Rainy day painting - Various miniatures

The two mercenaries were hot on the trail of the Marquis de Maw. They didn't see themselves as bounty hunters, but a job is a job. Finally, they had him cornered. "It's all over Maw!". However in response they heard a laugh, as Marquis de Maw faded away. "Dammit! Just a damn hologram! I told you we weren't no hunters." The other grumbled as he put away his pistols and walked away. 

While I was painting the Eldar HQ units and the servo skull a few weeks back, I found myself waiting for paint to dry. Usually I have something to do around the house. However it was a wet, rainy weekend so I had extra time at the desk. So I grabbed a miniature off the primed shelf and got to work... then I added another and another... until I had finished 5 additional models! 

The first model is Star Wars model from Wizards of the Coast. Made for the table top roleplaying game before they started producing the pre-painted ones. I think I picked them up at a con ages ago. He's been floating around unpainted for a while as I used him back when I played the RPG. I figured it was finally time to throw some paint on him.

Binary Transports, employee 

I knew one of the colors I wanted was blue. The company we ran in the game was Binary Transports, and their corporate color was blue. You can see some of the other models I painted for the game in my very first blog post. As I started, I realized he could also be part of the mercenary crew I've been slowly working on. Probably just as a new recruit or something. So I kept to the base colors of that crew. 

Since I was painting one mercenary, I figured they'd likely come in pairs. This alien from Northstar Figures fit the part. I have to say, I REALLY enjoyed painting this guy. The Northstar Figures may not have all the details of a modern day GW model, but what they do have is sharp. I gave him the same blues and tans of the other mercenaries, and of course the white equipment. I went with red for the skin which of course has Red Skull vibes, but it looks fantastic as a finished piece. 

Photo contrast was still off when I took these pics...

... And then I said, why paint one really enjoyable model when you can paint two? So I grabbed this; alien? Psychic? Villain? Anyway it's a really cool model and also fun to paint. I decided to paint him in red armor so he can work with the pirates. Perhaps also the genestealer cult. I figure he's a soldier for hire as well... though more on the villainous end of things. To finish up the details he got a grey overcoat to blend in, and a silver mask. Because I'm a big G.I. Joe fan so yes it's a mask. What's behind it? No one knows for sure.

Marquis de Maw, mysterious space villain.

But it kept raining... so I kept working, and decided I could knock out some terrain/objective pieces as well. First is a simple 3D printed box I received with an Etsy order. A quick blue drybrush over a black base. Followed up with a wash of nuln oil and another drybrush of a lighter blue to pick out details. I also brushed the imperial logo in white. While doing that I accidently overbrushed onto the blue... but I thought it looked like someone over-sprayed it with spray-paint. So I just left it. 

You know, for shipping stuff?

Last, but not least, I have a bunch of 28mm 3D printed arcade machines. There was only one direction you can go when you are playing space games and have an arcade machine... 

"Greetings Starfighter!"

This is a simple painted black, drybrushed grey cabinet. Then finished with a ton of hand work. I probably could have used tape or something to get the lines straight... but I really just had fun working out the details. I think it looks good for the tabletop, but definitely not perfect. Super happy with it and already looking at doing another cabinet.

No time for games!