Sunday, March 15, 2009

It's Business time, huge mechanical multi-melta business time

I finally got around to putting the finishing touches on my Dreadnought.


Paints Used

Primer: Chaos Black

Base Coats: Mordian Blue, Boltgun Metal ( for all the metal bits and also for creating little places where the blue paint chipped off), Blood Red, Shadow Gray, Bleached Bone, and Shining Gold.

Highlights and Top coats: Ultramarine Blue (then a small layer of Ice Blue, but only where I felt like there would have been more ware, on the corners and edges of the steel plates) , Mithril Silver, Blazing Orange, Golden Yellow, Burnished Gold, and Skull White.

Washes: Delvin Mud.

Surveillance:


Tip #1: If you look closely you'll notice that I used the spray gun to put a light dusting of the color of the base (in this case Vermin Brown) to the bottom of the legs. I think it gives him a nice "I've been walking around in this dirt! Can't you see? My footsies are all dirty"

And I would kill any type of alien but I won't do that NO BABY I WON'T DO THAT!



Tip #2: I base coated the pieces of parchment and the banners in Bleached Bone and then highlighted them with Skull White. However for the skulls on the mini I base coated them with Shadow Gray (a blue-ish gray color) and then highlighted them with skull white. I did this because firstly I wanted a slight contrast between the two types of decorations on the mini and secondly I feel like that's the color of the shadow that would be cast if you shined a neutral light on either of those objects.



As you can see I also batch coated all my bases with Vermin Brown (the first three minis I did with Snakebite Leather... but I ran out and I didn't feel like going to the hobby shop). You'll notice that these all have slits in them, it's because this boxed can be assembled sans glue if you are a super noob. This actually has caused me more problems than solutions.

Status update: the status is quo

Being the bad boy of little army man painting sometimes takes you out of the little army man painting game, but rest assured that I am still plugging away on those Guardians:


And here's a peek at what's coming up:


I'm a bit intimidated at the prospect of painting the Warlock on the right. Yes, even the bad boy of little army man painting is not immune to the effects of fear.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Dreadnought-full!

Just a little update on this soggy Wednesday evening. I'm making good progress on my Dreadnought! 

I still have to highlight all the metal parts with Mithril Silver and I have some more paint chips to create (especially on the back).





BACK FROM THE GRAVE ARMY MANS!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

The forces of the Eldar double in strength!

Just because I'm the bad boy of little army man painting doesn't mean I don't have a sense of responsibility. To prove it, I am updating this site with my latest army man painting endeavor - another Ulthwé Guardian (standing to the right of my previous Guardian):


And for future reference: Bleached Bone is a pain in the ass color to paint. Getting his helmet to look right took about five to seven coats of thined-down paint. Stupid light colors.

To apply those multiple layers, I used some new brushes that I added to my arsenal the other day. I find them to be much easier to use than the Games-Workshop variety, but their handles are on the lengthy side - so long, in fact, that I had to snap them in half:


A GW brush is on top; underneath is one of my new brushes with its former tail end to the immediate right.

NEW BRUSHES FOR LITTLE ARMY MANS!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Scout man!

This one's not done by any stretch of the imagination, but I thought you guys (and by you guys, I mean "Forrest") might want to see the latest result of painting under the influence of no sleep.


No highlights yet and things like the random splash of red on his face need to be cleaned up, but I think this guy should be ready soon to fight a veteran Ultramarine Terminator for control of a strawberry gummy bear or two.

Also wanted to point out that I drilled out the gun barrel which I think looks cool. Take it from me, the bad-boy of little army man painting: little details like these are what make the ladies wet. Nothing like a detailed little army man to get them excited.

Rise from your GRAVE... so you can... be trapped inside a giant robot... forever.

Here's a little look see at my upcoming Army Mans! I has to be said that the spray gun is really paying for it's self at this point... and from the noises I heard last night... perhaps thinking for it's self as well...

Behold! It was as if a great shadow was cast upon the warp!



It looks like the Space Marine commander and Commissar Yarrick are getting into a little squabble. SHHH not in front of the Dreadnought!

MORE ARMY MANS!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Terminators: The Blue Period UPDATED!

Tonight's update comes in the form of Storm-bolters and Power Fists! I wrapped up the Terminator (mostly... after taking these pictures I noticed a few areas that needed a teensy bit of love).

But enough of this laffy taffy, down to the nitty gritty.

Primer: Chaos Black
Base Coat: Mordian Blue (foundation, airbrushed on), Boltgun Metal, Shadow Gray, Tin Bitz, Shining Gold, Mechrite Red (foundation).

Top Coat: Face and Skulls and such: Space Wolves Gray, then a Skull White, Blood Red

Washes: Delvin Mud

Highlights:Mithril Silver, (for the body) A larger edging of Ultramarine Blue then a finer edging of Ice Blue, Dwarven Bronze, Burnished gold






Burn the Heretic!


I'm in your kitchen stealin' yer foodz!


Hey... are those gummy bears!? I will literally shoot you if you don't give me a strawberry one! LITERALLY!


Objective secure!