tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33910684058608096092024-03-15T21:09:43.488-04:00Acceptable RadiationAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-25771686215712641222023-11-24T12:05:00.001-05:002023-11-24T12:05:09.549-05:00So You Want to Buy an Airbrush?I am a constant fidgeter, so I'm scrolling through Facebook and forums a lot just to do something with my hands. And I see a lot of people wanting to get started with airbrushing asking the same questions. With me being the know-it-all that I am, I repeat the same answers pretty frequently but always off the cuff and always missing something of value. So I have decided to collect my thoughts all in one place so that I don't leave anything out next time!<br />
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<a name='more'></a>A couple of notes before I get going. First, I'm assuming you already know to get a double action, internal mix airbrush so I am not going to go into why to do that. Second, I live in the USA and that affects some of the advice I will be giving. Where I can make recommendations for other countries, I will, but take everything I say with a grain of salt as it is all based on hearsay. Finally, feel free to leave corrections or additional advice in the comments, I intended to update this page as needed. </div>
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<u><b>COMPRESSORS </b></u></div>
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Before you can use an airbrush, you need an air source. DO NOT use canned air. For this you can use either an airbrush compressor or an actual compressor. However, using a big compressor designed for tools has quite a few drawbacks. First, they're really, really loud. Second, they use a different size hose than an airbrush, so conversion is required. Third, they generate a lot more water in the line (at least with my experiences) that has to be trapped out. </div>
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So really, the only option is an airbrush compressor. For an airbrush compressor, you want one with a tank, a regulator, and a moisture trap. You need a tank to hold the generated compressed air; otherwise the compressor has to run constantly, which creates more heat (risking burning it out) and more noise (just annoying). The regulator is necessary to control your airflow. Different paints, thinners, and techniques can require different levels of air pressure and need it at a steady rate. The moisture trap is necessary because air compressors generate small amounts of water that will mess up your painting. The good news is that most decent airbrush compressors come with all three of these. </div>
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All the big airbrush companies sell branded compressors, many offering a lot of features. But there are also more affordable options. While I cannot prove it, I'm 99% sure that most airbrush compressors are made by the same company or small group of companies and merely private labeled by the airbrush companies. I use the this one sold by TCP Global: <a href="https://tcpglobal.com/collections/airbrush-compressors-master-airbrush/products/mas-tc-326t" target="_blank">TC-326T</a>. It currently retails for about $140 US. Mine is pretty much the same, but lacks the blue tint on the compressor itself. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjth0V5D0vu1SxOU4MDoa2XA62y5IT6xXHIycXJcDwtmsEAqKu4g0inhx3PWzF9pz78CRlxm1I9XaltHBodc9OOt7eho1O2WaH6vtQMQcRK9nQhLNUZbugUlvHzhf1HmmaH3Fy9zLUzGM27_jMT2Im7njAQfYHFf2WT-Dx3kvmQO66BGvdLOHBIMxz9xN9O/s4080/PXL_20231124_164845022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjth0V5D0vu1SxOU4MDoa2XA62y5IT6xXHIycXJcDwtmsEAqKu4g0inhx3PWzF9pz78CRlxm1I9XaltHBodc9OOt7eho1O2WaH6vtQMQcRK9nQhLNUZbugUlvHzhf1HmmaH3Fy9zLUzGM27_jMT2Im7njAQfYHFf2WT-Dx3kvmQO66BGvdLOHBIMxz9xN9O/s320/PXL_20231124_164845022.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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I've been using it for many years now. I'm not sure what the noise is rated at, but it is quiet enough that my wife cannot hear it on the other side of the drywall (her office used to be right next to my work area). It's also quiet enough that I don't really have to turn up the volume if I'm listening to music or podcasts (or maybe I already listen to them too loud!).</div>
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I will mention this again later, but if you decide to buy this from TCP global, also check out their Amazon and eBay pages because their prices are not consistent across the three and you may be able to shave a few bucks off of the price. If you are not in the USA (or if you are and just don't want to shop at TCP Global), I've seen this (or at least one that looks exactly like it, sometimes minus the blue tint) sold by several companies all over the world. Just do some looking around.</div>
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<b><u>AIRBRUSHES</u></b></div>
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Although the basics of airbrushes were invented over 100 years ago, there are some different features and characteristics that must be considered prior to choosing an airbrush. The importance of these features is going to vary from person to person, though. The first, and probably most important, is the needle size. The smaller the needle size, the finer the line that it can paint. However, the smaller the needle size, the easier it is to clog. This is, of course, not hard and fast. Angel Giraldez shoots primer through a super fine detail needle -- in other words, skill and practice can negate this. But, Angel Giraldez probably doesn't read my blog so what are some good needle sizes for a beginner? For fine detail, needle sizes are in the 0.20 mm range. For priming, base coating, and even early highlighting stages, needle sizes are generally in the 0.35 mm to 0.50 mm sizes. Larger needle sizes than that are really only useful for terrain and the like.<br />
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Another characteristic that I want to discuss are nozzle sizes. This is a personal bug bear though. It wasn't something I had considered initially, but after using quite a few airbrushes for a while, it was something I came to think about a lot. Especially for a beginner, the smaller the nozzle, the harder it is to clean and, more importantly, the easier it is to lose. That said, it is just something to keep in mind. But here are some of my (very dirty) nozzles to give you an idea. One other thing to note is that the Chinese airbrush screws in while the other three "float." I can tell you that I have broken the threads on the screw in nozzles before, but the ones that float just get placed in and have no threads to be damaged.<br />
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One last feature worth mentioning are needle limiters. Needle limiters helped me a lot when beginning because they allow you to set it so that the needle cannot be pulled back to far so that you don't let too much paint out. I don't use them much anymore as I've gotten used to the how to control the trigger so that I don't need it. Additionally, with acrylic paint, you often have to spray at full blast to clear out small clogs. But, it may be a feature you want and they can help.<br />
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Okay, so now that you know some of the features worth considering, there are two schools of thought when it comes to buying your first airbrush. Both have valid points, which I will explain below, and you have to decide which one is right for you.<br />
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The first option is to buy a cheap airbrush. If you're in the USA, this is usually one of the <a href="https://tcpglobal.com/collections/airbrushes-gravity-feed-master-airbrush" target="_blank">Masters Airbrushes</a>, also from TCP Global. Like anything from TCP Global, check their Amazon and eBay stores for the best price.<br />
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These airbrushes are made in China and are essentially knockoffs of Iwata airbrushes, but at a significantly reduced price. Although, like most knockoffs, they are not made to the same standard as Iwatas. They all appear to be made by a company known as Fengda or Fenghua and are sold to other companies to private label with their own brand. As of the time of this writing, I believe they're sold by FoxHunter in the UK and do not appear to be sold under any particular name in the rest of the EU. After beginning this article, I learned Greenstuff World also sells <a href="http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/airbrushing/499-dual-action-gsw-airbrush-0-3mm.html" target="_blank">one model</a>, albeit with only a single needle size per brush.<br />
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So why should you buy one of these? Well, the number one reason is that they are cheap. They run around $35 US, about a quarter of the retail price of a Badger Patriot 105 (more on that later). If your only concern is price, this is definitely the way to go.<br />
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But, the price also brings another advantage. Airbrushing is tricky and takes some learning. And every company does things a little differently and offers some different features. In other words, you're first airbrush is probably not going to be a perfect fit anyway. So you're also probably going to have (want?) to buy a second airbrush anyway. And if you're going to do that, you might as well spend as little as possible on the first one to learn what you like. And when you do, you'll still have uses for your first one. Metallics, lacquers, enamels, etc. can be rough on an airbrush, so you won't want to shoot those through your nice, new, expensive airbrush anyway.<br />
