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Imperial Artisans ... The Painters, Crafters & Writers Guilds => The Brush and Palette => Topic started by: DariusZero on April 26, 2010, 09:19:51 PM
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My empire gallery:
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=37174.msg579334#msg579334 (http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=37174.msg579334#msg579334)
Games workshop blog entries:
Empire:
GM of KotBS:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=2300072-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3ATheGamesWorkshopBlogEN%28What%27sNewToday%40GamesWorkshop%29&utm_content=GoogleFeedfetcher&_requestid=4648622 (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=2300072-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3ATheGamesWorkshopBlogEN%28What%27sNewToday%40GamesWorkshop%29&utm_content=GoogleFeedfetcher&_requestid=4648622)
Nordland swordmen:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=2300084-gws (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=2300084-gws)
Warriors of chaos:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=1700118-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGamesWorkshopBlogEN+%28What%27s+New+Today+%40+Games+Workshop%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=1700118-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGamesWorkshopBlogEN+%28What%27s+New+Today+%40+Games+Workshop%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)
How it all started :wink::
"Another modest Empire army coming this way. Only this time it comes with it's greatest nemesis along the same way: Hordes of chaos.
Every painted unit is good news, since it gets thrown in combat asap. And there's a campaign that binds them all ( hm, where did I hear that before?) . Junior ( my son) will contribute his share on the evil side, me - I'm empire of course."
Some basic units first:
Talabheim spearmen, mercenaries, but loyal to their empire commander, nevertheless.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/statetroops010.jpg)
more next time.
My trade list: http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=37003.0 (http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=37003.0)
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Prettyyyyy
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Very good armour! How You did it? Something like "Bestial Brown" -> "Boltgun Metal" ?
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It looks like brown metallic, perhaps brass and then a wash of hawk torqoise to make the worn effect ( i forget the english word for it)
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Very good armour! How You did it? Something like "Bestial Brown" -> "Boltgun Metal" ?
thx for comments.
Armour:
Verdigris:
-paint armour black
-drybrush it with chainmail
-wash it with watered down green ink( not wash)
-drybrush it with dwarven bronze
-wash it carefully with either green, black or brown wash (or with all if you like) on the messy spots
-drybrush/paint the edges and details with gold and silver
-repeat the last 2 steps until you are satisfied.
It looks like brown metallic, perhaps brass and then a wash of hawk turquoise to make the worn effect ( i forget the English word for it)
It's called verdigris.
The second unit of spearmen, mercenaries from Middenheim, who have been painted in the same way as the first unit, I only replaced the green ink with the purple one. .:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/statetroops006.jpg)
I'll combine both units in a bigger one 24men strong. One place reserved for a hero or a unit filler.
More next time. :blush:
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First sight of the chaos hordes, marauders from the border Tribe of the Shadow Bears.
cheers.
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Woah, these are all very impressive. I shall sit back and enjoy this thread as it develops. 8-)
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your son is a really good painter too
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Actually everything so far has been painted by myself. :icon_redface: I will mention it specifically when I post his work. But thx anyway for the comment.
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Here are some units painted by junior:
Marauder horsemen
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/empirespearmen048.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/empirespearmen051.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/empirespearmen047-1.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/empirespearmen050.jpg)
:::cheers:::
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very cool dude!!!
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How old is junior? 'cause if he still young that is very good.
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ah, Riccos republican guard are such nice models.
Wish they weren't so expensive!
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How old is junior? 'cause if he still young that is very good.
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He is 13. His main army is actually not one from the WFB - they're space marines, which he plays with at the tournaments. Only recently he got interested in playing fantasy.
ah, Riccos republican guard are such nice models.
Wish they weren't so expensive!
Ah, a connoisseur! Yes, those 2 units are indeed ROR and belong to my modest mercenary army of Dogs of war. It's so convenient to mix models from Empire and Dogs of war. sometimes the scale differs a bit, but otherwise it's OK. Fluffwise I use the Regiments of renown models to represent the veteran units, hardened by many battles. The Ricco's spearmen( yes I know they have pikes ) form actually the bodyguard for my inexperienced empire general - Fluffwise and in the game, and they DON'T suck. They're actually making it quite good against marauders and sometimes even against warriors. ( I know greatswords would be better, but they are still in the grey matter form, so I can't use them yet. :icon_biggrin:)
You can see more of my Dogs of war army herehttp://dogsofwaronline.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=544 (http://dogsofwaronline.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=544) I just hope they still remember my name there.
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Getting busy with the first knight unit: 6 maybe 7 knights of the blazing sun. Instead of traditional black / gold armour I'll make them in metallic blue and bronze, with white and red for the details.
First I assembled horses in that way, that each one of them has different leg-position, so now I have 4 different variants of horses instead of just 2 , if I followed the usual way of assembly.
And this is first WIP photo of the first knight.
Cheers!
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he actually is 1 year younger than me,but paints about 5 times better...
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he actually is 1 year younger than me,but paints about 5 times better...
:::cheers:::
OK, update on Knights of the blazing sun, this is still WIP, need to finish the musician, first knight, another knight....then they go to war...later on I'll add some highlights...maybe.
inspiration for the colours choice ( from the computer game Warhammer online):
(http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/images/conceptart/CA0802_14.jpg)
Comments welcome! :smile2:
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Very nice knights, I really like the colour choice. Good stuff :::cheers:::
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To use all the french I know, "moi aussi".
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Great painted Knights, though the source of the color scheme.. isn't that a Knights Panther instead of a Knight of the Blazing Sun? Looking at the helm ornament
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Great painted Knights, though the source of the color scheme.. isn't that a Knights Panther instead of a Knight of the Blazing Sun? Looking at the helm ornament
You're only half right...half of the ornament is actually still the blazing sun...look again :biggriin:
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Your son has obvioiusly inherited your talent. 8-)
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And those knights look great. :happy:
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Great painted Knights, though the source of the color scheme.. isn't that a Knights Panther instead of a Knight of the Blazing Sun? Looking at the helm ornament
You're only half right...half of the ornament is actually still the blazing sun...look again :biggriin:
Ok, so the artist is in doubt on what knightly Order to paint... :)
Still like the way the knights came out though, really nice :)
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The paint scheme of the knights is ace as is that on the pikemen. As regards to the name, I recon they could be the knights of the blazing leopards :-D
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Thx for the comments.
More state troops: two detachments of ten men, including unit champions if used as independent units. Still have to paint the feathers on the hats, not sure about the right colours thou.
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Love the old cannon crewman converted to halberd champion!
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Thx for the comments. Time to add a stronger unit to the chaos army: chaos warriors (painted by me). A photo without the shields, so to see more of the models, which I may add , are a heaven to paint them- big, different materials, catchy poses-you get my meaning.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/gALLERY%20OF%20CHAOS%20ARMIES/spawn001.jpg)
...and a Banner of Wrath
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/banner1.jpg)
Scratch-built hero from an old metal figure - Mage-Knight zombie, plasticard axe ( it used to belong to an orc warboss-obviously) and bits that were left after the warriors. were made.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/Warriorsofchaos-hero.jpg)
c+c welcome and cheers!
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I want to see how that champion looks painted.
Please, don't take too long.
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Actually....junior allready painted him, I just haven't made any photos yet.....I'll post him as soon as possible. :::cheers:::
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Wow those warriors look amazing, I did't like the models before. How did you do the armour and the effect on the inside of the musician's cloak?
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Wow those warriors look amazing, I didn't like the models before. How did you do the armour and the effect on the inside of the musician's cloak?
Thx....hm, the inside of the cloak is done the same as the outside, and not much of the inside is visible anyway. Maybe you meant the outside? Anyway, all warriors' cloaks have been painted in the same manner, using the same paint scheme and techniques. No trick really, but I did try to mimic the look of freshly dried animal skins. :-D
The armour- I drybrushed it with chainmail over black primer and then went over it with red ink. After that I added the chainmail and silver on specific spots to create a more 'veteran' look. I used a very similar method on the republican guard, posted at the beginning of the thread.
The use of ink over metal colour creates an illusion of depth on the surface, and this can be further intensified, if you dry brush the paint over black primer instead of just plain brushing.
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Thx....hm, the inside of the cloak is done the same as the outside, and not much of the inside is visible anyway. Maybe you meant the outside? Anyway, all warriors' cloaks have been painted in the same manner, using the same paint scheme and techniques. No trick really, but I did try to mimic the look of freshly dried animal skins. :-D
Well you can't see the outside in the pictures... Thanks though, I might have to give that technique a try.
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Loki- exalted champion, the leader of Shadow bears, with three fresh warriors, all painted by junior. Sometime in the future I might give an insight of the background of the two warring factions, after all we are playing a campaign of sort.
Loki is well equiped with axe/ greatweapon, aditional hand weapon, shield and different magical parafernalia like Death's head and Skull of Catam, that he carries on his belt and on his chest armour ( upper left , bottom right pic ).
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/warriorsHERO.jpg)
...for a zoom in: right click-show picture...
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Another update on the empire knights. I managed to finish the first knight, ( need some grass on the base thou), the former Marius Leitdorf model. I painted the metal areas on him with ardcoat, to give him a shiny armour look, but on the photo it looks really bad :x. I hope eventually it will wear off a bit..... thou in real it looks much better....(right click:show image for a closer look).
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wow very nice Chaos and Empire Lord model!! :::cheers:::
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THNKY! Finished second knight of the blazing sun, model actually represents an old general Rutger smthg.( don't have the annual at hand atm), but will go along the original Kotbs models fine. I haven't done the shield yet. Will do the shields for the entire unit in the same time. The armour is coated with shiny gloss-ardcoat. Looks much better on the tabletop, thou. But as I observe the photo, I notice some mistakes...well I guess I'll have to repaint those.
C+C welcome!
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DariusZero ... Great stuff here! :icon_biggrin:
Your son's painting of the maurders is quite good.
And yourself, a wonderful job on the warriors, as well as the conversion of the character. The latter is masterful. :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
I also like those Imperial mortars. Sweet. :icon_cool:
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great stuff there Dariusz, from you and youre son btw.
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Thank you guys for all the positive feedback!
The update to the Knights of the blazing sun with a banner and a musician. The musician is a conversion job from a vampire knight body, brettonian crest on the panther knights helmet and some green stuff modification. The design on the trumpet banner represents the walls of Talabheim, from which this knightly unit comes from.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Kotbsbanner.jpg)
right click, show pic for zoom-in.
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And here are the Knights of the blazing sun with full command. Some time later I will add shields to them.
Right click show pic- zoom in.
C+C welcome.
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Well done, Darius! The unit looks quite good and cohesive. Always fun to face a unit with that amount of attention paid to it!
:eusa_clap:
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One of the best unit I ever seen. Perfect. I have no choise and have to get some blazing suns on ebay...
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The highlights applied on the crests on helmets are just .... gorgeous, especially the standard bearer.
Very nice job Darius :biggriin:
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Dude looks very nice.. :::cheers:::
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Nice verdigris armour in the first pic. Is there any alternative to the green ink you used? Would green wash work?
Grudgie
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Nice verdigris armour in the first pic. Is there any alternative to the green ink you used? Would green wash work?
Grudgie
Thx,.......well, verdigris as we know is of intense light green colour. The same tone you get as with green ink, especially if you use it on bright surfaces like bright armour. Green wash has less pigment and is darker in tone. It could still be used, I guess, only the result will be less contrasting. You might mix in some very bright green colour -like bilious green - to make the mix more contrasting.
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So, the first knightly unit is finished, ........thou not entirely, I still need to make a banner, paint some more details and so on....but I need to move on. I have a lot of stuff still to paint, so I'll finish some unfinished ones first...... it makes sense I guess.
Some time ago I started to paint some mercenary light cavalry for my Dogs of war army,so...they will join my small empire army in the meantime. Well, they are always in for some gold, he?
Wip pictures of the first two desert riders
:::cheers:::
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:engel:
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Great painted Knights, though the source of the color scheme.. isn't that a Knights Panther instead of a Knight of the Blazing Sun? Looking at the helm ornament
You're only half right...half of the ornament is actually still the blazing sun...look again :biggriin:
Ok, so the artist is in doubt on what knightly Order to paint... :)
Still like the way the knights came out though, really nice :)
It is actually the art work for none other than the Emperor, Karl Franz.
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I managed to finish the first unit of them.
I will use them as pistoliers.
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The way you've cropped the picture of the blind rider with the spear/banner, he looks like he's wielding a large yellow light saber!
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I have one objection on your Chaos Hero cloak & sword not like that maybe only hilt :unsure:
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I have one objection on your Chaos Hero cloak & sword not like that maybe only hilt :unsure:
I apologize for not uderstanding what you mean, I can't see any fault there.
The way you've cropped the picture of the blind rider with the spear/banner, he looks like he's wielding a large yellow light saber!
Hmm..a blind rider and a light saber- not a good combination....someone might get hurt here :wink:
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Another update of the minis I managed to finish, I have posted them allready somwhere else, let's put them to their proper place then, shall we?
Chaos chariot
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/Chaoscharriot.jpg)
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Is it that sword stick with cloak :unsure:
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Awesome sauce thread keep it up....oh and I hope Empire wins.
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I had been debating wether or not I'm going to paint my horses for my unit of Pistoliers with a Piebald color scheme, but your Outrider has convinced me that it will look good. I'm definitely going with that for their horses.
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Is it that sword stick with cloak :unsure:
No, the sword is not sculpted on the cloak, it is a separate part.
Awesome sauce thread keep it up....oh and I hope Empire wins.
Thanx. Ah, the battles, yes, the battles are something we shouldn't forget about. I have won several times with my Empire army against the chaos hordes, and so have they. It is all part of the bigger plot that is taking place in the lands of the Empire. Ill elaborate over this in one of the future posts.
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I had been debating wether or not I'm going to paint my horses for my unit of Pistoliers with a Piebald color scheme, but your Outrider has convinced me that it will look good. I'm definitely going with that for their horses.
It is a very rewarding feeling, to paint a piebald pattern on the horses. In my eyes, this pattern should be reserved for the special units, like pistoliers for example, deffinitely. Before I started to paint I researched a bit over the internet, there are many nice photos of them.
Here are some more pics of him:
Cheers.
