OD's SoB Prep Blog

[Old Dwarf]

11/8/14-Dawn ,this moment is sacred throughout the Western
Pacific, as all Japa....... Damn! total brain fart! anyway Dawn is indeed
raising here in S.Jersey & I am preparing to return to the paint room.
(my wife is home today, which means supervised activities - I best
get to it while she's still abed.

I just noticed I started on the Hell Bats rather than the Stranglers I had
intended (I guess they wanted it more). I do find I enjoy painting
up the larger figs. again as there is so much more you can do to make
them really cool looking.

Well time is a wasting, so it's upstairs & I'll see if I need to give the
Hell Bats some more Green.

Taking a break- The Hell Bats did not need another coat of Green after all
so I finished up the back wing struts with a detail brush & then use Crimson
Hand Red (about like GW Red Gore) for the mouth/tongues & gills.

I rather liked the black wings against the Green body so rather than
painting them a darker shade of Green I used Reaper Paint Nightmare Black.
It dries to a nice subdued leathery look. I still need to shade the body
with Dark Tone & get the highlights done ,including picking out their
teeth. So I may be able to finish them up today & move on to the 6
Bog Bats.

Another session-I shaded the Hell Bats bodies but instead of the Strong Tone
Ink I used War Paint Green tone from their Ink Set . I also picket out the teeth
& the wing spurs in Bone & as I had Bone left over (you can't really get the
stuff back in the tube) I mixed in some Oak brown & GW Codex Grey & did
the rocks. I still need to use Strong Tone to shade the rocks & a little
Soft Tone on the wing spurs & teeth before I'm ready to highlight.

Lunch Break- I did just finish up all the shading Inks-so this afternoon
I be ready for the highlights. For the body of the Hell Bats I don't think
a dry brushing of the Serpent Green base color will make the figs pop
enough. I have some GW Scorpion Green that would light them up like
a neon sign which would be too much so I'll try a mix of these two paints.

The Hell Bats are finished, I used the Scorpion Green/Serpent Green Mix
(probably wasted some paint getting the mix right*) for the body.
The Tongue, lips ,gills got 3 Highlights of GW Blood Red, War Paint
Orange & then a mix of Orange & GW Golden Yellow.

I had bought a "insane detail" from Army Painter & it works great
in picking out the teeth which had been done in bone,shaded with soft Tone
& then a white highlight.

* I don't like to mix paint & prefer to use the exact color I need if it's
available. Mixing for highlights is ok but if you use it for a base color
it can be a hassle. Too much & it gets wasted, mix too little & you
have to do another batch & hope you can match your original.
That's why I hope the Brown paints I ordered from Reaper match
up to the SoB Mine Tiles for the bases as there are just too many
bases to keep mixing paints for.

I did a test run on the Bog Bats using Crimson Hand Red, it covered
the black Undercoat well but is a dull color, so I'll probably use 2 or 3
dry brushings to highlight. I hope to finish all 6 of them as far as
their bodies go later today.

Final Session-the Bog Bat bodies are all painted & I used War Paint
Red Tone to Ink they for shading. Tomorrow I can start on the rocks,
tongue, lips & gills.