dafruk Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) I bought this box way back in May last year, painted the first witchling and put it up on the forums around August or so and then set about moving house which somewhat disrupted things. I finally got round to sitting down to finish off the crew over the last couple of weeks. Good thing about this box set is they're all 1 piece models so no hassle with getting them all built, there were a few mould lines but nothing too serious. I've been stuck churning out warhammer armies over the last couple of years so hadn't sat down and put much time into any figures for quite some time and found it very therapeutic actually spending time on models until I was satisfied rather than going 'it's good enough'. Colour scheme was very much inspired by 'I've not worked with these colours for a long time, so lets see how they look now. The blue & yellow is a fairly classic magicians scheme so fits reasonably well with Sonnia even if she's the antimagic guild faction. Unfortunately not the greatest photos as I'm lacking any decent sunlight for taking pictures so was done inside and came out rather dull so had to balance the white in photoshop which has flattened out the skin tones. Really happy with how this crew has come out and looking forward to getting started on the next one (Lady J). Edited April 5, 2011 by dafruk header change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Fantastic!! The blue and yellow scheme is a brilliant idea, a dramatic break from the guild norm. I would say I'd do something like this for my Sonnia crew, but i can't paint yellow for toffee, so no doubt they'll end up Brown.....I can do brown. The photos are great, and show off the colours well. and the OSL worked out too! Looking forward to seeing more work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortimer Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Great work! Really, it's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamwyrd Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Ya I agree, the blue And yellow really look good. I also like your OSL, not too extensive and not to little. Just enough to get it out there. Great job, sonnia will be my next project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melnibonean Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Great work. You've made what is normally a pretty dull crew come to life. Well done :bigthumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 (edited) Quite possibly the nicest model I've ever painted. Just wow! Not even got to basing him yet but just enjoyed it so much I wanted to get it up now! Edited March 31, 2011 by dafruk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 I really like your style, thats a nice lot of models. The blue and yellow works extremely well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Ojo De Lobo Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Very, very nice! Clean, brilliant... No one expect this for Criid! And the paint job in the flesh of Executioner is... O_O Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvis Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 It is beautifully painted, and love your choice of colors. Keep the style, as it is to be envious of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Started working on the death marshalls. Decided I'd not try and link the scheme between the sections of the guild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elazar Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 These are all looking brilliant so far! Great work, can't wait to see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 The guild continues to grow! I'm still working on the judge, I'm having trouble deciding how to paint his trousers but making good progress but everyone else from Lady J's crew are now complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoeRender Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 These look great so far nice to see refreshing color choices nice work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Awesome work, digging the blue-yellow colour scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Just realised I never posted up my judge to finish off the box set. Well here he is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Having moved away from Malifaux figs for a while I came home last night, sat down at my desk and had 1 undercoated fig in my drawer which decided to grab my attention. I'd bought the Austringer a while back and of the two models vastly preferred the crouching guy who was pointing. But I'd not had the heart to come up with the new scheme for how my guild guards would look. Well that all changed last night and as usual with Malifaux models stopping painting was a real issue! I decided the guards were going to be the most civilian of all the Guild, so where the Death Marshals and Witch hunters have a very distinctive scheme that wasn't going to be the case for the guards, they'd look very much like my image of Joe Public in the world. So based off that cowboy stereotype they roughly follow I settled on denim trousers, white shirt and brown overcoat. I then played about with the hat, gloves and boots for a bit before settling on making all three the same grey/black colour which I'm very happy with. Pic so far is a wip, the falcon still needs a bit of work and probably could do with a highlight or two on the grey just to give it better definition but so far I'm really happy with how it's coming out. Not going to be able to work on it any further tonight but hopefully get some time later in the week. Looking back at the cloak I probably need to add a little green into my shadows to get the transitions a bit more natural. I'm quite happy with my denim, not really tried to do it before and wasn't quite sure how to approach it. Ended up I painted it a base grey which has a slight blue tinge and then stippled up with a brighter blue before giving a grey wash followed by an asurymen blue wash. I'm somewhat tempted to buy lucius's box so I can crack on with getting a complete crew of guards but I've already invested in Zorida as my first branch out of the Guild so will have to paint that up before I'll allow myself to get anything further as I'm on a mission to reduce my unpainted mountain after buying far too much this year (once again!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mydnight Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Love the paint jobs! I used to play Khador for War Machine, and became very adept at painting reds. Now that I'm switching to Cygnar I find that painting blues and getting them to pop is a bit difficult. How did you get your blues to come out so nicely? I wouldn't mind some tips on the yellows either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Ok it's been a while since I painted a Guild model but had this guy sat and I'd promised myself I'd paint up everything I've got before buying any more Malifaux figs so need to get cracking on them. First up was a Guild Guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted August 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Group shot of my guild to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonkin Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Stunning group shot and individually they are fantastic D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Some excellent minis you got there. I like the color scheme you chose for Sonnia's crew. It's very colorful and vivid and it still keeps them looking coherent as a unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafruk Posted September 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Lucius and friends is my latest guild additions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Great stuff. I know it's older, but I really like the Sonnia crew in the Classic X-Men colors. Sonnia with the auburn hair is totally Jean Grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonkin Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Lucius is really lovely! Great crew there. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinocchio Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Fantastic paint job, love the simplicity and effectiveness of the colour schemes as well. What's your next crew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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