August 2011 Painting

[Primarch]

Well, we're in a new month now, time for another new painting thread.

Technically I did most of this model in July, but I finished him today. Presenting my new Khador Warcaster for Warmachine, Kommander Harkevich - The Iron Wolf.

[me_in_japan]

ee, theres lovely

generally, very nicely done. My only critique would be to bring up the highlights on the red and the grey a bit more. Not all over the red (or grey) just in small select areas bring it right up to an orangey colour. (knees, belly, shoulders)

as I said tho, nice one

[The Other Dave]

Took advantage of a day off to finish up my first armored rifle platoon for FoW:



And a close-up:



Still need to put the transfers on, but those hinges on the hoods of the half-tracks are a pain. I'll either have to cut notches in the decal (which is a pain) or just snip the middle hinge off either side of the hood (which is also a pain). So, for the moment, no transfers.

Is next, Shermans!

[Colonel Voss]

Why'd I choose fallschirmjager? Too hard a paint scheme for first time out

[The Other Dave]

Why'd I choose fallschirmjager? Too hard a paint scheme for first time out

"No Camo" was always a prime motivating factor in my army choice.

[job]

Nice work with the basing. I like the moss. I also like how you spent the time to highlight and add mud to the tracks.

[The Other Dave]

Nice work with the basing. I like the moss. I also like how you spent the time to highlight and add mud to the tracks.

Thanks! Although actually, <engage patented ToD self-deprecation mode> I did the opposite of spending time on the tracks and tires. My first stage is to paint everything - the ground, the vehicles, the dudes and their gear, everything - brown and drybrush it all up from dark brown through khaki. That makes the earth the color I want it, makes all the detail stand out nice and sharp so I can see everything when I'm painting, and takes care of weathering all in one fell swoop. Then I just block out the rest of the colors with one thinnish coat (so the darks and lights of the first drybrush stage show through a bit, and some khaki shows through on sharp edges as weathering) and Bob's your uncle - plenty good enough for tabletop, which is always my mantra. The tires just get left the same brown shades as the ground - I pondered re-panting them in gray, but decided muddy looks good enough, heh.

[me_in_japan]

genius, that is

[job]

Nice work with the basing. I like the moss. I also like how you spent the time to highlight and add mud to the tracks.

Thanks! Although actually, <engage patented ToD self-deprecation mode> I did the opposite of spending time on the tracks and tires. My first stage is to paint everything - the ground, the vehicles, the dudes and their gear, everything - brown and drybrush it all up from dark brown through khaki. That makes the earth the color I want it, makes all the detail stand out nice and sharp so I can see everything when I'm painting, and takes care of weathering all in one fell swoop. Then I just block out the rest of the colors with one thinnish coat (so the darks and lights of the first drybrush stage show through a bit, and some khaki shows through on sharp edges as weathering) and Bob's your uncle - plenty good enough for tabletop, which is always my mantra. The tires just get left the same brown shades as the ground - I pondered re-panting them in gray, but decided muddy looks good enough, heh.

That's good hard work and also very interesting. It's like you paint them in the opposite order of most painters, starting with basing and highlights, and work back to the figure and shading. Cool!

Now get those Sherman tanks painted, so we can play some FOW!

At some point I'll have to get a camera and post pics of thunderers I'm working on.

[The Other Dave]

If there's one set of painting tricks I have learned, it's how to paint smaller-scale models to a good-looking tabletop standard quickly and easily.