The Tale of Fantasy Painters 2011-2012: Month 4 (Dec painting and Jan WIP)

[Kaos]

ARMY: Dwarfs of Barak Varr

UNIT: 29 Dwarf Warriors and a Cannon

HIGHS: Finishing them. After the final few brushstrokes everything comes together and then they suddenly look awesome instead of..bleh!

LOWS: Took much more time than i thought! Lots of details and being all neat and fine really takes time.

POINTS: 376p

DICE ROLL: 1

NEXT MONTH: Longbeards and a Organ Gun is up.

Here is a armyshot, its not big, but a small army!


And here is the warriors with the Runesmith that usually sits in there. He is not finished but almost.


And here is another cannon. I got one of the plastic ones from Skullpass but hell.. i will NEVER paint that one. Tooooo ugly. Look like a Disney-cannon.


And a close up of the Warriors.


Well.. that is that. Onward to more dwarfs!

Cheers-Kaos

[gogs78]

@ kaos

Very nice! Like the choice of colours, and excellently painted!

Nice cohesive looking army!

Keep it up!

[DAGabriel]

Hi Guys! Love your work, here are my comments for this month:

Page 1

@ Purplebeard: Fantastic work as always. The BSB is breathtaking!
@ EmperorNorton: I like most of the Stonehorn, only the fur is a “I don`t really know”!
@ colonel kane trine: a gigantic, never ending and hyperproductive story.
@ JackDaw: Cool work as always, only thing that I don`t really like from an aesthetic point of view is tha pale white .ss in a G-String.
@ GuardsmenHawke: they are nice,, hope your customer knows how lucky he is.
@ daismith906: the shivering Ogres, the group pics will be great!
@ Malorian: SuperOrc is a burner, lol.
@ Confessor_Atol: Nice addition, the rust effect is cool.
@ JohnnyG: solid one, it is bad that this model comes with such a small base. With a little more room one could work wonders with it.
@ Tekore: Lovely dryads. Please one thing. Take the group pics from further away. Most times you have to downsize them, so taking the pic from furthr away would get all the models sharp.
@ juicytomatoes: the horde is looking cool.


Page 2

@ grhino: Sphinx is cool even if I had preferred teeth and nails a little whiter, Settra is great , the rest seems to be coming along cool.
@ Great horned owl: The banner can be very nice, can`t wait to see it finished.
@ Morkash: looking great. Love the weathered look.
@ doomscape: the dwarfs are lovely, lovely, lovely! The horrors.. not my taste.
@ Whitehorn: that is a nice contribution, well done.
@ gogs78: cool as always. Great work.
@ MOMUS: that is progress, the color scheme is really …… interesting!

WIP @ colonel kane trine: definitely a slight drybrush with bleached bone or dheneb stone.

@ Arduhn: The blonde isn`t really convincing, what did you do?
@ reddevil18: Can`t say much with these pics.
@ Fabius Bile: looks great, wan`t to see paint on it.
@ Roostmanuva: That is fine sculpting, well done.
@ Zark the Damned: a nice addition to your other troops.
@ Laborious: Meat Loaf! That is why I haven`t heard from him!
@ Gargobot: and it is real nice tabletop standard.

Page 3

@ Kaos: Coming from you they are Kaos-Dwarfs? Looking really good, I am impressed.


Seems i am well on my way to finish boys category at half time. For second half i will do Chaos Dwarfs, hope somewhere between boys and mens, more depending on the money for those Warhammer Forge Minis then on painting.

[wreiro]

Hi, this month painted 10 Plague Monks and 15 Slaves (musician).

Points = 102

Total for Army = 5414

Dice roll 4

Highs: Nice and easy to paint. Nice to see the proportion of painted plague monk increasing. Just over half the unit and the plague furnace finished.

Lows: 85 more slaves in that unit.

This month exactly the same, 10 Plague Monks and 15 Slaves (100 pt).

