So I've decided to actually paint a whole army… a small one, but still an army at 750 points.
As I'm not an expert tactician or even read the whole 40k rule book I did some google'ing and more or less copied a 750p wolves compilation. The small but efficient (at least did the blog state so) army will look like this:
I'm not sure if I can get hold of the Thunder Wolves where I don't need to do to much of conversion (I'm both lazy and not a very good sculptor). If I don't then I might change the wolves into bikes…. We'll see… But if you guys know of any good thunder wolves please let me know.
I also decided not to join the army painting challenge as I never know when I'll have the time to paint (even though I try as often as possible) with my baby son and a newly bought house.
Small update.
I have put some GS om the wolves. Before I paint them I'm gonna get me a bottle of GS and see if it can solve the hole-problem. (they have soooo many holes from air bobbles)
I think I start to get hang of how to work with the ordinary GS anyway.
I could not help my self starting to paint a 'test' wolf.
I started out with a white base and added the sepia wash to get the darker shades. After this I dry brushed it with bleached bones and again with skull white. Apparently I suck on dry brushing, because it looked all dry and not very clean.
So... I was not very pleased with the result so I started adding white strand by strand (see the head... the rest is original dry brushed) and it got better, but not good.
I might try to add even more color and hide as much depths as possible without removing it completely.
What I'm after is a wolf that is plain snow white, but with some shades in the fur. The sepia is obviously both to dark and to brown and I don't want to use any other of the GW washes i have.
The result is... not what I wanted... And their for I'd like your opinions of how to end up with a better result.
What would you done here? Add white to the sepia and make it a very very very thin wash? Or make your own wash based on fortress gray or astronomican gray?
Do you think a blue tone will look strange instead of the brown?
Maybe I end up painting him gray and paint strand by strand i 2 or 3 layers....:ireful2:
Finally back from Japan and the Jet lag is gone. :training:
I sat down for the first time in a month yesterday and started working some more on the wolves.
My first idea was to paint the leader wolf in another color than the rest. But after tonight I changed my mind. Black is the new s**t.
I googled pictures of black cats and dogs and they either was black/brownish or blueish... So I decided to go on the blueish tone as the Fenris Gray is somewhat blue. On the last picture the wolf is only based with some improvements on the bionics and legs. The tail is the only painted fur so far.
Someone here suggested that I make the upper part of the fur a bit brighter to make it look older... but in my head it should be the fur under the shin and belly that should go white?
Minor update:
Now it's only the detailing left. But the result will be ok i believe.
The blue tone is nice with the rest of the SW Marines but still stand out.
Those wolves look great and I love the burning eye on that black one!
Ulrik is looking good as well. The only thing I would recommend is raising him up on something. I used a big rock for mine, because he is a little shorter than the newer minis due to his age and raising him above them means that it is not so noticeable.
Ulrik is looking good as well. The only thing I would recommend is raising him up on something. I used a big rock for mine, because he is a little shorter than the newer minis due to his age and raising him above them means that it is not so noticeable.
Guys... I just wanted to share something not SW related.
I just bought the new IPhone 4S and tried out the camera.
The result is... good.
So you guys thinking on buying a good camera to photo your minis (and not are a professional)...
And well... I guess you can buy one of the latest smart phones and get a really really good result.
The shot is taken on my desk with 2 small lamps and the cam on maybe 30cm of distance.
As to your question about the photo and picture quality I would say that it captures the details well, but the photos are a bit dark. Nice looking Deathmark though!
It's been like.. ages... since I painted anything.
Family business like hating your job... changing job (I got the coolest job ever... as a maintenance flight simulator engineer)... got a new kid.... and so on.
Anyway... I'm back.
Got two updates... it's not a part of my SW army, but hopefully good enough to show you guys.
Is there a way to change the subject for the whole thread?
Some excellent new pieces man! I really love the shade of green on the Orc.
As to changing the title of the thread, if you go to either the project logs section or new threads search and double click in the black area just next to the thread title it will allow you to edit it.
The way I try to paint is to use deep and clear contrasts to my shades. I almost never dry brush and therefor every layer is clear to see if you zoom in. I just don't get it how to dry brush without getting the model looking shabby or dirty.
Guys... I learned something today... well... to be honest... tonight....
Painting late late in the middle (or in the end of the night) does not help much when trying to detailing you minis....=/
I also use series 7 brushes, i recommend getting The Masters Brush Cleaner. This stuff is awesome and really does clean well. I personally recommend never letting paint get above halfway up on the bristles. While you can get paint out od the furrel its not easy and does take time. It's bad enough that the normal wicking of the brush pulls paint into it, providing a shorter path just makes it easier for the paint to get there. You will eventually want to get a size 2. My standard use brush is my size 2 as series 7 tend to run a bit small.
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