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Imperial Artisans ... The Painters, Crafters & Writers Guilds => The Brush and Palette => Topic started by: Durloth on September 18, 2013, 09:21:19 PM
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Greetings!
I've been working on an Ostland army for about a year now. This will be my third Empire army, but hopefully the first one I finish. I'm mostly a tournament player, but as I'm pretty happy with the performance of my Ogres, I'm building this army without any list or style in mind.
Since the release of the new book, I've yet to meet an Empire infantryman who wasn't carrying a bow and protecting a mage, so to try and break the mold (and because it is how an Empire army is supposed to look IMO) I have started out with warmachines and infantry, but over time I plan on adding some cavalry.
The year is 2520. Beastmen raids out of the Forest of Shadows have been more frequent and the foul things of the woods have become less and less afraid of retribution. Scouts have reported eerie lights around Brass Keep and amongst the brigands and outlaws, the name "Archaon" is whispered in hushed tongues.
The cities and towns of Ostland have responded with building up their armise and training the common folks and forming them into militias.
In the heavily fortified town of Bohsenfels several of the gate companies have been boosted with fresh recruits and have started launching retilatory actions against the aggressive beastmen and marauding bands of bandits
I imagine my army to have been raised right at the brink of the Storm of Chaos. I chose the city of Bohsenfels, because it was one of the very few cities in Ostland that didn't fall to the forces of darkness. No that the invaders wouldn't be able to take it, if they tried hard enough, but the defenders was able to hold it long enough that the Chaos forces ended up bypassing it for more important objectives further south.
I had been considering starting a new Empire army for a while, as I have always loved the fluff and aesthetics. When Forge World released Lietpold the Black, there was no turning back. I absolutely had to paint him- and of course build an army around him (or Graf Otto von Bohsenfels, as he is known in my army).
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17140732_zps2e35061c.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17140732_zps2e35061c.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17140813_zps17906e69.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17140813_zps17906e69.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17140825_zpsb835916d.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17140825_zpsb835916d.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17140930_zps8aadcd7e.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17140930_zps8aadcd7e.jpg.html)
Edgar Skomorowskis miniatures may not he the most flowing and dynamic ones, and he may have a penchant for overloading them a bit when it comes to decorative details, but overall I think he must be one of the best miniature sculptors ever. I have his warrior priest sitting on my desk and my fingers are totally itching to get started with it.
Like every group of five or more soldiers of the Empire, mine also had to have a Steam Tank. I reckon here must be about as many Steam Tanks in the Empire as there are prostitutes and seamstresses.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-03150251_zps6ae84700.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-03150251_zps6ae84700.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-03150311_zps3152bab6.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-03150311_zps3152bab6.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-03150321_zpsbf8573c6.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-03150321_zpsbf8573c6.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-03150331_zps6d42b134.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-03150331_zps6d42b134.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-03150339_zps775500b5.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-03150339_zps775500b5.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-03150404_zps8a49330b.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-03150404_zps8a49330b.jpg.html)
The name "Eisen Hammer" may not be the most imaginative, but I'm very limited in what German names I can give my models or units, as the names have to be approved by my German wife, who thinks just about anything I come up with "sounds too nazi". I can absolutely understand the concern, but I for one thinks "Panzer faust" sounds much, much cooler- and would make a good black metal reference.
My venerable Lv. 4 light wizard:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16120453_zps24c83f76.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-16120453_zps24c83f76.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16120508_zps596a1155.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-16120508_zps596a1155.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16120613_zps110f714b.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-16120613_zps110f714b.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17141725_zpsfa69ee9d.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17141725_zpsfa69ee9d.jpg.html)
I had real trouble with the white balance here (The background is a white sheet of paper) and I noticed too late how much dust the miniature had collected on top of my child and cat safe Warhammer-locker. Absolutely lovely model though. It doesn't come off in the pictures, but for any Norwegian readers out there, I based his face on one of the last portrait photographies of the late singer Odd Børretzen. Also tried painting the book to look like he is looking up the Lore of Light in the BRB, but didn't quite have the skills to pull it off.
I'll be adding more over the coming days, weeks and months. Any C&C are more than welcome as I'm trying to improve both my painting and photography. I'm especially interested in improving my metals, as I find them really hard and will have to paint lots of it.
Thank you for looking!
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:::cheers::: nice army dude :::cheers:::
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Thanks!
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What model is the wizard?
Love the tank, real gritty feel!
