Wait, didn't I paint these already? 3.0

 

Sadly I still haven't got the 3D Printer set up yet. Been like 3 months, no new miniatures printed. I still have a small backlog to paint though.

First up, replacing my Black Orc Boss.

None-Games Workshop Black Orc Boss proxi, I've wanted to replace for a while.

 This STL was found on Telegram, along with a whole variety of what were metal Black Orcs.

 

Black Orc Boss Paint:
Skin: "Warpstone Glow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Checker Pattern:  "Scar White" & "Abaddon Black"
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Ironebreaker" Silver both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "Scar White"
Skulls: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Axe Pole: "XV-88"

While cleaning up the Old World Monster Encounter table, I found out I missed something. That table needs 559 monsters not the 558 that I thought it needed. One encounter on Level 9 requires 12 Chaos Warrior Champions, 6 Chaos Warrior Heroes, and 1 Chaos Warrior Lord. This means I'm missing a Chaos Warrrior Hero//Lord model. As usual I found this STL on Telegram.

Chaos Warrior Hero//Lord Paint:
Half Armour: "Sotek Green" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Other Half Armour:  "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Ironebreaker" Silver /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Skulls & Horns: "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Axe Pole, belt, & Boots: "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Axe Leather Straps: "Kislev Flesh" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Overcape: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "Scar White"
Undercape: "Rhinox Hide" dry brushed over with "XV-88"

 

Left to Right: Chaos Warrior, Chaos Warrior Hero, Chaos Warrior Champion.

Next up, another Rat Ogre. I just felt like replacing one of the Rat Ogres I had, so all 3 are different now.

Rat Ogre Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz:  "Ironebreaker" Silver /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Claws:  "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Teeth & Eyes: "White Scar" white
Tail, Ears, and Nose: "Emporer's Children" Pink 
Fur: "Catachan Flesh"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Cloth: "Sotek Green"
Pimples: "Mephiston Red", then "Moot Green" dotted with "Flash Gitz Yellow"

Three Rat Ogres.

Lastly for today, Chaos Spawn. The Chaos Spawn can show up do to some events, items, & enemy spells. But doesn't show up easily until Norsca or one of the Chaos Themed Monster Encounter Tables (Daemon, Warrior, or Beastmen).

I actually want the silly metal one that came out in like 4th edition. I just haven't found an STL for it yet. 

This old guy.

 

 But since I can't find it, this monstrosity will have to do.

Chaos Spawn Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Skin Other Side: "Sotek Green" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz:  "Ironebreaker" Silver /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Half the Horns:  "Screaming Skull" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Other Half the Horns & Tongue: "Mephiston Red" 
Loin Cloth: "Rhinox Hide" dry brushed over with "XV-88"
Teeth & Nails: "White Scar" white

 

So that's replacing 2 models that were previously done, then adding 2 more that are new.

 

That's all for this post, may your lantern always stay lit.

DeMagic Tutor out.

 

Wait, didn't I paint these already? 2.0

 

It's been almost 2 months since my last update.

Two major things have been slowing me down. 

First my oldest child came home to visit. This was back in April. This is relevant because we turned their old bedroom into our 3D print room. While they were back we moved all the 3D print stuff into the garage. We still haven't moved it back, so we haven't printed a new miniature since before April 15th. I do have a few model's I still haven't painted that were printed before this time.

The 2nd cause for delay is, I've actually got to start playing Warhammer Quest using my miniatures. We have now played 11 sessions (usually 2 per week). I've started a blog following these adventures. https://blackhillswarhammerquest.blogspot.com/ 

I have like 13 Plates of miniatures set up to print Orcs & Goblins once the print room is re-assembled. 

Now back to normal Paint Blog stuff.

I've wanted the classic glorious 80s hair Dark Elf Witches since I started this project. Sadly by the time I needed to print and paint them, I couldn't find those specific STLs.  I found and printed the proxi's below:

 A person by the name Ystlund made these (along with proxis for all sorts of High Elves, Dark Elves, Undead, and Chaos). Sadly it appear they got copy right struck, and most of thier miniatures have been removed from Cults3D and other STL sites.

