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Post by Nick P on Jun 6, 2019 7:25:51 GMT -6
So I'm having a bit of a hard time focusing, and have started working on 4 projects simultaneously (shocker)
1. Painting my Knight Valiant - main body is primed, ready for necron compound drybrush; armor panels are sprayed celestra grey, ready for teal pin striping and metallic details
2. Arch-Revenant - base is done, main bark portions are done, just needs the wings and highlights on the ghostly bits
3. ASOIAF Night's Watch Scorpion Crews x2 - oops! Picked these up for cheap on eBay, continuing the progress of my Nights Watch army - sand on the bases is drying, then they'll be primed black
4. T E R R A I N - chopped up the pieces to an old Citadel Castle Wall from like 20 years ago, and am making 3 individual ruined castle sections that can be formed into a big central ruined castle piece, or 3 separate line of sight blocking and elevated terrain features for both AoS and 40k
I'll take some pics of the WiPs tonight with more progress
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Post by Nick P on Jun 7, 2019 7:29:35 GMT -6
WIP Pic update Arch Revenant - almost done, needs highlights on the skin/weapon/shield (all the ghosty bits) and a glaze over the white of her runes/eyes Arch revenant wings - first attempt at wet blending, it went kinda meh but not too bad. I added a glaze and some shade and it made a world of difference, still needs highlights and all the details picked out with skink blue Night's Watch scorpion throwers - primed, nothing really to see here yet Knight Valiant - painted silver, had to wait for it to dry before adding a wash tonight and then hitting it with some drybrushing and necron compound Armor panels for the knight - silly putty to mask off certain areas to keep the black pristine is so clutch, highly recommend! Next up is masking for the teal striping and metallics Terrain project - one piece of the castle ruin is completed (as far as construction goes), piece #2 is in progress (needs more rubble, waiting on plaster to dry in my rock molds), and the big piece in the back needs to be cut apart with a coping saw (see the black lines where I plan to chop the wall in 2 to make 2 ruined wall sections extending behind the main gate)
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cj
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Post by cj on Jun 7, 2019 9:20:58 GMT -6
You are crushing it right now
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Post by Nick P on Jun 7, 2019 9:58:16 GMT -6
Thanks! Year to date I think I'm just under the total number of models that I painted in all of 2018, so that feels good. After these 4 projects, I'm going to force myself to finish my nighthaunt to check that entire army off my list, and then I'll hopefully have the sylvaneth release AND contrast paints to motivate me to get that force finished, before refocusing on Dark Eldar or GSC or finishing my Tyranids...hopefully just in time for the Targaryen ASOIAF release later this year Trying to keep on trucking!
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Post by jesse on Jun 7, 2019 15:45:46 GMT -6
That poor castle. That poor, poor castle.
Also, forget the Targs, there will be Baratheons!
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Post by Nick P on Jun 17, 2019 7:37:56 GMT -6
Lots of progress on the actual build of the castle terrain last week, no paint applied yet - and nothing else done on the valiant, or scorpion crews. But I did finish the arch revenant on Saturday: Also picked up a bunch of contrast paints to try out - did a test dryad in about 10 minutes (seriously) - Wyldwood contrast over wraithbone primer, light drybrush of tyrant skull, and then leaves picked out with loren forest and elysian green, and that's it: Tested out Darkoath flesh over wraithbone to see if I can use it as a shortcut for skin on my ASOIAF minis, marauders, GSC infantry, and kairic acolytes - I think the answer is "yes": And finally did a test model to see if I can get a quick light grey armor down on my GSC minis so I can start pumping those out - basilicanum grey over grey seer primer, with a coat of black templar over the boots to make them stand out. Very pleased, it'll let me get the bulk of my 40 neophytes and 15 acolytes knocked out in no time, and let me go back in and batch paint details like the weapons, cloth, etc.
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Post by Russell on Jun 17, 2019 10:37:06 GMT -6
It's looking like contrast is gonna be ace for flesh.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 17, 2019 11:10:11 GMT -6
It's so good, I mean even if you wanted to get fancy you could pick out a few high points with Kislev flesh and it would look outstanding, and take maybe 1/3 the time of a traditional base, wash, base clean up, highlight process.
And if you want to so some glaze blending? You couldn't find an easier method than this - these paints have like no surface tension, and the opacity is perfect for glazing.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 25, 2019 12:01:13 GMT -6
Finished Drycha, 80% contrast paints with just a little bit of metallics, drybrushed highlights, and a couple washes here and there to create definition. Very happy with the outcome, but need to darken down the wormlings on her arm a bit - still way too bright for my liking. Been out of town for almost a week, so didn't get much painting done from Tuesday through Sunday, but managed to finish her last night. Glad to see that the big trees work as well with contrast, if not better, than the small ones like the dryads.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 28, 2019 6:37:02 GMT -6
Added some final touches to drycha to clean her up, wasn't quite happy with the bugs or her hair, so redid both. Also highlighted the honeycomb a bit to clean up some of the tide marks from the contrast.
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Jun 28, 2019 9:11:08 GMT -6
Bro u on a tear
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Post by Nick P on Jun 28, 2019 12:02:48 GMT -6
Thanks mayne! Trying to get through a ton of backlog this year - only things I've really added to my backlog are the Necron construct which I painted almost as soon as I received, Allarielle which is on deck for painting, and the Nights Watch song of ice and fire stuff which again got painted almost immediately. Making strides!! 6 months left in the year, aiming for: - July - finish all sylvaneth
- August - finish my nighthaunt
- September - finish my Tyranids/GSC
- October - finish my Dark Eldar/Eldar
- November - finish my beastmen
- December - finish my 30k thousand sons
With the last 3 days of june being focused on finishing my knight valiant and knight preceptor in addition to the Nights Watch scorpion bolt throwers
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Post by Nick P on Jul 15, 2019 13:02:06 GMT -6
Took a couple weeks away from painting and hobbying, but had some solid hobby time yesterday and was able to finish the valiant. Here he is with his brother, and with the rest of his kin on my shelf. Still 1 more questoris knight to finish painting and magnetizing, I think I'm going to bring my pure knights (or possibly a chaos knight list) to the Dojo tournament next month. So I'm focusing on that guy the rest of this month, rather than aiming to finish my sylvaneth. Basically planning on pushing back my schedule for the rest of the year by 1 month for each project.
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Post by Russell on Jul 19, 2019 15:04:04 GMT -6
Painting is cool and all but you ever play Breath of the Wild?
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Post by Nick P on Jul 20, 2019 8:15:30 GMT -6
Painting is cool and all but you ever play Breath of the Wild? Not yet BUT with the new pokemon coming out I'll be grabbing a switch in the fall and BotW is a no brainer! ALSO THIS
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