Update 11/13/15: Nurgle Too Early Team Photo

I've been doing some work on the Nurgle team.  The models are all in varied states of completion.  I wanted to see how the team was looking as a group and posting it on here seems to give me the clearest ideas on how things are going and what needs to be changed.

I'm happy with the color scheme and how the rotter are all looking a little different.  I think the team is coming along pretty grotesquely.  I need to prime up one more Pestigor and a few more rotters but my priming area is being used as a storage area for my daughters' new bunk bed until I get the room painted.  The Beast isn't pictured because of a small accident he had so I need to give him some extra attention.

I hope to have the AoW team and this team done by Christmas.  I can do it... I think.

Update 11-9-15: Pestigors and Beast

I know how you kids like'm; extra sloppy!

I'm trying something new.  I know, shocking.  I wanted to try out the painting styles of one James Wappel.  This doesn't mean my end product will look anywhere near the awesomeness of his, ut just means I want to try out his "shaded basecoat" technique.  I know I'm going to mess this up royally so I thought a Nurgle team would be the best to try it on.  I saw some of the technique on YouTube and tried stuff from there.

I used a big brush (size 6), held it near the end, and multiple colors to wet blend tonal changes into the pieces.  I did two pestigors and the beast that the team already had with it, in this method.
I used VMC Black/Brown, VMC Flat Brown, VMC G.U. Khaki, and VMC Off-white.  Then to spice it up a little I used VMC Deep Blue, VMC G.U. Green, or VMC Desert Yellow to add a tint.

I painted the darkest colors into what would be shaded areas, mid tones in the middle, and the lighter colors on areas I thought would catch more light.  The beast figure is the one I did last and the one that started the best.

I'm not quite sure what to do next but I'll  see what I learn and how it turns out.  I'll post steps right or wrong that I do to the finish, I wont learn if I don't try.

Chibis - 11/4/15

The Friday before CC15 I was lucky enough to take a Chibi painting class.  It was taught by Droachmega.  I've never painted a Chibi before but it was a blast!

The eyes of a zombie are usually "dead" but he wanted to show us the technique needed for anime-style eyes.  Mine turned out nowhere near the level of the others in the class but I was truly happy with it.  We used Reaper Master Series paints on them which I've never used before so I don't know the specific colors used.  I really like the paints they seemed to be rich in color and I liked the consistency.  I think I'll stick with my Vallejo paints though because of how cheaply I can get them and because they are readily available in my area.

Tom from Impact! gave us (the class members) another Chibi so I'm looking forward to painting that up.  Here's a start:

I "finished" him up.

Here he is with the one from class.

I definitely need work on doing hair and highlighting.  Also making the figures look smoother.  I do feel like I'm getting better at this painting thing but I have a long way to go.  I will get my hands on a few more of these minis.  They are so much fun to paint and I know I can do better.  This mini fell off his holder and into a pile of white paint so I stopped at that point.  He was done enough anyway.

As I said before, I won the Legacy team from CC15.  I would like to add a couple pieces to it so I've been searching the interwebs for the right models.  I'm going to paint them up to match the team.  I need at least a bull centaur and one chaos dwarf.    I haven't played CD's before so I'm looking forward to filling out the team.  Maybe I'll use them at CC16.

Update 11-3-15: Rotters and AoW

I've been working on painting quite a bit lately but I haven't been taking pics and such.  I have blocked in the colors on a few of the AoW minis.  They all have a ways to go but I've been working on new techniques on the side that will, hopefully, allow me to paint faster and better.  The technique is called "loaded brush."  The only place I've seen it is on Painting Buddha.  I'm not trying to do it for showcase level and I don't expect to be anywhere near as good as this guy is, but I think it can speed up my painting.  Here are some of the AoW minis so far.

AoW Progressing

I'll take better and individual pictures later.  The problem is, besides me taking poor pictures, I don't think about pictures until I done for the time.  They're an after thought.  The color scheme is based on Brown and Gold, WMU colors.

While waiting for colors to dry or just to break things up a bit, I've been slopping some paint on the Rotters for our defunct leagues community Nurgle team.  I painted a test model quite some time ago and they are fun!  I've changed up a few ideas from then.  Also these are weapon snips from some old minis (Plaguebearers I think) and the previous paint job didn't do these sculpts justice.  I find new and interesting details every time I pick one of these up.

Rotter Fun

It's hard to tell from the pic but these guys have guts spilling out and other random growths; all kinds of nastiness.

I'm also learning, very slowly, how to do NMM.  I'm not even to the point that I feel comfortable showing my failings, my first try turned out looking green and try two looked like light brown cloth.  Maybe I'll post future tries anyway.

Back in the Saddle

Holy cow.  Since Chaos Cup (which was awesome) I haven't had any hobby time.  Well, I finally got some stuff done.  I used my first chance to hobby to glue, and glue, and glue, and remove mold lines, and glue some more.  I decided it was time to put together my human team from Impact! and a buddy's Apes of Wrath team (also Impact!).  I've only had both teams for about a year now.  Both teams are Trollcast resin so I'm getting use to how light they are and learning to handle them with a bit more care.  I broke the foot off a catcher as I was cleaning a mold lines and I've broke other stuff too.  Luckily nothing of the AoW yet.  I'm doing a substantial amount of filling using green-stuff, I hope it turns out well in the finished product.  Once I get these models all primed up I'll have a ton to paint, about 20 apes and 16 humans.

Here's the AoW test model.

Lists so I remeber

Fur-
Base: VMC Flat Brown
Wash:  Citadel AES
Drybrush: VMC Black/Brown

Skin-
Base:  VMC Flat Brown
Build up:  1:1ish, VMC Flat Brown VMC German Uniform Khaki
Wash: Citadel GS
Highlight: VMC German Uniform Khaki

Teeth-
Base: VMC Off-white
Wash: Citadel AES

Pants-
Base: VMC Flat Brown, then Citadel IDS
Wash: Citadel GS
Build up: Citadel IDS
Highlight:  Citadel IDS with tip of VMC Deep Yellow

Pads-
Base: VMC Black/Brown
Wash: Citadel AES
Highlight:  VMC Flat Brown

Chaos Cup 2015 Legacy Team!

Chaos Cup 2015 was an absolute blast!  Not only did I have 6 awesome games of Blood Bowl, but I won the Legacy Team! Here they are:

Chaos Dwarfs

Mino & Bull

Randroid

Three of Swords

Chaos Dwarfs

Fatfinley

Kilowog

OTS

StoutYoungblood

WildManTX

Hobgoblins

BCH

Furry

JonnyP

Randroid

Xtreme

Thanks everyone!

Chaos Cup Legacy Team Entry 2015 - Part 4 Done!

Finally.  Finding time here and there seems to be my only chance to get stuff done.  Well this is finally done.  I flocked the base and put the Slater letters on it.  I used a gloss varnish and then used a matte varnish to seal it up.  I am kinda glad to not have to paint this guy anymore.  It just didn't have as much fun painting this guy.  Here he is:

I did a simple bitmap mock-up first to determine how I wanted to paint the mini, here's that:

I tried two "techniques" on this model that I've never used before.  I tried to do a non-metallic metal on the logo thingy on the shoulder pad.  I also tried the loaded brush technique for high-lighting.  I like doing both and think as I go along I'll get better at them.  The NMM is hard and I think if I tried it on some bigger areas I might learn more.

I'll try to get some shots of the completed team at CC15 this weekend.