I then came across some A.I. STL proxis that looked rather close to the ones I wanted.

 

These are very close, but some details are just off and the hair didn't turn out great once printed.

I did print off enough of these to replace the 6 Witches and 1 champion. But before I could paint them, Scans of the originals finally showed up on Telegram

 

Witch Elf Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh" /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Hair: "Emperor's Children" Pink dry brushed over with a mix of (50% Emperor's Children & 50% Scar White)
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Ironebreaker" Silver both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Boots: "Dawnstone" grey  /w "Agrax Earthsade" Wash
Armour : "Xereus Purple"

This is the Hag Queen off the Cauldron of Blood.

Witch Elf Hag Queen Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh" /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Hair: "Emperor's Children" Pink dry brushed over with a mix of (50% Emperor's Children & 50% Scar White)
Horns: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Heart: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Ironebreaker" Silver both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Boots: "Dawnstone" grey  /w "Agrax Earthsade" Wash
Armour : "Xereus Purple"

 Most of my daemons for Dungeon Level 1-3 use STLs I got from Tonoborus on Cults3d.com 
I like the vast majority of them. But the Daemonettes don't quit hit right, so I found Scans of the old models I used to have.

Here are the ones I was using painted up:

 

and here are the new ones I finished recently:

 

Daemonettes Paint:
Skin: "Xereus Purple"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash, then dry brushed over with "Genestealer Purple"
Teeth, Nails, : "White Scar"
Claws: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Ironebreaker" Silver both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Tongue: "Sotek Green"
Eyes: "Flash Gitz Yellow"
Armour : "Xereus Purple"

 

The new Daemonettes match up to the rest of my Slaanesh Daemons better now.

 

So thats 17 models printed and painted to replace 17 I already had done. Not only am I getting less done, I'm spending time re-doing what was already done. I'm not going to get the 600 some miniatures I have left done this year, but I'm still gonna try to make a dent. 

 

That's all for this post, may your lantern always stay lit.

DeMagic Tutor out.

 

Skaven Expansion; Part 4 Finished

 

Time to finish off the Skaven Expansion.

 First up, Screaming Bell.

 This is a proxi STL of the 4th edition screaming bell I found on Telegram. The details are just slightly off the original. Rules card for this model can be found at bottom of this post.

Screaming Bell Paint:

Bell Ringer & Grey Seer's Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Grey Seer's Shawl: "Mephiston Red"
Robes on both riders: "Sotek Green"
Skulls & Grey Seer's Horns: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Animal Skin Rug: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Noses, Tails, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink 
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "White Scar"
Wood Parts: "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Grey Seer's Staff Top: "Moot Green" dry brushed over with 50/50 mix (white Scar & Moot Green) 
Ropes: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
WarpStones: "Warpstone Glow" drybrushed over with "Moot Green" then dry brushed over with 50/50 mix (White Scar and Moot Green)

Next, we have Plague Furnace.

So the Plague Furnace only has one official model. Its too new and busy for my taste (especially once I have to shrink it down to Tiny Quest Size). So I need a custom model. Originally I was thinking of making it so I could swap out parts on the above Screaming Bell so it could become a Plague Furnace and save the space of having two completely different models. But I kind of like how this project is just showing off the many different "Eras" of Warhammer models. So I opted in the end to take the 6th edition Screaming Bell and convert it into a Plague Furnace. I took the giant plague censor from the normal Plague Furnace, a 6th edition Rat Ogre, and blendered them with the 6th edition Screaming Bell model to get this.

 

All 3 parts I believe are scans of the original models, I found each of them on Telegram. The stitching of parts together I did using Blender. Rules card for this model can be found at bottom of this post.

Plague Furnace Paint:

Rat Ogre and Rats: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Teeth: "White Scar"
Noses, Tails, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink 
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Style 1: "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Style 2: "Catachan Flesh" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Style 3: "Rhinox Hide" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Rat Ogre Clothes: "Kislev Flesh" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Ropes: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Plague Ball & Smoke: "Warpstone Glow" drybrushed over with "Moot Green" then dry brushed over with 50/50 mix (White Scar and Moot Green)

 

Next up Skaven Engineer. This guy makes Skaven Guns more dangerous.

