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OD's SoB Prep Blog
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11-12-2014, 12:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-13-2014 02:12 AM by Old Dwarf.)
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RE: OD's SoB Prep Blog
11/16/14- I'm off to Ink the void Spiders, I think I can probably get these
done today & get on to something more interesting to paint like the Night/Snow Terrors. It may be just me but I find the Spiders a bitch to paint...perhaps due to their size the detail (scales & leg joints) are shallow, so they won't take dry brushing but they do need to be provided with some depth. Inking should do it however the shallow detail also works against this method. I base coated the Spiders with a dark grey spray & I found that the War Paint dark tone Inks basically come out brownish when used on grey. I have also found that the Inks need to be cut with about 60% water as due to the shallow detail Ink from the pot will not run between the scales & joints but just stay on the raised parts as well. So I needed an Ink that would show against the grey, to produce a darker bluish grey . I've learned from using Reaper Nightmare Black paint that water when mixed with it will turn the color bluish. So I mixed some with water & created a wash gave it a shot & it worked. I had to do the leg joints on each spider separately using a detail brush which ate up time. Later today I'm giving the legs & lips a highlight of GW Shadow Grey & declaring victory. Well actually I'll still need to pick out the teeth which is a 4 paint process but I know what to expect with that process. worked Another session done & did the shadow grey highlight which came out nice but I still felt it needed something else & I have an old hex pot GW Hideous Blue which is lighter bluish grey. So I gave the shadow grey a thin highlight of Hideous Blue & it popped right out. I also did the mouth/teeth a Oak Brown base coat. The next step is using a detail brush to outline between the teeth with GW Blood Red, which is tedious but worth the effort. Two more short sessions & I've finished the Void Spiders, I gave the lips a thin line of Hideous Blue & then popped out the teeth with Fang Bone & a white highlight. This Afternoon I'm starting the 3 Snow Terrors. Again I've used a dark grey base coat & the figs. look like they will take dry brushing. I'm planning 3 highlights to dry brush o GW Codex Grey, GW Fortress Grey & a final Ripper white. If these come out I can then go for the details as claws, teeth, & eyes. The Snow Terrors are done !-Things went as planned for a change. The dry brushing worked I did add an extra brushing of GW Shull White as its a tad whiter than the Ripper White. I picked out the teeth as usual & did the nails/claws Midnight Black with a Shadow Grey highlight. The big thing on the Terrors are those big glowing eyes, so I based them with GW Red Gore & did a highlight of GW Blood red followed by War Paint Orange (each highlight done slightly smaller than the previous to give depth. I have 3 regular Night Terrors which are dark bluish so I need to work out how I'll handle that, as I want to dry brush them, they have a black base coat. I think I'll call it a day for painting, so far of Wave #1 I have painted up 54 Miniatures leaving 33 to go (6 Slashers/12 Hungry dead/ the 2 epics & of course the 8 Heroes,3 Night Terrors) PS-I got in another session & finished the 3 Night Terrors-dry brushing is the key to knocking these figs. out. I put a tad bit of codex grey into some Reaper Nightmare Black & for some reason this gives the Black a dark bluish color & used it as the first highlight. The second highlight was GW Regal Blue & then a final brushing of GW Ultramarine Blue & this duplicated the pics from the Adventure Book. I did the eyes, Claws & teeth the same way I did on the Snow Terrors. I can now forgive the Terrors for being a hassle to assemble as they were so easy to paint up. Tomorrow I'll start on the 3 regular Slashers, which won't be so easy. Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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