Pictures of months painting






Other Skaven from army are in my plog, link is below.

Thanks
H

[iamjack42]

Army : High Elves
Bacground: A detachment of High Elves in Lustria.

Category : Boyz

Points so far: 112 pts

December's painting :

1 Griffon: 200 points

TOTAL : 512/1000 pts (Edit: I believe this means I've bought back my Joker?)

DICE ROLL : 6!`

HIGHS : Doing the final highlights on the feathers. I was happy how this turned out, I was really worried about the bright colors, and I think I at least got what I was aiming for with this griffon.

LOWS : Finding the Griffon is missing a digit. Probably broke off and went missing in one of the two moves I’ve had to make in the last year. Eventually I’ll attempt to greenstuff a new one.

NEXT TO DO : Time to do some Core units. I’ll do some Seaguard to bulk out a unit I have which predates the tale. I’m also optimistic that the weather will cooperate and I can base all the completed models so far.

Pictures!

[Saulot]

Hi guys!

Sadly, the holidays were not at all good for my painting.



I'll rev up my efforts for this month and decide afterwards whether to continue in the mens category or step down to the boys league.

Everything looks great, btw! Will comment on each work in a bit.

Cheers!

[juicytomatoes]

Comments time!

PAGE 1:
Purplebeard: Nice work on the characters. The army shot looks great! The gnomes are very quaint.
EmperorNorton: The grass clumps are a brilliant way to create the variation on the base and beast itself. Fantastic work!
colonel kane trine: Wow... last entry for tomb kings! And you got so much of the ogres and chaos alliance done as well... You are the paint train!
JackDaw: The Dark Riders look superb!
GuardsmenHawke: That's some good painting all round. I especially like the Shadow Warriors.
daismith906: Those mournfang cavalry look fantastic! The contrast of the ogre skin color and the mournfangs' white is very pleasing to the eye.
Malorian: I love that flying superOrc!
Confessor_Atol: The conversion is indeed looking great! Nice painting and I must say, the snow on the bases look very realistic. Well done!
DAGabriel: Wow, you really made the SSC look really good.
JohnnyG: Great work on the bell! Don't fret about the time you took for it, it was really well worth the time.
Tekore: Fantastic work on the bases there. Your units really have that forest atmosphere to it. Love it!

PAGE 2:
grhino: Everything looks good, even in WIP! Keep going. I'm looking forward to seeing the final paintjobs.
Great horned owl: Haha! Invisibility cloaks. Gotta get me one of those. Great painting on the bases.
Morkash: Nice painting on your Bruiser BSB. I feel your pain on the finecast. I've got a few models suffering from the bubbles as well. The 2-headed giant looks great! Can't wait to see him painted up.
doomscape: I loooove those dwarfs! Such a characterful army... Give us an army shot sometime soon. As for the horrors, for something you found difficult to paint, you did it rather well there. Pat on the back for you!
Whitehorn: Love the color scheme you've got there for the ghouls. I find your background story quite intriguing. If you've got the time, keep adding more as you post up your ToFP entries!
gogs78: Beautiful, beautiful painting going on there. The white lions look very good!
MOMUS: I do agree with you that the handlers' crests tie in nicely with the sallies. Great work!
Arduhn: Nice fleshtone and the painting on his hair (is that his hair?) is blended nicely. If I may ask, why is his left arm missing?
reddevil18: Those look promising. Will be looking out for them in next month's entry then!
Fabius Bile: That's some lovely gs work there. Should look fabulous all painted up.
Roostmanuva: Very atmospheric feel to the army there. Don't go over to the dark (green?) side just yet! I'm really loving how your army looks. And the new book will be out soon. Stick with it!
Zark the Damned: Dogs of War! Which set of rules will you be using for them? Do they fit into 8th well?
Laborious: The model looks disgusting (I mean that in a good way!) and your paintjob brings out the odious-ness of it very well. I wouldn't want to be the guy in the sack!
Gargobot: The lost detail is not apparent, which is testament to the quality of painting you've done. TT quality? That's like my best painting, mate!

