Community Painting Picks – Heroes, Zombies & Dragon Towers
February 10, 2016 by brennon
It's that time again as we look at some of the painting that our community have been doing over the past few weeks. We've got some real gems from the Hobby & Painting Forum and as always within the thread called What Are You Painting Now? which continues to grow in popularity by the day...
Dragon Prince By brushstroke
First off we have this very well painted Dragon Prince for the High Elves of Warhammer Fantasy by brushstroke. It's fantastic to see the model done in green rather than the blue that we're used to seeing. I really like the work on the armour plating to make it look well crafted.
As I've mentioned in the past the base can really help make a model and I think this is certainly the case here. The action of the horse makes sense now that he's included the stone at the front. The additional different heights and types of grass and flowers give it a very natural look.
PanO Infinity Models By onlyonepinman
onlyonepinman has been working on his Infinity. While there are other models from this range to check out over on the forums I picked this one out for the work done on making the lights look like they are glowing.
The armour segments also look nicely defined and the dark blue of the gun is refreshing rather than just regular black - it keeps things within the overall scheme. Some nice work has been done on the Sci-Fi flooring. It's always a challenge to work out how to base miniatures in Sci-Fi when it's not all grim dark.
Heer MG42 By piers
piers continues to show off some skills as he paints up this MG42 team for use in World War II wargaming. I like that this lot are actually in the process of moving around rather than being properly set up. I particularly liked the details on the uniforms to not just make them look the standard 'grey'. The facial details have also been picked out well too.
I would actually go to the trouble of having both this set for a moving team and another one for when they are set up. Extra thumbs up from me for taking the picture within a Normandy-like setting. They appear to have found a nice spot outside of a church.
Dominus By tharagon
Getting back to the world of Warhammer 40,000 we have this Dominus by tharagon. We really love his faction from the grim dark future and it's always fun seeing what people do with them.
I really liked the look of all the glowing parts of this Dominus when I picked it out. You can see it faintly around the plasma gun at his arm and around the contraptions atop his back. It's also neat to see that he went for blue as the colour of the cloak which almost gives it a traditional 'undead' feel.
Black Plague Heroes & Villains By silverstars
Showing us that perseverance is the key to progress we have this full set of Black Plague heroes and villains from silverstar for Zombicide. I particularly wanted to focus on the heroes that have been worked on which all look nicely individual but also tied together within the one set with their muted tones.
I particularly like the work on the Dwarf and the Rogue but the Wizard also gets a big thumbs up. You could very easily see these being used for role-playing characters once you've finished with the zombie invasion. You can take a look at some more of his work on the What Are You Painting Now? thread.
Dragon Tower By hephesto
Now we're back to the Ridend as we close out this round of Painting Picks. Here we have a fantastic Dragon Tower which is one of the biggest pieces from their range. I love the look of the feathers here and the big bold primary colours. It makes a change from the drarker colours we're used to seeing in Fantasy.
Once again hephesto has some more images of his Ridend force over on the forums so if you'd like to see more you can by checking it out HERE.
As always if you have some work that you'd like to show off then we'd love to see it. Come and share your projects - be they early in their lives or coming to an end. So many of our community members are really friendly and ready to offer advice and more on all of the work you've been doing.
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I am very envious of that fully painted black plague set!!! Its exactly what I had in mind when I bought mine and I have managed to paint……….. none.
Damn you dedicated painters!!!!!
Feel the same – part of me thinks that with all those other models piling up this is after all ‘only’ a board game 😉
For the zombies I got the Necrotic flesh primer from Army Painter with a mind to then doing a simple base on the clothing etc and then wash. Maybe spend more time on the heroes and the Necromancer and A-bomb.
BTW – Black Plague has landed in my FLGS this week – so those who are tempted,,,
Thanks for the recognition! Made my morning. 😀
Omg a completed Black Plague set, so need to pull my finger out I have that and all the other zombicide sets to do plus lots more, but there are so many shiny things and I’m easily distracted……… Love the paint job though well done
If it makes you feel any better my four other Zombicide box sets aren’t receiving any love either. 😀
nice well painted figures their guys n girls.
Impressive stuff all around ! The Black Plague colour choices are amazing, and the Dragon prince is simply superb…
Have to agree with everyone else about the Black Plague; these are amazing. Have too admit I am a fan of the Zombicide games and they do some really nice figures. Have to ask; do Silverstars doe any tutorials on these figures?
I actually did a step by step photo album of how I painted my zombies for a Facebook Zombicide painting group a little while ago, I could probably do a post in the hobby forum with those pictures after I get some sleep. 🙂
Glad to see this is becoming a staple! I am really pleased these guys are making it to the front page.
Well done everyone once again 🙂
Beautiful work 🙂
Nice work on the thread @caladors – your a credit mate 🙂
WoW 🙂
Some really nicely painted minis.
Woot, I’m famous 😀 In all seriousness though, thanks a bunch for the recognition and well done to everybody!
Really love there’s such a broad selection of miniatures and games in the ‘What are you painting now’-thread. Does me well to see folks enjoying the hobby in all its varied ways.
Really impressed by Silverstars full Black Plague set as well, both as a result of the large pile of plastic and the very nice colour schemes.
I’ve really got to get back into regular painting…
@brennon great to see community painting featuring on the homepage again and thanks for the inclusion of my Dragon Prince, much appreciate 😀
@elromanozo thank you very much 🙂
Thanks, this made my week/month/year so far. We’ll try and ignore the fact that one of the glowing bits was a finger mark i had to correct :p