Some Midwinter Minis-Inspired Winter Necrons

The client sent us some winter-themed Necrons to work with. The samples, by a different painter, seemed to have been inspired by these Necrons by the Midwinter Minis Youtube channel:

We did our own variants in line with the quality we wanted to offer. The client liked what he saw, and we stamped out the army you see here.

Blue Glow

The first task was to pick out which parts on the minis were emitting a glow. Then we had to pick out which of them to make glow — if they all did, it would take away from the effect. As implied by the video above, we used no airbrushing. We almost never airbrush anything. Whenever we do, I think to myself, “that’s right! We have those, don’t we?”

Black Sections

You can’t paint an army all-white and call it done. Especially with the snowy basing, we needed to offset all the white. Towards this, we just picked out some areas with black. It gave us the contrast we needed, and had the plus of being black. Black is always classy.

These were done to Showcase Quality.

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SPIDERS! Painting Forest Goblins and Arachnaroks

Nothing quite as disturbing on the table as a bunch of giant spiders… We got to do quite a few of these. They were done to Exhibition Quality with some additional touches to the basing (those mushrooms are toothpicks and hot glue).

Here the client picked out some vibrant, super-toxic looking coloration. We played them to make these look as venomous as possible.

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Painting Bob Murch’s Pulp Figures

I have been very fond of Bob Murch’s Pulp Figures ranges for many years now. I have a bunch sitting in a display cabinet, waiting for the day I run an 1930s adventure on the Orient Express, or a cozy murder in the English countryside. Not being a mainstream manufacturer, we very rarely see his work in the studio. This time we got lucky, and did quite a few.

These were painted to Showcase Quality.

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Another Month, Another Salamander Space Marine Army

This is the second of three back-to-back Salamander jobs we’re doing. Each is quite different in its own way. What was different about these was were to try and match an airbrush look - using regular brushes.

Getting an airbrush look with normal brushes is generally not a problem. The final result will always look done by hand, but the effect is close.

These were done to Showcase Quality.

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Exhibition Gloomspite Gitz!

Right after doing a big army of these, we got to do a few more, for a different order. These were done to Exhibition Quality.

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Painting the New(ish) Age of Sigmar Seraphon

We’ve done quite a few Lizardmen / Seraphon. This was our first time though, working with all new / newish sculpts.

The first thing we noticed was that they’re not as straightforward as the older minis. There’s a lot of detail you can miss out unless you take another good, hard, look. We went back and forth with some of these few times, but we figured them out.

These were painted at Standard, Showcase, and Exhibition Quality.

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Painting Space Ork Forgeworld Squiggoths!

18 years in the business, and these are the first FW Squiggoths (regular and Gargantuan) we’ve done.

We’ve noticed a lot of Forgeworld pieces have a coarseness to them. These Squiggoths however were VERY polished. Give the size though the howdahs and skin started looking a bit monotone. To fix that used some oil washes to give the skin some “bite”, and to vary the rust effects a bit.

Inside the howdahs were lots of little details. We picked them out to amp up the contrast.

These were painted to Showcase Quality.

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These CMON Iron Maiden Album Art Minis are Metal AF

Eddie. More Eddie. Asylum Eddie.

Wicker Man Eddie.

I was too young to be allowed anywhere near bands like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and even Metallica, back in their day. Much too Satanic you see! Instead, I became one of Michael Jackson’s adoring young child fans (we all know how well that worked out for the child fans…).

These minis prompted quite a bit of listening to Iron Maiden in the office. I also got myself my own Wicker Man Eddie. It is, as far as I find, the best Wicker Man miniature out there.

These were done to Exhibition Quality.

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Color Shifting 40k Chaos Night Lords

Got to work on reinforcements for these color-shifting Night Lords. The metallic blue has a nice, unusual aspect on the table. Really draws the eye.

These were painted to Showcase Quality.

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You’re Seeing These Frosthaven Minis Before Their Owner Does

Frosthaven, like its predecessor, Gloomhaven, has secret minis. They’re revealed in the process of gameplay. We had fun working on these — but how do you get client feedback on secret minis?

