Monthly Archives: October 2010

Honour Guards: Painting Black and Washing

So, here’s a quick update as I won’t be doing anymore painting until Sunday. The Honour Guards has now had their joints, between the power armour, painted. It is merely a base coat of Chaos Black and it will receive … Continue reading

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Honour Guard: A First Coat of Blood Red and a Devlan Mud Wash

So, the next step was to apply a first coat of Blood Red to the models. As always I use a watered down layer and it is nice to basically gain experience with every new brush stroke that I make. … Continue reading

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Second Layer of Base Coat on Honour Guards

Slowly it progresses. After about an hour of work of base coating yet another thin layer of Mecrite Red, it is actually starting to look a bit reddish. This is the result. As you can see I’ve put on the … Continue reading

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Gems and Light

Hi, I also just wanted to show you how nice the light effect from having painted the gems in a similar fashion this article from Coolminiornot. Look at how nice the the gems look as the light from above moves … Continue reading

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Bulk Painting!

Alright. I’ve painted the test mini and it quite happy about the result. What I wanted to know with painting the mini was really fundamentals about how to paint and to develop a technique that I am comfortable with. There … Continue reading

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New Painting Update

Hi! It’s been awhile so I figured I’d update a bit for you. Since last time I decided to paint the left shoulder pad the classic Space Marine Sergeant way – black background and a yellow chapter symbol on top. … Continue reading

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Painting Update

Hi! This weekend I went to see an old gaming buddy of mine, Ciro. We spent some time painting. I worked on my test subject – the Assault Marine Sergeant. Ciro worked on his Tau Fire Warriors. This weekend I … Continue reading

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Highlighting the Jump Pack

As a compensation for poor intensity of posting on my behalf, I bring you some stuff I’ve been working on during the evening.     The jump pack has now been highlighted just a bit with: – 1:1 mix of … Continue reading

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Shading Power Armour

Hi again! It’s been some time since my last post. During this time I have been tinkering with painting techniques. Finally, I am seeing some improvements and I would like to share some insights and examples with you. As previously … Continue reading

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