Skink:
If you already assembled the unit can you post a pic before painting? Keep them coming :D.
Mr Saturday:
They aren’t in a fit state to show yet I’m afraid! This guy is the tester both for painting and assembly, and I wanted to finish him completely before building the rest. I’ve already learned not to attach the rider before painting next time! I managed it, but those brushes will never be the same again…
Mr Saturday:
I’ve pretty much finished the skin on the marlwyrm. He still needs his underbelly and pustules painted, but the main area of flesh is about done. In the end I went for GW rakarth flesh washed with ogryn flesh and then worked up again with rakarth flesh layered up to about 3:1 rakarth flesh:white, then washed with gryphonne sepia. I then washed the sores with leviathan purple, and finally baal red. It needs a little tidying, but it’s pretty much there, Next, the underbelly and boils. The boils will be highlighted from green up to yellow, then washed with sepia again, as I want them to stand out some.
Yodrin:
Thats a really nice piece!! Great job so far!
Mr Saturday:
The first marlwyrm rider is finished! It’s great to get the first of the bigger models for the army finished, up until now it’s all been infantry, with the exception of the meargh. Now that the two main blocks are done it’ll be nice to work on the larger and more unusual models for the army. I do plan on adding another block later on, the warped, but that’s down the road.
The wyrm is 99% done, but I still have to add some drool to the tongue and mouth. The glue I use had dried out, so I have to wait for some more to arrive. Apart from that, it’s done. It turned out pretty much as I wanted, neutral earthy tones to fit with the rest of the army with a few points of interest. I like how the green boils turned out, I was going to do them very dark green, but after some advice I changed to bright greeny yellow. The wyrm’s mouth and the fimm rider’s shield and cape also help jazz up the model. Hopefully the end result is hideous enough to distract my opponent some.
One down, three to go!
Bolg:
great collor combination, very smooth. and yay updates!! looking forward to the next one. will you do more pics and closeups once the drool is done? (and please tell us hew you do the drool)
Mr Saturday:
Thanks Bolg. Yep, will do! I’m waiting for some UHU twist and glue to arrive. Not used this kind before, but it comes highly recommended.
NoisyAssassin:
Very nice! The mouth provides a great focal point. Will be cool to see a unit of these painted and ranked.
Yodrin:
Think its really cool, again, great work!!
Skink:
Drool! I mean, me drool, not the Merlwyrm. But add drool to the Merlwyrm too :)!!!
Mr Saturday:
Thanks. I’ll pop up a shot as soon as the worm has been drooled up.
clam:
A magnificent beast and rider. Really like your choice of colors - makes him look more “believable”/real.
And look forward seeing your droll effect, of course 
Kera foehunter:
Kera knocks everything of her painting table and start to cry.
I give up.
That is one of the coolest painted figure i ever seen and the color you use to do it are perfect.
Mr Saturday:
Thanks Clam, Kera, most kind! Three more to do, but I’m taking a break and doing a low level fimir character for a breather.
No giving up Kera! Certainly not after converting all those rather splendid hobgoblins.
Skink:
No giving up Kera! Certainly not after converting all those rather splendid hobgoblins.Excuse me, Hobgoblins? Pics please!
Mr Saturday
Kera foehunter:
Kera Stop crying thanks sweetie * Kera clean up the mess and start to paint again*
Stink… pager 2 3 and 4 of my army blog…
Mr Saturday:
Today I’ve been experimenting with a new method of adding drool and saliva to my recently completed marlwyrm. I’ve not added saliva or drool to a model in a long time, and my materials and techniques needed a little updating. After some sage advice from Madrab on the Wargaming Ireland forums, I had a lead on a new product, UHU Twist & Glue.
I had been using Evo Stik Impact, but this was only good when mixed with an ink for blood, gore and such as it has a yellow tint, so no good for saliva. Then main difference between Impact and Twist & Glue (T&G from here on in) is that Impact is viscous out of the tube, but T&G is runny, and needs to be allowed to partially set before use. After a few minutes I used a thin steel rod to twirl some glue onto, and hence onto the first contact point on the worm’s mouth. I then drew out the glue into the stringy shape I wanted, and rolled the glue from the rod onto the second contact point.
Once dry, I figured that while it looks great, it’ll be soon annihilated by use on the table, so I added a coat of gloss varnish. This has two benefits, it hardens the glue to better withstand the rigour of gaming, and also thickens the strands so they can be more easily seen. I’m pretty happy with the results.
Thommy H:
That’s brilliant. Do a Nurgle army next!
Yodrin:
Awesomeness right there!!! Gz on great work!
Mr Saturday:
Thanks! @Thommy: It’s on the list, but it’d be an old school realm of chaos Nurgle army.