Purple Mist Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 I wish everyone Happy Easter and hope you all are healthy. Here's my pledge for this month: It's a new copy of the building I crashed by accident some times ago. I have also a couple of buildings I'm going after from past weeks. THE APRIL CHALLENGE 1. Working with MDF scenics, wood-putting works as fine as plastic one to fill assembly lines. 2. I make use of dedicated spray filler to finish the scenic before going to primer it. It's a sort of resin/water suspension. 3. Making proper use of masking tape you can finish the scenics using only airbrush techniques, including washing. Whatever you are airbrushing make use of dedicated thinner. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gloomy Posted April 13, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 3x Night Terror. There was a 4th but after building 3 I just couldn't face it 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastori Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 @Wintergloom That station is such a lovely centrepiece. Time well spent on the detailing👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Wintergloom said: 3x Night Terror. There was a 4th but after building 3 I just couldn't face it Great models! Congrats ..... Are you sure those giant bats are not spreading Covid? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomy Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Purple Mist said: Are you sure those giant bats are not spreading Covid? Yeah it was me... I ate the 4th one 😞 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hellomurse Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 Not painting done by me, but painting done for me, just thought I would share . From my daily walk home tonight as a nurse. Does that count as 10 pieces of scatter terrain? 8 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Caedrus Posted April 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Caedrus, reporting in! So, one of the interesting things about social isolation is that you generate these grand plans about what you're going to paint with all this extra time. "I'm gonna do my actual job", you say, "and then I'll have a relax. Maybe do some painting...", and then you find yourself using your allocated painting time to really organise your scenery collection, or some other distraction. Weird. Nonetheless, I have actually done some painting. Here are my April WIPs! First up, Female Gravedigger! Still plenty to do here. Next up, the Male Gravedigger! I've been pleased with the OSL (still lots to do, obv), and quite pleased with the miserable, muddy base. It's wonderfully depressing just to look at it! Finally, a mystery proxy! A cookie to the Wyrdo who guesses who it is a proxy for! Have a great April, folks. Stay safe, stay well, and look after yourselves. Caedrus. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 27 minutes ago, Caedrus said: A cookie to the Wyrdo who guesses who it is a proxy for! Kitty Dumont? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 @Wintergloom: No cookie for you! 😜 Hint #1: It isn't a Ten Thunders! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muraki Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 I vote for agent 46 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 @muraki: 🍪! Well guessed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chou Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 @Caedrus wow, love those gravediggers! The big guy with the OSL and the base with the mud... brilliant! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post catsgamesandpizza Posted April 17, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hello folks! I'm new to Malifaux but I've been really enjoying it so far and would like to take place in this challenge. Do I simply publish my work here? For THE APRIL CHALLENGE, here's my 3 tips: 1- Less is better than more. You can always build it up the effect you're looking for, but undoing it is much harder. 2- Thin your paints for a nice coverage (such as base coating or layering), use it thicker for more control (as edge highlighting or painting eyes) 3- A wet pallet usually takes care of the thinning for you. Plop a bit of paint there, drag it over the parchment paper for a while and your brush should be loaded with paint in the ideal consistency. So far in April I've made good progress with my Malifaux miniatures. 1 Malifaux Child, painted with a single hue + black and white for an Instagram challenge Cold as Ice box, with 3 Ice Gamin and 1 Ice Golem Right now I have the Burning Bridges box on my painting desk, hopefully I can finish it this weekend. Keep yourselves safe out there! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomy Posted April 18, 2020 Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 @catsgamesandpizza Welcome to Malifaux and also the painting challenge. @Caedrus is the host for this year's challenge, so any questions you have you can direct it to him. In previous years you had to join before April, but this year we have a buy in system so I'm assuming its all good for new people to join? If you look at the start of this thread there's a rules section. To start with pick a pledge level from minion to tyrant. This will indicate how many soulstones worth of models you have to paint every month. Your allowed 2 mulligan months but as your starting late, Jan/feb will both be mulligans. So to join in April you'd have to paint your April pledge + also paint the same amount for March. So if you pledge in at Enforcer level (6ss a month) You'd have to paint 6ss worth for April and 6ss for March. Total 12. Does that make sense? So far for April you've already painted Ice Golem 10, 3x Ice Gamin 12 and a Malifaux Child 3. So your already on 25ss. (Lovely painting by the way) which means you could already pledge in at Henchman level. Or 7ss more and you could pledge in at Master level That sounds like a lot of rules, but the painting challenge is really just about having fun, challenging yourself and being part of a group that encourages each other to achieve their goals at any level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caedrus Posted April 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 @catsgamesandpizza: Yes! Exactly what @Wintergloom said. Welcome to the Challenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gloomy Posted April 19, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 I finished the Forgotten Marshal. The Necrotic Machine and Phillip and the Nanny are also almost done 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rathnard Posted April 19, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Progress Update! So a pile of Fireteam bases, a few TOS models and Earl Burns. The ECB black ops have been really satisfying to finish. They've been half finished on my painting table for months now, and the sculpts are just amazing - so much character with every one of them. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muraki Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Wow love those fireteam bases @Rathnard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsgamesandpizza Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 @Caedrus @Wintergloom thanks for the welcome and the explanation In this case, I make my pledge on the Master level (16 SS/month, x2 until I buy back Jan, Feb and March)! 32 SS/month should be doable, while still being challenging! I'll be back soon with my remaining 7 SS for this month, cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 2:25 AM, Caedrus said: So, one of the interesting things about social isolation is that you generate these grand plans about what you're going to paint with all this extra time. "I'm gonna do my actual job", you say, "and then I'll have a relax. Maybe do some painting...", and then you find yourself using your allocated painting time to really organise your scenery collection, or some other distraction. Weird. Looking the way things are going it seems like you actually described the way goverments and highest autorities are managing this time of toubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 2:25 AM, Caedrus said: Finally, a mystery proxy! That looks to be a great miny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Mist Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 7:30 PM, catsgamesandpizza said: 3 Ice Gamin and 1 Ice Golem I like them a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stranglelove Posted April 19, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Making progress on my pledge. Don't think the bases I ordered for Yan Lo's crew will arrive in time. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nikodemus Posted April 19, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Day off tomorrow, part of which will be spent perusing this fine thread. But for now, a small weekend Tanuki I did to break my +3 weeks of not painting: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaCrusader Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Oops! Didn't post till now! For April I decided to do my three Poison Gamin. I then noticed they were 5 points not 6.. so I need an extra point.. I am working on that... but for now.. the tumultuous attempt at poison gamin! So I decided to try a new thing and do some blending, having them go from yellow to green! I think it worked pretty well for a first try.. however... I then made the mistake of trying to wash them with a contrast paint.. which just completed owned the whole model.. so.. damn.. I decided to just try painting again.. this time slightly more paint caked sadly.. so ehhhh Then a green wash, rather than a contrast. works much better. Finally I glossed em up with a couple of additional highlights. Not great, but well.. good learning experience and it's not like I'm likely to put em on the table much anyway! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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