I'm using the 4th edition Ikit Claw Special character for this. This STL again found on Telegram. Rules card for this model can be found at bottom of this post.

 

Engineer Paint:

Engineer's Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Robes: "Sotek Green"
Skulls &  Horns: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Noses, Tails, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink 
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "White Scar"
Wood Parts: "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Spear Energy Ball: "Moot Green" dry brushed over with 50/50 mix (white Scar & Moot Green) 
Ropes, Tassels, Wiring on Spear : "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Horned Rat Totem: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Claws on Gauntlet: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Scabbards for Knife and Pistol: "Adminstratum Grey" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash

 

So I have access to all these cool Rat Ogres STLs, but no where to use them. The normal Warhammer Quest list only needs 3 Rat Ogres and I already have some painted. What if I used them as something bigger and more dangerous? What if I converted them into STORMFIENDS!

So Mordheim has a Robot Skeleton Rat Ogre. Thanquol's Boneripper dies and comes back as a Robot Zombie Rat Ogre. And one of the 6th edition Rat Ogres is all sutured together. If I swap out their hands for Ratling Guns, Warpfire Throwers, and Warp-Grinders, we can have some 4th to 6th edition style versions of Stormfiends. Rules card for this model can be found at bottom of this post.

 

Stormfiends Paint:

Stormfiend's Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Fur:  "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Exposed flesh: "Mephiston Red" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash and dry brushed over with "Emporer's Children" Pink 
Robe & Facemask: "Sotek Green"
Skulls &  bones: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Noses, Tails, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink 
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar"
Wood Parts: "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Warp-Grinders: "Warpstone Glow" drybrushed over with "Moot Green" then dry brushed over with 50/50 mix (White Scar and Moot Green) 

Size comparison: Left Stormfiend, center Rat Ogre, right Elf warrior.

So lets look at all 49 Skaven Expansion models.

Top Left: Doomwheel, 3x Stormfiends, 5x Wolf Rats, Warp-Grinder Team, Packmaster, and Engineer
Top Center: Exalted Vermin Lord, Brood Horror, Hellpit Abomination
Top Right: Screaming Bell & Plague Furnace
Center Front: 4x Rat Swarms, 2x Ratling Guns, Poison Wind Mortar, & Doom Flayer Team
All over the place: 24x Skaven Slaves

 

The next blog or two will be me replacing a few models I already painted with better STLs I found. But once back on track, its time for the Orc & Goblin expansion.

 

That's all for this post, may your lantern always stay lit.

DeMagic Tutor out.

 

Skaven Expansion; Part 3

 

Gonna start with the distractions. I found a few upgrades for my Hero//Lord models for Skaven.

First up, the new Stormvermin Champion//Warlord. The model on the right is my original Warlord. I think its the champion Stormvermin from 6th edition or later (heck might even be a proxi not sure). What I do know is, I would much rather use the old school Queek Headtaker as my Warlord.

 

 

New Stormvermin Warlord Paint:

Bags & Tassels: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: ""XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Posts:  "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Skulls & Bones: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

 

Next distraction model, is Clanrat Hero//Chieftain. The model on the left is my original Chieftain. This model was really old, like 3rd edition, I think it was labeled "Vermin Lord". I've now replaced it with Arch-PlagueLord Nurglitch. I've made him an unmounted version. More on "mounted" a little later.

New Clanrat Chieftain Paint:

Glowing Rock: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green"
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: "Abaddon Black" dry brushed over with "Dawnstone"
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Posts:  "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash

Banner: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar" and "Mephiston Red" symbol
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Skulls & Bones: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

Hellpit Abomination is a Gargantuan Monster, it only appears on Dungeon Levels 8-11. Its pretty nasty (rules card is located at bottom of this post). I did find the original GW model's STL. Its a 40+ piece nightmare to print and construct. So I went with a Proxi I found on Telegram. This model is called "the thing" by Resinwarfare and can be found on etsy and other places.

