Tag: painting

Feb 03 2013 February 3, 2013 February 3, 2013 NoComment by cuzzle

Howling Banshee and Fire Dragon color test

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Did a quick test of two of the aspect warrior types for the Mymeara. Wasn’t sure if I was going to do them in traditional colors or in the jade and turquoise armor with accents from their aspects. I think I’m going to go with the scheme below as I would like to have the army to look cohesive as a whole, with individual accents for the various aspect warriors.


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Jan 22 2013 January 22, 2013 January 22, 2013 NoComment by cuzzle

Mymeara so far

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Nov 09 2012 November 9, 2012 November 9, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Death Company WIP

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Lamenters Death Company

First five of my Death Company.  Still need to finish some details and paint up the backpacks.  I have magnetized their backs so they can be run with jump packs or on foot.  I’ve painted them up white rather than the traditional black to differentiate the odd past of the Lamenters and the black rage.

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Aug 15 2012 August 15, 2012 August 15, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Painting a Storm Raven

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So with one Storm Raven down, I figure I should learn a few things from the first build and painting that I could really do a better paint job, with much less effort.  The first thing was not gluing everything together, rather do sub assemblies that can be combined when the majority of the painting work was done.  So I built the wings, engines, and hull separately and then primed and airbrushed the base coat.  I’m much better with the airbrush now as well, and the finish on this one is much better.  I’m using Vallejo GC Heavy Ochre as my base color (thinned down about 1:1).

I also masked off a couple parts of the model that will have the checkered pattern on it.  I used blue painters tape, and then cut squares out and laid out in the area to do the black.  Much easier than free-handing all of them, though I will need to go do some cleanup.  I’m planning on adding more black and red details to break up the yellow and give it some nice contrast.  This model is also magnetized, and I made sure the polarity lined up with the other Storm Raven so I won’t have to keep the different bits separate from each other.  The result should be finishing the model in a fraction of the time, to a higher quality.


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Aug 13 2012 August 13, 2012 August 13, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Sanguniary Terminator WIP

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Lamenters Sanguinary Priest Terminator

Did some work on the Sanguinary Priest Terminator model made out of a Grey Knight Terminator.  Still need to clean up and do the power sword, but it came together super quickly and much better than any previous attempt at a white figure.  Followed Ron’s guide on From the Warp here.  I’m going to eventually go back and repaint the other priest that I did using this awesome method.  

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Aug 10 2012 August 10, 2012 August 10, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Lamenters Land Raider WIP

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Lamenters Land Raider, Terminators and Ruclusiarch 
Lamenters Land Raider, Terminators and Ruclusiarch 
Lamenters Land Raider, Terminators and Ruclusiarch 
A few pictures of the Land Raider I’m working on and the guys who ride inside.  I’ve been enjoying jumping back and forth between my two armies and working on terrain, it keeps me from burning out on painting particular color.  Really happy with how the Land Raider is coming, just need to do some touch ups and do the black-lining.  Most everything is magnetized so it can be run as a Crusader or Redeemer.  
I am also building another LR that I got for my birthday as well.  I imagine a list where I run two of them, one with TH/SS Terminators and the other full of Death Company.  Shove that down the middle and it should pretty much take care of anything.  Also armor 14 seems like it could be a little more survivable in this edition, but we will see.

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Aug 04 2012 August 4, 2012 August 4, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Wraithseer WIP #2

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Broke the airbrush out last night after finishing the assembly up on the Wraithseer and put the base coats down.  One thing I love about this army is how fast you can paint it, while having it still look nice.  Still need to do the ten trillion gems and other detail work.  I’m going to do the spear blade and shield with the airbrush in some nice purples when it’s dried enough to mask off.  Will be putting snow on the base as well.

Airbrushed Mymeara Eldar Wraithseer Conversion 
Airbrushed Wraithseer conversion in Mymeara colors 
Airbrushed Mymeara Eldar Wraithseer Conversion


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Aug 01 2012 August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Ice Table WIP #3

Posted in 40k, terrain, wip
 

Did a little more work the last few days.  Put the third board section together (also have enough left over to do a fourth board later), and sanded the flat snowy portions of the board.  Next step will to do the white over-brushing to give a better snow effect.  I will probably end up gloss coating the board as well to have it look a little more snow-like.  I still need to figure out how to do the iced-over river.  Probably use resin with a little white and blue paint mixed in to cloud it up a little and give that a try.  Also time to start making plans for the various terrain bits that I will be doing.  Probably will start on the ice-crystal forests tonight and plan some pumping station style buildings.  Not sure what else I want to do.
I also found a similar board here that someone has built, and will be using some of his ideas, especially on the ice crystal forest.  Hopefully mine looks as good when it’s finished.

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Jul 28 2012 July 28, 2012 July 28, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Ice Table WIP #2

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I managed to do more work on the ice table.  I attached the foam to the plywood and put a base coat of light blue paint on the whole thing.  Also picked up the rest of the materials for the third board section, as I didn’t have enough of the 1.5″ foam to do the board.  Also you can see the test fitting of some of the details that are going to be added.  For the third section I’m considering narrowing the river down and maybe building some sort of bridge over it.  Though I want to be able to stack these boards on each other, so most detail needs to be removable.  Also I need to figure out what to do for the pumping station in the middle of the river. 

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Jun 22 2012 June 22, 2012 June 22, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

War Walker WIP

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Eldar Mymeara War Walker
Mymeara War Walker 
I worked on a War Walker tonight for my Mymeara army.  I’m really excited so far with how it’s coming out.  Looks much better than my old paint scheme.  It’s also nice to have a break from painting so much yellow with the Lamenters, though I will continue to work on them as well.  The weapons are magnetized and will be white and black when they are painted up and the upper body is also magnetized to the legs for transport.  As a bonus most of the work is done with the airbrush so the army should paint up pretty fast.
I’m going to try something different with the bases and use some water-effects to have an ice-world theme.  Also looking at different products and ways to do snow.  I’ve seen the baking soda methods as well as the crushed glass products.  Might have to try a few out to see what works best.

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