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White Lions are fun to paint.



This started out as a Protectorate of Menoth batch...



...and ended as something I want to add to Waaagh
Gonads's Fail thread (viewable only by the DCMs!)

June vows completed:



Ancestral Guardian. Dark pic. I'll have to retake it eventually.



Skorne Immortals. I know that the basing isn't really a
good contrast for the mud-golem thing I went for, but I
like how the color matches sometimes just because it
kinda looks like the same material was used.





Titan Cannoneer. I really like how this model turned out,
and I think I like the skin enough to try it out on a Mumak
someday. The lighting doesn't like my purple paint,
though, and the ornamental domes on his back ridge
look more blue than dark purple.

I think everything from this point on is extra-bonus vows
as I didn't exactly pledge them.



The Wood Elf Lord on a Dragon is a bit mismodeled. He's
leaning an awful lot to his left on the actual model (only
slightly noticeable in the picture). Also this picture looks
a lot cleaner than the actual model, which I guess isn't
saying much.

I think the camera is generous to all my pictures.



My second Devout. I don't like how the shading went
on the white parts of the armor. For many of the models
in this series I used VGC sepia ink, and while I loved the
way it turned out on some models, I didn't like its look
on the warjack's flat panels. I wished I had used my
usual warmer browns to shade this.





Idrian skirmisher chieftain and guide. Great models.



The High Executioner Servath Reznick. What does that
scroll say, high executioner?



Of course.



Another look at his fine wrack.





I've decided that I want White Lions to be my main anvil
unit in my High Elves army. The only thing missing is a
banner for the Standard Bearer, but that shouldn't be too
difficult to do.

I decided this as I was shading the lion cloaks. I first put
down some white (it was primed black) , then VGC
Bonewhite, and when I ink washed it with VGC sepia, I
loved the look right away.

It has been a most productive month.

I turned my first 500 point Skorne army (it includes those
Immortals and Ancestral Guardians you see painted here)
into an Army Profile on the Dakka Articles System.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Swordsmen_of_Zaal

There it is Grand Preceptor. Awaiting the snark.

This is one of the few 40k minis I've painted all year.

malfred's painting table of AWESOME!!!

that is a sweet Wraithlord.

Very crisp style there Malf. I like.

Grand Preceptor is too slow. You missed the mold lines (more
noticeable in person and on larger pics).

malfred wrote:Grand Preceptor is too slow. You missed the mold lines (more
noticeable in person and on larger pics).

Did you deliberately size the picture down to hide the mold lines after my comments elsewhere? J'accuse!

Well, anyway, your painting is better than mine. We should form a collective- I'll trim and assemble all of both our models, and you paint them all...

Nah. On HTR I posted the image as a large just because it
was all by itself. I tend to post them as medium on here.

Flickr has some preset sizes going on.

Some Pirates I finished last month (around when I worked on the Wraithlord).

Grand Preceptor wrote:

malfred wrote:Grand Preceptor is too slow. You missed the mold lines (more
noticeable in person and on larger pics).

Did you deliberately size the picture down to hide the mold lines after my comments elsewhere? J'accuse!

Well, anyway, your painting is better than mine. We should form a collective- I'll trim and assemble all of both our models, and you paint them all...

The collective would fail. I lose interest around the 10th model of the
same type, which is why I try to do my painting in lots.

malfred wrote:The collective would fail.

I was kidding anyway. I really prefer to field all my own hobby work as much as possible.

You totally have enough Pirate minis there to play Legends of the High Seas. I'll have to get John to work on persuading you, too...

stupid question but do you dip your minis, or is that a gloss varnish or just the light.

Grand Preceptor wrote:

malfred wrote:The collective would fail.

I was kidding anyway. I really prefer to field all my own hobby work as much as possible.

You totally have enough Pirate minis there to play Legends of the High Seas. I'll have to get John to work on persuading you, too...

Tit for tat.

Warmachine for pirates.

Tacobake wrote:stupid question but do you dip your minis, or is that a gloss varnish or just the light.

1. It's the light.
2. Polycrylic satin clear (glossy)
3. I use a gloss medium when I ink wash.

So the answer is, yes.

I'm working on these guys this weekend.

Wow, a 40k mini. At least I won't be painting too much of
those any time soon.

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)

malfred wrote:

Tacobake wrote:stupid question but do you dip your minis, or is that a gloss varnish or just the light.

1. It's the light.
2. Polycrylic satin clear (glossy)
3. I use a gloss medium when I ink wash.

So the answer is, yes.

I agree, I love the dread.

malfred wrote:

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)

HOLD ON! I thought someone didn't play 40K, hmmmmm.....

ancientsociety wrote:

malfred wrote:

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)

HOLD ON! I thought someone didn't play 40K, hmmmmm.....

Note that I posted that was playing a game as opposed
to a bunch of games.

malfred wrote:

ancientsociety wrote:

malfred wrote:

Lots of errors on the model, but whatever. He's actually
going to be used in a game (yeah, I know. Painted 40k
minis AND I'm playing a game.)

HOLD ON! I thought someone didn't play 40K, hmmmmm.....

Note that I posted that was playing a game as opposed
to a bunch of games.

Sure, sure. Excuses, excuses....

Honestly thought, that Eldar Dreadnought is excellent!

ancientsociety wrote:
Honestly thought, that Eldar Dreadnought is excellent!

That's Mr. Eldar Dreadnought to you, buddy.

I've been painting lots of random stuff, and will continue to post to this thread, if
that's permissible. I picked up two blisters of Reaper Warlord figures, simply because
I like the figures, and started with the following line troops.



Elven Deathseekers



Mercenary Spearmen

I don't know what I'm supposed to do next with my purchases (for Reaper Warlord, that is).

I like a lot of their miniatures.

Spriggan

Regarding Warlord: what's nice is that it's very much a skirmish game: you can play with just a Sgt., some line troops and a solo of some kind. That's pretty much where I'd direct you...

Elves are ace, btw. As is the spriggan. Very old-skool Blood Angels.

PanOceania

Cephalyx and Mind Slaves

How many more of these could I possibly use? I think this pushes me to 30 Glade Guard alone.

ooooooooooooooo

If you click on these images, you can see the limitations of my technique. The
drybrush leaves strokes, the wash is messy, and there are bare spots.

However in the midst of a game? Yeah, not so much.

My High Elves make me happy. I still haven't figured out what color
scheme to paint a dragon for this army. A nice solid green might work
best, but I'm undecided.

I don't have any dragon models lying around, but I'd be sure to post
pics the day I started working on one. Those things are sweet kits.