TOEMP Challenge 3.4: Herald of Nurgle finally completed!

Despite it being a late entry, I have completed my Herald of Nurgle. Sadly, I have not constructed a unique profile for him, as he's just going to be a Herald on Palanquin with the Staff of Nurgle in my 2250 point OFCC list.




I'm really, really proud of how he turned out. It was the most greenstuff I have ever used on a model, and I think that it looks pretty decent. There are enough tentacles on the base to adequately represent a Palanquin (hopefully).

Before last night I really hated the teeth, because they were just several white streaks on top of the base color. I decided to put some extra effort into them today before calling the model finished, and I think it turned out well.

Now on to Challenge #4!

TOEMP Challenge 3.3: Herald of Nurgle project failed!

So close to finishing this guy! Sadly, there was just too much real life interference today to allow me to complete him. Anyway, as I'm not going to be able to work on it anymore before the deadline, here he is in his current state.

I still need to highlight the pink tentacles, horns, hooves, claw, staff, and mouth. The base needs to be completed, as well. But, I like how he has turned out thus far. I tried for a a decayed greenish brown skin color so he wouldn't look just like a regular old Beastman.



Comments are always appreciated.

TOEMP Challenge 3.2: Herald of Nurgle gets some paint!

Too tired to think of something relevant to type. Here are the pics of the current state of the Herald:





Tomorrow is the last day I have available to paint, so I'm hoping to get this finished early.

TOEMP Challenge 2.3: Just Another Touch

I added a few extreme highlights to the Beast, as I wasn't super happy with the prior results. Now, after the very simple additions, and a little bit of wash here and there, I'm pleased.

TOEMP Challenge 2.2: Completed

I was worried for a bit that I wouldn't make it, especially after misplacing the paint recipe for my Nurgle friends. Luckily, I'm still on vacation, so I was able to spend the day painting. I have no idea what I'm going to do for this army regarding bases--I'd like them to function for 40k as well as Fantasy--so those didn't get any attention.

Here's a companion shot of the Nurgle with his Plaguebearer relative:



Looking forward to the next challenge!

A Question to Fellow Hobbyists: Greenstuff

I suck at using greenstuff. I am never going to be a sculptor, and I don't really expect anything fancy to appear when I'm rolling the yellow and blue together. However, I would like to be competent at filling gaps and such. I think I need some help.

After my recent experience with the Beast of Nurgle, I noticed that the ends of the greenstuff--where I attempted to smooth over a gap--were slightly raised, and did not blend smoothly with the rest of the model. It's as if when I was pulling the greenstuff over the model, the ends didn't stick. Any ideas on how to prevent this from happening in the future?

And when can you start working with the greenstuff? Do you roll it up, apply it to the model, get the general shape and then wait for a while before trying to get make solid designs/shapes/forms?

The Completed Skaven Clan Eshin Army

An Elf Walks In to a Bar...

...to meet his four Skaven Assassin friends.

Finally, I have some pictures to share. I finished painting the Wood Elf Wardancer, as well as the two final Assassins for my Eshin army. Here they be:







The Eshin army is essentially complete. The last thing I would like to do is make a crap-ton of snow and to base the entire army. Then it will be completely complete.

Elves Everywhere!

I sat down this morning to begin working on my final two Eshin Assassins. What did I end up spending most of my time painting? The Warhammer Quest Wood Elf Wardancer, naturally!

While I did manage to get my two rats painted to wash, the Wardancer really only needs the metals highlighted and then the base spruced up until he's complete. I am proud of my focus... Hopefully I'll post pictures soon.
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I received a package from Games Workshop containing two direct only models: Wood Elf Waywatcher Lord and High Elf Hero with Sword and Shield. The Waywatcher Lord is going to be converted into a Dark Elf Assassin. I've been planning this conversion for quite some time now. I've had the Games Day Chaos Champion that will be part of the conversion for a year now, so I can finally get this conversion done whenever I get around to my Dark Elves--meaning it's probabably never going to happen.

I've fallen in love with the idea of High Elves after seeing a picture in a past White Dwarf. The artwork depicted a High Elf on horse going into combat against a Dark Elf on Cold One. The High Elf was very bright, consisting of all whites and a little tan for shading. There was a linen color, a mother of pearl, etc, but it was all based off of white. It is exactly how High Elves should look! After really appreciating the picture for a while, I began ruminating on potential High Elf armies. Before I jumped head-first into yet another army, I decided to buy one High Elf figure and paint it to emulate the color scheme in the picture. I figure that if I enjoy painting the model--and if it looks good--then I can take the next step into starting an army.

