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I've already started working on finishing some of my backlog of nighthaunt as well 

And as a sidenote, I'm working on a few nurgle models for a commission for a friend in our gaming group: 

 

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11 hours ago, Hollow said:

Looks amazing. Great to see someone stick with a force and really grow it. What are your future plans?

Nighthaunt! Lots of nighthaunt! I've nearly finished a unit of 5 hexwraiths now that I'll be taking pictures off soon. They'll also be getting the similar blue effects like the small amount of NH stuff in this thread. 

But I also plan to increase the FEC (will need a lot more ghouls from the looks of things in AoS2!) and clearing out my "pile of shame" of Legions of nagash (still have to do a second VLoZD, another mortarch, magnetise a blood seeker/coven throne, add 40 more skellies,...)

So much to do if you are a dedicated death player now!

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Yes, it 's done with a mixture of sodiumbicarb salts, PVA, water and white paint. It sometimes dries nice and chunky, but it did dry up a bit "gooey" as you put it. I'm hoping I can get my hand on some of the  new GW techical paint (vanhalla ice or something?) to fixes the patches that dried up poorly. 

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I've added more shots of my models with the same grey coloured background drop: 

With many more future shots of nighthaunt to follow no doubt!

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The background of this pictures is as interesting as the actual model: 2 big kits we've not seen yet for nighthaunt I reckon...  Mortarch of Grief on the right and some monster wraith on the left?

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Working on more nighthaunt additions. 

I'm trying to avoid the "full lazy wraith" look, so I gave the hexwraiths a similar face to my knight of shrouds/cairn wraith. Crappy cellphone picture inbound!

 

 

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I just downloaded those and printed them... Turned out alright up to A2 size paper.

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17 minutes ago, Lysandestolpe said:

as I've said before, these are so sick dude! Well done. 

Where did you get that backdrop from, if I may ask? 

http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2010/04/cloud-backdrops-for-your-miniature.html

I had them printed on A3 satin photographic paper. did cost a penny, but they do add a nice flavor to the pictures imo. 

 

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Those buildings are from the hobbit range (ruins of osgilliath).  

The blue was done with a basecoat of baharoth blue, airbrushed white of it, given a thinned down guilliman blue glaze and finally white highlights. 

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Seeing how the older hexwraits might look slightly less impressive when the new stuff gets here, I decided to give them a little visual boost by making them fly!

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On 5/13/2018 at 10:27 PM, Soulsmith said:

How did you manage that tone on the orruk armour?

It starts with leadbelcher, gets a army painter dark tone wash, get a mix of rust pigments in a Matt varnish binder, a second coat of dark tone and final highlights/scratches of steel paint.

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multiple layers of the water based version of army painter's dark tone wash... IIIRC, they got between 3-7 layers (although 7 was too much... Most of the shading/highlighting got lost in the proces (I believe that model is named Karsus).  They all started with the same skintone, the wash just made it darker and darker. 

3 hours ago, Urauloth said:

Really great work on all these warbands. The Duardin look good in that scheme, the high contrast suits the minis.

What did you end up using for the dark skintones on your reavers?

 

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Finished 2 more! The fyreslayers and ironjawz. I decided to base the fyreslayers on the World of warcraft Dark Iron Dwarves: 

These models were a lot of fun to paint. Especially the dwarves who actually have very dynamic poses for such short stubby guys!

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Finished 2 more! The fyreslayers and ironjawz. I decided to base the fyreslayers on the World of warcraft Dark Iron Dwarves: 

These models were a lot of fun to paint. Especially the dwarves who actually have very dynamic poses for such short stubby guys!

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They are from a miniatures blog run by a mate: http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.be/2010/04/cloud-backdrops-for-your-miniature.html

I printed them on A2 Satin photo paper... (It's vulnerable to damage though, I often have to touch up damage via photoshop, but only on the background... Things like scratches, gauges etc). Mind you, printing a single background like that was around €16 each here, so it's not a very cheap option. 

I've also picked up a cheap, fold-able lightbox. And I still use a very old (like 7 years old I believe) compact camera, but one that can go full manual mode and take RAW pictures (it was fairly high-end in it's days). 

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Tidal wave of updates: 

Still working on 20 dire wolves and another block of 40 skeletons! I'll be expanding into nighthaunt units soon after that. 

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My sepulchral guard got finished: 

And I also update the paintjobs on my first 2 warbands: 

First, the diversity inspector came by to check on the reavers: 

While steelheart's champions received some very minor touch ups, mostly on the face and hair. 

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My sepulchral guard got finished: 

And I also update the paintjobs on my first 2 warbands: 

First, the diversity inspector came by to check on the reavers: 

While steelheart's champions received some very minor touch ups, mostly on the face and hair. 

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1 hour ago, Goblin-King said:

I swear we have these very same chests in several craft and random junk stores in Denmark. They are pretty poor quality, but they get the job done.
My bet is cheap Chinese shipping all over the world.

Try eBay as well. I'll bet they have something VERY similar.

Yeah, if I can't find anything cool at the flea market, I'll give that a go. I kind of want to try the flea market first, because old stuff actually tends to be sturdier than mass produced stuff.... If it's a good sized box, it should be easy to put a steelsheet in it to magnetise it. 

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1 hour ago, Velvetelvis said:

United states has a store called hobby lobby. Those boxes are super cheap and come in all sorts of sizes and designs. I use them all the time for game stuff.

Thanks for the answer! I'm afraid hobby lobby doesn't have any shops in Belgium afaik... But you did inspire me to get out of bed early next sunday to scan the local flea market for something similar... it's super characterful to transport  your army in something like this!

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Where did you find that box? Both the big and small one... They are bloody amazing for this game!

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They are made with a 10/0 brush, that was as tiny as I could find them at my local arts and crafts shop (I don't believe GW makes them that small). 

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Quick group shot now the big guy is finished and standing in the display closet. Better pictures will follow as soon as I'm able to get the lightbox out again. 

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1 hour ago, mcmattila said:

How did you do the micro scratches? They look great! Only criticism I could give is that the champion's sword could use a bit more chipping, like you've done with the warden's spear.

 

It's done with either a bright silver (on the metal) or a light grey in a criss-cross pattern. The effect is deliberately very stark, because I then a apply a thin glaze of the highlight colour of the cloak over it, so the scratches become a lot less obvious and more subtle. 

And yes, I've retouched the sword of the champion now and the warband is nearly finished. I'm hoping to get some decent pictures tonight. 

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Just a very quick update on the shadespire warband: First 2 models done! Just finishing off the bases to match the rest of my undead force left (will be snow themed). 

I've started experimenting with adding textures on the armor and cloth via micro scratches. The shadespire models really are gorgeous things to work on!