Bleep Bloop Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Hi there. I'm Bleep Bloop. This is the painting log of my entry for Tyler Mengel's Season of War Painting Competition. Tyler is an amazing painter and hobbyist, and generously holds fun, community painting competitions with prize support. I'm a notoriously slow painter and up against the competition deadline, so I hope I can finish in time! I decided to work on my Mortis Engine...let's see if this turns out to be a good idea or not. :-) One thing that has bugged me about most Mortis Engines I've seen is the terrible mold line running along either side of the necromancer's cloak. I'm determined that mine will have no such line. A zillion layers of liquid green stuff later, we're in business! Just starting to block in some values on the altar and stonework: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Making a little progress with the necromancer's cloak and staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Great looking cloak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nixon Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Thats is some great looking stuff. Lots of contrast. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimnaud Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Love the contrast on the cloak and stones! Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 The book will be a fun chance for some freehand. Blocking out some layers for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 More layering and continuing to crank up the contrast on the Mortis Engine chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Necromancer slowly coming along.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Bringing the spirits to life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGPO Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Really nice work so far. I love the way you've approached the ethereal elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidan Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Wow Dude I love your work. Can I ask how did you do the bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Khadric Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Really nice work going on here mate! Looking forward to more updates. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 17 hours ago, Callidan said: Wow Dude I love your work. Can I ask how did you do the bone? Thanks Callidan! Sure, Here goes: -I start with a black undercoat -base coat with Liquitex burnt sienna (leaving deep recesses black) -layering with gradually lighter layers of burnt sienna+ Vallejo Bonewhite (3-4 layers) -final layer with vallejo bonewhite+skull white (about 3:1) for layering, I always mix in Liquitex slo-dry medium to keep it very thin and fluid. I love that stuff. Thin layers I find are the key for building up translucency and depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 I made a bit more progress on the Mortis Engine chassis. I've worked on the flames and torsos that will flank the necromancer. Wow, those took a while! All the bone areas will get one more selective highlight to make them pop. At this point the altar is just dry-fit to get an overall feel. Here's where their missing heads are! This is my usual setup for painting small parts and sub-assemblies. (LED leads buried in clay, stuck on old GW paint pots). A little pin vice and a tiny blob of superglue helps bits stay put while working on them, but is easy enough to remove when finished. Simple and it works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_rex Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 This is looking really promising, painting the skulls individually does seem a bit crazy though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Very impressive. Can't wait to see the necromancer in place. What colours went into that stone, if you don't mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirbeau Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 This is ridiculously good, no way am I entering that competition now Is this regular or airbrush painting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 On July 28, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Urauloth said: Very impressive. Can't wait to see the necromancer in place. What colours went into that stone, if you don't mind? Thanks! I used several thin layers of blues and greens over a black undercoat. First is caliban green mixed with a bit of liquitex Cerulean blue and just a bit of black. Then build up with less black and start to mix in Vallejo Bonewhite. The sharpest edges have a bit more Vallejo Bonewhite and even skull white mixed in to try to push the contrast up (but still have a blue-green base). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 On July 28, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Mirbeau said: This is ridiculously good, no way am I entering that competition now Is this regular or airbrush painting? Aw, thanks! But you should definitely enter! It's all done with traditional brushes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Here's the work I've done on the base. Still needs some gap filling before texture and paint, but I'm happy with how it's coming together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfhead Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Spectaculair work. Really nice choice of color and use of contrast. Looking forward to see the finished project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 The altar.....Getting close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep Bloop Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 My adventure in scenic basing continues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turragor Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I like that base. Are the levels achieved with some kind of polyfilla? I want to learn a bit of that for more dynamic basing. Tbh I think if you get this in you'd be hard pressed to lose I know that what I entered that meets this (some simple judicators) aren't up to scratch. I painted them as nice tabletop units. You've put real contest effort into this in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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