Kemono and Ushi (Bushido Savage Wave)

After spending the past two weeks pounding out Morat models for Infinity, I decided to do something a bit different. 

Currently, I have a shelf full of Bushido and Malifaux models that are still in their boxes. I likely won't be playing either of those games in the foreseeable future since the friend that I did play those games with left Korea a number of months ago. 

But, I did keep the models and I decided that I would build them when I wanted a cool painting project that I could take my time with. 

So, I cracked open one of my Savage Wave blisters and focused on doing a really good paint job. 

I chose Kemono and Ushi, the Oni twins, as I call them. 

I have always really liked the Savage Wave models and had hoped to really get into their army. Unfortunately, things just didn't work out. 

This model is relatively big and he is super heavy (as he is a big chunk of metal). 

I quickly built a rock base with cork for him and based him black. Unfortunately, I didn't clean the model nearly as well as I should have and there were some mold lines that I noticed later on. 

I spent a lot of time trying to get his skin right. I had about 6 or 7 different tones of red that I used. I also tried shading with brown washes where I could. 

Shortly after I took this picture, I dropped the model. His right arm ended up breaking off. I reattached it, but there is a noticeable mark just under his arm armor. 

After I was happy with the skin, I started adding color. 

It was a slow process since I really wanted to paint this model well. I went slowly, tried to wash when I wanted shades and then built up the colors again. 

I was really happy with the eyes. Lately I've been having troubles with eyes as they are generally too small on a lot of models. I just bought some new brushes, so I was able to get a really nice point for these eyes. 

And here is the final model. I tried a new thing on the base. I had seen people say you could make reeds out of old paint brushes. So, I cut up some bristle and made these. I also tried some water effects paint that I have had for a long time, but didn't have a good opportunity to use. 

Overall, I think this is one of the best models I have turned out. Not only does he look cool (especially in my eyes), but he was also super fun to paint. I think I spent between 8 and 10 hours painting the model. It is a bit of a shame that I won't likely be using the model in the near future...but who knows, maybe something will change. 

My next painting project is more PlanetFall stuff. My Soryilian heavy support box arrived yesterday!

Models I Didn't Talk About

I keep this blog mostly for myself. I do not think others look at it. Maybe someone will stumble across it, probably not. Its purpose is for me to look back after a few months and see what I've been doing. 

I missed a lot of paint jobs between September and January. I was busy during those months with other stuff, but I did continue to paint. 

Here are just a few pictures of models I didn't post about...just to remind me about them later. 

Crap load of Ork boys. 

Killer Kanz. 

Big Gun. 

Cannot remember his name...Grotsnik?

Morat Daturazi

Since my heavy support PlanetFall box was delayed, I decided to continue with my Morats. I have a few boxes and blister packs to do for my Morat army. I chose to do my Daturazi this time as they are quite different from the Vanguard troops I did just a week ago. 

I decided to keep a fairly similar color scheme to my other units with the Daturazi. They have blue hair and red skin. 

Assembling the models was quite a pain in the ass. Their ponytails were annoying and their tabards just didn't line up very well to the models. This lead to a very frustrating assembly that resulted in gaps and glue marks all over the models. 

I pushed passed that and tried to fix up a few things with green stuff. I then decided to just get to painting them. The models turned out fairly well while painting them and I really only had issues on their tabards. 

This is what they currently look like. I splashed a big glob of blood on each of their tabards to cover up the horrible connections. I figure I can just say they wipe off the blood from their swords on their tabards. 

After I finished these models the first time, I sent a picture to a friend. He encouraged me to add tattoos to them. This was the biggest mistake that I made with these models. I ended up painting horrible black tattoos on each of their arms. I really messed up at this part. I ended up reprinting their arms and deciding not to tattoo them. 

Now, their arms are okay, however, their skin tone is not as good as it once was. 

Here they are individually. 

My next project is to actually clean up all of my paints and brushes. They are a mess!