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The tank is really really nice but the general is magnificent. Best paint choice on him I have seen thus far.
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Really stunning work.
(and "Panzer Faust" does sound pretty Nazi. But so does "Eisen Hammer". I think the solution to your limitation here is to go with something like "Kuschelkatze")
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Wow! I especially love that light wizard. So much character in model and paintjob.
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(and "Panzer Faust" does sound pretty Nazi. But so does "Eisen Hammer". I think the solution to your limitation here is to go with something like "Kuschelkatze")
Not to mention "Abwehr" (even though it was established as Abteilung in 1928).
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Leitpolds armour is stunning! :eusa_clap:
Is it non-metalic or is it heavy use of weathering powder that makes it look so .. well cool?
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@OttoVonBlotto (Love the nick BTW): Thank you! The wizard is a Gamezone mini called "The Venerable Thaumaturge" http://gamezoneminiatures.de/erhabener-thaumaturge.html
@Siberius: Thank you very much for the kind words:
@Valmis and Fidelis: I kind of agree and understand how it is a touchy subject and something that would be quite easily avoided, by simply giving stuff English names (like the wife would prefer), but I think German names are so much more in keeping with the feel of the Empire. I frankly didn't know about the "Abwehr"-nazi link. Both me and the wife are historians, but as none of us have any interest in modern warfare or have worked much with post WWI history, these kinds of details are far outside my field. Will change the name of the army (and topic) right away!
@SorenJ: Thank you! I'm glad to hear you liked it, as I think it is probably the best metals I have painted. Like I mentioned earlier metals are probably what I find hardest to paint and something I hope very much to improve over my time working with the army. The "metal coclred metals" are simply Boltgun metal with loads of purple and green washes, then lifted up with Vallejo metallic medium. The golden metal is made by mixing Mithril Silver and a yellowish brown GW color whose name escapes me at the moment, then washed with purple and Vallejo Verdigris mixed with a little Goblin Green.
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Here is my mortar (which I guess won't see too much action until we get a new book). I have painted a whole artillery battery, but taking and editing the (still quite poor) pictures is taking some time.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16121019_zpsdf6aac5b.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-16121019_zpsdf6aac5b.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16121808_zps8ae039d2.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-16121808_zps8ae039d2.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16121245_zpsdc4f6211.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-16121245_zpsdc4f6211.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16121401_zps2cc600c5.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-16121401_zps2cc600c5.jpg.html)
I have always loved the Leonardo miniature and was very happy to get an excause to paint him up. The guy lofting the cannonball is another of my all time favorites. So expressive and in situ. I painted his face based on a weight lifter I found online, but kind of think I mostly succeeded in making him look like he is on the toilet...
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Black, there was no turning back.
This is a common refrain.
Excellent looking models - really great stuff!
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Great looking models, I really like your light wizard!
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Every time I see that wizard model it makes me wish GW would re-make their mounted wizards. Love the look of the army so far :-)
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Black, there was no turning back.
This is a common refrain.
Good one!
@Zujara: Thank you!
@Harv: Thanks! I would also like to see new mounted wizards, but I can't imagine they would sell very well under the current rules.
This is my take on an oldish mini called Rutger, General of the Empire that was released with the Idol of Gork campaign. His nemesis Grotfang was my first "properly" painted mini back in ca. 1999 and was a very valuable ally in my Dark Elf army back in 5th ed. so painting up Rutger now felt a bit like coming full circle.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16122024_zpsf9d0c967.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-16122158_zps79fa3d64.jpg)
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Time for another update. Nothing spectacular tonight I'm afraid. I love both minis, but my muted scehme (combined with pictures of less than great quality) does not really do the brilliant sculpts justice. They may get some areas of brighter colors at some point.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17141750_zps83662774.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17141750_zps83662774.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17141758_zps205f6ee1.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17141758_zps205f6ee1.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17141808_zpsbaed61fd.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17141808_zpsbaed61fd.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17141949_zps0ed2e3ec.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17141949_zps0ed2e3ec.jpg.html)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142006_zpsf4ea978a.jpg) (http://s220.photobucket.com/user/Durloth/media/2013-09-17142006_zpsf4ea978a.jpg.html)
C&C are always more then welcome:)
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:::cheers::: nice models , love the Rutgar General model :::cheers:::
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Sh*t the bed! There is some amazing painting on this thread. Rutgar particularly.
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The mud/rust effect on the Stank is really cool, good work :::cheers:::
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Thanks guys! :smile2:
I suddenly got a new job and had to move across the whole country. I've got a couple of minis in my luggage, but don't know how much time I'll have for painting the coming weeks, while I get settled.
