Something Dark and scary...

Well, the spaceship is still primed and ready to leave in case anything 'unusual' happens, such as comets, nuclear warheads, or something like that...

This figure is from Dark Age Games, the Skarrd faction.

This character is Father Johan.

I had some fun using my new Vallejo transparent red and some 'hardcoat for the gore!

Spitting Venom... some Work in progress images

Here's a little something different for you.  Tonight we have some Dark Eldar Venoms that I have been working on for a while.  I haven't even had a chance to make the bases for them yet, but at least in this form, I could play some test games with Rich.

As you can see, the undercarriage weapons were magnetized.  Also, the Venom in the center is for the Archon and her Incubi squad.

I have lots more grisly trophies to add!!!  Lots of other fun details as well.

Finally, the bases will have some duels going on between some hapless Space Marines, as they try to defend their Hippodrome, which this particular group of Dark Eldar are after!

Here are some views of the Archon Venom.  Like the Reaver jetbikes, I have added some plasticard wings.

I used some of the grisly trophy bits to make the gunner into an Incubi.  I can't remember where the head came from.  It was an extra bit to something.

The slave girl on the back is from another miniature company, whose name also escapes me.  I have a bunch of these, and I will be putting them on the other Venoms and the Raider.

Pizza anyone?  Fluffy loves pizza!  So do Dave an Abima...

Preparing for Doomsday: Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish...

Now we continue to get deeper and deeper into that second rank!  This was the other standing pose of the Forgeworld Empire Handgunners

Here are some views of the second rank...

These images of the unit as a whole get more and more interesting with each gunner that is completed!!

Not long now...

A very Merry Mardi Gras?

Skinny dippin' Nurgle style...

Now for some of those top views I mentioned showing the little Nurgle buggers splashing around in some nice warm slime!

See how much fun it is?  The slime in the drum was done the same way as the slime on the base, by mixing yellow with the olive green.  Once I had my lightest color down, I took teh fluorescent yellow and mixed that with the 'ardcoat.

I did some more weathering on this, which helped create a texture difference between the glossy slime and the very matte finish rust.

Here's one more view from above!

In a kickstarter update, here is a bit of news.  After yet another frustrating late night of dealing with file transfers, Windows 7 learning curves, and so on, Rich helped us make some progress.

We have decided upon an editing software program, and we will be getting that, along with a microphone.  In addition to that, we are going to track down at least 1 more gig of RAM.  Fortunately, the existing processor is the correct type for video work.

We discovered the hard way that the usual Windows base editing software does not exist on the machine we are using.  Not sure how that happened, but it did accelerate the process of finding the final version of the editing software!

Naughty or Nice? Nurgle Demon Prince

OK folks, here's the first set of imagesof the Demon Prince!

I have more top views coming later, which will show all the little tricksey Nurglings playing in the slime pool.

Little Harry... Nurgle Herald

OK, heres's the Herald for starters!  As usual, lots of wild color transitions.

These Nurgle figures were real experiments in color theory!

Bases for the Nurgle Prince and Herald

For those of you familiar with the other Nurgle figures that I have done, you wail recognize this style of basing.  The essentials are relatively simple... some cork, some gravel, some bitz, oxide paste and a touch of green stuff.

A view of the palette gives you a good idea of how I approached the painting.  In many respects, it is very similar to how I painted the figures.  You can see the olive green and reddish browns that were mixed together, as well as the tan color that was mixed in to lighten it.

Some sky blue was mixed in for the rhino door, creating a greenish grey in the end.  I also started putting some green on the slimy water section...

Obviously this stage was all about adding rust.  I started with a Calthan brown, moving on to a parasite brown from Vallejo.  Finally, vomit brown was added for the lightest shades.

The slime section was done by adding Vallejo deep yellow to that olive green, lightening along the way.  Once the highlighting was done, I mixed some of the fluorescent yellow in with 'hardcoat and applied that over the slime.  It is a nice textural contrast to the rocks.

Stay tuned for more!