I picked up some M3E models late last year and speedpainted them. They’re not worth getting too excited about, but they came out alright. The fire effects came out pretty well, I think. Of course, I’ve played the game once….
I painted these up a bit ago. Haven’t had the chance to play the game a lot, but it’s pretty perfect: dumb, fast, evocative.
I painted these up over the summer and never posted them. So, here they are!
I chose Minimoto because it was a small faction, so it was kind of easy to just get everything and paint it (relatively) all at once.
I picked up a few Genestealer Cult models a few months back for no reason other than that they look cool. I didn’t intend to paint up a 40K army of them (nor did I) but I certainly kept the idea of playing Kill Team with them on the table (I haven’t).
They’re painted up Duncan-style, per one of the WarhammerTV video guides. I deviated a little where it came to carapace and flesh, but otherwise, there’s nothing revolutionary here.
I’ve got to say: painting these was kind of a delight. I didn’t do it for any reason other than “I felt like it.” The Citadel method’s easy and produces good results with little effort. And Games Workshop minis really are pretty great, and it feels like it’s been a while since I painted them. (Not true, I’d just painted some Adeptus Titanicus before these, but that’s a little different.)
I think I might still have one batch left (Acolyte Hybrids? and an Acolyte Iconward?) but I don’t know that I’m likely to get to it soon. And I don’t think I’m likely to pick up any more, either.
But man, it felt good to just build a box of GW minis, paint a box of GW minis. Done.
I’ve been powering through painting Monsterpocalypse and am, for the moment, fully painted. I haven’t been doing my best on them, to be honest; I’m just trying to get them painted quickly so I can play with them.
I’ve posted these guys before, but have added more units and the second Planet Eater monster since. I’m quite pleased with them; I think the colors are effective and the sharp lines of the armor really worked well with the airbrush.
I like and hate these guys. I think the color choices are strong here, but the execution is shit. I went about these guys absolutely the wrong way, and that meant they took three times longer than they should have.
I haven’t picked up the Cthul monsters yet, but the units painted up in no time at all.
I also picked up the Protectors starter. I probably won’t go further down this rabbit hole, but I’m pleased with how they came out. They’re painted Citadel-style: basecoat, wash with Agrax, clean up basecoat with same colors, highlight.
The buildings were a huge pain. Airbrushing them worked okay… except windows SUCK to paint. They are hell. The skyscraper back there looks like I was having a seizure while painting them. I finally gave up on getting them any better and just moved on.
Special shout-out to Phalanx Consortium for their Apartment Buildings. Not only were these a breeze to paint (I got to paint the windows before building them!), but they literally delivered overnight. I ordered them on a Thursday and they were in-hand that Friday.
I painted up a couple of random Nomads & Mercenaries to fill out some options.
Lupe Balboa, obviously.
I needed a second Missile Launcher and Sniper Rifle so I have better options when linking Alguaciles. Also, a fifth Jaguar when running Corregidor.
Khal Drogo to be my third Yuan Yuan (first non-Fat Yuan Yuan)
This is my Raoul Spector conversion: mostly a Bashi Bazouk, with a few bits from a Hellcat to make it feel more like a Nomad. He’ll also fill in as a Yuan Yuan if it ever makes sense for me to run four Yuan Yuans.
A Krakot Renegade. These guys seem really useful, so it’s good I’ve got one painted up.
I also painted up a Xenotech I’m pretty happy with, but he’s got to be held back for the Mayacast thing.
I painted up almost the entire ISS Sectorial in a couple of months leading into NOVA. Right now, I think I have the whole sectorial painted (except for the named bounty hunters and a CSU, I think?).
I’m glad they finally put out some obstacles for Warhammer Underworlds. These were basically a single sitting’s worth of work. I forgot to photograph the throne, but who cares: it’s pretty dumb looking.
I’m happy with how the glowing pyramids came out.
Turns out I haven’t photographed anything I’ve worked on since…. before NOVA. Time to fix that.
These are the models from the Adeptus Titanicus Grand Master set. I spent the better part of a month working on these: I’m quite happy with them… although I haven’t had the chance to play the game yet. It’s my understanding that the game plays better with some Reavers & Warhounds, but I’m having a hard time finding it in my heart to buy more models for this game until I’ve pushed these around.
No deliberate house here: I just picked colors and decals I thought would look good.
I painted up the better part of the OSSS starter from Operation Coldfront in the final days before NOVA so that I’d have coverage for the ALEPH support options for the Imperial Service. Not the whole thing, just the Dakini and Garuda (which I’d had for a bit) and the Shukra to stand in as a Sophotect.
Somehow, even though I got these things in the lightbox, I never got around to posting them here.
I painted these mostly with airbrush paints brushed on. The GW airbrush paints have great coverage with great flow. I also tried to push up the contrast on these with the black metallic parts. I don’t know that it was super-effective, but it’s progress.