[Arduhn]

@juicytomatoes - I believe it's straw, not hair. That's how I painted it anyway. The model was sculpted missing a left arm, I assume there's a back story to him in the Okko game, but I don't know it. My back story though is that he lost his arm when he was infected by nurgle's rot, and his life was saved by a priest. Since that day he has devoted himself to religion, becoming a priest himself, and mastering the art of fighting with only one arm.

In this link you can maybe see the straw that's on the other guy's head.
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/prod...oducts_id=2327

[Saulot]

Hi everyone! Comments:

Page 1
Purplebeard: The King looks very menacing! I wouldn't make fun of his purple beard anytime soon!
EmperorNorton: Gorgeous picture. And the mini looks so crisp and clean!
colonel kane trine: Wow, did you clean out your FLGS' inventory?? Amazing painting speed!
JackDaw: Great job on converting a 40k mini into fantasy. I wish you showed us a group shot, I bet it's impressive.
GuardsmenHawke: I like your background fluff. And the red / orange untraditional colour scheme suits them well.
daismith906: Very clean work! Keep it up man!
Malorian: Super Orc is super! Glad to see you back to painting Mr. Malorian.
Confessor_Atol: I love the unihorned helmet! Nice ogres.
DAGabriel: Clean work. I like the way you paint bone.
JohnnyG: Nice brass bell.
Tekore: Love your progress with the army! And your painting skill seems to have improved a lot! Great looking dryads and amazing bases!
juicytomatoes: You have a spikey horde! And they look great! Unique colour on the Sphinx. I love it.

Page 2
grhino: I love the green accents on your Sphinx. Clean and crisp paint job. It'll look awesome on the battlefield.
Great horned owl: Curse you invisibility shield!! Bases are looking great though!
Morkash: Sad reading about your experience with Finecast. Awesome looking two-headed giant!
doomscape: Love the Dwarfs!! They remind me of classic fairy tale dwraves! Horrors are nice.
Whitehorn: Welcome aboard!
gogs78: Stunning unit as always. Definitely my one of my fave armies to follow.
MOMUS: I like how the stand-in Sallies look like they're made out of lava. Makes sense.
Arduhn: Interesting start. Can't wait to see the rest of the army!
reddevil18: I love alternative colour schemes and your army is is no exception! Blue, white and gold on an evil army is fun!
Fabius Bile: Your Thundertusk has a date with Warseer next month. hehehe
Roostmanuva: haha nice quick paint job! Wish I had units I can do that on. haha
Zark the Damned: Grouch Marx eyebrows! Will you do it for the whole army?? hehehe
Laborious: That's an interesting sculpt.. I think the blood looks ok.. Just add a few smaller splatters and you're good.
Gargobot: Flawless. Never saw those details before!

Page 3
Kaos: Colour scheme is beautiful! The army shot is just brilliant. My eyes are dancing, trying to focus on so many interesting points! Excellent job. Too bad you hate on the BfSP cannon! Hmpft!!
wreiro: Nice rats.
iamjack42; Love the parrot colour scheme on your gryphon!

[Goat of Yuggoth]

Hullo there! Last two months have been a real pain in the backside, so apologies for not posting here. The truth is, I've not been able to paint that much at all, due to a slavering schedule in school and the recent fractures in my wrist and thumb.

I'm not saying that I'm a quitter. I'm having an Iron Painter night next weekend, and my goal is a legal 500pts army for the vampires. All painted during that night.

But I might hold off showing them to you until I get my hands on the new army book, as I'm not totally sure of the points costs and thingamagickies that I might include in the posse.

Until then, congratulations to every single one of you painters, I sure hope that my thumb can hold a brush properly in a week See you soon!

