Csonti Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 With the new forum up and running I hope it will be easier to upload pics so I thought I would show my progress with my PW box that arrived a few days before Xmass. 44 unpainted figures looking at you is certainly a bit intimidating at first but I could have a good start using the holiday season freetime. A few things about my plans. I wanted to paint all (same kind of) minions a little bit differently than their brothers while keeping them together with certain similarities. So that you can see at first glance that those are say Gunslingers, but the blue is yours and the red is the enemy. In order not to deprive the attention from the models themselves I went with a plain basing method. Simple green with brown rim but I also added random shapes of tiles representing the left-over fabric of making dolls. These were painted to various patterns and with the usual faction colours so that you can tie together the Guild models by the red-brown cloth scattered around them. I also bought 30 mm bases and painted the rims to the basic colors of the player counters (yellow, green etc.) so that you can get a firm visual help to separate your models from the enemy. Finally I magnetized the bases which facilitates setup and playing a lot. So here I stand right now: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelfreak Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Looks cool:) Keep up the good work. Going to start on the puppets soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathnard Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Very nice work! I really need to paint my own up some time...if I ever get the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clousseau Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I like the painted 30mm base idea - the coloured Wyrd bases is an alternative I'll use as I have loads I'm unlikely to use for anything else. Having painted 88 puppets (I painted the equivalents in metal for a PWU launch last year), so don't let the numbers daunt you - it's well worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.Hanold Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I still need to paint mine up. These look very awesome. Puppet Wars becomes eye candy when it is completely painted, as is seen here with yours for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonti Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks for the encouragement! Meanwhile the Gunslingers arrived. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wence Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Very nice job, keep up the good work! I wish I had the motivation to make time to paint mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sproutchu Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Oooh, very nice painting! Makes me want to start on mine too, now that the physical setup is pretty much complete (basing, and some tokens replaced for better viewing on the board). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Dealer Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Sweet paint style dude Really need to get round to doing mine too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmcho Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Looking good! How did you do your magnetization for the bases? That seems like a really good idea and I may have to use that for my set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonti Posted February 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 It was quite easy. I purchased 3mm x 1mm disk rare earth magnets. I noted the same side of each piece with a pen and glued one on the 30 mm base and one on the 25 mm original that comes with the game. Put them together and it is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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