Happy Monday folks – been a while, and I have had precious little time for painting, but I do have a some stuff to share. I’ve had three Eru-Kin squad leader types in their undercoats since before Christmas, but they were on the back burner while I got my version of Arkhan finished for Azazel’s painting challenge. I don’t like having stuff sitting around unfinished, so I got these done as quickly as I could. Check ‘em out:
The banner guy is a small conversion – he had a Lizardman sword added for weapon continuity reasons, but he’ll have to wait for his banner I’m afraid. They are destined to lead their respective squads to BOYL this year – roughly identified by the colour of their loincloths (or skin in the case of two of the squad leaders):
Now, challenge time… It is an increasingly congested market at the moment – it’s a challenge keeping up with all the challenges! But… I am issuing the call to all WIPsters and hipsters, painters of hammers old and new, Inq28ers, collectors and gamers. Dear reader, no doubt you have heard of Orctober, Deadcember, Slaanuary, and all the various themed months of the year… I would like to propose that we add Fembruary to the list – a time of year for us to collectively challenge the male domination of our collections, and commit to painting some female miniatures for a change… Sisters of Battle and/or Silence, Witch Elves, Sorceresses, Inquisitrixes, Escher gangers, Daemonettes and Shield Maidens – whatever female minis you have on the to-do list, I challenge you to bump them to number one in the queue for the month and get some paint on ‘em… Let’s do something cool ok? Ok??? Ok.
For myself, I’ll be tackling Annie Norman’s (of Bad Squiddo Games/Dice Bag lady fame) ‘Ghosts of Gia 1’ collection, plus ‘Olivia Nutron Bomb’ from BOYL last year. These 10 minis are grown up, no-nonsense representations of post-apocalyptic femininity – no silly battle heals or unnecessary/unfeasible cleavage here:
I’ll be approaching this project with an 80’s punk/goth/new romantic vibe – think Siouxsie and the Banshees in glorious technicolour… In fact, the gang/squad is going under the working title ‘The Banshees’, and will be perfect for Necromunda, RT, or any post-apoc pulp games.
Finally, I want to give a big shout out to Annie – for those that don’t know, Annie is a hobby nut who set up her own business specialising on providing a range of “Believable Female Miniatures” across all genres, (that’s quotation marks, not ironic apostrophes), and is increasingly making waves on Kickstarter to grow this range. I really admire her vision and determination to make the hobby more representative – something the whole world desperately needs IMHO. Annie rocks – go check it out on www.badsquiddogames.com
Azazel said:
I’ll do my best to finish the update of three of my original 90’s Escher, and finish painting three more never completed in the 90’s with my updated style and basing. Or a Dark Elf sorceress. Or with some (lots of) luck – both!
See if you can find half an afternoon to finish something left half-finished. Female figures more than welcome. Quid pro quo ;)
Alex said:
Will do – quid pro quo indeed :-)
doubledowndice said:
Broken link (assuming it should go: http://badsquiddogames.com)
Great job on those minis! I hadn’t noticed the slimy skin look that is going on there. How’d you do that?
I like the Fembruary challenge. I don’t if I can commit to it yet though. I’m still working on a team of Dwarves from last year. I swear I could easily win an award for world’s slowest painter sometimes!
Alex said:
Thanks mate – you’re right about the link (sorry), and the wet skin is just ‘ardcoat painted quite thickly over the flesh. Don’t female dwarfs have beards anyway?? ;-)
doubledowndice said:
Haha, took me a minute to realize you were talking about the Dwarf team I’m painting. I tell ya, those boys ain’t going to be happy when I tell them you called them a bunch of girly players…on the other hand, if you’re right…they might end up pleasantly surprised to find out their team is a little more diverse!
Suber said:
Absolutely great lizards, as always, and kudos to you on proposing Fembruary!
Alex said:
Cheers Suber :-)
imperialrebelork said:
Nice work mate. Those frogs of yours are great sculpts. Challenge accepted by the way for Fembruary!!!!
Alex said:
Thanks mate, and good man!
Joseph Garvin said:
Conveniently, I have some Sisters of Avelorn (of the Watch now?) and a couple Seraphon as my next projects to finish up, so that works.
Alex said:
Excellent choices :-)
heresyofus said:
Lovely paint work my friend. Fembruary you say! Ok I have a Femme Militant model that needs to be painted so paint it I shall :)
Alex said:
Thanks dude, and looking forward to seeing your Femme Militant!
Wudugast said:
Once again those lizards are looking rather nifty, the bone coloured armour and the glowing green eyes are especially nice. As for Fem-bruary I’m very definitely game; firstly because it’s exactly the sort of thing that’s worth supporting, secondly because I can tie it in with a couple of other projects I’ve got on the go and thirdly because when it comes to community challenges I’d turn out to the opening of an envelope. :-D
Alex said:
lol – thanks mate – good to have you onboard :-)
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Thomas said:
A single miniature (not Lord of War) challenge actually would be doable. I could take a break from my Thousand Sons and paint a Drukhari killer. Yeah, that would be fun.
And the Space Frogspawn look awesome as always.
Alex said:
Awesome, good to have you on the team mate :-)
Thomas said:
Yeah, but my track record have been extremely poor lately. A single mini. I hopefully cannot fail here.
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Alexis West said:
I’m doing some Seekers of Slaanesh for Squaduary, so I might as well jump in on this, too. Thanks for the link to Bad Squiddo! I’ve been looking for good female minis for ages.
Alex said:
Cool! Welcome aboard Alexis, and glad the link is useful! Good choice of mini – looking forward to seeing your Seekers :-)
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26soldiersoftin said:
Leadballoony
Picked up news of your #FEMbruary challenge from ImperialRebelOrk – sounds a great challenge which I have put in my Man of TIN blog site and will put on my Pound Store Plastic Warriors website too https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/fembruary-hobby-challenge-conversions/
Best #FEMbruary wishes from Mark, Man of TIN
Alex said:
Brilliant! Thanks Mark, good to have you aboard mate :-)
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Gary said:
I’m not sure how I missed this, but put me down for an my Escher leader, Maman Brigitte of the Voodoo Dolls. I’m trying to complete Squaduary with my Escher gang and failing miserably, so I might as well fail at this as well ;-)……..I’m pretty sure I can manage one model this month……blush.
Alex said:
:-) Cheers mate – welcome aboard!
castigatoruk said:
Woohoo, after a marathon painting session, I painted a model…..only another nine to go now!
http://castigatorschaos.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/fembruary-challange-complete-maman.html
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Argentbadger said:
This has been a terrific idea for a monthly challenge. I was able to tie mine in with Azazel’s ‘neglected model’ challenge for extra internet points. I present Hannah, chief Freikorps archivist: https://thebovineoverlord.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/painted-hannah/
Alex said:
Perfect entry mate – she looks badassed! Thanks for supporting mate :-)
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