Dream a little Dream of Me!

So, I have now painted almost all of the Nightmares to replace my Dreamer crew, and begun the process of rebasing them.  The only models that are left to assemble and paint are the Twins and Insidious Madness.  The Madness I shall do as part of the Woes, and the Twins will be part of the next project, the Nephilim.  So far, I have Puppets, and now Nightmares completed.  The plan going forward is to move on next to Nephilim, and then Swampfiends, followed by Woes, and then Darkened (Who are mostly already painted)

So, pictures of the finished models.

All of these have been painted in a quick and dirty manner in order to get them back on the table, and then photographed using a phone camera.  More to come once I have them varnished and rebased.

Not that Brutal

So, I have spent all of my Malifaux play time this year playing The Dreamer in order to try and get a handle on his playstyle.  I've played (and lost) lots of games, but, on the Monday before the tournament, I aimed to take him to, I finally managed to hit a winning streak, and have now won 3 consecutive games with him.  I have learned some lessons, including that I get on much better with Support Dreamer than I do summoning Dreamer, and that Teddy dying turn 1/2 is a big hit to my game.

My hope had been to try and get a second Master prepped and played before the tournament, and I had aimed for this to be Collodi.  Time has run out for me, but I have at least managed to paint a chunk of the models that I will need when I do finally get around to starting to play him.  Without further ado, I present, (all but the brutal, cause I haven't been able to get him yet) the Effigies.

Arcane

Carrion

Hodge Podge

Lucky

Mysterious

Shadow

I usually say comments and criticisms welcome.  I do that when I post things on Facebook as well.  However, I am now going to add one Caveat.  The base rings are not up for discussion.  I accept that some people have views on this and that some of them are very much better painters than me.  I even take their advice and criticism on board.  But my intention has always been to use this criticism to improve my painting style, rather than slavishly try (and fail) to copy someone else's.  To that end, if you comment and I don't change things, please don't think that I am ignoring, putting down, or disregarding your ideas.  I have just decided that for my models, this time, it's not for me.  You will probably find it used in a later model anyway.

Dead Kennedy's (Necro Punks?)

So, I have finished the painting stage of the first two Necropunks.  With these, I can say that I have completed all of the Wave 1 resurrectionist models, and therefore have achieved 2 (of 28) steps towards having every model in Malifaux available to field.  These were another quick and dirty job, making use of Typhus Corrosion and Blood for the Blood God to give quick and easy effects.  There is, as I am sure people are aware, a third Necropunk model.  Its currently sat on the side, awaiting for the third time I reattach the arms springing from its back.  Therefore, it is not yet painted, and may be delayed.

Without further delay the photos,

Welcome to the Korps

So, moving through the Outcast models at some pace, I have come to the Freikorps.  Only some of the Hired Guns box is actually Wave 1, and so I have Von Schill, 2 Korpsmann, a specialist and the steam trunk to paint.

The specialist.  A model that I don't know I have ever seen on the table and a really nice idea.  It is basically a real disaster to put together.  The tanks sit badly on his back, and the cabling is difficult to get to fit.  In general, I disliked building this model.  Despite that, the finished piece is not too bad.

And the Freikorpsman.  2 sculpts, and much easier to put together than the specialist.  Painted in the same scheme, these may get a little more table time with my Outcasts, at least until I get better options from the Wave 2 models.

It's also coming up to Malifaux Month for the store where I am Henchman, and I want to share with you just some of the things we have planned.

We have tournaments. Malifriend or Malifaux on the 22nd and a henchman hardcore event on the 3rd.
We have demos, with a custom built demo table in the works to show off the starter, and plenty of people to show you how it all works.
We have scenarios for people to try, everything from special Halloween-themed events through hunting trips and story encounters, including solitaire setups.
We have the divergent paths global event running in store.
We may have painting demos, with Joel Duoplys-Duguid having provisionally agreed to come and try his hand at some malifaux models.
We have a painting competition running throughout the month.
And we will have malifaux bingo, for those who want to see how good they really are.

All of this means that there is a need for a short break from the current project.  I have to get AT LEAST the starter box models painted, and the aim is to get all of the story encounters painted up as well, plus the carver.  That's a metric tonne of work, and so I may try to beg borrow or steal some of the models for the store.  I'm also looking at getting an asylum display/demo board made for the store for the starter box, and there is a chance that may be laser cut.  So all told a busy week or so ahead.

