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Jah, what did you paint for last year's Clash?

Dysartes, last year i was not invited, since the girl who was in charge of last year's painters really hates me...
i did Bartolo Montador, aka Broadsides Bart the pirate, for 2012...
now that the organizer is back in charge of the painters, i was the first one invited back...
go figure...



i started in on the blends for the power sword glow last night, carrying on with the step-by-step...
last time i left off with a layer of pure P3 Arcane Blue...
the next layer was very rough, as i am about to come back and clean everything up...
it is a layer of 1-4 Arcane Blue and P3 Morrow White...
next i cleaned up the dark parts with pure P3 Exile Blue... then i started on blending the fades...
i am working back and forth with layers of Arcane Blue, P3 Cygnar Blue Base and Highlight, and Exile Blue...
one more night of work, and the sword will be done...







thanks for looking, and taking the time to comment...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

i got a start on the Clash for a Cure mini last night...
this guy will mostly be painted in the light colors of Cygnar, so i took advantage of the fact that the shadows will really show, and started off with a more interesting color than straight black...
the basecoat on this model is a 1-1 mix of P3 Battlefield Brown and Coal Black...
this will make the shadows have a blue-ish tone that fits with the blue of Cygnar...
the metals were started with basecoats of P3 Pig Iron, and P3 Molten Bronze...
the base is P3 Bloodstone, anda few liberal coats of GW Ogryn Flesh wash to shade...





i'm not sure why the background colors are so different in these three shots...
i really hate editing photos:(...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Looking good so far, jah - obviously a lot of work to do. Shall be interesting to see how the brown/blue/black basecoat has an impact.

Out of interest, how many more days do you think are needed on the Blood Angel?

Dysartes, i think the Sang. Priest will be done in a week or so...

the blends on the sword are finished...
i brought everything together with few glazes of P3 Turquoise Ink, which also added some shading around the power nodes at the base of the sword...
then i finished everything off by smoothing out the blends, and highlighting all the way up to pure P3 Morrow White...




thanks for looking, and taking the time to comment...

cheers
jah

The blend up to white really makes a massive difference! Nice work

Indeed, it does!

Nice work, Jah. Very effective.

thanks, guys...

the blends look much smoother to the naked eye, and when the sword is not 5x the actual size...
it should look really nice on the finished model...

i've done a bit more on Sturgis as well...
the metals got a heavy wash of 1-1 P3 Armor Wash and P3 Coal Black...
i the blues are getting painted in using a basecoat of pure P3 Exile Blue...
they are not really showing up yet on the armor plates in the pics, but will start to pop once i get the next layer on...





i will be starting on the Blood Angel's red highlights tonight...
hopefully my experiment will be successful, and i will have something really cool to show you all tomorrow...

thanks for looking...
please excuse the rubbish photography...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

well, that sucked...
i exceeded my bandwidth with Photobucket for the first time ever...
what a crappy feeling, waiting for it to reset...
i guess i will need to upgrade my account when i have a little spare cash...

i got started in on the highlights for the Sang. Priest...
this is the first rough pass, to see if my colors will work...
it is a 1-3 mix of P3 Khador Red Base and P3 Underbelly Blue...
it is all a bit pink at the moment, but a few glazes of red ink should knock it back a bit...






thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

Looks awesome!

Why not use the Dakka gallery for hosting your images? Free, unlimited space and easy to organised.

Love that shade of red! Highlighting is magnificent aswell.
I see you mix red with a kind of blue for your highlight, does that one translate to GW's Space Wolf grey?

thanks, guys...

@Paradigm: i thought about the Dakka gallery, but i don't know if the pics would show up in the three other forums where i have this same WIP log going...
i guess my lazy copy-pasta butt will have to just type up the same update twice:(...
at least using the gallery just to post on here would save me 25% of the bandwidth...
of course, then i would have to upload all the pics twice, too...
geez man, you really wanna make me work...

@Develain: P3 Underbelly Blue is fairly close to Space Wolves Grey...
maybe a little lighter tone, but basically the same color...
i used it to paint the Logan Grimnar in my 40K gallery, id you want to have a look...

cheers
jah

jah, I use the Dakka gallery to host most of my pics, and haven't run into issues posting them on other forums yet.

BA Priest dude is looking good, jah - are you highlighting the backpack at the same time?

Wow that finished power sword looks amazing jah.

I really want to see if I can push myself to get somewhere close to that, the tute will be very handy indeed

thanks, guys...

@Dysartes: the backpack is up next, with engine glow step-by-step...

