Archive for the ‘Wargames’ Category
Merry Christmas All!
Merry Christmas! Hope everyone has a fantastic day!
As I’m in a festive mood, here’s a picture of santa… enjoy!
Trygon WIP
I currently have the privelage of working on one of the new Trygon miniatures, which is a very nice bit of kit indeed! I’ve not painted a Tyranid for about 4 years, so it’s been an experience going back to my old painting technique. A few people have asked me what the technique is, so here goes…
What you need:
White Spray
Gryphonne Sepia
Bleached Bone
White
Black
Blood Red
Fiery Orange
Gloss Varnish
First off spray the whole thing white, then give it a Gryphonne Sepia wash. Back in the day I used Chestnut Ink, but Sepia seems to be Chestnut Ink in disguise, and it dries nicer – so it’s all good! Once this is dry drybrush it with Bleached Bone, followed by a light drybrush of pure white. Now comes the lengthy but ultimately satisfying part. All the carapace and talons etc are painted black. Then, Blood Red is used to paint the edges in a “line” method. Five coats of Blood Red are done, getting progressively closer to the edge. This gives a blending effect towards the edge of all of the carapace. Finally a spot of Fiery orange is painted on some of the very edges – only a very small amount! To finish it off the red is given a gloss varnish, which gives it a deeper and more solid look.
Here are some WIP shots as it stands right now, I’ll put finished pics up once it’s done!
Painting Competition!
This is a turn up for the books… the first painting competition I’ve taken part in for a long time! It’s a long time since I painted anything seriously for a competition, and here are the results:
Front
Rear
Unfortunately, as it turned out, the competition in question was cancelled (I’m a bit late posting this up) but, not to worry, it’s good to be painting properly again, and I think I’m working towards my old standard again! He’ll just have to sit on the shelf until the next competition.
Blood & Oil
This past Sunday I helped run Gifts for Geeks’ first Hordes/Warmachine Tournament; Blood & Oil. Overall it was a great day and hopefully I’ll be able to help run future events like it too. Here’s some pics from the day and congrats to Chris and Spencer on 1st and 2nd place!
Tank Sale!
I’ve finally got my arse into gear and put my Shermans up on the bay, feel free to head on over there and have a look :)
