Tale of a Gamer who grew up to be a Painter - Part 3
At the same time as I had started on my 30K Worldeaters, I was busy looking for something to use as an Unsanctioned Psyker in my army for a special mission objective marker.
While walking round Salute, I came across a small stand with a banner 'Wyrd Games Miniatures' from USA, they were selling a new of metal miniatures for a new range and game called 'Malifaux'.
My attention was captured on a model 'Pandora Unboxed' which fitted exactly what I was looking for, so I bought it and painted it up but this time I spent a bit of time and effort doing a bit more than my normal
Adding shading, highlights and even a varnish (looking at it now probably would have been better to go with a matt version than the gloss one I used) plus grass tufts on the base!!!
Think this was the first time I'd actually spent hours and maybe a couple of weeks on just one model.
When I went to their website to see what other models they produced, I found that they had a whole skirmish level game on sale.
A number of other guys at the Beaconsfield club where also interested in it, so I decided to buy to starting crews.
- Arcanists with Rasputina
- Neverborn with Pandora
With such small sized crews (half a dozen models), I decided I would spend more effort on each model to make them look the best I could with my painting skill level (not just game ready)
So here is Rasputina and her December Crew
I attempted to get the feeling of winter into the look of the crew, getting the Ice Gamin and Ice Golem to look like they were made of ice, but also worked with using rocks and snow flock to get the bases to fit.
As to Pandora and her crew of Woes, I had a different challenge - how to make them scary.
Absolutely love the way Baby Kade and Candy came out, I spent so much time on such small models
Now I was hooked on a new game and found that I was interested in painting (in small numbers) to a new level of detail:)