@GiraffeX: since i don't paint armies, i have the liberty to try and push each mini further, and in a new direction than any previous paintjob, since all my minis don't have to look good together...
grabbing a mini that has no use in one of your armies, and going to town on it, with no rush to finish it, may just surprise you with how far you can push yourself...


on with the show...

this is how the body looked after the first pass of highlights were given about five layers of very thin P3 Red Ink, in a glaze (where there is way less ink in the brush than in a wash, and the red ink is cut way down to where it almost looks like pink water)...



next i finished the final highlights and shadows on the body...
the shows a few mistakes i need to fix, but this is the basic idea of the look i want for the mini...
the idea is to use a NMM approach, with the high contrast, to give a sense of glossier armor than we usually see on Marines...

the final highlight color is a 10-1 mix of P3 Underbelly Blue and P3 Khador Red Base...
the final little spots of shadow are the original shading mix of 1-1-1 P3 Sanguine Base, P3 Coal Black, and P3 Armor Wash, cut with a few drops of water...






thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

That's looking really nice. But then I keep thinking that and then you go an improve it...

Great to see the progress of work of this calibre. Rarely seen.

thanks, Dr H...

here is the body after a few touch-ups, and with the helmet glued on...
i think the white and red will make a nice combo...




i've started highlighting the sword arm and the jump pack...
this is the first highlight mix of P3 Underbelly Blue and P3 Khador Red Base, at a 3-1 ratio...

the fine little shadows are the original shading mix of P3 Coal Black, P3 Sanguine Base, and P3 Armor Wash, at 1-1-1 with two drops of water...



i'm not sold on the little shadows on some of the pack's highlights...
i think i need to tone them down a bit, but i like the idea of the two long highlights running down the main engine housing...
i just need to play with it a little...






thanks for looking, and taking the time to comment...

cheers
jah

Looking awesome. As always, the attention to detail is astounding.

thanks, Paradigm...
glad you are still with me...


i got the sword arm finished...





i made some changes to the jump pack...
it looks better now, and ready for final highlights, though i still need to work on the broad highlight over the main engine housing...





thanks for looking...
i hope you are all not bored yet...

cheers
jah

No not bored yet, really enjoying watching the progress.

The blending on the sword is perfect! Thanks for documentimg the whole process. I hate painting red, but this encourages me to try it again! Thanks for sharing.keep up the great work

We're still here, just don't have any criticism to give, so am just enjoying the show.

I just came upon this thread and I must say great work! I am completely blown away by your brush work and attention to detail. Keep up the great work!

Had been following this on your Facebook updates - had no idea there was even more going on here!

Great stuff and it's always nice to see lots of step by step pics too. Looking forward to seeing Sturgis finished - looks like a nice figure.

Cheers,

Dante

thanks for all the kind words, guys...

i've got the sword glued to the body...
this guy is starting to come together!!!




the jump pack has the final stage of highlights, using the 10-1 mix of P3 Underbelly Blue and P3 Khador Red Base...





next up is the engine glow step-by-step...

thanks for looking, and taking the time to comment...

cheers
jah

Aw man, an engine tutorial! Cam barely wait for that awesomeness

ask and ya shall receive, Senortaco...

engine glow step-by-step:

the basecoat is just for easy coverage...
it is a layer of P3 Exile Blue...



the next step is also for ease of coverage...
P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight...



this is where we get to the right color...
a solid layer of P3 Arcane Blue...



next, i gave the engines a heavy wash of P3 Turquoise Ink...
this gives a bit if definition to the shapes...



here i came back in with the Arcane Blue, and cleaned everything up...



then i started to make the glow...
this is a 1-3 mix of Arcane Blue and P3 Morrow White...



the next layer is not blended, like the previous layer, but just hitting the hard edges, and filling in the engines' hot spots...
it is a 1-6 mix of Arcane Blue and Morrow White...



the glow is finished with pure Morrow White...
hotta fiya!!!



here is a shot of the glow from the engines...
at the moment it is a bit strong, but will get a few washes of red ink to tone it down...



that's it...
engines basically done...

now i need to finish the wings, and make the Blood Chalice, so i can finish this bad boy...

thanks for looking...
i hope this was helpful...

cheers
jah

Very sharp work, jah!

 jah-joshua wrote:
i exceeded my bandwidth with Photobucket for the first time ever...
what a crappy feeling, waiting for it to reset...
i guess i will need to upgrade my account when i have a little spare cash...

Or just upload them to the Dakka gallery, instead

Nice tutorial, makes it look easy (although I'm sure it's not )