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I like Lilth, nice paint job! I haven't noticed any blurring when uploading my gallery photos.

I have been drinking all the things, so I will post replies to this and pm's tomorow to avoid terrible embarrassmenmt when I wake up!

Have a nice night everyone! /wave

Sexy mini, very smooth.
Drinking all the things! I remember when I was 25 and could drink all of em too. These days I drink half the things then sleep.

I can see I'm going to get run out of town as a heathen, but I drink none of the things whatsoever...

Nice work on Lilith, Iffy.

weetyskemian44 wrote:Sexy mini, very smooth.
Drinking all the things! I remember when I was 25 and could drink all of em too. These days I drink half the things then sleep.

It was Lidl Port, which I am pretty sure is actually tasty antifreeze. My god, nothing hits me like this stuff, it is absolutely killer.

Dysartes wrote:I can see I'm going to get run out of town as a heathen, but I drink none of the things whatsoever...
Nice work on Lilith, Iffy.

Its ok Dysartes, I will make sure to down a few extra on my weekends to make up for it ;D


I finished up this tabletop unit of Dark Eldar today, nothing fancy but nice and clean.



I have some REALLY coolies models on the way in the post for commission work, can't wait to get started on them! So excited

they are painted very well.. like always.. its just their skin seems more lively then normal dark eldar, not like there is anything wrong with that

simply gorgeous work here. been following this blog for a while just never said hi really. so...hi...
keep up the updates please!

Lilith is looking very sharp! The eyes come off as a little large perhaps, but it might just be an impression from the face paint. Great work on the skin tone too! Those non-standard ones are pretty tough to get right sometimes, and I think you really nailed it!

Looking sharp, Ifalna - and good to see you survived your new year celebrations

Dysartes wrote:Looking sharp, Ifalna - and good to see you survived your new year celebrations

^

Positively chuffing.

Rogue Wolves wrote:they are painted very well.. like always.. its just their skin seems more lively then normal dark eldar, not like there is anything wrong with that

In hindsight, I agree and if I was redoing them I would do their skin like Lelith for sure. I was testing out getting a strong skin tone that was not time consuming on them, which worked out nicely but I won't be using on Eldar again!

bebopdrums2424 wrote:simply gorgeous work here. been following this blog for a while just never said hi really. so...hi...
keep up the updates please!

Hi, welcome aboard Bebop! I will indeed be keeping up the updates, I have loooadds of interesting things on the way Just enjoying my "weekend" now.

Wehrkind wrote:Lilith is looking very sharp! The eyes come off as a little large perhaps, but it might just be an impression from the face paint. Great work on the skin tone too! Those non-standard ones are pretty tough to get right sometimes, and I think you really nailed it!

Her eyes were getting a bit lost when I originally painted her face, so I added the extra facepaint and they did go a bit over the top! Hard to find a good balance with eyes I think, but they are deffo something I need to keep practicing on. I want to start painting irises, she actually has irises and pupils but the blue I used for the iris was way too dark and it just all looks black, massive shame.

I wonder if I had added tiny shines to her pupils, would it had made a difference? Hmm..

Dysartes wrote:Looking sharp, Ifalna - and good to see you survived your new year celebrations

Everyone knows the Irish are indistructable - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEXOpaFFReE

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Positively chuffing.

Chufftastic

Hope everyones had a nice week!

Totally just found a metal Tyrion I bought for 70 cent on Ebay last year and stripped. His horse is swag.

Painting him at my desk as we speak. No mini needs to have a base this detailed, seriously.

Edit: Updating pics as I go, working in front of my pc hence blue monitor glow ( I know, I know, I'm terrible.)




Ill take shots every 30 mins for the sake of lolz. Look at its hair. My god. Why? This thing is ridiculous. Spending ages bringing the skin up to a nice translucent white. Takes ages, but is my favourite way to paint up whites.



Keyboard background glow is now out of control. Horses pomposity levels are reaching critical. I have to keep going.

Is it just me, or does that horse look somewhat ticked off? I think it be the evil eye, but I'm not sure why...

And, at 70 cents for a (currently) £22.50 figure surely means everything but the slottabase is swag? (Out of interest, what were you meaning by swag?)

Id imagine swag as in, cool.

Eg. Dat man there got swag (rather than is cool) [read in south london accent ]

That facial expression with the way youve painted his eyes is hilarious! Looking down his nose at everything

Wow... that is a creepily human emotion in that horses eye. A great "Do I need to come over there?" look.

