Mousekiller's Empire Army

[mousekiller]

Well, I am no longer in the comforts of my own home and am travelling, so you will have to excuse the length of time since the last update. In any case, these three are mostly done- the base still needs a little love, the faces need another highlight, and the wood still needs to be done. Anything else you would recommend?

Perfect timing Jabber, that article is perfect. Thank you.

exilesjjb: no worries mate, I have the travel kit with me on this trip... hopefully I will keep the updates coming. Thanks for the inspiration to get back in gear.

 

[A Luna]

Amazing quality for an army!:O
I love those pikes with shields.

 

[sapphire]

the pikes look amazing!! can i ask where the shields are from?

thanks

 

[BPI]

As it's just to my side...

I did a sprue swap with a friend a while ago, it's from an old Empire/Orc WHFB version. Cheers, B.

 

[mousekiller]

A little more on Luthor... slowly but steadily...

BPI: Thanks for the pic.

sapphire: BPI hit it on the nose, the 6th edition game release. Came with empire vs orcs.

exiles: Sorry, I am indeed a slacker. Here is a taste of a small update. Still working on those stunties... thought I should have them done soon. Then we can start on some slayers...

 

[exilesjjb]

I will not bust your chops as you are on a road trip, have to put my stunntie plans on hold have got a gig commison painting at local hobby store loads of 15mm FOW, giving me flash backs as started my painting on this scale. Still give me chacne to shop around for the perfect dwarf figures my next army is not going to be rushed watch this space(well not this one as its mousekillers will do a WIP of my own)

 

[mousekiller]

Ok, got three more spears close to being done.

Also, added some decoration to Luthor's robes, but I am not sure that I like it.

exiles: Have you started yet mate? If so, let me know so I can check it out.

 

[cheelfy]

The writings are nice but I think the blue and yellow points aren't very good for him.

 

[COG]

nice
love the drummer and the circles on the drum
luthers robes need definition
cant really tell what it is

 

[sapphire]

nice painting!! though i would agree that the spots just arent working too well!!

on a side note, would you know anywhere that i could get my hands on that edition of empire troops?

cheers

 

[mousekiller]

I *finally* did a little work on the horse, deciding to go with more of a white color. The tail and hair and snout will be a bit darker (either dark brown or black, haven't decided yet). Also, got rid of the horrid designs that were on his skirt, I think a straight red will probably be much better on him then anything else. If anyone has any good ideas on something to do with the hem, maybe?

cheelfy: I think you are right mate.

COG: I am going back and reworking them now mate, thanks.

sapphire: These days your best bet is probably ebay... or older game shops.

 

[cheelfy]

Nice, I just think you could shade it a little bit more in some areas, in the ears for example.

 

[mousekiller]

Well, I am going to call the spear regiment done. Not completely happy with them, but I usually am not completely happy with any of the units I finish... lol.

Anyway, here they are.

And to throw a vote at CMON: 10th Spear Regiment

Cheelfy: Thanks mate.

 

[cheelfy]

Nice guys, maybe just some more highlights on the red.

 

[mousekiller]

Ok, so here we go with Luthor again. I really want him to look a bit better then my normal rank and file troops, and I want to finish him soon... so, these will be the last WIP photos of him. What does that mean... well, blast away with the critiques already people... no time for dawdling (had to look that one up to check the spelling.. lol)...

cheelfy: Yeah, that red is not showing as nice in the pics. It is brought all the way up to fiery orange... maybe up to yellow... but I don't want it to come across as fiery... any tips?

 

[mousekiller]

Well guys, I think we will finally call Luthor done. I highlighted his face a bit more, added some blood streaks to his head, highlighted the tail a little more, did some base work, and a few other little tid bits. I have to say, this model was a royal pain to actually paint. The horses head is pretty cool, but the Luthor model is just... well, was a pain. Anyway, he is done, for better or worse. On a side note, the scripture over the horses eyes says "See no evil" and one of the scriptures on his side says REPENT. The rest is just scribble. Enjoy and throw me a vote if you get a chance. As always, I will update the beginning of the thread with a bit of history and add these pics to the rest of the finished pics, so if you have not seen the rest of the finished stuff, you can scroll back through the beginning of the thread.

VOTE AT CMON: Luthor Huss

 

[mousekiller]

Ok, so long time no update on the empire... but I am sure some of you guessed it was coming.

