Hey guys. i was thinking of painting the minis that come with the game to help with the atmosphere of play. Wondering if anyone has completed this task. Thought this would be a cool way to show off your work.
Let's see em'!
Painted Minis? Show off your work!
Hope this works...here's Harvey...
Flyinghoof said:
Hope this works...here's Harvey...
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Very cool! Excellent detail.
Thanks Brine for fixing the image and insanimo for the comment. It's been a long time since I've painted any figures and I've never painted a on plastic mini before. So far I'm VERY pleased with the outcome and will be painting the rest shortly.
Looks really sweet. Have you painted any of the other investigators?
A few more about 95% done. Not a "Pro" job but I'm enjoying process...
What do you use to paint with? You think my old Warhammer paints/washes would be suitable for them?
I'm using some old Vallejo acrylic paints from 6+ years ago. I just picked up a few extra and replacement colors from the Citadel line that are also acrylic. The Warhammer paints should work fine. Use whatever you're comfortable working with.
Don't forget about these guys!
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=126&esem=2&esum=164
Just in case your lazy/untalented like me 
As what Frosty does, I too am lazy and use the pre-miniatures to play haha.
What I'm curious to see is how painters color their Cthulu figures..
NOT MINE. Found the pics on boardgamegeek
Those are pretty epic
Don't you think the minis for the hounds of Tindalos look kind of ... odd ?
When I opened the box for the first time, of course I rushed to see what the creatures looked like:
-nice Chtonians emerging from the ground.
-winged bugs with canisters, these have to be Mi-Gos.
-huge tentacled monstrosities, they're legged Shoggoths.
-AAhh, twisted pangolins dancing the macarena, this has to be something new ... wait ... NO WAY !!!!
Don't know what I expected, probably something closer to the pic in my old Chtulhu monster book. Since the Hounds of Tindalos always had a special place in my heart, I started to look for "count-as".
Grenadier & RAFM models seemed a bit old-style and unthreatening , tried with a tiger of Dirz from Rackham ... then realized the solution was right on my desk : GW's recent Khymera (fortunately, it was yet unpainted when I realized this).
In fact, this model is thematically so close that the hounds may well be the main inspiration behind this concept ...
Flyinghoof said:
I'm using some old Vallejo acrylic paints from 6+ years ago. I just picked up a few extra and replacement colors from the Citadel line that are also acrylic. The Warhammer paints should work fine. Use whatever you're comfortable working with.
Make SURE that you clean the figs first, though. I've started working on some of mine, and did a decent job of getting them cleaned off, but the mold release agent that FFG used still created problems with the paint just running off.
Have to spend more time scrubbing the figures before I continue
Started mine few days ago. I am not a pro, not even close to beaing average at this. In fact those are my first minis that I've been paintin ever. I'm mainly using dry brush, because of the effects that gives me - kind of rugged, dark and dirty. I like it that way, it introduces specific visual effect to the game (so I think) and playing feels more like a horror story now. My co-players think the same 
Here are two samples. Sorry about the quality of pics, had nothing better on me to take them with, but just a plain mobile phone.
Anyway, hope to finish all the human characters soon and show them to you. I will also take some pics with better camera.
RAFM Mi-Go replacements
Replacement Cultists (Hasslefree Miniatures)
Three (of four) of replacement zombies.
Cthonian
Modified Shoggoth, no silly legs! Not the best picture, but all I have.
Will post some more pics when I get round to taking them. I've finished all the monsters now, just finishing off the investigators. I replaced the zombies, mi-go, maniacs, cultists and cult leaders for various reasons. I also plan to replace the witches (witches coven from West Winds Vampire Wars range) and maybe the hounds (especially like the GW mini mentioned a few posts above, although it sounds a bit big on the GW site).
Check out my minis at Boardgamegeek...
Nakarashi said:
Flyinghoof said:
I'm using some old Vallejo acrylic paints from 6+ years ago. I just picked up a few extra and replacement colors from the Citadel line that are also acrylic. The Warhammer paints should work fine. Use whatever you're comfortable working with.
Make SURE that you clean the figs first, though. I've started working on some of mine, and did a decent job of getting them cleaned off, but the mold release agent that FFG used still created problems with the paint just running off.
Have to spend more time scrubbing the figures before I continue
Did you prime the minis before attempting to paint them? Prime them and the paint won't run off.
WOW!!! You are very good!!
Nyogtha: AMAZING Mi-gos! very Guillermo del Toro, really creepy. The cultist are more scary too. The zombies are zombies, not some hippie jesus christ resucited like the ones that came in the box (with all respect!)
And excellent idea on removing the legs of the shoggoths 
FrostyWolf: love your colors!
Unfortunally, my minis are an horror out-of-this-world and your capacity to bear
@ Flyinghoof: Very cool! What colours do you use for the flesh?
K xx
Wow! The Harvey's one is so detailed.....I definitely want one....
@Mr. K....for the flesh color I used Citadels Elf Flesh. After a black primer I would first apply a brown (Vallejo 983) to all areas that would be flesh colored. Then I would mix in the Elf Flesh with the brown for another layer then another just with the Elf Flesh on its own. I probably could have skipped a layer by using a wash but I didn't have any on hand at the time.
Congratulations, great job.
CEnzo.