OD Returns-New Project

[Old Dwarf]

The Dwarves were being difficult or perhaps my
painting mania is wearing off.

First off doing the Flesh parts(face & hands) was
on the other Armies figs fairly easy.There are 7 figs on a
strand & the face & hands line up so I could just
run a brush down the Strand to do the Flesh.
Follow up with a Soft Tone wash for depth & then a light dry brush for a highlight.

The Dwarf figs however have their hands all over the
place & they wear helms that cover they eyes or have
a nose guard of the 7 Strand figs only 2 have clear faces.
So I had to pick the face & hands out separately.

Then the Tunics, the Dwarves are mainly chain mail
(again with poses that make the usual dry brushing
a non starter)but the sleeves of their under tunics show.
So I wanted to give the tunics a unique color as I did
for the Shadow & Elf Army figs.I thought the Dwarves
should get something earthly but there was a problem.
All my browns had been committed to things like leathers,
weapon shafts,bases & as small as the figs are it would
all run together.Then I discovered one of my old GW Pots
still had useable paint it was "Volmit Brown" so I
decided to use it for the sleeves (it's a sort of yellow brown).

I did 30 figs up & hated it,the color was too close to
the Flesh color so it looked liked the Dwarves was naked
under their chainmail.(which must be uncomfortable
even for a Dwarf.So I needed a new color & checking
over my paints I found a pot of Warpaints SoB
Portal Blue a medium dark dull blue. Tried it out
liked it & redid the 30 figs & went on & did the other
54 Dwarf Figs.

I also did the Tunics on the 4 Strands of human figs
that the Dwarves get as Allies in certain Battle Board
Battles. Therefor today:

1- Paint the Dwarf Metal Parts
2-paint the Dwarf Leather parts
3-paint the weapon handles parts
4-Use Tone washes on above.

I'm breaking the 24 Dwarf Strands into groups of
6 as it's a lot of detail work & I want to stay sane


OD