Sorceress - Finished

Hi,

I sat most of Sunday touching up on the sorceress. I am quite happy how the whole miniature turned out. I really liked the big surface of the cloak. I could build highlights and shadows to my hearts content.


Here is a video showcase with me explaining some thougts and after the break the pictures.

Sorceress - WIP

Today I wanted to start working on something happier and brighter than previous grim and serious projects. When looking trough my box of miniatures I choose the freebooters miniatures sorceress. She had a hint of manga style in the sculpt that suited my desire for something fun.

I quickly primed the miniature white and the base black. While waiting for the undrcoat to dry I scetched on my ipad the cloak and tried out different bright colour options. My choise was a pink coat.

The miniature has long legs and I decided to paint some blue tights. I will try to paint the tights so that i would look like fabric streched thighty over skin, showing the flesh underneat. 

Kildrak The Barbarian Dwarf - finished

I had time to finish Kildrak. Not in mood for much text but I will give credit to VoltRon for the snow effect go check out his blog.
http://miniarmyhugetimesink.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/how-to-make-snow-bases/

This is also the first time I had to paint jewels. I tried my hands on some Glaze technique for the jewels.

But here is the main course:

Front

Right side

Left Side

Kildrak meets two Orcs

WIP - Kildrak the Northern Dwarf Barbarian

I just want to upadate with something. I started basecoating a AoW Dwarf Berserker that will act as my DnD character miniature.

Blue skin you say? Well the idea is he is from the far north wast Ice and Snow fields and it is reflected in the  inhabitants. When ready the skin will be a very pale ice blue, same with the beard. I post more pictures when it is ready.

I also want to make snow covered base for him so I have been searching the net for some tips. Baking Soda and PVA glue seems to be the key.

Thunder Spirit Panther - Shaka

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Just a short update. I painted an Helldorado Saracen Hunting Panther as my Shaman Thunder Spirit companion (named Shaka). I tried to get lightning and thunder on the skin of the panther. A new technique I tried out is glazing. I tried to get the shoulders to be lighter coloured than the rest. I will go back to the eyes and try to get them to stick out more. But meanwhile here is a little set-up between the Hoplite and Shaka.

Shaka vs Hoplite

Total War: Rome 2 release celebration

I have been busy playing Rome 2 that was released last tuesday, To celebrate the release I decided to paint a Greek Hoplite. (Victrix range). As the box did not come with Transfers I tried to paint the Athenian Owl on the shield, and frankly it  looks quite horrible. Well I have 47 other dudes to practice on :) Well Enjoy! Best not too look to close when you watch the pictures!

Sun Steppe Orcs encounters Dark Elves

Hello,

This time I show you a few pictures of my finished 5 Orc strong Sun Steppe clan patrol. I am quite pleased with the result.

Some Dark elf explorers encounters the Sun Steppe Orc patrol.

Another project I started is to assemble a plastic AoW Dwarf berserker with a two-handed axe. I was surprised that the second hand holding the axe comes in two parts. A bit of tinkering getting the hand in right position and aligning it with the hand. The Dwarf will be my miniature for a DnD lvl8 Dwarf Barbarian Kildrak, so I want to step up my paint job for him. 

Aow Dwarf Berserker 2-h Axe. Note hand in  two parts!