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Late WIP Wednesday

Hey All,

I was celebrating the start of Rosh Hashanah last night (Jew!) and didn’t have access to my PC.  Here I’ve done some work on the bone across the board, trying to get the transition a little more gentle between the  shades.  I’ve begun work on the golds, need probably 2-3 more coats of seraphim sepia on all of the golds to get to the shade that I want.  Making progress slowly.  Next 3 weeks it will go even slower as my exam is right around the corner.

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WIP Wednesday – Daemon Prince Progress

Still going, going to touch the wings up a bit more then back to the skin, metals, and whatnot.20140917_130622-1 20140917_130611-1

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WIP Wednesday, More DP, More Bad Lighting

  So I started working on the skin for a couple of days and realized I needed to get some other colors down in hard to reach spaces before I set myself up for tears later.  I got some paint on the eyes and teeth (eyes still need to be finished, teeth cleaned up, washed, highlighted.)  I also went and put a basecoat down on the majority of the rest of the metals that will become gold later.   Need to get the bone done next.  The loincloth deal can wait for a bit I think, still figuring out colors.  Still clueless on if the wing membranes should be colored differently from the wings themselves.

I made my first attempts at basic highlighting on the skin, I need to add more brightness which I struggle with.  For now it’s the base pink, washed with a mix of red and purple (more heavily in the recesses), base coat reapplied, a 50/50 mix of the base and the first layer pink, then the first layer pink.  It’s easier to see in person but still too subtle to even come close  to “popping.”

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WIP Wednesday – Daemon Prince Beginning

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She’s a laaaaady….

So I’m working on this bad boy in pink above.  With baby/toddler/exam etc I’m happy to be painting 20-40 minutes here and there starting these past two days.  I’m going to attempt to push myself outside of my comfort zone (base and wash, attempt at a highlight) with some better highlighting here.

 

I’ll be working on the skin for a bit first.  So far in the picture this guy has gotten his flesh basecoated with a light purple/red mixed wash over the skin.  I started last night also reapplying the base color over everything but the recesses last night but I think my paint may be thinner than I intended.  We’ll see, I’m just going to keep plugging away at it and see where I end up.

 

Eventually the metals will be the gold the rest of the army has.  I’m on the fence on the symbol on his chest (might do that in a regular gold paint) and the cloth and wings.  I’m thinking do the cloth darker grey/black light the leather/cloth in the rest of the army and then try and do lighter grey wings… really iffy on the wings.  No rush on that decision though.

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New Brush review… sometime?

So I got my Games and Gears kickstarter brushes in today.  I believe they are Kolinsky sable double headed brushes (you can brush with either end, I guess it’s for wet blending?)  They look nice, they are longer than the brushes I’m used to using.  I’ll post up some pics and initial thoughts in the near future.  Also, if anybody else has a serious interest in them (or providing a better review because they know what they are talking about) I can bring some up to the GT for you to play with.

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Camera phone + crappy lamp = looks better than my painting

Okay, so seriously, I think the photos of these look better than the actual models in person.   Obviously, we can’t let Jon’s awesome WIP scratch built waystones stay at the top of the main page for more than an hour!  So, here’s my first 5 warriors done to what I’m hoping for the base standard for the new army.  I’ll touch them up later.  This hasn’t been varnished yet, we’ll see how it looks after that.

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The Warriors are Coming!

first with halberdsHere’s my WIP first five warriors.  I’ve started a blog in the forum painting section.  I’ll be posting the majority of my pics there but I’ll be putting some highlights on the front page.  I’m really happy with how these are coming along.  I think I’m going to go with shields, just debating the colors.  Maybe the black of the leather/fur with gold on the symbols on the shields?  Gotta paint a test!  I may not push beyond this level of detail much just to get the army on the table and then go back and touch up the horns/bone and cloaks.

 

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Warrior Test Model

Hey guys, I haven’t played around with any basing ideas yet but I thought I’d get your opinions on a test model for the WoC.  Advice is more than welcome!