Fires of Faith

I only had a few of the heavy weapons Sisters in the army, but it was neat to have nuns toting insanely big guns!

This one follows the white robed/green armor scheme with the brass/gold accents.  It was a nice change of pace from the more numerous green robed gold armor variety that made up most of the force.

The base ties them all together, with the same green marble and freehand script.

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/221967495012?

The Fall Wizard

Here's something fun that was sitting around in the figure archive for many years.  I had been saving it as a wizard for hire on a Blood Bowl pitch, but I just had to see what he would look like with some bark and branch basing!

It allowed me to create an entire setting of muted greens, tans, greys, purple and even teal!  You can see a little bit of the juxtaposition of the grayish purple shadows on the cloak, with lighter tones in a yellowish muted green.

For good measure, certain parts of the cloak also had some greenish blue.  This would also tie in to the NMM on the sword blade.

These views give you a better look at that base, and the foliage that I used.  The tufts are Gamers grass, along with some crushed oregano leaves, which I topped off with some very nice fall foliage leaves made by MIG products.  All available from King's Hobbies and Games.

He's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/221967480915?

The Seeing Blades

 

Another miniature from the great snowy horde!  As I have mentioned before, this particular gathering is comprised of miniatures from several different companies.

 

There is a very specific color range which must be followed to try to keep all these disparate companies coordinated.  Normally I would incorporate different color variations on surfaces like the metals.  However, it is important to stay in a more confined range of greys.

 

So, this project will continue... more and more Mierce miniatures to come!!!

The Wolf's Mane

Here's another classic figure that we had painted a few times years ago when we first started painting minis.

We have learned a great deal since then, including how to generate lots of fun, subtle color transitions...

He's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221966081365?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Stay tuned for many more of his Reaper Miniatures buddies!!

Bark and Branch: Big and Small

I thought that you might like to see some raw images of bark and branch bases.  It's been a while since I have shown the unpainted versions.

As usual, red oxide paste was used like mortar, helping to hold the layers together by filling in the gaps between the layers which I built up.

I employed a few different textures of bark, which is always a lot of fun!

Placing bits of branches as massive gnarled logs is a great way to get scale and additional texture to a base without too much work.  The piece will usually have to be positioned several times before you find just the right spot, but the extra effort is worth it!

I have a number of posts on this "Bark and Branch" technique in the basing section of the blog.  These show many different sizes and types of bases, and even how they are painted.

Here's a quick construction post:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-west-was-won.html

Two very different size bases.  The one on the left is 30mm, while the massive base next to it has many different layers of bark, held together with the oxide paste, super glue, and even elmer's glue.

The whole set, ready for painting!!

Fear the Forest

Here we have the second Treekin from Raging Heroes, with foliage added!

Each time I see these, I realize how much the foliage adds, even though it is not incredibly elaborate.  I had some model train foliage that would have also looked very nice, but that is very fragile, and actually meant for more static pieces of terrain.

This foliage (which I purchased at Hangar 18 miniatures) is very resilient and tough.  It will move when you touch it, but not break.  Better yet, I can even pull away some individual leaves and glue them to the base as fallen leaves!

I also painted the leaves for the first time on these figures, as I was combining different colors on the same figure.  I wanted to see if I could make them transition more smoothly from one to the next, and that seemed to work quite well!

Stay tuned for the last member of the Treekin family!!

Wings of Angels

This Seraphim is a combination of a traditional GW Sister of Battle with new wings added... taken from an Archangel from the Urban Mammoth line.

Since I had a number of Archangel figures in the army already, I thought this would be a nice tie in to the few original GW versions that I was using!

Once more, it was a chance to play around with lots of subtle color transitions.  There are a number of warmer green/cooler green areas, and the same for the gold/brass.  At one point  I was mixing a very dark Reaper Green Liner paint with a cool off white.

I also have some much more saturated and yellow sections in the metals, but I made sure to try to provide hints of green here and there.

I enjoy these wings because they are a much larger canvas... I can do more freehand, weathering effects and so on with these than the original configuration.

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321944799784?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649