#Painting Tabletop Miniatures

[attemptinghobbies]

Week #41: The Master of Execution

So I've been giving this guy some of my attention while I try to recover from the paint fatigue I got from painting Mortarion. I don't know why I've been feeling like this lately. I want to try to at least finish painting things until the end of the year, that will be my goal since I may not have as much time on my hands like previously to do so. I don't know what my next project will be, but I'm gonna do my best.

This felt better to paint than I thought it would. I tried my best to really get the grime look and I think the blood on the axe turned of phenomenal. I put in a little easter egg with the helmet on his back. It's the helmet of a Space Wolf from the Dornian Heresy, the fan made AU Khorne legion if all the factions swapped places with where they stood during the heresy itself. I just thought it'd be a fun little nod and kind of a jab saying that the World Eaters are the true Khornate Legion. I know most people won't notice, but it's a little touch by me.

[porblegames]

interesting discovery: a 6mm scale pea car is about the size of a 1680mm scale pea.

[sympyl]

Trench Crusade Shrine Anchorite, for a commission I'm working on.

[canopiancatboy]

Animorphs Andalite

My lovely partner has been a big Animorphs fan since forever (I being scared off by episode 1 of the show, the nice alien getting eaten was too much for young me) so I printed n painted an Andalite for tabletop purposes

Should I, a 29 year old man, finally read Animorphs? Even if I should, will I? Time will tell

[professionalscrublord]

Look what I found in the sewers...

What's this?

It's Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbies!

Leonardo, the leader, in the stock UM-R60

Raphael, the strongman, in the up-gunned UM-R60L

Donatello, the nerd, with the Actuator-Enhanced UM-R27

Michelangelo, the party animal, with UM-R68's MRM boombox.

Anyone else craving pizza?

WIP post here with steps (though I wish I took more pictures along the way)

[fiendishneko]

Pride month may be over if you're in the US, but here's one more batch of Pride Mech photos to keep you nerds going!

Each of these mechs is a formidable force in their own right, but while standing together there's not a force on earth that can keep them down!

[paintedfables]

[zilentis]

When you encounter the Six of Six in the frozen wastes of Felstad, you best hope they roll low.

I’ve done some dice themed minis before and they’re some of my favourites, I know some people have “avatar” miniatures and I’ve genuinely considered using my Dicelin for that—haven’t thought about them for a while until I found Clayton Ellison‘s AMAZING profile on Instagram of dice miniature after dice miniature scrolling all the way down, I absolutely LOVE their minis and their painting style, as I still have tons of miniature dice lying around from that old project, thought I’d give it a go. The two female minis are BadSquiddo miniatures, 3 of the others are from a game called Barons War , and the one with the executioner’s axe a friend gifted me and I have no clue where it’s from.

[almaignismare]

Inspired by one of my mutuals, who was very nice to me recently, I bring you my first ever Tyranid model: the Swarmlord! The boy is also fully magnetised, so if I ever want to change him into a regular Hive Tyrant, I can.

The general idea behind this guy (and all the others from that hive fleet that are yet to come) was the Machine Orthodoxy from MtG, and the base by the crawl from Vita Carnis. I don't know if any of that actually transferred over to the finished model, but he's slimy, big and scary, so perfectly satisfying for a Tyranid :)

[rainowl-minis]

Working on two new mechs right now, got some exciting stuff planned, but it's not quite ready to show and I'm kinda busy (and nervous) trying to get ready for my first time as a seller on a convention.

Luckily pinsel_panda made some awesome paintjobs of my Brocken Mecha (You can find him on Instagram if you're still around there):

He also made my little mech technician and scale reference Kathy into a tank commander:

Yes that's a gundam tank, no I sadly don't know where he got it.

[verdigrhys]

Axman 2N in the colors of the 5th Crucis Lancers

Or the 1st Federated Suns Armored Cavalry, the parade schemes are the same

[attemptinghobbies]

Week #39: The Wall Has Been Climbed!

After sitting on a shelf half painted for 18 weeks I decided enough was enough. I've practiced enough on smaller miniatures. The idea of staring at Mortarion one more day without his head on was too much for me to bare. So in the background while working on other things like my friend's World Eaters and some other smaller parts of my Death Guard army I've been painting Morty. Slowly, but surely, as Nurgle intended.

This is the final result, he may not be the best Mortarion on the internet, but he's my Mortarion. He's the center piece I will happily push across the battlefield and that's the most important part, that I'm happy with him. The amount of stress I was going through while painting him was immense. Every step of the way felt like the "Ugly Phase" people talk about when it comes to their miniature painting. Only until he was glued onto his base, the Nurglings were put in place, and the terrain and tufts were put on did Morty finally feel finished. I had to keep reminding myself to trust the process when painting Mortarion and stop doubting my painting ability. I think what I've done here is far beyond "Tabletop Standard." I'm not saying I'll win any Golden Daemons, but this genuinely feels like a level up moment for me. I've pushed passed a barrier that has been holding me back for too long. I feel like a better painter overall. I don't think I can continue saying I'm a "Beginner Painter" after today. Let's go with Intermediate for now, until I find something else to push my painting abilities to their limits.

[porblegames]

marauder II

[sympyl]

Finished that Trench Crusade commission! Ohr big, happy, Heretic-hunting family!

[vashtorr-the-stampede]

Scatter terrain! I love scatter terrain, it's just nice to dress up a gameboard and make it look more like an actual little world. It's worth getting some extra bases, I'm using 40x20mm mdf bases from warbases, for making these lil bits.

[canopiancatboy]

Dark Angels Contemptor Dreadnought

Had this bad boy for 2.5 editions now, finally got him assembled and painted

The checkers are getting less tedious and more enjoyable, which may be a worrying sign of my mental state /s

These go so much faster than the pointellist ass coconut crab tyranids it's not even funny

Till next time!