OD's SoB Prep Blog

[Old Dwarf]

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.