Ansgar the Staller - The Face

Pretty happy with my first attempt at this scale. I feel it still needs some tinkering done but overall pretty good!

My first use of Vallejo paints as well. Love those dropper bottles!

Notes on painting skin

A collection of stuff I have found on painting skin.

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/tutorial-human-skin.html

http://blog.brushthralls.com/?page_id=3680

http://www.ageofstrife.com/topic7363-p79081.html

http://www.skankgame.com/Painting101.html

http://www.madponies.net/flesh.html

Will hopefully put some of this to use soon :)

marneus Calgar, hair, metal, armour, leather part 2

Hi there,

some more updates. all the below points have now been done since last update.  He is complete except the base.

I am starting with ice blue then highlighting that up by adding white.  Then I'll be using my crushed glass mixed with water effects. then a quick dust of crushed glass.... contrasting black base.

As with all projects, I am freaking desperate to get it finished to move on to the next thing :D 

• skin highlights
• gold highlights
• make the black black then highlight.
• highlight the green areas.
• hair highlights.
• eyepiece.
• BASE (looking forward to this.)

Marneus Calgar, hair, metal, armour, leather

Hello,

Marneus Is getting very close to completion.

todays done list:

• hair basecoat
• armour highlighted and completed.
• metal basecoated.
• leather completed.
• details made white.

to do:

• skin highlights
• gold highlights
• make the black black then highlight.
• highlight the green areas.
• hair highlights.
• eyepiece.
• BASE (looking forward to this.)

Oh and I have got a High Elves Warmaster army. I count it as a fair bit over 1.000 points.

• 3 units spearmen
• 3 units archers
• 1 unit chariots
• 1 unit bolt throwers
• silver helms
• the other cavalry
• general on dragon
• general on giant eagle
• general
• wizard
• hero
• 10 casualty markers.
• the rulebook
• giant eagles...

think thats about it... and for 40 quid!! 

I have started work on the spearmen... The previous owner has used a white base coat.... I don;t really like this but I dont seem to get any daylight hours to paint very often.  

The compromise is to black wash the miniatures then paint.  It might end up working really well as it adds shading and depth but doesnt dull the colours too much.....

200TH POST!!! | Marneus Calgar... green/white details, blacking out etc...

Welcome to my 200th blog post. that's approximately 0.005 of a post per day for a couple of years lol.

It contains some more work on Marneus Calgar,

• Skin wash - Ratskin flesh and reikland flesh shade are ideal for the skin. Probably the best colours I have used ever for skin... famous last words...
• blacking out metal details... exciting stuff...... still makes the model look a bit sharper and more complete.
• white details - hate doing these, quite a few layers of progressively thinned paint till it covers. :)
• green details - couple of wreathes, one on his shoulder pad and one on is shin.

The wash has brought down the shine from the gold (thank God) I don't want to muck around with the nice matte finish too much if I can help it. 

Anyway coming together nicely I just cant wait to get the armour and cloak highlighted then we will really be cooking with gas. Should be some time for some painting as well.

Oh and a package arrived... I think it is my massive basing materials pack! Wait 'till you see the state of this! bargain!

Marneus Calgar & Tomb King Skin & Gold

Slight design change on the blog, I really like the tag cloud :) which didn't show on the old magazine type design.

I have done some work on Marneus today, and put together my tomb king.

His face has been base coated, I think ratskin flesh basecoat looks amazing. The snakebite leather has been covered with shining gold, this will then be washed with sepia and highlighted with a combination of burnished gold and mythril silver.

So far: happy :) and the tomb king was only £3.50!

...loving my new palette!!