End of The Road

My journey for the Iron Painter 3 has ended. I was beaten by a female painter yet again. My past 2 defeats in IP2 were to 2 lady painters as well. Is it just coincidence, or is because I have a soft spot for the fairer sex? Anyway time to put it all behind and continue on my commission work. Here's a WIP of the Krielstone Bearer.

Nurbald in the Automaton

You might have noticed some changes to the basework which I mentioned before. I think it's more coherent now. Finally, the figure is pinned onto the platform. I'm rather pleased with the results even though it is a little cramped where Nurbald is standing and the chain is touching the mechanical legs. I'll find time to get better photos to submit, or I might just settle with this.

Did some final touch ups & updated multiple views in my gallery.

WIP Nurbald the Sculptor

The title says it all.

Privateer Press Trollbloods

Commissioned by a friend to paint these up to a above average gaming standard. I wish Rackham would make their models as rigid as these and those of Games workshop, so that at least they wouldn't break/bend all of the time. I once dropped a Rackham model onto the sink while cleaning it and ended with a really bad dent. Anyhow back to these models.

They are pretty fun to paint. Not too detailed but enough to stay interesting, and parts are well defined. It took me about 6-7 hours to paint all three of them minus the cleaning and basing time. Usually I wouldn't do NNM on gaming pieces as it could well take me an hour just to get the weapon or a part of the armor to look right. For these I simply did a base coat, wash in the shadows and then added the highlights. There is one more leader which he wanted display quality. I should find time to start on that one once I'm done with my Iron Painter entry.

All Your Base are Belong to Us

Its been some time now and I'm once again into the semi final round of the Iron Painter contest. The theme this time is Basework. So the focus is on the base rather than the figure itself. I have this Cadwallon figure, Nurbald, which is a mid nor with a lower body of a mechanical spider that is really cool. I plan to use him as my figure and make a scene of him inspecting the automaton.
With this plan in mind, I started off by savaging a spoil clock, taking out the circuit board with the solenoid and gears. Then I started arranging them on the base to create the scene I wanted. I would imagine Nurbald standing on a platform inspecting the gears and stuff.
Once I'm happy with the layout, I started priming the individual parts and then gluing them all together.Here's how it looks after early stages of painting. I've added more stuff to it like wires, pipes and another gear so the whole thing looks more like they are interacting with each other rather than just simply placed there. I'll post later once its all done.