The Swordsmen cometh...

I have been hammering away at the Greatswords for a while... doing all the 'grunt' work like painting the bases, movement tray, and the Shaded Basecoats.

Lately I have been doing some glazing across the unit as well.  Every so often, I just have to finish one completely to keep from going nuts :-)

So, one more joins the fray!  More to come...

A bit of practice here and there.

Back to the Reaper minis that were considered for some of the videos.  This one was a candidate for fur, since it was becoming very difficult to find any sort of critter that did not have a rider, or was not covered in armor.

I was also trying to stay away from much bigger miniatures as well.  This one had potential, since it had fur in a few different places.  I thought it could be a nice practical application for painting fur instructions.

The other reason for considering it was that I already had some here.  They were being saved for a Slaine Campaign.

Instead, it has served as a test for painting kilts on the Victoria Miniatures Highland Moss Guard!

He is also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321308317804?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Blade Dancer

Here's another fun Reaper miniature... and yet another candidate for the skin color videos.  On this version, I was balancing the reflected color of the turquoise costume against the fairer skin colors.  That meant incorporating that shade with the skin colors as I was mixing them.

It was more challenging to do so without the skin color becoming too gray or dull.  I did add some elements of much warmer skin colors, using the Transparent red color in key spots.

Using the warm reds for the marble and the reddish brown hair meant that such brighter red skin tones would not be too out of place.  Also, I wanted the costume to be semi-transparent, so a bit of that grayed down skin tone could be used in the deepest folds of the outfit.

This allowed me to integrate those opposing colors even more.

Again, a fun little exercise!

She is also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321307863536?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Rub a dub dub, three slugs in a tub.

Or is that three Rotters in a swamp?

Anyway, I believe this is all the Rotters now!  Yea!

I have been looking around for images of snail shells and even some sea shells for color ideas on the warriors.  You will see what I mean when the first images are posted!

There are 16 Rotters in all, so I will try to get all of them in one image for you next week.

I have no idea how I will be able to fit the whole team on one image.  Tons of support staff as well.

Looks like more company for Stu!

Hey, more Zombie killin' gals for Disco Stu!

Yes indeed... she's not afraid of a little blood and guts.  Especially when they are someone else's.

A view of the newspaper telling you to watch out for those tricksy zombies!

Plus here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321306027503?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Another blast from the past

Here is a miniature I have painted a few times.  It was very fun.  Painting it now, knowing all that I have learned since, was very cool!

I have learned so much about fun color transitions, like these.  Balancing warm and cool versions of the same color, and so on.  I did that with the suit and the armor pieces.  Reflected light is always a blast.

She is also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321306028675?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Disco Stu has a 'date'

Here's a figure that I had been saving for Zombicide... a girlfriend for Disco Stu!  You all remember the intrepid hero of the hood!

This nice lady also has some Benjamins to spend.  I believe this is a REAPER Chronoscope figure?  Not quite sure.

Anyway... I put this one up on ebay, and she was snapped up in less than an hour, otherwise there would be a link here.

Before she goes away, however, here are some images with Stu!