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Great work, I love Rutgar's rosey cheeks.
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I like the stubble! There should be more shaving and the consequences in warhammer!
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Great work, I love Rutgar's rosey cheeks.
Hehe! Thanks! He eats his spinach. That's what gives him his healthy glow.
@Mogsam: Thanks for noticing! I have always loved stubble on minis. I think it really makes them come more alive. Sadly it's quite hard to do well and I haven't mastered it yet, but I am making progress.
Two more artillery pieces:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142304_zps44c56611.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142421_zpsd25bae3d.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142515_zps726ab705.jpg)
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When making crews for my artillery pieces, I have tried to make them into three tiers. One guy doing most of the physical labor. He will be a low ranking member of the army, thus will wear some livery color but often be in his shirt sleeves as he is doing a lot of heavy lifting and such. Then comes the artillery man. He will be a higher ranking member of the army and be more or less uniformed. Then comes the engineer. This is a wealthy and well educated freeman who have hired his services to the army. Thus he will often wear some black and white to show his allegiance to his current employer, but will also often show off his wealth and status with rich velvets and golden chains.
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Not bad, but try Picassa for photo editing, your pics are ab it too dark.
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Not bad, but try Picassa for photo editing, your pics are ab it too dark.
I think the problem lies with my objective not taking in enough light for such close up photos. The photos look this dark after having been brightened as much as I could without totally messing up the colors in Gimp. I have a lightbox and have tried shining about 200w of fluorecents at it without even worse results, so these pictures are all taken i daylight.
At least, there is nothing wrong with the resolution:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/Naeligrbilde_zpscffd8140.jpg)
Next guys up: Eisen Wald:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142733_zpsa474e522.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142802_zps59db0a0a.jpg)
Really loved painting these. The old plastics are brilliant (if a pain to clean up with all those mold lines) and I got to dig deep in my bitz box for many of my favorite human heads.
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wow the eisen wald are amazing!
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Excellent work! :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers:::
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Looks very good. Banners are exceptional. the lettering is top notch.
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Dude....
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Gah, seeing your amazing spearmen make it harder on me wanting to paint my army in Stirland colors, since you make black, white and red look so good! I'd love to see some shots of some of the individual spearmen up close, especially that drummer.
:eusa_clap:
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Brilliant!!!!! :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: Well done sir!
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Awesome! I love that Gamezone light wizard. :::cheers:::
Which colours did you use for the leather parts of your witch hunter? I also tried to paint them, but didn't quite manage to achieve the effect I had wanted.
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Wow! Thanks for the comments everybody!
@Warhammer-Weib: Thanks! I try to make my leather varied, so I just take any brown I have on hand and highlight it using bleached bone. Looking at him, I think it may be GW Dark Flesh on the darker parts and Khemri Sands on the lighter.
Tonights addition:
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Spearman spam:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142833_zpsd2d46b2d.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142853_zpse6733a92.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142921_zps0a01697c.jpg)
Not really the most heroic expression, but then all that stands between him and the horrors of the Warhammer world is a pointy stick and a wooden board.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17142945_zps0b14fbcc.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17143039_zpsad247da8.jpg)
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Holy cow! how did you do that?????!!
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As Commander Bernhardt said: How did you do that??! :Ohmy:
Thank you for telling me your recipe for the leather parts! :happy:
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Beautiful army, this is exactly the look I have been striving to achieve with my army. That chipped, rusted, rugged, weathered, army on campaign look, marvellous work. An inspiration, thanks for sharing. Your steam tank looks like the one I have been trying to paint, and failing, for a very long time.
I cannot wait to see more.
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What Bishmeister wrote above. This is a truly amazing army! Thinking how big the pictures are, the detail on the faces especially must be really convincing when your opponent takes a closer look at your troops. You wrote you use photographs and paintings for ideas - but do you have some schooling/hobby background in (classical) painting too?
Is the standard made of printed paper? Or is it a decal? And where are the Bull Head shield emblems from?
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I'm very flattered but the great feedback guys! Really makes me want to try to do a good job!
I am a total cheat when it comes to the banners. I make designs on a computer (or rather steal designs off the interwebs), print them on decal paper and apply them to my plastic banners. I then almost dissolve the decals using a fluid called MicroSol, apply a couple of coats of gloss varnish, before I give the areas a layer or two of the dullest varnish I've been able to find so I can paint over the whole thing like one of those "paint within the lines" books I hated as a kid. It is very time consuming, but makes up for my complete lack of free hand skills.
