Moe's WIP log or something (pic heavy)

[moetle]

Greetings all you Wyrd mini people!

I have recently been getting into the malifaux thang. As such, if no one objects, i'm going to continue my log here starting today. I do paint other mini's from various companies, but right now my focus is on the Wyrd stuff, they just have a lot of flavor.

if you should happen to see what i have done up to this point here is the linky:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?47895-Moe-s-WIP-log!-or-What-not-to-do-when-you-have-time-on-your-hands!

SO without wasting anymore of your time here is where i'm starting:

So like i said earlier i started getting into the whole Malifaux thing and i ended up buying just bout every crew box ( i collect mini's, its what i do) there was and then i decided to put most of them together and get their bases ready.

the aftermath:

after i got them cleaned up i decided i wanted to paint something up from start to finish but wanted something easy so i wouldn't have to spend alot of time on it.

SO BEHOLD ! my first completed malifaux mini's

Hehe those will be objective markers for 40k and malifaux just cause they look cool :-)

Next i started working on my Teddy mini. In alot of reviews i have read about this mini, most people say that the mini seems flat at first. Well, they are right. First thing i thought when i opened the package was that it was one flat mini. However after clean up and priming and getting some paint on it, it really does seem to "pop out" so to speak.

But before i get further into that i would also like to say something about wyrds custom bases. They are the bomb! Easy easy clean up, easy to paint up and really looks nice. So i got some for just about every crew i got (not all), as they are also a HUGE time saver as well. Everyone knows that the dice gods favor the better painted armies, so i figured Lady Fate would favor my flips if my models were on the Wyrd bases :-P

Teddy is probably going to be used with two seperate crews so i put him on an orphanage base to match my pandora and dreamer orphanage bases and here's how that turned out:

so i started on teddy...what color to go with?..well pink seems to be the thing i been trying lately and he would kinda fit in better with the pandora set as im using alot of pink with her crew.....

Yall may have noticed that the "wip" part of the wip log kinda goes from start to finish. I am trying to break that habit but once i get started on something it turns into a whirlwind of ideas and doings. So stopping to take a pic doesnt always happen. Sorry. Kinda.

I wanted his belly to say something. At the time i wasn't sure what, so i searched around the net and found some cool ideas on coolminiornot but I didn't want to permanently borrow anyone elses idea. I just couldn't get over that mouth full of nasty teeth and then i got the idea.

When playing most people will be seeing the mini from the angle of that photo, so i did the eyes the way i did for that effect. So the person i would be playing would have the idea that the mini was looking at them. but for the naysayers here is a full frontal shot!

I gotta say that is one sexy bear that's going to eat you alive in a very none sexy way!

I got a few touches left on him but for now he is 95% done. This mini has ALOT of flavor and its one of the top ten mini's that drew me to malifaux in the first place. The number one mini will be finished this week (i think) and to me its awesome! But yall will have to wait.

More in a few

Moe

[SpiralngCadavr]

I like the eyes, nice idea.

[moetle]

thanks !

Quick update.

Originally i had planned to put Rasputina and most of her crew on cake pillars, then i later changed my mind. I'll do it, but another time. Now i needed something ice/snowlike and i didnt have anything at the house and i really didnt want to screw around too much on her crews bases. So based on a review i read about dragonforge bases i decided to to give them a whirl as they were affordable and the reviews i read were all good. So i got em and started painting them up.

BTW, the reviews were spot on, they had almost no resin bubbles at all, flash was almost none existent and the dimensions were spot on. When i buy something resin thats the way they should be imho. Their customer service was outstanding as well. I purchased more then i needed to convert them a tad for another crew in the distant future that wont look ice like.

Here they are with the 3 gamin and the golem. i think they look pretty good for no conversioning done to them.

Since im on the subject of bases i painted up lord chompy bits base, although its not done all the way (this is a wip after all, right?).

When i figure out exactly how i'm going to do it there will be a kid with some cake on the base later. Not sure if he will be alive and sceered or dead yet.....

More in a few

Moe

[Vmag]

That chalk work is incredible. Are the chalk sticks greenstuffed or are they painted on?

[SpiralngCadavr]

Yeah, I'm curious, how did you do the chalk? is that stippled?

