Nutty Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hello Everyone, After a long hiatus from the Fantasy side of the hobby (I still play 40k quite a bit) I decided to dip my toes into 'Age of Sigmar' by getting into a Skirmish campaign with some players from my area. Seeing as I end up here every other time I google something related to AoS/Skirmish, I thought it would be a good idea to register and have a better look around. For the upcoming Skirmish campaign I'll be using and updating parts of my Dark Elf collection as they have been my go-to army for as long as I can remember, but I might branch out into other factions at a later time. However most of my fantasy miniatures took quite a beating over the years; they need repairs, a fresh coat of paint, and round bases. I figured I would start a little plog on TGA to keep myself on track and maybe get some C&C. Since I'll be working on my miniatures anyway I decided to try a new colour scheme, variety being the spice of life and all. So I did up a pair of Reaper Crewmembers as a test. Now the picure isn't very high quality, but it should get the general idea across. I quite like the green armour myself, but I'm not sure on the two different colours of "cloth". A couple of dreadspears will be getting a similar treatment over the weekend and I might try some different coloured robes on them to see. But any suggestions are more than welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch of Izalith Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I can't really give you any painting advice because although I have been playing GW games for a very long time I have not tried to improve my painting from "That will do" until very recently. I would really recommend putting them on round bases though. They look so much better on rounds for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 @Twitch of Izalith I agree on the bases; I ordered a bunch of 25mm bases last week and they should arrive any day now. My main concern is with the colours I chose; I've painted a bunch of warriors over the weekend, and just can't find a colour combination I like that; a) uses the green colour I want to use & b) looks like a dark elf I might just go back to using the classic purple/metal scheme; it looks so good that it is hard to come up with alternatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch of Izalith Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 @Nutty I must admit that i shamelessly just copied the colour schemes from the packing for my dark elves! I never had them in warhammer fantasy days so decided I would start my age of sigmar career with them. You are right though, If you are not a naturally artistic person its very hard to visualise what might look good. I'm trying to improve my painting at the moment and have come to the conclusion that I should just go with ideas and sink or swim with the results! I think its the only way to learn what works and what doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 I agree: the only way to improve your painting/sculpting/etc. is to just go on and try new things. The subjects of my experiments are currently taking a (slightly chemical) bath, so they'll be ready for another re-paint by the time my new bases get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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