The Tale of Fantasy Painters 2011-2012: Month 7 (Mar painting and Apr WIP

[Knighta]

Army : Orcs and Goblins (MENS?)

Hey guys. Sorry if im posting a little late, big weekend. And apologies for the pictures in advance, i can't find my camera, so I've taken them on my phone.

Units : 1 Night Goblin Shaman (call him 85 points)
20 Night Goblins with nets (135)
20 Night Goblins with spears, 3 fanatics (165)
20 Night Goblins with bows, 2 fanatics (130)
TOTAL: 515 points

Dice roll : 3

Highs : Getting some models painted, 60 of those little buggers gone now. I figured I'd get as many done while my motivation is at it's highest. Pictures dont really do it justice, but Im very happy with how they've turned out. Was good to get some paint on some models after roughly a 2 year period.

Lows : Pretty sure i've still got around 60 of them left to paint. Also, bases, which ill proberly leave till last, and do them all at once.

Next Month: More NIght goblins, maybe a rock lobba or something


@Greathornedowl - Sorry for your loss mate. Best wishes.

[MOMUS]

Sorry i didnt post last month i had two family funerals to attend and so didnt feel much like painting.

MOMUS: Mens

DICE ROLL: 6

UNIT: Stegadon, EotG, skink priest

POINTS THIS MONTH: 355

BUILD/CONVERSION: Nothing on the steg, the scarvets are converted from old models. My first time using GS.

HIGHS: I really enjoyed finally finishing the steg and the scarvets were so much fun. I used a guide that was in an old WD (for those of you who remember).

LOWS: Two funerals in one month was pretty sucky.

NEXT MONTH: My WIP is two naughty chaps, scarvets a go-go!

[Morkash]

Oh, I'll start with the comments this month, it seems!

Page 1:
@iamjack42: I like your painting style - the High Elves look great. The scale armour and the horses are particularly nice.
@azhagmorglum: I cannot dislike squigs, and yours look very very good so have to love them! I also like that you use other colours than red or other bright colours. Reminds me of the 6th ed. armybook. And as I said in your plog, the Wyvern is just fantastic! Really looking forward to it!
@Zark the Damned: Nice amount of stuff you managed to finish! Really like the various Ogres you used for your units. The City Militia ... do you play DoW with the armybook from DoWOnline?
@Fabius Bile: Interesting colour scheme on the hunter. I like it, very distinctive and well executed, especially the tiger pelt. Base also looks great!
@EmperorNorton: Hehe, I like the mountain of blue. The captain also looks good, very clean and solid paintjob!
@JackDaw: Aww, one of my favourite armies on Warseer! I agree, both conversion and painting on Hiroth came out very nice, a lovely miniature for a lovely army. Interesting idea for a hydra as well!
@juicytomatoes: Yay, more halflings, and this one looks good for sure! Neat painting and a great sculpt!

Page 2:
@Laborious: Hehe, nice to see people who use them for Sabretusks. Lovely models and their bases came out very good! Might get a pack of wolves myself...
@Confessor_Atol: A fine choice for a conversion, came out very good. Painting is also nice, he will make a nice BSB for sure!
@Braad: Nice stuff! I really like the banner, and the spiderriders look great as well!
@doomscape (Daemons): Admit it, they're Plaguebearers in disguise! Nah, but anyways, they look good. The old models are nice and Skulltaker looks great in your colours!
@doomscape (Dwarfs): I don't find them dull, maybe they lack a bit of variation, but as a unit they look great for sure! Slayers also look very good, their hair is ace!
@doomscape (Tomb Kings): Impressive how much you got done this month! The Trygotitan is a great conversion idea and certainly is impressive! Good job!
@colonel kane trine: 10 Mournfangs? Whoa! They will have an impact for sure, and if not...you've got Greasus as well!
@Loki73: The Chief came out fantastically! Great conversion (What did you use for the head?) and the painting is also very good, especially the boar!
@perplexiti (Dwarfs): You did the Gold without actual using Gold? Nice idea (and execution)! I like the Thane, your choice of colours fits perfectly to the miniature.
@perplexiti (Lizardmen): I love the colour scheme of your Lizardmen! The Scar-Vet looks great, as do the Skink characters!

Page 3:
@Knighta: I draw my hat, 60 Night Goblins in one month! That's more than I achieved in 10 years... And they look nice as well, good job!
@MOMUS: Cool to see that the old Lizards are once more put to good use. Also a nice EotG, I like the bright colours!

