A little Candy?

When I first typed the title of this post, I did not realize how ironic the title was. Candy is a very little model, although she is larger than Kade. I am finding that the Malifaux models are inspiring me to sit down and paint, although to date it has been my wife's models that inspire. I have also noticed that the picture of the models on the back of the crew boxes are painted differently to the pictures from the Wyrd miniatures web-site.

Additionally, I tried something new this time on the hair. I normally would have used some type of yellow color for painting blond hair, then washed with a brown wash. After listening to the recent episode of Podhammer, I decided to try a different scheme. The change to this method is that there are no actual yellow's used to paint her hair. I know some of you will point to the fact I use "Desert Yellow", but if you take a look you will see that is actually in the brown family of colors from Citidel. Candy's hair is painted to the following formula:

1. Snakebite Leather (Base Coat)
2. Desert Yellow (Mid-Dry-Brush)
3. Gryphonne Sepia (Wash)
4. Vomit Brown (Light-Dry-Brush)

I am very happy with the result, and will likely use this method in the future. Lets get on to looking at the model.

Karandras, Warlock, and THE KIDS GOT A KNIFE!!!

That's right, I painted my first Malifaux miniature and it ends up being one of my wife's models. The picture to the left is not my model, but the promo picture from Wyrd miniatures website. In addition to painting up "Baby Kade" from the Malifaux Neverborn faction, I also completed an Eldar warlock on foot and Phoenix Lord Karandras, the Shadow Hunter.

I received confirmation today that the bases I ordered for the Malifaux mini's are on their way. I ordered bases from Micro-Art Studio and will mount the models once they arrive. In the interim I am starting to paint them, using plain bases to hold the models for painting. We will see how many I get knocked out before the bases arrive.

So lets get on to the pictures! I will start out with a couple pictures of Baby Kade, as that's the lead-in to this post. He was a tough little bugger to take pictures of, and his size makes the camera lens much harsher than how he actually looks on the table. For that matter, I think in this case the lens is harsher than how he looks holding him close up.

Phoenix Lord Karandras, the Shadow Hunter

Karandras is the most mysterious of the Phonix Lords. No one knows where his shrine originally lay, but perhaps it was on one of the many small craftworlds that survived the Fall but were destroyed soon after. He is not the oldest of the Exarchs of the Striking Scorpions, for that honour belongs to Arhra the Father of Scorpions, the most sinister of all the Phoenix Lords, the Fallen Phoenix who burns with the dark light of Chaos. Karandras took his place, tempering the murderous nature of his predecessor with the patience of the hunter.

Karandras has joined my growing group of Phoenix Lords, which will eventually be able to field as part of the Phoenix Court of Khaine.

Lastly I completed the last of the warlocks on foot that were on my tray. Just a bit more to knock out and I will need to pick the next squad to paint.

Warlocks, Asurmen, Malifaux

Those of you who closely follow my blog may have noticed the updates on the left. My painting tray has shrunk while my assembly queue has grown. In addition, I have added a new abbreviation over there, more on that later.

Its been a couple weeks since my last post, with lots of things happening lately. Unfortunately, only some of it has been hobby related. Its amazing how life can kick you in the balls sometimes, and it takes a bit to roll with the kicks. That aside, hobby work is getting back on track and I did complete a couple additional models.

First we have a new Phoenix Lord joining the group. Phoenix Lord Asurmen, The Hand of Asuryan has been painted up and added to the case.

Asurmen, first of the Dire Avengers, founded more shrines on more craftworlds than any other Phoenix Lord. Soon after their inception he vanished, but tales of his deeds persisted. He was reported fighting against the Great Enemy from the Eye of Terror to the galaxy's rim, and word of his valour spread.

In addition to working on Asurmen, I also completed a couple Warlocks and a Bonesinger.

So that is the work completed toward the Dead Tau Project. You will also notice a new abbreviation on my assembly tray [Mal]. Those who have listened to the Gamers Lounge podcast know that I have just recently played two introduction games for Malifaux by Wyrd Games. Based on that introduction, I have been hooked and decided to pick up a couple crews along with the rule book. During my introduction I played two crews from two different factions. I played the Ortega crew from the Guild Faction, along with the McMourning crew from the resurectionists. I will be playing Malifaux as my secondary (tertiary) game as a alternative to my GW fix.

As it came to picking up a crew of my own, I decided to go with Lady Justice from the Guild faction:

As a nice surprise, my wife took a look at some of the models and found a faction she liked as well. I will be painting up the crew she liked and teaching her the game. Hopefully she takes a liking.

Thats it for now. Keep an eye on the blog for new stuff through the summer.