2019 Monthly Painting Challenge - May

[lusciousmccabe]

@Caedrus - loving how that mini is turning out. Don't think I would have gone for the shiny finish on the hat this time as it's more of a functional piece of clothing on this figure, but I'm sure it'll look great regardless. And you're right to be pleased with your conversion work as well.

@muraki - that is one seriously colourful pair of ladies. Remind me of that cartoon Gem, or some Daft Punk videos. 

[Caedrus]

@lusciousmccabe: You know, I completely agree. I had that thought myself. Instead, the new plan is to emphasise the bash (the centre crease) with paint, where my sculpting failed me. I'm glad you mentioned that - always nice to have an idea confirmed!

@muraki: Colourful Taelors! So vibrant!

[Franchute]

@Caedrus I finally managed to finish a fire gamin for 4ss, putting me at 10ss for the month:

By the way I'm really looking forward to your death marshall 😉

[lusciousmccabe]

Moon boys finally finished bar the varnishing. Might take some better pics later to show how I tried to match their bases.

@Franchute Fiery gamin looks great. Well worth the wait!

[Viruk]

Lots of great stuff here again, for now just a quick update from me. More here: http://www.whatthefaux.net/2019/05/marcus-x3.html

My 45ss for this month.

 

[Franchute]

@lusciousmccabe I like a lot the moons you drew on the back. It is really a great idea.

@Viruk amazing as always. It would be great to have a group picture once you are done with Marcus' starter box. Actually you are, arent you?

[Diddick]

The stolen are done!

And with them plus Nix, my May pledge of 11 SS

 

I painted them pretty fast and tried to give them a very pale skin tone.  Added some green glow to the bases to match the rats and Nix, and in the eyes to make them creepier (and avoid painting very detailed eyes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

[Nikodemus]

@muraki Candyland Taelors World could use more pink minis👍

@Franchute That firespot on subtle osl too.

@lusciousmccabe Great to see you followed through and succeeded on that freehand. Graphics are hard! Loving the limited palette.

@Viruk Skilful display. You are an inspiration👍

@Diddick Good results for quick painting. They're easy on the eyes

Chiaki is done! Name of the game was limited palette and extreme highlights. Oh and cursing at myself for deciding to go with the flame base. Should've left that off. Oh well. If I ever get a second Chiaki I'll know to do the right thing. All told a very fun project though. I really enjoyed indulging in some excesses with this one.

@Caedrus this concludes my initial pledge of 37ss (Yan Lo, Soul Porter, Chiaki, Ashigaru, Crime Boss). Will try to finish the crew box (+2 Ashigaru) for Wednesday's introductory 50ss game. Will try to finish one other model to qualify for the "50ss painted in a month" painting achievement. Probably a quick male Domadore for a friend.

[Franchute]

@Caedrus I finished a second fire gamin. I'm at 14 stones so far this month:

[Nikodemus]

Sweet flames.

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Yan Lo box finished. Did the base decoration as 4th Ashigaru. Minion (3) I know. Might use it for terrain or in story encounters:

And here's a bad pic of tomorrow's list. Starter + Izamu + Manos:

[Diddick]

13 hours ago, Nikodemus said:

 

Did the base decoration as 4th Ashigaru. Minion (3) I know. Might use it for terrain or in story encounters:

That's a great idea! 😱  Damn me for not thinking about that!

Also, lovely crew all togheter, manos is amazing, and your chiaki looks very "ghostly" 👏

[muraki]

Thanks @lusciousmccabe @Caedrus @Nikodemus I wanted to make this keyword bright as they're all kind of Jem'ey to me (specially with the avatar / easter viks).... but I'm getting a bit burnt out on bright colors (surprise I know), so I think I'll have to go do some browns / greys next month.

[muraki]

Finished another Merc, this time Big Jake.

[bedjy]

hey guys ! Things are going pretty well right here, I've already painted 9 ToS models and Adeodatos. I'm also into the industry of base-making right now, so it slowed my production by much... But once it'll be done !... Everything will be faster  

 

[Franchute]

@bedjy I really like how you painted the face of this photograph.

On my side, I'm suffering procrastination issues with the third fire gamin. To calm myself I decided to have a little snack with this riotbreaker. I still have to add some more still water to the base and maybe highlight a bit more some metallic parts:

@Caedrus this adds 6 stones to my total, putting me at 20 ss.

[prof_bycid]

My May model is Neil Henry. Looked at the calendar and then ran to the garage to grab my primer tonight.  I have some base colors down and the base done, so this is a first pledge photo and a WIP photo all in one.  Painting for four miniature games really keeps you hopping!  Anyone else out there painting for this many or more?  Egad, this is a great time to be a tabletop war gamer.  Cheers, all.

