I have not been doing updates on the blogs recently due to school stuff coming to a head, but I have these pictures (I think from back in either December or January) and thought I would show you how these guys look now. Additionally, I painted an Enfield Chambers.
Hello y'all,
Painted up this champion/officer in a somewhat different color scheme. I've been getting some cc on my bright color scheme and on how I've been applying the washes, so I've tried to change things up a bit. This guy's base-coat is pretty much earth-tone-based and the wash is pretty light too. I will keep touching-up and see how he comes out in the end, but I quite like the direction he is going in.
Here's the advertisement GW paint-job for reference.
Please drop any CC or advice you have in the comments!
Cheers,
Got the Guild Master his arms and did some touch-ups on the las cannon gunner.
I am pretty happy with how they look. They take a while to paint though, but I am looking forward to doing more of them!
So I painted a new Heavy Weapon Squat with a Las Cannon and sealed him and the two other guys. The dull coat sealer brought their sheen down a bit (noticeably on the medic's shoulder-pads), but I think they look good! Hope y'all enjoy checking them out. I have to say, the more I paint the Squats, the more I come to the conclusion that they really are hard to paint!
As a break this weekend, I painted-up two of my new Squats to test color-schemes. The first is the guild-master. This figure was difficult to paint. His overcoat and chain made for a number of really tough crevices to get at with the brush. But, nonetheless, I really did enjoy painting him. When I decided to go with the green overcoat, I was immediately worried about him looking too Christmas-y. When I did the red on his chain, that concern was elevated. But, despite him looking a bit like a Squat Father Christmas, I quite like the results. Additionally, I think the got the eyes all right on him. One is a bit lopsided, but that is somewhat inevitable when freehand painting eyes on tiny figures. Finally, I really liked the effect I got with the grey streaks in his hair. I went over it four times to get the desired effect and am quite pleased. Now I have to decide what type of weapon to give him when he gets his arms.
Next up is the medic with the chainsword. I was a little apprehensive about painting this guy as I only have one copy of this figure. But, I think he too came out alright. I used a whopping 20+ paints to do this guy (which is a bit ridiculous)! I worry a bit that so many colors are distracting, but I'll leave that judgement up to y'all. Please let me know what y'all think about these color ideas in the comments!
This is certainly a bit of an image dump, but I wanted to try to capture all the angles and detail that these guys have. More to come in the future!
Cheers,
