Grey Matter

The date draws near... the minis are cast, and boxes being prepared.  That would be the four new factions for Wild West Exodus, and a whole lot more!

Of course, the Watchers will be among those factions heading to human habitats around the globe.

Just as with the previous Greys, I have had a lot of fun playing the warmer tones of the base (even the grass tufts from Kings Hobbies and Games), against the cooler and more neutral tones of the figure.

I think you can see some of that a little better in these views.

You can visit Outlaw Miniatures to order your own, supplement what rewards you may have on the way, or simply download the free rules PDF.  In addition, the cards for every character, unit and vehicle in the game are also available for download.

http://www.wildwestexodus.com/

The Earth Shatters

We visit the Shattered Earth once again from Massive Awesome.  As with the previous characters, this figure had a few different head options.

You can see some of the other figures that they have created on their facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/massiveawesome/?fref=ts

While this set of figures has more of a 21st century military feel, there are also some more fantasy oriented figures that are pretty fun as well!

There is one more figure in the set, so stay tuned!

I tried to stay in keeping with the concept art as much as possible.

The Azure Sorceress

Since I had a few other "glowy" figures out on the table, I thought I would finish off this figure which had been started a long time ago as a possible test piece for the Object Source Lighting video.

Here's a link to the preview video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXqIo-UMSr8

As many of you know, this is one of the primary ways that I gain more efficiency in the painting process.  If I am working on something that involves the same skin color, armor, etc., I will try to cluster those together, even if they are not part of a specific unit from one manufacturer.

You can get the Object Source Lighting video, and many others in USB form here:

http://www.kingshobbiesandgames.com/James-Wappel-s-Object-Source-Lighting-p/jwpp4.htm

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/222006565886?

Meat Cleavers!

This guy from Red Box Games has some mighty big choppers.

I tried to reflect some of the snow colors onto the blades.

We continue on with the big project!

Shattered Earth

Here's another miniature from Massive Awesome's Shattered Earth.

A link to the facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/massiveawesome/?fref=ts

These are finely detailed sculpts and casts that could serve a variety of purposes.

I had a lot of fun painting this guy!  I have been using some Secret Weapon Miniatures Urban Rubble bases with them as well.

I have been following the concept art color schemes as closely as possible with this set, and that's always an interesting challenge.  Usually there has to be some alterations made in the process of sketch, to sculpt, to final cast.

So here's a side by side by side of the journey!

Home Invasion!

Now that you've seen the Monolith for my Tomb Kings, I wanted to show you the other piece of terrain that is demonstrated in the same video.  I just had to make these for my Lizard army!!

It is very fun to build, and once the foliage on it, the realism is pretty scary!

Another view from the filming of the video:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-monumental-task.html

In addition to the monuments and houses, I created a video called Building Forts and Towers.  I used these in many of our games, and the walls were part of my display board at Adepticon!

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/08/forts-and-towers.html

And now for the house from the Home Sweet Home video.  Here's a few pictures that I shot as I was raising the roof!

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/08/time-for-some-shingles.html

The process of constructing the house is not very complex... this is the first of a series of posts:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2013/03/this-olde-house-part-1.html

Obviously, this is a very fun piece of terrain to paint!

Here's a few figures to give you a sense of size...

This is MY sky!

The dreaded Legions of Asharah return, claiming more territory and slaves for the Blood Star.

As with the previous Reaver jetbikes, I have added a few more bladevanes, and created a base to match the large display board.  The base is a combination of baked sculpey clay and a bit of plastic GW terrain.

This gave the base some weight, and kept the center of gravity low enough so that it would not tip over on rough terrain.  In addition, the bottom of the base was magnetized.  Having that magnet allowed me to carry all my figures around more easily, since each box had a piece of sheet metal at the bottom.

Another handy thing I like to do with my terrain is to use magnetic primer.  While there is quite the same kind of bond as with the sheet metal, it still maintains a decent hold.

These views show the freehand on the bike, and a touch on the base as well.  There was a mosaic tile theme on the display board, so I attempted to re-create that effect where possible on the bases too.

There are still many more bikes yet to come, so stay tuned!