Apparently basic shape of Undead Army is ready for Oldhammer Weekend next month! 😏
As mentioned in the previous post skeletons can be painted with lots of colors so this time I gave them blue glaze. They turned out fine and provide some vatiety to the army's main regiment. After posting the previous bunch of skellies I was asked about my way of painting shields and since it's no state secret - here it is.
As for shields I picked some fresh ones from the unit box but also decided to recycle some oldies from my beginning in hobby. From the very bottom of the bits box...
You can still see some original painting from over 20 years ago. Hard to admit back days I considered it decent and skull white + flesh was combo was the best discovery since inventing toilet paper 😁
You can still see some original painting from over 20 years ago. Hard to admit back days I considered it decent and skull white + flesh was combo was the best discovery since inventing toilet paper 😁
Shield got cleaned, sandpapered and skullz'n'bonez removed. Never liked these anyway.
Black undercoat...
As you most probably spotted I like black and white stripes pattern on Undead models so solid layer of white was applied in the middle:
Some masking tape, some black paint aaand... Voila!
Crude chipping applied with bit of spare sponge. I used charred brown, beasty brown (?) and parasite brown. I think any brown colors will do the job right as long as you use at least one tone similar to orange:
Some further chipping with steel silver:
I didn't want these to be too dirty so I added just a little bit of brown wash and few streaks of smoke ink:
Shields attached to the arms and waiting for varnishing:
And here they are - more candy pictures!
Skellies might be too small on the picture but it's also test shot of new photo backdrop. Hope to build and add some small terrain pieces (wall? hedge? tree?) to make the scene more realistic but even without them I really like the pic - strong 90's vibe.
The only thing missing here are goblin green bases and red armoured chaos warriors 😊
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Now: time to turn the Empite into ruin... 💀
Tarcze na plus, chociaż czaszki miały swój urok i klimat.
ReplyDeleteJasne - o gustach się nie dyskutuje 😉
DeleteDo mnie nie trafiały, więc cieszę się że po latach znalazłem dla nich zastosowanie.
Tak, zmiana tarcz na plus. Kolejne fajne kościeje.
ReplyDeleteDzięki!
DeleteTeraz zabieram się za metalową grupę dowodzenia tak, że może we wrześniu uda się jeszcze skończyć i wymienić kilku bohaterów w rozpisce 🙂
No to czekamy na zdjęcia. :)
DeleteThanks for the tutorial on behalf of all those who asked for clarification on this (who will they be?! 🤔).
ReplyDeleteJust a further clarification: it seems to us that your weathered effect is obtained both through the paintjob and through cracks and scratches actually made on the plastic before painting it. In other words, do you "ruin" the shield with some tool, such as pliers or a knife before?
What do you recommend for sponge painting? A simple piece of sponge or something more specific?
Best wishes to your skeletons for the impending devastation: fingers... er, bones crossed!
Cheers!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I add some scratches - easy job if you have wallpaper knife nearby. But with such a striking colors used shields look equally fine undamaged.
As for sponge - I simply rip bit of sponge from blister. I know there are "special-weathering-only-pro-sponges"available, but personally I think it's selling fridges to Eskimos 🙄
@potsiat: Kolejny komentarz ustrzelony przez bloggera... 😐
ReplyDeleteCieszę się że trupy się podobają. Ostatnio znalazłem jeszcze jeden worek kości więc jak już uporam się z Kultem Wielkiego Pochłaniacza chyba do nich wrócę... 💀