The shields were made for me by this guy: http://www.facebook.com/HayterMinifigures. Really nice chap and he did it very fast considering he had to make 100 of them for me.
@Zygmynd: I did take two years at art school ten-fifteen years ago, but now I am the public historian and head of the local museum in a teeny- tiny municipality in Northern Norway. A job I recently got and which sadly have taken me far away from my very active Warhammer clubs and tournaments i Oslo.
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great looking army dude :::cheers:::
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Very impressive stuff. The wizard, general and spear unit have to be my favourites so far but it's hard to pick individual miniatures out of such a high quality collection.
It always makes me happy when new members join with incredible painting skills, I think I've looked through every other PLog about 10x already.
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I think cheating is a strong word for what you're doing with the banners. I'll offer "magnificent" as an alternative :eusa_clap:
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What somegeezer said! And it sounds like a lot of work! I am not good at freehand painting either. Hopefully, this will change after the painting workshop I am going to participate in. :happy:
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@Weib: Painting workshop sounds brilliant! Over here we only have the ones offered by GW and those tend to be very basic (and full of 12 year old geeks, which isn't really a draw...).
I brought my minis to the local library in the town I've moved to and held a couple of demo-battles with my Empire vs. my Ogre armies. Really good fun and surprisingly popular.
BSB- I have always loved this mini and was took anvantage when we lost a player to WarmaHordes to get a couple of bargains.
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17143103_zps38a79e64.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17143116_zps2958493b.jpg)
Die spitzen Stöcke:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/2013-09-17143240_zps98ddf1b9.jpg)
A regiment with a tradition to eschew shields makes for short lived soldiers. When a "lucky" conscript is entered into the ranks of the regiment, he is forced by the captain to shave. Living long enough to grow a proper beard in a sign of great prowess in battle, luck or maybe a blessing from Sigmar himself and according status amongst their peers. The sarge himself were never able to grow anything but a slight peachy fuss, but have proved himself for long enough to rise through the ranks beard or no.
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Absolutely incredible work! I love how they look when all ranked up, inspiring.
May I ask how you did the bases? They are also great!
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This army is growing fast, and your painting is crisp and accurate. I respect how you also find the energy to tell short stories along the line. And they are even interesting to read, :::cheers:::
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Great work! The standard bearer is first rate.
:eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: Thanks for sharing. :eusa_clap:
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:::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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Great looking army! I love the "dark and dirty" feeling I get from your painting style. Looking forward to even more troops!
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MORE! :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers:::
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Thank you everybody! Moving to this little place is making trouble for my army. I'm not getting replacement for used up paints in a timely manner, most of my equipment is back in Oslo aaand I have started an Imperial fleet for Battlefleet Gothic... Anyway, I did finish a Warrior Priest for a small painting competition and have started work on a couple of wizards, a mounted Warrior Priest and the old Marco Colombo mini.
(http://oslominiatyrspillklubb.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/057.jpg?w=700&h=&crop=1)
(http://oslominiatyrspillklubb.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/054.jpg?w=700&h=&crop=1)
@Megasquig: First of all- sorry for the late reply and thanks for the complement:) The earth on the bases is Stirland Mud drybrushed bleached bone, the wet mud simply water effect on top of Stirland Mud, the flowers are made by Army Painter and I guess the rocks and grass is pretty much self explanatory.
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This stuff is all simply brilliant. You are one of the few people who can pull off an expert paint-look while still making the model appear dirty and weathered. Its a shame youre now so far from your local gaming scene. Id expect the best painted vote to go to you every single time at tournaments.
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:::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :happy:
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Just when I think to myself; "lets do a plog on my Talabheim army," I see this and don't.
Great work!
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Thank you so much guys!
I actually found a couple of locals (well at the nearest city, just about 90 minutes off) that are playing, so I have been getting a couple of games in with my ogres. The painted Empire army is split up between my old and new apartment. In other good news, I got a carepack from my tenant in Oslo with all my Empire bitz and most of my paints :icon_biggrin: Now I can keep painting my current projects and know there will be more miniatures to keep me busy afterwards!
