Here's a Grimgore Ironhand from a while back.
I have painted a fair amount of Orcs over the years, but I am looking forward to one day painting all the LOTR orcs I have sitting around :-)
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Fly away...
In between bouts of snow shoveling right now (and burning hundreds of disks), so a quick post for you. This time, some new images of the subject for the 'core' freehand video from the Painting Pyramid series.
I was just burning a few dozen of this video. It really was a good subject for that topic, since I could even work freehand into the base itself.
She's also here:
When 'life' imitates 'art'
OK, this is another blast from the past. Long ago, I had seen this piece of art (not sure who the artist is, but I am assuming that it does originate from Games Workshop).
I thought it would be very fun to make something that was a bit like it. This meant chopping up a solid metal Marneus Calgar figure... before I ever had a razor saw.
That certainly made this task more difficult! You can see where the extra GW bitz were added, as well as the brown stuff and plasticard/polystyrene tubing.
I seem to remember using an Ork Choppa blade to create the Nemesis Weapon. I forget where the Storm Bolter bit came from.
And the painted result. It was a very complex paint job, since everything was sculpted in place. Normally, many of these pieces would have been painted separately and then attached when complete.
Also, it weighed a ton! It was sitting there on the end of the dowel rod, with the pin almost bending under the weight.
Still, it was an interesting project. Believe it or not, I did 2 more conversions using solid metal Marneus minis. Guess I just didn't learn my lesson the first time!
Friday, January 31, 2014
Dance the night away
Another fun Reaper Miniature. This one was used for the Painting Dark Skin video for the Painting Pyramid series.
Painting this color of skin requires a lot of subtle transitions... making sure you balance warmer and cooler shades. Also, a few higher saturation areas need to be added so that the skin color does not become too gray.
All in all, a very fun mini!
She is also here:
Sometimes you just can't remember...
Well, there are those times when, even though you are staring the images straight in the face, you just can't recall when you painted a particular figure!
I know I painted this, but I have not been able to remember when. Probably between 2008-2010.
I think it was a Sergeant figure that I did some conversions on... mostly involving the cloak.
I have also dug up some very interesting WIP images that have never been processed from long ago figures. Those will be very fun!!! Stay tuned!.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Fun with Freehand
Here's a new set of images of that Spartan Warrior from CMON that I used for the Freehand Cloaks bonus video for the Painting Pyramid. Obviously, lots of great surfaces for freehand on this guy!!!
The Greek lettering actually says something... The Painting Pyramid!
I also had lots of fun with the base. You can find him here now:
Not at a snail's pace...
Yes, for a long time I have been promising you all images of the Warriors for the Nurgle Blood Bowl team. So, pictures of the first one. Each of them has a snail shell like this guy.
I looked up some images of snail shells, and also got a chance to see some real ones last Saturday, so that will be my reference! More to come!
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