That's it for this month from me I think, I need to resupply me with old colours (Washes, Tallarn Flesh, Orkhide Shade) and get new primer in order to be able to finish this army properly!

[Fabius Bile]

Comments time then!

Page 1
@IamJack42 - Nice neat chariot and crew - the metalwork is excellent!
@Azhag Morglum - Great looking Squigs, nice to see 'em in different colours
@Zark the Damned - nice to see so many alternate ogre models - I have the one with the table (Heresy FTW!)
@EmperorNorton - Cool Captain - love the colour scheme
@Jackdaw - Nice conversions, unique paint scheme and awesome bases - well done!
@Juicy Tomatoes - Awesome paint job, especially the NMM sword!
@Morkash - Very cool unit, neatly painted

Page 2
@Laborious - Great idea to use those wolves (anything but the sabretusk models, eh?)
@Confessor Atol - I might have to have a bash at that BSB soon, I've got all the bits left from my Thundertusk kit!
@Braad - Awesome Spidey Riders, love the old school paint scheme
@Doomscape - Nice to see someone NOT using traditional Khornate colours
- That's a heck of a lot of dwarves for 1 month's painting lol
- Love the Heirotitan idea, but holy crap that's two pricey kits to convert lol
@Col Kane Trine - Khornate Mournfangs? - Terrifying!
@Loki 73 - Awesome Chief model, well painted too!
@Perplexiti - love that Thane model - it's the facial expression

Page 3
@Knighta - That's a heck of a lot of work for 1 month - well done!
@MOMUS - Steg looks great so far!

[perplexiti]

Alright, comments time.


Page 1:

@iamjack42: Good looking elves mate, those IoB sculpts are really nice.

@azhagmorglum: Awesome work man, they all just look so good.

@Zark the Damned: Wow! That's a power of work this month, well done. They look fantastic too, a really nice mix of different minis.

@Fabius Bile: Niiice, I especially like the tiger skin.

@EmperorNorton: It's a great mini and you've done it proud mate!

@JackDaw: Awesome conversion work man, mixing the d-eldar pieces in is working a treat.

@juicytomatoes: Awww, he's so cute, and deadly too I bet. And he also is painted fantastically well.

@Morkash: Nice work, they look great.

Page 2:

@Laborious: Awesome, I love those sculpts, and you've done a superb job on them.

@Confessor_Atol: Nice conversion, it looks great.

@Braad: Wow! Nice bright colours and they look fantastic.

@doomscape: They look good in yellow man, well done. Great looking Dwarfs too, some nice old slayers in there too. Ummmm, wow! That Heirotitan looks awesome!

@colonel kane trine: Great work man.

@Loki73: Nice! The body paint on the boar looks cool man.

Page 3:

@Knighta: Well done, that's a heap of gobbos. The skins nice and bright too.

@Momus: Good work mate, your steg especially looks great.

[juicytomatoes]

Thanks everyone, for the comments!

And here are mine:

Pg 1:
iamjack42: Nice color scheme! The chariot is looking good.
azhagmorglum: That's some lovely painting you've done there. The army shot is fantastic!
Zark the Damned: Love the variation in the models used for the ogres. Dogs of War, you say? Love it! But which ruleset/army book will you be using?
Fabius Bile: The hunter looks frighteningly fierce! Hope the alliteration I used gets across how great a job I think you did on him
EmperorNorton: It's Christopher Lee! And an army of blue men? Will they be playing drums and staring out into the world in the eerie fashion like they do in real life?
JackDaw: Beautifully done! The character looks great, and the counts-as hydra is nothin
Morkash: Ah yes, it's hard to see due to the direct sunlight. Still, from what I can make out, the paintjob makes them look really gritty, which is very fitting for ogres. Great job!

