WIP - Lilith Crew

Here is what I have been working on recently.

The bases are just cork tiles broken up to look like rocky crags. As you can see, I'm sticking with the new priming method I first used on Seamus' crew. Start with white primer (in this case P3 white primer) then apply a devlan mud wash to pick out the detail, makes the painting process so much easier when you can see all the little details. Check back for some progress pics.

Kirai Starter Box

A buddy of mine picked up a Kirai Box set but has been out of the hobby a while and didn't have the tools to put together his miniatures. So I told him I'd put it together for him, my brother did the miniature clean-up while I concentrated on the bases.

The bamboo walkways were made with evergreen rod cut to length and glued down. The straps that hold them together are sculpted from green stuff (kneadatite). The bamboo shoots were made by melting the ends of plastic rod and gluing them together using a plastic liquid cement. The mushrooms on Kirai and Datsu-Ba's base are plastic rod mushroomed on one end with a lighter.

WIP - Copycat Killer

Wanting to complete Seamus' crew, I started on the Copycat Killer, Work In Progress pic below.

Seamus Starter Box - Finished

These were actually completed about a week ago, and posted, but I didn't like the picture quality so decided to take down the post and re-shoot the miniatures. In the meantime I have been working on the additions to Seamus' crew; Copycat Killer, Crooked Men, The Hanged and Bete Noir. As soon as I finish these off I'll be starting on my recently purchased Lilith Crew box and a pack of Young Nephilim.

Looking them over I can see I need to make smoother transitions in the highlights, as it is rough on some of them. Having not painted anything larger than 15mm scale in 8 or 10 years, I'm pretty happy with them.

Seamus Red Chapel Crew

I have most of the starter box painted, I just need to finish up the bases and some detail work. I also purchased a couple packs today (Bete Noire, The Hanged, Crooked Men, and a Copycat Killer) to fill out Seamus' crew and get him up to 35 SS's. Looking forward to finishing up my first Malifaux crew.

::Ratty's Malifaux Page::

I've been using an awesome crew creator application by Ratty of the Official Wyrd forums to create my crew. Be sure to check out the rest of his site as he has downloadable counters, templates and other useful things for Malifaux!

Seamus Painting Progress

After cutting, what seems like, hundreds of planks for my Wild West buildings I decided to take a break and start painting Seamus and his crew. Here are some Work In Progress shots of what I've done so far.

I should note that I typically use a Black Primer base coat, so this is a first for me using White Primer. Using Black generally makes it look dark and grimy, which I actually prefer most of the time on my miniatures. But for this set I wanted the clothing to be bright and vibrant. I'm going for flashy Undead hookers...

I also need to get some more units for Seamus to get his SS total to 35. I'm definitely grabbing a Copycat Killer and some Crooked Men as their Shafted ability go really well with the Belles ability to lure enemy models into them.

Swamp Terrain

Here are some shots I took of my brothers Malifaux Swamp board. Sorry for the lack of quality, I had to use my phones 3MP camera.

The terrain features are separate pieces crafted from foamcore, craft sticks and poly foam. the trees are the only commercially bought item, they are from Woodland Scenics. The base is a 3'x3' piece of MDF sprayed various shades of brown and green then 30 min epoxy was poured and stippled over the surface with crumpled up paper. All the pieces can be rearranged to form different layouts.

Malifaux Dreamer

Already adding another Malifaux crew...I just picked up a Dreamer/Lord Chompy Bits box, a pack of Daydreams and a pack of Alps. This is what I originally wanted to paint/play but due to it being sold out at my local distributor I went with the Seamus Box. I'll start on these after I complete my Red Chapel crew, which still needs a couple more models to bring the SS total to 35. Now I just need to figure out what units I want to add...

Malifaux - Seamus Assembled and Primed

Got my Red Chapel Gang Starter Box all assembled and primed. Now I just have to paint them up!

Scattered around them you can see some Crystalline Counters I found from Three Sages Games. They look like little crystals and are available in a several different colors. I'll be using them to mark status effects during the game. I also picked up a pack of the 30mm bases from Privateer Press today to make some Corpse counters, just need to look for suitable corpses to model on the bases.

Malifaux Bases Part 2

Added the layer of Green Stuff over the plastic sidewalk. Now to mount the figures, prime and paint!

Updated with pics of all the finished bases.

Malifaux Bases

I recently picked up Malifaux and wanted to do some themed basing for my Seamus and Red Chapel Crew. With Seamus being a Jack the Ripper type character, it was an easy decision to go with some Cobblestone Street/Sidewalk bases. Here is my first attempt at sculpting cobblestone streets.

Pretty simple really. Just some green putty spread out over the base and cutting in the cobblestones with a sculpting tool. I cut a piece of sheet plastic roughly into a circle and after sanding and checking for a tight fit chopped it roughly in half. After the initial putty layer dries, I plan on adding a thin layer over the plastic "Sidewalk" and cutting in a brick type pattern.

Malifaux Seamus

My current project is the Red Chapel Gang box for the game Malifaux by Wyrd Miniatures. I'm still debating on how I want to paint the crew, layered blending or the Steve Dean style with strong layered contrasts. I started by modelling the bases first as I like to assemble and base miniatures for painting. I'm well underway on the assembly phase and hope to get some painting started soon.