I was originally planning to paint up some knights to complement my infantry (I don't think I have seen a single non-skirmishing imperial infantryman at a tournament since the release of the new book), but I think I'm going to have to get cracking on my wagons, thanks to the brilliant work done by Playonwords here http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=41849.75
Anyway, here's a WiP of what's on my table at the moment:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140106_212933.jpg)
I had real trouble thinking up a good scheme for my metal wizards untill I saw this guy by our own Hexenjaeger:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/wizards_zps02c40428.jpg)
I didn't quite manage to pull it off, but at least I gave it a shot.
Thanks for looking!
Edit: Had written "Hexenjaeger" totally wrong...
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:::cheers::: dang! looks great!! :::cheers:::
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:biggriin:
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Hope you smile when I make a poor knock off of your flagellant-based bright wizard as well :icon_wink:
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You're painting 4 characters in the same time? That's megalomaniac. :wink:
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an epic chose of models Durloth! well thought out!
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:unsure:
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You're painting 4 characters in the same time? That's megalomaniac. :wink:
After spending last year painting 96 spearmen simultaneously, I feel qualified (and entiteled) to paint up a couple of characters:)
@Bernhardt:
Thanks!
@Albrecht:
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
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96 spearmen!?! I feel like I spend too much time painting individuals. I really need to crank out the ten halberdiers, thirty flagellants, and twenty free company that have been staring at me for far too long...
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Well, he did say he spent the whole year painting them. :engel:
..........I probably would need two at least.
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The characters' varnish is drying. LET THERE BE WAGONS!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140116_213504.jpg)
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Just how many kits have you got there? I see parts from two Stanks and two Pimpmobiles.
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It's roughly 2,5 stanks and 3,5 wagons. Bitz I'm trying to combine into 3 wagons.
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The hull of my soon-to-be popemobile is slowly taking shape.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140120_220023.jpg)
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Looks promising. Also, Durloth. Where do you live? Just...asking. Yes, asking.
It's not as if I'm going to find you and force you to paint my characters or anything. Hah. No, that'd be preposterous.
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:unsure:
I'm spending ten months in Nothern-Norway, far away from... well... everything actually. A perfect time to work on an army:)
Most of last night was needed to file away the small bumps ment to hold the shields on the sides of the hull. I know these aren't the most exciting updated (after all, we've all seen unpainted plastic before), but I'm just going to keep posting, just in case someone wants to build a stretch Stank and wants to awoid all the truble I had finding a way to do it with my first one.
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Looking forward to see how the tank develops mate
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(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140121_225105.jpg)
Forgot to post the picture of yesterdays efforts.
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(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/2014-01-25%2000.16.54.jpg)
Gotten a bit further. The hull have been strenghtened internally using spare lenghts of sprue and the pulpit and plinth for the statue have been magnetized for ease of transport and painting.
It looks a bit boxy now, but I have tried a couple of dry-runs with a statue in the back and a lector on the pulpit, and I think it will work out well. What I'm not so sure of is the door I have glued on the side of the hull. An arch-lector climbing the exterior of the tank to get to his pulpit didn't seem very dignified, but looking at it now the door seem very out of place...
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Nice work and concept however you do not need a door as the Archlector can always use an immobile raised platform of sorts to step onto the steam powered war altar which is parked level to it before setting out to war :wink:
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That is a very good point. Wish I had thought of that before I smeared the thing with Micro-Weld and slabbed it onto the hull of the tank.
Minor stupidity aside, I got quite a lot done yesterday. There is still some of GSing to do on the parts in the picture, but one can kind of see a War Altar emerging.
Can't decide on which statue to mount on the plinth. I'll post some comparison shots within the next couple of days.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140129_001435.jpg)
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awesome work with a mostly dark color scheme!
Even though you didn't asked for a notation on the personal blogs thread I did add you
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BTW: Does anyone have a spare of the chimney top from the Implacable Steam Tank variant that they would be willing to part with? (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/%24_35.JPG)
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awesome work with a mostly dark color scheme!
Even though you didn't asked for a notation on the personal blogs thread I did add you
Thanks!
I didn't quite get the second part. What did you add me to?
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awesome work with a mostly dark color scheme!
Even though you didn't asked for a notation on the personal blogs thread I did add you
Thanks!
I didn't quite get the second part. What did you add me to?
this: http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=32944
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Cool! Thank you:)
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I'm a freaking hobby tornado these days!
Which variant do you prefer?