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However, if these airbrushes were that great, we'd all be using them right? Well, I have some; I've had three or four in fact. And why have I owned that many? They damage easy. Tips have broken, barrels have been damaged from drops, etc. Now, I'm pretty klutzy, so your millage may vary.<br />
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Plus, the price break isn't as good as it looks on first glance. As I said above, you pretty much have to buy a compressor, which already requires an outlay of funds. Further, the results of these airbrushes are not that great out of the box. They're not terrible, but not great. And if you decide to go this route, check out this video on how to improve one:<br />
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The other option are more expensive, "name brand" airbrushes. These are just generally just better airbrushes. They operate smoother, they spray better, and the parts last longer and are easier to find. But that comes at a cost, and you're probably going to spend $120 US or more. Plus, unlike the cheap ones, there are a lot of brands to sort through. And I'm going to give you my on these brands. Now, before I start discussing the brands, Badger, Iwata, and Harder & Steenbeck all offer "entry level" airbrushes. The Iwata and Badger aren't terribly well received. The Harder & Steenbeck is better received (and one I own) but at least avoid the Iwata and Badger as they're more expensive than the cheap Chinese ones but are generally don't offer much better performance. And while the Harder & Steenbeck is better received, it's also a lot more expensive than the other two -- so it kind of defeats the purpose.<br />
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If you're in the USA, probably the most well known brand is Badger. They're made here and widely available. In fact, one common suggestion for a first airbrush is to buy a Badger at Michael's with one of their 50% off coupons. One note about Badger airbrushes is that they use a different hose than everyone else. I'll discuss the best solution for this later when discussing accessories.<br />
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<u>Badger Patriot</u><br />
Badger makes what is, in my limited experience, the best beginner airbrush: the <a href="http://www.badgerairbrush.com/Patriot_105.asp" target="_blank">Patriot 105</a>. Although it has a larger needle, this gives it a much smaller learning curve. Even without thinning your paints, you won't get many clogs. I once heard it stated that you could probably shoot gravel through this thing. (Please don't try that thought!!!). The larger needle makes it less suitable for fine detail work, but for a beginner, you're probably not really capable of that anyway. Even then, you can still do a lot with it. Aside from the obvious priming, base coating, and varnishing, I frequently apply the first and sometimes second highlights with mine. And if you paint a lot of tanks, you can do even more than that with it. Badger also makes an <a href="https://usaairbrushsupply.com/products/p-p-s-super-detail-conversion-for-105-155-200nh-360-and-3155-models-includes-spray-reg-tip-and-needle" target="_blank">upgrade kit</a> so that you can swap out the needle with a 0.30 mm and matching nozzle, which will allow you to do finer (but probably not fine) detail work with it. Plus, as you can see in the nozzle photo above, it has a large nozzle that is pretty easy to clean.<br />
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A word of warning though, avoid the Patriot 105 Extreme. It may seem like an attractive options because it comes with the 0.30 mm needle instead of the larger needle. However, it also advertises another feature: a "precision air control dial." Other airbrushes offer similar features, and I can't speak to other implementations of it, but Badger's implementation in the Patriot 105 Extreme is not well done. If you leave it unscrewed enough so that it doesn't affect the airflow, it is prone to falling out on its own, which then causes the airbrush to quite spraying. But if you have it screwed in enough so that it won't fall out, you end up with a splatter effect (since that is what it is for). Your money would be better spent on a regular Patriot 105 and the needle upgrade kit.<br />
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<u>Badger Renegade Krome</u><br />
This was my first "expensive" airbrush. I bought it because it had lots of good discussion and reviews available on the internet. After I bought it however, I read some indication that some of those reviews and discussions may not have been entirely honest. That said, I don't have any evidence of that. When I first bought it, I was upgrading from a Testors Aztek (more on that later), and it took a lot of getting used to. It clogged a lot and I mixed up the fine and extra fine components almost immediately. There were many nights where I began to regret my choice over the equally well reviewed Iwata HP-C. But, over time, I've come to like this one best of all of my airbrushes. Strangely, it happened after I bought the Badger Patriot and got used to using that one. This is part of the reason I think the Patriot is such a good beginner airbrush. After using the Patriot almost exclusively for a few months, I was no longer getting all the clogs with the Krome either. Strange! The nicest part about this airbrush is that it comes with two needle sizes, a 0.33 mm and a 0.21 mm. This allows it to be used for both primers/varnishes and for fine detail work. It also has a needle limiter that, as discussed above, I did used to use quite a bit.<br />
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But the biggest knock to me is the size of the components. As you can see in the photo above, the Krome nozzle is much smaller than the H&S Ultra nozzle, even though both have a similar size needle. This makes it much easier to drop and/or lose. It is also harder to clean since you can barely hold it while you are cleaning it. The learning curve on it is also a negative.<br />
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<u>Harder & Steenbeck Ultra</u><br />
I picked this one up used and had to do a bit of cleaning and oiling of it. It's a well built airbrush and one of the biggest selling points of Harder & Steenbeck is that all their airbrushes use (mostly) the same parts. So the parts are machined exactly the same way and to the same standard, since they are exactly the same. And like all things engineered by Germans, it is very well made. Everything assembles and disables smoothly. But, I've also found it to be the most fiddley to use. It clogs like no one's business unless I'm shooting water through, then it seems to work just fine! I can't promise that this isn't user error or equipment issues. One nice feature it does offer is that the paint cup is removable, which does make it a lot easier to clean. Even though I'm not terribly happy with it, I also still planning on picking up an Infinity or Evolution at some point, but that's mostly because I'm an airbrush junkie!</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Iwata HP-C Plus</u></div><div>I started writing this article before the pandemic started, but life got in the way and it took me three years to finish it. In the meantime I picked up an Iwata HP-C Plus though. And it's a pretty great airbrush. Spray wise, it is somewhere between the Patriot and the Krome as far as fine detail goes. But it's by far the easiest airbrush I own to clean. So that's a big plus. My only real knock on it is the tip is like the Chinese knocks above, in that it screws in, but it does screw in to a larger tip that floats, so it is much less likely to be lost and you aren't really messing with the threads anyway. If you can't easily get a Badger or want something a little more fine detail than the Patriot anyway, I highly recommend this one. <br />
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<u>Testors Aztek</u><br />
A short note on this airbrush: AVOID! This was my first airbrush, it was a gift. It has a system where you can swap out the needle and nozzle quite easily, which makes it look attractive. The problem is that I could never get it to shoot acrylic paints very well. After years of using it, about the only way it works is to use the 0.70 mm needle. And even then, it get clogs and I have to keep a separate jar of cleaner to use periodically. Basically, I can only use it for terrain. Testors customer service is excellent though!<br />
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Landru Kennedy was born in the heart of Bretonnia. He had a rather boring childhood. It was upon adulthood that Landru's criminal ambitions came into their own. Landru was something of a smooth talker, and despite his lack of conventional good looks, was able to do quite well with the ladies. Landru would move to a small Bretonnian village and find a woman to marry. Once married, said woman would "disappear" or have a "mysterious" accident and Landru would inherit all her wealth. Then Landru would move on to another village. After about the fifteenth or so time, national authorities were starting to sniff around. Thankfully for Landru, that's when cousin Joe ordered him to come to the Empire.<br />
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Erik the Kennedy came from even farther away, specifically the cold lands of Norsca. During a heated debate over property lines, Erik slew his neighbor. Thanks to some helpful circumstances, Erik was merely banished instead of hanged. This banishment was a blessing in disguise for young Erik, however, as he found his true calling: exploring! Oh, and killing and robbing the inhabitants of those lands he discovered. After all, if there were people already there, he couldn't claim to have discovered it, right?<br />
