Galaxy Defenders - Xenobots - WIP

I've actually finished painting up the Aracnos and Spine Critter but haven't had a chance to seal them yet so haven't been able to take the completed picture.  In the meantime, I started work on a new set of models - the Xenobots!

zoom zoom!

Galaxy Defenders - Spine Critter and Aracnos - WIP

These are pretty much 90% finished.  I'm done with the mini itself but just need to complete the base.

Thankfully!  Honestly, I didn't enjoy painting these and, as you know, even had to completely clean the mini and start from scratch.  Almost done though!

Zombie game - Doug - WIP Part 2

Unfortunately, not much progress this week as I haven't had much time to paint.  I wonder how many people will even be able to tell what I have done on the model this week...

sigh

Zombie game - Doug - WIP

Taking a quick break from painting Galaxy Defenders to clear a mini off my shelf of shame.  This mini was primed at the same time as the other survivors but I got bored after painting the other ones so switched to painting Galaxy Defenders.

Now feels like a good time to return to painting humans. :)

Another human mid way through a zombie transformation

Galaxy Defenders - Xeno-Beast - WIP Part 2

Didn't get much painting done this week.  With that said, I have now almost finished with the Xeno-Beast.  All I need is to put some paint on the base and then seal it.

Is he snarling?  I think he's snarling.

Galaxy Defenders - Xeno-Beast - WIP

Moving on to some more alien miniatures from the Galaxy Defenders game.  I've actually been spending a bit more time on this mini as there is only one of them in the box - which I guess shows how nasty it is!

Big and nasty!

Galaxy Defenders - Nexus - WIP

Making good progress on the next set of models.  Granted, this is primarily as I'm using an extremely basic paint scheme.  Still, progress is progress!

Not sure why but these do look familiar

Galaxy Defenders - Xeno-Beta - WIP

I've actually managed to finish up the Xeno-Greys.  However, I haven't sealed them yet as I wanted to finish off some more models before hitting them all with the spray.  Which also means I don't have a pic of the finished thing yet.

Instead, I managed to get started on some of the Xeno-Betas - a different type of alien from Galaxy Defenders.

A similar approach was taken to painting these

Galaxy Defenders - Xeno-Grey - WIP

Going for another change of pace as I'm painting up some sci-fi minis.  These are Ares Games version of the classic alien Grey - a staple of any creepy sci-fi show.

These are actually pretty much finished.  Due to a simple colour scheme, I was able to blow through these really quickly.  Just a little bit more work and I will call these ones complete.

Different colour scheme (blue vs green) is to represent different ranks of the Xeno-Grey.

Zombie game - Amy - WIP

Managed to get in a lot of work done on my next survivor - Goth Amy.

This mini shows why I'm not a very good painter.  My hands aren't steady enough and you can really see this when I try to do the freehand on the stockings.

Almost finished.  I just need to do a bit more detail work and then I'm done.

Zombie game - Josh - WIP - Part 1

Well, I managed to finish off the rest of my Goblins in my Marauder team.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the finished article.  On the plus side, they are pretty identical to the other goblins I painted so its not like another picture would have been a surprise.

Anyway...

After doing a glut of "good enough" bulk painting, its time to get back to painting single mini's.  Which means its time to paint another survivor in my zombie game!

Below is a WIP shot of Josh.  So far, I've basecoated the flesh and the hoodie.  I also gave the flesh a wash.  I've generally avoided using washes on my survivor minis as I wanted them to have a very clean cartoony look to fit with the cartoonish feel of the game.  However, the flesh I used was a bit too pale so I wanted to darken the colour a little.  Hopefully, I don't regret that decision!

Dreadball - Marauder - Goblins redux WIP - Part 1

Now onto my second batch of Goblins.  Been making steady progress on these as you can see from the pictures.  Hopefully, will be able to finish these within 2 more weeks.

Dreadball - Marauder - Goblins WIP - Part 2

Progress!

With a couple of weeks additional work, my goblin team is almost finished.  I should be able to complete these by next week which means that I can move on to ... my other squad of goblins.  Hmmm.

Ah well, good thing I'm only painting to a "good enough" quality!

So close and yet so far

Dreadball - Marauder - Goblins WIP - Part 1

After doing the Marauder Orx, I'm now onto the Goblins.  To be honest though, I'm getting a little sick of this paint scheme - particularly as I'm going to have to repeat for another set of 8-9 Goblins after this set.

What this ultimately means is that instead of painting to a tabletop level, I'm not painting to a "good enough" level.
:D

My first set of Goblins - another set of 8-9 to go!!!!

Dreadball - Marauder - Orx WIP - Part 5

Spent a lot of the last week doing detail work.  Unfortunately, as detail work is finicky, it always takes a ridiculously long amount of time.  Especially when compared to the earlier efforts, it always seems like I make a lot of progress quickly and then get bogged down in detail work.

Still, it tends to be the detail work which makes the mini stand out so ultimately, I guess it's worth it.  Right?

Completed the metal, straps and highlights on the black armour

Dreadball - Marauder - Orx WIP - Part 4

Some more progress on my Marauder Orx.  It feels like I'm really close to finishing these now and hopefully, I will be able to finish them off in another week or two.

Anyway, I added in some details on nails and teeth and have started in on the metal boots.  Once I've finished off the boots, I intend to start doing some lining on the black parts of the armour and finish up some of the detail work.

Boots!

Dreadball - Marauder - Orx WIP - Part 3

I'm back!

After a long holiday (which I'll talk more about on my main blog), I'm now back in Hong Kong and will hopefully get back to a normal publishing schedule.

More importantly, I made some more progress on my Dreadball Orx.

I've finished up painting the red on the armor.  If I were painting these as individual pieces, I would probably try to go up another shade or two in colour for the highlights.  However, there are mass pieces and I've already spent more than enough time on the armor so the current state will have to do.

Progress!

Dreadball - Marauder - Orx WIP - Part 2

Another week with minimal painting.  Primarily for 2 reasons.

1. It's starting to get really hot in Hong Kong so I'm feeling lethargic.  At the moment, all I really want to do is sit around and let the sweat roll off...
2. The second reason is that I've been a little bit addicted to Lord of the Rings LCG lately.  I've been posting about it on my gaming blog and it really is a fantastic game!

Anyway, over the last week, I've started to basecoat the armour with white.  I'm planning to have their armour a relatively bright red so wanted the layer of white in there before I got started with the red.

Kinda wished I had primed them white instead of black now.

Sloooow progress

Dreadball - Marauder - Orx WIP - Part 1

I'm back to painting dreadball minis.  Hopefully, once I complete the Marauder team, that will give me 2 complete teams to that I can start playing around with Dreadball.  :D

Haven't done a huge amount yet.  Almost finished with the skin tone (almost).  The model is a bit dark as I primed black so I will likely paint the armour white as I want a slightly brighter shade of red for the armour.

I haven't completed the skin tone for the ones on the left 

Zombie game - Ned - WIP - Part 2

Some more progress, although not as much as I would like, on Ned.

Back view of the model this time as I spent a lot of time this week working on his jacket and trousers.  Hoping to get this model finished this week.

Quite pleased with the highlighting on the trousers