Greebo's Reaper WIP

Greebo makes a pretty sweet reaper.

Naturally I bought two of them. One for me and one for my favorite painter, my brother. This one will be his, if he wants it.

I've gone for an animated vibe, so bright colors on the dice.

Red and orange and blue, with subtle blends of fluorescen for kick.

The dice are actually tan, buff, whatever, off white, but this shite camera can't pick it up under the spotlight. 

The little dude is going to be bone, (right now he's wearing a bit of speed paint to help me see where he's headed), leaning to cold tones in the shadows, and his cloak is TBD, but I'm thinking to blue-black. 

Happy Friday,

HMP

Actual Painting Resumed

Some Goblin action! I've had this Reaper sculpt sitting around for ages, and the other day I started painting it with a limited pallet. 

Goblin Shaman

 Goblin Shaman on a Wyvern!

He's looking badass. I went for something really bright with a lot of table presence. Make him pop and hard to miss. I didn't paint him this week, it was actually between the Trolls and Goblins.

Looking solid, provided I didn't blow the exposure...

That's all for now. 

Cheers,

HMP

Trolls

 The Trolls are almost done!

My Goodness, My Goblin!

 We have a general! No army is complete without its fearless leader and Goblins are no exception.

Near Miss!

 Dodged a bullet this afternoon!

That, my dear readers is whole lot of Agrax Earthshade perilously close to some finely painted squigs. Squigs which received some love this week. 

 

But the real stars of the day are the light cavalry, which for this army are Goblins riding wolves!

 

 

We went from no paint to fully color blocked and even a wash or two. All that remains is to do the metallic paint and high/low light dark jazz.

I'm pretty pumped because this means that we're almost onto the next phase, which will be Heroes and Generals and Shaman!

 

Cheers,

HMP

Very Old Marine

Oil and metallic paint have arrived! 

Todeskorps

 The Death Korps of Krieg! (WIP)

Snotlong Blood Bowl Team (teaser)

Hold my mushroom...

Morslug

Papa Nurgle called. He wants more Morslug.

OMG! That's some funky shit

 

WIP Update

Fun fact, I you mistype Labor Day (on my phone), you get Labrador, well dong auto correct!

Inspiration fail

Inspiration is important, here's why.

 

Der Grot

The Grot assault squad is coming along. To see more click below.

Talarand Blackguard

From Reaper Miniatures, maybe it's already a classic, I dunno.

Talrand Blackguard

 

Snotling Blood Bowl

Those keeping up to date know that I failed the "wife's away do nothing but paint" painting challenge. But really, this is more about having fun and less about delivering on promises...

Snotlings Pt. 3

Clothes and mushrooms!

Snotling Progress

Day 1 of the Snotling BB team challenge.

So I put in a solid 8 hours. The first 30 min was spent sorting out the skin color.  To do this  I made a grid of yellows and blues, and blended them to see what happens.

While this was instructive I ultimately abandoned this approach; the test heads were deemed unacceptable. Instead I opted for a primary yellow a dark biege, light biege and Citadel's new contrast paint "Warp Lightening" green. The pigmentation can only be described as psychotic, and it's an awesome glaze.

I only focused on the skin for today, going with the batch paint approach.

 I also based the eyes in pure white, to help make them pop when the time comes.

Holy shit! Top left in the above! An escapee. FU@$!!!!

And here I thought I was done for today...

HMP

More Snotlings

Ssshhh, the boss is out of town! We're spray painting in the house.

Improved Monday

I hope to improve Monday by simply having this post go live by then. Remember kids, aim low, meet your expectations, don't be disappointed.

I've begun the "paint chipping" in earnest. 

The process is relatively straightforward, especially since the model already has a number of washes. Coming back in with the base tone provides enough contrast, and then going inside that with a nice gray, makes ok chipping.  

Below is a "before" which is really just the side I haven't started yet. Going one panel at a time seems to make it easier to not miss too much.

And, after.

That's all for now. Respect others and wear a G-D mask... 

Cheers,

HMP