Malifaux, Guild Witch Hunters - Executioner

Finished up the last of my Witch Hunter miniatures today. This one dosn't come from the crew box but is a bit of a melee tank I picked up to compliment both the Witch Hunter Crew box and the Ortega Family crew. Both seem very shooty so having a bit of a beef tank seemed appropriate.

I picked out the 40mm base insert with the little bird to paint it up more like a raven or the like. Seemed fitting for the Executioner. I was very glad of the time spent on this model. I think it came out really well and I got it done over a single day. I especially liked my color choices for his gear. I think the combination of steel and brass looks very good. I painted on a few signs of heat in the vents and the like. Not sure I care for how those particular elements came out. But overall it looks very good.

Malifaux, Guild Witch Hunters - Group shot

Here is a compiled group shot of the Witch Hunter Crew.

Malifaux, Guild Witch Hunters - Samael Hopkins

Finished up the last of the Witch Hunter crew miniatures, Samael Hopkins. He was an interesting piece. A lot of armor like details across the miniature coupled with small detail elements made it a very interesting model to paint. I enjoyed work on him very much. Only took me a day to paint him up but it was very worthwhile. I think he will be a very complimentary piece on the field with the Witch Hunters, as well as any other Guild crew I may field. He will be especially valuable with an Ortega crew. His high damage potential along with his mobility and caster neutralization will help balance the crew for multiple encounters.

Malifaux, Guild Witch Hunters - Sonnia Criid

Finished up Sonnia Criid and man did she come out well for me. Her face isn’t the best one I’ve ever done. But the rest of the model really shines I think. The runic tracing along the blade and the overall shadowing along its length looks great. I think most impressively is the lighting effects for the candles on the gravestone. They came out looking really great. The last photo really shows this effect well. I think she will be a great centerpiece for the crew and shine very well.

Just the overall color use and composition came together very well in my mind. I can’t wait to get her and the Witch Hunters in for a game soon. They should be very interesting and fun to play a game through with. A far cry different play wise from Pandora at least.

Malifaux, Witch Hunters - Witchling Stalkers

Got all three Witchling Stalkers done, they came out alright. I just wasn’t very impressed with these models compared to most of the stuff Wyrd puts out. There was so little detail and their whole bottom was just blank. Coupled with the guy holding a sword low and in front the sword was made about four times as thick as it should have been where it was in front of the body. Still I think I made a good effort at getting this unit done and ready for play at least. No real painting ooohs or ahhhs to speak of with it. I did paint the face/hand wrapping slightly different coloring for each to help with game play differentiation.

Malifaux, Guild Witch Hunters – Purifying Flame

Today I have the totem for the Guild master Sonnia Criid, leader of the Witch Hunters. I rather enjoyed the quick work on this little miniature and think the results where well worth the time put in. The base choice really makes it pop giving more meaning to the position the flaming skeleton is in. I think I spent about as much time painting the base insert as I did the totem on this one. Really fast guy to do. So tiny. This is my first attempt at lighting effects. I put some blue reflection across the base to represent the flames light from the Purifying Flame. The effect is… meh ish. It is there, but it is not all that well done. I shall try again in a future model I’m sure.

Malifaux, Hans

Finished up Hans the same evening I got Pandora done, my first Outcast for the game. I wanted to get some ranged support for Pandora and the crew as an option. Seems that Hans should fill in for that very nicely. when I first saw the model picture I thought he was holding a cigarette in his left hand. Turns out its a billet shell for his rifle. I very much enjoyed this model. I painted his body completely before attaching the arms and painting them. This helped me to get the details where the rifle rests done without having it get in the way. I really liked the way his pants came out. I wasn't very sure when I got started how I wanted them to look. Initially the dark grey wrap on his shoulders was the same coloring as his pants. I added a black wash to the shoulders to darken it and the two came out sufficiently different. Since I will be using him with my Neverborn force primarily, at least as far as I can tell now, I based him on a Victorian base insert. I’m still waiting to get basses for all my guild models. So I won’t be able to get them based until a bit after I get them all painted.
My plan is to pick a base style for each faction and stick with it. So far its Victorian for the Neverborn, Graveyard for the guild. Outcasts will be using a mix mash of bases, and some specific sub models might get other bases based on strong theme. Like the hag and her lizard men would defiantly need to go Bog for their base. As always click the pic for a larger version of the image.