Slightly different update for today. I recently collected a couple of free figures from ChillCon earlier this year, and have got some paint on them.
The first is the Sir Gobbo free figure you got for attending. Here I've based him on an MDF base, and added a spare Chinese z-gauge model rail tree from eBay as a sapling.
The second is a Shattered Soul from Terra Regalis, which was being handed out as test models for Two Thin Coats paints. These are a simple one piece model, that I think could benefit from a different pose, as it's arm really blends in.
These have mainly been test pieces for new techniques. The Shattered Soul was used to test wet blending and edge highlighting, while the Gobbo was used to further test speed paints over a zenithal base, particularly the metallic silver.
Speed paints aren't perfect and I definitely think they benefit from over painting with proper paints for highlights in most colours, they are a quick and easy way to lay down some base coat and shading. The silver works well for large areas of flat metal but is quite bright and benefits from a dark wash to tone it down. In this case I used Army painter dark wash and gun metal to shade and highlight, before adding rust/weathering with Light Tone and Strong Tone.