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nice wolves ... on a side note ... who would want to leave ... ?

They are really starting to pop!

I can't wait to see that big fur banner painted! wonderful stuff!

Cutthroatcure wrote:How do you get your gold to look like that?

It's Vallejo liquid gold http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/gb/liquid-gold-gb.html painted from the upturned lid (for max pigment) and with a tiny bit of meth spirit added. It goes on like a mirror but is VERY messy. As I continue to wash and age it, it will dull down like the finished wolves colour, but for now it really is that insanely reflective! Badab and devlin work wonders on it, as does scarring it with fleshwash ink. Really cool stuff.

Rogue Wolves wrote:wow, i like it alot, i really love his face

He has an angry little face, I have 2 others who are pretty much finished and I will get around to taking shots of them, one based off a friend of the owners Trying to give them all variants in skin tone so they don't all look the same, but lots of blondes and redheads!

JB wrote:
Wow, the golds and the weathering are wonderful.
It's almost a shame that the SW have that yellow shoulder pad. I know it's their signature look but it siphons off some of the energy from the gold.

Cheers JB! The yellow shoulder pad is a bit eyecatching alright, but I think it helps them feel like a co-ordinated unit to some extent. Freehanding on the wolf is also.. kind of fun!
(Primer is now processing and should be here soon enough, your little unit has not been forgotten, promise!)

Talarn Blackshard wrote:nice wolves ... on a side note ... who would want to leave ... ?

Who's leaving? WHO'S LEAVING?? /takes out knife

logg_frogg wrote:They are really starting to pop!
I can't wait to see that big fur banner painted! wonderful stuff!

The big banner is going to be lurvly, still thinking of designs. I might freehand on a wolf? I may freehand on the owners face? Who knows! He is meant to be to character standard but I am pushing these a bit further as the owner is a really good friend and an all round awesome guy. Now I just have to convince him to let me base them.. lewl.

I also just finally googled what the giant jar of Gel Denso on my desk actually was, and it seems it's a really decent glaze and water effect medium?! Oh wow! It is the matte version but I am sure a layer of extreme gloss on top will make it work wonders. I want to try it out but it is pretty daunting as I can't find any tutorials. Hmm.

*Is on a mission to find the water effects tutorial he read last year and is failing miserable so far*

I've found some water effects tutorials, but this one seems very specific. Its called "Gel Denso" and from what I have seen messing with it, hardens into a slightly stretchy clear resin with a mild shine.

I am pretty sure I can just layer it on and get water effects that way, or at least it seems so having layered some onto the top of a pot.

Hrmm apparently it's also known as *extra heavy gel*

Extra Heavy Gel #26.535
Transparent gel of highest viscosity maintains its volume in high peaks and reliefs. It is used as an additive to other products to extend them and increase their transparency and strength. Mixed with colors, pigments, sands and earth texture this gel creates a strong and adherent base for dioramas.
Packaging: In 200 ml. pots (6,75 Fl. Oz.) and 35 ml. (Ref. 26.591).

So in a nut shell you can miz paint or other pigments and media with it to get firm, translucent, coloured paste to mould with.

This is the only tutorial I could find with someone using it I'm assuming it was used here because it dries clear if it is not tinted.

Otherwise it seems like you can use it as a base to make your own coloured gels or pumices

Neat stuff. Also, if your spanish is good it looks like there is a lot of info on this stuff that isn't in english

Ahhh nice one, I searched up the ref number on the vallejo site and its

-Heavy Gel Matt

Heavy acrylic gel that dries translucent and completely matt, has more body and strength than Acrylic Artist Color, and is excellent for holding peaks and volumes without buckling the canvas. Mixed with colours it extends them, and increases their viscosity, volume and matte finish.

So it looks to be all purpose.. blob. I mixed some into a peak on a paint pot and it did exactly what it said, dried clear and matt. I bet I can do some fun stuff with it.. be really great for mixing in greens and making slimy pools.

i keep coming back to this thread and it keeps serving up awesomesauce!!

Ifalna wrote: (Primer is now processing and should be here soon enough, your little unit has not been forgotten, promise!)

No worries, Iffalna. I have zero time for gaming for the moment so there is no rush. Life gets sane again about the middle of next month.

JB wrote:

Ifalna wrote: (Primer is now processing and should be here soon enough, your little unit has not been forgotten, promise!)

No worries, Iffalna. I have zero time for gaming for the moment so there is no rush. Life gets sane again about the middle of next month.

Sanity is overated

Somebody rated sanity?

Yes... and somehow I scored 16 out of 10 and nobody will tell me if that's good or bad..... and they keep trying to feed me breath mints....

