I would love to see an even stronger contrast on the hat/shoulderpads.
(Bloodbeard)
found another way for the contrast. Added highlights in a lighter gold to make more difference and painted a second guardsmen (28 to go ;)). Thank you for your opinion, think it looks really better now.
No problems at lining them up so far. But I took great care at positioning the models after reading honeym`s thread.
edit: paint`s still too thick I see in the macros.
Two more warriors are already done :-). But I will post them with the rest of the unit when its completed. But thank you for asking :-).
I am still a little bit dizzy from all that glue fumes. Prepared about 60 infantry bases over the weekend so that I can build the rest of my infernal guard and hobgoblin archers.
I usually think it’s a bad idea to do coloured eyes (except on a very high skill level like Ravenwood’s). But in this case I have to admit that they actually look very good!
Perhaps I might also offer a bit of criticism: Your combination of colours is overall very cool. The golden parts offset this a bit but you could make more use of them by making them even warmer. What do you ink /wash them with? I’d try another ink that is a bit warmer and also spreads more evenly.
I tried “normal” eyes and coloured ones and ended up this way. Even its a bit supernatural they shall correspond with the bases and I hope that they dont look too bad. <br>Ideas and suggestions are always welcome. In the past I used an old GW ink that I still like: Rust Brown. But the old GW inks have a tendency that they dont flow and give a dirty look that I didn`t want on these models.
Here I used Seraphim Sepia. I will take a look at the above wash, thank you for that.
Took a look at your blog, Yodrin. Really good and color choices are very to my taste. I saw your bull centaurs have glowing eyes, too, didn`t they? If you have some advice for me I would gladly appreciate it.
Those Chaos Dwarfs look good. How about adding more red to the outer edges of the lava? Thommy H contributed a nice lava base painting tutorial in one of the first issues of WoH, it could be worth checking out.
In case it would be of any use to you: When painting glowing eyes, I start by painting a dark red (Scab Red/Khorne Red) field on the eyes and around them on the eyelids, lower parts of the eyebrows and sides of the socket. Then move on to lighter red (Red Gore/Mechrite red) and paint onto this field, but not so far out. Next clear red (Blood Red) even further inwards. Then orange in the very eye and not spilling out around it, finishing with a little yellow and maybe a small dot of yellow mixed with white to make it pop.
That’s pretty much the technique for painting lava, by the way.
Great hint, I will try both, thank you. Read that article in WoH #2, great magazine by the way. I`ll have to read everything from the beginning some time.
I wanted some contrast on the minis so I went for relatively bright colors for the magma and the eyes.
I worked this relatively similar to the tutorial but only with orange, yellow, white and a wash of lava orange to finish at the bases.
But I will give it a go with the red colors to see how that works.
(And I have to overcome that naturally given laziness to get out of my comfort zone; your comments help me a lot there indeed :cheers).
Its a lot of assembling at the moment. In contrast to Bloodbeards :cheers philosophy I want to play and then get the pressure to go on with painting.
Most of my pals play over 2000 points battles, so its a lot to do beginning from nothing ;).
But I am positive to have a playable (not painted) army til mid of October.
Here some of my latest builds.
TheHoodedMan
Ha! I do want to play and has used both my unfinished magma cannon and destoryer in games. Yet my problem is, I like to build too much. If I don't jeep myself in line, I'll have build 5000 points in no time and painted nothing. And since I hate painting, but love converting - the army would never get done. Had 4000 points worth of Empire models, and only ever painted 1 warriorpriest and 20 handgunners.
Off cause you should start with making a playable army.
I really like that Tigan k'daai, he is truly cool and massive. And the fenrisian wolves for hobgoblins are gret, so full of life. But a bit on the expensive side, if you also want to use them for 10 wolf raiders.
@Bloodbeard: I know what you mean. I collected a reasonable chaos force at the beginning of the year and was very enthusiastic (not painted yet ;-)). But I announced the chaos dwarves as my army for the next round of our little fan league (7 games from october), so I will get motivated enough and hope to paint a 2000 pt. list til the end of that round. Also I think about participating in a pledge project where everybody has to paint a certain point number in a given time (250 a month or 500 in six weeks over half a year).