Slowly Gettin' It Done

The Eshin are almost complete. I just put the final highlights on six Warplock Jezzails (including two that count as two Jezzails), so all ten (twelve) are complete. I plan on posting pictures soon.

Important note: I'm painting these Skaven to a tabletop standard--no more, no less. There are several models that I spent more time on, adding interesting details and such. But the majority of the army is going to be pretty basic. That's fine with me, since it'll be the first army that I will have painted. Also, I just want to be done with it due to the fact that it won't even be a legal army once the new Skaven book comes out...

Queetik Gets a Makeover!

Because I only field my Master Assassin with the Fellblade and Talisman of Protection, I figured I should model the figure accordingly. So I broke off Queetik's hands and made new ones. I carved the Fellblade out of excess sprue, and then inscribed Skaven-y runes and drilled some holes. I wanted the blade to look archaic and foul, yet powerful and deadly. I hope that came through... I didn't really plan it, but I like how Queetik has a bunch of armor on the arm that wields the Fellblade. It kinda gives added emphasis on the evilness of the sword. He's even trying to protect himself from it!




I also have been working on a homemade ratling gun, and here the assembled product is:

Sure, I probably should have been painting unpainted models instead of painting already-painted models, but why stifle inspiration? There's plenty of time to get to the other stuff.

Oh, but I did primer more Jezzails and my two units of Clanrats! That's gotta count for something!

Playing around with Jetbikes, part 2

My brother bought me a piece of art from a local graffiti artist a while back, and it has to be the most badass piece of art, ever. Therefore, I decided to make a tribute to the piece in my Eldar army. Maybe I'll attempt to carry the theme over to other parts of the army, too. We'll see...

Playing around with Jetbikes

So I was browsing druchii.net and I came across some work that bloopy was showing off in the painting forum. He had painted faces onto the hoods( is that the right term?) of his jetbikes, and one of the faces in particular appealed to me greatly. So, after that shot of inspiration, I set about to copy the face onto one of my own jetbikes.

Here is the result:




I like the looks of it, and I think I could easily repeat this two or three more times to flush out a squad of Shining Spears.

I'm going to need to buy some more jetbikes... Especially if I decide to make a mounted Seer Council.

First Screamer

I hate painting yellow. I'm only going to do one more yellow model, and that happens to be a Horror. Then I'm swearing the color off.

Adding a little something to the Plaguebearers

After getting some good advice from willydstyle on Ordo Fanaticus, I added some verdigris corrosion to the blades of my Plaguebearers. I went a little over-the-top, but I like the effect. Next time I'll tone it down a bit.

Rat-a-tat-tat

Nothing big, but I painted three Warplock Jezzail teams for my Eshin army. Therefore, I have four painted, and still need to paint the remaining five (six in game terms, but one of the models will count as two). I'm not picking out all the fun little details on the models, because this is just an army that I want painted to a tabletop standard--and because I want to be done with it already!

As an aside, I just wanted to say that I am absolutely in love with Devlan Mud. I think I'm going to end up using it on every model I paint. It is what Flesh Wash used to be (for me, at least). It makes the metals look nice as well as the wood. It makes painting a breeze when all I do is basecoat, wash, and then add a simple highlight. It makes things look like you spent a lot more time on them then you actaully did. Not a bad thing...

First 5 Plaguebearers

After posting the picture of my test Plaguebearer, I decided that it was too bright and clean. So I dirtied it up with some Devlan Mud. I liked the result, so I painted up the other four PBs.

Something new that came of this little project was the documented painting process: I wrote down each stage of painting so that I could easily complete additional models. It also allowed me to take a look at what stages were unnecessary so that I could cut them in order to streamline the process. I think I'm going to be doing this from now on.

Anyway, here is a picture of the five Plaguebearers:

Test Plaguebearer

Painting Points

I'm going to steal an idea from The Lone Pilgrim that will allow me to keep track of how much I paint by using the following basic point system:

• Infantry = 1 point
• Cavalry or bikes = 2 points
• Monster or Dreadnought = 5 points
• Vehicle = 10 points
• Superheavy vehicle = 20 points

Maybe I'll figure out how to add a running tally on the side of this blog that keeps track of my painting points...