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El Guapo Kennedy hailed from Estalia. Like his cousin, Bruce Richard, El Guapo joined a gang early on. Unlike his other cousin, Landru, El Guapo did possess conventional good looks, which is how he earned his nickname. El Guapo also possessed a common Kennedy trait, a need for power. As a result he too rose to power within his gang by becoming very good at trafficking mandrake root and black lotus that were in high demand within Estalia's burgeoning nuevo rico. In fact, this expertise was why he was so keen to answer Uncle Joe's call as he saw untapped potential to expand his criminal organization into the Empire.<br />
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Sawney Kennedy was the final, and most depraved, member of the Kennedy security team. Living in the mountains of Albion, Sawney and his clan shunned the villages and hid in caves. They lived as highway robbers. But they took more than the money of their victims. After all, a man's gotta eat!<br />
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Another batch of <a href="https://www.upstreamgameshouse.com/" target="_blank">Karr-Keel zombies</a> painted for my own army. These were all done with contrast paints, nothing special. And their addition gives me a thousand point oldhammer undead army.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-31382231285060068482020-06-03T06:00:00.000-04:002020-06-03T06:00:05.231-04:00The (Undead) Kennedys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Old man Joe knew his boy Johann was going to be his ticket to power. Joe had him educated in all the most prestigious boarding schools the Empire had to offer. He even captained the snotball team at Altdorf University where Joe had to pretend to care and even bought one of those stupid "We're #1" gloves. After graduating with honors, Johann boy even did a stint in the Imperial Navy where he captained a small patrol while raiding some villages in the far east. </i></div>
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<i>Old Joe tried to use all his magics to save him. He burned through every expensive ingredient while making Rupert exhaust himself in support. But all Joe could do was raise a shambling corpse. Things go even worse after Rupert was also murdered. Rupert wasn't Johann, and therefore wasn't important, so Joe has his corpse thrown into the town dump. After having put forth his blood, sweat, and tears trying to raise Johann, Rupert's soul was enraged when he saw that his father didn't even come to claim his own body. With this rage, Rupert was born anew, as a wraith intent on haunting his father for all eternity.</i></div>
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After a sneak peak in last week's blog, here is old man Kennedy himself, and his two sons. They were all painted mostly with contrast paints. All three models were primed with brown followed by a zenital coat of Wraithbone from an airbrush.</div>
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For old Joe, I tried to create a distinction between his shirt and his robe, using the bluer Space Wolf grey and the jerkin and greyer Basilicum grey on the robe. It didn't work out as well as I had hoped. But he is a necromancer, so he was goth before it was cool. </div>
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The flesh was Guilliman Flesh and the staff was Magos Purple. The leathers were just various cotnrast browns. And his big pointing finger (what was the sculptor going for there???) was Flesh Tearers red. In all cases, highlights were applied by mixing in Wraithbone or Grey Seer into the original contrast paint.<br />
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Rupert, the wraith and Johann, the mummy were even easier to paint. The wraith's robes were Magos Purple with Shyish Purple painted into the deepest recesses and highlights applied by mixing in Wraithbone. The white hood was Aggros Dunes and then Basilicanum Grey both painted only into the folds.</div>
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So a short post this week, but this has been one I've been wanting to publish for awhile. For a proper Oldhammer photograph, you need a proper old school backdrop!</div>
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I had a backdrop that I had made previous with my airbrush and some acrylic paints. But it wasn't quite the mood or the detail I wanted to look proper old-school. </div>
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Thankfully, I got the chance to take a Bob Ross painting class with Robert Kingery (<a href="https://www.robertkingery.com/">learn more at his website</a>). He normally does classes for veterans, but he's a bog nerd too, so he offered to run the class for us. He's a great dude!</div>
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I even made sure to bring along some inspiration to give me ideas!<br />
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In the Bob Ross method, you have to paint wet oils on top of other wet oils so that they blend automatically. While not everyone's favorite look, it is ideal for Warhammer backdrops because it makes everything a little softer, as if it's out of focus, and doesn't distract from the models. As you can see, like all landscapes, you start with the horizon lines.<br />
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After the horizon, I added the mountains and the the background trees, as well as leaving space for a water feature.<br />
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While I'm definitely a nerd, I'm not the only nerd who did this! I am very happy with mine, but some of the others did amazing work, as you can see. I am pretty sure I used too much magic white, which made mine even softer around the edges. But, for a backdrop, that's not a big deal. If you have a chance to take a class like this, it was a blast and I highly recommend it!</div>
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<i>Shak'nar knew he had the favor of the gods as another warrior wandered from the chaos wastes to join his band. Clearly the gods were blessing him with more followers as a reward for his magnificence. His band of loyal marauders had already taken the skulls of Hezvax the slimy and debauched themselves upon the warband of Abagor Buldadred. It was only a matter of time before he controlled the greatest army in all the chaos wastes!</i></div>
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Another short blog today. You'd think with all the COVID mess, I'd have plenty of time to crank out some blog posts, but nope. I'm working harder than I was before all this! This guy was an attempt at practicing metallics with contrast paints. He was primed black and then airbrushed silver so that most of the surfaces were silver. The blackened armor was just 3 or 4 coats of black templar thinned about 1:4 with contrast medium so that it was very thin.</div>
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The silver was coated with 1:1 Levidon Blue and Wyldwood and then cut a further 1:1 with contrast medium. The brass was just Goregrunta Fur over the silver. And the one gold plate was Iyaden Yellow and then Plague Bearer Flesh. Then everything was edge highlighted with Scale 75 Speed metal. Easy peasy, lemon squeezey.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-14493463303589733442020-05-06T06:00:00.000-04:002020-05-06T06:00:09.530-04:00Thief in Sensible Shoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>Many years ago, the Great Enchanter Drachenfels was defeated by brave adventurers. Now, playwright Detlef Sierck plans a production showing these events – at the site of the necromancer's death. But the dead do not rest easy…</i></div>
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So I got a bug up me to paint a model that was both a reasonable depiction of a woman adventure for HeroQuest types games and could also double as Genevieve Dieudonné from the Oldhammer novels by Jack Yeovil (actually Kim Newman), should the need arise. As should come of no surprise to anyone, finding a realistic portrayal of women in fantasy miniatures is not an easy task. Thankfully, a few companies have stepped in to help tackle this problem. I ended up going with a model from <a href="https://www.oathswornminiatures.co.uk/" target="_blank">Oathsworn's Sensible Shoes</a> line because they had the most variety and I found one that could work for multiple purposes as a fighter, thief, magic user, undead vampire, etc.<br />
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As with most of what I have been painting, she was painted almost entirely in contrast paints. It's all pretty straight forward although there were a couple of tricks I found. First, a mix of 2 parts Gryph-Charger Grey to 1 part Wyldwood makes an excellent armor wash! I also went with blonde hair since that is how Genevieve is described, even if the book covers giver he black hair. I also mixed a little Shyish Purple into the Guilliman Flesh since she is a vampire.</div>
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As far as the model itself goes, Oathsworn produced a very nice model with very little work for prepping it for painting. Additionally, it arrived from overseas in a little over a week, which is pretty amazing. So if you're in the need for a more realistic model of a woman, I highly recommend their stuff. I've also included a scale shot so you can see how they compare to Current, Middle, and Oldhammer models from GW.</div>
