I just about managed to finish Radukar the Beast, my #MonsterMarch project during the last few hours of march. Before that I was distracted by the five Badab Enforcers but I also got those done.
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Pict 1289: Radukar the Beast and Vyrkos Bloodborn Attendants
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I'm really quite happy with how Radukar came out in the end. I dreaded painting the pale skin because I remeber this being the hardest part to get right when I painted the laset few vampires from the Cursed City box. But with the help of the wet palette this was significantly easier. I also like the eyes I painted on Radukar – the faces on the two Vyrkos Bloodborn were a bit more difficult and don't look quite as good...
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Pict 1292: Badab Enforcers
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The Badab Enforcers really came together with the highlights sponged on and a brown oil wash. I did go back in with a few smaller brushed on highlights, but not that much. I like how fast these were to paint and the dirty, grimy effect of relying on the sponge to do highlighting and texturing at the same time.
When I did the bases, I also went back to the Howling Griffons to add some pigment to them as well. I also gave them a small little decal of the chapter icon on the shoulders were appropriate, since I had acquired some late last year but had not used them yet.
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Pict 1295: Fell Bats (WIP)
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Continuing on from these two projects, I started on the Fell Bats needed for the first Cursed City expansion. The base colours went down quickly. After the washes I hope to finish the highlighting equally as fast. But having started them, I appreciate these amazing new sculpts even more!
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Pict 1296: Howling Griffons Captain and Sternguard Veterans
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I also started to paint up some more of the beautiful metal Space Marine Veterans for my Badab War Howling Griffons. The one with the Thunder Hammer is the 2008 Games Day Captain, the others are assorted Sternguard Veterans. The process of sponging ran even smoother this time with some new reverse-action tweezers instead of normal ones. Oh, the joys of new tools!
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Wonderful work.
ReplyDeleteThe pale skin has come out really well, I always avoid eyes as it's something I'm not confident painting on normal sized faces.
Radukar looks like a beast (no pun intended).
I like the enforcer's you've done, and may have to look into that idea for my own 40k chaos force, maybe a few spikes in places to show the dark gods and fit with the cultists and lesser members of the army.
I look forward to the Howling Griffons, you're right about those classic veterans being gorgeous mini's.
Thank you! I find that painting faces and especially eyes is mostly practice and a consistent approach. Still, they sure are hard!
DeleteFor the Tyrant's Legion I really like the idea, that you can see them as very recently converted to chaos or have them even be ambigous. The idea of the Badab War as a civil conflict driving a part of the Imperium to Chaos is the perfect irony.
Yes.
DeleteI like how the Imperium's own bureaucracy drives the onset of the civil war, especially with the detail the Imperial Armour books delve into about the Badab War.
Cool stuff. You are a very versatile painter.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Really quite a lot of different projects on the go at the same time...
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