Lording it, in a Wood Elf fashion...

There have been a couple of WIP shots of this chap, but here he is finished.  I've always had a soft spot for Wood Elves ever since I first got into the hobby, and some of the latest character models are really nice.  This one was also a gift from a friend of mine - I guess I'm an easy person to buy gifts for these days?  :-)

The colour scheme for him was really simple, and he was quick and easy to paint - easier than the Dire Avenger, that's for sure.  The model leans forward a little too much, but other than that the pose is cool.  I like the little forest spirits they put on these models, they add a nice bit of character.  

As mentioned before I went for a more olive green for the cloak - Charadon Granite, shaded with Devlan Mud, then highlighted using Charadon Granite, Catachan Green and Dheneb Stone.  The forest spirit was a Scorched Brown undercoat, shaded with Devlan Mud, then highlighted with Scorched Brown and Macharius Solar Orange.  Everything else is pretty much painted the way I usually do, the recipes can be found in earlier posts.

I'm on to Warcaster Sorscha now, plus another Dire Avenger and maybe a WFB Chaos Champion...

As always, comments and criticism welcome!

Lucius the Eternal

I've mentioned this chap before and now he's finished and photographed.  Lucius is an absolute blast to paint, lots of detail and loads of different elements to keep you interested.  I've noticed on a few forums that he's not a popular model, which I've always found a bit strange.  He's always felt like an "old school" chaotic model to me - cloven hooves, faces coming out of his armour, a whip and a creepy face - what's not to like?

I haven't gone for a strict Emperors Children colour scheme, as I'm not a big fan of the black and pink, but I think he looks Slaanesh-y enough.  The green isn't really a Slaanesh colour but I think it works well with the purple and gold.  I'm really pleased with the faces in the armour, which used Dheneb Stone as a base colour and then washes of Ogryn Flesh all over and Devlan Mud in the more shadowed parts, then highlighted back up with Dheneb Stone. 

I spent a lot of time on this model, particularly:

• Blending of the purple and of the green
• The gold - starting with a Scorched Brown base coat
• Trying to paint as if there's a light source directly above the model
• A more "targeted" use of the GW washes

All the extra effort has been worth it, and I'm really pleased with the way he came out.

The pictures were taken in using my new photo box, built to Tentakel-Spec.  I've not had to do any processing of the images on the PC except for cropping, which is a big plus for me - I really wish I'd built one sooner.

Of course a big thank you to Big Al at Hogs of War for a superb Christmas present!

As always, comments and criticism more than welcome!

Weekend Progress

Evenin' all.

Had a quiet day painting and watching football today, the latter being a bit of a distraction to the former, but was relaxing all the same.

Progress was made on both the Dire Avenger and the Wood Elf Lord (the picture of the Wood Elf hasn't come out at all well):

I went for red on the spear blade in the end (sorry Big Al!), it just seemed to fit better with the rest of the miniature and matched the soulstones.  The Wood Elf just needs his eye painted in, and the tree and forest spirit need to be done, and he should be pretty much finished.  I'll take some pictures of him with a proper camera, rather than the one on the phone to show him in all his glory, as I'm really chuffed with the way he's come out and the picture doesn't do him justice at all.

As always, comments and criticism welcome!

Proper Wood Elves for a change...

Got started on the Wood Elf Lord this evening.  As character models go, he shouldn't be too tricky, as there aren't too many "components" to him - Cloak, armour, sword and leather are the main four, with a few smaller details.

The armour is a little lighter than I'd aimed for, so will probably apply a few glazes (I'm thinking brown and green) to tone it down a bit.  Then I'll be moving on to the cloak, which will be a more olive drab green, rather than the bright green GW use.

Still undecided on the spear blade on the Exarch, but veering towards a deep red at the moment...

As always, comments and criticism welcome...

Dire Avenger Exarch nearly finished

Nearly there with the Exarch, in fact the only things left to do are putting some static grass on the base, neatening up any rough areas, and working out what colour to do the damn spear blade...

I'm pretty chuffed with him so far, the spear haft and knife sheath match the weapons on the other squads, and I think both greens work with the armour shade.  When I do the rest of the squad (including repainting the first one I did a while back), I'll be doing a quicker and simpler job on each model, the Exarch has been fun, but very time consuming.

Once this chap is finished it's on to the Wood Elf lord, and something a little Warmachine...

Also this week, I'll be looking at building a light box Tentakel-style.