I wanted to try something a little different and decided to give 15mm sci-fi a go! I picked up some miniatures from Khurasan that I liked (their website is currently down) and tried to make the paintjobs brighter than I usually would so they "pop" on the table.
Above you can see a crappy close-up picture of my test paint figure, and went with that colour scheme for the rest of the force. The "Jungle Buggy" is a Hot Wheels car (I've since picked up a bunch more of them) that I will paint as transport. It's called Aero Pod, which is a bit tricky with the Jungle Buggy name on it. ;-)
I really tried to make the colours stand out and overexaggerate my highlights in order to make them stand out on the table. I like the colour scheme I came up with and look forward to picking up more of these to paint!
I have some Clear Horizons Hura on the table next, and am prepping up a bunch more 15mm minis.
Painted while listening to: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red Rising is some very cool sci-fi! I'm on to the second book now... :-)
More proxies done for playtesting the gothic horror rules - demons! Capable of being summoned by witches and occultists, they are fierce creatures to come face to face with!
The above three are Hell Hounds by Heresy. They are a b***h to assemble! I used a two part epoxy glue to cement the parts together. However, they are excellent sculpts and look great once completed. I used "the dip" for all of the demons, with a highlight afterwards with red and orange. I think they came all out great!
Both pictures above are miniatures from the Malifaux game. The top ones I will use as Imps and the bottom three as minor demons. I tried some fancy paintwork on the "smoke" effect. All of the bases are from Model Display Products. The lines are meant to represent summoning circles.
The last one is a Void creature that can be summoned. It is a Reaper miniature from their Bones line. Quite cheap and it was fairly easy to paint. I just did a wash of Army Painter Dark Tone (not the dip) and a quick drybrush.
Miniatures painted while listening to: Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach
It's an interesting book about nanotechnology and I enjoyed it, but it seemed a bit far fetched. The start was really slow but zoomed along by the end.
More miniatures are being sculpted, so nothing new on that front to show you. However, I do have some concept artwork:
Any idea where I had the inspiration for these characters??? ;-)
Just got back from vacation a few days ago - sorry for the lack of updates. I finished these two up a while ago:
The two "dregs" are from Reaper, while the Ghoul King is from Heresy. I didn't spend too much time on them as you can see. ;-) Quickly dipped and based. I tried a bit of rust on the dregs' weapons. The base of the Ghoul King is from Model Display Products - I really liked the sculpted circle bit on this one.