Pg 2:
Laborious: Great execution on the posing. It does indeed bring out the snapping and growling effect. This unit would really add to the look and feel of the ogre army.
Confessor_Atol: The bsb looks good! What is that he is carrying? The banner is suitably gargantuan
Braad: Those spiders look awesome, man! And good call on making the snotlings look like a unit on their own. Absolutely love it! Now I know why they don't let you quit on the TAles I completely understand how you feel about stuff lying around for a long time. The TK I painted for last year's tale and some of the stuff I am painting for this year's tale has actually been lying around for about 7 years now.
doomscape: Always good to see the older models still getting some love. Nice job on them! As for the hammerers, what do you mean they look ok? They look great all ranked up together! As do the slayers. The hierotitan is inspirational! I've done something similar in making my colossus, but I never thought about using the Nid part. Great thinking!
colonel kane trine: Wow, what size games do you normally play to field 10 mournfangs! Just the sheer size of it boggles the mind. Seeing them all ranked up together is really intimidating!
Loki73: That's some really nice, neat painting! Love the warpaint everywhere.
perplexiti: That is indeed a nice dwarf lord model. What made it difficult to paint? Great looking lizardmen too! Play some games with your armies! That always helps to boost motivation to paint
Knighta: Wow that's a lot of models painted this month! Congrats on that!
MOMUS: Have always liked the stegadon model. must feel great getting it done! Nice work! The basing is especially good.

[perplexiti]

@juicytomatoes: Thanks man. It was not so much the mini itself, more my attitude and lack of motivation for painting right now. I did struggle with the cloak as well, I tried to do the lines in black on a yellow cloak but my shaky hands are no good for the very fine lines I was trying to paint.

[Confessor_Atol]

Page 1**
@ braad – Thanks as always for maintaining the list man. You’re an ace!
@iamjack- Nice chariot, I don’t see enough of the straight tiranoc chariots. Love the test models too!
@azhagmorglum- your doing a great job at pushing out high quality green skins Waaaagggh! Love the squigs and troll too.
@Zark the damned- Great job on your DOW. They’re looking like a motley crew. The ogres turned out nice, and the hoard of blue bullocks are a quality mix of rabble.
@ Fabius- nice hunter you have there. The color pallet you chose is striking.
@ Emperor Norton- very nice captain! Only 200 more models to paint and you’ll have an empire army
@JackDaw- Still dark, still moody, still interesting modeling work. Yours’ is one of the monthly updates I always wait for.
@Juicytomatoes- Nippon dwarfs. Every time you post I get a laugh. The character turned out great! Very clean and bold paint.
@Morkash- You sir are a hobby monster. I love the guts! They turned out great. The basing is nice too. Keep churning them out!
Page 2**
@Laborius-great choice of models there. I’ve been curious to see how these look on 25x50 mls. Very nice painting and basing too!
@Confessor_Atol- Back to work you lazy git!
@Braad- Nice bright goblins. Fantastic spiders. Cool BSB. Fun snots. You should be proud.
@doomscape- I love the color choice on your ol’ school letters. The herald turned out well too. Fantastic dwarves, The hammerers are top-shelf quality. Great effort all around. That heirotitan, wow!
@Colonel Kane- Every month you turn out good quality full units. You make me think I need to paint faster!
@Loki- really nice mounted character, very clean bold color. I’m loving your army. It looks like you fed your mogwi after midnight, I’m afraid.
@perplexiti- We share a love of short men with beards…Great looking stunties. I love that BSB. Nice lizards too!
Page 3**
@knighta Nice looking goblins. Very clean painting with a nice theme throughout. Can’t wait to see them based!
@Momus- you chanted your avatar! Either way, great dino! Very striking paint scheme.

Replies**
@ Morkash-Thanks Morkash. It was a fun conversion.
@Fabius- I nicked the idea from someone on the Ogre stronghold forum. Feel free to nick away
@perplexiti- Thanks man.
@Juicytomatoes- Thanks juicy, it’s the back banner from the stonehorn kit. You can find a full breakdown of parts in my PLOG.

[juicytomatoes]

@perplexiti: Ah don't give up man! You're doing a great job! Get your pals together and play some games. That would make you feel reaaly good about how your armies look on the tabletop. It will also be good to realize the goal of painting an army. You'll get back your painting mojo just from playing with your impressively painted armies! And don't fret, you're not the only one to suffer from that dratted shaky hand syndrome...

@Confessor_Atol: will check out your plog then ... and funny comment you left for yourself

[Loki73]

OK here goes....

Page 1

@iamjack42 Nice HE! Very clean paint nice attention to detail.
@azhagmorglum I love the checkers on the red armored orc. The troll looks amazing! I alos ike the colors of the wyvern
@zarkthedamnned Nice theme on the ogers. Most of those models i've never seen. I like the horde as well.
@fabius bile cool color scheme. You have a unique painting style I like it!
@Emperor norton NIce looking captain!
@jackdaw Very nice. Creepy horror look going on there!
@juicytomatoes nice looking halfling! And Samurai too!
@Morkash Nice looking Ogers. Make me want to start painting mine!