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Piebald horse are for gypsies and such like. Not really suitable for nobles of any level. They are hardy but not really fluffy for nobles. DOW light cavalry yes.
Nice paint job though
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Piebald horse are for gypsies and such like. Not really suitable for nobles of any level. They are hardy but not really fluffy for nobles. DOW light cavalry yes.
Nice paint job though
Gypsie Kings would disagree with you.....
........and thanx.
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Some progress in the Hordes of chaos army, painted by junior:
Beastmen herd with the hero( painted by myself) attached.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Beastmen/Gorunitwithbeastlord.jpg)
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I ' ve finished after all these years waiting ( among other stuff) in the closet these classic ungors. I especially enjoyed painting the dead heads.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Beastmen/Classicungors.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Beastmen/ungors.jpg)
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:engel:
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I started to build and paint the swordmen from the battallion box. I have reiksguard command to lead tehm.
Some WIP progress on the BB. Plume and details not ready yet. I'm not sure about the collors of the plume. I don't want just to repeat teh yellow and blue.
And keep in mind taht grainy surface is not due to too thick paint, but due to uneven surface of the mini, which I tried to smooth as much as I could.
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That is one smokin' banner bearer! Well done! The colors are solid and well-placed. I'd consider painting some of the piping, especially around the shoulder pad, gold to make it pop a bit. Great model, though, with great paint!
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Thanks,........... I firstly didn't intend to make the mini look too elite. He is with the swordmen, so he wears 'ordinary' full plate, no fancy stuff. He is a veteran of sort so he is allowed to take some extra from the armoury.
But in the end it looked too plain and so I painted some rims with gold afterall. Still don't know about the colours of the plum, I might wait for the whole unit to paint all at once.
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First 4 swordmen, still wip.
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I enjoy Your leather armour painting style :)
When we get some "family foto"? :D
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I enjoy Your leather armour painting style :)
When we get some "family foto"? :D
Thanx...I know I'm probably one of the slowest painters on this forum, maybe I shouldn't post wip pics in the future...better not to tease, heh.
I try not to invest too much time in one rnf model, but it's hard to resist al the details on them, I have to paint them at least half decently and that takes time. Besides I work on one model a time and try to finsh it first, before going onto second one. Somehow I hate working in batches.
But, now that you mentioned it , I'll work 10% faster. :wink:
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I traded these guys for some OOP spacemarines - I got them allready painted this way. This bought me some time, before having to paint another unit of them myself.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/chaosknights021.jpg)
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I have about 30 of this great guys :happy:
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:wink:
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Part of them was probably pictured in Zagreb Winter Arena 2008 or 09 don't remember correctly and I don't have camera so that is reason of low pic number :blush:
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Now I have to select one of these unfineshed troops and enter him in the painting competition. Tough choice.
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:engel:
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I can feel an underlying yearning for Beastmen inside me, and chaos marauders !
It's been building in me like an very small itch at first
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You can get a cream for that
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:icon_question:
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March painting contest entry
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those are 3 seperate entries then? (3 figures)
Nice work!! love the colors, but you used a transfer for the emblem on the shield? It's a bit transparent.
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those are 3 seperate entries then? (3 figures)
Nice work!! love the colors, but you used a transfer for the emblem on the shield? It's a bit transparent.
Yeah, that was my logic :3 entires: 3 figures
Yes, transfers are a bit transparent, but what is good for bretonnians, must be good for empire as well. :engel:
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Nordland swordmen with a captain ( no name yet). command group incoming.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Nordlandswordmen1.jpg)
right click+show pic=zoomin
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Very nice.
I love the hammer dude.
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:::cheers::: looks very good!!
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Nice man nice job :happy:
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Awesome unit, always good to see the old metal command bitz been given a new lease of life.
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Thanx for the comments. I indeed intentionally used some pre-7ed stuff in the unit. I+m in the process ( very slow one tbh) of putting together and painting the battallion box together with a box of pre7ed troops and bits. The hammer was obviously intended for a unit champ. Acaptain is also a conversion job of different ed. bits
Currently I'm working on a command group for those swrdmen, who will have a lot of armour on them. :wink:, and a unit of metal knights, 6 of them.
I'm aslo figuring out which model to use for the engineer for the april painting contest. Might use the one from hte steam tank.
Cheers.
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Wip pics of the reiksguard knight, two different horses variant. 6 in the unit.
:::cheers:::
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I like the unit,
It looks awesome
RE the transfers on the shields, i can see through to the Blue underneathe , unless it's my brain tricking me, like an illusion.
Maybe go over them with white fine detailed?
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Yes, it shows through, I didn't think it would be thath obvious. I indeed might go over them with some fine white.
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It's amazing how a good shield design can lift a unit
it gives uniformity to the image,
I say give everyone a shield!
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That sword unit came out very well. I like the conversions, and the painting style. :eusa_clap:
Even the Reiksguard knight is making me want to paint. :::cheers:::
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Thanx for the comments. I finished the first knight from the bunch, a reiksguard with the Ostermark colours. The yellow is missing, to avoid colour collision.
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Waiting further progress so far it is good :happy:
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Second one. I'm actually glad that I didn't trade the 7ed shields. they look very nice on the old knights.
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Let me say again how glad I am i have these 7ed shields from the state troops I didn't use. On infantry these shields look too small, like the men behind them don't get enough protection. That's why i gave those swordmen 5ed shields from the knights and knights received the 7ed shields from the troops and they look very fit, probably because the knights themselves allready have enough armour on them and shields only serve them to block hits from the opponent.
I also now like a lot the skull in the middle of the sun, it distinguishes this iconic symbol from the sun of Averland.
Now the only thing left is the banner.
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They look great!! very good inspiration for my own unit of KotBS!
Though I miss more of the old iconagraphy that the metal models had on the headdresses.
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They look great!! very good inspiration for my own unit of KotBS!
Though I miss more of the old iconagraphy that the metal models had on the headdresses.
Thanx. Do you mean you miss it on the shields? Or elsewhere?
For your own unit you can buy the KotBS upgrade kit from GW, if you want to keep them traditional.
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They look great!! very good inspiration for my own unit of KotBS!
Though I miss more of the old iconagraphy that the metal models had on the headdresses.
Thanx. Do you mean you miss it on the shields? Or elsewhere?
For your own unit you can buy the KotBS upgrade kit from GW, if you want to keep them traditional.
Helmets.. and no need for that (yet) as my small unit of 5 is from the old metal models :) If I'm going to expand I will use the upgrade kit most likely
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7ed troops details
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Swordmen command, wip.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Nordcommand.jpg)
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Like that HE touch :happy:
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Yeah, me too.
update.
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Looking damn fine so far. I like all your knights particularly, but all good.
Like your idea for using the armoured horse head for the Pistoliers. I might steal that one. :biggriin:
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Thanx, Hendrid. If you do, then don't forget to post some pics. :::cheers:::
The banner bearer:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/KnightsoftheblazingsunLord.jpg)
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That banner is on paper? If so you might want to bent it somewhat in curves to represent the wind going through it.
Like I did:
(http://94.100.114.76/918150001-918200000/918188101-918188200/918188110_6__sC3.jpeg)
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It can't be bent, it's painted on cardboard. If I tried I would damage the surface. Besides I like it that way, even if it looks odd.
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It can't be bent, it's painted on hardboard. If I tried I would damage the surface. Besides I like it that way, even if it looks odd.
Oh yeah hardboard you don't want to bent. Like I said if it was on paper then you could have. But certainly don't damage it, that would be a waste of a good painted banner!
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Nordland banner:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Nordlandswordmenbanner001.jpg)
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:eusa_clap: That nordland banner is excelent. I really like to stalk through this blog, but you've done it now. I had to reply on this one. :::cheers:::
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Nice work :happy:
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Thanx :::cheers:::
The banner is not bad, but is far from being perfect, there are some things, that could be done better. It was a bit rushed, I finished it in 2hrs, which is speed painting for my standrds, but these nordlanders are allready taking too much time to finish. The banner is also hanging very low from the pole, so that the mini has to be placed in the corner of the regiment and that is not very common within the empire tradition, is it?
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Nordland captain with The sword of might :wink: and a shield. The sword is the only metal part and gives the mini a nice weight counterbalance. The castle design on the shield matches the design on the trooper shields. The lion head inidicates a high rank within the command structure.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Nordlandcaptain1.jpg)
...and a whole unit:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Nordlandswordmen.jpg)
Right click+show image=zoomin
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very nice dude!! :::cheers:::
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Great looking unit with hero I like very much :happy:
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They look great. The big feather on the captain really works for a hero.
My only comment is that the swords man hero looks more like the captain than the captain in the group shot.
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They look great. The big feather on the captain really works for a hero.
My only comment is that the swords man hero looks more like the captain than the captain in the group shot.
Thanx.
The swordmen hero is taking his position very seriously, so he is going to his maximum, maybe he is also trying to impress the captain next to him, so if he survives the whole campaign, he might really get promoted to a captain himself. Judging by his armour and behaviour, he is allready- in spite of his youth - a battle forged veteran, so the rank of a captain is within reach of his palm. He might even be of noble origin, eager to prove himself in the first fire line of the battlefield, far away from the boring and dull courtlife in the greathalls of his noble family.
The captain is aware of that and so he is more laid back, he leaves the command to the hero, while he scans the battlefield for a strategic opportunity for the unit. He must also remain calm and fresh, if eventually he will have to accept a challenge from an enemy hero, after all he does have the biggest sword in the unit. :wink:
This captain - in game terms - is actually un upgrade to the unit, he never leaves it. If there are points enough, he gets promoted, otherwise I play him as an ordinary trooper. He was a "cheap" - in hobby terms- opportunity to build an upgrade rather than just an ordinary trooper from the box. For more inddependant characters I have enough original ones, that are still waiting for their turn.
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Outstanding State Troops!
I very enjoy Your colour pallet. I myself have issues with brights colour, but on these Soldiers it look very good :)
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I absolutely love your bright and sparkly colours, and the basing + shield designs make for some very impressive looking miniatures.
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Gorgeous
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sweet , are you going to paint more ?
make it 40 swords !
i drove 550 miles today , :(
no time to paint
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Absolutely gorgeous stuff, I agree with SaH usually I'm wary of overly bright colours but you've made it work excellently :eusa_clap:
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Thanx, for the comments. :::cheers:::
I managed to ''bend'' the banners...
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/kotbsbanner-2.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DESERT%20DOGS/ALMUKTAR001-1.jpg)
...digitally :wink:
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Great Work you are better with every piece of work some day Golden Daemon maybe :engel:
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Thanx Kirgan,, but that won't happen until I get better at the ''local'' painting contest first. As it looks now it's going to be a long and cold, lonely road to glory. :::cheers:::
Besides at the moment I'm painting something non-empireish. That means I won't participate in May. (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-angry021.gif)
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Update on the evil side... wip status
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chest%20of%20colors/wip/Thrullg-wip.jpg)
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Nice Spawn :happy:
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Third Reiksguard knight from Ostermark. I'll try to make some better pics, until then .......:
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mighty fine looking figs man!!! :::cheers:::
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Those OOP Metal Knights are much better than the new Plastic ones IMO.
Like the Blue tinge armour plates, and the colour scheme and horse skin tones also.
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Thanx lads, I appreciate the comments :happy:
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Reiksguard, 4th knight finished.
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Very nice I like it very much :happy:
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Thanx Kirgan :::cheers:::
More progress, in fact I made new photos of the whole reiksguard unit completed and erased the old ones.
Reiksguard knights with the captain/general from Ostermark:
Knights:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/Reiksguardbasicknights.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/Reiksguardknight.jpg)
Preceptor/ Captain
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/Reiksguardchampion1.jpg)
Knight/Musician/Captain/General
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/Reiksguardcaptain.jpg)
Full unit
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/Reiksguardfullunit.jpg)
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looks very good dude :::cheers:::
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Simple , clean job, awesome !
Dang i need to get me some OOP metal Reiksguard Knights now!
dang
my wallet can't take it any more
Hawaii cost me bad
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the mercenary's knight is great! :biggriin:
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Great Work my friend :happy:
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I really really really like this reiksguard unit!!
I see a preceptor (helmed one) and the grandmaster? Or did you have other positions for those 2?
Next is a musician and standard bearer?
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Txanx guys :::cheers:::
@StealthKnightSteg:
I'm planning to have 4 units of knights: Blazing sun, Reiksguard, Panther and one custom-invented. 3 units will be smaller and only one unit_Panthers will be full 10men big.
I will use the Reiksguard unit in different modes: as a small vanilla unit of 5-6 men or as an upgrade for another unit of different order. the models in the unit will have different roles, depending on the situation, but I will add the grandmaster-original model of Kurt Hellborg and the army standard bearer - Ludwig Scwarzhelm, who will also serve as unit SB, depending on the situation. I will aslo use the models as captains or a general, if I choose to not use the Reiksguard.
I have added some more descriptive notes to the pics.
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Great looking knights. Well done indeed. Muted tones but they work well.
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Thanx Hendrid :::cheers:::
Small update after long hollidays :icon_wink:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/cannoncrew.jpg)
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ooh very nice :::cheers:::
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Great work :happy:
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wIP- Outriders of Ostland,....
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This is just a wonderful thread with obvious talent on display...thanks for posting these...the knights in particular are SWEET!
Blue
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:::cheers::: awesome
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Very pro looking outriders :mrgreen:
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Your son is a great painter for 13 years old! And of course so are you, but that goes without saying.
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Thanx, ladz :::cheers::: This is the first outrider in the unit. I even drilled in the gun barrells on the repeater handgun. Looks so much better.
Your son is a great painter for 13 years old! And of course so are you, but that goes without saying.
Well, he's turned 15 now and is more interested in Warmachine and airsoft and his middle school than warhammer. So now I'm just painting the figs in a very slow motion. Which is fine to me.
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Started to work on a musician.
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Oh nice addition!
This tread in generally very nice, those old minis are just the best there ever was :)
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:::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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Oh nostalgia...........I have all those kislevites literally begging for a paint strip and some new paints........however I have other projects to tackle first :| Very nice painting blog you have here :mrgreen:
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Thanx.
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:::cheers::: very nice
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:happy:
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wip:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/OUTRIDER005.jpg)
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What´s the word I´m looking for here....ermmm....oh...yeah....WoW !!!!!!!!!!
