BfSP box, Dark Elves, Warmaster and various other stuff - by sigur

[sigur]

Howdy, I'm Sigur and this is my first painting log...


Howdy, this is Sigur from the future (June 13,2010) and due to the scope of this project log, I figured it would be a good idea to have an index so people wouldn't have to scan through all of these 70 pages


INDEX

Page 1-9: Battle for Skull Pass box
Page 9-36: Sigur's Dark Elves
Page 16-30: "Coffee zombie" (Lord of Nurgle with coffeepot)
Page 21-23: Warmaster Bretonnians, Warmaster Orcs and Goblins, Warmaster Giant
Page 25-32: Warmaster Bretonnians
Page 25-30: 2 LotR Elves (finished pictures here)
Page 28: NMM test minis
Page 36: Bretonnian Knight (Sir Sigur for a project of Harry's)
Page 38-39: Warmaster Goblins, Warmaster Chaos
Page 39-40: Warmaster Araby
Page 40-41: Blood Bowl Humans team
Page 41-42: Warmaster Daemons
Page 42: Warmaster Empire
Page 43-44: Warmaster Chaos army
Page 43-53: Warhammer Historicals Greek army (6mm scale)
Page 44-68: Warhammer Fantasy Warriors of Chaos army
Page 60-63: Mortheim Dwarfs Warband
Page 66-67: Blood Bowl Frogmen team
Page 69: Night Goblins Fanatics
Page 69-70: Dark Elves Warriors with Repeater Crossbows
Page 70-71: Step by Step Painting Guide (Dark Elves Musician)
Page72-77: Warmaster Araby
Page 73: Greater Daemon of Tzeentch
Page 73-78: Freebooter's Fate Brotherhood warband
Page 75: Warmachine Epic Vladimir
Page 76: Blood Bowl Goblin 'ooligan
Page 79: Dark Elves Black Guard
Page 79-80: Warmaster Empire/Araby odds and ends
Page 81-82: Mid-90s Khorne Daemons
Page 82-83: Blood Bowl Chaos Team
Blood Bowl Dark Elf Cheerleader vignette
Page 84: Maiden Guard vignette
Page 85-86: Dwarf Tales Dwarves for Magabotato
Page 86-87: Discworld Miniatures Part 1
Page 86-87: Warhammer Fantasy RP Fire Wizard
Page 87-91: Bloodbowl Chaos Big Guys
Page88-91: Discworld Miniatures Part 2
Page 88-107: Empire army from Averland
Page93- : Maelstrom Games Chimera
Page95: Discworld Miniatures Part 3
Page97: Warmaster Araby
Page103: Blood Bowl Human Star Player





....now back to the beginning of things....

For my latest comission, I just got the Battle for Skull Pass box to paint for my local indy retailer's shop window/test games/explaining the game etc.

Within the next months (I assume that it will take me about two months to paint the miniatures from the box at max with having to manage other comissions, school, social life stuff, etc. too) i'll try to keep you guys updated including pictures and all. I know that this painting documentation's topic isn't the most exciting as I'm basically painting the minis "out-of-the-box". No conversions, nothing fancy, just plain old painting (the expected level is "pretty high TT standard" by the way). I still hope that you'll enjoy reading and commenting this log as much as I hope that it will encourage me to get the stuff painted faster as well as better.

So, let's start right away - day 1:



Got the box and started getting the first gobbos out of their sprue. I'm not sure if I'll be able to to start removing the mold lines (I'm already dreading this part of assembly) tonight as it's weekend so I might just get pissed and sharp blades + gobbos + alcohol would just lead to even more obstacles for the painting.

[McMullet]

Howdy, I'm Sigur...

Hey there, welcome to Warseer!

I'll keep an eye on this... only one problem I can see so far (aside from the knives/alcohol/models issue): No picture of your desk. Just a little glimpse of part of it, including, as ever, the bits of the twin of my speaker system.

Good luck with those mould lines then.

[sigur]

Hey there, welcome to Warseer!

Thanks, I'll read the FAQ and enjoy my stay.

Weird...how did I know that you'd be the only one replying to this thread so far.

[devolutionary]

Hi ther Sigur! Wow, that's a big project! What colours are you going to paint them? I like painting, don't you? Colours are nice and pretty too. Can you say colour?

No, but seriously, what are the colour plans?

[Lostanddamned]

Best of luck on this..

[Erestor]

That's one wierd commission. Who wants this?

Best to avoid mixing sharp objects and alcohol, I have scars to prove it!

[sigur]

@devolutionary: At least the Gobbos will be painted in GW's colour scheme, About the Dwarfs I have a bit more liberty. I'm thinking of either going for the old blue-metal-scheme the box suggests or something green.

@Erestor:

...I just got the Battle for Skull Pass box to paint for my local indy retailer's shop window/test games/explaining the game etc.

[Paulus]

I'm painting the entire contents of BFSP myself at the moment, however I'm an extremely SLOW painter & have quite a lot of other things on at the mo so my time to spend painting is limited.

Completely agree about asembling & cleaning up all the mini's it's a daunting task as there's just so many of them!

Best of luck to you.

[ExoCowboy]

Good luck sigur, I will also be watching this (and kicking your butt to keep on painting). Remember to stay focused and post steadily pics of your progress to keep people supporting your task

[sigur]

@Paulus: Thanks!

