While these are not literally pictures of what is on my desk
(trust me, nobody wants that), these are pictures of projects I am in the
middle of working on. I keep these nearby to remind me I have yet to finish
them.
My primary focus paint wise right now is Deadzone. I have
one set of the default terrain removed from sprue and cleaned. I have another
set still on the sprue which I need to clip and clean. There are four sprues of
the Landing Pad terrain, but I am thinking I will wait for Mantic to ship the
remaining four sprues that were missing from my order before I start on those.
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| One gallon jar of cleaned terrain with other set still on the sprue. Aaand a cat tail. Always a cat tail. |
For the actual models I started by writing a 70 point list
for both the Enforcers and the Plague. I found some demo rules when I was
closing in on finishing the cleaning process that used some models I had not
cleaned yet. I realized I had a good sized chunk of the Plague cleaned so
decided to clean all of them before I start painting. I also cleaned the two
mercenaries that only work for Enforcers or Plague as I would be using a
similar colour scheme.
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| Deadzone models cleaned so far. |
Clean up has been slow. In the first place, I am slow when
it comes to cleaning models in general. The resin Mantic uses is similar yet a little softer than the resin Privateer Press uses. I found it slightly easier
to clean, but not by much. I actually need to go through and do another clean,
but I am about to the point where I can not be bothered with it. In hindsight,
I probably should have clipped the circle from the bottom of the models as
there is a huge gap in the bases. I did this with the Enforcer armed with the
missile launcher and am much happier with how he sits on the flipped over base than the
other models.
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| Enforcers left to clean and assemble. |
After this step I will likely do a final pass over with the
knife, then wash the models. For the bases I think I will use epoxy putty to
fill the gaps. Then they will get a collection of rubble from larger rocks and
sprue bits followed by some mediumish debris and finer sand after that. I am
thinking of going with some simple grays with some stains for weathering.
The plan with the Plague is to prime black, then go in with
a warm dark brown everywhere. The fleshy areas will build up from there with
reds going into flesh tones while the bone sections will go from the base brown
to bone. I do not know exact colours yet as I try to try something new with each project so there is no formula yet. I will work out exact formulas as I go. The clothes
will be a combination, but I want to try to make them come across as civilians
of various types before their transformation.
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| Da Swiss Army has abandoned meh!!! |
I do not know how I will paint the Enforcers yet. I found a
scheme I liked, but it was a slight tweak on what I had in mind for my
Convergence of Cyriss for Warmachine. So of course, in the middle of cleaning
the Deadzone models I worked on cleaning up my Cyriss models as well.
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| Shaaammme!!! |
Also on my desk in various stages of disarray are some Space
Marines and Malifaux models for my Perdita crew. There are also some models in
the bath I am in the middle of stripping, including a Mordheim Warlock that has
been in his bath for over a year.
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| Rub-a-dub-dub |
That’s enough shaming for one day. I should have all of my
Enforcers and Plague ready for paint by next Monday.
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