Starting the bases.

Starting out with the gray primer...

Some quick layers of warmer colors for the undersides.

Like the marble that I painted on the Tomb Kings bases, some Deep Sea Green to get the marble under way.

The experiment continues.  I wanted to see what the conduits and pylons would look like if they were glowing.

Working up the marble.  I have to be careful to keep this subdued enough so that the iconography will show up.

I decided to 'Chaos up' a typical Necron symbol to see how it might work.

I certainly wanted to work in some Eye of Tzeentch!

Some more lights applied, getting set for the dark washes on the underside!

Quick glazes applied.  This tones down all those warm light colors, and gives a boost to the marble, and the lighter glowing stuff.

Stay tuned for the final images!

From junk to treasure... part one

Many years ago, I snagged a bunch of junky Necron minis.  They have been waiting for many years for something to be done with them.

After creating the Tzeentch tainted Tomb King army, I thought it could be fun to try the same kind of thing with the Necrons!  Lots of crazy colors, glowing stuff, and so on.

First I had to rescue a few figures... getting rid of mould lines, strengthening joints, and so on.

I also needed to make some test bases for them as well.  I had some pylon shapes from another project that I stuck on the bases.

I needed a bigger version for the Destroyer Lord.

Pinned figures being put into place!

Ready for priming!

Here's something new as well.  Chicken and black bean sauce.  I think I will have to try and make this for myself!!

A little different, eh?

It's always fun to see recovered junk at this stage of development!

More planes!

Here's one more piece to the collection... the ME 109.

Just as before, getting ready for some desert action!

You have to be very judicious with your use of planes in Memoir.  They are not all powerful, but when used correctly can create nightmares.

We each have different 'favorite' uses for them.  Rich leans towards pinning units in place, and I tend to use them to remove the effects of cover, so that it is easier to chase infantry units out of towns...

Desert campaigns are going to be interesting, since the Western Front battlefields tend to have a lot of terrain on them.  I am guessing that the North Africa settings have much less!

Happy to see them done!

After working in a few more details, I took some shots of the finished bases.

There are so many more moulds to try out!  Each one is going to lead to many new designs.

I may try this one again with thinner sheets, but I have to say I liked the look and strength of this thickness.

The entire batch!!

Spitting fire in the desert

Another plane for you!  This time, one version of the Spitfire.

With the future emphasis on the North African campaigns, I thought I would try out some desert camo (Rich has the more traditional green covered already).

This is also a very fun pattern, with lots of neat colors.

Some comparisons with the P38 Lightning.

More to come!

I was working from a number of photos, including this:

Rolling along with the Krios

Work has continued on the Mechanicum Krios tank.  One of the reasons I wanted to take all these WIP images was to illustrate how the Shaded Basecoat  works for much more complicated things like this tank.  Lots of pieces, lots of color changes.

You have seen a number of WIP images with the Shaded Basecoat on these bits.  Now it was time for some glazing.

Glazing on the main hull and cockpit as well!

Remember, the whole idea behind this technique is to start lighter... work even lighter, and do much of the work with glazes that shade and tint those colors.

Take a look at this piece now, and check it out a few images later.

On this interior piece, I tried to make sure that some of the shading would be tinted more towards the red.

And now for that piece again.  I mixed a blue gray with the glaze colors, and worked the middle tones back towards a blue gray.  I just felt like I wanted more color variety there, despite the fact that it will be mostly hidden!

Same deal here... mixing the lighter colors with the glazes, creating that semi-transparent color that works nicely for making lighter colors that blend easily.

I have been waiting to use the fluorescent paints in the cockpit!

I also went back into these sections with that same semi-transparent middle to light color...

I was not looking forward to the treads.  However, the Shaded Basecoat technique would be just as important here!

I have to consider the eventual weathering techniques that will be used here.  Plus, lots of glazes will be used to get more depth of shading and colors in the darks.

I have to plan out which planes are going to catch light from above, and which ones are going to reflect the 'ground'.

Now these are just about ready for glazing!  Stay tuned!