Page 2

@Laborious nice looking Ogers! I like the use of the wolves as sabertusk might have to do that when I start my Ogers.
@confessoratol Great use of that bit! Love the paint work you've done!
@braad Spanking spiders dood! Love that orange!
@doomscape Nice conversion!
@doomscape YOu're dwarf army is amazing! They are coming along nicley!
@doomscape PIMP conversion! That is a great idea! Nice TK all around too you were busy again this month!
@colonelkanetrine Nice army so far. I like how you have a bronze type color for the armor and its scratched around the edges. Make the armor look battle worn!
@perplexiti Dwarves and lizards are coming out great! You have quite alot done. I wish I could paint that fast!

Page 3

@Knighta Nice goblin horde! I like your color choices and the gobo skin looks good too.
@Momus sweet stegadon! I bet that was a pain?




Responses:

@Morkash I used the bit from a chariot from the beastmen line dremeled it down to fit on the chiefs head.
@Confessoratol HAHA! Finnaly, some one saw this! Its my giant conversion!

[daismith906]

Hello im back after a month or so off from my Ogres.

Dai - Frost Ogres (Mens)

Unit - x2 Maneaters with pistols and Banner

Dice Roll - 4

Highs - Getting back into the swing of WFB after a month or so off working on 40k project and trying out the new type of snow for the bases, looks better imo

Lows - Only managed 2 ogres

Next month - more Bulls and maybe another Iron Blaster

Will comment on everyones amazing work tomorrow, this thread keeps me motivated

[Loki73]

NIce frost ogers! Im curious what blues do you use ? How did you get the skin like this?

[JackDaw]

Evening everyone
Right, the wee-man has been put to bed and I've got a cold beer in hand - it's comments time.

Page 1
@ iamjack42 - that chariot looks ace, been a while since I saw it assembled as the Tiranoc version. Looking forward to seeing your stuff based up, think it will finish them off nicely.
@ AzhagMorglum - love those squigs mate - my favourite is the fleshy looking fellow at the back, there's some really nice blending there. Those black orcs are very nice as well.
@ Zark - that is a monstrous amount of stuff to get painted fella, well done. Nice variation in the units as well, really reinforces the mercenary feel.
@ Fabius Bile - Is that hunter converted entirely from left over bits from the Stonehorn? He looks ace.
@ EmperorNorton - looking forward to seeing more Empire bits, that captain is a great start, very clean crisp finish.
@ Great Horned Owl - sorry to hear of your loss mate, all the best from me and mine at this time.
@ Juicytomatoes - yay more japanese halflings! great model, great painting.
@ Morkash - nice looking unit of Ironguts, very beefy looking.

Page 2
@ Laborious - nice choice of the lean mean wolves over the chunky cuddly sabretusks. That mustardy-yellow looks great against the snow bases.
@ Confessor Atol - great conversion there fella, nice paint job as well - the blending on the horns is very nice.
@ Braad - those spiders look ace, love the bright natural spider inspired look. The Bsb is a very nice conversion as well.
@ Doomscape - Nice work on the daemons, but the Hammerers and Slayers are the winners for me. The Slayers in particular look great, bright but muted. If that makes sense. The Heirotitan conversion looks awesome as well, very disturbing.
@ CKT - as ever a massive amount completed there. I'm not a fan of Greasus as a concept or the sculpt, but that large unit of Mournfangs is great.
@ Loki73 - great conversion, great paintjob. I think I've said it before but I really like the bright warpaint.
@ Perplexti - don't think I've ever seen that mini before, he's ace. And you've done a good job on him, don't worry. The lizardmen look good as well.

Page 3
@ Knighta - kudos for getting so much painted this month.
@ MOMUS - the stegadon looks great, any chance of a close up on the howdah?
@ daismith906 - woo more blue ogres really nice work as always fella.


And replies to you gents kind enough to comment my offerings;
- Morkash - ah stop you glad to hear you're liking everything so much. Hiroth's definitely my favourite character so far.
- Fabius Bile - cheers mate
- Perplexti - thanks bud, the Dark Eldar range is a godsend for converting up Druchii, pretty much all the range can be used in some form.
- Juicytomatoes - again, thanks for the kind words, but I have to ask - the hydra is nothin what? Don't leave me in suspense!
- Confessor Atol - dark and moody is what I go for Glad to hear you look forward to my stuff so much.
- Loki73 - creepy horror is another description I shall add to bleak, cold and moody - thanks

That'll do from me for now - in terms of wip this month I'm working on Corsairs. A unit of 35 including 2 fillers, a mage, a hero and an assassin. Won't get all of them done but the first 7 are finished and the next 7 and Mage ready for undercoating. There's some pics in my plog if you guys want to take a look.

