Big Kim Woof-Woof Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 20 minutes ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said: Once again, a proper base uplifts the model by a lot. Truth, right there. A smashing model all round! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 6 hours ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said: Once again, a proper base uplifts the model by a lot. Very nice! I firmly believe that the model is not done until the base is done as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 2 minutes ago, Flippy said: Very nice! I firmly believe that the model is not done until the base is done as well. That's how I usually see it, too. I only posted this guy WIP before because I expected the base I ordered for him to take a few weeks and I wanted to contribute to this month's thread. But it arrived quicker than I thought, luckily But a nice base really changes the framing of the model. For this one, I find that the warm reds and browns on the base make the cool blues of the model stand out a lot more (compared to the primer white of the temporary base I had him on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 The absurd amount of Eldar weapons - magnetised and primed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Kim Woof-Woof Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Finished up my first model for this month. I'm quite happy with how it turned out... the colour scheme is slightly darker than the bulk of my army, but it's not jarring. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellman Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Redy for battle 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThalmorRepresentative Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Got more snake ladies painted! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThalmorRepresentative Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Pulled my lumineth out of the closet - rallying to get more done on them before 4th edition launch. Will keep the DOK as a second project! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Zenestra no longer WIP: 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThalmorRepresentative Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 The last of my unpainted mechanicus - got six more Skitarii painted up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) I did Cursed City Dagnai as a palate cleanser. Quick speed paint, 2-3 hours. I also used him as a test piece for my planned Stormcast scheme. Edited April 21 by Neil Arthur Hotep 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThalmorRepresentative Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Painted something a bit different today! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Kim Woof-Woof Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 11 hours ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said: I did Cursed City Dagnai as a palate cleanser. Quick speed paint, 2-3 hours. I also used him as a test piece for my planned Stormcast scheme. I envy anyone who can knock out a good paint job in such a short time-frame! My record for a single model would be a couple of days. I'm such a plodder... slow but steady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 2 hours ago, Big Kim Woof-Woof said: I envy anyone who can knock out a good paint job in such a short time-frame! My record for a single model would be a couple of days. I'm such a plodder... slow but steady. Haha, thanks. Personally, I don't always speed paint models (I do like to take my time most of the time), but I think it can be a good exercise when you are practicing composition for your paint jobs. I think the secret to good looking speed painting is to decide which details to focus on, and which to leave sketchy. Honestly, the hardest part about it is letting go of your perfectionism. WIth Dagnai here, I really just wanted to check if the colour scheme works. Since I am planning to paint some Stormcast with the new edition, I wanted to see my idea for drybrush bronze was viable. The metallics here are just bronze paint over brown, and I didn't do a lot to enhance them, because I want to be able to knock out those Stormcast quickly when the time comes. I skipped quite a few details like gauges and trims on here, but I think the effect is still good, overall. If you look at areas like the axe blade, it's pretty obvious that the aim was to go fast. I focused most of my effort into the coat, actually. Traditional layering techniques, but rough so that I can go fast and not worry about blending. Putting some extra work into the face of the miniature also allowed me to be really sloppy in other areas. There are a bunch of tubes on the model which are just painted with a mix of all the inks I had on my palette after shading the coat. Dagnai's gloves and collar are a one-coat contrast paint job. The straps on this chest are not supposed to be metallic, I think, but whatever, I already had bronze paint ready. All of this is just not that noticeable because I put in the work to direct attention to he face instead. I think painting some quick details is pretty valuable for speed painting. Like on this mini, I painted the eye and lens and spent some time on the visible skin. And since I already had whites and skin tones (as well as a small brush) out, I decided to paint his little scroll, as well. Took maybe 5 minutes to do all that but I think it adds a lot. As a side note, just realized that this guy was the last Cursed City hero I still had unpainted, as well. I painted some of them in a classic style and experimented a lot on others, but they are cool collection of weirdos. Very fun set overall. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThalmorRepresentative Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Revisiting my bladelords after a long break! Focused on layering and cleaning the armor and getting them to a unified finish. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painbringer Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 I got this guy recently and I really like the model - so I decided to paint him this month instead of working on Tree-Revenants. There's not much work left: I need to finish the bow and arrow, quiver and some small details. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThalmorRepresentative Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Got some Riverblades assembled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Kim Woof-Woof Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 The Hubcaps of Slaanesh! The only part of Glutos that I've finished thus far. I'm planning to finish off Kyazu before the month is out, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy Posted Saturday at 12:57 PM Share Posted Saturday at 12:57 PM Akhelian King (Queen?) done! This completes my Idoneth Warcry warband. I’ve also managed to build, prime and base the whole Eldar Combat Patrol. All in all, a good month. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted Sunday at 10:30 AM Share Posted Sunday at 10:30 AM Just a little guy. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painbringer Posted Monday at 10:54 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:54 AM Knight-Judicator is almost done - I only need to finish the bases on the Gryph-Hounds: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Kim Woof-Woof Posted Tuesday at 07:16 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:16 AM (edited) Kyazu completed... Edited Tuesday at 07:18 AM by Big Kim Woof-Woof 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xil Posted yesterday at 10:10 AM Share Posted yesterday at 10:10 AM I didn't reach my target this month. Got knocked down by a crazy fewer, already my second week of it. Really exhausting. Thus my target moves to May. I hope i will be able to do anything again coming next days. Am sick of being sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_magoo Posted yesterday at 11:00 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:00 AM I finished my April goal. A unit of kit-bashed skeleton horseman with flexibility to be archers or knights. Simple colours and a dip. I’m loving the monthly commitment to get little hobby projects done. Slowly big projects are getting chipped away. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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