Les Chiens de Guerre

Here are a few of my Hell Dorado miniatures:

My first army that served me well under Don Quichotte (DonQ is still pretty much WIP):
(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7163/truppe.jpg)

Spadassin No1:
(http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7153/spadassinfinal.jpg)

Maroufle:
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7684/maroufle.jpg)

Gueule Des Abysses  (WIP):
(http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/539/gueuledesabysses.jpg)

Comments & Critique most welcome :)

LOvely work! I particularly like the bases. The swordsman chap is very nicely done - great use of lighting

Love the Blade for Hire. He's one of my favourite figures.  Mine's not going to look near as good.

Suhweet !

Thanks for the comments.

Today I started painting 'Le missionaire' and I almost finished him. The area around the face and his shoes still need some love.

Edit: Final version here - ready to be fielded and plunder hell  :D
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2204/misfc.jpg)

Effing pro.  I'm anxious to see how my Westerners compare to these when I get mine finished!  :D  I have to ask, is that NMM on Gotz and the Jaws?

- Alec

I have no NMM used here - I'm simply trying to shade the metallic colors with thin glazes to help the contrast with mediocre sucess. Looking forward to seeing your Westerness :)

A new WIP: I almost menaged to finish painting both Deserteurs this week-end.

(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7025/deserteurwip.jpg)

(Face and Metals need some more love).

Very good.

I'm not seeing the latest pic.  Anyone else having that problem?

It works for me...

Voilà, finished version:

(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9122/3333y.jpg)

Wonderfull.
You have a very higt level, i love your choice of color.
Excuse my english

I can see the finished version.  Very nice indeed!

Thank you for the positive comments.

Here comes the second deserter - almost finished:
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9431/deserteuer2wip.jpg)

This egare is currently in the work - didn't like the model initially, but I start loving it :D
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2720/egares2.jpg)

The work on the "Rétiaire" continued:

(http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5531/egaresomp.jpg)

The only real criticism I can give is that the source-lighting effect on that... pincer-spear-thingy the retiarus has is a tad too bright considering the brightness (or dimness) of the lava. The lighting on the hinge looks about right, but at the edges it (in my opinion) is spread too brightly a bit too far. Keeping the current brightness at the very edge but dimming the "tail" of the reflection a bit would perhaps work better.

But once again, this is a matter of taste and heck of a lot better than anything I've accomplished with that technique so far.

I like it ^^

The 'Rétiaire' ist finished now - the final version had the head part finished and I added a thin layer of glaze medium on a few areas to give a slightly wet apprearance. While painting him I learned a lot and hope the and I'll hope to avoid some mistakes I made with this one - I skipped the detail work as it would have likely cost me one or two more evening to get it right.

(http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9603/egaresretariusc.jpg)

Great work. The OSL is very nice. My only suggestion would be to try and work a few more colours into the skin with some light glazes here and there.
Cool paint job still ;D

Loving it!

I really like The 'Rétiaire', but it looks like it lacks a bit contrast on the skin.
The metalparts, especially the shoulder pad, are really impressive!
Great work overall and a truly lovely base (slate?)!

Happy painting!

Thank you for the nice feedback. I think the skin has more depth in real compared to the picture - the camera swallowed some of the colors. Unfortunally you rarely see a miniature properly lit on the gaming table... hence more contrast couldn't hurt.

Currently Painting Angelo - there is a small 1on1 "battle of brushes" and we chose him:
Still heavily WIP and I'm having a hard time with black leather...  c&c most welcome

(http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8610/angelo3.jpg)

He is looking geat.

Bloody amazing! If there's something to nitpick, it would be the shoulder-lemure's highlights which seem a bit off and perhaps the flasks (although I suspect that the flasks are not ready either at this point). I wish I had the patience (and skill) to paint like that... kudos!

I did a bit more on Angelo and got a bit frustrated with the head (it looks too redish on the picture). I agree that the green lemure needs some extra work.
(http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9949/angelo4a.jpg)

I started working as well on Eurynome - drilling the holes is quite a tedious job and worse fiddling in the strings(!). Once I get closer finishing the main body I'll properly fix them. 
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5306/clipboard01ad.jpg)

Wow, that's some solid looking work. Inspires me to buy Demons now, especially with the uplifting announcement today.

Thanks for the WIP shots, it helps to see exactly how one can materialize the concept art.

Very imprresive paint work also.

Thank you for the compliment and Eurynome is really among the most impressive sculpts I've have in my hands and the way they broke him up for the casting (I think close to 20 pieces in total, however they fit perfectly and are easy to assemble and the drilling part for the wires is fun). Nonetheless the demons are a bit too nasty for my liking. Painting him up for a friend and his army... I'll stick to my 5 other factions ;)

A small update on Eurynome.

(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6585/img1463p.jpg)

Eurynome is almost finished now....

(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5647/eury.jpg)

*whimper*

The finished version at last:

(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1662/testch.jpg)

Not quite sure about the next model .. there have been too many cool releases for HD. At least I can catch up a bit painting my armies until we get some new releases.

Oh for crying out loud... go drown yourself in a muddy puddle. Your skills depress the heck out of the rest of us. I wish I had the skill and patience to produce something like that.

That's brilliant mate! I hope when I paint mine he looks half as good as yours.

Nice that you like it. It's just a matter of patience I think - a friend who's a much better painter gave me the advice; simply be stubborn as a mule when painting. I guess around 30h of painting went into Eurynome

I signed up for the "Iron Painter" contest at Wyrd and for this first round I'll paint Don Quichotte - the first time I attempted to paint him around a year ago he was too difficult to paint for me and I never finished him:

The horse is halfway done now - hopefully I'll get him finished in time for the contest.
(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7615/donquichotte.jpg)

Very beautyfull indeed !

One remark if I can : don't show the coasts so down on the belly of the horse... it looks strange under the saddle ;)

Thank you for that hint - I was pretty much blind to that. I think it looks better now - but there is a lot of work still to do on that horse.

(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/739/donq4.jpg)

Absolutely stunning work.

I can't wait to see the finished model.

Here is my finished entry:

(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8517/donq8.jpg)

I'll add a few extra bits to the base - but I didn't menage to get this done before the deadline.

What a great job!

reflected lights on the horse are really impressives.

Another WIP - unfortunally I won't finish it in time for the Iron Painter Contest this time and I don't want to rush it after having spent a considerable amount of time into painting already:

(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5509/nagawip2b.jpg)

C&C appreciated as always

WOW! My favourite version of this mini yet.
I really like the colour of the tail - very natural & much better than the studio colour. The Aqua will work nicely too. Is that to be your 'force' colour?

This is looking good! Up to your excellent standard!