Cheers everyone
Jack.

[colonel kane trine]

comment time! bit late this month sorry guys!

page 1

@iamjack42-like the grey drapes over th horses how did you do it? the swordmaster looks good
@azhagmorglum-great as usual! love te squigs specially the old school models! the black orcs are my favourite bit of your awesome force!
@zark the damned-love those ogres! so much character in thse sculpts.
@fabius bile-that hunter is awesome especially love the patterning on the pelt over his shoulder
@emperornorton-love that captain i definately want him for my new empire army
@jackdaw-hiroth is aesome where is the sword swap blade from? the fegharion is awesome love the concept and the fluff behind it. nice use of the haemonculi im thinking of using one in my amy as a dark emissary
@juicytomatoes-that figure is cool cnt wait to see a full army shot
@morkash-those ogres are great how do you paint the skin?

page2

@laborious-gret minds think alike i bought 10 of those for my army so expect to see them soon
@confessor_atol-thats a nice looking bsb! how did you do the skin?
@braad-love those spiders! awesome colour scheme choice if i do an arachnarok ill be wanting to paint it like that! how did you do it?
@doomscape-love those old bloodletters! nice unique scheme too
@doomscape-great looking dwarfs yu have there!
@doomscape-my favourite model of this months entries! that hierotitan conversion is amazing! im definately going to give that a go!
@loki73-love how you you swapped the weapon for a minotaur blade! like the blue paint around the eye on the boar
@perplexiti-love your dwarfs! they really look like a grim wall of inpenetrable steel
@perplexiti-those lizardmen are looking good like the slaan

page 3

@knighta-nice amount of work done there i approve! love the shaman
@momus-can you tell me how you painted the stegadons skin and scales please? its exactly what im wanting for mine! great looking models you have there
@daismith906-the blue skin is definately growing on me i really like it now! how do you do it?


comments on comments
@morkash- thanks yeh 10 fangs is a scary sight!
@fabius bile-thanks!
@perplexiti-thanks im quie happy with what i got done
@juicytomatoes-i wish i could play with all 10 mournfangs!
@confessor_atol-thanks i try my best but i plan on slowing ight down with my next army and trying out multiple layers instead of my usual base+layer+ink technique
@loki73-thanks mate im quite happy with the armour. its easy to do too which is always good! its literally basecoat tin bitz then heavy badab black then light baal red wash. After that i just line the edges with chainmail!


Also braad am i ok to start another army soon?
Am i allowed to post my special character tyrants rule on here?

[juicytomatoes]

@jackdaw: nothing short of SPECTACULAR! I can't believe I accidentally deleted that comment like that! made it sound so rude! Sorry abt that...

[JackDaw]

@ juiceytomato - hahaha don't worry about it mate, I've accidentally deleted half a post while typing another line myself. And cheers muchly, I was really happy with how it came out as well

[perplexiti]

@huicytomatoes: Thanks man, I'm planning on getting some painting done tonight. With the missus at work and our kids with their grandparents I figured I'd put some tv shows or movies on in the background and do some stuff. Hopefully it's the painting mojo coming back online!

[daismith906]

Comments time for dice roll 4

Page 1
azhagmorglum - amazing work, your blending & highlighting is beautiful
jackdaw - im speechless your army has such a unquie feel to it would love to see this on the table, one word quality

Page 2
Laborious - nice use of the 40k minis the bases really make them stand out
Loki73 - love the warpaint & great conversion

Replies to comments
Loki73 & Colonel kane trime - thanks its really easy, basecoat fenris grey, layer of 50/50 mix fenris grey & ice blue & then add more ice blue for final highlights.
jackdaw - cheers mate, its work like yours that keeps me motivated to finish this army as im always lured back to my IG 40k army

Will try & comment on all work later

Cheers

Dai

[Doi]

My models for the month are done but the contents of my room are currently in boxes around the house while my timber floors get sanded and resealed over the next week. So this will be a Joker for me.

I should be double posting next month to make up for it (although my Ogres are looking pretty pitiful on the table since I was going to be double posting this month to get them back on track).


Doi

[Purplebeard]

I'll post a little update tomorrow