OD's SoB Prep Blog

[Old Dwarf]

11/6/14-One area I had to address was storage for all the Wave 1 stuff. I
usually store painted figs in plastic shoe boxes so I picked up
some & a plastic frame that holds 3 bin type boxes deep enough
to hold the Epic size figs.

My long range plan is to store the Wandering Monster types
& Otherworld types each in their own boxes, with a separate box
for the Heroes. I just did a rough count of the Wave 2 miniatures
& it came to something like 215!!! So I'll need more but that
won't be until next Fall ( of course there is all the Cthulhu Wars
stuff arriving in late Dec. or early 2015 which I'll have to
work in as well-Note to self DO NOT GO to KS).

I was also thinking of making a scenery display piece for a Boot
Hill- getting some plastic tombstones & putting the names of
Heroes who bought the Farm in the Mines.

But I digress , It's a rainy but mild day, so perfect to start painting but
I tend to stall on actually getting started. So I'm going up to my
paint room & stare at some paint charts & hopefully take that
first brush stroke.

I Plan to do the Monsters first as their easier, most having just a couple of colors,
I'm starting with the Tentacles & then going to the Stranglers. My goal is
to have both sets done by Sunday- long range I'm thinking maybe
Christmas to finish up all of Wave 1.

I DID IT- started painting .I found that the SoB paint sets have a base coat brush
(I think it's standard for War Paint Sets-the Ink Set also had 1 ) it's a good brush
unlike some companies brushes that are included in Sets). I'm using the
Monster Set & it also had a paint guide but just for the Hell bats & Tentacles.

The Guides however showed a lot of mixing paints which I don't do for base colors,
I prefer to save that for highlights or just use a lighter shade. I was pleased with
the War Paint, it goes on smoothly & doesn't dry out on the pallet like my GW ones
do. I usually put some paint in a plastic bottle cap when I'm working & GW Paints
tend to need stirring after a bit to keep them useable.

I started on the Tentacles & did the initial coat of Tentacle Blue (what else), I'm
still not sure of the back side, the painting guide uses a purple shade mixed with
a bone shade that I'll have to think about.

I decided to try the mixed purple & bone but I didn't like it for the back of
the Tentacle so I added some GW-Codex grey & got a shade I liked so
the backs are now done. Shading is next I'm going to try a blue tone
ink on the Tentacle Blue color & a soft tone Ink on the back. These are
both from Warpaint & I never used them before. The directions are
apply straight from the bottle with the GW Inks I'm use to I always
need to water them down.So we'll see

Wrap for the day- The Tentacles have been shaded-I used Hard Tone
on the back as it worked better than the Soft tone. I'm using Reaper Paint
Ice Blue for the Suckers & highlights I'll probably the same purple/bone/Grey
mix with perhaps a little more grey-still experimenting at this stage.

I still have my base color problem. I want them to match the mine Tiles Color
but I don't have a brown to match-GW Bestial Brown was ideal but I ran
out & GW discontinued that shade. Reaper has a line of Browns so I'll
give that a look & will order some if it looks like it will match.

I usually paint all the figs in a project before I do the bases anyway.
If all goes well I highlight & finish up the Tentacles tomorrow
& possibly start the Slashers.