Saturday, August 25, 2012

Post # 600!!!! Teaching an old dog new tricks...

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Gee, I was really shocked to see my posts at number 599 right before I went to put this up!  I guess that means I am averaging about 100 posts per month.  Scary, I know!

What should not be scary is this neat little devil.  It is a very fun Werner Klocke sculpt for Reaper.

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She is up on CMON right now, so I call on all loyal Wappellians to vote!!
http://www.coolminiornot.com/312779

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I very rarely get to paint anything like this, so it was a treat.  I also took the opportunity to experiment with flow improver, which I had never tried before.  I used it on almost every surface, with different types of brushes, paints, even other mediums.  There is a whole lot of potential use for it... and not just for freehand.  Very cool! 

That just goes to show you that you can indeed teach an old dog new tricks!  Speaking of which, we have been substitute dog walkers for these two hounds, who we have known since before they had names.

Here is Max:
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Max as usual waiting for someone to toss his ball:
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And his sister Zoe:
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Neither of these dogs had been trained to walk in the disciplined fashion that we walk dogs, so we knew that some teaching would be involved.  After just 2 days, they are now pretty well ensconced in the correct way to do things, and they very rarely step out of formation or yank on the leash.  Of course, border collies are among the smarter dogs, but other people could do the same thing (if only!)

Blood Bowl Shadowforge Gators

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Shadowforge makes some fun blood bowl teams, and here is one of them.  It is an Australian company, but I believe that you can purchase theme here on Impact Miniatures site.

They make a fantastic female orc team, complete with coaching staff, as well as a hilarious nun team!

These ladies are painted in Florida Gators colors...

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I don't seem to have any individual shots (sorry!), but here are some close ups of the group images...

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This coaching staff was from War Gods, and a little touch of green stuff. :-)

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Some of my favorite Trueborns: Part One

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It's been a long time since I have seen these guys.  Every so often it is fun to check out figures that were done using techniques that are very different form the way I work today.

Here are a few big Dark Age Dragyri Trueborns.  They are on 50mm bases.

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Individual images of eggshell Grey Knights

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Here they are!  Obviously there were a lot to process.  So many different combinations. :-)

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Group shots of Eggshell Knights

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I have been processing all the pictures I took of the Grey Knights.  We begin with some group shots... lots of individual images coming up this afternoon!

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You can see some of the magnetized bits here.  There are a number of combinations that you can have with these guys. :-)

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The banners are always a challenge... both painting and magnetizing!  Ultimately, I had four of them to do, with each one being a different set of colors.

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Adding to the eggshell Grey Knights

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Here are some WIP images from a while back taken as I made a few new updated Grey Knight terminators in the same color scheme as the units that were included with the Best Painted Adepticon army.  They were also the same unit that won the Gold in Games Day 2011.

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While red is usually the most difficult of the color schemes to paint, the eggshell color scheme runs a close second.  Controlling the color temperatures of those two colors is the primary culprit.

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With both the red and this eggshell, a false move with your color mixtures could lead to red terminators that turn orange, or Eggshell terminators that are too grey, losing that little bit of warmness ti the color...

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Since this color is the lightest of the 4 schemes I have painted, it makes doing the golds a bit more tricky.  The purity seals are even more of a pitfall.  If you make the seals too dark to contrast with the armor, you won't be able to to and freehand on them!

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The purity seals needed to be more reddish, and the golds had to be particularly intense, with a higher chroma than those on the slate versions.

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I think my favorite to paint is probably the slate scheme...

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You can see how the colors and shading were developed in these images.  I will have the painted photos up a few hours from now...

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It has been a while since the first ones were painted, so I had to come up with an entirely new set of colors in order to paint these guys.

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Hmm... looks like Jeero is preparing for winter...

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