[Franchute]

@prof_bycid I'm looking forward to your Neil Henry as I may paint him this year. 👍🏻

Malifaux minis are the only minis I'm painting nowadays.

[lusciousmccabe]

I have minis on my desk from 6 different games, but I'm not actually playing any of them at the moment. 🙄

Bit of a shame as needing something for the tabletop tends to really help me focus.

[Nikodemus]

@prof_bycid I like where Neil is headed.

I play Malifaux with just a little bit of Batman Minis Game on the side. Not really buying stuff for the latter, due to reasons. Got most of my own BMG painted up. But I keep getting an occasional commission for it so..

Technically I got a few board games I need to paint, but quality and repetition doesn't compel me to get started and keep going.

Many of the things I paint aren't actually for a game at all. I painted minis from maybe 20 different makers last year. I go for singles that look like fun to paint.

@lusciousmccabe that's a big reason I started playing BMG quite actively for a while late last year. That and my disinterest in an everchanging beta. But largely I was growing a bit fatigued painting for nothing in particular. I wanted to recreate that "get a box, paint a box, play a box" feeling. Didn't feel like starting more Malifaux crews though. So I went for a little side fling with BMG.

[Gloomy]

@prof_bycid I'm primarily painting Malifaux and TOS, but I have a Space Hulk set which I've been painting on and off for about 3 years. I was also painting up Frostgrave stuff but that seems to have been on the back burner as I'm not really playing at the moment. The curse and the blessing of our hobby at the moment is there's so many good games out there which is great! But for those of us who want to play with only painted minis it means the work load is huge

 

[Caedrus]

1 hour ago, Wintergloom said:

@prof_bycid But for those of us who want to play with only painted minis it means the work load is huge

Amen. *sobs*

[Nikodemus]

Quick one for a friend:

Domador de Cadavere (7ss). Now I just need to varnish and get it down to the LGS.

@Caedrus That makes my month's total 51ss:

Yan Lo (15ss), Chiaki (6ss), 3xAshigaru (3x5=15ss), Crime Boss (8ss) and Domadore (7ss).

 

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Technically I got a few board games I need to paint, but quality and repetition doesn't compel me to get started and keep going.

Unrelated to this thread, wife informed me I should start doing some of those boardgames. She has fond memories of us playing Battlelore 2e back before I started painting minis. That's compelling

[Stranglelove]

Finally got a chance to admire the lovely pledges thus far. Great work, all!

Here is my finished pledge:

Kirai Class of 2019!!

Total May SS count: ...to be calculated later

And here's a bonus Bushido model I finished in anticipation of 2nd Edition:

[Rathnard]

So I've painted some stuff;

3x Yokai (15SS), a breachling (10SS) and the first terrain piece I've painted in years (area = 21x 50mm bases = 105SS) for 130SS.

I've still got a forest, building, Asami and Totem to go, so we'll see how much of that i get done before the end of the week!

[Viruk]

So here are both Marcus crews that I've painted as part of this challenge this year.

I'd like to share with you what I'm currently working on but those are some minis that will be released by Wyrd later in the year so this will have to wait. I can only telly you that you're in for loads of good plastic crack

@Rathnard - nice and playable (at least in Malifaux, no idea about ToS) terrain

@Stranglelove - solid work all around, I like the choice of colors and suitably gritty look on these

@Nikodemus - I like the way bright colors contrast with black here, makes me want to paint this model too Manos and Izamu look cool too but Chiaki is the star here - her robes look truly amazing.

@prof_bycid - I like the skin tone and the base is coming along nicely.

@Franchute - don't think I've seen this model painted before and now all future paintjobs will be judged against yours, great work there! Fire Gamin looks very nice too although I'd probably add a touch of dark red in the recesses and a light touch up of white on the most protruding elements. Looks very nice though (but I still like the previous one you've shown more).

@bedjy - can't wait to see more, looking awesome already.

@muraki - good work on the skin tone and those bright additions work really well.

@Diddick - your style really works well for these models and the bases are excellent too (radioactive poo FTW!)

@lusciousmccabe - LOVE the moon on the cloak, brilliant idea and very well executed.

@Caedrus - looks great already, now keep up the good work, plenty of time left till the end of this month!

@Wintergloom - Looks very nice though I'd add some dark red to the recessed and a little white on the edges of the fire effect.

@Chou - that's one of my favorite M2E models, red works really well here