rust effects on him to add a bit of extra detail to what otherwise would be quite a plain model. Widow Weaver Such a fun model, decided to try a gloss finish to the skin to give it a really alien feel that I think suits the model, it’s just so out of place to have this weird spidery beast wearing a lovely dress. The dress itself was a pleasure to paint, lovely detail that was easy to pick out and show off, the colour worked wonderfully too so really happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrella Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Those turned out great, really like the dress on the widow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Painted a stompy robot with a grenade launcher gun for Levi crew I'm building up. As Wayland games had a 50% sale on old stock I picked up a bunch of other stuff to bulk out some of my metal crews, picked up Avatar Sonnia (just cos it's cool), Ashes & Dust, Johan, Carrion and Arcane effigies to use with Collodi and Freikorps Specialist and Strongarm suit (50% off a plastic kit, win!), Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmeep Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 I always pictured my widow weaver in a pink dress same as the official artwork but yours have given me something to think about. Proper amount of rust and gore on Killjoy. I imagined my lazarus slightly more banged up but I belive he works for the freikorps in m2e so now he has access to proper maintenence. good work all around mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Wow, some really nice crews there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very nice work on Lazarus's armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted August 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Ok, it's been a while. Truth is I've been off painting warhammer stuff so the 'faux figs have gone on the back burner. That in itself is fine though as I've not played a single game of any system in about 2 months. Anyway I finally got back to painting some stuff up and having picked up a few bargians in a 50% sale I've assembled a bunch of stuff ready to add to crews. The work is still mostly on stuff for a levi crew, but still held off painting up the big man and his ladies. So this addition- Ashes & Dust and component parts: To be honest the paintjob is really simple (and basing obviously enough not done yet, you can see I used a red primer, all I had to hand). This was a black wash over the red primer, 4-5 drybrushed layers of colour on the dust part, then the eyes picked out in the ethereal light colour thingy I've been using. The skelly/zombie parts done with the usual basecoat and a couple of washes are also really fast to do. As it's a slightly ealier pic of progress I've not added the rust onto the metals at this point, but it's done now and with that they'll just need based up to be finished. So levi now has: 4 SPAs Des Engine Lazarus Killjoy A&D still to do: Levi 3 waifs Rusty and the new purchases included a friekorps strongarm suit and specialist that I could just drop into the crew not that they particularly go with it, the specialist will probably find a place with my criid stuff instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Whoops well this got away from me again! As you might guess I wandered away from painting malifaux again, but I'm now back at it again! I got a stupidly good deal on a Lynch crew and couldn't turn it down. It does appear to be one of the very early crews where the detail was a tad soft and it had been rather roughly treated with it's prior paintjob so I tested out stripper and it came out ok. I painted one illuminated then became distrated again until last week where I did a second one: Also because the new plastics came out I picked up Hoffers when I saw the box in my local store: Build up pretty easily, most of the parts are well keyed to work out where they should go. Slightly odd design of the jaws on the hunters but nothing particularly difficult. Still not touched the rest of the Levi crew. Really must do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Done some work on the Levi crew. The main man himself and the Des engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Next up I've done a waif. Carried on with the theme of glowy eyes to link it into the rest of the crew but not gone for a particularly undead skintone, just pale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 The Des engine is wicked good. Also the waif in the yellow looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeblee Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 The waif in yellow reminds me a bit of the old TMNT cartoon version of April O'Neil. That and The Waif in Yellow is a great literary reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted January 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 The waif in yellow reminds me a bit of the old TMNT cartoon version of April O'Neil. That and The Waif in Yellow is a great literary reference. Oh wow, totally know what you mean but hadn't considered it when I painted her. No way that will not pop into my mind any time it hits the table! Thanks zfiend, not a huge fan of the model but it was still ok to paint once I got beyond the basecoats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Realise I'd forgotten to put up rusty when she got finished. This is one of those models that when you start it is a total nightmare, nothing jumped out at me and it all just looked bland. it wasn't till I got the tartan skirt on that it began coming together, after that it was plain sailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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