This thread always makes me find my somewhat lacking inspiration.
Good job ! :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
Why !... oh why !.... cant I paint like this..... :eusa_wall:
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tHANX :::cheers:::
Almost done
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Outriders of Ostland
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/EmpireOutriders7.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/Outriderscommand.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/outrider3.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/outrider2.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/outrider1.jpg)
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nice colour scheme , looks great as a unit, love the guy in the middle :)
nice!
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Sweet outriders! Nice freehand on the drum as well. Crips and original paintjob :::cheers:::
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Really well done. Makes me want to run outriders again :dry:
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tx.
Wip archers command, for my brettonian mercenary archers/ regular bretonnian army.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Bretonnia/bRETONIANARCHERS1.jpg)
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I upgraded my bretonian mercenary archers with command groups, and some makeup to the champs.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/ARCHEERS2.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/ARCHEERS.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/ARCHEERS1-1.jpg)
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:::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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Monster time :icon_wink:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chest%20of%20colors/Helldoradogolem1.jpg)
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Awww...cant we see it from the front?
I think a smoother transition from the bluish rock to the brownish rock by way of more blending (no matter the method) would improve it, though am I correct assuming it is just a WIP shot?
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I was assuming it was source lighting from a blue thing?
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Front pic:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chest%20of%20colors/HelldoradoGolem002.jpg)
It's not a source light.
Awww...cant we see it from the front?
I think a smoother transition from the bluish rock to the brownish rock by way of more blending (no matter the method) would improve it, though am I correct assuming it is just a WIP shot?
Better transitions would be ok, but not from the same reason. It's not a wip shot. it+s more or less finished.
The concept:
....the colour scheme for this mini comes from the Dragon age character Shale and he is a golem, artificiall creature made in the lab by some alchemist. The earth tones on him present the softer, primal material, which he is made of, basically it's supposed to be clay. The lighter the tone gets, the harder the material is, until it is close to pure diamond, which then shines with bright blue tones. Shale from Dragon age uses his arms as weapons, so he needs them to be very strong.
Personally I find the official colour scheme for this mini very dull, so I decided to make it spicier. And I liked the concept art of Shale more.
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WIP
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/EmpireARCHER3.jpg)
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looks very rich for a Nordlander. A golden breast plate?
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looks very rich for a Nordlander. A golden breast plate?
I'd imagine bronze, Then again he isn't a Stirlander.
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Bronze breast plate indeed, he is a unit hero. I have those bretonnian archers from the 4ed starter set and to make them more empire like, I added 4ed empire archers as unit heros.
This particular unit wears the altdorfian colors more exactly the orange-blue variant, which the mercenary troops are allowed to distinguish them from the regular empire troops.
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Yeah I noticed the fellow leading them was an old Empire Archer -- I had him painted up as a hero in 4th edition wielding the Dragon Bow (back before it was a useless kiddie toy).
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Nice! Love the Outriders! :::cheers:::
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Lots of nice updates since I last checked, the archers are particularly nice.
I'm well impressed by your Outriders of Ostland, they ate excellent, really good character and the mix of figures works well.
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I have those bretonnian archers from the 4ed starter set and to make them more empire like, I added 4ed empire archers as unit heros.
He reminds me a lot of the Archers from Battlemasters.
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Thanx for the comments ladz :smile2:
Yeah I noticed the fellow leading them was an old Empire Archer -- I had him painted up as a hero in 4th edition wielding the Dragon Bow (back when it was a useless kiddie toy).
If I had more time I might have done the same and sculpted him a nicer bow, the current one is just a bended stick really. It's a pity empire doesn't have a fig with a nice looking bow, like woodl elves have.
I have those bretonnian archers from the 4ed starter set and to make them more empire like, I added 4ed empire archers as unit heros.
He reminds me a lot of the Archers from Battlemasters.
That's good I suppose ;)
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Next project: wip stank
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:wink:
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That's a nice little tank Dariusz well done.
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finished Steam tank from Nuln, the engineer is wearing the official Nuln uniform :
Right click - show image = bigger picture :wink:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/stank.jpg)
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Asombroso! A great scrash building...
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Nice work. Is that Engineer a GW fig, or is that a Privateer Press fig? It definitely has the feel of one of their figs.
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The engineer is actually an OOP Mageknight fig. I cut off the head and replaced it with the one from GW handgunners sprue.
I also pinned the fig, so it can be removed from the tank and put onto the milestone.
Praag is here...
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Steamtank035.jpg)
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Witch hunter wip: :wink:
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:wink:
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cool :::cheers:::
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So far painted in the Empire department. I'm somewhere on the halfway to paint the whole army, so a group photo is apropriate, as has been suggested in the other forum. Till next time I have to calculate the points, (not all models are on the pic) and maybe take a picture of the evil army too.
And hopefully I 'll have finished my withchunter till then.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empiregroup001.jpg)
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wow looks good dude :::cheers:::
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(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/wh.jpg)
Where'd you get this? Is he PP as well?
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He's the leader of the Miragliano DoW outfit ( Rodrigo ? )- crossbow swap for the handgun, and a rather nifty sculpted hat - a very clever conversion IMO.
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The engineer is actually an OOP Mageknight fig. I cut off the head and replaced it with the one from GW handgunners sprue.
I reconised the miniature immidiately! I have tons of them lying around here, Mage knight was the where the hobby started for me.
You have given me some idea's now how I can integrate them in my empire army! Thanks!
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wow looks good dude :::cheers:::
Thanx Zak, thou my army seems merely as a townguard when compared to yours in a size. :mellow:
The engineer is actually an OOP Mageknight fig. I cut off the head and replaced it with the one from GW handgunners sprue.
I reconised the miniature immidiately! I have tons of them lying around here, Mage knight was the where the hobby started for me.
You have given me some idea's now how I can integrate them in my empire army! Thanks!
Yup, I have some more of them myself. They'll get converted and recruited asap in Empire.
He's the leader of the Miragliano DoW outfit ( Rodrigo ? )- crossbow swap for the handgun, and a rather nifty sculpted hat - a very clever conversion IMO.
Ah, thanx Midaski for entering here for me. :::cheers:::
..yes, his name is (go check my DoW armybook)...................Maximilian Damark, a captain, a leader of Marksmen of Miragliano, a mercenary regiment from Tilea.
As has Midaski allready pointed out, he's been converted ............and recentley recruited in the ranks of the Empire witchhunters as a senior officer. I will explain more about the witch hunters in my next post, when I finish this guy.
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With joined forces with junior half-mine WOC army: points excluded :wink:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/gALLERY%20OF%20CHAOS%20ARMIES/Chaosgrouop003.jpg)
(go back and take a pic of my beastmen army)
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And the Beastmen allies: ( sharing with junior, he painted most of them).
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Chaos%20armies/gALLERY%20OF%20CHAOS%20ARMIES/Beastmengroup.jpg)
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I have painted some ornamentation on the handgun. Not sure if I should turn it to yellow/gold. Silver kind of contrasts the rest of the golden stuff on him. Next time I'll try to taek better pics .
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Maximiliandamark.jpg)
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A lot of really nice painting here! My favourites are the outriders - the bull's head on the drum gives the whole unit a perfect focal point. Genius!
I also like your unexpected colour combinations.
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@Maza :::cheers:::
Wip: you all know this guy
.........and his horse. Do you think that it looks ok with its head gear? Fluffwise? Or shall I change it?
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That's a very nicely painted Grandmaster.
And in answer to your question. I'd say probably not, the reason being that the Knights of the Blazing Sun are Templars of Myrmydia, and the Twin-Tailed Comet is a symbol of Sigmar. Though, that seems to have eluded GW's own design team, as they slap it on everything, including the Garden of Morr, along with the odd skull or 5000.
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Thanx.
Yes, that part of fluff I know, but is there in the iconography of Myrmidia nothing that could relate to this image? I could paint it like a cannon ball for example or a magic orb or something.
Annd isn't the cult of Sigmar somehow the officila religion of the Empire, so even the grandmaster of a different order has to aknowledge that when his knights are being employed for a greater cause - a crusade led by an archlector of Sigmar for example?
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The common iconography for Myrmidia would be the blazing sun, the spear or the eagle
Yes, the official religion of the Empire is Sigmar, but in my mind really only the nobility and soldiers would be dedicated followers, ordinary citizens would more likely be praying to Taal, Rhya and Morr, even Ulric more frequently, though they'd ackowledge and pray to each god on their particular holy days. Certain areas of the Empire such as Middenland and the northern states, the soldiers would be as likely to follow Ulric. And since those two cults while not openly hostile, are not exaclty cordial to each other, so I doubt a Knight of the White Wolf would ever have a comet, nor would a Sigmar worshipper have a wolf. Templars to a deity would almost exclusively use their own god's icons, at least in my opinion.
So...Maybe you could convert that comet into something more like a sun? Maybe with a spear tip going through it?
Also, off-topic ish, a particular beef I have. I don't like they way the Arch Lector has been downgraded in the fluff, they seem to be on a par with Grandmasters and Generals and Wizard Lords, when they should be special characters at the level of Elector Counts - there are only two of them Arch Lector Kaslain of Nuln and Arch Lector Aglim of Talabheim, and Imperial Electors in their own right - hence the name Arch Lector, though that impleis there are normal Lectors, of which there are, but If I dig out my WFRP sourcebooks this post could get long. And it does say the The War Altar of Sigmar, not A War Altar of Sigmar.
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Very nice TGM! Can't wait to see how you will match the horse's barding with his armour.
But I don't understand the blade of his axe - what is going on there?
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The common iconography for Myrmidia would be the blazing sun, the spear or the eagle
Pegasus, not eagle, from what I have read. And the symbol is also a spear behind a shield - you could trim the comet tails and resculpt them into some kind of halo, and then drill through the orb at an angle and insert a piece of wire, glue on a little spear tip (or flatten the wire) and voila! A spear behind a haloed shield when seen from either side.
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NIce, some good ideas here. I have other bits, I'll shuffle through them and see what fits the best with the fluff. I Still don't know what does that naked maiden with wings and a skull mask, who holds the sune in the hands represent.
Very nice TGM! Can't wait to see how you will match the horse's barding with his armour.
But I don't understand the blade of his axe - what is going on there?
Magic, pure and deadly.
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I Still don't know what does that naked maiden with wings and a skull mask, who holds the sune in the hands represent.
Well, I wouldn't call a woman with that figure a "maiden" - that looks more "mother" to me (following the old threefold rule). I suspect it is just a generic representation of a goddess of some kind. KotBS are Myrmidia followers, but I am not sure if that wasn' added to the fluff after the model was sculpted - fluff was very fast and loose in the early days, and it might have just been "voluptous winged chick with a skull face holding a sun? AWESOME!"
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I think the maiden/mother is Myrmidia. Even if it was not the intention behind the sculpt, it is a suitable interpretation.
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http://warhammeronline.wikia.com/wiki/Myrmidia
http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Myrmidia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_of_the_Old_World
A few sources I was looking at while deciding whether or not to base my army on her worship. From these sources it does seem an eagle is one of her symbols (She can turn into one, so I imagine her followers would see the animal as sacred.) So are the shield, spear, sun and maiden/woman.
And Kate Beckinsale..... :closed-eyes:
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Kate Beckinsale is the primary focus of worship in the Warhammer world. It was a kiss from her that gave Sigmar his power, and her anger at chipping a nail which manifests as Khaine.
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Ok, I changed the horse completely, the older one now belongs to the reikmarshall, GM gets this one, the headplate is decorated with an eagle icon as a primary simbol of the godess. The rest of the horse has a very standard look.
Rigtclick-show image= Big picture!
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That's a great horse - the headpiece is fantastic.
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Where did the headpiece come from? I'm guessing Tomb Kings? which model?
If i can get some, I might steal this idea with your permission.
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Where did the headpiece come from? I'm guessing Tomb Kings? which model?
No, it's from the high elf chariot kit. It's the icon that comes to the frontside of the chariot.
If i can get some, I might steal this idea with your permission.
Only, if you promise that you will make the whole unit of KotBS with them. I would do that If I was doing htem now. :engel:
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Only, if you promise that you will make the whole unit of KotBS with them. I would do that If I was doing htem now. :engel:
D'oh, was gonna use them on my Myrmidia War altar horses :P I have three different knightly orders in the works, but KotBS aren't one of them >< (Color clashes with my army color scheme.)
Might be a while till i got any anyway. I imagine those bits are kinda hit or miss finds on Ebay.
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I imagine those bits are kinda hit or miss finds on Ebay.
You might be surprised .... well, maybe not on eBay, but I reckon there are going to be a LOT spare out there. That component is used on the WE chariot, and is replaced with the lion head detail. Many HE players field the Lion Chariot rather than the Tyranioc chariot, and so will have the piece spare.
Find a HE forum and ask the players.
Alterantively, hit up anvalous http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?action=profile;u=7809 He has made an entire Lion themed army, and he said somewhere in this thread http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=33507.0 he bought a load of the chariots. He's only used the lion parts so far as I can see . . . . He might have a bunch of those to sell / trade.
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Might be a while till i got any anyway. I imagine those bits are kinda hit or miss finds on Ebay.
Or find just one and press-mold-copy-multiply it.
I decided to continue the Blazing sun theme and start the Myrmidia WP, who will join the KotBS unit. I haven't decided yet if I should convert this horse's headpiece too or shall I leave it like it is.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/WPBS.jpg)
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Looking good. You should get some of the eagle shields from the soldiers of the Empire kit and use them for your leaders / priests. Are you going to swap the weapon out with something else, or leave it as a hammer?
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I haven't decided on the shields yet -both GM and WP - , but the hammer stays, it looks badass enough and WP will be a more dynamic figure than the rest of the gang.
Not sure about hte colors, armour - WP gold maybe and cloth purple, horse's armour black....
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I used the shield from Lorenzo lupo for my KoBS, it has myriadima on it. I can send you on as I have 10 or so spare from my unit.
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That would be great :::cheers:::
I'll send you a PM.
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Finished. the shield will be added later.
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Really nice job.