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Interfectorem Vespa <i>blinked for the first time, clearing its birth ichor from its eyes. Now that its mechanical face was gone, it could finally see clearly, see in ways that had previously been forbidden to it. But with this new warp site, it could see new and delicious ways to destroy the enemies of the loving chaos and anarchy for which it longed...</i><br />
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The chaosification, however, was more of a blend of things. The idea of the faces protruding from the armor was inspired by the poster for the movie "The Frighteners" (that I have never actually seen) and the bell just seemed very chaosy.<br />
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I also wanted to express the mutation that chaos titans go through, with the old head rotting off and a new, demonic head mutating out of its belly. This was my first ever attempt at sculpting a face. I figured I had a lot of wiggle room to screw up since it was intended to be misshapen and hideous anyway. I followed <a href="https://youtu.be/WUm2COVkoVs" target="_blank">Tom Mason's excellent youtube tutorial</a>. Cables were added to give it a half living, half mechanical look.<br />
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I do regret adding the horns, I thought they'd be very chaos but I wasn't happy with how they looked when attached. As a result, I covered up a lot of the joints with scabs to give the appearance that the horns were growing out of the head.<br />
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The yellow metallics were Contrast Iyaden Yellow over the Scale 75 Trash Metal base and then Contrast Plague Bearer flesh on top of that, with various other Contrast greens slapped into the recesses.<br />
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Like all the other titans, he was also painted with all the weapon options available to me. The yellow-white armor was primed with GW Wraithbone Spray and covered in Contrast Nazdreg Yellow. While that was still wet, I sloshed on some Contrast Snakebite Leather in the lower portions, letting the two mix on their own.<br />
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Once the contrast paint dried, I mixed some Wraithbone and Nazdreg Yellow and sponged it all over the armor plates and the did the same with pure, but thinned, Wraithbone. I wanted it thin enough to give the appearance of texture without actually giving texture.<br />
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<i>The one known as </i>Sordidum Mala<i> stood before the walls of the imperial palace, its giant eye, where no eye should be (for it was machine not man), weeping for the horrors it had seen. But the malevolent thing that now resided in it cared not for those horrors because it was interested in one thing -- death. </i></div>
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Of all the titans in the maniple, the reaver was probably the most fun and the easiest to paint. But before painting, I had to work on the giant eye I wanted on the carapace. Then I saw a model from a guy on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehobbyhangout/" target="_blank">Hobby Hangout</a> with a similar eye on a banner, but the eye was chained open. So <i>yoink!</i></div>
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The eye itself was pretty easy to sculpt, it was the finishing touches that proved more dificult. I had never sculpted chain before, so that was a bit of an experience. It came out okay and I only had enough space to put them on the top lid. I also added some cheap fake eye lashes I picked up from Walmart. This did two things, it made the eye look more realistic and it his imperfections in the lids!<br />
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The only other real conversion was using the giant skull from GW's skull box as a head. That required a little work to remove the ball joint from the back of the reaver head and put it on the skull, which was too large to just fit into the neck.<br />
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The metallic portions were painted with Scale 75 thrash metal, since it has a brown tint to it and then slathered with all kinds of brown and orange oils and enamel washes. I applied some wet on wet so they would mix on the model, others I applied over dry, and often using the same color with both processes. After a little cleanup, the metals looked sufficiently gross.<br />
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The armor plates were even easier, they were painted with Vallejo Model Color Stone Grey and streaking was added with Ammo Streaking Grime and Dark Brown Wash. The top armor was painted in a similar manner, but with GW Rakarth Flesh and glazed with Guilliman Flesh prior to the streaking. The tear from the eye is just a little blue ink mixed with water effects, which I also placed straight beading down the carapace to look like sweat. Finally, the chaos icons were painted with red and black oils and the immediately stippled over with white spirits to resembled bloody daubing.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-31895507036837461872020-04-15T06:00:00.000-04:002020-04-15T06:00:04.066-04:00From the Far Galactic East they come...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>No one is really sure from who these titans were, but as Horus advanced on Terra they came. They came from the far east, where no titan legions were known to be stationed and they bore no recognizable markings. When hailed, only garbled and guttural sounds responded, although, very occasionally, the names </i>Interfectorem Exspiravi<i> and </i>Upsilon Deus<i> could be heard. The armies of Horus did not waste much time attempting to communicate with them; these titans were heavily blessed by the four Powers and their loyalty was not an issue. And slay in the name of Horus, they did...</i></div>
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Apologize for the delay in blog posts. I've been really, really lazy. And really, really busy with this Covid 19 business. I'm lucky enough to be able to work from home, but the side effect of that is that I know seem to have more work today between my work and family stuff. But I'm back--hopefully anyway!<br />
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So one of my local friends figured out the way to get me to start a new game--namely give me free stuff! I've been eyeing Adeptus Titanicus for a while now, but never wanted to pull the trigger and spend the money. And then a spare copy of the rules arrived on my doorstep from an AT superfan that had an extra copy. So I promptly went out an bought two Warhounds, a Reaver and a Warlord. </div>
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Even before I purchased the models, I knew I wanted them to be done in two ways: 1) very chaotic and 2) very Blanchian. To me, anyway, this meant lots of modification and very washed out and busy paint styles. But I also knew I didn't care about which legion or anything like that. Honestly, the rules haven't entered my mind. </div>
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I also knew I was going to rely heavily on inspiration from others...because I lack all creativity 😅 For the first one, I knew I wanted a more bovine look, thanks to <a href="http://madhousesociety.blogspot.com/2018/12/tenebris-angelus-warhound-of-legio.html" target="_blank">Urion Franz's excellent warhound with a septum ring</a>.And if you're going to give him one piercing, you might as well give him two, so he got an earring as well. Chains were also a must, as these are described constantly in relation to chaos. I wanted more hanging from the carapace, but my fingers are clumsy, so I did what I could. And a tail, all chaos Warhounds need a tail!</div>
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When it came to painting him and his brother, I wanted to go with red, but not bright, Khorne red. A more washed out, Blanchian red. To achieve this on both, I used Vallejo Game Air Charred Brown and Citadel Rakarth Flesh to underpaint my highlights and shadows. On top of that, I sprayed a few very thin layers of Vallejo Model Air Cavalry Brown. After that dried, I added some Lamenter's Yellow via brush as an edge highlights of sorts and as a spot color in random places. For this one, I also painted demonic faces all over the armor plates using Rakarth Flesh and building them up by adding in White. After the Calvary Brown layers, I also went and re-whitened the teeth and some of the eyes. A big thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/explorartemaxi/" target="_blank">Maxi Costales López</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/effcee.miniature.painting/" target="_blank">Bill Rowbotham</a> for inspiration on the faces! Finally, I used some verdigirs colored weathering powders to add a "warp" effect to the exhaust, just to make it seem even more unnatural.<br />
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For his brother, I drew inspiration from<a href="https://gardensofhecate.blogspot.com/2017/11/cxlv-abhorrant-ghouls-queens-court.html" target="_blank"> Ana Polanšćak's amazing Varghulf</a>, as well as everything else she has ever done! I spent a lot of time staring at photos of her project trying to distill how she captured such mood in her work. Eventually I realized that everything she did was fundamentally wrong. But, wrong in a purposeful way, and that's where the mood comes from. It's very subtle so on it's face it looks correct and your eyes don't notice specifics, but your brain knows it just is not right.<br />
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Now, I'm no where good enough to do wrong on purpose, just wrong because I can't do it right. But, by recognizing that, I can use it to my advantage. I took an old hard plastic goat my kids had lying around, cut and spent several days applying patches of greenstuff to make it more lupine.<br />
