Swinging wildly...

Red Box time again!

As often happens, my palette morphs and changes over time.  I have already mentioned how all of the WWX and other figure lines pushed me towards the muted browns and tans with hints of green, etc.

Speaking of greens, I have been using greens as a highlight and midtone color so much more!

I have even been mixing light greens and pinks to make grey.  This is something I will do on sword blades and other metals.  When combined with some blueish highlights, you'd be surprised at just how correct that all looks!

Wolf riders

I always thought that the first Privateer Press cavalry figures I'd paint would be Raptors for a Legion of Everblight army.  However, it turned out to be Tharn wolf riders instead :-)

Having painted the infantry versions of these figures, I already knew what had to be done.  The wolves had to be closer to black than a typical white/grey color.

There will certainly be more where this came from in the long term...

By the Comet's Light

In my world, the Old Worlde still exists, and that includes the jungles of Lustria!

In that jungle resides Tette 'Ekko, or Baby Babo, as I always referred to him.

That was a scratch built figure that always went with my Skrox army.  Yes, tons of skinks and Kroxigors!!  This close up shows the Skink Tank.  Back in the day, this unit could take down monsters on the charge with its poison javelins.

I had a number of these "Skrox" units, which I called my foot cavalry.  They moved almost as rapidly as some heavy cavalry.

The regular small units would each have a little surprise inside... some kind of skink chief with a sneaky weapon, etc.

It was Baby Babo's job to drop down comets from the heavens.  I would often choose to re-roll the entry of the comet, so that its delay increased its power!

There are a few articles on the blog which shows some WIP images of Baby Babo, along with dozens more on the various skink units.  Check out some of the battle reports to see them in action!!!

Come over here...

I forgot how much fun these classic Dark Elf figures are to paint!  It's been at least 8 or 9 years sinceI last painted one.

Most of the metal figures I have like this were converted into Hekatrix Blood Brides, but I still have a few in "original condition" ;-)

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321843071967?

Coming out of your shell

I wish that I could get more chances to paint Bombshell Miniatures, sculpted by the always fantastic Patrick Keith.  The faces are always very well defined, and easy to paint.

The poses also have a dynamism that makes them very appealing, but they are still one or two piece casts at most.  This is very helpful for a lot of reasons.  Less time to prep, and less things to break!!

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321842462053?

A Rumble in the Jungle

As I compile more of the large format Hangar 18 backdrops, I am offered more and more opportunities for these types of "glory" shots, as I like to call them.

I have a new 16 x 23 green/grey backdrop, and I have been itching to have it for a while.  The brown/grey misty backdrop has been great for Wild West Exodus, but it is too desert or wasteland in appearance for a jungle setting.  Also, that backdrop didn't match the hills I had created.

You can see what a nice blend this new backdrop is!!  Perfect!

The next color I need to secure is more of a misty concrete blend that will work for sci-fi shots, or even Zombie invasions!

For now, it is the reign of Saurus and skink!!

This unit always made me very sad.  As most of you who know how I roll dice, you would not be shocked to hear that they went 'stupid' on me five turns in a row in a single game.  A bit like falling down the stairs juggling chainsaws while trying to prevent a nuclear fission cascade while also baking a cake.  And setting fire to a winning lottery ticket.

In any case, it was fun to set up a few of these shots at long last.  Once I secure the greyish backdrop and finish off one key piece of terrain, I will be able to do more 40k style glory shots!

I'm also going to shoot images of the Engines of the Gods, the Temple Guard unit, and the Carnosaur on the new backdrop individually.  There are a few new Lizard monsters under way which will also be very nice in this Hangar 18 backdrop.

Stay tuned, as I show some massed amounts of skinks on the next series of images!  And be sure to check out Hangar 18 photo backdrops...

Orky baby...

Here's a fun Reaper figure!

I was painting this while listening to hours of documentaries about the two sieges of Vienna.  I guess that's why I used so many earth tones... all I heard about were sappers. :-)  That and the Kahlemburg...

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321840291074?