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Napokon gotovo extra rad/ Great Job :happy:
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I 've finished the shield that I got from Friday :::cheers:::
and it looks preety fine on the mini. The other one that goes on WP will have to wait a bit longer, thou, because I'haven't yet decided on his looks, I'm somehow waiting the rumours rto be confirmed as to the new WP options.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/GrandMasterKotBSpanorama.jpg)
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Grand masterly!
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Thanx, this is also the first time I tried some OSL - on the axe, and NMM - on the armor and shield, and it's not a bad way to paint the heroes, as I thought it was - until now.
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The unit filler/standard for my archers:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Bretonnia/Bretonianunitfiller.jpg)
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love the grand master , you know when a paint scheme works well, your brain just says ''yep that works well''
hehe
nice archers
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Of course he is always building up a strawman in an argument..... :::cheers::: nice job
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WoWWWWWW :))) everything is exelent!!!! specialy Templar of BS!!
Sol InVicta!!!!
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That is awsome! What is the bundle of grain from? It looks like its some kind of game piece or something for a bigger scale toy set.
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Thanx guys.
That is awsome! What is the bundle of grain from? It looks like its some kind of game piece or something for a bigger scale toy set.
Getting close...you sure you don't have any kids in house? :wink:
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I've got kids, but we don't have anything like that.
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Great stuff there a strelci su extra :happy:
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My chaos warriors got recruted by GW bloggers :wink::
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=1700118-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGamesWorkshopBlogEN+%28What%27s+New+Today+%40+Games+Workshop%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=1700118-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGamesWorkshopBlogEN+%28What%27s+New+Today+%40+Games+Workshop%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)
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SKS already noticed!
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=41333.0
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My chaos warriors got recruted by GW bloggers ;) :
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=1700118-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGamesWorkshopBlogEN+%28What%27s+New+Today+%40+Games+Workshop%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/wnt/blog.jsp?pid=1700118-gws&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGamesWorkshopBlogEN+%28What%27s+New+Today+%40+Games+Workshop%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)
So I noticed: http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=41333.0
:happy:
edit: and Finlay beat me to it :Ohmy:
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7046149357_58becab1d8_b.jpg)
2 :::cheers:::
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I have taken some new and better photos of my swordmen, since I deleted a lot of pics on Photobucket, and made a new account on Flickr.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/6900053878_b1ce299934_b.jpg)
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Wow, love the Swordsmen :engel:, where are those shields from?
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Those swords look fantastic :eusa_clap:
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Thanx, guys. It looks it was a good idea to make one trooper as a captain. He will be very usefull with the new rules.
Wow, love the Swordsmen :engel:, where are those shields from?
The shields are old edition Empire knights shields, transfers from Bretonnian knihgts.
I'm painting the xbows unit as a detachment to this unit.
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Xbows detachment for the nordland swordmen. Allmost finished - 8 figs + 4 unifillers, which I'm stil working on, so 12.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/xbows1.jpg)
C+C welcome. :wink:
probably next on the table: Demigriff knights, which I may add are an excellent expansion. Kudos to the designers. Every serious empire general should at least have one box of them.
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I hope your swordmen unit is bigger then 20 though (as in the picture) otherwise your 12 man xbow detachment is illegal :)
Nice work again though!
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Yes of course, you are right about that, but I never know when I might expand those swords, so I better paint some extra now, while I'm at it. Besides I will be using pavise as unifillers, which can just be removed-added from the unit.
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I've been away for hollidays, so here are the pavise I managed to get done recently. they look worn and dirty on purpose, I wanted to have the battle look, but not too much. All unit still wip.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/xbowspavise.jpg)
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I was curious how do the Confrontation - Griffin army - Redemption RIDERS from Rackham look like, so I bought 2 of them, and they are quite fine looking, ofc I will convert them with GW heads and arms, horses are particularly nice and are almost exactly the same size as GW.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/CONFRONTATIONRIDERS.jpg)
here's the official pic
(http://www.ludikbazar.com/product_thumb/w/210/h/399/img/FIG%20-%20RACKHAM%20-%20GREL04.jpg)
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Darius - great comparison shot! These are the plastic griffon knights, right? Any chance we could get a couple of really solid close ups on them? I've been pondering something similar and am really curious about the level of detail these plastics bring to the table... I was worried they'd be more like hero-clix material... Size comparison looks great, by the way!
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No problem,since I'm at home atm. Keep in mind, that they come prepainted, and that the paint job is not so good, but can be put to the table if you are in a hurry and you are not too picky about it. I 've already taken the right arms off, because I won't need them.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/confrontatonriders001.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/confrontatonriders002.jpg)
right click+show picture to zoom in
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Those look really nice, Darius - I agree the paint job is not the best. How "solid" is the plastic - is it like GW hard plastic, or more like that softer "Papo model" plastic?
Depending on how many you get in a "unit" (I couldn't find that in my quick browse) these might make nice alternative Knights at a good price.
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Those look really nice, Darius - I agree the paint job is not the best. How "solid" is the plastic - is it like GW hard plastic, or more like that softer "Papo model" plastic?
Depending on how many you get in a "unit" (I couldn't find that in my quick browse) these might make nice alternative Knights at a good price.
The plastic is not the same quality as GW, they are made in China after all :wink:. The horses and the riders bodies are hard plastic, but not as hard as GW's and weapons-the lances - are flimsy, but that's probably because they are thin, but no thiner then GW's. And if you change the arms and heads, there will be no difference visible from the GW knights since the size and design are warhammer-like enough. Counting all together they look very decent and even nice.
They are being sold very cheaply- I paid 5€ for 2 , new, in a box. But are difficult to get since they are OOP. You can buy them from the french store here:
http://www.ludikbazar.com/product_info.php?products_id=48554 (http://www.ludikbazar.com/product_info.php?products_id=48554)
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Finished crosbows with all OOP models to the table top standard - the champion has been converted from the old mortar guy. Pavise are made from plasticard.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/XBOWS5.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/XBOWS00.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/xbows001.jpg)
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Very nice conversions. :smile2: :eusa_clap:
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It turns into a very nice unit!
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you should post them on the monthly painting contest
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They look great. I like the mix of figures, and the guy gesturing with the bolt is particularly nice. Great job on the pavises too (is that the proper plural?) Are you counting those as crossbow figures for unit number?
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Thanx :::cheers:::
you should post them on the monthly painting contest
I almost forgot about that one. but probably no - they are not the best painted and my photo camera can't reproduce good looking presentation pics.
They look great. I like the mix of figures, and the guy gesturing with the bolt is particularly nice. Great job on the pavises too (is that the proper plural?) Are you counting those as crossbow figures for unit number?
I think pavise sound good enough, but aint no linguist.
Yes I made the pavise from two rasons: fluff wise pavise were allways strongly connected with the crosbows, and secondly - I can count pavise as troopers, so I don't have to search for more figs of that period, they are OOP anyway.
That's why I put them on their own bases and not to the bases of the troopers, so I really like the solution. I even might do the same with my pikemen.
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Taking another look at those pics, I really like the purple on the champ. That's not a color combination I would have tried before -- but now that I see how good it looks on your figure, I will have to
steal use those colors on some of my own.
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I+m glad you like it. And yes, it is a tricky combination. If done properly it looks very nice, but you mustn't exaggarate with the third choice - whichever will be. Also - don't forget to highlight properly. the soft highlight tones create the visual fusion and break the strong contrast between the three colours. I could give you some more hints, but you are an expert allready so go ahead and happy paintinng.
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Grandmaster of The Knights of the White wolf allmost finished. It's a hurried wip pic, but you can see the details enough. I'm off working on his demigriff mount now.
:icon_biggrin:
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Looking good, Darius!
Although I do think the Corkgryph is a most terrible and glorious mount! Forward, my wine-saving steed! Forward!
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Looking good, Darius!
Although I do think the Corkgryph is a most terrible and glorious mount! Forward, my wine-saving steed! Forward!
Just for you, mate. There will be no wine saving tonight. :wink:
Wip steed.
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awesome combi :)
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wip update.
:roll:
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Impressive looking stuff, especially the OOP crossbow unit. Well done
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Interesting to see your WIP and how you work. Will follow this.
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I especially like the demigriff's legs and the way you combine different shades of blue and purple. You have done the same on your GW plog GM, haven't you?
The turquoise feathers on the demigriff's head are also a real eye-catcher.
I love to look at your WIP pictures. :happy:
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Thanx to all.
I especially like the demigriff's legs and the way you combine different shades of blue and purple. You have done the same on your GW plog GM, haven't you?
Yes, the method is the same, it's combining the metal/wash with NMM, only this time I will create a bit lighter effect, as in a brighter, more shiny armor. And thank you too :::cheers:::
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Rider is finished, now the base, for 3 knights.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/GMwhitewolf2-1.jpg)
RIGHT CLICK+SHOW IMAGE=ZOOMIN :wink:
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nice , love the blue armour and purple touches etc , the base is very nice also, top marks
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Looks really darn good, DZ!
Are you painting with very diluted colours, even letting the undercoat shine through on some parts?
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Looks really darn good, DZ!
Are you painting with very diluted colours, even letting the undercoat shine through on some parts?
Thanx. :::cheers:::
No, everything is painted in a standard way, from the base colors to the highlights, mixing metal colors with normal ones, and inks with washes. It's my ordinary semi-NMM style.
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Stunning bases!
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More or less finished bases. all cracks are painted, not carved, btw.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/GMwhitewolf.jpg)
if you find a flaw, I might even redo it :engel:
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Finished
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/GMwhitewolf1-1.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/GMwhitewolf3.jpg)
rightclick+show image=zoom in :wink:
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Looks good
Doesn't the scroll need script painted on the hind quarter though?
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Yeah, it does, i'll do it later, .....for me it's important to call it finished - even if it's not totally finished to the last detail - otherwise it never ends.
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Lovely stuff Darius. Just like eveything you do :::cheers:::
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Thanx :::cheers:::
As fr1day suggested I went to paint those scrolls on the sides of the demigryph, but had to quit. It's too difficult for me to paint a nice lettering with a brush, so I will have to find some micro pen sooner or later.
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yep i totally agree, free hand text painting on very small areas needs a 0.05 mm pro art pen ,
ebay can help you sir
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I've just ordered one for £3.15 inc P&P. Going to give it a whirl
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good luck with that , i have found it very helpful
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Love the bases! Where did you get them?
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Love the bases! Where did you get them?
My own creation actuallly.
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How'd you make 'em? Are they Hirst Arts blocks or somesuch?
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How'd you make 'em? Are they Hirst Arts blocks or somesuch?
Here's a quick tutorial about the bases;
Firs, I took the square corkplate - corkplates are being used for the insulation of walls or the floor. You get them in the construction departments in shhopping malls.
Then I cut out of it the desired portion, big enough to cover the three demigryph bases, minus the small area at the front side, which will represent the frontal face of the temple plateau.
I cut the piece in three equal pieces and then shaped the edges and corners with a hobby knife in an artificiall manner to mimic the weathered stone look and then glued them to the bases, each on it's own.
I then painted them with gesso, which sort of sealed the surface ot the plateau. I dried the bases with a hairdryer to speed the drying process.
On top of the temple plateau I then drew with pencil a design of my own. It is a bird in a circle of stylised rays, which could indicate the temple of Myrmidia,( but who knows really ;) ), and four evil eyes in the far corners, which protect the temple plateau from the uninvited visitors.
Oh, before that I also added the four small decorative columns. For them I used the one cell small Lego bricks and for the spheres on top I used the plastic airsoft bullets. I glued them together with plastic cement, but first I shaped the edges of the small columns with the hobby knife, to eliminate the disturbingly perfect lego look, and then painted them with several layers of gesso to seal them but also to add even more old, weathered patina to them. Afterwards I added sand around the columns and to the frontal area of the plateau.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/templebasezoom1.jpg)
Then and in the last stage I painted the whole thing.
voila, finished.
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xxxxx
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/GMwhitewolf5.jpg)
Rclick-showimage=zoomin
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new pic of the Knights of the Blazing Sun with their Grand Master
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/KotBS002.jpg)
I have two more figs in plan for this unit: a wp and another knight.
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WIP: Purple knight on a black panther demigriff.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Demigriff2.jpg)
Rclick-showimg-zoomin :wink:
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Those demigryph bases are absolutely glorious. Mind if I
steal take inspiration from the idea for a future product?
White wolf guy looks great on the chicken too. Who'd have thought?
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Thanx, be my guest, I+m curious what will you create, I guess I will have to follow your plog now :wink:
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wow! those bases are amazing! you plan to base the entire army this way? painful but great!!!
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The bases look great, the DG look great. But somehow, I must admit, the combination of the two seems a bit too bland for me.
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i can see something nice brewing there :eusa_clap:
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Very impressive -- knights and bases both! :eusa_clap:
I love the 3d illusion of the cracks. I would have thought they were carved if you hadn't pointed out that they were completely painted on.
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Thanx guys :::cheers:::
wow! those bases are amazing! you plan to base the entire army this way? painful but great!!!
Thanx, but no, too much work, thou I plan to continue with this style for more elite troops.
The bases look great, the DG look great. But somehow, I must admit, the combination of the two seems a bit too bland for me.
Criticism is appreciated as well...makes me work harder.
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Excellent painting here, but those bases really take the models to another level!
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Thanx, I appreciate it. :::cheers:::
A wip pic before I paint the shield and finish it.
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I'm sure I will find some flaw later on...until then I call it finished.
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Wow, this one is even better! Love the purple and gold, the armour, the reigns, the Demi-Gryph is a bit subdued in colour but I think it works really well as a contrast to its armour and the rider itself.
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lovely,
need close up pics pleez sir
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Fantastic!
I wish you'd got rid of the pile of skulls on the chicken's back though.
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It looks truly great!
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close up must have close up,
shield looks amazing on the left
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Very well done....those demigryphs are impressive!! :eusa_clap:
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thanx :::cheers:::
I'll try to take some pics from another angle and some close ups as well tomorrow.
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Very nice, and a great illustration of why cavalry halberds rock! 8-)
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Odlicni radovi samo napred :happy:
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Thanx / Hvala majstore :::cheers:::
I made another serie of pics , which will appear in my flickr probably.............and some close ups, where you can see how bad I really am :oops:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire%20gallery/demigrif2ll.jpg)
to fruther investigate my incompetence rightclisk+showimage= zoomin
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I zoomed in. Looked pretty darn good to me. Saw no flaws. A1+.
