PICS: A Circle Album - Solos

Here are the current Solos in my lists.


Druid Wilder

Blackclad Wayfarer - One of the first Circle models I purchased and painted, if only so I could paint his home-grown stone axe. The figure was a complete pain in the ass to paint at the time due to his cloak and tiny details, but in the in end I like how he turned out.

Lord of the Feast - One of my favorite Circle solos to field, even moreso since Grayle the Farstrider was released. But just because of the sheer nastiness that is the Lord, he almost never survives long enough to really hit his stride... nearly just about everyone I play goes gunning straight for him the first thing they do once they see him hit the table. I swear, you teleport him just once right into the midst of someone's unit of Stormblades and utterly slaughter the whole lot of them, and they never forgive you from that day forward. ;)

 

Wolf Lord Morraig - I have a love/hate relationship with this model. On the one hand, Morraig is one of the first models that got me well and truly excited to start playing the Circle faction - I couldn't wait to finally get my hands on him. He's got impressive abilities, and he hits like a tank. But for all that, he just never performs for me on the table - whenever he should have an next-to-absolutely-impossible-to-miss shot that should wreck house or help win me the game, the guy fluffs the attack with either a 2 or a 3 on his to-hit roll.

For all that, I still love this model. Morraig here is not yet finished - these are shots of the WIP. As shown, he still needs his sword hand painted, and he's missing his shield. In fact, his upper torso is not yet glued to the rest of the model at this time, to allow me to easier access to painting him.

PICS: A Circle Album - Light Warbeasts

Here are three of the light warbeasts. While I have two Argus models (Argii?) they're not finished... I'm seriously considering just stripping their paint and redoing them.

In the meantime, here's my Woldwatcher, Woldwyrd, and a Gorax WIP  (I have a fully painted Gorax 1st sculpt, but I like this guy more).

Woldwatcher, Light Warbeast Construct

This guy has probably absorbed more damage and kept on ticking than even his bigger 'brother.'

Woldwyrd, Light Warbeast Construct

Battle krill! I've actually become quite fond of this little guy and his magical laser.

Gorax, Light Warbeast

Not the view you likely want coming right at you... I'll be adding drool to his face once he's finished.

... Course, the rear view a Gorax isn't pretty, either.

PICS: A Circle Album - Heavy Warbeasts

So, the following are a bunch of miniatures I've painted on for my army. Some were done a long time ago, others more recently. But after playing with the camera and finally getting some good shots, I felt it was high past time to post these up.

There's a lot of pictures here, so I'll somewhat sub-divide these up for easier viewing. Click on the image to get the bigger version.

So, without further ado, here's the bulk of my (painted) forces. Enjoy!

Feral Warpwolf (aka, 'The Grey Mouser'), Heavy Warbeast

Warpwolf Stalker (aka, 'Wraith'), Heavy Warbeast

Gnarlhorn Satyr, Heavy Warbeast

Woldwarden, Heavy Warbeast Construct

Paint Log - 3/19/2012

More in-progress shots of the Celestial Fulcrum. These are from the last two nights.

Two nights ago. Got two of the "moons" detailed enough that I could attach them to the fulcrum. I stopped working on the "gems" at this point, only blocking them in so I could work on them the next night.

I also redid the runes on the right side of the fulcrum, to better match the left.

Previous night's work. Gems done, also added the third and last "moon." Did some highlighting of the moons.

Finally glued the stone spar that supports the Fulcrum into the base. Started painting it - needs a few more glazes to have it match the rest of the base.

Backside of the Fulcrum. Did some highlighting of the back areas to make them blend better with the front view of the Fulcrum. Still need to add a "green glow" on the backside of the support spar.

Paint Log - 3/14/2012

It's been a while, but I'm still at it. Unfortunately, wedding preparations and the like have kept me from the painting table for a while (although lately I've been spending a fair amount of time playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, as well...).  I haven't been able to make it over to the game store for almost 2 months now, just because everything is rather hectic, but lately I found some time to get back to painting.

Previously I mentioned the possibility of stripping Mohsar and Nuala. I went ahead and did that - since then I've repainted Nuala, and she looks much, much better. She's about 80% finished. Mohsar has been primed and his cloak base-coated, but that's about it for the moment.

The Tharn Bloodtrackers are finally all finished, over a year past their purchase. I'm quite happy with how they turned out. After I get a few better photos of them, I'll place them up here.

I also picked up the new Circle models - The Gallows Grove. I did a small bit of basecoating on one model last night - looking forward to painting them.  Also assembled, based and primed the Sentinel Stone and Mannikins. Need to paint those. Assembled Baldur the Stonesoul, built his base out of thick cork and painted it, as well.

As for the rest...
I haven't said much about it now except for a few previous references, mostly because I was hoping to surprise folks with it once I had finally finished it... but seeing as many know I have it, I figured I might as well show off what I've got so far.

The model that's been keeping me busy for the last few months is the one I've been salivating over ever since PP first teased it. I received it just after it released in December as a late birthday gift from my fiancée ... The Celestial Fulcrum battle engine!

These pictures have been taken over a 2-3 month span, since I started painting the Fulcrum sometime in late December and have been working at it off-and-on again since then. I started repainting the model midway through, which is why it's been taking me as long as it has. But I'm a lot happier with the newer, more polished, results.

With regards to the color scheme, this is straight out of the painting guide in Hordes: Domination. I'm following their guide very closely, in part because I love the studio scheme, and in part to better learn how they went about painting it.

Backside of the Celestial Fulcrum. Just finished painting every single rune with the first step of color.

Next step: adding Menoth White Highlight to each rune to create 'hot spots' in the glow effect.

Each rune has now been glazed with mix of green, yellow and blue ink. All finished!

Phase two: At this point, I started repainting portions of the fulcrum because I wasn't pleased with the result. You can see the difference if you look closely - the right side of the stone ring has the new paint job, compared to the left, which is the original. The stone looks better on the right, in my opinion, and more akin to the studio paint job.

Last night's work. At this point, the entire front side of the fulcrum has been redone - stone, wood, and runes. I still plan to do a minor touch-up on the green gem. The three guys in the foreground are the druids who control the Fulcrum. They'll be attached last.

Better view, showing off the new paint job. I tried a different method of doing the runes on the left that captures the look of the glow better, I think. I'm debating about going back over the right for a third time and redoing the runes on that side so that they all match.

View of all the Fulcrum's pieces: On the left are the "moons," which will be the next pieces attached, something I'm really looking forward to. Each one still needs its own gem painted, along with the wood and steel bands on their armatures to be finished. The druids are currently semi-painted - just their skin and glowing stone breastplates for the moment.

I still need to do shading and highlighting of the various gold bands and plates on the fulcrum.

Backside of the fulcrum. Here you'll see that I haven't really gone back and further painted the stone yet. Part of me really likes how the darker tones really makes the runes 'pop,' but I still plan on highlighting the stone at least a little more to bring it more in-line with the front.

Used the camera's flash here, just to make some of the other details stand out.