trapthem Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Deciding to kick off a progression thread of my Malifaux now I've gotten to the stage where I'm not swearing at tiny limbs falling into carpet covered in plastic glue. Starting off with a couple of the colour primes and basecoats i've thrown down in the last two days. More to come as it occurs / if there is interest. *edit* hit the spoiler tags to check out the starting point Open Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmar3 Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 now I've gotten to the stage where I'm not swearing at tiny limbs falling into carpet covered in plastic glue. I hear you haha. Looking forward it seeing the painting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Just a super quick update of my 'furthest along' stuff... its not much... been buying too much but that looks like its starting to slow down Plan is to knock off some of the 1e + neverborn things I have kicking around then hopefully finish about 5 figs a week or fortnight... big task but im thinking of trying a few different techniques so should be interesting... hopefully they dont wind up being too time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathpex Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Really looking forward to that lord chompy and the poltergeist and sorrows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Following this with interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Updates from the past couple of weeks. Decided to stop buying and building and get down to painting. Going for new techniques as well as some speed and keeping it kind of loose. Decided not to pick out every single detail on things if I wasn't vibing on it and maybe just give them things a darker wash or something to separate it but keep it close to the majority colour. First crew I knocked off was Zoraida Followed up by some waldgeists. I then kind of felt like doing a one off mini so I punched out a teddy for fun. Jacob Lynch and some terror tots. With the last couple there I tried to texture some of the flat surfaces up a bit with a few techniques but overall not that happy with it. Could of done smooth blends but was thinking some texture might no go astray. Not that it is totally garbage overall but definitely could of done better if I took my time and did glazes. Regardless, pretty happy with the pace so far and keen to knock out some more soon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Cool looking models but I absolutely love the Waldgeists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Gobl Gremlins this past week and a bit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Great work on these. I noticed you've used airbrush for these. Could you share some tips about working with it? I've recently bought one, now just waiting for vallejo air paints before I start practicing with it. Id love to get some advice from someone who uses airbrush so skillfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm still learning as I go but it's such a game changer for time and control. Best thing I've found is mixing primers for zenethil and colour primers to get a solid base of highlights and colour transition to work base coats on. Keep it thin (but not too thin) as the airbrush coats do stack up and you don't want to clog details. I use badger primer, game and model air as well as thin down p3 paints as well. All the cleaners etc are badger or Vallejo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 The Gremlins are amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Definitely broke my airbrush today. Definitely heading overseas next week. Poop. Catch you all in August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Few things to fix up on these but other than that this is pretty much it for the past two weeks since getting back from overseas. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phototoxin Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Looks amazing! All of it!! ZOMG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Oh I saw these on Wyrd Place, absolutely stunning work, the Seamus and McMourning crews are fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinncent Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Dr McM crew looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted August 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) Thanks all, really enjoying the malifaux minis (much to the detriment of the people I play infinity against and my not even primed armies). Really enjoying playing around with different styles from crew to crew and trying new techniques to suit themes *edit* Figure I might as well drop this in here as well. Going to be doing some stuff up for a new game called Frostgrave using a bunch of minis from my collection already. Did this scale chart up for some people on an AU forum and figured it would have a good place here as well. COMPARISON CHART Please note I am not defining true or heroic scale options - just what they are usually labelled as when you want to buy. Some of the options may be re branded 32mm because bases are 32mm or be labelled 30mm and things like that. Hopefully this helps people a bit when shopping around for rough ideas of scale for proxies etc. Ok so from left to right! - Infinity 2nd Ed (nomads male) [28mm scale] - Infinity 3rd Ed (nomads male - same unit as above) [28mm scale] - Reaper Halfling (pathfinder / dnd metals) [28mm scale] - Reaper Human female (pathfinder / dnd metals) [28mm scale] - GW Human (empire conversion - slightly hunched) [28mm scale] - Reaper Bones - armored male (plastic - please note - no base) [28mm scale] - GW Armored Chaos Human Male [28mm scale] - Warthrone / Avatars of War Chaos Male (armored - the champion solo figures are larger though) [28mm scale] - Hordes - Skorne (Male Solo) [30mm scale] - Warmachine - Cryx (Female Warcaster) [30mm scale] - Bushdio Male (cult of yurei) [30mm scale] - Malifaux 1st Ed (guild guard - 2nd ed versions of this are larger / more dynamic) [30mm scale] - Malifaux 2nd Ed (Freikorps) [30mm scale] Edited August 20, 2015 by trapthem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybarite Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Nice looking crews! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Knocked some more off this morning More Malifaux definitely fucked some of that up messing around with glazes, technical paints and dullcote etc but shit happens 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted September 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Arcanist Updates Ramos Crew Marcus Crew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 You've used an interesting technique on some of the beasts - those tiny dots and strong contrasts in highlights combined with washes go well with the feral nature of these creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapthem Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Thanks, try to go for texture instead of constant blending. Bit of progress.on a few things.Besides that... Sonia me1 crewLady j ME2Perdita ME2 with pistoleros Tara nightmare Bunch of me1 guild like austringers, guard, sergeants, captain ME2 riflemen Bunch of me1 Neverborn Like insidious madness, lilitu/lelu, Alps, daydreams, teddyME2 dreamer Miss eryLilith crew and Nephilim Leveticus me1 crewSo much paint on the go right now! Slightly maddening but hopefully knock a bunch off soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Absolutely brilliant work on all of those. Especially the whole Marcus Crew. It's such amazing work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinncent Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yup, Marcus crew looks really great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Commi Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 I love the Mcmourning crew - how did you do the white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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