10,000 View mark and another model finished!

I have, after five years hit the 10,000 view mark for this blog.  That would equate about 2,000 a year, but I have a sinking feeling that nobody read this blog for its first three or so years of existence.  In any case, its a good feeling to hit this small milestone.  I hope to have the updates coming out more regularly and get back to painting with greater frequency.

Now onto the painted model.  Well, I would be lying if I said I had just finished painting it, as again, like most of my stuff right now, it sat mostly completed on my painting table, waiting for some love.  In the case of this particular model, all that was left was to build / paint up the base.  Pretty simple job in the end, just glue a Renedra grave stone onto it, fill openings with woodfiller and paint.

I present "Convict Gunslinger" by Wyrd Miniatures (makers of Malifaux):

To be completely honest, I found this to be one of the more interesting models to paint from this company.  I think it boils down to having the challenge of painting up so much skin.  I tried to add a little more "cartoon" to my painting style in order to make this model really pop.

Hair and beard done in purple in order to fit in with the rest of my Malifaux models, all of which have at least a bit of purple paint on them.

I'm still far off from having a crew ready to play, but I enjoy painting these models one at a time as they are so full of character.

Lace and Tights

At the start of the summer I was rather bored of painting green (the chief colour of my ImagiNation army), so I pulled out one of my three dozen or so Malifaux models laying around my painting station and went to work.

Named Colette du Bois, she is the master of the "Showgirls" crew and was very fun to paint.  Like all Malifaux models, she is 32mm and used a round lipped base.

Not sure what plans I have to complete any of my four Malifaux crews.  I don't really have much of a timeline to complete them as I don't really play all that much, nobody else in my club plays and the local gaming store only has a couple of sporadic gamers.

#01 Malifaux

So, as posted a couple of entries ago I purchased two Malifaux starter boxes, one of Colette's Showgirls and another of Nicodem's Undertaker Crew. The chief reason why I chose Nico was just the fantastic look of the sculpt and I could not resist the allure of painting such a nice model. Being on a bit of a painting roll since starting up an Infinity crew, I leapt into starting work on my Nicodem crew.

Of course the first model to hit my painting rack was Nicodem himself. While working on colour schemes, I was struck with the strange idea that he looked a little like a Napoleonic era Rake / Dandy. The top hat, cane and frills gave me this feeling and thus I ran with it... maybe a little to much as some would note that now he looks a little like a Pimp, but alas, woe is me. Interestingly, since he is a Necromancer, he can summon / resurrect models that are called "Rotten Belles", essentially zombi prostitutes... So I guess it would be fitting if he looked a little like a 90s Pimp.





Base inserts are from Wyrd as well and of the "Graveyard" type.

Four month long hiatus

Its been a little over four months since I have posted on this blog. The year is 2012 and since the turn of a new year, I have gotten only a little painting done. Granted, I snapped at four month long painting funk, producing the first completed miniatures since September of 2011....

During my funk I have shopped around for new game systems, leaping into Corvus Belli's Infinity and Wyrd Miniature's Malifaux with both feet. The radical shift in my gaming needs come from the lack of local opponents for my slowly forming ImagiNation army (at least until I decide to start a second army....). I have also found that to be able to paint consistently I need be able to see finished products on a regular basis. With my ImagiNation army, I "assembly line" paint eight figure batches at a time. While once completed this allows me to put a whole "company" on the table in one shot, it causes me to have long periods were its hard to see that I'm making any progress at all. I get burned out a little after spending two or so hours painting boots and rifles...

To this end, my painting needs have pushed me to take on smaller, skirmish scale projects at the same time as painting up large hordes of figures. The two advantages of the skirmish game is that for the most part, every miniature is unique versus my ImagiNation one, where in reality, other then hats, facings and sometimes boots, every single model is the same. The second advantage is that I can pour a lot of effort into painting each model individually, usually being able to complete them after one or two painting sessions.

Having the mostly GW 40K members of my wargaming club gushing over more sci-fi models like those produced by Infinity is also a bonus, as they tend to overlook all the details I put in the less flashy historical models.

Anyway, on to a few pictures so that I don't post an all text based blog entry:

For 60$ less then a GW rulebook, full colour with absolutely gorgeous pictures, the Infinity rulebook is a fantastic buy. It is also available for download from Infinity's website, but lacks all the artwork and fluff.





The first two of my "SCOTS IN SPACEEEEE!!!!!" (Read with a loud, deep and forceful voice) completed. These models are from Covus Belli's FANTASTIC Infinity range of models. These are the "45th Highland Rifles" and come in a box of four. The remaining two are sitting on my painting rack. My first attempt at painting tartans... I think they came out well enough for a first try.

A little teaser of what is to come:



More to follow...