Well this evening I did my first pass on the cloth. For this I chose Space grey from Vallejo. I am not sure how much medium I used, but it was about 4:1
This is a totally different way for me to paint. Normally it would be slap the colour on and move on. To be fair to myself I am normally painting whole Armies or warbands.
This (or rather I am forcing myself) to work in a different way to usual. I am having to slow down and mop up pooling more. I would sometimes not bother as it would be covered by another colour or hidden in the mass of miniatures. You can see where I have removed some of the darker pooling below. Still not perfect but a better attempt.
I shall carry on with this and see how I get on over her and the other three busts.
So I made a start on Mizzy. I really just did the skin and pedestal, but it’s a start. I got a bit of staining, but it might actually work to my advantage as to where it is. It is really standing out against the white, but once the cloth is done it should look fine
I also got the flesh done on the other undercoated bust. It seemed a shame to waste the paint.
First up is the elf bust. I added a bronze colour (well I think it was – might have been an antique gold) to the dress top and crown…
I even found her stand which I sprayed black earlier. It has an elvish motif around it which I will dry brush gold.
I also worked on the dwarven bear rider and got him finished…
I just noticed white spots on the red bits where the paint has rubbed off.
I also decided to print off a new bust. I was a bit annoyed to find four hours later that it had failed. Much swearing took place. I used the pre-supprted version. I have redone the supports myself. Now it could be the case that my bed needs levelling. I will find out tomorrow when I redo her.
I have got about half a dozen busts that I have acquired over the years, as well as a couple if new ones. Come to think of it, I probably have closer to a dozen.
Well after a totally Shite day work wise I came home and decided to be productive.
This lot are now finished, apart from some form of symbol on the two banners and shield (oh and the green one needs a shield).
I know green is a bit of a rare colour in these kinds of fantasy miniatures but this isn’t Brettonia so the green rule doesn’t apply. Interestingly enough after the 13th century green was actively avoided into the 15th century. It came back in the 16th, long after people had the need for it on a shield.
So I had a mooch about and got out the medievals I could find…
I might actually have more somewhere.
I now need a lot more commoners!
Actually to be honest, I really need to ask myself… do I really?
My original plan was that each knight had ten to twelve foot. So I would need about another fifty or so to paint! Obviously if I have some unpainted ones lying around then I will get them done.
I also painted some 6mm ork chariots and did a bit more on the bust. I tidied up the painting cupboard and made another covered (Duck tape) cat food box to store some extra Speedpaints in.
Well this evening I decided to give my One Coat paints a go on my elven witch bust. I resprayed her a good few years ago and since then she has sat in a box or on my unit.
So I thought to myself I had wondered about trying glazing. So I gave it a try earlier.
Evidently I need to dust more…
I spent more time trying to remove spiderweb and dust than I did trying to add the paint. I would like to point out that the cat hair, or whatever it is appeared between painting and photographing.
This evening I christened the painting table and managed to throw some paint on some of the (started) knight miniatures.
I have actually repainted a few bits as well as adding some fresh colours.
Now I have started having a smidge of an interest in painting a bust or two. Because I am a pillock I will give the one coat paints a go. The beauty of the printer is that if the result is naff then I can print another if I don’t just respray it.
Nothing at all to do with a well known paint maker. Most of my painting now is one thin coat using either Contrast, Speedpaint or Xpress paint, or a mixture of all three.
This evening whilst on puppy duty I decided to have an easy win so i decided to get these done.
Well the industrial drums that is. The other is pretty much done. So after a bit off a head scratch I really felt that Red would cause me some problems with the rust later on, a bit like here:
My original concept idea was that different containers would be colour coded, but after that initial idea i changed my mind, sadly after doing the above with a dry brush if red. I then remembered that the original industrial piece was yellow so that decided it. All would be yellow.
I was concerned that the red underpainting was a mistake, but in the words of my favourite artist… “there are no mistakes, only happy little accidents.”
The red, with the white over it has really enhanced the look I was wanting. It has given a mottled, grungy look thar makes me think of old metal that isn’t going to hold the contents inside for much longer.
My happy little accident has really helped. They look even better now that the paint has dried.
On one of them I have missed covering a bit of red and that in itself looks like there is a bit of a leak forming. In other places it actually looks a bit rust like.
The original title for this post was going to be ‘Two Thin Coats’ a bit click batey I know, but in fact one thin coat will evidently do the trick.
Alien Isolation- spoilers
Well, as I suspected, the xenomorph that I managed to drop into the gas giant wasn’t the only one. I always wondered how I could leave it behind at a transit station, only to find it dropping out of a vent on the other side. I was convinced after finding a couple of people with holes where their chests should be.
I have just interfaced with the main frame to find that a) W.Y. have a directive in place to preserve any specimen and b) I am expendable. I am not being paranoid… it says so in the directive. The Working Joe’s have turned hostile as they are now following said directive too. I am now on the hunt for a hive. I couldnt put it better thsn Frost who so eloquently stated… “What are the hell we supposed to use man – harsh language? Yes when I arrived at the Mainframe I had to relinquish all of my weapons. Thankfully the jury rigged stuff I made didn’t count.
As I said in an earlier post, this game has really got me thinking about running an RPG set on the station. The beauty of it is, I have a full cast of characters as well as maps and other exciting things like that.
This evening I was on puppy duty, This is basically following each other around waiting for one or the other to need the toilet. Quite a bit of it was Maggie was asleep on me so I couldn’t move.
I therefore didn’t get as much done as I wanted, but managed more than I expected…
Still a bit to go but definitely getting there.
Now doing a bit of research into what the thing was called I found out some new boring facts.
Firstly they are sacred spaces and offerings are buried in the centre. I knew they had a link to shinto but not that much. Secondly, I never knew women were forbidden… now I know why there are no female Sumo wrestlers 🤼♂️. Thirdly, knew they threw something white around before the bout, evidently it is salt.
There you go, boring facts that may help you win a pub quiz or trivial pursuit.
Bogenwald 