Yes! I'm back!

So after a long hiatus away from nerd gaming I suddenly had the urge to try out a Sons of Horus scheme. Never painted green before and with Sons it is hard as there are so many different greens people use.

I thought I would give this one a go. Haven't seen it anywhere, pretty much just thought the 3 shades would work well together.

Black primer.
Airbrushed VGC Jade Green.
Zenithal airbrush highlight of VGC Foul Green.
Brushed on highlight of the same for areas not reached by the airbrush.
Brushed on shadows using VGC Scurvy Green.
2 x airbrushed washes of thinned down VGC Jade Green to try and blend it all together.
Watered down wash of Dark Tone ink.
Watered down wash of Strong Tone ink.

This did not really come out as I had hoped, it is a bit darker than what I would have liked. Should probably have done less washes with the Jade Green, or instead washed with the Foul Green instead. Looks more like a Salamanders scheme tbh. In fact, looks exactly like a Salamanders scheme lol.

The theory behind it is sound however, highlighting upper parts of the armour panels and shading the lower parts, with the mid tone in the center. Comes out nicely. You can see it on the greaves, but it looks even better on the shoulder pads.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think, is it a keeper or is it back to the drawing board?

Clanrats

This is my first pack of clanrats including the musician for the unit.

I have done a few extra things on these rats as part of skill building, including the armour edges (most dark, but one has lighter) and a new eye painting method which whilst not perfect on average has a better outcome with the eyes (eg more of them actually in the eye sockets this time!).

However I made one horrendous mistake whilst doing the quick shade.  After the traditional dunk and shake and dabbed away excess pools of the ink with an old dust cloth.  Unfortunately many small hairs from these deposited nicely into the drying ink and stuck there.  This has spoilt a few of the figures and most definately closer pictures.  But hey, its something to remember not to do again.  Lint free non shredding paper next time!

Works in progress

I have not posted anything in a while, but hey more recently than the other two contributors (I am looking at you Paul and Rob...), but I have not been idle.

I am halfway through my first eight clan rats.  They will look considerably different to the slave rats, and not just because they are a better geared model.  I am excited, at least at this point, as to how they will turn out.  I would like to think my ability with the brush has increased slightly!

Ive also signed up for a master class on the Underempire forums.  One of the skilled painters there is running a course over multiple weeks teaching us techniques etc on a clan rat figure.  This course goes from on the sprue to completed model.  We send in pictures of our progress and get comments & tips on each section (omg its like homework)!

If I only learn one new skill the course will be worth it.  And it is not going to be onerous as well.  One figure, each section lasts two weeks.

Here is an example of the finished product.

See you next time and hopefully with some finished Clanrats!

Pyrrhic Victory?

I have completed another batch of rats and just like previous I included a Rat Ogre in the mix.  Rob had mentioned that he was not sure about the colour on the base edges and funnily enough my friend who visited over easter echoed the same comment.  He thought it was too much 'brown'.  As I am using the ROgre's to test things out and hopefully hone my skill (or lack there of), I tested a different colour.

I also wanted to test out the slave rank faded red armour, glowing runes and a different method for painting the eyes.  On the whole I am pretty happy with how all three of these turned out, especially the armour.  However I had drastic failings on the quick shade removal and this has spoilt a lot of my semi good work.

Anyway, here he is in all his dirty glory.

Roger the Rat Ogre

Its no secret I obtained my initial Skaven figures from my good friend Rob.  I really appreciated the large influx of figures even if some had been assembled.

Roger the Rat Ogre is just one of these.  However the glue on his joints had popped and I could not get it to settle again nicely.

Even though I will never be fielding a Rat Ogre, I thought I should paint it up anyway.  They can be used as a unit filler if anything and besides that practice is always good.

I tried to paint coppery lines down the cracks to show its splitting at the seems, but it didnt turn out that great, nor did I get a good picture of said cracks.  But still, here he is in all his non glory.

And here he is with a few of his lads painted in the same batch.  Just to see how it looks amongst other figures.  Also in the fuzzy distance is the next batch of eight waiting to be washed.

Sluthammer: Mono Slannesh 40K and Fantasy musing

Having spent some time digesting the Daemon books I have decided to try to pull together some initial lists.

Unforgiven: Finally ready to start

After a delay of a few months due to a postage / ebay botch up I finally have the final models for my Deathwing list (minus 2 drops pods for later purchase)

Today was spent finishing the assembly of the force.

Here it is in all its unpainted glory...