Marneus Calgar basecoats

Hello again,

Another update tonight - Some basecoat work on Marneus.  I think I have linked this before but you can find some background on this character here: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Marneus_Calgar

I used a scab red and black mix for the cloak and snakebite leather for the gold details (usual stuff) Oh I also added a dark blue wash (drakenhof nightshade they call it these days) on the blue power armour.

I reckon a quick dab with basecoat then a bit more ink should sort out any imperfections where the snakebite meets the armour.  I also need another layer of snakebite, I think my latest paint thinner mix is a tad heavy on drying retarder.... but no matter...

I also erm... bought a couple of new things.... still celebrating my new job [insert excuse here]

A new tyranid model.... and more dwarves, Super excited about the dwarves and I just got a despatch notice for them a short while ago!

This mac rocks.... take pictures with iPhone.... wait a few secs, go on to the mac.... import pictures from photo stream on the mac and then upload to blogger.... ace! can also share the pictures to the chat app so I can imessage my girlfriend my progress and pretend she cares!!

Marneus Calgar Notes

http://taleofpainters.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/tutorial-painting-ultramarines-stahly.html

http://taleofpainters.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/tutorial-painting-ultramarine-armour.html

Asurmen blue + badab black wash

• Basecoat is a 50:50 mixture of Chaos black and regal blue
• Armor color is a 50:50 mixture of regal blue and ultramarines blue
• First highlight with pure ultramarine blue (thinned down with water)
• second highlight is a 50:50 mixture of ultramarines blue and space wolves grey

The result is a "flowing" color progress: chaos black<-> regal blue -> regal blue<->ultramarines blue->ultramarines blues->ultramarines blue<->space wovles grey.

Oberyn Martell's Surcoat

Evening,

some work done on the cloak - not sure the front especially looks right, not enough depth, need to either deepen shadows or lighten the highlights?

looking over the pics again I think it might be a bit of both with more deepening of shadows on the front.

Skaven - complete | Orc - Ribbons

Hello there,

Test Skaven has been completed - very quick job with a lot of drybrushing in the mix.

For the skin, I went talarn flesh, ogryn wash, dwarf then elf. Metal was macharius orange and scorched brown drybrushed on then drybrush of chainmail.

Bindings were the brown colour then washed with ogryn and painted dheneb.

Parchment was ogryn washed then drybrushed with dheneb and white.

Wood was brown + wash then left. The bone details wre treated as per the parchment

think thats about it...

Also basecoated the ribbon on Mr Grimgor Ironhide. Going for a yellow/purple arrangement to match my empire general.

Skin Almost done

Been away a bit this weekend.

But almost completed the skin and have assembled/undercoated GoT stuff.

Mostly just a lot of washing, ive gone with lots of coats of thin wash instead of one straight on....