Killjoy at a Rock Concert?

So, some more models finished, some of which you may have seen WIP pictures of.  First up is the classic Bishop model.  A very different look from the modern plastic one, and while he is definitely throwing the Rock Ballad Hand that Pat Benetar (ask your mum) would be proud of, I still think it's a really characterful sculpt and I quite like the end result.

We Belong to the Night!!!!!!!

The next model that I finished as part of the Outcast push was Killjoy.  Never used him, never faced him, but I know that he has a bit of a reputation.  I've shown some WIP of him already, so straight on to the finished items.

I'm enjoying these, although one of the interesting things that I have noticed is that the von Schill box, despite him being a wave I master contains a number of models that appear in Wave 2.  While this could be annoying, it means that I have fewer models to paint to get Wave 1 finished so I am not too upset.

Comments and criticism are always welcome.

Friends don't let friends play Family

Ok, so I have finished painting the third of the Guild crews from wave 1, the Latigo Posse.  Perdita, Nino, Santiago, Francisco and the Enslaved Nephilim.  All relatively easy paint jobs, not award winning but good enough for the time being,  Some photo's are below.

I have also decided to start work on one of my semi-regular workspace tidy ups.  Since my workspace is for the hobby, computing, and work stuff, it needs to be neatened fairly regularly.  I am also planning on working a bit more on some bigger models/scenery pieces, and this is going to need the desk space.

So, to that end, I have included some before photos for people to judge the after against.

The homemade paint rack.  And the enormous pile of "stuff" that sits in front of it.  Including the wife's Wonder Woman mug that I need to fix. 

The PC, and more of the random stuff.  Pretty much everything on those shelves above and below the monitor needs to be moved and sorted out.

The bed.  And the rest of the room.  (and the bane of my Wife's life)  Which includes the Lightsaber, the model cases, the start of the project to put all of the Wave 1 models on magnetised trays, my Age of Sigmar army, and chunks of the WIP swamp board.

I shall hopefully see you on the other side.

Swamp Thing.....You make my heart sing...

This weekend saw me run my first full, 50SS Malifaux tournament at LVL Up.  12 Players travelled from a number of local towns to play three rounds of Malifaux, and a good time was had by all.  I will post more about this, including the results, in another post.

Inspired by the Tournament, I have also finished painting the models that I needed for my Zoraida crew box.  This was slightly hampered by the fact that they are also from the "assembling everything really quickly and badly" phase, and I have lost the sprue with all of Zoraida's voodoo dolls on it.  However, I think that the crew, now finalised looks Ok.

These aren't paint-jobs that are going to set the world on fire, but they add another Master to my Neverborn.  I only have one Master left to paint for them, and that is Lucius.  Whether I paint him now, in metal, or wait until I get the plastic box set, we shall see.

In the meantime, the entire box together.

Swamped with Painting

So, I have been working on the pile of models that I built during a spell when I decided that building loads of Malifaux models badly was a good idea.  I've learned my lesson on that one, and now build the models with (a little) more care.  I started with some Silurids.  They were put together really badly.  In reverse order, I have painted Bad Juju as the second of the projects this post.

  This was a quick and easy paint job, a simple Base/Drybrush/Wash with some details then added in, on one of my standard Swamp bases.  I don't think that it is going to see a lot of table time, but as a completist, I wanted to get it done.

    Before I started on Bad Juju, I painted the Silurids.  These were also shockingly badly assembled and took a bit of clean up to get them even to this point.  That said, they look reasonably good at a tabletop distance.  The only real point of note in their paint job is that the eyes were done with the new Spiritstone Red over silver.  I like the effect.

    Next, I shall work on Zoraida and the Voodoo Doll.  Unfortunately, in assembling Zoraida, I have mislaid the Voodoo Dolls that are supposed to be part of the model.  I am sure that they will turn up, but until then, I shall paint her without.

    In other news, I have the first Malifaux tournament I am running as a Henchman on Saturday.  We have filled 16 places with people who have said they are coming, and I am hoping it will be a good day, although I suspect I will learn a number of lessons.

    Oh, and Cat.  Or rather, Kitten.  I have one, with all of the fear that this brings regarding the safety of my models going forward!