Hi,

I thought I'd have a go at painting all the Mansions of Madness figures so I'm going to post them here as I go. Should take about a month to complete the set.

Apologies if there's a very slight blurr, I'm using a camera on my phone so it's hardly professional.

I'm using Citadel Miniature paint and using washes and dry brush techniques. I'm not at a professional level but hopefully they're good enough to add even more atmosphere to the game.

I'll post the next ones soon.... Watch this space.

Nice job,I took the easy out & purchased the painted Inv. so I only have to do the Monsters.

OD

Thanks.... I was thinking of taking that route but figured it's good fun to put your own stamp on them. Still trying to keep close to the original designs but this way allows me to add subtle highlights and stuff.

I'll finish the investigators and move onto some of the more hardcore monsters.

cool, thanks for the pics! I am thinking of doing the same, but have not done this for years, (way back in the Grenadier Cthulhu figures era). So I need to get in a number of supplies, what is you experience of citadel paints like? Do they have any good starter box sets for these figures?

I also note you made Duke brown, to lift him from the black base?

I personally like them but I haven't really tried any others. Although I'm having a debate with someone who thinks they're rubbish a doing skin tones. On the whole they're great for me! Nice clea acrylics that are easy to use and water down for washes, aso work great with dry brushing. Might be worth doing some homework... I've heard the paints sold by reaper miniatures are pretty fantastic, although they're designed for top notch professional layering and stuff.

The main gamesworkshop site has a painting section, they sell all the base colours in a set.

Here's another thread you might like

I'm currently painting my investigators. Skin, hair and a bunch of details still missing...

I really like your lab coat, you got the white pretty good. Mine looks rubbish, compared to yours. Pics to come in a few days, I guess.

Elbi said:

Thanks... It'll be great to see some other examples.

With regards to the lad coat, I always start with a mid-tone and used a light blue-grey, After that I used a blue wash to bring out the detail followed by a series of lighter layered blues and a white dry brush. Phew!

really nice job!

impressive

Next few.....

I am not going to lie these are amazing

Tell me EXACTLY how you did this, I have never painted things before and I need to know your techniques.

Far to much to go into dude... Take a look at www.games-workshop.com They sell a book called how to paint citadel miniatures. It's awesome!

There's loads of stuff on YouTube as well.... Run a search... Some of it will blow your mind. It makes my stuff look completely amateur.

Tip.... Please, please don't dive in with your M.O.M figures. Buy some cheap figures off eBay and have a practice first! There's nothing more satisfying than doing some really good figures.... There's nothing worse than messing them up!

Good luck dude.

Final Investigator and the first maniac.

(Photo a bit rubbish! It's made his shirt far to over exposed... Looks much better in real life)

Really adds to the game when you throw the maniac in his blood stained shirt on the board. ;-p

Oh, so you're painting the Monster Miniatures with more than 2 colors as well.*

Short question: How do you solve the problem with the investigators realizing that "the Maniac with the bloodstain that looks like that is the one with X HP and the 1 Damage Attack, while the one with the brown shirt is the one with more damage"? Or don't you solve it at all, just go with it?

* I was thinking about painting the monsters, but the possibility of my players knowing the special attacks just because I painted the skin of zombies differently kinda bugs me, therefore I'm thinking about painting them in a way that they all look exactly the same (color, other color, wash, done)

Awesome job... I am motivated to paint mine and have a stupid question: How do you paint the minis and have the bases still look untouched? (When painting miniatures for miniatures games I spray prime them with a basecoat) Do you use brush on primer or no primer at all? I'd be afraid of the paint not sticking well without it... but your stuff looks great!

Thanks,

James

Hadn't thought of that!?! I'll probably keep them the same. Arghh not sure now! I guess you'll only know about the special attack once it's on the board though, so does it really matter if he's different at that point?

imanfasil said:

Thanks!

The bases are painted after I've finished the figure, I'm just using a black undercoat to keep the same matt look to them as I'm not painting the monster bases (no need as they are painted seperately)

I don't normally bother with a base coat as citadel paint a generally quite good at sticking to the figure. In addition, I include several washes and dry brush layers so the figures usually have a good layer of paint when finished.

Why don't you just keep the painted monsters separate from the bases... then random a base and put a figure on it. That way the Zombie with the blood on his teeth would NOT always be the one who only did 1 damage.

I think that is what I am going to do... assuming I man up and get mine painted!

Elbi said:

Easy enough to swap the card inserts around on occasion. In fact, this can make it come as even more of a surprise to metagaming investigators who haven't considered the possibility than those who aren't making the effort to memorise them.

CraggleRock said:

Yep! Just swap em over ;-)

CraggleRock said:

D'oh, I'm stupid. You're absolutely right.
Swapping the inserts might be the best and only way, since swapping the miniatures is kinda hard, with all the miniatures that *need* glue to keep on the bases. (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, MI-GO!)
And I looove the fact that you can screw them around if they try to metagame based on colors

Just watch out when you glue the miniatures down, don'T glue the card too!

Elbi said:

I'd say either keep the figures off the bases & attach them again before you start a new game, or just pull the monster tiles out & stick them in before playing. Either way there's no way to know for sure which is which, even if they look different.

Hi,

I am not a minis painter at all, btu I have thought about painting the minis in this game because it would make the game so much prettier to look at. I asked a couple of friends of mine who are into Warhammer and paint all sorts of minis (after playing my copy of MoM with me) about painting the minis for me. They told me that the minis are too flexible to paint and the paint will just come off eventually. Anyone have any feedback on this comment?

Rossin: They look brilliant! Definitely an upgrade for the whole game

Jayhotep: Yeah, swapping the tiles is probably the best solution, since swapping the miniatures is kind of a problem. After falling off its base one of my Mi-Gos is already getting "pale" legs, since the plastic is being bent too often... Glue will fix it.

sjkellyfetti: Aye, here's feedback: Bollocks
If they ever used green stuff (i.e. from the same company that produces their miniatures), they know how flexible it is. That's about the same as the miniatures - and wargamers still use green stuff!
So, yeah, you better basecoat (-> spray) your miniatures so the color sticks better and, when you're done, use a varnish spray to seal the color, but you have to do this with wargame miniatures as well

A gaggle of cult followers ;-)