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As you can see, I intitally wanted much longer ears, like hers, but I couldn't get them to look right. I think my armature wire was too thick.<br />
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First I bulked out the face where it need ed and then I added fur. I purposefully didn't worry about making it too correct and just did it to the best of my ability. Both to learn from it and let the natural wrongness amplify the effect I was after.<br />
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Painting his was pretty similar to the other one, except instead of faces, I painted lines across the armor plate, but in no particular order. It's not as noticable as I would have liked, I think I didn't take the underpaint bright enough (I stopped at Rakarth Flesh) and I put one too many coats of Cavalry Brown on it. But, the weathering ended up covering up a lot of it anyway.<br />
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Unlike his brother, which was only mildly weathered, mostly on the metals (how could demon faces see if their eyes were covered in grime?), this one was heavily weathered. I applied several layers of AK interactive streaking grime, rust wash, and dark brown and quite a few weathering powders as well.<br />
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<br />Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-35641400446602765912020-03-04T06:00:00.000-05:002020-03-04T06:00:07.945-05:00Göran Borgerson, Viking Warrior <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Göran joined Hrolf and Snorre on the trail of those pesky Anglish. After wiping out their village, Alfarinn learned that the church's gold and silver had been scurried off by a few of the locals to protect it. Alfarinn sent the three of them out to find the treasure. Surely, with all that weight slowing them down, the Anglish couldn't be too had to find or too far ahead of them.</i></div>
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Finished up another one of these awesome Red Box Games Vikings to go with my slowly enlarging Viking horde. Unfortunately, Göran is another victim of my poor note taking. This is especially vexing, considering I am super happy with how the various browns came out and really, really wish I remembered how I did that!</div>
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<br />Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-16520043141760213372020-02-26T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-26T10:36:46.097-05:00Scabnose the Zombie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Scabnose has been on a scouting mission around the burgh of Mittelmark when Necroburgher's curse was unleashed and was damned just the same as the town's residents. Goblin brains, however, are not as advanced as other inhabitants of the old world. So when Scabnose returned to the goblin encampment, well, no one really noticed. A zombie goblin doesn't smell any worse than a regular goblin, nor are they any less intelligent (a sad indictment on the intelligence of goblins in general). Sure, he talked less than he used to, but who really wanted to hear him talk anyway? So with no good information to pass on, since Scabnose could only repeat "brains...," the goblin encampment moved on and took Scabnose with them.</i></div>
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<a name='more'></a>Sorry for the delay, I was blessed by Nurgle--but back to blogging. Along with the zombie cavalry, <a href="https://www.upstreamgameshouse.com/product-page/bandits-beleaguered-courier" target="_blank">Upstream House Games</a> is including this awesome zombie goblin. And I have to say that he was one of the most fun models I have painted in a long, long time. In fact, he was such a joy to paint that I painted two of him at once.<br />
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For the "flesh," I followed JH Miniatures' method based on on Mengel's zombie method. You can watch that video <a href="https://youtu.be/HVoxuUn6-9o" target="_blank">here</a>. In fact, go watch all his videos, he's a got one of the best painting YouTube channels that I've found. I highly recommend them. The only change I made was to insert a layer of GW Ogyrn Camo before the final highlight.<br />
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And even the chainsaw was painted with contrast paints. I based it with a silver and applied several thinned browns and oranges to represent rust. The copper parts were then painted with unthinned GW Goregrunta fur, to simulate copper, and Terradon Turquoise for the verdigris. Even the blood was Black Templar mixed with Tamiya Clear Red.<br />
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For the bird, I again wanted to avoid a raven or crow. All black is just boring. And I already did a magpie on the zombie cart. So for this one, I went with an Egyptian vulture. So mostly light brown, but black wing tips and a white head. Easy-peasy (and also painted with the appropriate contrast paints!).<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Okay, I really dropped the ball on these Guys. UGH gave me these to paint them in January. Of 2019. And I started them until January. Of 2020. But, if you like what you see here and want your own set (which you should!) pick up a set <a href="https://www.upstreamgameshouse.com/product-page/bandits-beleaguered-courier" target="_blank">here</a>. Like all the rest, Kev Adams did an amazing job on them.<br />
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One thing I've learned with painting all of these zombies of all this time is that almost any earthy tone works for zombies. I've also learned that the thinner these colors are applied, the better due to the texture that exists on a rotting corpse. I've also been using a TON of contrast paints lately and I wanted to give these a try on some zombies. </div>
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The horses were largely painted the same way; using muted and thinned layers to coalesce in the recesses. On both the bandits and their horses, some highlights were applied to add to the contrast, but not all of them and not even most of them. Just as needed like on the horses' haunches.<br />
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The clothing introduced some more colors, although most of these were mixed with a little Aggaros Dunes or Skeleton Horde to mute out the more vibrant tones. The wounds were done with one of the various reds, purples, or deep greens although most of the gore was highlighted with the relevent color to make them stand out even more.<br />
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I also tried to give each bandit a base that matched the personality of the bandit itself. So the zombie viking looks like hes in a frozen tundra, the zombie mailman is still delivering mail, etc. Now that you've made it this far, go buy a set, you know you want to!Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-55354529578049500932020-01-28T06:00:00.000-05:002020-01-28T06:00:10.069-05:00Bob Naismith Painting Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
"The all enclosing armor was really a development of again my historical information, you know, the idea of like Medieval armor with knee armor that had to articulate, you know that the feet would have to articulate but still be armored. These are common elements in Medieval play armor, full play armor. The helmet, again, we knew it was fully enclosed. We knew that these guys were going to be I suppose kind of like Roman soldiers. So they were like legions. There were going to be loads of these guys, loads of them. So the helmet was loosely based on I suppose like a Roman legionary’s helmet with neck, neck protector, ear protectors that roll-over the ear, and sometimes you would have a heavy browband … Now, the backpack was kind of, in design terms, again it was almost kind of like it had a historical root in my mind, in the sense that it is a cylindrical form at the top which was — you could say it was like based on a rolled blanket from historical periods, like the Napoleonics. There was a backpack type shape in the center, which if anything probably resembles like a Second World War American GI’s backpack. Then the nozzles at the bottom were surrogates for some of the equipment packs that I referred to earlier on. So that the guy looked like he always had equipment with him.</div>
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Picking a Bob Naismith model was not difficult, but it should have been. He's been sculpting for longer than many of us have been alive. In fact, he started with Citadel shortly after I was born! And in his lengthy and illustrious career, he has sculpted some amazing models. </div>
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So as I was saying, it should have been hard to select some models, but it wasn't. For me, is original Space Marines are so iconic and so classic that I had to choose those. And they had to be painted as Crimson Fists. Plus, I only have two of the original batch that he sculpted so that would be easy enough to fit into my limited painting time. </div>
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When it came time to paint these lovely blokes, I largely followed the same process I used on the previous <a href="http://www.acceptableradiation.com/2018/05/crimson-fist.html" target="_blank">Crimson Fist</a> I painted. I did make a few minor changes though. On their armor, I applied quite a few glazes of GW Levidon Blue contrast paint thinned with water. These things make great glazes and really helped smooth out the transitions. You can still seem some in the photos, but with the naked eye (or at least my naked eye), the colors transition really well.</div>
