More fun with Reaper figures. I think this is a Julie Guthrie sculpt. A classic D & D figure.
I had to toss the little bit of dragon freehand on the cloak for fun :-)
He is also here:
Friday, February 21, 2014
Time to toss this pineapple
You have seen the pictures of the bases, and the WIP images. So now it is time to start seeing the finished Sisters!
In these images, you will see the result of the glazing and tinting on top of the shaded basecoat.
Before we get to the storm bolter Sisters, we need to check out a grenade toting gal.
Stay tuned for more!!!
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Nuns with guns... again
Some WIP shots of another Sister batch.
Just about all of you are familiar with my Shaded Basecoat technique. This set of images shows a few miniatures at the end of that stage, and on to the glazing, etc.
The concept behind the shaded basecoat is to start 'in the middle' and work towards the highlights, with subsequent layers of glazing and tinting afterwards.
There are many purposes for this. First, it simplifies the color palette, in that I don't have to rely on a specific paint color. I just need a few generic colors, since tinting with the glazes will let me match colors from previously painted figures.
This set has a few initial glazes. I use a smaller liner brush to apply these. They are not washes. That is a huge difference. Carefully applied, these glazes enhance the shadow areas, but also tint them towards a cooler shade of red as well.
That is the critical part of the synergy between the shaded basecoat and glazing.
You can see that glazes have been applied to the face and the weapons. I also like to mix those glaze colors with regular paint, which creates semi-translucent colors that are perfect for mid tones.
Mid tones are the most important part of every miniature. They not only set up your highlights and shadows... but at least 40% of your miniature value range fits in that middle!!
Bennie seemed to be very happy.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Making a case
Ok folks... as many of you know, this has been a rather unprecedented winter here. We have set records for snowfall and temperatures. These have combined with each other to create a real nightmare since December 29th.
This has led to multiple delays in my deliveries. In fact, the cases that I am showing you in these pictures were delayed almost 2 weeks in arriving at my door. That has been typical. Just getting a hod of disks for burning has been a challenge, as all of the delivery services have been grounded time and again. Grrrr!
The cases are obviously quite important. Even though nearly all of the disks have now been burned, there is not much I can do with them until I have cases! This is particularly true for multiple disk purchasers.
We searched and searched for 20 disk hard cases, but the best I could do were cases that hold 14.
This is an example of a ten pack. Many of the pledges were geared around 20 videos with 2-6 'extras' as the case may be, so I have also purchased a number of other cases which hold those counts.
I filled up one ten pack with disks, which was really cool to see! Much heavier with that full load of knowledge :-)
This was the first of many boxes of single disk cases. Once the first box finally came, I could work on the final package art. Don't worry, the real thing actually fits the case. ;-)
A view of the test graphics for the back of the case...
I also bought a number of two disk cases, since that will help with the add on stretch goal disks. This was an experiment to see if I liked clear better. To stay consistent with the big cases, I am going all black from now on.
This is what 1,100 disks looks like. There are more being burned right now, but this lets me get a nice start on sending out packages. Yes, that is right, I am starting to divvy these up into pledges.
It will probably be a few weeks before the big stuff goes out, since I will need more of the large cases. Those have been delayed by the latest weather madness!
Speaking of which, the crew at CoolMiniorNot is doing their best on the downloadable versions. For two weeks, ice storms mostly stranded them at home if they were lucky, on a highway for 14 hours if they were less fortunate. MRE's and the National Guard were involved.
At any rate, I will give the high sign here once they have those available for download.
I do realize that people are very anxious about all this. Believe me, my own anxiety is a thousand fold. Over twenty nights of no sleep just this year alone. My apologies for all the craziness.
Bases for the Sisters
I needed some more bases for those red Sisters, so it was time to get down to it. The bases were the usual sheet of baked sculpey clay on cork.
A basic warm gray is applied to start the marble veins...
Once the pattern is established, it is more clearly defined by adding lighter seams of color.
Some freehand designs are added, similar to what I have done before.
After the basic reds are laid out, some tan is used to create some areas of trim and even a font.
Lighter shades are added to create more shape.
A dark blue/brown mix is used to create shading, as well as some definition and cracks.
That same color is used to make some shadows on the sides of the bases as well.
Finis! Ready for minis!!
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Yum yum!!!
Dinner time!! Mmm... yummy lizards!
We have the first of three re-roll markers for the Slime Bay Packers.
These little guys are having a lot of fun... but someone is having less fun.
Elves next, since they stay crunchy in milk!
Toasty
Here are some converted Incinerator Grey Knights that I did a while back. I took the regular space marine flamers and reworked things a little.
It was not all that difficult to make that change. At the time, all you had was the solid pewter versions, so it was nice to have something different!
These also had more action to the poses.
I don't remember exactly what I did ( I could not find the WIP's for these two), but it was mostly green stuff and plastic rod.
Enjoy!
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