TimH Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 I opted to g with a sort of healthy male Nephillim blue for Kastore in his sated and pumped up form while a more rotten and deathly palor for the recently awakened Kastore. For the black blood I didn't like the idea of going for actual black as I was worried it would end up looking like tar or just unpainted, so instead I decided to go with a dark shade of purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmacbest Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 Alright, I fell into a huge motivation pit the last couple of months. I tried to pick up a brush a couple of times, but always stopped again after at most half an hour, because it just felt like a grind, paints wouldn't flow, it was too warm, every promise of "I'll be finished soon and it will look so cool" was too far away to keep me going, and I couldn't decide what I wanted to paint either. So: No finished minis in May and June. So the last few days I finally got over it a bit and finished up a couple of WIPs: Hans was a tough one. I did not want huge contrast on him, it just felt off to have a sniper stand out like that. But on the other hand, I didn't want him to look too boring brown either. So I invested in some small and muted details that hopefully still help to direct the eye - different types of metal on the gun, his glasses, his shirt, the rifle shells, stuff like that. Next up: Either I'll get started on my Tara crew, or Parker and his posse. (Plus there are a few Merc and Woe stragglers still around in their original grey - Twin Blade Viks, Bishop, Desperate Mercs, Iggy, Carver, Dorian Crowe...) But before that: How do mulligans work? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 @djmacbest: you have one mulligan during the challenge. That means you can fail to reach your goal one month. Then you have one byuback, that you can use once to buy back the mulligan by doing double your pledge another month. It should be explained with more detail here: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmacbest Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 @Hawkoon - Alright, thanks! This means I used my mulligan in May, another one in June and because I painted 24 SS in July and only pledged for Henchman (11), I can use the July score to buy back that one mulligan, correct? Also: Not that it matters, as I only started in March anyway. Anyway, thank you - back to my brushes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, djmacbest said: @Hawkoon - Alright, thanks! This means I used my mulligan in May, another one in June and because I painted 24 SS in July and only pledged for Henchman (11), I can use the July score to buy back that one mulligan, correct? Also: Not that it matters, as I only started in March anyway. Anyway, thank you - back to my brushes! Tehcnically you would be out, but I think we should allow it seeing as you painted double in July. But you'll have to stay in the race the rest of the challenge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkoon Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 Vacation and all, not much time this month to do much, but I did manage to squeeze out some quick and dirty hounds, fresh off the shelf after a long overdue errata😆 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MestreGuilderius Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 Posting some Terror Tots ! Finally started my Nephilim crew, but will not complete anymore this month obviously^^ Still, felt really good to do simple basecoat/highlights/shading, without airbrush shenannigans or OSLs and the bases were really relaxing to paint 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Hawkoon said: Vacation and all, not much time this month to do much, but I did manage to squeeze out some quick and dirty hounds, fresh off the shelf after a long overdue errata😆 Yay for the newly improved Corrupted Hounds. Actually tempted to try them as a one of in Kastore. Athorark can just incidentally produce a corpse marker turn 1 and the rest of the crew doesn't really have a way to use them, having hounds just running around self replicating off of it might be fun for a laugh. Lovely smooth paint job on the hounds though and you've done a great job of masking their join lines on the legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmacbest Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 10 hours ago, MestreGuilderius said: Posting some Terror Tots ! Finally started my Nephilim crew, but will not complete anymore this month obviously^^ Still, felt really good to do simple basecoat/highlights/shading, without airbrush shenannigans or OSLs and the bases were really relaxing to paint I love the skin color on these - really nice alternative to the usual blue-grey or pinkish-grey types! Very cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheist Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 So I did my first mainly Oil Minis. Went allright all things considered, i think the topic has enough to offer for 1 or two years again 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonkin Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Hi folks, had a demo event over the weekend so my challenge was to paint my Crossroads Seven and have Wrath lead them. in the end we played a henchman hardcore event and I did have Wrath leading. I didn’t quite finish my mysterious effigy but did fit in a Carrion emissary and 3 stacks of tokens made from the box logo art. Think they work well. Tried including the faction colour in each model to add some cohesion to the ragtag band. Mostly painted with GW contrasts next month will be either a redo of my perdita crew (original crew was from 2009) or a redo of my Lady J crew (again original crew was from 2009) D. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MestreGuilderius Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 8 hours ago, djmacbest said: I love the skin color on these - really nice alternative to the usual blue-grey or pinkish-grey types! Very cool. Thanks ! The plan is to make the skins going darker as they grow, to illustrate the black blood digging deeper and deeper into their bodies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trimasel Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 This month finally finished first title. Hoffman Inventor and Metallurgist 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmacbest Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 15 hours ago, MestreGuilderius said: Thanks ! The plan is to make the skins going darker as they grow, to illustrate the black blood digging deeper and deeper into their bodies Oh that's cool! Love when lore/story and color scheme come together this way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moinetbeard Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 Couple of models that I did a super quick job on a couple of weeks ago so they'd be ready for a tournament. Nothing fancy here, but sometimes it's fun to work quick! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Moinetbeard said: Couple of models that I did a super quick job on a couple of weeks ago so they'd be ready for a tournament. Nothing fancy here, but sometimes it's fun to work quick! Those are some beautifully done skin/scale tones on Gluttony and his snake. The details on the eyes lips and hat are also really nicely done for a "quick" paint job. Compared to your otherwork though the base does highlight that you were doing a quick job (compared to say your mechanical pork job from however many months back at least) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinenMusician Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 Finished July with more wildfire miniatures, miss tique is great model, but had to paint her really quick 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Laughing Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 Ugh, thought Beckoners were 6stones, so figured I was done and started focusing on my bloodbowl and moonstone backlog, leaving Dreamer Insomniac at 99% painted and not starting on the second beckoner that was right there, so I guess I'm taking a mulligan. On the brightside, I'll be done with August and probably have a second model for a buyback really quick... I am beginning to run out of models for crews that I've started painting, which means I'm approaching "must think of a crew scheme" territory again... Skin is normal paints with a thin wash layer for some volume (that looks like it works really well on her face). The snake on the cane is a standard metallic. The rest, including the white trim and black cane are contrasts over old white-ish primer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted August 14, 2023 Report Share Posted August 14, 2023 Catching up with forum uploads - 50 soulstones 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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