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me too and still nothing.....a good mini just has to be neat and tidy and use the "right colours" :eusa_clap:
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not that close, :)
i meant a pic from normal distance ,
looks sweet mate ::heretic::
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not that close, :)
i meant a pic from normal distance ,
looks sweet mate ::heretic::
Ahh, so you wanted to see a close up from the distance..........For your sake I hope you treat the ladies differently....
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5465/7413453026_f3d2e3f684_b.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/7413453944_5e342fe990_b.jpg)
cheers
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Fantastic, and I am absolutely certain that not only how fantastic the results look and are a joy to see, you have inspired others to experiment with your technique you used to make those bases.
:eusa_clap:
Chumley....you should reduce your coffee intake. :happy:
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thats the money shot !
coffeeee
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Thanx for the comments :::cheers:::
while I'm being busy with the third demigryph knight, I started the long delayed project: second unit of xbows: I paint5ed the first trooper to see how does the color pattern look. the light reflections on the helmet are painted.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Xbows2.jpg)
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More wip, first five troopers finished
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/xbows2-1.jpg)
........and the sixth with half plate armor and some nice jewelery, the reflections you see are painted with NMM style.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empire.jpg)
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Ahh, so you wanted to see a close up from the distance..........For your sake I hope you treat the ladies differently....
:icon_mrgreen: nice one... great paintjob to Dariusz :::cheers:::
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Nice minis and painting. The metallics look great. Realistic.
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I really like those figures :happy:
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So the summer vacation is closing in soon. I haven't touched anything hobby related for quite some time, because I have been busy with traveling and hiking and doing other non-productive activities with the tribe( family ;)).
But I have aquired a nice new camera which can take shots pretty well with different preset programs and I highly reccomend it.
Here's one shot from my hiking trip to the Alps to demonstrate the acuracy. For the illustration, my old camera, with which I took all my old pics is 2M pix and this one is 16M pix. I would say a big difference indeed.
Nikon coolpix S6150: right click to zoom in for the highest resolution
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8423/7871459750_a96f917fc4_k.jpg)
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Huzzah! Darius is back and with him a .....fly?
:unsure:
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haha now you'll have to be even more careful with details while painting...
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I'm sure your camera is better than mine, but my fly is mightier than yours!
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j371/Mazzurk1/148-1.jpg)
P.S. It is nice to see you're back!
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Huzzah! Darius is back and with him a .....fly?
:unsure:
That's not a fly , it's a baby Jabberslythe that I have to feed with the rarest mountain flowers.
haha now you'll have to be even more careful with details while painting...
I have no fears, I will just set the camera further away, when taking the pics.
I'm sure your camera is better than mine, but my fly is mightier than yours!
P.S. It is nice to see you're back!
When my jabberslythe grows up, it will eat your dragonfly, so better find a bigger monster for your pet.
:::cheers:::
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I love this thread! Everything is very well painted and the demigryph bases are so incredibly cool!
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The chaos insects are so lifelike! How did you paint the translucent wings?
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Great looking stuff.
I really need a nice camera.
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I made a new pic with the new gear and the difference is clear, it's amazing quality. Only 3D could beat that. I highly recommend it.
Right click and show image and you can see the original resolution.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7921004918_abeea41e33_k.jpg)
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...and if need be, close ups are easy to show, without the fuzz of extra shooting, I just crop the image smaller.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empiredemigrif1cp.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empirehero1detail.jpg)
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haha now you'll have to be even more careful with details while painting...
I wanted to check this issue, and set the camera only few cm away from the model and it's clearly obvious, that all the details are coming out very nicely without any negative side effects, that usually occur when shooting from very close.
So, here's another hero, shot in 6 o'clock daylight in highest resolution.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Empire/Empirehero3.jpg)
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Hi, so after a long break from the hobby due to the family issues and heaps of work, I've managed to continue on my last project. So here are now not finished yet mercenary crossbows, hired by a Marienburg merchant prince, who of course also took the command of the unit, after all he is the one paying the check.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Lostlegiion.jpg)
And now to check-repair the details on every single one of them, sigh.
I hope I will find some time to also check what others from the brush department have been doing in the mean time. :wink:
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Very very nice indeed!
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Looking really fine, Darius - I love the color scheme.
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:::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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freakin sweet :::cheers:::
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Welcome back and very nice to see this back on track. :::cheers:::
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Thanx, guys.
Today I'm reposting the pics of the republican guard to compare sizes with regular empire minis, upon request from the members.
Here are standing side by side with the 6ed spearmen.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Republicanguardcomparesize1.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Republicanguardcomparesize4.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Republicanguardcomparesize2.jpg)
......and as you can see, they are preaty even in height, only the 6ed are bulkier, but not too much. Also don't forget that these 6ed detachment minis are probably the biggest in the empire range. Make your own conclusion.
:::cheers:::
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nice units! Are those the Pirazzo's figs? It's been a while since I've looked at them, so its hard to remember. But the morions and the standard sure look right. If not, I'd be curious to know what you used for the morion head figs :)
Love the paint job on them too. :eusa_clap:
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nice units! Are those the Pirazzo's figs? It's been a while since I've looked at them, so its hard to remember. But the morions and the standard sure look right. If not, I'd be curious to know what you used for the morion head figs :)
Love the paint job on them too. :eusa_clap:
Yes majority of them are, they come in a box of 12, but I added a couple of Miragliano boys and two Helldorado minis.
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With some bad lighting without a proper daylight I managed to take a photo of some finished minis, the first on the left is from the Miragliano's set, the two others are Pirazzo's figs. I will finish the bases the last and all of the in one time.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/4c934800-d50c-475b-b3fb-bd0a4ff15052.jpg)
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Except for the bases, which didn't come out as good as I thought, I call this batch finished. The Pirazzo and two other guys have nice cloaks to go over the armor and were nice to paint.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Lostlegion22.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Lostlegion23.jpg)
Other guys have thick blousons as armor.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Lostlegion24.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Lostlegion21.jpg)
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NIce work
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A banner bearer and first from the 2 helldorado guys finished. I'm painting the banner now, first attempt was not succesfull. :|
.(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/EMPIRE2.jpg)
This is a mini my son painted- I only painted her face, since he struggled a bit with it - and he will use her in his Bretonnian army, but it could as well be used in an Empire army as well.
Priestess of steel
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/ac50515c-0fdb-4664-b144-a1757d745a31.jpg)
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Where is that model from? It's awesome.
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Where is that model from? It's awesome.
I know :wink:
It's Rackham OOP metal confrontation serie. Difficult to get, actually.
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They look fantastic! :eusa_clap:
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Excellent work, Darius, as usual. :eusa_clap:
I'm glad you're back! :happy:
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Where is that model from? It's awesome.
I know :wink:
It's Rackham OOP metal confrontation serie. Difficult to get, actually.
I have it, Great Work here... again :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/EMPIRE2.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Lostlegiion.jpg)
Dariusz I thank you for the inspiration. this makes my heart beat considerably faster. :happy: Estalians... :::cheers::: :::cheers:::
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Thanx all :::cheers:::
Glad to hear that, Henerius.
And another update. I decided to try a freehand design on the merchant's cloak and here's the result. The mini is almost finished, just a few highlights more.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/marienburgmerchant.jpg)
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Wow! Awesome freehand, Darius! :eusa_clap:
Mine still look as if painted by a dodderer. :icon_rolleyes:
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Thanx, w.weib, but I'm not completely satisfied yet, it still looks more like a sketch than an ornament. Probably because I applied too much blue wash over it. I will go back to it and invest some work more on it.
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Since it takes quite some time to finish the whole unit for me, I started to paint and older project in between, a converted dragon. And before going too far with it, I took the pic of the first stage - other side is allready painted a bit. For the record.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/dragon1.jpg)
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that's one of the better looking dragons I've seen!
but what is it made of?
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I bought it in a souvenir shop, and it's made of hard resin, so it was a bit difficult to convert it. The head is converted with plastic bits, also claws and tail. I'll see if I can find some interesting bits to add to the fig.You know, skulllz......
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Helldorado mercenaries are finished, the bases look bad , I know, but will have to do for now. I managed to also paint the cigarettes, especially the first guy's is obvious. I hope you can see it.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Helldorado/56d2f9cc-442e-4dda-9dd7-614cd0ce6482.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Helldorado/75f4683d-abba-4b05-8e3a-8058d7e7b315.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Helldorado/587656bf-17a7-4e6c-be89-1b34eb80f6a9.jpg)
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(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/marienburgmerchant.jpg)
:Ohmy:
Holy asd!@##! That's some awesome freehand!
I'm actually not a big fan of the colour scheme, but your minis are incredibly well painted none the less.
The wood on the gun in your last post - is that wood pattern actually on the miniature, is it it 100% painted?
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Thanx. No, it's not 100% painted, it's a shallow imprint,that I painted over. So no big deal actually, of course you need a very light tone of colour for that, otherwise it's no use.
And the cloak design is not finished yet, but I'm getting close. I'm not sure if it's clear, but it is a seahorse amidst the waves.
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The company's Marienburg banner:
still needs a final touch though.
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The banner is finished, I just need to attach it to the fig.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/mrbgflag2.jpg)
This should be almost finished, but I might subdue the contrast by adding some purple wash to the brightest areas, what do you think?
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/a75ab93d-cdfa-4455-9df7-3a15ad98c0d2.jpg)
and before with blue wash
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/marienburgmerchant.jpg)
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I think both the banner and the cloak look great; if you toned down the contrast it might spoil the effect.
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I like the preliminary stage on the cloak better for some reason, the transition with the cloak was more smooth. Maybe shading with purple will get you back this nice finish...
Apart from that, awesome paintjob and incredible paint scheme really :eusa_clap:
Porkix
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Thanx for comments.
I tend to agree with Porkix here. The detail of the design on the cloak didn't come out as good and sharp as I thought it would. It's quite unclear as what are you looking at, so it all looks more as a generic textile pattern than some exquisite ornament, which I was aiming here.
And in that case it should blend with the rest of the cloth. So yeah, some wash will be indeed needed to lock all together.
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Ok, I've finished the banner, and had some rough moments, when I was attaching it to the fig, trouble and trouble with gluing, applying etc. Painting was fun but this - not.
Next time I will use only premade banners, so next - I need to arrange my bits box for possible trading, since I don't have enough of them.
Lighiting was also bad, so the red was disturbing the camera light sensors, this is the best iI could manage.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/marienburgbanner1.jpg)
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....and Pirazzo's men are finished too. I have 3 Miragliano men and 2 Helldorado and a merchant mixed in. And the original banner that came in the box, which will stay there.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Pirazzoslostlegion2.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Pirazzoslostlegion1.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/Pirazzoslostlegion3.jpg)
I plan to make a custom two lines movement tray for them, which will make them look a bit more table- top -nice.
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Good stuff! Very well executed.
Maybe the red doesnt blend that well with the purple/turquoise, but that might just be me, and it doesnt take away much from the overall impression.
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Thanx.
Which red do you mean, the red on the banner or the pavement, or both? The pavement I can change, the banner of course not, it's from the Marienburg color scheme, red, yellow, blue. The purple and light blue and creame are my unofficial Praag colors.
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Thanx.
Which red do you mean, the red on the banner or the pavement, or both? The pavement I can change, the banner of course not, it's from the Marienburg color scheme, red, yellow, blue. The purple and light blue and creame are my unofficial Praag colors.
Sorry I was unclear, yeah the pavement. I dont think you should change it though, certainly not if you are happy with it, just not the way I would have done it. But as I said, on the whole it looks great.
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Sorry I was unclear, yeah the pavement. I dont think you should change it though, certainly not if you are happy with it, just not the way I would have done it. But as I said, on the whole it looks great.
Actually I'm not that happy with it. It seemed as a good idea, the red is terracota red, suggesting the tile are bricks, but it's too bright. I'm pondering on the idea to give it a dark wash. It's not such a big deal. 5 mins of work.
:::cheers:::
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Since everybody these days seem to be taking pics in a semi professional way, I decided to try it myself.
Following instructions by Darknight : http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=45878.0 (http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=45878.0)
I've built my own simple light box in about 5 mins. I haven't finished it yet, since I've yet to put a baking paper on top and sides, but in order to immediately try it, I improvised with a lid of some white plastic bucket which gave a similar diffused light as would a semitransparent white paper.
Next, I inserted a semi strong black paper for the background and I plan to make a set of papers with different color tones. Not to go half way, I've put the photo camera on an expensive tripod.
For lighting I used a powerfull construction lamp, which gave enough light to fully light the interior of the box even through the plastic lid. This enabled me also to minimize the light index on my camera, so that I could mimic the fancy photo studio environment.
And the results are not bad, I would say, considering the picture was taken in an ordinary card box.:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8628726121_2597bbe64a_h.jpg)
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Experiment continues. this time with a plastic fig from the battalion box. As previous time it was a metal OOP, now we can see the difference as how the light reflects from each material.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN2945.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN2948.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN2951.jpg)
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN2952.jpg)
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Some comments on the photographs: I think both pictures could benefit from adding exposure, as there are quite a few areas where detail is lost in the shadows. And I would put the camera a bit closer or zoom, as the miniatures are very small and it is hard to make out details. If you crop the pictures, you can keep the size and show us a lot more of the important part :)
Apart from the photograph nitpicking, the minis look good from what I can make out.
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I see. Well, That's odd, if I zoom in the pictures myself I get a gigantic pictures on my screen, where I can clearly see every detail. They are stored in 1024x574 pixels, which is the highest you can get. Nothing I can do here.
As for the exposure, I 'm experimenting with it, to see how it works, that is why I had set it on minimum on purpose, so it's a deliberate choice of style. Next time I will try to raise the light bar, but don't expect any revolution. I kind of like it this way more.
Thanx for comments.
and this one goes on Midaski's tap:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/eecbc3a2-b037-4a56-b705-890dd9a1c1b6.jpg)
I kind of prefer a smaller version, but maybe for an indifferent viewer, this is more informative. But people in general (I think) prefer smaller pics too.
Which do you prefer guys? Big or small?
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I like that guy. I really like the skin tones you used and how you highlighted his face.
