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Painting – Spring 2016

May 10, 2016 10:31 am / Leave a Comment /

Painting efforts continued into Spring, working on more figures for Warmachine and Hordes. Both of the figures here are larger warbeasts, each standing about 70mm tall, about half the size of a can of Coke. The first is the Warpwolf from the Circle of Orboros.

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I love how the colors turned out on the wolf. I looked over numerous images of Siberian Huskies, trying to get the facial fur right. I even gave his eyes a tint of blue.

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This figure was part of the starter Battlebox for the faction. I have a female warlock and a pair of two-headed wolves to finish that group. May be a while before that happens.

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Another warbeast is the Dire Troll from the Trollbloods faction. I don’t love the pics as much. It could be how much blue was used, or the contrast against the brownish background.

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This figure came with pieces for three distinctive versions (the Mauler, the Blitzer, and the Bomber). We magnetized the pieces and painted them all, allowing us to select which one to field in a battle. This is the Mauler.

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The Blitzer.

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Pyg Troll on the machine gun.

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The Bomber.

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And a fun Pyg Troll lighting fuses.

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I just finished up another model for the Legion of Everblight, which I’ll post soon. I have some minis from the game Blood Rage to work on, as well as a few more from the Toughest Girls of the Galaxy

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Painting – Winter 2015

May 4, 2016 3:48 pm / Leave a Comment /

I have painted some minis over the last six months, but I never posted them here. A familiar story, but in this case, I’m really confused on the best ways to display my work on social media.

Foremost, I have Facebook, but I recently created an Artwork page for myself (www.facebook.com/BrianMooneyArtwork). That’s cool, as I can focus on minis there, and not overwhelm family members with my weird/racy figures. BUT… if people didn’t Like the page when I first sent it out, then they usually won’t see any of my updates. I could look at the Boost your Post option, but I’m sure that involves money and I’m not trying to monetize the hobby (yet).

Aside from that, I have Pinterest and Google Plus. I’ve gotten numerous more likes on Google Plus when posting in the Miniatures category, but I’m still not accustomed to it. No Tumblr account yet, but maybe one day (when I figure out what Tumblr is really good for).

I have enough images to split into a few posts, so first I’ll hit that box I teased in the last post as well as some Raging Heroes. First up, the Tharn Bloodtrackers.

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I’m really pleased with how the colors turned out on this, especially the red.

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The downside for this was it was a whole unit. So the paint job applied to several:

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And I’ve finally gotten down to working on my Raging Heroes figures. Here’s One-Shot Blondie:

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I went for urban camo on her cloak. I think it turned out decent.

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And then there are the Lulus. Little orphan girls that follow and idolize Blondie. Here’s one (of six):

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New post soon with a few I’ve painted in the Spring!

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The Legion Returns

September 1, 2015 1:07 am / Leave a Comment /

Even though I just posted a winged demon, I might as well do another. =)

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This is the epic version of Thagrosh, Messiah of Everblight. He’s got a cool story – an ogrun corrupted by the dragon Everblight. He would go forth and help corrupt the elven Nyss, laying the seeds for the eventual Legion of Everblight.

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He initially looked like a misshapen ogre (ogrun), but then his master sent him to kill Pyromalfc, another dragon. Thagrosh consumed his essence, resulting in the draconic form you see now.

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I’ve wanted to paint this mini for a long time. It’s actually the second copy I’ve owned. The first, I let this punk at the game store take it to paint it for me, back when I was learning the craft. I paid him to paint it, never got it painted, and never got the mini back. Still burns me to think about it.

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I’m very pleased with how it turned out. The wings, the base. All of it. I even got this cool effect to make the eyes glow. Paint the eyes solid white for shine, and then add layers of blue wash over them.

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Next post: something a bit more human, hopefully.

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