Painting dark flesh my way

 Just a quick post,

I had a request over on DakkaDakka on my tutorial for painting faces, they wanted to know if it was possible to use the technique to paint dark skin tones.

Answer = Yes!

Using the same technique from Painting Faces My Way to get dark skin tones and again using SWG to highlight. The pictures are a little dark and grainy im afraid, but they still show what you can acheive.
 
Using Dark Flesh as a base:




Using Scorched Brown as a base:





I love the way a face can really bring a model to life, as you can see below; although they are not fully painted the painted heads bring the WIP guardsmen to life.

Troops on Parade

Howdy folks,


Have been up to a few different bits and pieces since the last post, mostly trying to sort through the stupid amounts of bits and figures that I have stored in an even stupider amount of odd containers.

First up I rolled out the troops to see what I need to build up next and tally up what I actually have points wise to field:
   


So the count is at 152 models and the point count comes in at 163.

I have no vehicles in the army as yet, but will get some big guns to launch some long range destruction across the board before the combined fire of the infantry begins to rain down. I also need to sort out a couple of units with a bit more staying power than a normal guard unit that will take and hold an objective until the reinforcements can get there to back them up. 


Will post my list in the comments for this post, if you have any ideas or suggestions, feel free  to leave a post.

As you can see in the pics, most need finishing and I am still not sure what I am going to do about basing them; I was going to buy a load of snazzy bases from Secret Weapon, Dark Art or Dragon Forge but just can't fund it. They are playable at least and legal, so I will try and get a game in at some point over the next couple of weeks.


Next up, I have had some Eldar to do for a commission job. I was sent the Farseer and Warlocks, Harlequins, Banshees, Reapers and Warp Spider boxes.  




Started on these and I am hoping to have these done over the next week or two, then on to the next box :)


The Ogres came out of the dip and are ready to be primed and repainted once I have some time.
   

Finally, after seeing all my guard lined up and having a flick through the guard codex, I decided to make a Nork Deddog to help protect my commanders.   
A little rough, but I quite like him. I slimmed him down a fair bit by shaving down his gut and love handles so he is a bit more trim (shame I can't do that in real life!). Not perfect but I will keep working on im until I can make something better.


Thats enough from me,


Thanks for stopping by :)


Apoc

Ogre Stew

Decided that my Ogres need to take a dip to strip them of paint so I can start over again.

I had hoped spraying over them would save me some time, but my airbrush had a bit of a hissy and they didn't turn out as I hoped. They came out with a rough texture that seeped out the colours to spread into areas I didn't want the paint going to.

So the trusted dettol has been called in to strip them down. 

 

The Ogre on the left was my test (skin tone only), which came out really smooth but the one on the right is a bit sketchy. I will leave them to soak over night in the Dettol and give them a good scrub in the morning.

Painting wise, I finished up the Captain of the Empireand made a start on Finari. Happy with the captain, but Finari is a little rough and may go for a dip too if im still not happy with her after a little more work.

Converted Captain of the Empire - Games Workshop

 Finari, Crusader Hero - Reaper Miniatures

As always please feel free to post a replyor get in touch with any ideas, comments or critques you may have.

Until next time,

Apoc

Finished some and started some more

Finally finished the Heroquest greenies:

Have also finished the barbarian, alchemist and fool:

Goldar the Barbarian - Reaper Miniatures

 

  Damiel, Iconic Alchemish - Reaper Miniatures

Jules le Jongleur - Games Workshop

And as I have been bitten by the painting bug, I have started a couple more minis to use in future games:

Converted Captain of the Empire - Games Workshop

Finari, Crusader Hero - Reaper Miniatures

 

  Anduriel, elf warrior - Reaper Miniatures

  Kara Foe Hunter - Reaper Miniatures

Mites - Reaper Miniatures



More to follow as long as the painting bug continues to burrow down into my brain...


Apoc

Just a quick update

Hi folks,

Not had much time for painting of late, but as my current contract is about to expire at work i will have lots of time to get on with it from next friday!!

I have almost finished the Goblins, Orcs and Femirs; which will be winging their way back on Monday if all goes well this weekend.

The pictures are a bit dark, but i will get some new ones taken tomorrow afternoon and with a camera that is actually charged so i don't have to rush them!

I have also started to repaint my Ogre kingdoms army, going for more human flesh tones this time around. Once painted up, they will likely go up on EBAY to help fund my return to full time education.

Next up, I have been playing alot of Pathfinder games with an amazing GM called Crispy over the last few months, and have of course needed some miniatures to act as my avatars in the games!

This was to be Baal's (my Barbarian from a previous post) replacement mini, but on his first trip out in place of the Big Boris model, he went and died! so painting was aborted for now! until his cousin Biil comes out of hiding maybe :)

Next is my new main charater, Darius the fool. He is a courtly fool in training and has joined the pathfinder society to witness and be part of great adventures so that he will have stories and tales to entertain and thrill his honoured hosts of the future! as long as he can remember to get out of the way of the fighting! still in progress but will be finished soon.

Last up is Damiel the alchemist pregen, who sometimes acompanies us when we are a player short :) was just a nice model and is more fun to use than a random orc warrior that was spare from the GM's figure box! Needs a little more work and basing.

No work on my guard to report, i want to get the greenies finished and away, and get the Ogres up to scratch as soon as possible. More painting should hopefully mean more posts! but i always say that!

Until the next post, may the dice gods be with you....


Apoc