[moetle]

@Vmag Thank you very much. The sticks are actually molded on the base, that's all wyrd not me . The star that was on the teddy base is also molded on the base but its really really light so unless you paint on it, you wouldn't ever notice its there, thats why you cant see it on the LCB base.

@SpiralngCadavr The lettering on both bases is all freehand. to get that effect i just watered down the colors alot.

[SpiralngCadavr]

Cool, well, it turned out nicely. I've got a sewer scenery thing going on, and I think that some graffiti with a similar effect would look good. Thanks!

[Anger Worm]

Teddy is awesome. I love the child's summoning circle.

[A-Mo]

I liked your CMON thread. Lots of good stuff in there.

[Requirement]

Beautifully done. I look forward to seeing more.

[El Indio]

Wow! That "chalk" writing is incredible; it looks so real. The "terror-bear stare" on Teddy is great.

Dragon Forge makes excellent bases; I've used them before. Warcast Studios is also top-notch, and they have the best cobblestone street bases on the market, IMHO (sorry, Wyrd, but I hear "Victorian bases," I don't think "leafy greens on the sidewalk").

[moetle]

Thank you very much everyone ! I "should" have an update later today if i can figure out the other camera's things...

[moetle]

Small update:

So i sat down to paint up Lord Chompy bits, and instead started working on Zoraida and the Stitched together models.. /boggle. Weird how that happens sometimes, I'm hearing the call of nurgle again too...so many projects and so little me to go around. /sigh

Anyways i started working on her skin so here is an actual WIP(kinda):

Since she is a swamp lady and like 4534573948759 years old i wanted her to have some old leathery type skin. i think i pulled it off.

Now the Stitched together "skin". 90% of the stitched models ive seen painted up seem to have the old burlap sack style. I like it and it looks fine, but they look to me like they are stitched together with the flesh of humans. As such i did them much the same way as i did her. although not complete i think they look pretty good too.

the one on the right is right after a wash of ink and the one on the left is the next stage:

same stage:

left one is next stage the one on the right is like the one above:

next stage:

Last stage:

The reason i posted stage pics, is in the hope that a newer painter can see the progression of the paint, and Older painters to point out if they see something i might be able to improve on in my stages.

Anyways

More in a few

Moe

[Doppelbock]

Leathery skin indeed, nice work!

[Darios]

*g* really good what you're showing so far! I like the wway you do your painting! looking forward for more...

[moetle]

Thank you both very much!

I had a cook out and invited a few of my old gaming buddies and we tried Malifaux out. All I can say is that this game is the whole bottle of awesome sauce. Even though we were learning it and trying to remember the rules and stuff it was a great game. Everyone loved it and it literally was anyones game til the final moments of the final round. Hate to say it but it was more exciting then warhammer 40k and most the other games we have played. Everyone pretty much agreed were playing more of this in the near future :-)

Nothing gets you into the painting mood like a great mini game so i sat down to finish Sonnia Criids box set and ended up painting Storm and a wendigo.../boggle. That is starting to become a habit, but oh well! on to the pics that turned out mediocre at best (going to have to play with a poor mans light box soon).

storm all primed black...yes black. I wanted a different looking storm from the norm but i still wanted a cold look.

skin first shade of blue

skin second shade of blue

skin is finished and its a good pic, plus i got the fur started

Fur done and working on the "ice" parts

While i was working on him i also did up the wendigo since they were close in scheme:

And last but not least, my wendigo on crack! on his base..Storm!

More in a few

Moe

[moetle]

Quick update since I've only got one day off this week:

Finished Storm:

Finished Snow:

Finished Snow Storm:

Yep, that is a milk jug light-box with a poorly set piece of paper. Quick and easy.

More in a few

Moe

[moetle]

3 months since last post. 70 and 80 hour work weeks will do that to a person. But i got some things and got some other things done and i got to do some GK work also. Here's some pics of the GK of Phoenix painted as Dark phoenix. 90 percent complete.

Did this one up for my girlfriend. She loved it. The uncensored pics, and the full frontal fairy can be found on the e2046.com gallery as im too lazy to post them here and dont want to offend anyone. Thought i did pretty good for my first GK AND first attempt at airbrushing, now i find myself doing both on everything even the normal mini's. The flowers in both her hands and on her base is army painter and the other stuff is woodland scenics, dirt, pebbles etc.

The kit itself wasn't too bad, i'd give it a solid 7 out of ten. The legs were the pain in the butt part.