Cheers,
Goat

[Jonahmaul]

So kind of a lame post from me but wanted to make sure I got something up so I didn't fall behind or drop out

ARMY: Nurgle themed Ogre Kingdoms army

UNITS: 3 Bulls, 4 Ironguts and 2 Mourngang

HIGHS: Is good to get a decent amount built and I'm looking forward to painting them. Quite happy with the 'puker' bellower replacement which I think fits my Nurgle theme well.

LOWS: They're not painted..... I was away for over 10 days over Christmas/New Year and since I got back the weather has been crap so I haven't even managed to get them sprayed. On the plus point I think I will be able to get them all painted by next month, the Ironguts and the Mournfang riders are mostly metal and my metal recipe is pretty easy so fingers crossed for a giant catch up post in February!

STILL TO DO: Need to do the bases on the Ironguts that aren't the resin ones I have and also on the Mournfangs. Also need to do some converting on the MC to make them fit the Nurgle theme. Planning on making the fur matted and the bald bits to look like skin peeling back.

POINTS: Umm, lots!

DICE ROLL: 2

NEXT MONTH: This stuff, but with paint on...

[MOMUS]

@ MOMUS: that is progress, the color scheme is really …… interesting!

Thanks Gabriel, it came about after having a discussion about dangerous animal colours and the dilophosaurus in the novel jurassic park.
Nice work on the skull catapult, i would really like to see some chaos dwarves from you, mantic has some sculpts (not as nice as FW). But mostly i want to see you paint something up as the kadai destroyer.

MOMUS: I do agree with you that the handlers' crests tie in nicely with the sallies. Great work!

Cheers mate, im trying to give each unit a different crest so they have some variance.
I love the purple on the sphinx! Are you going to do more constructs in the same scheme?

MOMUS: I like how the stand-in Sallies look like they're made out of lava. Makes sense.

Hah! That did cross my mind after i had put down the brush, they do have flaming attacks......


@Jonahmaul. Finally somone else rolled a two! Nice work on the 'puker', what colour scheme are you going to have?

@gogs78. I was a bit sad to post after something as brilliant as those white lions, the purple gives them a real 'regal' feel and the fur is great.

@iamjack42. Wowowowow. I really like the colours on this griffon, i would love to play against it with my lizzies.

I managed to get my skink priest done and i would feel bad about keeping it until next month, so im adding it to this months -it will also keep the pressure on to get more stuff painted. I was going to do the lizzard 'slit' eye but as he is a wizard i liked the glowing effect.

Skink priest with cube, 95pts, total for this month: 320pts

[azhagmorglum]

January WIP :

3 squigs and 2 shamans (orc and night goblin)
The pics are early wip and bad quality. As you can see, 2 squigs are painted in the classic red scheme, the third one is a try on wet blending technique and the colour scheme comes from a picture in an old army book (2 editions before the actual one).

[Morglum Necksnapper]

Amazing armies are allready forming in the Tale. I see some fantastic stuff here. I will try to add comments later.

Here is another snotling pumpwagon for my 'snotling army.

Points = 75 (A gigantic spider with howdah, It has shooting hairs (counts as giant exploding spores, ignore armour saves), are spiders after all (counts as flappa's, ignore difficult terrain) and Long Limbs (counts as outrigga, 4d6 move)

Total for Army = 510 points

W.i.p for january is another pumpwagon. :-)

[perplexiti]

Alright, comments time. I should be able to post my work in the next couple of days, just been lacking time to take pics.


Page 1:

@Purplebeard: More awesome stuff mate! That AOW sculpt is nice, and you've done a great job on the pony riders too.

@Emperor Norton: Great stonehorn, it's bloody huge all right.

@colonel kane trine: Nice skellies man, well done getting them all done. The chaos and ogres are looking good man.

@JackDaw: Great looking Delves mate, I still think the way you've done the skin is really good.

@GuardsmenHawke: The elves are looking good in red, well done.