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140129_214811.jpg)
This one is kind of deep (well... kind of). It really contrast the opulent, corrupt clergy of the Empire, with the stark raw ideal of their deity. They have even placed his image on a slightly lower plinth than the lector is standing on, showing how the god is actually the servant of the clergy, not the other way around. (Yes, I know the statue is actually Valten, but if I cut away the hammers and arm him with Gal Maraz he'll be the very image of Siggy)
This one? Well, this one is just huge:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140129_214852.jpg)
The Arch Lector is Inquisitor Magnus from Game Zone http://gamezoneminiatures.de/imperium/infanterie/inquisitor-magnus.html
I think he really gives out a Shadows over Bögenhafen type wibe. He is magnetized so I can place a Warrior Priest on the pulpit, should I be pleased enough with the finished result to want to enter the wagon into next years national GW painting competition.
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Definitely the Golden Griffon. Way cooler looking, and more impressive from across the board.
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Noted!
Griffon-Siggy 1-0
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griffon to much there..
valten to small
0--0 any third choice?
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Nice work - as always! I'd say use the old metal griffon from the war altar. Thanks for the great models you've posted here for my inspiration :)
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I'm open for ideas. So far I have been considering the old Deathclaw (larger) and the old steam tank variant reliquiary (smaller). Nothing in between.
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Nice work - as always! I'd say use the old metal griffon from the war altar. Thanks for the great models you've posted here for my inspiration :)
Thanks! The problem there is that I don't have that griffin in my bitz box and this model is already the worst money sink ever (two steam tanks and an altar) without me having to Ebay an OOP War Altar on top of it all.
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griffon...go big or go home ( DUDE THATS WARHAMME) :icon_twisted:
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I prefer the statue of Sigmar - I think that is very cool.
But why not magnetize them? :)
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I would go for the griffon also. Not that ive had experience with this myself, but ive heard that in modeling terms, trying to create a statue of something using the normal-sized model doesnt actually work. They end up looking oddly small.
Thats one reason.
The second reason i prefer the griffon is because it will simply look more impressive. However, i feel that there also needs to be something added in the space between the arch lector and the griffon. Perhaps a throne of some kind similar to the one Hoodling made for his war altar. Just my 2 cents..
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2-0 for the griffon (I also asked my 10-year-old daughter who has started painting and terrain building with me). :biggriin:
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Thanks for the input, guys! I guess I'll bow for the voice of the people (and ten-year-olds and my wife) and go for the griffon.
But why not magnetize them? :)
As primarily a tournament player, I lug my armies all around and... well, I'll let a picture of what happens when I try to pack the wagon in one of my foam trays as it would be without magnets, explain for me:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140130_163354.jpg)
contra with magnets:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140130_163448.jpg)
I magnetize just about everything these days. The thing that I think gains the most from it is banner poles. At grown up tournaments (like the ETC) we tend to be more than a little drunk while playing and I love getting that look of sympathy when my lack of coordination makes me "break" the banner- only to put it back together again, no harm done:)
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griffon...go big or go home ( DUDE THATS WARHAMME) :icon_twisted:
That's argument enough for me:)
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srsly durloth all your stuff is insane and it looks so damn good.
I know u probably made up your mind already but i think the griffon too ;)
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I've heard a rumour that GW has irreversibly destroyed a big chunk of their metal miniatures, which means that the Valten figure your are willing to sacrifice is one of the few remaining. Better keep it safe and in good condition, it's an artifact of a great historical and artistic value. For your conversion needs better use that plastic chicken from the bits box, those exist in hundreds.
Good job on converting the wagons, :eusa_clap:
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@Naturalselect: Thank you!
@Playonwords: I don't have any pictures yet, but your comment made me see that I definitively needed to put something in between there, so now there is a bookshelf and some stuff there. Looks better.
@DariusZero: Thanks for the heads up! Last time I checked, the rumor was still just somethingg like "a friend of a friend has a source who told him that the great smelt was going on". Have it been further verified? Anyway- I'm not much of a miniature collector and would rather use and convert a classic mini, that keep it on a box.
Saturday we had the sun back for the first time since it disappeared in November, so we've been spending the precious daytime outside:) The altar is more or less finished (only needs a bit of green stuff) and I've put together a quick Hurricanum and Luminark. They aren't very inspired or interesting, but I've made a couple of changes, that I think benefits them.
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The fruits of my labour these last weeks:
I tried a whole evening to make the hurricanum planet engine thingy look more to my liking (looks too much like it would make the wagon fall over) and I wasn't able to make a good looking gyroscope (which I think would look kick ass), so I ended up stripping it completely. I imagine the acolytes being something like masters' students at the College of Heavens. They are given this wagon to do their own observations of the heavens and trying out their battle magic from as safe a perch as possible. That gives an explanation for the random spell effect as well.