The Infernal Golem has a pretty similar pose to the Ghorgor you mentioned in another thread. I think both models are very appropriate as a Destroyer - indeed there are a lot of options and I switched from the maulerfiend to this titan forge model. Closed the gaps to the base and one or two on the model yesterday with putty (there werent much visible gaps thank to the shoulder pads). Otherwise Ill leave it as it is and try to make an acceptable paint job.
The problem with the riders (I have 8 of them at the moment) is that the goblins are dynamic to a certain degree but the classic wolves are not. The Fenrisian Wolves fit much better from my point of view. I will mount my heroes on such for the moment and then decide if I do the same for the rank and file (probably not, so they also differ on the table). The wolves are about 20 EUR for five.
I am not complete lazy if some of you think of that :hat.
Today I worked on basecoating and assembling of my destroyer, Tauruk, 10 warriors and 2 Khans. And I´ve got some spare time and a spare model (thank you Russian Alternative ;)) so heres a wip from a possible unit filler.
I`m not sure if the dwarf on the altar will recite from the unholy poems out of the black book of Hashut to motivate his peers or if he will slaughter a chicken in midst of battle to get the blessing of the father of darkness
How can I link a pic from photobucket? I am too damn dumb for this and this really annoys me.:mad
Is there anywhere a document how to edit properly?
If you have a photobucket account, there are four lines of html addresses to the right of each picture. You can either click the URL field (the link autocopies) on photobucket, switch to CDO and click the image button when writing a post. Just paste the URL and click OK. Or you can click the
That is a very nice unitfiller. Follows all the guidelines for a good unitfiller. Adds drama, story and height to a regiment. Make sure to post it in Admirals great Rank- and unitfiller thread.
@Onyx: For me the infernal golem works out. He is delivered with a nice small scenic base (40x40 I think). But it covers the monster base very well. It has a lot of metal and pipes, perhaps a little too much. But metal parts are fitting (to me at least) and I didnt want to cover all the model with flames like I saw it from another user (dont remember who at the moment). He did it very well, but I was not sure with it and also with my greenstuff skills.
I like the dynamic pose, although it has a tendency to its left side.
The maulerfiend was my favourite choice before and obviously the maulerfiend works great as destroyer. We will see if the golem does the job as well when some of them are painted (not necessarily mine ;)). The cause for my decision was the head of the model with its horns and chainbeard, just as it was made for chaos dwarves :hat.
Tried some former advice on my Great Weapon Dwarves. Worked on the lava tutorial (actually adding some reds to the bases) like recommended by Admiral. Must blend it better together but overall I think it looks better this way (time enough to change before doing 100 other models so dont be reluctant to leave your opinion to me).<br><br><a href="http://s1307.photobucket.com/user/TheHoodedMan/media/Zarreks%20Chosen%20-%20A%20chaos%20dwarf%20army/DSCF3422_zps2fbbb52e.jpg.html"><img src="http://i1307.photobucket.com/albums/s583/TheHoodedMan/Zarreks%20Chosen%20-%20A%20chaos%20dwarf%20army/DSCF3422_zps2fbbb52e.jpg"></a><br><br>Further I used army painter strong tone. I only used it on one warrior, but it cant be distinguished easily. But it was very easy to work with (thank you, Onyx).
I really like the faces of your minis hooded - I love the eyes - gotta try that sometime.The middle guy in the rank - Have you used greenstuff for his hands? If so maybe take a filler and take it down a notch? I also really like the bases! It’s really well executed! The alter is very nice too! Very good work THM! I have a question of theme though - I can see you have painted the horns white on the guy in the middle, but the guy on his right have golden horns (and his belt buckle too), is this a conscience choice, or a slip?
Either way congratulations on your progess, I love it!
Edit: Though they look great, maybe try to add a contrast couler somewhere? I used their beards for that part (and their arm sleeves). It will make the rest of the models really pop out.
