Tonight I named to get some thinned Dow Contrast paint onto the Valhallan coats. It wasn’t a huge amount but with family things etc I didn’t really get much time.
The walker in the back is going to have white stripes of camouflage (I think). This is where the light tan is. Hopefully I will get back into the swing of things tomorrow.
Well, Ann set up aPainting Challenge for the first miniatures of 2021. These were started and finished in January. My original intention was pick something at Random, but my good mate Eric over in the states shared a picture of the GW Green Knight and as I had one already stripped I decided to join up with him and paint the same miniature. In the pot with the Knight was the herald and I had a dozen foot squires so I decided to do a trio. If truth be told so cannot actually remember which was finished first.
I had a few problems along the way with the Contrast paint going over the brush on whites I had. It wasn’t (going over the white) and that became the problem… it is really obvious in the photo below.
When I originally decided on a colour scheme it wasn’t going to be green at all, but all of my tests just looked naff so in the end the Green Knight became, in fact, green. Sadly his original shield and back banners disappeared long ago.
I am really pleased with how they came out. I did make a start on the mounted squire…you can just about see him in the background of the photo below.
To avoid issues with the brush on white I went for artist’s acrylic, but eventually went and bought a pot of GW White.
I got my test model finished this afternoon and sent a photo to my mate. He was happy with the look so tonight I made a start on the rest…
Here he is out in the snow like a true Valhhallan should…
Now there is nothing more annoying in batch painting ten models than to look up and realise that you have only done seven! Luckily I was only missing the trousers before I realised.
I will carry on with these this weekend and see how far I get…
So in a bid to broaden my film horizons I decided to watch something I hadn’t seen before. The first was Lucy, which although a bit weird I really enjoyed. The second was Maze Runners into the Scorch or something like that (made a lasting impression evidently). Now on this one I learned a very important lesson. Never start on the second film in the trilogy or you really won’t have a clue what the heck is going on, and finally I cheated a bit with this one as it was Crocodile Dundee. I haven’t seen it in I don’t know how many years. I loved it then and I still do now.
Some of of my AustralIan chums might have a different view of it, but I do like it. I remember watching a lot of films back then with Paul Hogan in. Evidently he did some tours in Australia. His TV Series would never, ever get on the telly now 😂.
Tonight I played with my daughter on Ark and then had some tank combat on War Thunder so I was quite pleased that I managed to actually do anything.
I lightened the coat a bit and also made the grey less blue. The test colours went down fine with my mate so once this one is done I will make a start on the rest.
Today was about trying out some colours on the Valhhallan’s.
The coat will be a bit lighter and the blanket a different grey (I think) but the basic colours are how I envisage them to be. Black boots are the order of the day too. You cannot see it but the canteen is green and the pouches leather brown. I will carry on with him tomorrow and see where we get to.
After the angst of painting the Sisters of Battle these were an absolute pleasure to do. It might be that there were only four of them or maybe it was they were a bit chunkier or even that I needed a change, but whatever reason I really liked doing them.
They still need a couple of coats of varnish, but the painting is done. Because I had only a bit to do I also got some more done on the mounted squire as well as this lone werewolf…
I also had a jolly good look for another Chaos Knight to paint up, but sadly he was nowhere to be found, and in hindsight I actually think that he was already painted… in black armour, from what I remember. Anyway I had a rootle through the HeroQuest box to see what I could find and decided to have a go at these three. Sadly nowhere near the one painted years ago, but at least a similar style.
I will see what I can do with them when I get around to it 😂. I will get them undercoated tomorrow and then make a start on Wednesday.
I will get the Valhallan’s started tomorrow too. I will be using the brush on undercoat to get some of the undercoat back to white to allow for the Contrast paint.
I was having a mooch for my Old Brettonian waterslide I can across a rather ancient figure from HeroQuest I think … so without further ado, here he is…
Look at hose totally flat colours and unfinished base… (nothing changes there then). I remember being really proud of him. I even wrote on his chest piece… move on a few years and I think I have improved… (the paint colours definitely have).
So here are the Korsucan’s getting close to being finished. Metalwork, skin and hair and they are pretty much done, apart from the usual touch up after I notice the mistakes in the photo… talking of which I just have! Anyway with a bit of a push tomorrow evening then I think these will be done (apart from the base of course).
I have just had a thought there after looking at the original mini. I should find the other one and paint it now and see how they compare. Own challenge accepted!
As it was a nice day apart from half an inch of snow I decided to get the things my mate wanted painting undercoated. So I mooched around and found some Zandri dust, now this is a lot darker than I thought it was going to be so I will struggle with the Contrast paints on them.
Now if you look at the walker you may notice that it seems to be propped up on something and that there is some definite Greenstuff in view… so there is a little story about that. When my mate originally built it he put one of the legs on backwards so with a bit of shenanigans I managed to remove it and turn it the right way round. Being extremely pleased with myself I superglued it back together and waited until it had cured enough and set off to spray it… it is true that pride cometh before a fall. I was just giving it the last squirt of undercoat then I noticed that my mate had put the light facing downwards. Now I hadn’t noticed this before, then I realised that the missile was also facing down, I thought it was a spare and turned the turntable to spot the missile on the top… at that point the horror of what I had done sunk in… never mind a backwards leg, I had put the whole bloody armoured box on upside down. What I thought were the guns were actually the twin exhausts! So it was then a case of cutting the whole thing apart and then trying to get it to go back together again. Superglue wasn’t working so I went for Greenstuff instead.
So there it is the right way up and curing… I will trim the GS tomorrow and sort out anything else that needs doing too…
I also managed to get some painting done on the Korsucan’s…
Definitely less white than there was yesterday… please note the stain below the handle… guess which pillock didn’t put the Contrast paint into the safety holder thingy. I looked like I had committed a murder.
These chaps need their boots, straps and shako done black. I will get on with that tomorrow. Whilst painting these chappies I decided to watch the film Assassin’s Creed, really wish I hadn’t what a load of confusing tosh. Not sure what to watch tomorrow, but anything has to be better than this. Now I really enjoyed Tomb Raider and Prince of Persia and various other game films but this was just way too confusing.
Tomorrow I hope the finish the elves and then make a start on the Valhallan’s.
So this evening I got the face masks done as well as the rim of the bases and I think they are done now…
Well when I say done, I want to add some vegetation or something to the bases and then get everything varnished, as well as sealing the sand down.
I also made a start on my elf Rangers. These are basically Corsican’s (or Korsucan’s in game terms). So they will be In green jackets with red turn backs and snazzy blue trousers.
I made a start on the mounted squire too, well I needed to test the jacket colour on something 😂. I stuck some other things on bases too. We have an Othari and a dwarf on the strip too. The finished horse is I. The background too.
Hopefully the weather will allow me to spray more things white and others things in varnish… wish me luck as I am more than likely to do it the wrong way round!
Yes at last the Sisters of Battle are nearly finished. I worked on them some more this evening and got to within spitting distance of the finish line. I thought I had just about finished painting the miniatures when I realised that I had left all of the rebreathers unpainted…
I will leave the waterslide transfers for my mate in case he wants something different. So I need a quick edge done tomorrow and the masks and unless something else leaps out (which it probably will) then these should be finished tomorrow evening.
So what have I learned from this lot… we’ll a couple of things straight off… first get the bottom half painted at the very least before adding them to the base, secondly leave off the backpack thingies as it means I can get in easier…these figures have nice flowing robes, but they are a bugger for getting the basing stuff on, so maybe even do the bases first.
So anyway I hope my mate likes them and I should be able to get the next lot on Friday afternoon.
Bogenwald 