Tabletop Quality (I hope) Mercs

[Atlantean]

Since starting the hobby about a year ago I have been embroiled in two fairly long terrain projects. While this has been a ton of fun I really have not had a ton of time to work on my army or learn/play the game to the depth I want.

So I am starting this thread with some pictures of my army to motivate me and to get feedback.

To start I am not a great painter. I am partially colorblind and have never considered myself much of an artist. In an effort to make up for these deficiencies I kept to a very small color scheme and brushed on ink (dipping) to give a lot of the shading. I was shooting for tabletop quality and I am fairly happy with the results.

These pictures were taken quickly when we were taking macro shots of our newest terrain table so I am sorry they are not great. Also I need to hit my minis with a matte finish still so please pardon the shine.

Ok lets start with my favorite models the warjacks:








The vanguard was the first model I painted and it is still one of my favorites.

[Atlantean]

More warjack pics:






My first attempt at freehand is actually on the elbow of my freebooter where I wrote "clamps"



All of my jacks are painted (1 of each non-Rhulic and two Renegades). So I have some more pictures to take.

[Atlantean]

Some Warcaster shots:








I am not good at faces. Something I hope to work on.

[Atlantean]

More Warcaster pics:

[Atlantean]

Here are some of my favorite solos/units. I have a ton more pictures to take of the rest I have painted (pAlexia, pEiryss, Orin, Dirty Meg, McNaile, and Gorman).


Herne and Jonne have to be two of my favorite models. They are the only models I have painted so far that I thoroughly enjoyed painting with no frustration.






Not a great picture but I think he came out well.

[Atlantean]

More solos/units:


I tried to add my detail to her face 3-4 times but it always ended badly.


These two had so much detail (Holt especially) I actually put them off until I had nothing left to paint because I was so intimidated.

[Atlantean]

Boomhowler and Co. were the first unit I painted.


He is standing on barrels which is something I did before buying a mini-case. Now I have to have this large spot on a pluck foam tray to fit him. This is also my first try at eyes, didn't come out great.


Whenever there is a left shoulder pad on a model it is painted that bright orange/yellow color. This helped me because I had a lot of trouble early on just knowing what parts of models to paint what color.

[flameberge]

They look pretty good, probably better when every flaw isn't magnified to 4X their normal size too I would make one suggestion that might help a little. The ink wash you put on ended up splotchy in a few areas and that can be mitigated by adding some flow improver to the ink.

[Atlantean]

They look pretty good, probably better when every flaw isn't magnified to 4X their normal size too I would make one suggestion that might help a little. The ink wash you put on ended up splotchy in a few areas and that can be mitigated by adding some flow improver to the ink.

I considered taking "Tabletop" range pictures of them because they do look better on the table. Then I decided since we had the camera out for the table anyway, why not. I am actually kinda proud of these, sure I am not going to win any painting contests but it beats looking at metal or primer.

Thanks for the tip, it is something I will look into for sure. I convinced myself that my mercs are dirty that way I don't cringe at the splotches in the pictures.