Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Fantastic Tomb Kings, I'm sold!
The wibbly snakes things are odd, but the Tomb Kings look great and both the Sphinx are gorgeous. GOTTA PAINT ONE.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Bloodletters of Khorne, ready to let blood. (ie, get Ebayed)
***Update: On ebay now ***
This Bloodletter unit has been sat in my painting room for a long time now. In fact my first post regarding them was back in August 2010. You can see the construction and conversion work involved in this post.
Now, many washes and glazes later, they are finished.
(Note: I have not been painting them for the entire 8 months)
Paint Scheme
Obviously red. I went for a subtler 'fleshy' red tone for the bulk of the model which was steadily glazed with strong red pigments over a rather orange/pink base color (Sorry to say my WIP pics have been lost for these stages as with everything on my 'previously' hard drive). The duller skin tone allows for contrast with the tones used for the crest and bright red in the markings.
As a strong contrast for the overall model I went for pure black horns and claws, these have been gloss varnished for a look of other worldly obsidian.
The Hellblades have been through a number or stages; from initial the metallics, rusting with powder, to retouching and washes. I made use of shading at the hilt of the blade to keep the hilt and blade distinctive from each other. For those curious this is with the Foundry Paint set including metallics.
After this the care full work on; teeth, eyes, tongues, and a that bloody standard completed the task. Hope folks like them.
This Bloodletter unit has been sat in my painting room for a long time now. In fact my first post regarding them was back in August 2010. You can see the construction and conversion work involved in this post.
Now, many washes and glazes later, they are finished.
(Note: I have not been painting them for the entire 8 months)
Paint Scheme
Obviously red. I went for a subtler 'fleshy' red tone for the bulk of the model which was steadily glazed with strong red pigments over a rather orange/pink base color (Sorry to say my WIP pics have been lost for these stages as with everything on my 'previously' hard drive). The duller skin tone allows for contrast with the tones used for the crest and bright red in the markings.
As a strong contrast for the overall model I went for pure black horns and claws, these have been gloss varnished for a look of other worldly obsidian.
The Hellblades have been through a number or stages; from initial the metallics, rusting with powder, to retouching and washes. I made use of shading at the hilt of the blade to keep the hilt and blade distinctive from each other. For those curious this is with the Foundry Paint set including metallics.
After this the care full work on; teeth, eyes, tongues, and a that bloody standard completed the task. Hope folks like them.
PICTURE SPAM BELOW!
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| Note: Plastercard strips are used to cover any joins for the modular movement tray. |
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| Note: The additional (Handle) edging on the rear help perfectly with movement. |
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Work in Progress - Selection of current Projects
Bloodletters! You can find the conversion/construction/ranking post for these in the archive. After a long time I get round to finishing up the paint job. These should be up on ebay soon with plenty more pics.
Trolls, fantastic models and great fun to paint. This is the primary greens practically finished, thanks to the Foundry paint set for the Bottle Green and Phlegm Green tones.
Straying from the fantasy, this is a weathering trial for my first Khador Warjack. Layers of MIG rust and washes for the effect so far.
Even further from fantasy, this is the customized Prussian Battleship for my Dystopian Wars fleet.
Lastly quite a large terrain table project just got underway today with a mass of Ice/Snow/Tundra scatter pieces. Foam is great fun to carve!! The scale and size of these may be hard to gauge, Mazzy is a small cat if that helps on the bottom pic.
White lion riders - completed - part TWO
Yup, more on the White Lion Riders. The standard has since been painting and bases grassed, so looking better. Will have shots up soon for the completed army!
Magnetized lances and standard come highly recommended, it avoids strain on the model and breakage during transport and can even be reposed to make room for charges on the table.
Magnetized lances and standard come highly recommended, it avoids strain on the model and breakage during transport and can even be reposed to make room for charges on the table.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
White lion riders - complete - part ONE
Lions and Lions and more Lions... OH MY!
These may have all been spotted on the Flickr stream, but I thought I would get round to some commentary and context for this post.
So here we are with the Dragon Prince/Lion Riders/Lion Princes of Chrace, which ever name you want to give them. Converted Dragon Princes for an ongoing High Elf commission I have been working on. The army is heavily Chrace themed and the most distinctive unit that was going to be done was the Lion riding cavalry.
I had several chariot sprues to work with and the lions come in two half’s, which gives you a total of four possible combinations when you mix and match the two half’s. One of these poses however has both front paws in the air, this pose does not really work by default but it inspired the character conversion with the lion leaping. The lions are the easy part, with suitable variation and some careful basing so the lions ranked up the mounts were ready.
The riders are obviously silver helms, just with chariot crew heads. When I first dropped the built legs of the rider on the back of a lion they sat in the ideal position, but there was a rather large gap between the rear of the rider and the lions back. So I decided a saddle/seat back needed to be made, this was done with the pendant flags from the spearmen standard. Not a standard I'm keen on and having plenty available from the High elf battaLION boxes I put them to good use as a decent support behind the rider. This let me keep the riders in a higher position and provided the sumblance of a fully realised saddle at the front and back of the rider.
This is only my gaming standard of painting, the bases are still to be patched with grass, but I hope you like.
The High elves are virtually completed for now and I hope to have more photos up soon, together with more finished projects and all the work I've been putting into my own Beastmen!
These may have all been spotted on the Flickr stream, but I thought I would get round to some commentary and context for this post.
So here we are with the Dragon Prince/Lion Riders/Lion Princes of Chrace, which ever name you want to give them. Converted Dragon Princes for an ongoing High Elf commission I have been working on. The army is heavily Chrace themed and the most distinctive unit that was going to be done was the Lion riding cavalry.
I had several chariot sprues to work with and the lions come in two half’s, which gives you a total of four possible combinations when you mix and match the two half’s. One of these poses however has both front paws in the air, this pose does not really work by default but it inspired the character conversion with the lion leaping. The lions are the easy part, with suitable variation and some careful basing so the lions ranked up the mounts were ready.
The riders are obviously silver helms, just with chariot crew heads. When I first dropped the built legs of the rider on the back of a lion they sat in the ideal position, but there was a rather large gap between the rear of the rider and the lions back. So I decided a saddle/seat back needed to be made, this was done with the pendant flags from the spearmen standard. Not a standard I'm keen on and having plenty available from the High elf battaLION boxes I put them to good use as a decent support behind the rider. This let me keep the riders in a higher position and provided the sumblance of a fully realised saddle at the front and back of the rider.
This is only my gaming standard of painting, the bases are still to be patched with grass, but I hope you like.
The High elves are virtually completed for now and I hope to have more photos up soon, together with more finished projects and all the work I've been putting into my own Beastmen!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Warriors of Chaos - completed pics - Part TWO
The second part of the Warriors of Chaos commission. Includes all the calvary and I got the chance to apply some subtle weathering techniques using some rusting powder (MIG weathering pigments) for the Knights.
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