@Exo: Thanks for the suggestion and the upcoming buttkicking.

Day 2:



I removed the mold lines on twenty-eight Night Goblins and glued them to their bases which was not exactly a rollercoaster of intellect, emotions and fun but at least it's done now. So this leaves me with twelve Gobbo archers yet to clean up, then the first sprue is done. I'll post an overview of the models in the box, set up a to-do list and work out a schedule for assembling them.

Things I noticed yet: The miniatures are not as bad as I thought judging from all these pictures on the internet. The 'Eavy Metal team's paintjobs kinda don't do justice to the miniatures I believe. I'm not into this supersmooth-looking painting style the GW is going for since the dawn of 7th edition. The Goblins seem to be in scale very nicely. I'm clearly looking forward to the new Goblin box. The troll still is terrible in my opinion though.

Another small thing I noticed is about the bases. The cavlary bases for the spider riders have sculpted terrain on them (very simple though) and the 20mm bases are molded differently to how they're done normally. Judging from the "flash", they aren't done in sprues but as single parts with the connection to the sprue at the middle of the top of the bases. Just a little, weird observation.

That's it for today I guess. Maybe I'll find the time to clean up those Gobbo archers too later tonight.

[^_^]

I'm very excited to see the final Goblins.

Some questions:

- are the shields already stuck onto the minis, or do you have to glue them?
- will you paint just the Goblins or the Dwarves too?
- could you please take a photo of the Spider Rider's bases?

[Yorkiebar]

omg teh mouldy gobb0s! that is like funni coz dey is funguses, well 40k 1s r neway, I doant pley fantasY. [/wastoid]

I'll be watching this with interest, Sigur. I'd be well chuffed if I was considered good enough to do the window display models at my local GW (especially since my local is Warhammer World...)

tonight as it's weekend so I might just get pissed and sharp blades + gobbos + alcohol would just lead to even more obstacles for the painting.

Well that's half the fun, right?

[McMullet]

Oh Sigur, you've set a foolish standard. I now fully expect to see MS Paint speech bubbles on every photograph you post.

That was a productive day, by the looks. Now, let's see if you can make the sucky troll look good...

[sigur]

Cheers, internet people!

@^_^: Yes, the shields are already stuck to the miniatures. They are entirely one-piece models. The Dwarfs will also be painted, I just started with the Gobbos to clean up because I wanted to get the more annoying job done first. Pictures of the spider rider bases will follow shortly; with next day's update at the latest.

@tehYorkiebarzorz: *bans* Well, I am chuffed indeed and I'll try to make them put a little sign next to the minis, saying who painted them (my vanity knows no end when it comes to miniature painting). Concerning the alcohol+blades thing, I really tried to remove some mold lines yesterday since I wasn't that drunk but got sleepy after a short while.

@McMullet: Indeed, this foolishishness is already planned to become the standard since, as I mentioned earlier, the whole project isn't that exciting in itself so I'm trying to spice things up a bit.

[violenceha]

I knew mine would just get in the way of my real hobby, cutting myself and superglueing my hands whilst drunk so i just put it straight in the cupboard, but shall be watching this thread with interest and look forward to the spicey bits!

[sigur]

Day 3:



After a long day, I finally got to post my update. In fact I had planned to have all miniatures cleaned up and assembled by now but a computer-connected incident thwarted my plans. I promised you to make up a to-do list so here we go:

Goblin force:
.) 20 Goblins with spears including full command - assembled, cleaned and primed
.) 20 Goblins with spears including full command - assembled, cleaned and primed
.) 20 Goblin archers includung full command - assembled, cleaned and primed
.) 10 Spider Riders - still on sprue
.) Goblin Shaman - cut off the sprue
.) Goblin Boss with Squig - cut the parts off the sprue
.) Troll - still on Sprue

Dwarf Force:
.) 12 Clan Warriors including full command - assembled, cleaned and primed
.) 8 Miners including full command - assembled, cleaned and primed
.) 10 Handgunners including full command - cut off the spue, started cleaning
.) Dragonslayer - cut off the sprue
.) Thain - cut the single parts off the sprue
.) Cannon - crewmen cut off the sprue
.) Pony (probably rending, aha-haha) - cut off the sprue

Terrain pieces, markers, etc. - still on sprue

It's good to know that I got the bigger part of the miniatures primed now. I'm a bit concerned about the spider riders though; last night I had a nightmare about them for no real reason. So let's see what the next day holds for me....

@^_^: As promised, here's a picture of the sculpted bases that come with the box.

[devolutionary]

Nice, quick work is always good to see. Nice giant

[^_^]

@^_^: As promised, here's a picture of the sculpted bases that come with the box.

Thanks alot.

[McMullet]

Wow, that's some impressive progress! There really are a lot of models in that boz...

About that plastic giant though... I hear it's a fine model. And, since it's a dogs of war choice, you can take one with any army! There's no reason not to get one, or maybe even more than one!

I do like those bases though, they effectiveely save the trouble of adding sand AND flock, which is nice, since the sand usually ends up mostly covered anyway.

[Erestor]

@devolutionary: At least the Gobbos will be painted in GW's colour scheme, About the Dwarfs I have a bit more liberty. I'm thinking of either going for the old blue-metal-scheme the box suggests or something green.

@Erestor:

Ouch! Note to self, read thread details before posting stupidly. Sorry Sigur.