All the wagons are dry mostly fitted, so I can strip them back into a handfull of sub assemblies when they are to be painted.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140204_221338.jpg)
I had some qualms about the Luminarks' top heavy looks as well. While better than the engine on the Hurricanum, it was still a bit too much and I have been looking for an excause to use the old Steam Tank reliquiary for years. It's just so amazingly cool!
It kind of lost it's scientific look and ended up more religious. In a way banishing daemons and stuff seems more of a religious pursuit, but I do like the idea of science being a way to create order in cosmos and thus being the antithesis of Chaos.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140204_221642.jpg)
The Waltar is pretty much finished. just some GSing left to do here and there. The shelf is from a Questing Knight (brilliant miniatures that I've wanted to paint ever since their release. Guess stripping them for parts is the next best thing).
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140204_221734.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140204_221753.jpg)
I also put together a couple of spearmen. I want to use sallet style helmets in my upcoming regiments and felt I needed to put some in my spearmen as well, so it won't clash to badly.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140204_221430.jpg)
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love it :::cheers:::
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Lookin' good! :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Looking really good, but need more close ups!! I want to see the reliquary better. Plus, where did you get that arch lector model? It's iconic!
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Thanks guys! I'll do some close up when I'm done GSing. The Arch Lector is from Game Zone: http://gamezoneminiatures.de/imperium/infanterie/inquisitor-magnus.html
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Santa low level metal wizard.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140211_094809.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140211_094759.jpg)
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High level metal wizard:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140211_094457.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140211_094513.jpg)
Tried to make him pretty flamboyant (and a bit manic), with cream robes (signifying gold) and cold white cloak (signifying silver), but I'm not too leased with how he turned out.
I'm now taking pictures with my phone. It actually handles low light conditions better than my proper camera, but details get a bit washed out and I can't make the colors really natural.
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Has lots of good elements to it: the gold on the staff seems quite nicely blended, and the gem at the top is outstanding. But theres a couple of critiques i had:
1. Why is the shading for the white cloak different between the inner and outer garment. On one hand the inner garment is built up from darkish brown to whitish cream (which i like), but then the outer garment is built up from grey to whitish cream. The two separate colours seem a bit odd to me.
2. The metal face should draw the eye in more with its extra detail. I would highlight it a bit with a gold/silver mix, then pure silver. The red areas could be highlighted slightly more too. Perhaps the flesh on the hands too. Maybe im just an over-highlighting junkie with painting :-D
3. Could you maybe add some detail to the flat white areas on the cloak? I know youre capable of it after seeing your other posts.
Good luck!
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You are quite right on all counts. This batch of characters was pretty uninspired. Should have saved them untill a time where I really wanted to paint them, but they were the only minis I had brought with me when I moved.
The cream/grey white was supposed to symbolize gold and silver, but while I think the idea was sound the execution failed miserably. The wizards look pretty half-assed, but at least they aren't quite as bad in RL, as my phonecam make them seem.
Death mage:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/20140211_094729_zpsc90e4593.jpg)
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/20140211_094717_zps9ab4ae36.jpg)
Lovely understated mini (as long as one doesn't paint all the skulls on his skirt).
Engineer Marco Colombo:
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/20140211_094552_zpsb11f20b5.jpg)
Not best pleased with this one either, but at least I've got a couple more of him to paint, shoul inspiration strike me.
Took a couple of close ups of the wagons and stuff before base coating:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/2014-02-14%2020.06.32.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/2014-02-14%2020.06.59.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/2014-02-14%2020.07.07.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/2014-02-14%2020.07.35.jpg)
With alternative lector:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/2014-02-14%2020.08.11.jpg)
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Excellent work, looking forward to seeing it painted. Who is the maker of the sallet heads on your spearmen?
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Thanks! They are made by Mirliton. They need a bit of filling and the necks are a bit uneven, but all in all highly recommended. They were quick to ship all my orders and the price is hard to beat.
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If I were an Empire player, I'd choose Ostland as province for my army - and your blog is very inspiring! Nice paint job on Marco Colombo. :::cheers:::
Who's the manufacturer of the death mage?
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:::cheers:::
While they are supposed to fall a bit short of the most cosmopolitan and intelligent peoples of the Empire, Ostlanders are by far the coolest:)
The Death Mage is from the Undead range for Mordheim.
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Looking good as always bud!!