Right now im working on a scantly clad ninja lady:

and a bad fairy :-)

Black tinkerbell's wings are done:

More after i get back from work of my quick to the table garden of mor and the table I'm building for 40K and malifaux. I have also got more malifaux stuff done as well.

Moe

[moetle]

Hello folks

Garden of morr quick!

The garden is a great set and if someone wanted to make it into a showpiece the details are there for it. I just wanted something quick for my table. Speaking of that.....

Got the edges on and the foam fits nice and tight so swaps with be sturdy and easy and can set it up for 2 x 2 foot sections:

Dug out some stuff i'd had for a while from one of the boxes and found this old forgeworld piece and one i did myself like 15 years ago:

While looking for other stuff this guys flew out of a box and tried to bite me!

And for my next trick......Promethium from Peanuts! (this isn't my idea, i stole it from a model train builder who stole it some someone else etc etc).

Take a couple cans like so and glue them to some foamboard for stability:

Grab some of that brass rod you got at the hobby store but never found a use for:

Turn them into candy cane looking things the length of your can (i went just a tad longer, better to be too long then too short. That's what she told me anyways :-P ) :

Glue them to the can and put them "about" an inch apart. I forgot to take a picture of that part sorry, but you will get the idea in a bit.

Next take the extra brass rods and cut them the length need to stretch to both bars like so:

I didn't measure anything i just eyeballed the ladder rungs, but anyways start gluing them to the rods like so:

and BAM! You have storage tanks that your lizard things can crawl on:

Course after you paint it and put some gravel or whatnot they will look a lot better. I used like $2 in materials to make those. Hope that helps someone else in the future to bling out their table

I'll probably be working on that a lot since i got the time and trying to come up with some good terrain ideas (or steal someone elses off the net mohahahahaha).

Moe

Edited July 25, 2012 by moetle

[moetle]

Small update:

The call of nurgle was getting to me and i wanted to finish the sculpting part so i can get them primed tomorrow morning. so here ya go, Bad phone pics away!

First prototype colour scheme base:

Inside armor done and highlighted:

The three i want to finish sculpting on so i can get them started:

I wanted the puss bubuos somewhere on his body and that looked like a good place. I think i may write a short story about this guy. He is throwing a lot of ideas at me.

Predator:

Greater daemon of nurgle:

Thanks for looking everyone, C and C, welcome

Moe

[moetle]

Update time:

Filed off the chain on the daemon princes sword that i'm turning into a spear with different chains...you'll see...and i found this huge hole..

This is how it's looking:

Greater daemon of pappy nurgle:

I wanted a slightly more angry pose with a tad bit o action. Hope i achieved this. Added some hooks to make it look more like a weapon as well:

Moe

[moetle]

Update:

My Nurgle army will be the Puss Pox Pague marines an off shot of the Deathguard Plague marines who Regenerate themselves in a cannibalistic (humans) reverse osmosis kind of way. When the Right DNA is absorbed it garners a state of exstacy that granted a wink from another chaos god, Slaneesh. The leader of this army is the daemon prince Malgathor the Wise.

Funny what goes through your head when your painting your mini's eh?

RARR!!!

Ok got everything primed time to start the basecoats:

That was about 3 coats.

First highlight and a wash of 50/50 Druchii Violet and badab black

Next stage just a straight highlight of genestealer purple

Malgathor the Wise:

Moe

[moetle]

update

Covered the flesh and "fleshy parts" in Ghoul grey then washed heavy with a 50/50 water mix of GW flesh wash.

after/before in this photo:

After and before in the back:

Yes that really is a fly i stabbed with one of my exacto knives (it's nurgles blessing i suppose).

Nedalose the Near-Sighted !

in the games i played back in third edition i had 2 of these in one of my armies, i couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with either of them. Maybe that big ass eye will help this one a tad.

Moe

[moetle]

Hi again for those who take a peek and see the things i like to paint.

Going back over the fleshy parts with ghoul grey i then preceded to highlight in spurts on the flesh. I forgot to take picks of that part exactly. However on the next step i decided to add some flavor to the models and you'll see it.

So please tell me, Do these look infected?

What do yall think?

The eyes and pustules will be finished with a brush into a creamy white in the final stages.

Moe

[Darklyte]

Really nice work!!!