I managed to pick up a metal Trollblood Battlegroup for a pretty good price, and as with Warmachine, thought it the best place to start my Trollblood force.
Impalers & Axer
These guys are chunky but sufficiently pinned to the gills :D. Looking forward to painting these, as it will be interesting trying to get the flesh colour right 
Captain Allister Caine
Added the final touches to this wonderful chap, and now have my first warcaster ready to rock. As I stated previously I have loved painting this miniature up, it was a great sculpt with just the right amount of details so as not to overload the miniature, but to still have some interesting bits here and there. With the rest of the starter box finished off now all I need to do is find an adult to teach me how to play 😀
Captain Allister Caine
Captain Allister Caine
Cygnar Warjacks
My first 3 Warjacks are now ready for battle, I just need to finish off the Warcaster to lead them :D.
I decided on a couple of things I wanted to do with these guys before starting and think they stick to them pretty closely. I wanted to make sure they looked used and a wee bit grimy. I don’t think steam engines and warfare will mean a clean piece of kit :). I also wanted to make them look a bit more larger than life and closer to what appears in the artwork, hence the heat coming from the engine and exhausts. I’m toying with adding some plumes of smoke to them to further this link to the artwork, either using clump foliage painted up or some resin cinematics I’ve seen on the interwebs. I think I’ll make up a tester with the clump foliage and see how it looks. The last think I wanted was some funky looking bases, which since they are resin, was very easy to capture but the addition of the leaves adds that extra wee touch of character that I was looking for.
Anyway enough of me blabbering, here’s some pictures :D…
Ironclad Front
Ironclad Back
Charger Front
Charger Back
Lancer Front
Lancer Back
This is by far one of my favorite models ever and has been so much fun to paint, so much so that I’ve already zipped through painting him to the point where hes nearly done 🙂
Alister Caine Front
Alister Caine Back
I’m really pleased with the Jacket, particularly the yellowy/gold trim on the back. The colours came out looking great and the it gives him enough to tie him in with the Jacks I’m painting.
All I need to do now is a few touches to his hair, the cloth round the neck, the “magic bullets” and the base 😀
Progress has been moving steadily on the Cygnar warjacks. These guys seem to be working as an experiment batch, with me trying out a few new things on them at once.
My local retailer recently started too stock P3 paints, so I decided to get some and see what they’re like, as I’ve only ever really used the Citadel range. I got a couple of the blues (Cygnar Base & Cygnar Highlight) and some whites(Menoth Base & Menoth Highlight) to try out on these chaps and I was pleased with the result. They are a little thinner in consistency than most of the Citadel range, which I tend to water those down anyway, so it meant I could take it straight from the bottle.
I also wanted to try out some rusty battle damage, as I want to eventually do a fair bit of weathering on these guys. I’ve still a wee bit of work to do on whats they’re at the moment, as it seems a little too clean. What’s there was done by added patches of Doombull Brown, with a wee bit of added Trollslayer Orange, erratically with a brush. Then carefully highlighting the lower edges with Cygnar Blue Highlight, and mixing in some Menoth Highlight for at least 2 other smaller sections of highlighting.
I’m very happy with how they’re looking so far….
Charger
Lancer
Ironclad
Well I’ve been feeling under the weather for the last few days, which is good and bad. The good is loads of painting has been done whilst I recuperate, the bad is I’ve not been able to get any photos to show all you lovely people what I’ve been up to :(. Starting at the weekend I decided to blast through the MVPs I have had sitting for a wee while, as well as the six(Blaine, Painmaster Yurik, Riller, Milesandre, Wyn Greth’zki and Nightshade) that I’m painting up for a mate in return for the Marauder and Corp boosters used to add the reinforcements you saw last week to the Slammers and Centurions. Anyway, enough blabbering from me, here they are…
Blaine
This guy was a joy to paint. The model is absolutely brilliant. I didn’t want to deviate too much from the standard scheme, but a hint of turquoise always makes things look better 😀
Painmaster Yurik
Another fantastic model who I thought looked great in the Mantic images so stuck with that scheme.