Finished up a total of 15 handgunners, 5 more and I will call the unit done.

 

[Byronic]

Looking great as ever Mousekiller, nothing constructive to add but it's nice to see you posting again

 

[mousekiller]

I am getting closed to finished on that last rank of handgunners, but in the meantime I pulled this Wizard off the shelf of things done a few years ago. I did not do much new to him, except modify the base a little (added the dark spots around the flames and painted the sides of the base with walnut). During the original modelling, I had shaved all the saddle bits off of him and added all the flames with green stuff.

Anyway, hope you like!


CMON: http://www.coolminiornot.com/128075

So, lets see, what else is on the table:


Empire: Finishing the last rank of handgunners, likely the next 24 to 48 hours.

Dwarfs: Finishing the last rank of Slayers, likely the next 24 to 48 hours.

Orcs and Goblins: Started the weapon bits on Skarsnik. Still working the scales on Gobbla (what a pain they are proving to be).

Beasts: Started the test model, still not convinced on the skin color.

Mortals of Chaos: Finished basing the third rank of marauders. Ready for priming.

Ogres: Still working up the first rank (mostly on that huge banner... )

Demons: Pulled a model from the shelf to help me think about finishing what I once started...

Vamps: Sick of skeletons... maybe this months new release will get me rolling again.

Skaven: Trying hard not to think about them... but getting inspired by the Forge World model.


Assembly: Forge World Theodore Bruckner and Reaper (this model comes with a mounted and dismounted version... was disappointed to find that the mounted version is missing both arms and the rear part to the saddle... going to have to email Forge World), Forge World Skaven Brood Horror with Warlord (very stunning and massive model), Herald of Tzeentch on Flying Disk.


I have to take a minute now to talk about the various types of casting. Obviously metal alloy casts will always be my favorite to paint for painting purposes, but have always proven to be a pain in coverting and pinning. The models coming out now in plastic are pretty spectacular, and pretty nice to paint as well. Some of the newer techniques don't seem as appealing to me, the materials used in both Forge World models (though these are not HORRIBLE but do require lots of trimming) are not too bad, but the material being used in the new Finecast models from GW seem to be a bit annoying (and quite limp when it comes to the weaponry). Ranting done. On a side note, I was browsing through some reaper stuff this morning and thought I saw a newer model from the Warlord range that looked to be cast in plastic. Any confirmation on this?

Byronic: And glad to be back as well mate.

 

[mousekiller]

Well, after having no power and finally breaking down to buy a generator... I can finally post the finished handgunners

And to vote at CMON: http://www.coolminiornot.com/296818


I will be going back in the thread later today as well to update the "story line" as well.


Soooo.... what is up with everything else:


Empire: Will finish the Knights Panther that I started last year (only really started two of them, plan to flesh the unit out to 10). I am torn on one thing, and that is that I have 9 soldier models, and 1 of the old Panther Grand Master. IMO, the old grand master as a full fledged lord (model wise) just doesn't compare to the types of heroes that are being produced today. I already modeled a unit champion... so I am thinking of making this model a HERO level character that will be permanently placed in the unit to give me the nice round 10. Painting wise I suppose it doesn't matter, they all 10 get painted Any opinions?


Skaven: Modeling the base for the Forge World Skaven Warlord on Brood Horror. Will be the first model that I start in the Skaven army.


Daemons: Pulled the old Reaper Lord of the Abyss off the shelf that I had started working on a few years back. Going to make him into a Daemon Prince for the Daemon army.


Mortals of Chaos: Once the weather turns decent (or at least semi decent) I will prime that next rank of marauders.


Dwarves: Nearly finished on the Slayers, should have an update soon.


Ogres: Probably 70% done on the first rank of Bulls. I will try to get an update posted soon.


Orcs and Goblins: Weapons, black robes, red bits. Started re-doing the scales a bit after looking at some completed ones on CMON. Overall it seems that most people are having the same issue with the scales, they just don't look that good. The best ones I have seen have had small stripes coming down the center of the scale (first time I have seen scales done like this). Any suggestions? If you search skarsnik on CMON you will see what I mean. Will post an update soon.


Vampire Counts: Still working that last rank of skeles, honestly haven't done anything with them in the last week. Really won't take that much to finish them... just looking for the right kick in the bottom I suppose.