Race to the Finish

My painting queue has been stacking up with projects, and now it's a race to see how many I can complete before the end of the year!

 

 

Feral Ghouls– Regrettably, these guys (and gals; there's a generous mix of lady-ghouls in the box!) won't be finished this year. I've sidelined my Vampire Counts to focus on bringing my Tomb Kings army up to size. I have five models finished with sculpted wolf pelts, and six more assembled, but that's as far as I've taken them. I have 20 in total to build, but they will have to wait for now...
 

 

Bat Spell Counters– As I write this, I've actually got some paint on the models, and only have the scrolls and basing to finish. I feel bad letting these languish for as long as I did, since it was such a simple "quickie" project. I'll be knocking these out soon.

 

 

Demon Ship– Another project that I had been (and still am) really excited about, but that had to go on the back burner while I finished up a bunch of Tomb Kings projects. While I haven't made any more progress on the game board, I do have the miniatures primed and ready to paint. I'd like to at least knock these out this month.

 

 

Star Wars: Shatterpoint Ghost Crew– I have three of the six assembled and primed (the others will require more conversion work to adjust their poses). Hopefully I can finish at least one of them.

 

 

I tried to modify their bases to be a little more uniform. My initial plan was to sand the detail off the top and then add styrene detailing to the base. I used a belt sander to grind down the surface and, while it mostly worked, it was difficult to get a uniform smoothness across the surface. 

 

 

In the end, it was more work than it was worth, so I resorted to using regular 40mm bases.

 

 

I cut a section out of the center of the base, and used a resin component I had made for a scenery commission. This piece was laid over the gap, and I put two pieces of thick styrene on either side to finish off the floor. The excess card overhanging the edge was then trimmed away and I sanded the sides smooth. 

 

 

Once the base is painted, the gap will allow me to put a piece of white styrene underneath to create those ubiquitous "pill lights" seen in Imperial architecture. (This technique is much quicker and cleaner than trying to paint in the white ovals if everything was solid.)

 

 

I've got all six bases built, and here you can see how a miniature would be posed on it. Now to get painting and see how much of this I can get through!

 

 

'Til next time!