Posts Tagged ‘Wargaming’
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.
New Gifts for Geeks Launched
Over the past month or so I have been working on a new website Gifts for Geeks, an online store selling Games Workshop and other wargames related products. Happily today it’s gone live!
Their new site has moved to use Clear eCommerce rather than their previous solution. This allowed them to have customer accounts and to be able to offer worldwide shipping on all orders.
In the main however it is the back end that’s seen the biggest changes, allowing their staff to manage the site and orders more efficiently.
It’s been a pleasure to work on the project and hopefully it will bring them even more success online!
Space Wolf Eagerness
My old wolf featured buddies are on the horizon, getting a revamp next month, and obviously this has gotten me quite frothy about them again.
Digging through my old bits and bobs I’ve mustered together some Forge World terminators as a start to my new force, along with a couple of random marines I can use as testers for a quick and easy painting method I’m planning – inspired by my mate Ant’s method for death guard.
I’m also planning to get my hands on as many helmetless heads as possible and do my entire force without helmets – wolves don’t need poxy helmets interfering with their heightened senses!
