Community Spotlight: Epic Gods, Rumbling Tanks & A Warrior Nation
February 2, 2018 by crew
It's Community Spotlight time once again as we look towards the Hobby & Painting Forum and see what you've been working on over the past few weeks.
We always love seeing what you've been tinkering away on so make sure to share your work too and maybe you'll get yourself a Golden Button!
Mythic Battles by baronvonuppercase
We start with some work from baronvonuppercase as he shows off his work on one of the Gods and Monsters from Mythic Battles: Pantheon. Since we're going a bit wild for it at the moment it made sense to drop this into the mix. Here we have his work on Zeus.
It's great to see someone working on the model and representing him as a physical being on the tabletop - rather than a statue or something of that ilk. That is, of course, totally fine, but there's something to be said for a scheme like this. The work on the very bright white is stunning and works really nicely against the bronze as a contrast.
Add to that the awesome muscle definition work and the crackling lightning in his hand and you've got a wonderful miniature for the tabletop.
Standing next to Zeus we also have this lady, Medusa the Gorgon.
Once again we're seeing a stunning scheme brought to life here with the subtle colouring of the yellow scales worked against the green. This is then carried over into her writhing hair and the pale skin that seems like just the right look for Medusa I think.
If this continues I think that baronvonuppercase is going to have a wonderful collection of models with which to play Mythic Battles: Pantheon, creating a cinematic experience on the tabletop.
M5 Stuart Light Tank by foehammer888
Next, we move onto some Historical work with foehammer888 as he paints up this awesome M5 Stuart Light Tank for his US forces on the tabletop.
Without me saying anything I think you'd agree that we've got a superb scheme going on here. The way the colour has gone down on this tank looks great as if it has been ripped from the pages of one of those Pulp comic books.
The model is actually part of his growing Konflikt '47 force as well and you can check out more of his work on the link above where he has been showcasing much of his collection. Before that though, check out this work on the other side of the tank.
It's neat to see some subtle detail work like this which allows you to add a dose of character to what otherwise would be a generic tank. The pin-up girl on the turret is great and I love the idea that when playing you'd be encouraged to call out the kills that 'Red Devil' gets as it goes about its grim work against the enemy.
Warrior Nation by hazyboy75
Last but not least we turn our attention to the work of hazyboy75 who has finished painting up his Warrior Nation Starter for Wild West Exodus.
We don't normally get to see people's work on this range so it was awesome to see this pop up on the forums. As well as being a great scheme that really brings across the look and feel of the Warrior Nation; it's also my favourite faction from the game!
You can get a closer look at his work on the link above but as you can see he's worked very well with lots of pale colours and browns to create these models, and the scheme works exceptionally well. It can sometimes be hard to get a scheme that uses so many similar colours to work, but hazyboy75 has hit the nail on the head with this one.
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Every week we’re absolutely blown away by the incredible topics that are put into the Hobby & Painting Forum, it’s getting more difficult to choose Community Spotlights! We love your work and we hope to see a lot more of it in the future!
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Great stuff again.
Cracking work all round, congratulations to everyone on their Golden Buttons.
warrior nation are looking ace! The pin-up on the side of the tank looks cool too, I’ve got four shermans and they’d all look alike if it wasn’t for characterful additions like that. Well done foehammer! Sarissa have an interesting Roman temple for the Streets of Rome range, would it be heresy to use a Mythic battles mini as a statue inside do you think?
Thanks. If you view the full post, my goal is to have a name and pin-up to individualize each vehicle.
That Stuart Light Tank is actually a perfect historical recreation of USMC Armor deployed in places like New Britain, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, etc, through late 42 and through 43, into early 44 (first M3, then M5 Stuarts) The wooden planks are added to defeat Japanese magnetic mines. The camouflage poncho on the engine deck is a little more mid- or late-war (or ’47 War) 😀
Seriously great work.
I’ve read its for Konflikt 47 but this would be great on a lot of “pure” historical tables as well. 😀
Thanks. It’s actually a little off history. I’ve been told that apparently the USMC didn’t start experimenting with things like Wooden Armor until they transitioned to the M4 Sherman. As tanks in the pacific were mostly assault guns, the USMC wanted the higher HE of a 75mm or 105mm Sherman over the relatively light 37mm of the Stuart. I made this for Konflikt as (1) i love the Stuart and (2) in K47 the Japanese have deployed many light scout walkers. As it’s 1947, and the Stuart is obsolete in Europe, it could easily be repurposed to the PTO to… Read more »
So well done. When I saw it in the forums with all the rest of the K47 stuff I wanted to get my stuff all finished.
My advice is set small goals frequently. I try to paint at least a little every night, and usually in bulk. Example: basecoat the pants on a squad. You do that 1 night, wash the next night, highlight the following night. In two weeks you’ve got a squad, and never hit a fatigue point.
Also, lack of progress is a demotivate, while evidence of progress is a motivator.
Congratulations, all well deserved once again!
Great work everyone. I especially like @baronvonuppercase ‘s miniatures. Not that I have anything against people painting their miniatures any way they like, it seems fairly rare to see someone really go to town on the Pantheon figures. And given how good they are, it’s a shame we don’t see more people making the most of them.
an amazing standard of work folks.
Great stuff: I allmost backed Mythic Battle for the beautifull mini’s alone. These are wonderfully done.
Not a real Track-head, but that pin up is bloody awesome.
And the warrior nation look beautifull as well. Great earth tones.
Thanks for the comments guys!!