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For the fists themselves, I was so struck by the Crimson Fists that <a href="https://www.ninjabread.co.uk/category/blog/" target="_blank">Curis over at Ninjabread</a> did, that I wanted to emulate his fists. So I based them in GW Screamer Pink and gave them a Druchi Violet wash followed by a Nuln Oil lining in between the fingers. On top of that, I layered Wazdakka Red, and then I added a mix of Fulgrim Pink and Screamer Pink (to magenta up the Fulgrim Pink just a little), until I was happy. I used the same colors for Freehanding the fists on the shoulder pad.<br />
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Finally, for the base, I attempted to copy what <a href="http://heofthreenames.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HeofThreeNames</a> did on some other Rogue Trader Crimson Fists I own. Over Vallejo Pumice paste, I painted Dryad Bark, which I drybrushed with P3 Menoth White Base (basically Bleached Bone) and then washed with GW Agrax Earthshade. I think these two are probably my favorite marines that I've ever painted, and that's 99% due to the awesomeness of Bob Naismith's sculpting.<br />
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As much as I do love the old ones, I was eager to paint up the set of plastics I had purchased back in 7th edition. The originals are great, but over the years, I have seen that the chains have a nasty habit of breaking, and I noticed the softness of the chains when painting these.<br />
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Olo over at <a href="https://shop.army-case.com/" target="_blank">a-case</a> has created a set of <a href="https://shop.army-case.com/display-cases-for-miniature-collectibles/ikea-detolf-additional-shelves/" target="_blank">plastic shelves</a> that I've been eyeing for a while now and I finally pulled the trigger. They're designed so that the round bolts slide into notches much more elegantly than placing glass on a u-bolt.<br />
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They arrived last week and as soon as my kids were in bed, I ran downstairs to install them. I only used two, since the Transformers are quite tall and did not really leave room for all four. Plus, I'm thinking about adding a second Detolf for larger models anyway.<br />
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Conceptually, the assembly was easy; you just attach the bolts and hook on the plastic shelves. Practically, however, I would highly recommend disassembling your Detolf. Or at least removing the stuff in the case. I foolishly did neither. And trying to get your hands into the tight spaces in the back to get the bolts on and fully tightened and then checking to see if they were level all while not knocking anything over was quite frustrating. But that's on me, not the product!<br />
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Aesthetically, the supplied bolts look much nicer than something you'd pick up at the hardware store. In fact, they look a lot like plenty of other standard issue Ikea hardware (with kids, we use a lot of Ikea furniture since it's cheap and will be destroyed!). A-case states these will hold 25 pounds, but I've not tested anything that heavy. In fact, I'm not sure I could fit 25 pounds of miniatures on the shelves. But they seem to hold everything I've got up there and I only hand tightened the bolts.<br />
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I also want to commend A-Case's shipping. I've ordered three or four things from him and it always arrives quickly and safely from Poland. In fact, in at least one instance, my package arrived faster that was sent to me from within the USA on the same date. So, if you have an Ikea Detolf shelf and you want more storage space, I highly recommend picking a set of these up (and at the time of writing, they are on sale!).<br />
<br />Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-79848730442527812482019-12-18T07:00:00.000-05:002019-12-18T07:00:02.736-05:00Going a viking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Sven loaded up the longship with the rest of the crew. Hopefully this year's raids would be as successful as last years. He was able to use all the silver he acquired from his share of the Danegeld to buy a herd of sheep for the farm. With their wool, surviving the harsh Scandinavian winters was just a little bit easier.</i></div>
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So I finally started back up on my Saga Vikings...only to stall on them after these four! First, I have to say, I absolutely love painting these Foundry Vikings. These are definitely Mark Sims at his best. </div>
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There is not a lot to say about painting them, other than that I followed the same method I used on the Anglo-Danish. Namely, I stuck to earth tones.<br />
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I did swap out the Foundry shields they came with, as they are super thick and I was worried about them staying on the models. That extra bulk adds a lot of weight. Instead, I used the much thinner Gripping Beast shields.<br />
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This guy's cape was actually the test model for Felix's cape, and I am super stoked with how it came out. It is one of those instances where the test model came out better than the model the technique was intended for!<br />
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<br />Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-41945264466080100302019-12-11T06:00:00.000-05:002019-12-11T06:00:04.593-05:00Stiggaz Stikspit, Boss o da gits <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>"Oi, 'u lot! Git ova der! Nows, like!" shouted Stiggaz. These boys wouldn't know what to do if the Bad Moon itself gave them orders, he thought. But being dumb has its advantages too, if they're dumb they don't realize they can talk back to you or, even more importantly, stab you in the back! But dumb or not, he had a battle to win, and that mob better be where he needs or or he'd have to bash their head himself.</i></div>
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<i>Valrak Skull Bearer stalked the frozen wastes looking for more to slay in honor of his majesty Khorne. Unfortunatly, the realm of Shyish was full of the aready-dead, and their skulls did not provide the same satisfaction on the skull throne. He had been following the warband of Felvryrk the Abandoned for a few months now, hoping that their size would draw out foes to slay. But if they did not find some other victims soon, well, maybe his compatriots would have to suffice. </i></div>
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I also practice sculpting some hair, both to fill out his beard and to hang below the his helm...but mostly to fill some gaps! The painting was fairly bog-standard, but I did give him fiery red hair, as I felt that was appropriate for a Khorne worshiping warlord. I also bloodied his axe for the same reasons.<br />
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"Don't give me that. Yer up to sumfink..." The towering Orc looked around suspiciously. "Where's Ratgash? You 'aven't et im?" There was a shocked silence.</div>
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"er... Gitter, Boss. One of Maggot's lot. But 'e was dead when we found 'im." The Goblin paused a moment. "Course 'e claimed 'e was just sleepin'...but that lots is all liars ain't they." The Goblins nodded reassuringly on this point. No Goblin really trusted another, and with good reason.<br />
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One of the things I've been working on a lot more than I was expectating lately are my Night Goblins, now known as the Gloomspite Gitz. Even though I'm a die hard dwarf lover, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for these little guys, especially after reading the story above from the Fourth Edition rulebook (although I am sure it has been used elsewhere). Previously I had 40 or so painted up, a mix of the old Kev Adams' models, the monopose Skull Pass plastics, and the current multi-part plastics. </div>
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One of the things I've been playing with is how to paint these little buggers a lot faster. You need them in units of 40-60 after all. So I decided to do two things. First, I would rebase them all for Age of Sigmar (Gasp!) but I was probably never going to play them in older editions anyway. Second, I was going to bring up the models to a higher standard while simultaneously trying to figure out faster ways of painting them.<br />
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And I have had some success with this. Not all my units were at least 20, so I had to bring them up to that number. Thus, I also got to do a bit of practice from the ground up. In other words, lot of practice to be had! It's harder to notice here because lots of different things were tried out. But I'm working on two other blog posts where the methods will be much more noticeable. </div>