@daismith906: You're right, the pics are pretty dark. The fur on the mournfangs looks good man.

@Malorian: Hehe... is it a doom diver? Is it a wyvern...No it's super shaman!

@Confessor_Atol: Nice ogres, I like the snow on their bases.

@DAGabriel: Great catapult, the bone's superb.

@JohnnyG: Well done mate, that's a big kit to paint.

@Tekore: Nice dryads, they're a relly nice kit.

@juicytomatoes: Those halflings look awesome man! Nice sphinx too.

Page 2:

@grhino: More nice tomb kings, good work man.

@Great horned owl: Looks good so far man.

@Morkash: Pretty good man, skin looks like it could do with a wash maybe though.

@doomscape: Fantastic painting man, I've taken to putting a purplebearded dwarf in some of my units too. Just a little homage to Purplebeard himself.

@Whitehorn: Grubby ghouls man, I like.

@gogs78: Nice clean white lions mate. Very nice indeed.

@MOMUS: Nice use of the old cold ones mate. Great idea, they're painted nice too.

@Arduhn: Looks really good man.

@reddevil18: Will be good to see them finished.

@Fabius Bile: Looks good so far, am looking forward to seeing some paint on it.

@Roostmanuva: Spirits look great man, nice scheme.

@Zark the Damned: Looking good.

@Laborious: Nice painting mate, love the tied up fulla on his back.

@Gargobot: It looks good man, very nice scheme.

Page 3:

@Kaos: Awesome Dwarfs mate! Fantastic work.

@weiro: Good looking skaven.

@iamjack42: Nice macaw/griffon, it looks really cool man.

@Morglum Necksnapper: Awesome spider mate!

[JackDaw]

Comments HO!

Page 1
PurpleBeard - It takes a look for me to like Dwarves but dammit sir you've managed it. The AoW lord especially is great - the bright blues and purples are a great contrast to the metallics. Its a great looking Throng (not thong...)

The gnomes are also coming along very nicely.

EmperorNorton - Beatiful looking Stonehorn mate, really nice. The deep grey of the stone and the gleaming blue gems are a highlight for me.

CKT - no sign of slowing then? Tomb Kings are looking good mate, as are the Ogres. Nice work on the nurgle champ.

GuardsmenHawke - Always nice to see a Korhil painted up - for soem reason he's a favourite High Elf model of mine but I'm not sure why. Good stuff all round

Daismith906 - Still cranking out quality Ogres. There's a nice muted finish to them, even with the blue skin.

Malorian - Not much to say really, Super-Orc is full of win. You now must produce a Justice League of Mork (or Gork) though.

Confessor Atol - Great work, i like the warmth of the skin and trousers against the snow bases

DAGabriel - kudos for persevering with the build, it is a little fether to assemble. Nice paintjob as well.

JohnnyG - nice work on the Bell, looking forward to seeing more.

Tekore - nice natural looking finish to the Dryads, looks really good.

Juicytomatoes - Great stuff, nippon halflings are always welcome. The unit doesnt clash with itself, which is great considering the range of colours in there. Good work. The sphinx is looking good so far, the purple is a nice touch against the gold.


Page 2
Grhino - The Sphinx is very nice mate, very nice indeed. Looking forward to seeing more. Settra has a quality finish to him as well.

Great Horned Owl - Bases look good, nice GS on the banner.

Morkash - Nice work on Golgfag fella, pity to hear about your finecast woes though

Doomscape - Those classic crossbow-dwarves look great, loads of character to them. The Horrors are looking good as well, any issues you had painting them don't come across

Whitehorn - Great start on the Ghouls, these models are much much nicer than the plastics. The skintone you created makes me think they'd feel slimy and oozy to the touch. Yum.

Gogs78 - Gorgeous looking White Lions fella, really really nice. I like the use of purple as the accent colour.

Momus - Those are some bright-ass salamanders - they look great

Arduhn - another great japanese inspired mini, your paint-scheme fits him really well.

