Wow Commission Completed!

Well, here it is!

This piece was done by http://siegeredwolf.deviantart.com/ I am very please with how this came out. These are two of my characters Fieryraynne (on the left) and Bloodraynne (on the right). Fieryraynne was drawn wearing the Black Mageweave armor set and Bloodraynne was drawn wearing the Saltstone set. The setting is an inn in Silvermoon.

Cryx Update

Since being sick all of last week, I never got to post the previous week's update. So here is where I am from then to now.

Green Stuff Patching...and other fun:

Here are some pictures of my Slayer which I ended using up a lot of green stuff to get him to fit properly.

I had some extra GS mixed so I decided to add little flames to Goreshade's backpack,

...and decided to have my Deathwalker show off a little TnA >.> yeah I know... but if it ain't sexy, gorey or just down right cool, why paint it? It's a little hard to see from the pic, but she is a little "cold".

Deathrippers:

Pic of lodged bullets in the armor plates.

Base coats. ps. I hate metalics.

Washes.

Highlights and details.

I am ok with the way they turned out. I wish the light green would have came out better and I need to watch my washes a bit more. Other than that, I'm happy with them.

Next will be the Bane Thralls.

So bring on the C&C!

Just keep in mind, this is the first thing I have painted since a Space Marine over labor day. Prior to that? Years ago I dipped and flicked my first nid army.

ps. I hate metalics...

Dawn of War II

NEW CGI WARHAMMER 40K MOVIE!!!
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/warhammer40kdawnofwar2/video/6193807/warhammer-40-000-dawn-of-war-ii-official-movie-1

The new Dawn of War II comes out Q2 2009 and they have 'nids! >:O

Small Update

Not much but I had a few minutes to mess around so here is what I worked on:

Worked on the top half of my Grey Knight Hero's robe






And got the next part of the bottom half on





And patched the air pockets on the female mini I cleaned up the other day





Again, not much but hey, it's something.

Weekend Updates

So as most of you know, I purchased my Cryx army this weekend and it will hopefully arrive by next weekend so I can get stared on painting them up.

In the mean time, this is what I was able to work on over the weekend.

This is the base I will be making a mold out of and casting for my count as. I really liked how it came out and can't wait to see what it will look like once painted:

Re did the masked cowl. I have a little clean up work to do on it but all in all, I'm pretty happy with it. You can't see the eyes in this shot, but they are there:

Progress on the shoulder pads. I still have a lot of work to do on this, but this is what it looks like for the time being:

Worked on closing up the chestpiece for my Grey Knight Hero. I Will probably be duplicating this one for the rest of my guys once I get the robe on it:

Grey Knight Hero bottom half. Don't laugh. I know it looks a bit silly right now. This thing is just being built up in layers, so this is a progress shot:

Also, I decided to clean up one of the female casts to see what I could get out of it. Looking at the before and after shots, I am pleased as to how it is comming along. I might just opt to use this frame to add on too.

Before:

After:

Mold Results

It is frusterating when you spend so much time on something and it just doesn't work out...

1) Removing the mold from the mold box

2) Cracking open the mold

3) Clean up

4) Results from first cast. This is the only model that came out pretty good.

The rest ended up like this. They would be good for an undead army >.>

Everything is on hold till I get this figured out. The life of the resin makes it extremely hard to get into place before curing. 25 seconds of mixing leaves about 20 more seconds to get it into place before it starts to react.

Options: 1) chill the resin making it's life expectancy increase, or 2) do two 1 Part Molds and glue them together which will be a real bitch.

Thoughts on the New DVD Set

So I watched almost the entire first disc of the 2 disc basics set, and let me tell you, wow…

This DVD is pretty intense. I have already picked up a lot of tips. Pinning models on corks for painting, using iron wool and sand paper to clean up your mold lines and flashing, getting the chemicals off of your model before trying to work on it (iron wool on metal, soap and water on resin), wet paint pallets and seeing what people mean when they say a “milky” constancy. Another thing was priming. Very little primer on the model, just enough to get the paint to stick. On the model, you can still see a lot of the metal, but with the painting method used, it’s not a problem.

Imo, this DVD set is for people who want to become competition painters, not gaming table painters. Using a 75% dilution ratio and doing 20 layers (literally) of color to blend 4-5 separate colors from shadows up to highlights is intense. I think some common sense can be added and time gained by lessening the dilution they use and make a really nice gaming model. This is not an Iron Warboss production where you are done in a few hours with an entire squad. Their model takes hours to paint just to get half way done. Again, I think there is some common ground between the Warboss painting method and this painting method that can produce some damn nice models.

Some of the things I like about this DVD so far is the closeness of the model. It is extremely clear and right in your face. You see the paint going on the model with each brush stroke and you can literally watch it dry and the color change. A lot of what is being done right now in the video is stuff that Mike and I have talked about but seeing it while someone is talking about it just makes it way easier to understand. They talk a lot about color harmony which is just a fancy way of saying each color is complimentary to each other or part of the same family. At this point in the DVD, I have not seen anything related to extreme brush control which is good because that is my biggest problem atm. With as many thin layers that are going on to the model, brush control isn’t a big part due to the dilution. Another thing to note is the camera barely ever leaves the model so having one consistent shot is very helpful so you can start seeing the results.

One thing worth noting is the painter is a French guy and he struggles with some of the English words he is trying to use. It’s a very minor thing to me and will still recommend this DVD to anyone wanting to learn to paint but thought it was worth noting. The main commentator or interviewer sounds like an American as he speaks English with no problem and helps fill in the gaps where the painter struggles.