There's a light beyond this tunnel

And it's not an oncoming train!

This is the Object source lighting video, as you can imagine.

Some of the fluorescent paints were used, which is always fun!!!

Getting brighter!  Even some glow on the base.

Side by side.

I love object source lighting.  The more the merrier!  It tends to lend the miniatures a sense of scale.  In other words, it makes them seem more 'full sized'.  It is very interesting how it does that.

So, I hope you will enjoy this video :-)

Wee little skinks

Well, it looks like these guys take quite a beating in the new Lizard book :-(

I am not quite sure what approach I will be using with them.  The previous post did mention small skrox units to house some chiefs to baby sit saurus.  Perhaps it could be another way of scattering vassals around for varieties of Mage Priests, or even Tette-eko.

I know that I would like to have one Trog... points probably will never allow for 2.  That's one way of getting a fast moving vassal that might not die off easily.  These skinks were part of that big Skink Tank which used to be a favorite unit in my army.  It had old metal javelin skinks, new plastic skinks, and conversions of plastic skink archers.

I also have noticed that lots of people are starting to see the potential that I saw in Kroak.  That will likely be my next theme and big sculpting project.

I sculpted him once years ago, and I think I could do something very neat this time around.  His palanquin will be quite elaborate, since he can't be shot at (no need to worry about LOS!).

Here are a few of those converted skinks.  These also became favorite minis!  I just can't bear the thought of abandoning my skinks completely.

I have some Sarus that I might convert to expand on the Temple Guard unit, which is very small right now.  Who knows, I might just do a 'Death Star' unit, which I have never tried.  That always seemed a bit boring to me, and hazardous.  All the eggs in one basket runs very contrary to my play style.

Hopefully I will be able to combine mobility with this, using Rippers, Trogs, Blastadons, and stegs to spread around that Ruination love!!

Raging Reds...

Some red goodies from Urban Mammoth!  These were very appropriate minis for a video all about reds.

Just as I did with all the other 'color theory' episodes, I did some swatches and value comparisons.  The key point here was to emphasize "warm vs cool" and "saturated vs unsaturated" colors.

Armed with that color chart, it was time to tackle the mini!

The shaded basecoat...

Uh oh, must be time to glaze!

Yes indeed, the color swatches were handy!

Speaking of reds, here is a different kind of color swatch.

Finis!

Three of a kind...

Some images of the three completed bikes together!!!

It is always fun to see these units build up like this :-)

I am still getting used to the idea of painting 'white', instead of some form of off white.

Where are you guys headed?  They're THAT way...

More on the way!

Back home in Lustria

Here are some images shot with a portion of the "Skink Tank" set of figures on top of that display base I showed a few weeks ago.

The skink tank unit was huge, with 4 kroxigors and 40+ skinks.  There is a thread here on the blog in the Lizardman section.

A few of the Kroxigors were also from Reaper... their Reptus line of figures.  I had some characters in this unit, like a skink chief with fencers blades.

There was usually a skink priest hidden in there as well.  Sadly, the new book will make my beloved Skrox units completely unplayable, so I think I will be breaking those up for other purposes.

The only way I would have any of those around now is as a bunker for Tetto Eko.  

Back in the day, I used to have a bunch of 16 skink, 2 krox units that I called my "Foot Cavalry".  You had something that caused fear (when that actually meant something!), had LD 7, poison shots, monsters, and moved really fast!

So, maybe it's time to switch to units of skirmishing skinks, or just have a bunch of cannon fodder cohorts that might be able to hold some cheap chiefs.  Those could baby-sit the saurus with the Predatory Fighter deal.

Or, I keep those little units, and have them attempt to charge the units which the saurus might run into... perhaps with certain buffs...

I will try to work in a Trog and some Basties.  I have never even looked at the lore of Beasts magic, so I guess it is time to familiarize myself with that!  Who knows...

Sculpting that Kroak figure is starting to sound appealing.  I guess he can't be targeted with cannons if he's with the Temple Guard.  With all sorts of little vassals running around, I would not have to do Big Ruinations.  Yes, he is a lot of points, but now any Slann is.

I only used him once, and he did manage to wreak some serious havoc.  So, we shall see!  Time to start sketching!!  Although, I seem to remember a neat design in one of the really old Lizard books, like 5th edition.

I have some images of the individual skinks that were in this unit, including some of the old plastic archers converted into javelin skinks!

The tanning spa

This one was an interesting video to create.  All of the other flesh tone videos involved 'natural' colors... that is, the appearance of the flesh colors were as they occurred 'naturally'.

These flesh tones were altered by exposure to elements, such as sunlight.

That meant that the eyes could be a lighter, or bluer, shade than they had been on the dark flesh video.  The colors also had to be kept more in the orange range.

However, that balance can go out of whack very quickly, and the figure ends up like they had gone on a vacation to the surface of the Sun.

That fact was mentioned over and over, and will be supported in text blocks advising of not getting the dreaded pumpkin flesh!

Glaze time!

It never ceases to amaze me how different things look from the shaded basecoat stage and then once the glazing is complete.

Working back in the mid tones...

And then side by side.

Time to go protect the forest!

More bikes...

Is this what the Great Khan ordered?  Yes, another bike enters the mix!

This time, plasma was the theme :-)

The next bike is the Sergeant with power claw...

Another group shot on the way!