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I've settled on a method for the black robes that is quite quick...and stolen wholesale from George Ratković on the Gloomspite Gitz Facebook page. First, I airbrush the robes black, then hit them zenithally with a light grey, usually Uthulan Grey but if I'm lazy Celestra Grey will do. Then after that is dry, I do a quick edge and other high point highlight with pure white. Once that is dry, I make a mix of Army Painter Dark Tone and Army Painter Blue Ink and let it sit and thicken up. The amount of time depends on the amount mixed--the more you use, the longer it takes. I usually end up waiting 20-30 minutes. Then I slather that all over the robes and let dry. At this point, if necessary, I will do a quick edge highlight with Fenris Grey, but I've found it frequently isn't needed. (For the record, George's look way better, but he was painting characters and I'm not!)<br />
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For the tones, I have also chosen to steal someone else's technique. In this case, from maxfaleij on Instagram. The flesh is first base coated in a 50/50 mix of Averland Sunset and Skarsnik Green. Then, I give it a wash of Biel Tan Green, followed by highlights with the base coat, Ogryn Camo, and Krieg Khaki. The red noses, which I don't do for everyone, are just a few thinned glazes of Warcolours Red Glaze.</div>
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So in the end, here are my completed mobs. Although I noticed that I didn't quite have enough Standard Bearers and Musicians. I doubled up for the photos, but I think another set of them and a bunch of netters are next on the list!<br />
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Lucian Calsius is a Lieutenant in the Ultramarines Chapter's 2nd Company and a veteran of the Indomitus Crusade, where he received his current rank. Due to being a relative newcomer to his Chapter, Calsius works hard to earn the respect of his Battle Brothers and has displayed bravery and wisdom in numerous battles. Besides the Indomitus Crusade, Calsius has also taken part in the Plague Wars and defeated an Ork attack on the Agri World Nova Thulium. His celebrated victory there, including personally killing the Warboss Guttrekk, proved to be the turning point that allowed the Imperium's forces to defeat an Ork invasion of the Realm of Ultramar's eastern flank.</div>
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Painting him was pretty simple. The armor was based with Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue and highlighted up by adding in Citadel Fenris Grey. The cracks were shaded with Tamiya Panel Line Black Wash, which is in enamel wash so it flows into the cracks perfectly. It also has a brush built in to the cap, so you don't have to get white spirits out for cleanup.<br />
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One thing you don't see often, and I really wanted here, is a dirty Ultramarine. Too often, they are perfectly clean and polished. I sponged some primer red around his legs, but most got covered with all the mud! I applied copious amounts of mud pigments to his feet and painted the bases the same way as my plague marines, except with dark brown colors. I also gave him a five o'clock shadow and painted the top of him with AK Interactive Rainmarks to simulate dust and dirt collecting on his armor in the field.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-84839600014289163182019-11-06T08:05:00.000-05:002019-11-06T08:05:15.182-05:00Fun with Contrast Paints<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So it has been quite a few months now since GW released the new Contrast Line of paints. And I have been playing around wiht them for a little while now. So here are some of my experiments. I find they are great on certain types of models, namely most historical models, skaven, genestealer cults, and other models with a ton of texture. I've had less luck with them on things that lack any texture. I've also found them great for weathering and through an airbrush.</div>
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The first picture is of some gribblies for Rangers of Shadow Deep. Two Reaper Bones worms and a demon thing from Kromlech. These were one of the first models I tried and they came out okay. In these cases, the contrast paints were applied straight from the pot and required a quick dry brushing over to actually get any contrast.<br />
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After learning my lessons on those models, I gave some others a try. This ECW Pikeman is from <a href="https://1stcorps.co.uk/" target="_blank">1st Corp</a>. With this guy, I tried a zenithal prime, using Badger African Flesh Tone and Vallejo Bone. The bright red jacket was Blood Angels Red with a bit of bone mixed in for the highlights. This is a tip I got from Vince's video and I pretty much used it on all of the rest of the models. It's still really fast due to the slower drying time of the Contrast paints, you get a little bit of wet blending that goes on. The trousers were a mix of Basilicanum Grey mixed with Apothecary White and highlighted in the same manner. The stockings were just Apothecary White. I am pretty sure the leather spots were a mix of Cygor Brown and Aggaros Dunes, although they might have just been heavily thinned Cygor Brown. The flesh was Guilliman Flesh and the cuffs and collar were Aggaros Dunes. Finally, the steel was based in Iron Breaker and washed with thinned Black Templar. </div>
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I painted the Victrix Greeks at the same time as the Pikeman and they were primed the same. This time though, the flesh is Darkoath Flesh. Their Linen armor was done with Aggaros Dunes for the brownish one and Apothecary White for the greyer one. The skirts are just Flesh Tearer Red, Basilicanum Grey, and Orc Flesh Green.I did paint the bronze, spear shafts, and armor trim with traditional paints for them.<br />
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These Foundry Pirates were some of the most fun to paint as I got to try out a lot of different colors. The blues are all Ultramarine Blue, and I used both fleshes for these, the Richer looking of the two getting Guilliman Flesh while the rougher one received Darkoath. The Yellow trim is all Iyaden Yellow with Nadgreg Yellow applied in the cracks. The Butcher's shirt was a mix of another mix of Basilicanum Grey and Apothecary White. Those two mix really, really well. His apron was the most fun to do. First I sponged on various browns and red-browns, then applied a layer of Aggaros Dunes to unify the stains. Then a quick highlight with pure Rakarth Flesh gave me the finish I wanted.<br />
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The Skaven was pretty much painted according to this method: <a href="https://secretsofthevoid.wordpress.com/2019/08/11/introducing-contrast-paints-to-oldhammer/">https://secretsofthevoid.wordpress.com/2019/08/11/introducing-contrast-paints-to-oldhammer/</a></div>
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And finally, some of the Triumph of Death skeletons were painted with a mix of Basilicanum Grey, Apothecary White, and Darkoath Flesh over Celestra Grey.<br />
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Overall, I think these are great paints and each of the models here was painted very, very quickly. While I won't be painting any golden demon winners this way, I may actually get to complete an army or two!Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-71175484397527820592019-10-30T06:00:00.000-04:002019-10-30T06:00:09.046-04:00Warcry--The Eight Points!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To me, one of the biggest selling points of the Warcry box was the terrain. I immediately knew it was pretty awesome and I wanted it! As an initial matter, for anyone who has the terrain but has not assembled it, Way Walker Studios did an excellent guide on how to assemble them correctly: <a href="https://waywalkerstudios.com/assembling-terrain-for-warcry/" style="text-align: center;">https://waywalkerstudios.com/assembling-terrain-for-warcry/</a> GW clearly designed this terrain separate from the game as the instruction book does not show you how to build the scenery on the cards. </div>
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All the stonework was painted based on a really good youtube video I saw: <a href="https://youtu.be/4Pkg3XcO8Z8" target="_blank">How to Paint Warcry Terrain</a>. The Main buildings were all painted this way, while the Bell Tower and Statute were a variation of that.</div>
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For the buildings, I primed black and then painted them with GW Deathguard Green Spray. It was done in a sort of Zenithal fashion but not quite. The video above does a much better job explaining it. Then they were drybrushed with Celestra Grey and White in a downwards manner. I then added some weathering with Athonian Camoshade and Vallejo Slimy Green Dark and Light. The Iron greats were painted with Leadbelcher and completely coated in Typhus Corrosion and drybrushed with rust colors.<br />
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Overall, they came out really well, but were a little rough, texture-wise. So for the bell tower and statue, I started the same, priming black and then using the Deathguard Green spray. But instead of drybrusing them, I used oil paints. I painted a stripe of white at the top of each stone and then a stripe of Abteilung 502 Field Grey on the bottom (it's what I had, if I do this again, I'll probably find something a little darker). After that, I took a wide, flat brush that was damp with a soft thinner, I dragged down from the top and up from the bottom to blend the two colors. I did have to go back and do a little clean up in some of the cracks, but otherwise it worked out great!<br />
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The planks were based with off white (I can't remember if I had picked up Wraithbone by that point or not). Then they were hit with Contrast Wyldwood and finally a drybrush of Rakarth Flesh.<br />
