Greetings Terrans, how goes it? I’m still coming to terms with life after Wolf Time – motivation to paint anything has been pretty poor these last couple of weeks, and this has combined with a general low mood, but my mojo is slowly coming back… I know from experience that the best remedy for any kind of slump is to focus on the positives and just do what I can, so I’ve been getting some decent running in the bank while the weather has been good. I also decided to crank out something quick and easy on the painting front, and have sort of committed to clearing my neglected minis pile, (which for me means ‘undercoated and based’). Fortunately, I had this wee beasty lurking in my heap’o’shame:
He’s a Diehard Miniatures Undead Minotaur – a sod to photograph but a lovely sculpt, and for me, the perfect mini to get back into painting. I’ve followed my usual approach to undead here – mainly ink washes, only using ‘proper’ highlighting for the bone & metal, and then some rust, blood & goo added for good measure… nothing taxing, just a basic zombie jobby! I also finished up this long-neglected chaotic type:
I think he’s from the Pantheon of Chaos range, but I can’t find him on their site so feel free to educate me in the comments if you know better! Regardless of provenance, he’s a superb mini with loads of old school charm. I’ve painted him to go with my version of ‘Konrad Venkel’ from PoC… I vaguely had/have a notion to build a chaotic warband in the service of Malal, so black & white predominates on these guys, and an overtly insectoid look abounds. Clearly this is a slow burning project – I painted Konrad back in August last year, so at this rate, I’ll have a decent warband by the time I retire! For now, the party stands thusly:
Aaaand that’s it I’m afraid folks – nothing else doing at the moment! I’m going to be away from my paints for a week, and then I plan to crack on with the rest of my neglected minis – mostly Diehard Eru-kin and a certain Necromundan celebrity. I’m not sure what to expect after that – I have vague plans for a Wood Elf BB team, expanding my DoK for Warcry, some sci-fi civilians and a RoC warband, but not sure what order to approach this in… I’m kinda keen to try Warcry, so maybe DoK might get to the head of the queue? We’ll see.
Anyway, that’s all for now folks – onwards and upwards!
Lovely Alex and a good start at getting your mojo back. Happens to us all but whenever I go to a show I am normally inspired and fire up again pretty quickly, well quickly for an old guy that is! 😊
Cheers mate – yeah, normally I have a burst of motivation after a show too, but this year was different & left me flat. It’ll pass :-)
What a way to come back! I love those. I’m not sure about the insect fella, but it certainly has that Pantheon of Chaos vibe you mention. Absolutely great work!
Cheers dude – a nice way to ease back into it :-)
Each of these is better than the last, lovely.
I find it best not to rush into any new projects after a big gaming blowout. Adding bits to existing things is less likely to be abandoned in fluctuating anticlimax.
I’m painting three Stormcast to make a core Warcry force. See how I go from there :)
Cheers dude, and wise words – it’s hard to get back into anything major at the moment so gently does it for a while I reckon.
Good to hear the Justified Ancients are getting some attention mate, that colour scheme rocks! I’m looking forward to dipping in to Warcry… Newhammer DoK for sure, but I suspect the lure of old lead may tempt me to reinterpret one of the new warbands further down the road…
Good to see you back in action mate! That minotaur zombie is really cool, hadn’t seen that one before but it’s a nice sculpt and you’ve done a great job with it. Not sure on the origins of the insect-man but he’ll certainly fit in with a Pantheon of Chaos warband. Nice work on his checked trousers by the way, very old school (and still something I struggle to replicate).
Lovely work on those chaos themed models.
Cheers,
Pete.
Welcome back! That minotaur was a new one for me, great sculpt and your paintjob is excellent. Love the horny-insecty-chaosy one too!
After your Magnum Opus, its easy to be a bit down. It’s a hobby, it will happen when it happens, make life fun!
Nice work btw Alex!
Some neat miniatures and well done painting them.
Cheers Ann, it was just good to get some paint down :-)
The undead minotaur is superb Alex!
Cheers dude 😊
Hey Alex, hoping things are looking a bit more up for you. I can certainly appreciate the need to take a rather large exhale after getting The Wolf Time completed, and that Undead Minotaur is pretty great as well. :)
Cheers dude – still not feeling it tbh, but I’m sure it’ll pass.
It’s always a triumph when you can find your groove again, so congrats! :D
I love that Undead Minotaur (like a regular Minotaur wouldn’t be terrifying enough!) and I can definitely see how it would be a good piece to get your creative groove going again.
Cheers IM – sadly, that was 6 weeks ago, and I haven’t touched a brush since!! T’was a shallow groove it seems :-/
Glad you like the Minotaur though – he’s a beast of a mini ;-)