Question where do you find all of those nice bullshields? :eusa_wall:. My ostlanders wants them to!
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Thanks mate!
The shields were custom made by Hayter Minifigures: www.facebook.com/HayterMinifigures
Currently painting the horses for the wagons. I don't really know why, but I have this strange aversion to painting horses. Bah!
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ur work is srsly inspiring
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Thanks mate!
The shields were custom made by Hayter Minifigures: www.facebook.com/HayterMinifigures
Currently painting the horses for the wagons. I don't really know why, but I have this strange aversion to painting horses. Bah!
Oh thank you I´m definitely gonna check that out! You are really one of the main source of inspiration for my own Ostland army. Btw was just thinking about your nationality bud?
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:blush: You guys...
Jag är norsk.
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Finished the horses for the Luminark. Quite pleased with these, if I may say so myself.
Pictures again taken with my phone, but should at least give you a general idea of how they are looking...
(http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd147/Durloth/20140302_100541_zps9093e18c.jpg)
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Looking good as always bud, cant wait to se it all painted up (or actually I can because that will probably make me want to buy one my self, and I still have other things to paint :eusa_wall:)
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I know the feeling. I was actually planning to add some knights and halberds to the army, when a blog here inspired me to get started on the wagons instead.
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I love those horses!
Also, I know that you say you aren't as pleased with him, but I feel the old Marco Columbo model looks great (and particularly in Ostland colors)!
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Hi guys and gals! I've spent some time off painting and forums, but now I'm back!
Long story short:
I thought Vallejo Chipping Medium seemed like a brilliant way to improve the worn look on my minis and bought a bottle some months back. The way the medium works is that if layered between two colors, it lets you chip away at the upper color, to reveal the bottom one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CNhG4H38gI
I probably applied too thick a layer and ended up with minis whose paint would dissolve from the water in the paints with every layer. After giving the horses for my Hurricanum about twenty layers of black paint (and still not getting good coverage, I had to take a couple of weeks off painting in pure frustration (after spending about a week layering, my wife asked me why I hadn't just washed the medium off the models. Facepalm!).
Anyway. To get going again, I took a couple of days off from work (got to love those flexible work hours!) and here are the results. Still WiP mind you, but the first wagon is coming along nicely:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140414_215130.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140414_215202.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140414_215222.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140414_215238.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140414_215253.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27141635/20140414_215310.jpg)
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This looks like it's gonna be a masterpiece, I especially like the lenses on the telescopes, done right by the book and with great result. :eusa_clap:
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Very Nice model So far! Is the war wagon black or a very dark collar?
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An inspiration as always bud! :::cheers:::
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the wagon looks great in black, very menacing. looks like you've now figured out how the paint chipping works. with the way you've set up the telescopes, what's the plan here? no contraption on top? no laser or swirling planets or giant griffon statue? so understated :-P
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Thanks guys! Sorry for the late reply. I spent Easter on a trip to a festival with a couple of old pals and I'm still recouperating. Besides, work is just c-razy these days and the late sun set here in the northern spring time, means that my kid goes to sleep like two hours later than usual, so there is not much time or energy for playing around on the interwebz.
@Darius: "Done by the book" is the perfect phrasing, as just googles "painting lenses" and followed the steps in the first decent looking tutorial :icon_redface:
@Never_Again: Dramatic sounding nick! The wagon is black with grey highlights. I tried keeping the highlights subtle, to keep the model from looking all grey. Working a lot woth old wooden objects, I've tried to capture how the paint would wear off in the places that would see the most wear, but it is pretty hard to do right.
@Irish: :::cheers::: Your army is just getting better and better BTW. Wish I could keep up your tempo!
@ Naitsabes: It is the Scandinavian minimalism, you know. Ikea-wagon :icon_smile: My thoughts are that without a caracter on them, these wagons won't be centerpoints in my army and I don't want them taking too much attention. I do plan to put the crew on top. One studying the movement of celestial bodies through the telescopes and the other taking notes and trying to devine meaning from the observed phenomenon.
If I ever make a version of the wagon with an actual high level wizard onboard, I'll probably make it more flamboyant.
I tried to start painting the crew, while watching a couple of episodes of ...something... but awoke one and a half hour later, still holding the undercoated miniature in my hand :icon_rolleyes:
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Hehe your army isn't bad either to say the least! You are one of my main inspirations so if you like my army thats just a boost :icon_smile: What a ostland army I would have if I had yours as well, so feel free to send it:::cheers:::