Hellboy The Boardgame: Germans

Yet again it's been a while since posting here and that's mainly because I've not actually had any completed work to show.  Instead I've been working through my Chaos Marine backlog for 40k, which thanks to the current lockdown I've managed to entirely build and undercoat all of my Black Legion and Death Guard.  However after spending months building 40k I needed a change and I've been itching to get get started on something that I could get done in a short space of time, Hellboy.

My idea to get these done quickly was to use contrast paints but I wanted to get that heavily shadowed look that Mike Mignola has so I sprayed the miniatures black before spraying them top down with the contrast gray.  Though it hasn't worked as I'd planned it does give the miniatures a nice dark tone that works very well.

Here's a couple of shoes of the undercoated Frog  Monsters which are up next.

Warhammer 40k: Ork Stompa

It's been a good few months since my last post and in that time I've actually not completed anything, though I have been building relentlessly for my Chaos Space Marines so I'm hoping to start painting them in the near future.  However one kit I did complete before the end of the year was my old school Ork Stompa which was sculpted and cast by a member of the Oldhammer community.

As soon as I saw this I knew I had to have one as it would fit right in to my army being based off the old Epic Stompa.

I kept the Goff paint scheme I've used on my other Ork vehicles and though some might find it too clean a paint job it looks great as a center piece to my army.

Here's a size comparison with some other miniatures, as you can see he's not as big as the current plastic Stompa (I'll be using it as a Gorkanaught in 8th Edition) but he towers over the 2nd Edition miniatures.

Core Space: Crews of the Poseidon, Yamato and Skylark

The last three trader crews for Core Space are done as is all the terrain now which means we'll be playing some games in the near future!

Once again these were painted entirely with the contrast paints and I'm very impressed with how they work and the speed they allow me to paint at.  Going forward I'll be painting a good deal of the PVC Kickstarter minis with these as well as using some in my day to day painting (they're great for painting hair, leathers, skin and plasma glows very quickly and look good).

Crew of the Poseidon

Crew of the Yamato

Crew of the Skylark

Core Space: Security, Galactic Corps, Civilians, Gangers and Traders

It's been a busy old time at the paint table recently and I'm blasting through the Core Space minis (I actually finished them all this morning).  In the space of a week and a half I've managed to get through all the following miniature thanks in the main to using the new Contrast paints from GW.

It has been a learning experience but I think I've got the hang of them now and how to work with each colour.  I'll certainly be using them to paint up the Hellboy and Batman Kickstarters but I've also got Tyranid and Genestealer Cult armies waiting in the wings and these would be great for them.

Enough about the paint and on to the miniatures!

Security:

Galactic Corps:

Civilians:

Gangers:

Crew of the Ion Hope:

Crew of the Black Maria:

Crew of the Cygnus:

This leaves three crews to finish (just to varnish at this point) and then it'll be time to pop out the terrain and have a game.