Well, you don’t. For these games we do ask people if it’s alright for them to look over the minis. They’re either fine with it, or ask a friend to review the minis. That’s how this set was passed.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

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We Painted Too Many Necrons!

What’s better than Necrons? Lots of Necrons - all of them done at Exhibition Quality.

It’s great to see how far Necron sculpts have come. The new minis have more character, are more dynamic. Yet, they fit in just fine with the older ones. There’s nothing jarring about mixing them together.

We pushed the green on the vehicles, creating a pseudo-OSL (Object Source Lighting) effect. We weren’t going for OSL. We wanted an exaggerated highlight to give the black areas more character - and to make them look more Necron.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

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Some Shadows of Brimstone at Showcase Quality

We’ve done Shadows of Brimstone off and on through the years. Here we got to work with all their new sculpts. They’re a nice upgrade in sculpt quality. Flying Frog’s strength I feel has always been their larger minis. With these sculpts they continued to improve their game.

These were painted to Showcase Quality.

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Some Heresy-Era Salamander Space Marines

I think it’s been years since we did Salamanders last. This is the first time ever, as an all-Heresy army.

It was nice to see all the alternate kit, from the Mark III armors all the way to Vulkan. I’m not a huge fan of the Forgeworld primarchs but their Vulkan is impressive. We cracked out the freehand on the Landraider.

These were painted from Standard Quality through to Exhibition Quality.

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The Leagues of Votann, Painted at Showcase

Another month, another Votann army!

This job stood out for two reasons. One, we weren’t sure what the scheme was going to look like till the sample min was painted. The client had given us a clear list of colors to use, and instructions for what went where. We were pleased how it came together, but had to check it was what was wanted (it was).

The other was that the basing was inspired by the walls of Byzantium:

These were painted to Showcase Quality.

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HATE loves Oil Washes - Exhibition Painting with Oils

I’ve shown you HATE painting before, but this time we used oil washes. We’ve experimented with oil washes for some time now. Recently, we rolled them out to all the Exhibition-level painters. Oil wash use is case by case. It depends on the mini, and where an oil wash would improve results. It’s left to the individual painter to decide their use.

Oil washes were used on all these HATE* minis. It gives their shading a greater depth. It worked will for ageing and weathering the metals and fabrics.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

(*Some Game of Thrones minis, included)

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Dungeon Degenerates: Tripping on LSD in the 1970s

The minis for Dungeon Degenerates are inspired by 1970s cartoons. I might have seen a handful of those in the ‘80s. I would have thought them mad (I was very proper, even as a child).

Now, however, they are an alien landscape and that means they should be explored. I’m happy we got to work with this unusual palette. These were done to Exhibition Quality, which played well to the neon-bright colors of the schemes.

I’m going to paint some Skaven this way - for Mordheim. There’d be no hiding in the ruins with them, but I’ve never won a game of Mordheim, anyway. May as well rock the painting!

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Painting Oathsworn at Exhibition

Just finished a nice big Oathsworn job.

Oathsworn is nice to work on because the figures are a little ‘oversized.’ The advantage here is that the painter is given plenty of space to do all the little details you’ll now find on any good quality, digitally designed mini.

This is in contrast to what you often find with Kickstarter minis - where the figures have comparable detail, but the minis are too small (budget concerns?) to accommodate so many features and still have crisp detail comparable with hard plastic multi-part kits.

These were painted to Exhibition Quality.

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And the Last: Standard Quality Lord of the Rings - 3 of 3

The last of this round. These, again, were mainly done at Standard Quality.

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When Custodes Painting Inspires More Custodes Painting

We’ve shown off Oathkeepers scheme Custodes on our blog a few times. The client for this order quite liked what he’d seen of one of them, and asked us to match it.

There were painted to Showcase Quality.

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More Standard Quality Lord of the Rings - 2 of 3

And some more. These were mainly done at Standard. There’s a twist: some of these were painted in line with the Legend of Korra!

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