Regarding the pics: The size isn't as important as the shadows, although I like the close up since I can see where you layered stuff. Use more light sources and you should be good to go.
Good stuff though!
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Bigger pictures with sufficient, even lightning are good if you want to get feedback on your work and have the detailed work on your minis, to make a bigger picture interesting. Smaller, moody pictures with a more direct light source can help create the ambience of your piece and "sell" it to the public in certain cases, but make it hard to give objective feed back on the techniques.
That said, I like the bigger one a lot more, since I can actually see what you did on the miniature, instead of just getting a feel for the overall ambience.
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No, you are both right. I'm experimenting with the light box, and so the dark images were the first to appeal to my imagination, because I'm allready familiar with the the minis, but for an everage viewer, bigger and more detalied images are probably more interesting. so more light, bigger - check.
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Here is the merchant. With the maximum exposure and resolution. Two lamps, but the sensor only reacted to the bigger lamp. So it appears as there's only one light source.
:-D
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Definitely looks like you are using the maximum exposure settings. Unless the white feather on top really looks that way your picture is suffering from some wash out. I'd adjust it down a bit as the wash out doesn't look good. All the highlights are very sharp and there is no gradiation in those whites. Adjusting the exposure to bring out the details in the shadow doesn't work so well if you wash out the highlights. Also you want to have all your lights the same size. I think if you get a light that can light your shadows better, you won't have to adjust your exposure to maximum and you'll have a better overall picture.
It also looks like your top light is a little bit behind him. I'd place the mini a little further back so that the top light hits him from the front just a bit.
It looks like your white balance is also a bit off. It could just be your palate of colors, but the picture looks like there is too much yellow.
I think your pictures without the lightbox are much better than these ones.
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Good tips.
And, no, you are right about all. It's a good advice to find a sutable par of lamps, since that is the only control that I have. Namely my photo camera doesn't have controllable lighting settings in macro or semi-macro mode. It's a compact camera and works only through preset programs.
So, My search for the perfect photo session continues, and unless I make a break through with the light box - in which case I will let you know - I will stick with the daylight, which seems to give a decent light for an average situation.
cheers.
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Can your camera shoot RAW images? If so, you can adjust exposure in post processing, with only minor loss of information. Granted, a camera where you can manually set exposure is much better, but this might be a suitable workaround without the need to invest in gear.
These are the key things to look for in a camera for shooting miniatures:
1. Manual exposure setting
2. Manual focus
3. 3 megapixels or more
4. RAW capability
(5.) Manual white balance setting
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I can manually set light sensitivity , resolution and white balance for different situatuion among others yellow electric bulb, It also has two different macro modes, so yeah it's pretty useful. It doesn't take raw images, unless I have missed something in the manual. I have just recently bought it, so I haven't yet fully mastered it.
I guess I could tweak it to fit more to the miniature photography. But It is our family camera, so everybody is taking pictures of something else. :engel:
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Don't worry you probably didn't miss anything. Typically only DSLRs will output in RAW format.
The thing about changing the settings is if you just set it back to auto after you use it each time, it won't affect anyone else. I'm guessing the rest of the people in your family don't know any more about it than you do so really the auto settings will be good enough for a majority of photography uses.
These are the key things to look for in a camera for shooting miniatures:
1. Manual exposure setting
2. Manual focus
3. 3 megapixels or more
4. RAW capability
(5.) Manual white balance setting
A few things. I'd say that some of those are definitely not key features to look for.
1) I assume you are talking about things like aperture and shutter speed. This could also mean exposure compensation. Most cameras allow adjustments of these to some extent. However unless you understand what they do having full manual control won't do much for you. I recommend learning about what they do if you are going to the effort and expense of getting a camera with them. Typically the more manual options, the more expensive the camera. These are definitely good features, if you know how to utilize them.
2) Manual focus is fairly rare in camera's other than DSLRs. There are compact digitals that do have it though. My Canon Super Zoom has it. Unfortunately they don't give you the fine control that DSLR lenses will give you as you typically have to adjust focus to a certain point and then the camera still uses auto focus from there. It can be helpful though, especially when doing macro photography. Auto focus can be a real pain in the back side when doing macro photography as it sometimes has a hard time focusing on what you want it to focus on. This will indeed make things easier, but it definitely isn't a required feature. Auto focus is more than capable and you can easily work around the problems with it.
3) There really aren't many cameras that are below 3 mega pixels these days, unless you are buying second hand. If you are photographing for the web, you really don't need more than 5 mega pixels. As a matter of fact, high mega pixels can actually give you poorer quality pictures. Most people don't understand this. High mega pixels are only good if you plan to do a lot of photo editing, printing of images, or printing large images over 8"x12". Even then, for most people's snap-shot prints 10 mega pixels is more than enough. High mega pixels is just a buzz word to get people to spend more money on a camera. This really isn't even a concern in most cases. My only advice would be, all other things being equal, don't spend extra money on a camera just because it has 15+ mega pixels and another one only has 10 mega pixels unless you are really going to use the capability they provide.
4) As I already said, RAW format is not common on compact digital cameras. If you don't know what you are doing with the RAW images, the feature won't do much for you anyway. Camera's with this capability are usually more expensive as recording RAW data is slower than recording in jpg format. Companies have to improve speed or risk having customers complain. This raises prices and is typically reserved for cameras that are already higher priced. Because of this, it is typically only a DSLR feature. Again, you'll need to learn how to process the format if you are going to make the most use out of the feature. This is a nice to have but not a requirement.
5) Manual white balance is fairly common in compact digitals, but you typically won't find it on the cheapest ones. The cheaper ones will typically have auto white balance or have some presets. Typically Auto and the presets are sufficient. The auto correction in most image editing software will take care of the rest. Another nice to have, but not a game breaker.
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No problem with the point and shoot Darius, don't give up! You can still get good shots if you get the lighting right.
While I have a DSLR, I take most of my pics with a point and shoot since it's quicker. If it helps I usually use the night preset (so no flash, long shutter time to let light in) with a tripod. It's just a simple little Nikon Coolpix but it works fine if you have the lighting. I use at least three lights when taking pics of miniatures, and none of them too close, or else I get that washed out look.
The only thing my DSLR does better enough that I will pull it out for is taking pictures of deep, ranked units. In that case being able to manually set the depth of field (aperture I think) helps keep the whole unit in focus.
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In that case being able to manually set the depth of field (aperture I think) helps keep the whole unit in focus.
Correct, most DSLRs have a much smaller aperture possible so give a much deeper depth of field when used at the highest setting.
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Thanx for the info, guys, especially to Delthos and Gwinn, :::cheers:::
I hope other people are reading this blog too, there is some usefull stuff here to know.
I must confess however, that I'm not a complete newbie to the business, believe it or not, back in the days of the BW photography I even developed my own photo prints in the darkroom. ( now where did I store those digitized bw prints, need to check.)
After the rise of the digital era, I stored my nice Nikon and Vivitar slr cameras and only looked back, over my digitized bw prints. However I got left behind a bit, since the better cameras are beyond my financial reach, and the cheap ones are just point and shoot types, where not much technological expertise is needed, but this suits me fine, since it simplifies the process and takes less time and preparation and I want to keep it this way.
So I know what a depth of field is, thou I can't use it with the current equipment. :engel:
However this newest camera I 've got, offers more, so I'm learning back, but in small dosages.
Dosiere, which type do you have? , I have Coolpix S6150 with 16 mega and bunch of usefull settings, like 2 macro modes.
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Here's merchant on daylight with manually corrected exposure, and we can see how the shadows and colors nicely blend together. This option however isn't accessible in macro mode, so I had to shoot in another program and also without tripod or lights and on lower ISO sensitivity. This was a test pic. The original pic was quite dark, so I postprocessed it.
How it looks?
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Much better! :happy:
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That looks so much better than the lightbox version!
I've done lots of research and learning about cameras. I want to get a good DSLR some day, but I just can't justify it right now. I know I can get a decent low end one with a couple lenses for around $600. Unfortunately I want to go for a better one that will be in the $1000 plus range.
Right now I've got a Canon SX10-IS Superzoom. There are a few thing it doesn't do like output in RAW format, have a remote shutter, and have interchangable lenses. However, there are some after market add-ons available that fit on the lens hood mount it has. Things like UV filters, color filters, some lenses, and a better lens cap than the camera comes with. Canon actually has some flash units that will fit on it if you want something bigger than the small built in flash. It has enough features and does well enough for a majority of my pictures that I haven't lost my will power to not take the plunge into a DSLR. It has manual controls for all the settings, macro and super macro, manual focus, exposure adjustment, and even some interesting in camera effects like sepia toned, BW, color isolation, a big ISO range (80 to 3,200), and others.
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Holliday vacations are over, I'm getting back to the brush, which I haven't touched for 2 months, :eusa_wall: Now, I need some easy practice to get back to the skill. So for the starters, I'm going to repaint the KoTBS, to better match the grandmaster. They look under my current level and I also decided to change the colors for the more traditional ones. More black-yellow to the outfit and gold to the armor.
Here's a quick shot, still need to tidy up some details. Right fig is the older paintjob, the left fig has been repainted.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/NewKotbs.jpg)
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I was serching the net for some paintted OOP Kotbs to get some inspiration for my project and this was the only picture that came forward (beside my own knights). There are some tricks applied to this unit that will come usefull.
Painted by Brett Dewald
(http://demonwinner.free.fr/usa/2004Baltimore/us04chi_regiment_1.gif)
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Very nice! Can't wait to see your pics of the outcome!
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I was serching the net for some paintted OOP Kotbs to get some inspiration for my project and this was the only picture that came forward (beside my own knights). There are some tricks applied to this unit that will come usefull.
Painted by Brett Dewald
(http://demonwinner.free.fr/usa/2004Baltimore/us04chi_regiment_1.gif)
those are fat!
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I've repainted Marius Leitdorf to stand in as a preceptor for the Knights of the blazing sun. I like the fig and I have two, besides having the new one as well, so this will be the best career for him, I guess.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/MariusLeitdorfOOP.jpg)
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I tried to give the whole unit more traditional make over with golden armor and black-yellow plumes.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/NewKotbs1.jpg)
musician
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/NewKotbs2.jpg)
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Knights of the blazing sun with a converted musician, preceptor and knight.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/9946889056_4c69db5fbd_c.jpg)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/9946925724_a9986968d0_c.jpg)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/9946885125_086755ec73_c.jpg)
The whole set to be seen in my Flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariuszero/sets/72157635906942613/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariuszero/sets/72157635906942613/)
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Note to self: Need to book a flight to Mars in order to paint with Darius. :-D
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If you don't mind having constantly sand in your eyes and in your coffee, than grab a towel, lift your thumb, and we'll beam you up. :wink:
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(http://i1367.photobucket.com/albums/r791/Warhammer-Weib/Beam-me-up-Scotty_zps742c8506.jpg)
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:-D Forget coffee, now champagne is waiting in the fridge.
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Reiksguard with repainted plumes and shields.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/9964231263_db19a7fa8d_b.jpg)
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:-D Forget coffee, now champagne is waiting in the fridge.
Why not both? :-D
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Those are really sweet; I am gathering pieces to make my own allied unit of KotBS - lots of conversions, hoping to be able to use new knights if they ever come out - and I am going to be heavily inspired by those colors. I like the blue / green tinge they seem to have - very powerful and dramatic.
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:-D Forget coffee, now champagne is waiting in the fridge.
Why not both? :-D
So you know the tricks, you party animal, :-D You got Scotty really interested now.
Those are really sweet; I am gathering pieces to make my own allied unit of KotBS - lots of conversions, hoping to be able to use new knights if they ever come out - and I am going to be heavily inspired by those colors. I like the blue / green tinge they seem to have - very powerful and dramatic.
The original design comes from the Warhammer online video game, and you are right, it's a perfect color combo.
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Another angle.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/9969583846_375458ffb7_b.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/9970424815_8242e8ff55_b.jpg)
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Whoah! Those are niiiiice!
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:eusa_clap:
LOVE IT
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So you know the tricks, you party animal, :-D You got Scotty really interested now.
You are talking to the woman who has just decided to celebrate her 40th birthday by 4 parties instead of just one. :-D "40 and fabulous" :-D
Great pics of your repainted minis.
And your Knights of the Blazing Sun are a spectacular sight. :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Thanks!
command group next, converted musician
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN4681.jpg)
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:-D Forget coffee, now champagne is waiting in the fridge.
Planning on getting her drunk now? :P
I love the colors you're using, colorful, but they still look practical. Looking forward to more.
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:-D Forget coffee, now champagne is waiting in the fridge.
Planning on getting her drunk now? :P
I love the colors you're using, colorful, but they still look practical. Looking forward to more.
a: I'm afraid it would happen the other way around. :engel:
b: Thanx. That's my plan, to make everything colorful but still simple and practical.
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My cheap painting station.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN4701.jpg)
...with the command group - WIP pic.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN4702.jpg)
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Still fond of those Mueller paints after using them for a while?
I'm thinking of buying them for my terrain building stuff because they are much cheaper ... can you recommend them?
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Yes, pretty much. they have some great color mixes in the range and the viscosity and the workability of the paints are on par with the GW's ones. The only not so good colors, but this may have changed by now, are the black, which has strange viscosity and the coverage is bad, and the silver, which has the same problems. So for silver I use GW chainmail and bolt gun metal, which are both excellent. The good part of the Nerchau ( the producer) paints is also that they don't dry as quick as GW.
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As I'm getting close to finish the reiksguard, I added another knight to the paiting station, with the lance from the demigryph sprue.
wip pic
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN4703.jpg)
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Really liking the brightness of those models - look great!
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Thanks Darknight, it's also important to take good pics as well, otherwise the figs don't stand out.
I have finished command group for the reiksguard knights, with only one model fully taken from the knights sprue. One model only left to finish.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/10326605956_e7937b06fe_c.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/10326588694_afb29ab294_c.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/10326597046_5be010f256_c.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/10326720553_7421590e56_c.jpg)
More in my Flickr gallery.
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loving the mix of old and new school, just the way I like it in my own army :eusa_clap:
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Good looking knights! Do you have a trick for painting spirals down your lances? I have never been able to...
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Thanks. So far old and new still can mix. Until the supposedly and long awaited new knights charge in...
