Pandora's Display Box Part 2

As promised, more pictures of progress on the display box for Pandora's crew. I've finished cutting out the circles for their bases. It was a pain to do it by hand, but I'm trying to get over my toxic perfectionism and this was an exercise in that. The circle in the back left came out terrible, but I should be able to cover that up with basing materials. Other than that it is turning out well. I'll try to do some basing on the plasticard tomorrow, as well as apply a black basecoat.

Pandora's Display Box Part 1

Sorry I haven't posted in so long, I've had a few things to deal with, in my head. Now I'm getting back on track. I'm making a display box for my Pandora crew for Malifaux. I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a box that I thought looked appropriate for Pandora and some Styrofoam. I've cut the block of Styrofoam down to fit in the box and I will then be covering it with a plasticard sheet that I will texture to make it look like the bases for the crew. I'm cutting out the circles to fit the bases of the models in. It is a bit difficult since I don't have a compass to cut out the circles, but its still coming along ok. I have a couple of pictures right now, but I should have more today or tomorrow. Here is what I have for now.

Pandora

Here she is, the source of all sorrow and woe. Pandora. The leather came out a little too shiny in the photo, but the model looks very realistic. I highlighted the black with grey and white and then glazed over it with Tamiya Smoke.

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen...

I've finished one of the Sorrows from the No Shelter Here box. I tried doing zenith lighting with my airbrush and washes, but I just ended up painting over that with traditional brush work. I'm thinking I might need to go back and highlight the "flames" of his lower body, maybe with a blue.

First Malifaux game

I played my first game with Pandora and her crew. It was No Shelter Here vs. The Torch and the Blade. I lost by one and I really enjoyed the way my crew played. I love the indirect damage, and the fact that it is a whole bunch of 1pt damage makes it hard to counter. I can't wait to get up to a 50 stone crew. Right now I just have the box, but once Teddy and Insidious Madness come out in plastic I'll be getting them too. I'll also pick up a Doppleganger. I look forward to playing more games. Unfortunately there isn't much progress on my crew. I've put their bases together, but I haven't filled any of the models' gaps or primed them. I may do it today.

Pandora's crew bases

So I've decided to not only use some resin basing material I got from Scibor miniatures, but I'm also going to be making a display box for my Pandora crew. I've finished Pandora's base, mostly, and have started on the other bases. They are pretty quick to put together and paint, so they should be done pretty quickly. Here is Pandora's base.

Pandora's Box and Lolita fashion

So, I've wanted to get into Malifaux since late last year. I had heard of the game the year before, but the figures at the time didn't really appeal to me so I didn't really check it out then. Once I rediscovered it I found out that they were in the middle of writing their second edition and releasing new figures. I was very excited about the renderings of the new figures so I decided to give the rules a chance. Then I found out about the system using cards instead of dice and I was hooked. I decided that I would play Gremlins, which at the time did not have there own faction. The reason I chose them was because of Wong, Burt Jebson, and Gracy. I love Big Trouble in Little China and these three figures were modeled after characters in the movie. Now Wong is a master and I am anticipating great things. Unfortunately for me the new Gremlins are going to be the last minis Wyrd is going to be releasing of the new waves. So after getting Wong and a friend getting me Burt I have decided that rather than wait another several months to start playing I would choose one of the currently released box sets. I decided Pandora was the one for me. The first reason is that the minis look amazing, the second is that I can relate to her temperament.
I've started assembling the models and I will be filling gaps with milliput soon. The figures fit together nicely, but the gaps can be fairly large. After I get them ready to paint I'll post a few pictures. I'm going through lots of pictures to get ideas for color. I'm also stumped about what to do with there bases. Suggestions would be welcome. Thank you.