More Wyrd! Rasputina's Crew

Last week I got my Ice Gamins and Ice Golem to make up Rasputina's Crew for Malifaux. I've based the Ice Gamins up the same style as Rasputina, and I still need to finish off the base for the Ice Golem. These should be fun to paint - I plan to add snow to the rocks when it is finish, and decorate it with Mini-Natur pre-tufted grass patches that I picked up the other week from Realm of Legend.

I've also made some progress on the Death Marshals - I should mention, it's pretty traditional army painting technique here! My plan is to try and get them tabletop ready quickly, rather than for display.
I've painted the skin with Tanned Flesh and given it a layer of Bronzed Flesh mixed with Dwarf Flesh as the first highlight. I'll highlight them up by adding Rotting Flesh and Menoth White Highlight into the mix as they're meant to be all gaunt and pale.
The judge hasn't got much skin. I've decided to go with the lighter colour jacket like the official paintjob, except I've gone for a beige-white rather than a colder blue or grey white. The beige colour is Foundry Drab highlight. It has really nice coverage over black.

Wyrd WIPs

Now that Golden Demon entries are done and dusted, it's time to relax with some fun stuff. Both my entries made it through to the regionals, so you'll be able to see them next weekend in the GW Sydney Battle Bunker on York Street. Anyway, onto other projects!

I've decided to join the Malifaux bandwagon with the Death Marshals. I had a Lady Justice as a prize from last year's Sydney Wyrd painting competition, so I picked up the rest of her crew at MOAB to make a playable faction.

The bases were built up with cheap Knead-It putty, and covered with Vallejo sandy paste. Sandy paste is fantastic, it dries with a really solid and tough finish, and saves me time as I don't have to seal it in with PVA glue if I were just using a sand and glue mix. The wooden slats were just a broken up stirring stick from Starbucks.

I also based up Rasputina (I've got the rest of her crew on order). Mine was the old packaging with the extra Hoar Cat, which I might end up sticking onto the base just in front of her feet.

All these figures were much easier to assemble than Misaki, though still required a bit of pinning to ensure they'd be robust enough for the tabletop.

Finished Deffkopta

Well, I got it done with the gretchin on the base. Found a bag of lichen from Ralph that I glued to the base as little trees too. I got a feeling the oil paint won't be dry for a few weeks... I used it sparingly between the panels.

Deffkopta Part 3

Things have progressed a bit. Just need to do some washes on the metal bits, add some more rust and weathering on them, and the kopta is done. I have a gretchin undercoated and ready to be stuck onto the base once it's painted.

Another Work in Progress Deffkopta

One more work in progress shot before I go to sleep. Have a lot to do on the base tomorrow night! I've added a gretchin there to see how it would look. Next to it is a kommando from my squad last year, just to make sure the colours look right.

Work in Progress Ork Deffkopta

So with a few days to go till Golden Demon, I started a new project, an Ork Deffkopta. I bought one to paint just for fun, and I'm approaching this more as a break from my other projects. It's really just an excuse to do lots of weathering techniques and try out the oil paints I got the other month.

Here is the assembled Deffkopta with lots of Tamiya putty to fill the gaps:


I undercoated it black. The Tamiya putty did a good job to smooth out the surfaces:


Half-way through painting. Basically all layering and drybrushing for the reds and metals. I painted a yellow flame pattern on the front, and then sponged on black and brown paint to do the weathering. The streaks were done with watered down brown, and the chips were painted on with Boltgun Metal.


I built up the base with plaster after securing on a flying stand. It's going to be a desert base with tufts of grass. I might add an additional gretchin if I have time.

MOAB (and Wyrd) Painting Competition

MOAB Painting Competition

Once again I'm running the MOAB painting competition along with Rob Jedi, which will be held 3-5th October at the Sylvania Heights Community and Youth Club. The categories this year are:

• Single Miniature
• Large Model
• Unit, Squad, Group or Regiment
• Vehicle, Squadron, War machine, or Chariot Unit
• Diorama or Terrain Piece
• Open

You can find out more information here and also on the official MOAB website.

Wyrd Painting Competition

We have a Wyrd painting competition, as a follow-up to the successful one ran by Trevor from OzPainters last year. Get your entries into MOAB Painting Competition, and if it is a Wyrd miniature, it also qualifies for the Wyrd painting competition! Wyrd have agreed to sponsor, with prize support based on the number of entries.

On a related note, Wyrd Miniatures are now available at the Mainly Medieval online store for those who live in Australia and are looking for a local stockist. A restock should arrive this week along with the new faction starters and the Malifaux rulebook and fate decks.

Orc Banner Part 2

So there's the finished banner design - I added weathering consisting of a few washes of bestial brown and cadmium maroon, and stipped on some darker spots of german camo black brown mixed with chaos black. I was going to use the sponge technique, but I went for larger splotches instead so I opted for hand-painting it. I did the same on the reverse, but I didn't take a photo.

The actual banner canvas is about 2cm from bottom to top where it's nailed to the wood, and about 1.5cm at the widest point. It's next journey is to be glued onto the Orc I am painting for Golden Demon Oz this year.