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The logs were painted in a dark brown craft paint, which I drybrushed over Mournefang Brown and Baneblade Brown. The spikey parts were Baneblade Brown and drybrushed with Rakarth Flesh.</div>
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Finally, the skeletons were painted with Celestra Grey and washed with a mix of Basilicanum Grey, Apothecary White, and, I think, Wyldwood, thinned pretty heavily. The individual skulls were just hit with a wash of Skeleton Horde. The robes and other bits and bobs were just painted with a seemingly appropriate contrast paint. </div>
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<br />Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-74839455971017669112019-10-23T06:00:00.000-04:002019-10-23T06:00:06.312-04:00Warcry--Iron Golems!The Iron Golems hail from the Ferrium Mountains in Chamon, the Realm of Metal, where they harness raging magma-flows to forge their brutal weapons and armour. More than just warriors, the Iron Golem are superb smiths, believing flesh to be impermanent where metal is eternal. Those fighting in the Eightpoints hope to prove themselves to Archaon, aspiring to one day provide arms for his endless hordes.<br />
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They were initially primed with Vallejo Silver Primer. After that, the iron areas were washed first with AK Interactive Dark Brown Wash and then the Rust wash. I also applied spots of Typhus Corrosion randomly. After that, they were drybrushed with Necron Compound, but very lightly.<br />
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The gold parts were then layered with Contrast Iyaden Yellow, which when dry, was followed by a layer of Plague Bearer Flesh. The brass parts were picked out with Scale 75 Victorian Brass (although if I were doing this over, I probably would have just used either Gore Grunta Fur or Skeleton Horde over the silver). It was then washed with Athonian Camoshade.<br />
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I think I had a good idea for the Furies, I just don't think I executed it well. The skin flesh was pretty simple, as I primed the models black and zenithally highlighted them with white. Over that, I applied a layer of Army Painter Dark Tone mixed with Blue Tone, which I had let thicken up for a while. The beards were just Contrast Basilicum Grey over white. So far, so good. For the wing membranes though, I tried to make get a very sharp gradient. I started with Fyreslayer Flesh in the recesses, then did a layer of Gryph-Hound Orange, followed by Iyaden Yellow. It didn't work out right, and took much expiramentation to get them to look semi-okay. So much that I couldn't even begin to remember how I did it!Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-76883836137736908342019-10-16T06:00:00.000-04:002019-10-16T06:00:06.486-04:00Warcry--The Untamed Beasts!Hailing from the Jagged Savannah in Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, the Untamed Beasts are brutal warriors who eschew the trappings of civilisation. Capable of binding the spirits of beasts to their own through dark rituals, they possess preternatural strength and speed. Those warriors in the Eightpoints venerate Archaon as the Eater of Worlds, and long to join him in his great hunt. To them, Chaos is the Devourer of Existence – a rampaging apex predator from which there is no escape.<br />
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So when GW released Warcry, I fanboyed out and had to pick it up right away. When GW also released their new Contrast Paints just prior to this, I also had to pick up a bunch of those. So I decided that I would use the Warcry release to really learn to use the Contrast Paints. </div>
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Each model was primed with Badger African Flesh Tone and then hit zenithally with Vallejo Game Air Bone. The flesh was straight Darkoath Flesh. Where I felt that highlights were necessary, I mixed some P3 Menoth White Base into the Darkoath Flesh, but there were not many such spots. The scars were done by mixing in Flesh Tearer Red into Darkoath Flesh.</div>
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The bodies of the Raptoryx were Gryph-Charger Grey and their plumes were Ultramarine Blue, thinned quite substantially. The beeks were just Iyaden Yellow and the purple bits where Shyish purple and highlighted by mixing grey into that. The wings were painted Gryph-Hound Orange with Fyreslayer Flesh painted into the cracks. I then drybrushed them with P3 Menoth White Base and then a layer of Iyaden Yellow.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3391068405860809609.post-88978915044130497312019-10-09T06:00:00.000-04:002019-10-09T06:00:07.401-04:00Bob Olley Genestealers #PaintABob<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Cult of the Jade Destroyer was getting restless. The Magi were not ready to strike, but the brothers were growing tired of toiling in the mines below the deserts of Choutera IV. Drekker had his boys training as often as they could, but the plebs who ran the mines needed to see the work done or they would get suspicious. Still, he had been blessed by the gods with an extra limb, so they listened. But he could only hope that the time for uprising would been soon.</div>
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So as you will see in a blog post in the near future, I have been enjoying the hell of out Contrast Paints. There are certain models that they are absolutely perfect for--specifically those with lots of texture. So when the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/400319303383363/" target="_blank">Oldhammer Community</a> announced its #PaintABob contest, I thought Bob Olley models would be great to use them on. </div>
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So after deciding on some Genestealer Cultists, but before actually starting on the Bob Olley ones, I did this as a practice model. If you take out drying times, He was finished in about an hour. Not bad! That's one of the reasons I love Contrast Paints! And I was able to recreate <a href="http://www.acceptableradiation.com/2016/12/the-cult-of-jade-destroyer.html" target="_blank">my existing color scheme</a> pretty accurately. </div>
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After finishing the modern plastic and with thinking about a few tweaks, I was ready to go. Unfortunately, I realized I didn't have any original arms, but thankfully, the modern plastic arms fit the old metals perfectly.<br />
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Everything was initially primed blue, to act as a pre-shade, and then zenithally airbrushed with GW Grey Seer. Generally, with contrast paints, I like to start with the darkest colors and work lighter. So the blacks were all painted first; using about 3 coats of Black Templar, thinned about one part paint to three parts thinner. After that, I edge highlighted with straight Grey Seer.</div>
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After that, the pants were painted with Talasaar Blue thinned with Contrast Medium and the creases had Leviadon Blue painted directly into them while the Talasaar was still wet. It was at this point that I noticed that it was the sleeves that should be blue and the pants brown! Oh well, too late now 😆<br />
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The Purple armor was first painted with Magos Purple, and when that was dry, I highlighted the highest points with Grey Seer and then added a coat of Shyish Purple thinned with Contrast medium. After that, a final edge highlight with Dechala Lilac was applied. The teal parts of the armor were first painted with Wraithbone before applying Gryph-Charger Grey. This is a neat color as it gives you a teal if applied over cream colors, but a grey if applied over greys. Then I rehighlighted with Wraithbone and then added a coat of Aethermatic Blue. After that, I again edge highlighted it with Gauss Blaster Green. The sleeves were just Space Wolf Grey and rehighlighted with Grey Seer.<br />
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The Leather was done, initially with Gore Grunta Fur, but that came out a little too red, so I added a thinned coat of Cygor Brown. After that, I edge highlighted with Gorthor Brown, Baneblade Brown, and Rakarth Flesh. The metallics were next, since the hoses got near the face and I figured the flesh would be easier to clean off the metallics than visa-versa. These were just Rune Fang Steel covered with a mix of Magos Purple, Leviadon Blue, and Wyldwood, thinned to about 50/50 with Contrast Medium, After that, I just picked out the edges with silver. </div>
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The Flesh was based with Flayed One Flesh and then coated with a layer of Shyish Purple mixed with Fyreslayer Flesh, also thinned about 50/50. Then the highlights were Flayed One Flesh, Pallid Witch Flesh, and White. The stubble was applied with a thinned layer of Athonian Camoshade, a tip I got from the EXCELLENT <a href="https://youtu.be/Sb3LnRzFEDQ" target="_blank">Juan Hidalgo Miniatures</a>. THere were a few other bits and bobs as well. The primer red chainsword was a mix of Gryph-Hound Orange and Fyreslayer Flesh, highlighted with Wraithbone, then a coat of pure Gryph-Hound, followed by another highlight of Wraithbone, and finally a layer of Iyaden Yellow. The flamer jars were done with Creed Camo and shaded by mixing in Black Templar, then highlighted with Wraithbone and layered again my mixing in Iyaden Yellow to the Creed Camo. I repeated that until I was happy. The empty parts were just Space Wolf Grey highlighted with Grey Seer and then White.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18093356872477703550noreply@blogger.com7