Platypua minis

By a mountain of thousands plastic bodies I will build my staircase to God

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Hi!

I'm posting all my works here to track my progress and inspire others to paint miniatures. You can see my first and last miniatures and everything in between! (i love skaven very much)

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inspired by my latest miniature painting adventure

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276. Vizzik Skour Prophet of the Horned Rat

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A lovely deer friend who may or may not have a worryingly worded deal for you

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Giving my rats body dysmorphia

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Look at him go

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Vizzik Skour

Prophet of the Horned Rat

Without further ado, the prophet of the horned rat in all his splendor!

It was my first project such a large size and a plot component. It inspired and scared me. In total, it took about 150 hours. I painted it in two stages — the winter one, when I was still in a hurry to finish it for the Squidmar Open, and the spring one, when I rested and continued painting it in May.

During the winter, I suffered from melancholy, anxiety, and burnout. I forced myself to work on the garbage will-of-the-Great-Horned-Rat interpreter and, of course, did not get any pleasure from it. Then I could only finish the trees, the head, and start the dress. After that, I sought psychological help and pushed the miniature away.

Right now Vizzik, along with his entourage, is walking through a humid autumn forest, not noticing how he bends trees under his weight, scares animals and misses an ambush by a hostile clan. Initially, he and a large group of semiblind followers explored a huge fragment of a warpstone. When I returned after the break, I threw out this idea and reduced the size of the diorama to the base of the sewer giant. I’m also threw out his sword and turned his head slightly.

The base initially came out badly — the foam layers did not stick together, sanding the sides was a nightmare, and a lot of space remained unused. In general, it's good that I replaced it. And you can also play with him now! I won't do it, but I can't not report it.

On the other hand, 3 other skaven will definitely not be able to play as independent units now. I don't play warhammer at all, as I find downtime incredibly boring, so they'll be more useful next to basement Moses.

Did you know that our laboratory colleagues can't see well? I'd like to think that Skaven have very limited eyesight, so it's quite possible that an acolyte in a gas mask not only didn't sense the impending threat, but also didn't see it and is only thinking about the target right in front of him.

In addition to the Skaven, there are a huge number of rats, sticks, trees from Epic Basing, bushes and leaves from Vallejo and AK and other small animals — I really wanted to show the invasion of bipedal rodents into fall forest.

I encountered a lot of problems when assembling the final work, and I learned even more during painting. This miniature became a test and a teacher for me. It was difficult, and I could have done it alone, but with a much worse result. Thanks to everyone who supported me:

My wife, who bought me a Vizzik, Acolyte Globadier, tolerates my rat obsession and is always ready to give honest feedback.

To everyone I asked for feedback on this project.

@sallllltywater for allowing his drawing to be used for the scarf.

Print-Paint-Repeat for printing all additional elements of the base.

Epic Basing for making such great additions to our miniatures.

Sculptors at Games Workshop — without them, I wouldn't have this project. The prices for miniatures are still brutal.

AND YOU! THANK YOU FOR READING, LIKING, SHOWING MY WORKS YOUR FRIENDS, AND EVEN WRITING TO ME ABOUT HOW MUCH I INSPIRE YOU! I LOVE YOU!!!!

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269-275. Assortment of animals for Vizzik

Rats from the Vizzik box and from Epic Basing. I couldn't find the author of red fox and the cottontail rabit, but if you do — let me know and I'll add the artist here.

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Whimsical creature spotted

Yes, metal frog witch

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Trying my hand at a batch of stormvermin

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At the finish line!

I finish the small touches. Of course, it was smarter to fix and improve everything before gluing to the base, so I have to build a tower of improvised objects for a comfortable height for me.

I also added animals, since the middle of the base looks a little empty. Maybe I'll add more.

Music to listen: We Are The Good Rats

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«I drink paint»

Finally made my pin into reality! It's cute, but I should have been using different cap colours for bottles — they are hard to read as is.

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I can't believe I'm almost done with this huge project.

This week, I finished painting the staff, removed the decals from the scarf, painted it, patched up the cracks in it, and repainted it again. It turned out very well, even though I had to take a lot of steps back.

What's left to paint:

1. Armor. 2. Staff. 3. Emblem's rat. 4. Base. 5. Occlusion shadows and edge highlights.

Music to listen: The Rat King by ScribbleGoblin

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Little skaven buddy

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Diorama "Dispute"

A couple of friends quarreled over a skeleton found in the autumn forest. Even they don't know why they need old bones.

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268. ClanRat Pumpkin from Games Workshop

An orange rat for an autumnal mood)

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267. Сlanrat Leaf

I found wooden Skaven carvings on the marketplace. I found it funny and I was happy to paint this rat. Come to think of it, if I were given a coloring book with rats, I would be very happy.