Take the breath mints, but when they're not looking spit them out and stash them in your pocket. One of the guards has a thing for mints, you may be able to use them

oh the guards are no trouble, if I want out my mini-conversionbeamer can make nifty holes in both guards and walls! thus you can escape through them! .. unless you getstuffed in the 4x4 box.. it has AV14 and is tooo damn clooooose!

Personally, I like the little mints

Now i know posting on this thread is going to destroy my blackberry, (it's only just hanging in there with the emails from Gits and various other mental blogs on here,) but I have to come support this madness/beautiful painting.

...p.s. whats wrong with you all, eat the damn mints! The Man doesn't feed you mints, only nice people who are truely investing in your best interests give you mints.
(*turns to the Man*, 'Did I do that OK? Can i leave now? Please? it's cold in here. =[ ')

STC_LogisEngine wrote:oh the guards are no trouble, if I want out my mini-conversionbeamer can make nifty holes in both guards and walls! thus you can escape through them! .. unless you getstuffed in the 4x4 box.. it has AV14 and is tooo damn clooooose!

Eep! Put that thing away! Not only is someone going to get hurt but nobody wants to see that!


and mints are nasty..... and they scare the goblins.... I like the nice bright skinned goblins....

J you could just turn emails off :/

Noooo! the machine calls ussss back.. it wantsss tanksss and armorssss.. the nasty red priestsss makes usss sit in the box and tells them secretsss, it isss not theirs to have! no-no! Dead mind-flesh they are, nothing new-new from them.. they just take and take and hoar and hoar and stick papersss and runny light-sticks on my pretties! pours oil on my electronics and fill their holds with ash and smoke, they cage the minds of I make from silican and gold, sparkling with washes of electron-streamssss thievessss and ssscoucdrelsss.. but we are patient.. yessss.. we will be freeee! and then.. and THEN! MWAHAaHahahahAhAHAhAhaha! aaah! you will seee.. yeeeessss... you will seee!

STC_LogisEngine wrote:Noooo! the machine calls ussss back.. it wantsss tanksss and armorssss.. the nasty red priestsss makes usss sit in the box and tells them secretsss, it isss not theirs to have! no-no! Dead mind-flesh they are, nothing new-new from them.. they just take and take and hoar and hoar and stick papersss and runny light-sticks on my pretties! pours oil on my electronics and fill their holds with ash and smoke, they cage the minds of I make from silican and gold, sparkling with washes of electron-streamssss thievessss and ssscoucdrelsss.. but we are patient.. yessss.. we will be freeee! and then.. and THEN! MWAHAaHahahahAhAHAhAhaha! aaah! you will seee.. yeeeessss... you will seee!

I see someone else doesn't like the taste of mints either

Nasty mints! only insane and dentists like the mint! .. wich is the one and same thing come to think of it but that's beside the point.

we like the taste of gold and liqourice though.. but no gold for us no-no! not even a little taste of the black gold.. just ikky mints all day.. we stuff them in J-paint's egg-and-tuna sandwiches.. that's why he twitches so much and buys a blackberry.. he getsss the double dose..

There are bright-skinned goblins around you?

Damn, you're in the other place. Okay, don't try and bribe the guard with mints, I thought you were somewhere else. The guard you've got hates mints with more passion than the loved-up offspring of a passion fruit and a passion flower that's been dipped in pure passion juice has for it's beloved.

What you need to do there is keep the mints in a small metal box that can be made air-tight, with two drops of November rain and three drops of purple rain. That should start to give off acetylene gas after a few days, use it wisely.....

Hmm...well this better than the last time Ifalna was out. At least this time her blog remains Minty Fresh.

You thought she'd have learned by now

While the cat's away the mice will play.....Bring forth the Mmmagical...Mmmystery.. Mmmouse Organ...

Just popping in to say I have been Awol as a magical surprise gift arrived, a Wacom tablet, meaning I have spent the last couple of days drawing awful doodles which has left me with the dreaded "claw hand" syndrome.

If you keep up the minty freshness, I will have mini pics tomorrow as a tasty reward.

Just keep in mind that too many mints can give the you the poops, and you will not feel so good.

Well, I've just discovered this thread and just read/looked through 59 pages of pure win. Thank you for sharing so much Ifalna!

Oops! Just noticed...

Congratulations on rolling your odometer Iffy!! (over 100,000 views)

Yippie!!

Ifalna wrote:
Just keep in mind that too many mints can give the you the poops, and you will not feel so good.

what if you like the poops??

Dare i ask? Spearmint or Peppermint

spearmint i assume, its the mint of the modern world! but peppermint is just as good