mac1677 4,408 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Great looking figure...the cloak is superb I am trying my hand at this figure painting lark, I have just bought the Warhammer magazine for £3.99 just for the figures to have a go at 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tolvcat 3,529 Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Cheating is the way to do it - basic block colour, ink wash and dry brushed highlights will take you a long way while you build up skill and confidence. Most acrylic paint ranges have a set of inks under various names (ink/wash/shade) and they're worth their weight in gold. Be warned though, once you get used to using them, they do tend to bleed into other areas of modelling - a tank for example is just a big Space Marine with tracks while you're painting it Andy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 20,611 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Wow, nice one Andy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skwonk 8,176 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Splendid detail in that scale old bean. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tolvcat 3,529 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) Stumbled across this in Boyes[1] on Saturday afternoon and it's been helping me get through a tough database lock at work the last couple of days. Officially it's a Myphitic Blight-hauler of the Death Guard chapter of the Chaos Space Marines. I just think of him as Simon. Big missile launcher. The missiles are embedded in flesh and fired by muscle spasm Simon is a real fun guy - a big hunk of daemon flesh strapped into some armour, some tracks and a couple of heavy weapons bolted on and sent to rage at the world. GW would have you paint the fleshy bits all pale and interesting, but I wanted even the skin to look angry Despite the big toothy grin, Simon has never done particularly well in bonny baby competitions. Poor Simon. At some point I'll add some groundwork to that base and get him in the cabinet, but for now it was just good to start and finish something in a couple of days. Andy [1] Don't know if they're a national chain, but think Woolworths and you won't be far wrong. I actually went in for home brew supplies so I can start a new batch of mead. Edited March 8 by Tolvcat 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 17,213 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Well I think Simon's a beauty. Love the gold trim on his party suit. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 20,611 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Nice one Andy, that looks cool 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tolvcat 3,529 Posted March 14 Author Report Share Posted March 14 After a long absence GW are reintroducing an old race to the WH40K universe. Ladies and gentlemen I give you Dwarfs in Spehsssss. This fella is Grimnyr, a living ancestor from the League of Votann. He could double as a figure from the fantasy range if it wasn't for the fitbit on his glove and the letrit gubbins on his back thingy. Oh, and the two drones that come with him, armed with heaavy bolters. The rocks on the base are part of the kit, and yes, the ones under his front foot really are just floating there unconnected to the ground. Odd but makes for a cool model. Everything you can see in the pictures except the grass came in the box. I might do the other drone at some point too, but since they're identical I wasn't fussed tonight. Couple of quick and dirty pics for now. The best poses were out of focus so I'll try and get some better ones so I can stick him in the gallery. Phew. that's three models in a week. I'm going for a little lie down before I start on something biggerer. Andy 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 20,611 Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Oh wow cool.... Those look excellent Andy Wow the Dwarfs how been out for ages. Im off to have a look on GW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tolvcat 3,529 Posted March 14 Author Report Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Mad Steve said: Oh wow cool.... Those look excellent Andy Wow the Dwarfs how been out for ages. Im off to have a look on GW Space Dwarfs: Not very Dwarfy Steampunk Dwarfs: Now You're Talking Trad Dwarfs: Mixed in with other units Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 20,611 Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Yeah, youre quite right. The new dwarves just look like mini space marines, but the sigmar ones look epic.... Especially the steampunk ones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 17,213 Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Excellent painting Andy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tolvcat 3,529 Posted Saturday at 08:56 PM Author Report Share Posted Saturday at 08:56 PM (edited) I'd been having heebie jeebies about tackling the headdress and face on our Yvraine but finally plucked up courage and set too. Calling her done now. There's always bits you could touch up or re do but I think I'm getting into diminishing returns. As ever, these are a few quick snaps while the camera had battery and I hadn't been drinking. Proper ones sometime down the road. That cat was nearly the death of me too, until I stopped trying to paint him like the one on the box and painted him how I wanted him to look. Dead easy after that. Despie what you may have heard, her ladyship does NOT answer to Dougal [1] Jeezo, but the woman has a cob on about something and a look that could sour milk. Does my bum look big in this? Oh, yous are SO getting it Frank, get the door [2]. Andy [1] For those who have no idea what on earth that means, there was a kids TV show in the 1970s called The Magic Roundaout that was incredibly popular. This was a spin off film from that series: Dougal & The Blue Cat [2] There's something about her face that reminds me of a certain Scots woman I knew so I wrote that entire post channeling Janey Godley doing Nicola Sturgeon. I'm really sorry Janey Godley - Goodbye Nicola Edited Monday at 11:49 AM by Tolvcat 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Steve 20,611 Posted Sunday at 07:09 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 07:09 AM Excellent Andy That looks really good 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 17,213 Posted Sunday at 08:54 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:54 AM Fantastic result Andy - particularly as it's so small. The face is particularly good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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