Hellpit Abomination Paint:

Glowing Rocks: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green"
Growths on chest: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash

Fur: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Tongue, Cuts, & Bleeding: "Mephiston Red"
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Noses, Tails, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 

Next up, Exalted Vermin Lord. I intentionally used a less impressive conversion for my regular Vermin Lord, so I could use the classic model for my Exalted Vermin Lord.  It ends up being pretty close to the original size as the Exalted models are huge compared to my tiny human sized models. The Exalted Vermin Lord only appears on Dungeon Level 11 and its absolutely terrifying. Its likely the most powerful monster we added to our rules. If you can't cancel his Magic, Ambush A, he can easily party wipe in one turn before the warriors can act (rules card is located at bottom of this post)

The Vermin Lord nearly got me to play Skaven back in the late 90s, its such a cool sculpt. 
It was nice to finally get to paint it.

Exalted Vermin Lord Paint:

Glowing Rocks: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green" and tiny dot of Agrax wash in center of each flat side
Wooden Staff: "Catachan Flesh" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: "Corax White" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Metal Bitz: "Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Wood Posts:  "XV-88" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "White Scar" white
Skulls, Hooves, Claws, & Horns: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Glowing Runes on Arm bands and Chest Plate: "Warpstone Glow" dry brushed over with "Moot Green"

 

 

Size comparison: Left Exalted Vermin Lord, center normal Vermin Lord, right Elf warrior.

 

The "sort of" last model for today is Brood Horror. Where possible I want to use models that have a feel of late 90's early 00's GW. The normal Brood Horror model doesn't really fit the bill. I did however get a great scan of Nurglitch and his mount. If I size up his mount (which is normally the size of a horse) to say bigger than an elephant, we have exactly what I'm looking for. The Brood Horror shows up starting on Dungeon Level 7 and keeps showing up all the way through Level 11 (rules card is located at bottom of this post)

Brood Horror Paint:

Skin: "Kislev Flesh"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash

Fur: "Dawnstone" dry brushed over with "White Scar"
Metal Bitz:  "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth: "White Scar" white
Claws: "Screaming Skull"  /w "Skeleton Horde" wash
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash 
Infected Growths: "Troll Slayer Orange" dry brushed over with "Flash Gitz Yellow"

This 6 legged monstrosity was fun to paint, and needs the ability to be mounted. In our groups first expansion for Warhammer Quest (Lustria) we added Mount//Rider rules. A rider can't be attacked/harmed/targeted until its mount is killed. The movement of the combined models follow the mounts rules, and the rider still fully effects the board as normal with the bonus of usually having a wider base size. When the mount is killed the rider is placed in one of the the spaces vacated by the missing mount. 

The Brood Horror can have mounted on it Clanrat Chieftain, Stormvermin Warlord, Packmaster, or Grey Seer Warlock. It took some editing (and more than one attempt at printing) to come up with an elegant solution.  

A square hole exists on the top of the Brood Horror's back and in the bottom of that hole I placed a small magnet. This hole is tapered to be skinnier at the bottom than it is at the top.

I created a plug that has a magnet on its bottom and top (its the grey block in the above image sitting on the letter "e" in the "Make A Wish" text). The "plug" is 95% the size of the hole, so it can fit in the hole after its painted. I can use another magnet to pull this plug out and then place one of the 4 above models as a rider (each rider has a magnet on the bottom to keep it snuggly in place). Nurglitch is the base "rider" model, the other 3 are combining Nurglitch's bottom with Warlock, Warlord, or Packmaster. Each rider is a completely separate model from its on foot version, painted with the same paint scheme.

This puts me to 43 of 49 Skaven Expansion models painted. The remaining 6 are already printed, just need to paint them. (Hmmm, the mounts are not listed in that 49, so is it actually 47 of 53 painted?)

 

That's all for this post, may your lantern always stay lit.

DeMagic Tutor out.