Ifalna wrote: Horse's pomposity levels are reaching critical. I have to keep going.

Dysartes wrote:Is it just me, or does that horse look somewhat ticked off? I think it be the evil eye, but I'm not sure why...

Heh, yeah, that horse is looking at the enemy's archers and just daring them to shoot. That glare speaks volumes. "Go ahead and shoot that little pathetic arrow. As soon as I finish mashing your friend right here, I'll be over there to cave in your skull too!"

Dysartes wrote:Is it just me, or does that horse look somewhat ticked off? I think it be the evil eye, but I'm not sure why...

I'm not even trying to make it look angry, its face is just naturally like this. Its incredible.

Wehrkind wrote:Wow... that is a creepily human emotion in that horses eye. A great "Do I need to come over there?" look.

He looks even better head on, as both of his eyes are half lidded and he is blatantly saying " You realize I am on a monstrous creature base, yes? Do you understand what that means?"

Dysartes wrote:
Heh, yeah, that horse is looking at the enemy's archers and just daring them to shoot. That glare speaks volumes. "Go ahead and shoot that little pathetic arrow. As soon as I finish mashing your friend right here, I'll be over there to cave in your skull too!"

Haha yes, as above!

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Id imagine swag as in, cool.
Eg. Dat man there got swag (rather than is cool) [read in south london accent ]

Exactly. He will be moreso after I pour liquid gold all over him, which I am about to do.



I neglected highlighting his rear as Tyrions bejeweled bum will be covering it mostly. On to the gold. Oh god.

Darn lady, lookin' regal nice rich blues. Nice expression on the horse too!

Bebop

That is an epic model right there. Not sure how you snagged that for 70 cents. Even I'd pay more than that just to keep it in my boxes of warhammer stuff crammed in the closet.

Looking good so far Iffy, I'm interested to see how liquid gold looks over white as I use it over black or tinny tin.

bebopdrums2424 wrote:Darn lady, lookin' regal nice rich blues. Nice expression on the horse too!
Bebop

Cheers! Blues are always really fun to paint, and you can get so much depth from a pot of Enchanted blue, a touch of skull white, and some black that it is crazy! The horse has to take all kudos for his face, I am only adding paint.

GiraffeX wrote:Looking good so far Iffy, I'm interested to see how liquid gold looks over white as I use it over black or tinny tin.

It is crazy bright over white, so I always dull it down with some nice brown ink to keep the shine. Chestnut gives it a freaking lovely orangy old tarnished feel too, you should try it out!

Lt. Coldfire wrote:That is an epic model right there. Not sure how you snagged that for 70 cents. Even I'd pay more than that just to keep it in my boxes of warhammer stuff crammed in the closet.

See when I bought him, he looked like he had been painted with tippex and superglue. Took a couple of days to remove it all, and hes been left with that slightly grainy texture I sometimes find on older metal mini's, but yeah, even with that hassle, 70 cent is absolutely nothing.



Guys I really dont know how I am managing to paint this, theres no light at my desk and I have consumed a few delightful whiskeys.
I tarnished his metals a lot as he is blatantly too serious a person to have shiny shiny gold. I figure I am just going to hold tight and go with it. Need to finish the white and highlight his metals, then do his gems, but I also need to get dinner ready?

My life is so hard.

I hate you. (just look at my avatar... that's me... right now... looking at you!)

Gits, don't be hatin.

Im trying to cook massive spicey burgers while updating a painting blog about a smarmy horse, things are hard for me right now, for serious.

Food, then paint, Ifalna

What scheme will you be using for the corpse(?) on the base?

And then Ifalna died.

I will likely go for a bluebased skin tone for the dead guy Dysartes, kind of like Lelith but build up from a bluer base as opposed to her purply one.

I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. And this does not reflect my thoughts on your awesome thread or that awesome looking burger, but:

^ HAHA!

@Ifalna: When i first scrolled down i thought that burger was a scenic base! whoops

How dare you steal an American stereotype.
That's it, I'm going to make cook up some potatoes and wear a kilt.

Moltar wrote:I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. And this does not reflect my thoughts on your awesome thread or that awesome looking burger, but:

Nice work, Moltar - though I'd recommend moving the second UNAMUSED down so it doesn't overlap on the model.