WIP Battlemechs

The next set of Battlemechs. Wolf Clan is Tan and Grey (as far as I can tell). So these are Wolf Clan.

I still need to wash the metallics and do detailing (like canopies), but the big colors are all blocked out.

 

Beholder

I see you! It's the big thing that I spent entirely too long trying to find. Nolzur's Beholder!

I painted it the same way as the Spectator and Gazers (see previous post).

I asked my kids if I should assemble it with the "casting" eye-stalks or the regular eye-stalks. They went with the magic effects. I preferred the regular ones. In the end, I decided to do both. I'll probably end up losing all of them and I'll have a Beholder with only 1/2 the eye-stalks... 

WHFB: Treekin WIP

Once more, the paint is finished on these, but the bases aren't finished (hence the WIP label). These are the medium sized forest spirit in that pantheon. I have to admit, I have mixed thoughts on these models. At first I really didn't like them, after having painted them, I only somewhat despise them. The detail blurs into the bark while the overall form is rather ... hideous.

Treekin w/ Skeleton

Treekin Champion

Treekin w/ Owl

Treekin w/ Owl #2

Treekin w/ Skull

Treekin Champion

WHFB: Tree Spirit Tokens WIP

As part of the tree spirit/wood elf project, I put together some tokens to use for either wound markers or spell effects (mostly they will be used for spell effects ... I don't expect to be taking too many wounds).

These are in the same state as the Dryads from last week. The paint is complete but the bases still need a bit of work.

Not pictured is a owl on top of a waystone (my thumb got in the way).

Skull Bush #1

Skull Bush #2

Reeds with Spite

Spites (sorry about the blurriness)

Spite w/ Skull

WHFB: Dryad WIP #2

The paint is finished on the Dryads, I just need to do the bases (add green flock and maybe add some static grass). Then I'll overcoat them with 2 coats of glosscoat followed by one of dullcoat to protect the paint job. I'll do all of that at one time for the entire Wood Elf forest spirit project. I still have some treekin and treemen to finish.

Dryad Champion

2nd Dryad Champion

Dryad w/ bones (if Dryads ever get command models, this will be used as a std bearer)

Branthwraith (i.e. a Dryad that can cast spells)

Dryad w/ Owl (if Dryads ever get command models, this will be used as a musician)

Drycha, the Branchmaven of Woe

More Dryads

WHFB: Dryad WIP

I decided to do a summer project. I've always wanted to do a Wood Elf Tree Spirit army, so I thought that would be a good goal (even though the new Wood Elf makes it a decidedly underpowered choice). With the end of summer looming, it doesn't look like I'll make it ... but hopefully I'll have it done before the snows of winter hit. Now onto pictures!

WHFB: High Elf Flamespyre Phoenix WIP

Awhile back I decided to assemble all of the High Elf miniatures I've picked up through the years. As part of that project, I also picked up a High Elf Phoenix. After building the Frostheart Phoenix from the pieces in the box, I still had the Flamespyre parts left over. I also had a spare Gryphon from the Island of Blood boxed set, I decided to try making a second Phoenix from all of these spare bits.

This will probably be the most involved conversion that I've ever attempted. As you can see from the pictures, I've already come a fair way and mostly just have greenstuff work left. Sculpting the feathers should a challenge, but I've done some huge swathes of fur (on Ghorgons and Razorgors) and hope it's not too dissimilar.

Originally the plan had been to do as little as possible, but after looking at how far back the wings attach on the Gryphon, I decided I didn't think it looked "natural" enough. So I moved the attachment point for the wings forward and glued the phoenix head to the end of the gryphon's beak (instead of just doing a headswap). Then I cut off more of the lion body than I had originally planned. To make it all flow together, I'll have to add more greenstuff, but it should look much more avian than if I had left the wings where they would have originally attached.

Top down view

Side View

Close-up of the Body