Reddevil18 - Can't really tell much from the pics sadly but it's interesting to see a brighter scheme on WoC.

Fabius Bile - looking forward to seeing this painted up.

Rootsmanuva - I love your ethereal/ghostly paint technique, it looks great.

Zark the Damned - nice to see some Manflayers painted up, the skin looks good.

Laborious - that Butcher is awesome, model and paintjob both. The stained apron is a nice touch.

Gargobot - really nice work on the Flamer, the foot-mouths (?) are especially good.

Page 3
Kaos - there's something about your style that is almost cartoon like, in a good way. The army shots look really nice, as does the bright orange on the Slayers.

Wrerio - nice work, the rusted weapons look great.

Iamjack42 - First I was , then I was . The Macaw-Griffon looks great and is really well painted.

Jonahmaul - finally! Hurry up and get them painted you bum.

Azhagmorglum - nice work so far, the blended squig is especially good.

Morglum Necksnapper - more awesome conversions, the whole thing looks great.


Cool, that seems to be everyone so far. Thanks to everyone who's commented on my stuff so far, as always your comments are very much appreciated. I'll pop a post up in a bit showing my Jan WiPs so far.

Cheers all!

[grhino]

PurpleBeard - nice models! The lord looks great!
EmperorNorton - impressive stonehorn (then again, its so big: how could it not be?)
CKT - nice tomb kings - i love tomb kings. Your production rate is crazy btw!
Jackdaw: amazing models! Love your painting style and the atttention to detail~!
GuardsmenHawke - fine look HE's
Daismith906 - blue ogres work! Look very icy, and scary!
Malorian - he's going all the way on that slam!
Confessor Atol - nice ogres...
DAGabriel - love the way you painted the bone! clean and crisp!
JohnnyG - I want a bigger picture suitable for such a great model and what looks like a great paint job!
Tekore - can't see the woods because of all the trees. They look good though!
Juicytomatoes - love the model - nice paint job!
Great Horned Owl - promising...
Morkash - can't wait to see that two-headed giant painted!
Doomscape - love the dwarves!
Whitehorn - nice ones.
Gogs78 - your HE army and painting makes mine look like a poor job...
Momus - those are some unconventional salamanders..
Arduhn - scary stuff, that unit!
Reddevil18 - WIP... wonder how they'll turn out!
Fabius Bile - nice one!!!
Rootsmanuva - Great looking models! Love 'em!
Zark the Damned - not sure I'm digging the bright yellow, but otherwise fine paint job.
Laborious - funny looking Butcher, and I mean that in a good way!
Gargobot - your tabletop standard puts the rest of us to shame.
Kaos - Old school colours look the best of Dwarves (of Empire, failing dwarves). They look great!
Wrerio - great looking skaven - not enough of those in these pages.
Iamjack42 - Love the parrot-like griffon. Very fantasy!!
Morglum Necksnapper - nice diorama-like spider you got there!

[Moomoo]

I would like to join up? How? (now I feel like such a newbie ha...)

[JackDaw]

Hey everyone

Just a couple of WiP pics from me for Jan's panting batch - these are the first 6 Black Guard conversions and the unit champion:





The 6 Guard have actually been started now, the metalwork is done along with the first 3 cloaks. Slow going sadly, iI just don't know where the painting time has gone so far this month. At the moment, if I can get these 6 and the champion done, it totals about 136pts. I'll try and get a few more assembled and painted to hit the requisite 200pts, or cave and paint up the accompanying Dreadlady (though that feels a little like cheating...):



Once completed, these fine fellows will be know as The Obsidian Wardens, Favoured of the Serpent. I'll get some pics up as painting progresses.

Cheers all

[gogs78]

@ jackdaw

I know how you feel, im going to be struggling for time this month so may have to throw in a character but its all good! Something is better than nothing!

Nice conversions, never thought of that for blackguard!