Good looking knights! Do you have a trick for painting spirals down your lances? I have never been able to...
Alas, I have no trick, it's all a matter of a steady hand and concentration.
Advice thou: use the two colors, of which one can easily paint over the other, so that it's easy to cover the mistakes. Like black over grey in my case.
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This is the last reiksguard, I hope, in the unit.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2888/10455080155_02ee8a1abf_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/10455232403_f37dd26a51_z.jpg)
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Reiksguard knights charging.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7360/10455093044_78906fe4a5_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/10455080154_67ec2b10ce_c.jpg)
more in my flickr gallery.
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Great work, as usual. I especially like the inside of the cloak and your colour choice for the puff sleeves on the right! :eusa_clap:
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I like these a lot, a very striking unit.
Rich
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Thanx.
I started another knight of the blazing sun. Probably the last one in the unit and the only one coming from the knights sprue. WiP picture:
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I managed to finish the last Knight of the blazing sun. It looks much better with the lance and the helmet from the demigryph sprue. The light was terrible, so I only post one image, the rest will follow when I have more lighting and when I also add some proper grass on the base.
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Good job on that unit of Reiksguard. Overall they look very impressive but there is two things that stand out specifically.
1. The head on the standard bearer seems to be made for it. Perfect choice
2. Choosing the newer, smaller state troop shields really fits with the smaller 'old school' knights.
The painting is, of course, excellent.
Can't wait to see more of your Knights of the Blazing Sun.
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Ty. Yes the choice of different bits on Empire sprues can give excellent results. I also like this particular head option for the knights, because of the hood, that was normally used under the helmet.
The new shields do fit better on the oop knights, but when I was painting the last Kotb, I couldn't find any, so I had to use the regular one, only when it was already finished I found a small stash of those state shields. Bummer, but now it is what it is.
I don't plan to paint more of the Knights of the blazing sun, I have already a small unit of them. Next but not soon are IC and Knights Panther.
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More angles of the finished knight, the unit and the grand master.
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My quest for the perfect photographic settings has me given some useful results, finally. With the winter crappy daylight conditions fast approaching I had to give it another try, so here's what I did:
I used two desk lamps, two plastic food containers for diffusing purposes, set the white balance to artificial light, did some post production and the results are not too bad:
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Not bad at all, I have been tempted to get a cheap photo box kit online but have never got round to it. I too prefer to photograph with natural daylight.
Rich
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A couple of weeks ago I confiscated the reading glasses my wife bought in the drugstore. since then I feel much more comfortable when painting the tiny details. I don't have them on all the time, most of the time I paint without them, and without my ordinary glasses, but I put them on for the eyes, tiny details, scrolls and such. This glasses are more an optical tool, rather than a medically prescribed glasses you get from the optician, so you shouldn't exaggerate on using them. I guess any better drugstore or pharmacist should have them for cheap.
I'm sharing my experience with those people who might have the same difficulties of seeing at the close distance as I have and lately there have been some topics raised about this problem on the forum. So here you go, try it out, it might help.
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That was a really good idea. I used to paint under one of those office lamps with a lupe fitted in (like this http://www.biltema.no/ProductImages/35/large/35-9813_l.jpg), but it really threw my depth perception, which isn't the best thing in a hobby like ours...
I love how neat and clean your painting is BTW. It goes great with the knightly orders. Grat conversions all around as well!
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thanks, Durloth. But with this kind of glasses, when I put them on, I can see what all I could do better, and then I have an urge to go and repaint my whole bloody army, and all three or four of them too. :engel:
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Not exactly, but almost.
My early christmas present to me, :engel:
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Ooooh, I love Dark Sword miniatures, I'm quite jealous of that one. When will you be painting it? When!!?
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I understand your enthusiasm, this dragon really is an awesome sculpt, a true work of miniature art. When I've inspected the figure and have witnesed it's quality, I've become a great fan of Dark sword dragons my self, so much even, that I plan on getting one another at some later time.
But I have no idea when I will even start working on him, the only reason that I posted it like this, still fresh in a box, straight from the postman's bag, was to spread a word on this awesome company, The Dark sword miniatures. I might post some pics of the fig, just to show how good it is.
But it will have to be the best of my skills, when I finally get on him, I'm pondering on the best technique to tackle this beasty.
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I completely understand. I have models that I've owned for years and haven't quite "found time for" because assembling and painting something old / rare / expensive / awesome is so daunting. The closest thing I've attempted is my Imperial Dragon, in the end I just jumped in and worked it out as I went along.
There's always paint stripper if it all goes wrong...
I hope you'll do a diary when you do start work on it though, gives the rest of us a leg up if we decide to have a go ;)
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I sure will, posting here keeps me motivated as well, otherwise I would quickly get distracted by other activities, you know like real life :engel:
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I'm now tempted to add a dragon a month to my 2014 painting schedule...!
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small update: I started to paint the small unit of handguners in the colors of Ostermark. They take a lot of time to paint with all those puffy sleeves. Here is the wip pic of the first half.
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the unit is finshed, I need only to base them. since I don't have enough models for the 2nd rank, I included two free company dudes, but I'm still in short of figs for the second rank.
Here are without the proper basing.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/handguners.jpg)
As you can see I've drilled the musket barrels, I do that with any gunpowder weps.
They will look better when I upl them from my Flickr account.
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Excellent job - and I very enjoy handgunners from free company! Their faces are awesome!
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Dziękuję :icon_wink:
yes the free company figures are slightly more bulkier than the rest of hte empire figs, which makes them very suitable for some extra detailed painting work, like the faces or in this case the stripes oh the fellow's bandana.
Are you by any chance active also on the polish forum http://chestofcolors.com/? Most of the members there are top painters in the business.
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Prosim :-P
I'm not active on this forum - frankly my painting skills are too small to even think about more professional works, painting for selling etc. I think my skills improved since for ex. swordsmen You can see on my blog, but still - making faces like You is simply abstract to me :)
And about Free Comp. - some of their torsos looks like uniforms, and I planned to make 10 Handgunners from them, but finnaly I made crossbowens. I started to painting them in 2011 and I hope i finish them this year :P
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First Ostermark troops. I will combine them with another unit of Talabheim handgunners, and still I need some 2nd ranks.
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Better pics from my Flickr gallery
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some black lining done here
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:::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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Pirate look, evil grin ... the first one is my favourite! :happy:
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Thanx :::cheers:::
so in order to get my full second rank I converted three more dudes from the free company figs, which I bought off from a fellow hobbyst, and arms and heads from the 6ed state troops, that I got the same way, and I quite like the combo.
These guys are prepared for some close combat, armed with only swords and pistols and they give the unit more unique appearence.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/handguns-fc.jpg)
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I really like that Ostermark gunner build from the militia set. So much character...
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You probably mean this one:
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I have finished 3 other free company troopers, the Ostermark handguners now count 20 men + I have another 10 with champion. Alltogether 30 men strong fire power.
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lovely unit :::cheers:::
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Really lovely stuff in this thread! Your models look really warm and enticing. Two thumbs up!
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Thanx. It is nice to work with the free company figs, because they are nicely sculpted and with plenty of space to paint.
and another update, I started to work on the outriders from the batallion box, and because it's nigh impossible to paint them otherwise than unassembled, I had to go this way - so all parts will be wip painted first and then assembled, and then paint some more.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/outriders.jpg)
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I'm looking forward to seeing more pics! :happy:
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More pics will follow later on. This is one of the more difficult kits to assemble and paint, so it takes more time to put the figs together properly. And there are the horses too, o boy. Since those are the biggest in the empire I will paint them as big shire horses. probably in grey and black tones.
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The cloak, helmet and armor are finished, just some more work on the handgun.
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This is great work! :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Great work on the paint job.
I also like the sprue support to aid the painting
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Lovely work, as always.
K.
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Looking at your WIP or other pics always motivates me to paint and improve my painting skills. :happy:
Great work, as usual! :eusa_clap:
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Really great work, as usual. I love the outrider.
I have a question, how do you paint the stripes? I have a hard time painting mine, can you give me a tip?
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Great looking figures. Love the style. :::cheers:::
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Thanx, guys, I appreciate it :::cheers:::
Really great work, as usual. I love the outrider.
I have a question, how do you paint the stripes? I have a hard time painting mine, can you give me a tip?
TY. As regarding painting stripes, I don't really have any specific tips, but can give you some pointers, that make it easier for me at least.
Paint the mini before you fix it to the base, especially if you want to paint stripes on the trousers. This will enable you to hold the fig horizontally as this is the best position to draw lines.
Make a guidance line from dots over the area you want to cover and you will have easier time to make the stripes more straight or running in nice curves.
Each stripe consists of the 2 border lines that should be a bit darker and the space between that should be lighter in tone. This is also the order in which you paint each stripe. 1.borderline 2.borderline 3.space between.
Holding the brush in the right way is important too. The tip of the brush should be aiming toward the border line and the rest of the brush away from the space between.
Remember that space between the stripes is strapes too. So, when repairing possible mistakes, you can try repainting the space between as stripes instead just going over and over the same stripe that gives you trouble.
This will also be most usefull when crossing difficult spots like junctions or joints. These spots are also the most common parts where you highlight the stripes. which needs to be done as well.
Allways paint the dark over the light color. e.g.: blue over red.
The consistency of the paint is the same as of the milk. Not too running but not too clogy.
I hope this help to some degree.
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Thanx, guys, I appreciate it :::cheers:::
Really great work, as usual. I love the outrider.
I have a question, how do you paint the stripes? I have a hard time painting mine, can you give me a tip?
TY. As regarding painting stripes, I don't really have any specific tips, but can give you some pointers, that make it easier for me at least.
Paint the mini before you fix it to the base, especially if you want to paint stripes on the trousers. This will enable you to hold the fig horizontally as this is the best position to draw lines.
Make a guidance line from dots over the area you want to cover and you will have easier time to make the stripes more straight or running in nice curves.
Each stripe consists of the 2 border lines that should be a bit darker and the space between that should be lighter in tone. This is also the order in which you paint each stripe. 1.borderline 2.borderline 3.space between.
Holding the brush in the right way is important too. The tip of the brush should be aiming toward the border line and the rest of the brush away from the space between.
Remember that space between the stripes is strapes too. So, when repairing possible mistakes, you can try repainting the space between as stripes instead just going over and over the same stripe that gives you trouble.
This will also be most usefull when crossing difficult spots like junctions or joints. These spots are also the most common parts where you highlight the stripes. which needs to be done as well.
Allways paint the dark over the light color. e.g.: blue over red.
The consistency of the paint is the same as of the milk. Not too running but not too clogy.
I hope this help to some degree.
It helped a lot! :-D
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Slowly geting there. I painted the Pistolkorps design on one of the cloaks. I'm not completely satisfied, but will have to do for now.
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/98a2619e-3ba2-4f51-bd0e-bcc4dec60851.jpg)
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Wow, I wish I could do that! :eusa_clap:
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Thanks, Warhammer Weib, you are doing fine too. :wink:
the last cloak wip
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really nice sir :::cheers:::
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Thanks, Warhammer Weib, you are doing fine too. :wink:
the last cloak wip
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/391d29dd-47dc-4d40-a6f0-8428a98647f3.jpg)
not a fan of the freehand pistols on the other cloak/jacket... but this!!! :::cheers:::
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Thanx, guys. It's the premiere of my newest tool: the pin pen.
@Henerius: so the freehand pistols look that bad, huh? I don't like them that much either, I might go and rework tthe design, it should look more stylish and less cartoony.
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Don't rework it on my account. It is brilliantly done, it's just not my taste so I am not a fan. That's all.
The brown jacket gives me a hint, a feeling .. like hussar or east european soldier jacket. The design and simplicity sends out it is functional, cut and tailored to last and protect its wearer. The brown cape gives me the same feel about it. The jacket with backprint reminds me of modern jackets it looks very .. american and not in the sence of classy. Like a person wearing a jacket of a university he never went to or a wannabee that never was in the pistol corps but wants to look like one at the most he looks like a civilian with a gun.... :closed-eyes:
Pistoliers, musketeers, swordsmen, halberdeers, pikemen, etc, are not identified by the print on their jackets... they are identified by their weapons. The banner of a unit could keep the weapon that is the main tool of the unit.. but a jacket of a pistolier with pistols on it like that looks a bit awkward to me. :icon_rolleyes:
As I said a matter of taste, nothing more. :smile2:
Keep it coming Dariusz :::cheers::: :::cheers:::
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Well, you have certainly put more thought into it than I have myself. My hat off to you , sir. Those are all valid and well elaborated points that deserve to be considered with care.
Truth is, the cape with the emblem was created with only the intention to replace the absence of the banner and to give the unit some heraldry and colors.
The crossed pistols are the most common symbol of the pistolkorps, as is depicted in the heraldry book, but like you said, the cape, which is meant only to protect and hide the soldier from the enemy's eyes, isn't the very likely place to put heraldry on.
For the cape of the commander I made some research first and like you noticed with a keen eye, the design on the back was indeed influenced by the hystoric reference, namely the designs of the napoleonic uniforms, and that's why it looks more realistic and not wannabee at all. And you are correct in prefering the classy over the modern, which is also my first choice.
I will redesign the cape, probably erase the emblem and leave only the empire cross at the bottom. Thanks for the critics, it's been highly constructive. :::cheers:::
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I gotta say, I really like the pistol design - don't get rid of it! As his signature says, don't listen to the evil Henerius! :)
I also think the coat design is fantastic, too - is that purely done with paint, or is the cape actually sculpted as a coat?
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but truth is that Henerius is more than right
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j316/henerius1/smillies/whistling.gif) (http://s83.photobucket.com/user/henerius1/media/smillies/whistling.gif.html)
A banner of Infantry is 3 by 3 cm, banner of a knight unit is wrapped around the pole and is 6cm long? I don't see why a troop of pistoliers can't have a guidon?? :closed-eyes: Game requirements is one thing, fun in doing is more then the one.
The back of that jacket is? 1,5 by 1,5 cm or 1,5 by 2 cm? You can give your pistolier troop a guidon and paint the crossed pistols on it and a troop number Dariusz :::cheers::: :::cheers::: and enjoy every moment of doing it :biggriin: ... it's no banner it's a guidon :ph34r: doesn't even count as one :biggriin:
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b242/henerius/estalia/Estaliancav011.jpg)
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Troop with guidon
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Troop with regimental banner.
