Malifaux Title Masters

Next I thought I’d take a crack at Captain Dashel and Hamelin. Dashel is all about commanding the Guild Guard and patrolling the streets, so I have his crew based up on sidewalks, with rubble and bricks mixed in. Hamelin is a dirty sewer boy, so I have his crew done up on slimy putrid water bases, and some have piping and rubble mixed in. It shouldn’t be hard to make up a hybrid base for the 2 schemes.

Malifaux bases have a lip, so I started by cutting out discs to stick inside and bring the base up flush. I glued in one, and added a groove to look like a separate part of the sidewalk. For the hybrid base, I only used a half disc so that it looks like where the sidewalk meets the dirt. I then added some sand to the edge, and a pile of sand to the sewer base. I put it down with superglue so that it would build up a bit thicker.

After a prime, I painted the dirt brown, and drybrushed tan. Then I painted the sidewalks with a dark gray, and used a bit of sponge to stipple on a darker gray and a lighter gray to give it a sidewalk look.

The last step was to paint the submerged area in a few shades of green, and then pour on some water effects. I wasn’t super happy with how it came out, I still find water effects to be a bit hard to make look good. Needs more experimenting.

the disease containment unit is mostly a leather outfit with a red cloak. The leather was done with an orangey brown and a wash. I then finished all of the metal details and her hair, before doing the red cloak.

Dashel is also mostly red clothes, leather straps and some metal. I did the leather with brown and a wash, and then spent some time highlighting the cape manually. The axe heads were a bit tough. They look like a very dull metal in the art. I tried doing some NMM to give it a scratchy texture. I think it came out okay, but im still not super happy with my NMM. I can do it pretty decent on small surfaces, but these guys are big.

Hamelin was a fun one. He is all dirty looking green and khaki. The green  bit coming out of the flute looks like someting between smoke and fire, so I painted it similar to how I paint fire.

After putting them on their bases, I felt a bit better about the paint jobs. I think they fit in well with their crews, even though I painted them years ago. I have to say these new sculpts for Malifaux in the last few years have been excellent, really dynamic and high detail. They are a ton of fun to paint.

Oh and don’t forget the videos I did on both of these masters if you wanna learn all about their lore!