Riller
This guy I’m not so much of a fan of and I think it shows in the paint job :(, gonna have to go back and do up/add a bit more to him until I’m a bit happier.
Wyn Greth’zki
Was’nt a fan of this chap, but surprisingly enjoyed painting him. The scheme for this guy came from googling a certain famous hockey player (bet you can’t guess which one :-P) and matching the jersey colour.
Nightshade
This is probably one of my favorite MVP models, and also the one I felt was the easiest to paint. Won’t bloody well stand up though
Mellisandra
I really hated this model when I first saw it, and this one sat tauntingly on my desk until last. But after just the first layer of turquoise I began to like it more and more (turquoise REALLY does make everything better :D). I think its because the studio paint job really doesn’t show off the details of the model, not saying it’s bad, just not right for this mini.
Number 88
Another fantastic mini, and one I wanted to keep fairly simple.
Ludwig
This gentleman was painted up to go alongside my Z’zor team, but with a slightly darker green to add a slight variance. This one was a pain in the arse to be honest, the sheer amount of mold lines was ridiculous, and I kept finding more once painting had begun :(.
Wildcard
Being a Tron fan I loved this mini from the first time I saw it and could not resist doing it in the standard colour scheme.
The Praetorian
And finally this massive chap(seriously, he’s bloody massive). This one I wanted to keep fairly simple and utilitarian, they are meant to be disposable combat robots aren’t they?
All that’s left on these guys now is a few numbers on the backs and some hexes (in the post :)) with the appropriate threat markings, and then it will be onto painting up my next team. I’ve decided to go for a bit of a Scottish theme on them which will hearken back to my first proper 40k force.
The Silver Centurions
The whole team is now painted and ready to play :D, with the addition of the Alt sculpts I’m up to 13 players, and speaking of the alts sculpts here’s how they look up close…
Alt Guard
Alt Striker
Alt Jack
Coach Renton
Very happy with how they’ve all turned out, and will probably use these in the next league I take part in. There’s only a couple of things I want to do before that. Firstly I’m gonna try sticking a dreadball glove to the Big Mech, and secondly get them a pitch like the Gamma Slammers. I’ve popped this up before, but in case you didn’t see it, here’s the Silver Centurions field the Coliseum…
“The Coliseum”
Might be a while before I do that though, still got some tweaks I want to make based on how the Gamma Dome came out and I may go with another printer for this one and try out something a bit more local…
After finishing off the Gamma Slammers I’ve moved onto adding the finishing touches to the Centurions and here’s how they’re looking so far:
Alt Guard
Alt Jack
Alt Striker
Coach Renton
Prone Marker
Still a fair bit of work to be done on them until theyre finished though. Whilst painting them I have noticed a wee bit of a scaling issue, especially with the Jack. He seems to be taller even than an Orc guard, which seems a little odd. Don’t know if anyone else has noticed this? Not that it matters, he can just be given the cliched nickname of ‘Tiny’ 😀
I grabbed a Cygnar starter at the end of last week and just got crackin into the building, and here’s what I’ve got:
Lancer, Ironclad & Charger
As you can see I invested in some resin base inserts for these guys, firstly because it looks damn good and ties them in a little with Caine, but secondly cause it makes things much simpler than building the same myself 😀
I also got a wee bit distracted on ebay and bought myself another Warcaster, again because the model is just so damn lovely…
General Adept Nemo
Gonna try and get started on painting up the warjacks over the weekend and will let you see how I get on…
The Gamma Slammers are now completely finished :D.
Gamma Slammers Family Photo
And here’s a closer look at the new additions:
New Guard & Keeper
New Guard & Keeper Back
New Jacks
New Jacks Back
Prone Marker
Coach Orcy
I’m really chuffed with how they all look together and cant wait to take ’em out for their first Tourney tomorrow. Don’t worry I’ll make sure I let you all know how they get on. I’ll also need to give you a look at their shiny new pitch, which arrived just in time 🙂
DeathWatch Studios 