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Great army. I love them all :eusa_clap:
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Thanx, Liucheng :::cheers:::
I gotta say, I really like the pistol design - don't get rid of it! As his signature says, don't listen to the evil Henerius! :)
I also think the coat design is fantastic, too - is that purely done with paint, or is the cape actually sculpted as a coat?
Hm, first I'll try to redesign the emblem to make it look more like a stylized decoration and less a picture, because Henerius does have point here.
The coat design relies partly on the sculpted parts, but mostly it's been painted, but you would have to see it in person to realy distinguish one from another, that is, if you don't posess this certain set.
A banner of Infantry is 3 by 3 cm, banner of a knight unit is wrapped around the pole and is 6cm long? I don't see why a troop of pistoliers can't have a guidon?? :closed-eyes: Game requirements is one thing, fun in doing is more then the one.
If I wanted a banner I would give them one, since the rules are secondary to me, because I don't play anymore. But I wanted the unit to have the maxiumum of fighting figures, being only 5 strong. So I left out the musician and eventually the banner. I think banners and musiciands fit in larger than 5 units, fluff wise. 5 is a more a scout formation than anything else. :wink:
But I have unit just like your own waiting on the shelf to be taken in hands. That one will have either a musician or a banner.
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I have almost finished work on the riders, minus minor corrections and that damn cloak, now I'm painting horses.
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that outrider looks fabulous, I may have to copy. steveb
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Love the pistol-sword! And the outriders :-D
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thanx.
Meanwhile, while horses are getting their final look, let's have a look at my attempt at the OSL technique. This is going to be the base for a very nasty alien monster( which I haven't finished yet) and it depicts the wounded space marine, who has triggered the emergency beacon for the rescue mission( the green light).
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that outrider looks fabulous, I may have to copy. steveb
I second steveb. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Great OSL work, Darius! I love it! :eusa_clap:
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Today the mailman made my day. The Front rank figurines, that I was wanting to have for so long, are finally here. I intend to use them as greatswords. Here are some comparison pics with my GW figs.
(http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=200232&d=1411038022&thumb=0)
(http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=200233&d=1411038040)
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They compare very favorably. Just a bit smaller than GW but they will blend in perfectly.
Looking forward to seeing them finished!
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I bought enough of them to make them full unit. With a couple of GW comand fings - 30,
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Long summer vacation have set me off the current painting project almost before I could finish it properly. So here's a pic of almost finished horses.
(http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=200231&d=1411035627&thumb=0)
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wow those look great :::cheers:::
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Love the dappled horses, that is so hard to do well. :eusa_clap:
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Love the dappled horses, that is so hard to do well. :eusa_clap:
Grey Shire dapple horses, to be more speciffic, because they are bigger than other empire horses.
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wip close ups
(http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=200517&d=1411564100&thumb=0)
Nuln outriders on Shire ponies :engel:
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awesome man ,
need a close up , cant quite make out detail
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Yeah, np, after I do some more painting, I jsut discovered I forgot to paint the horsehoes.
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Beautiful! Love the armor and cloaks!!
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Thanx professor, :::cheers:::
I'm starting to work on the old knights panther, it's gonna be fun to paint some fur cloaks.
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Those are sweet!
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Ty.
Color combination for the knights panther horse armor.
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5597/15239791108_0499770422_b.jpg)
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Wow! :Ohmy:
Bra-chuffin-vo! :eusa_clap:
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Brate odlican rad :happy:
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hey saw your work on GW website :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Thanx, zak.
I'm allmost finished with the whole unit, I need to repair minor details, flock the base and done. Here's a wip pic of the first knight panther. HOw do the wings on the helmet look? I mean the color combination. Say your final verdict, before I finish the whole unit.
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Second knight, wip, what do you think of the fur?
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Second knight, wip, what do you think of the fur?
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3951/15765756632_46ccb25818_c.jpg)
looking fine, nails are on animals normally darker coloured. but that's a solid 9/10 for that fur :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Fur is particularly fine.
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Thanx, yeah, fur is basically the focal point on the oop panther knights, the armor of the rest of the figure isn't good enough to add an excessive amount of highlights, so basically, I tried my best on the fur and the rest I washed with blue wash only and some minor highlighting was added on top.
I painted the nails white to distinguish them from the rest of the fur, and also to keep them in line of the iconic imagery of the order.
So color of the wings could pass? Or not?
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Yeah, the fur looks really good! That is, afterall, what makes them different from every other knight unit! I also really like how you did the bases. It looks genuine. Not over done. Just enough texture and slight drybrushing. Good job! :::cheers:::
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I don't like the turquoise on the wing TBH. Doesn't match the rest of the colour.
Fur is great on the other. Your right about the rest of the detail on the models as well. Nothing special.
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Your right about the rest of the detail on the models as well. Nothing special.
but..but...they do have nice helmets and crests (or at least different from the plastic ones). come on, show some love you two!
I agree with FR1DAY about the turquoise, for me it's a little random if the color isn't repeated somewhere else.
And, Darius, your log does not make me like the stubby old lances any more. I suppose painting them black helps with hiding their..stubbiness. Great painting all around though, really impressive!
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Thanks guys.
I don't like the turquoise on the wing TBH. Doesn't match the rest of the colour.
Fur is great on the other. Your right about the rest of the detail on the models as well. Nothing special.
Hm, I'm gonna add some blue hue to it, it will look more uniform. Thanks.
Your right about the rest of the detail on the models as well. Nothing special.
but..but...they do have nice helmets and crests (or at least different from the plastic ones). come on, show some love you two!
I agree with FR1DAY about the turquoise, for me it's a little random if the color isn't repeated somewhere else.
And, Darius, your log does not make me like the stubby old lances any more. I suppose painting them black helps with hiding their..stubbiness. Great painting all around though, really impressive!
Well, I was referring to the quality of casting, not the design of the miniature, which I like as much as you do. The surface of armor is not as perfect as it is with the plastic knights or metal minis of later date, which means highlights won't look that good. They are still nice figs.
About lances, there are some advantages: if you have time, you can add some ornament much easier than to the plastic ones, because the surface is broader, so you can practice your free hand skills. Like here:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15152190853_c5970b21ae_z.jpg)
Any way, I will think about adapting the color to look less stubby
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Just bought. :blush:
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SWEET!
Where did you get it? That is gorgeous!
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Toy store and pet shop. Yes, I go there too :blush:
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That's gorgeous! Did you paint that, or was it painted that way? I love the base! It really sets the context and tells a story. I'm anxious to see what happens next! (I imagine it's not going to be very good for the archer... :unsure:)
I could see using lots of terrain pieces like that to set a battlefield among ruins. I'm thinking Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc!
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Nah, it was painted. But I'll repaint it anyway. I bought the base, which is actually a decor for a fishtank in a pet shop. This one I'll leave it like it is, but I will put it on a larger base. Next, I'm going to add wings to the beast and replace the tail; and other conversions.
I have the same idea about the ruin, I'll add some pillars, rubble and such to make a nice gaming/display terrain. So I'm searching for an economic source of pillars, columns, anything that can be used as a material for ruins, shrine, etc.
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Hirst Arts have a lovely "Roman Temple" mold. High initial cost of $35 or whatever, but then you can make as much as you need.
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Yeah, that is a good idea, I might get in the casting frenzy at some point. On eBay they also sell molds for cake pillars, so options are there.
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Cake supplys shops for the columns
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There was a lot of work, but they are finally finished, here's the first classic knight:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7472/15626766817_90db0e0dfe_z.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5607/15813505262_36ed173cbd_c.jpg)
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Smooth as fook :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers:::
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Thanks .
I have painted the eyes and teeth on all of the horses .
Another one of the same design:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7482/15198153834_23c07a4202_z.jpg)
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(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/15820635432_3e4aef1dae_z.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7461/15820637772_cb4c2b0947_z.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5605/15817180891_c3ed41aed1_z.jpg)
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wow very nice :::cheers:::
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Ty Zak :::cheers:::
I had to replace the helmet crest, which was altered by a guy that I bought it from. I also had to replace the banner pole, beycause the other figure also has a lance. As you can see, I have also toned down the light blue on the feathers, as Friday mentioned, now it complements with other colors better.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7512/15639409109_ebb731a222_z.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15823339541_fa508fca6f_z.jpg)
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7580/15802894466_0e35de2862.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8549/15206577964_1e35ee7894.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8667/15802918886_0a4411ffb6.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7461/15206798263_2a31f2f8ba.jpg)
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This is my last unit of regular knights ever, next are IC and after that new 9ed knights! (Only if I'm lucky enough to lay my hands of some White wolves)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15207300663_51369ac248_b.jpg)
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very nice :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers:::
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Good job! Especially like the banner! :::cheers:::
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Thanks. More shots:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7527/15824637211_a4547fbafa_c.jpg)
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Axe!
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they look great, I really like the banner and the musician.
The wings look more in keeping now, you picked a good tone.
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Beautiful job - possibly the best work I've ever seen on gaming's least paintable banner, too! :eusa_clap:
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Those are ... That banner ...
Bravo! :::cheers:::
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Lovely, lovely work! :Ohmy:
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Thanks guys :::cheers:::
There was a lot of work:
1.I had to cut off part of the lower torsos on the new riders, to make them equally tall with the old ones; I did that in all my knight units,
2.There was some work to convert the axe and the knight's arm
3. I had to replace one banner pole with a lance, and also had to replace a crest on one of the knights with another more appropriate,
4.and the pelts on the new riders I had to make them from GS: press mold and shape.
5.The banner b. fell twice from the table and the tip of the pole broke, when it was already finished. Imagine the shock. :eusa_wall:
6.Not to mention trouble with constant rubbing off the paint on the edges, because of the bad primer.
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Odlicne Pantere :happy: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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awesome!
Good job salvaging that crest. And, the banner is amazing.
(and just like you I am waiting for White Knight to be the white knight and save us from the GW plastics)
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Unbelievable work. The champion's axe and the banner are superb. Actually, everything is superb. The cloaks are amazing
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Very nice unit. Love the highlights. Great work! Thanks for sharing!
:eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Thank you guys. :::cheers:::
A familyc shot:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5610/15633422309_dd7d9e06c1_k.jpg)
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:eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Looks awesome! :eusa_clap:
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Very nice. They're also up in the GW site at the moment
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Beautiful!
:eusa_clap:
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Stunning work, Darius! :eusa_clap: Nice to see you posting pics here again. :happy:
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I love the family shot, those are some good looking knights. I may have to dig out my panthers and paint them, I really like the job you have done on them and hope to come close to the same quality. steveb
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Proper Empire knights! :happy: :closed-eyes:
Any tips on painting the fur? :engel:
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Thank you guys!# :::cheers:::
I love the family shot, those are some good looking knights. I may have to dig out my panthers and paint them, I really like the job you have done on them and hope to come close to the same quality. steveb
Thanks, don't forget to post the pics :::cheers:::
Proper Empire knights! :happy: :closed-eyes:
Any tips on painting the fur? :engel:
Ty. Tips: take a good look at some good pictures, that will give you some reference, take a good, bright yellow for the base over ochre foundation color and some cream for the highlights, don't highlight everything, just here and there, when washing, be careful to dilute with water and to not ruin everything( it happened to me), apply the wash only to the recesses. At the end paint black circles but with dots, not lines.
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loving black Friday, just ordered 30 xbows, full bodies with weapons, from bitzbox, 75% off :-D :
http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/ (http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/)
grab your deals, it's today only!
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wow everything is GONE :icon_eek:
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Long time no post, these end times are killing my motivation to paint, game or even post on this forum, so I rather hang on ebay and local gaming forums in hunt for special/interesting/oop minis. And after I've aquired a decent amount, I need to paint somethjing otherwise I will loose my motivation completely. It really goes fast away once you stop.
Anyways, lets paint some skaven, nice metal figs from before the finecast era.
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Looking forward to seeing pics of your work! :::cheers:::
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cheers Weib.
One of the main reasons to prefer metal figs is the ability to work on them, convert and such, and they still remain strong and sturdy. First as I do with all my metal figs, I brushed it with a brass brush and sharpened the edges and spikes. The difference should be visible, the left one has been worked up:
(http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp34/dariusZero/DSCN1738.jpg)
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Oooh, doing it properly! This will be educational... :eusa_clap:
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Nice pony models, & real nice buff coat on the Champ.!!
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Nice pony models, & real nice buff coat on the Champ.!!
Thanx mate.
Oooh, doing it properly! This will be educational... :eusa_clap:
I can't tell, I don't have the patience to do the proper tutorial, but I can post some notes on the process.
so here's the first 2 hours:
tunic
base color
1st shadow
2ndshadow
1st highlight
2nd highlight
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7709/17175855785_37484a9a7e_c.jpg)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8818/16988108828_2ec5873ee4_c.jpg)
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Nice to see you post WIP pics and explanations. I'm going to take a look at it regularly to learn more about painting! :icon_cool:
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Back to painting. I had some time off the hobby, but I managed to get back to it.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1462/24437898351_cb08014f08_z.jpg)(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1524/24224690230_3c7c442000_z.jpg)
Since my computer died, and I have to work with some other that is just so slow, that I can hardly do any forum time. :icon_sad:
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very nice sir
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Awesome paint job, Darius! Glad you're back! :::cheers:::
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The new model made me do a trip deeper into this thread. Superb work! :eusa_clap:
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Really nice looking Grandmaster of the Knights Panther there! Really nice blued steel, I'll have to give that a go myself! :::cheers:::
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Thanks, guys, the photo isn't really good, but you can get the impression. Cheers.
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I have made some better photos, this mini deserves good presentation.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1622/24932406372_606375c292_c.jpg)(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1567/24419848054_329f670a3a_c.jpg)
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Fantastic! Love the colors on him.
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that axe on the log! This has a bad ending in it for the horse and it's rider!
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Thanks Gankom.
that axe on the log! This has a bad ending in it for the horse and it's rider!
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That's my intention, I want him to die, so that GW will make a new figure. :engel:
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Thanks Gankom.
that axe on the log! This has a bad ending in it for the horse and it's rider!
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That's my intention, I want him to die, so that GW will make a new figure. :engel:
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