...whether I manage 365 minis in 365 days remains to be seen, but anything is progress so I won't worry about it too much.
This time I've got the miniatures from the Warlord Games boxed game EXTERMINATE! The Miniatures Game for Doctor Who, featuring those classic enemies and monsters/bad guys - Daleks and Cybermen.
Not really my miniatures as such, these are painted to be used for demo games but they are still off my pile of WIP miniatures so one of those 'easy wins'.
The miniatures are well detailed and crisply moulded and designed to be a good push-fit, although I glued them to be sure.
I tried something a bit different with these and primed them with Army Painter 'Anti-shine' straight over the pre-coloured gold (Daleks) and silver (Cybermen) plastic! Although nominally a clear matt varnish, like all matt varnishes it has a slight grainy texture which would then hold the washes to follow and show the original colour underneath without any need to use a coloured primer or basecoat.
Here they all are in that 'primed' state:
After the 'primer' and ink wash, it was a simple case of a few highlights before adding details, and they painted up really well - all I needed to do before returning them to Warlord was a few details I'd missed on the Daleks and finish the bases properly on the Cybermen - this was another departure from what I'm used to as I tried the 'Agrellan Earth' texture paint from Games Workshop to create a cracked earth finish similar to the quarry side of the 2-sided battle mat included in the game - after a reddish wash, quick drybrush and sparing application of suitable tufts I have to say I really like the end result!
So with those cheeky little Cybermen Transmats in there that's 34 miniatures finished and off the 'Lead' mountain for 2018, although I'm not sure yet what will be next ...if nothing else I've got some Dark Ages minis needed in time for Salute in just 5 weeks!
