Ork Freebooter Pirates!

Games Workshop only released a single model for this unit (plus a special character, not painted yet). So I had to get creative to make a complete squad. I kit-bashed most of the squad from Ork Nobz sprues (converting kombi weapons into Snazz-guns with more-dakka). I also replaced the heads with some custom Ork Pirate heads I found online. The heads were resin, and needed some conversion to get them to fit the bodies, but in the end I think they worked out!

Ork Painboy

Who wants Feel-No-Pain and 5+ invulnerable saves? Orks do! I painted the Painboy (and Grot Orderly) to accompany my Free-booters.

Sielendria (Reaper Miniatures)

I painted this for my wife, she wanted a miniature to represent Seoni in Pathfinder. We weren't excited about the official miniature, so she found one in the Reaper lineup that she liked, and I painted her to match the color scheme. The golds are sloppy, but I like the way the red and skin turned out. She wanted me to make sure she had the tattoos.

Blood Angels Librarian

I have had this miniature in my collection for a long time, and I finally got around to painting it. I used the jump packs from the Sanguinary Guard to make it more clear that this guy owes his allegiance to the Blood Angels (plus it looks great with the blue armor).

Skylanders Repaint 13 (Ninjini)

Before and after.

Skylanders Repaint 12 (Sprocket)

The factory paint job is on top, followed by my repaint (in two views) below.  Once again, I felt compelled to fix the metal paint on the original model with a non-metallic metal paint scheme.  The armor was given strong highlights to indicate a metallic sheen as well.  The pants were given better definition and shadowing and the goggles were painted to look like the character card.

Repainted Skylanders Collage

Skylanders Repaint 11 (Fright Rider)

Similar to Chop Chop, this model has a lot of white bone with zero contrast (and that annoys me).  The factory paint job on the face is also without good definition and further inspired a repaint.  The artwork on the character card depicts glowing blue eyes on the bird and I tried to recreate that in my version.

Skylanders Repaint 10 (Drobot Series 2)

The factory paint job is not necessarily bad, but it is very sloppy (paint over the lines, etc).  I decided to repaint and wanted to model it after the art on the character card.  This meant that I had to use Non-Metallic-Metal (NMM) on the brass, which took forever (with the multiple layers of shading and highlights). 

Skylanders Repaint 9 (Terrafin Series 2)

The factory paint job of Terrafin is simple and the eyes are a little misaligned IMO.  I completely repainted him with added muscle definition, better eyes, more defined teeth, and improved contrast on his skin and metal knuckles. 

Skylanders Repaint 8 (Prism Break Series 2)

The factory paint job for Prism Break is a very simple, single-coat, green dry brush which didn't look that bad.  Nevertheless, the artwork on Prism Breaks character card shows his glowing eyes with the associated illumination on his face and shoulders.  I wanted to recreate that on my model.  While I was at it, I also redid the body with a series of washes and multiple, dry brush layers.

Skylanders Repaint 7 (Jet Vac Series 2)

I was disappointed in the lack of definition in the feathers and eyes on the factory paint job so I exaggerated those aspects in this repaint.  I think the new version has much more character.

Skylanders Repaint 6 (Gill Grunt)

At first, I was tempted to simply repaint the eyes and add definition in the creases but I eventually covered the whole model in fresh paint.  I think the new color better matches the shade used in the game. 

Blood Bowl Orks

I finally got around to finishing some Blood Bowl miniatures. First up, are the Orks (or Orcs, I can never remember if they spell it differently in fantasy-land). I actually started painting these on vacation (on a cruise!) and finished them at home. 3 Goblins, 1 Thrower, 3 Blitzers, 8 Linemen, and 4 Black-Orc Blockers. I had fun with the checks. I was afraid it was going overboard, but I think they need the lighter colors.

Skylanders Repaint 5 (Hot Head and Hot Dog)

The fire models were not painted that bad but lacked good color transitions and the glowing magma in the cracks.  I also added shading on the face and repainted the eyes.

Skylander Repaint 4 (Sonic Boom S2)

Sonic Boom was not the worst of the factory paint jobs but I really liked the play of this character and felt inspired. The factory paint job on my model was actually not as good as the one shown and had no shading on the wings.

Skylanders Repaint 3 (Voodood)

Voodood's savage orc character reminded me of my Warhammer Fantasy army and this inspired me to improve his paint job. 

Skylander Repaint 2 (Sunburn)

Sunburn had the worst of the factory paint jobs, IMO.  Total repaint based on the artwork. 

Skylanders Repaint 1

Chop Chop's paint job was far from his artwork and had to be redone.  This is the only Skylander I used NMM painting on instead of simply shading the metal.  Both sword and armor got the NMM.