Back on the Wagon - Dysartes' Painting Blog - Updated Sept 9 - Targ, 10 Brigands, WIPs

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**CommissarKhaine**

60 fig sin one week? Wow... I can only dream of that

Nice work!

**Dysartes**

These are all already started, CK - I just need to get them finished.

**CommissarKhaine**

Even then, unless it's finishing touches... Impressive - unless you got a week's vacation

**monkeytroll**

Yeah, that's an impressive goal, good luck with it.

**Dysartes**

Well, I didn't manage 60 in a week - but I did get 50 done.....

Not a bad week's work

Mercenaries - 10 Horgenhold Forgeguard

Trollbloods - 10 Pyg Burrowers

Romans - 30 Legionnaires

**Metsuri**

Thats impressive, even if they were only lacking finishing touches. Especially the legionnaires look good, the ranked up units are great sight when fully painted.

**Dysartes**

The Legionnaires needed quite a lot of work, the Forgeguard a reasonable amount, and the Burrowers just finishing touches.

**malfred**

Lovely! It's great getting huge numbers of models done.

**CommissarKhaine**

Great work. Congratulations!

**monkeytroll**

Impressive, well done indeed sir!

**shingouki**

lovin those romans mate,they look class ranked up.good work all round.

**Dysartes**

Took an army shot after playing a game with the Farrow last night:

This led to the following army montage for the Army Challenge:

**CommissarKhaine**

Looking good together, a very coherent force. Quite impressive what you're doing here!

**Dysartes**

Another week down, another model finished - this time, Grim Angus, Trollblood Warlock.....

Competition deadline is now a week on Monday, and I'm still trying to get the Trolls and Cygnar finished, along with an entry for their Hasslefree category. At the minute, that means three warbeasts, ten Long Gunner Infantry and two Dwarfs.....

**CommissarKhaine**

8 days for 15 models? Sounds like something you can manage, gof or it!

**Metsuri**

Grim is my favorite Troll warlock and you've done him justice. The metals are excellent as usual and whole fig is in good balance.

**Dysartes**

Two new completions.....

Trollbloods - Axer Light Warbeast

Imperial Guard Commissar

Now to get back to the rest of them.....

**CommissarKhaine**

I'm lovin' the commissar, but the troll's face seems a bit off, maybe toning down the teeth might help?

**Dysartes**

Hmm - looks like I didn't update this when I finished the stuff for WAMPed! - and as I've barely painted since then (possibly due to burn-out, unsurprisingly). I've got a couple of WIP pieces, and picked up some Black Scorpion Dwarf Pirates & Rogues to use as Sea Dogs in Warmachine, but it's been fairly quiet on the painting front here for a few months.

Anyway, time for some "eye candy".....

Rackham Pixie Trickster

Aye, I know the top pic is a bit fuzzy. I left this guy with a typical Rackham base, mainly due to running out of time to do any more. I think he was painted in a day, mainly to bulk out my entries for WAMPed!

Hasslefree Miniatures - When Good Meets Evil

I put this diorama together for the Hasslefree Miniatures category of WAMPed!, which was meant to have a theme of good vs. evil - having said that, only two entries went for it. I enjoyed putting this piece together, though I leave it to the viewer to decide which side is which.....

Warmachine - Mercenaries - Drake MACBAIN!

Not my finest work, but it got him finished.

Warmachine - Mercenaries - Vanguard Light Warjack

Stowage? Check. Furnace glow? Check. Gold? Check. Moving on.....

Hordes - Trollbloods - Impaler Light Warbeast

Hmm - I'd forgotten how poorly this picture came out.

Hordes - Trollbloods - Impaler Light Warbeast (Troll Scarlett)

The other Impaler, with a different colour theme to differentiate him from the green one. I ended up calling him Troll Scarlett for some reason.....

Space Wolves - Rune Priest

Remember that guy from the first post? Yeah, he finally got finished.....

EDIT
Been back through this thread to count this year's work. I get the following list, giving me 70 models so far this year - nearly as many as the whole of 2010:

- Burrower marker
- Dannon Blythe and Bull
- 6 Farrow Bone Grinders
- 10 Forge Guard
- 10 Pyg Burrowers
- 30 Roman Legionnaires
- Grim Angus
- Troll Axer
- IG Commissar
- Pixie Trickster
- When Good Meets Evil (2 figures, 1 base)
- Drake MACBAIN!
- Vanguard Light Warjack
- 2 Impaler Light Warjacks
- Rune Priest

**Metsuri**

Good to see you back. Nice paintjobs, as usual for you the warjack stands out.

Thanks for sharing.

**Dysartes**

Metsuri wrote:Good to see you back. Nice paintjobs, as usual for you the warjack stands out.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the comment, Metsuri.

Current WIP paintjobs are:
- Thunderhead (aka the neon jack

)
- Stannis Brocker (possibly my first cavalry model to paint)
- Farrow Razorback Weapons team (Pigs with Rocket launcher!)
- Rorsch & Brine (Oink.....)
- Ulrik the Slayer (with wolf's head backpack. Needs urban base building)

Constructed, but in need of basing
- Troll Bouncer
- 4 Black Scorpion Dwarf Pirates
- 4 Black Scorpion Dwarf Rogues
- Sedition Wars Barker with Pulse Cannon (I'm leaning towards urban rubble for this dude)

**Dysartes**

So, time for some pics of the WIPs I mentioned in my last post:

Ulrik the Slayer

Thunderhead - aka Tron 'Jack

Farrow Razorback Crew

Rorsch and Brine

Stannis Brocker

And, for further proof that I should knuckle down and concentrate on one project at a time, the figure I've been working on this week.....

Cadian Company Commander - Picked him up for around half price off eBay, made a base and started working on him.

For those who might be interested, here are the steps taken thus far:
- Undercoat with chaos Black spray
- Touch up missed bits with P3 Thamar Black
- Heavily drybrush base with VMC Basalt Grey
- Drybrushed the base with VMC Medium Sea Grey
- Drybrushed the base with VMC Pale Grey-Blue
- Lightly drybrushed the base with P3 Morrow White
- Basecoated the bricks on the base with VMC Cavalry Brown
- Highlighted the bricks with P3 Khador Red Highlight
- Washed the base twice with Devlan Mud
- Basecoated the armour with P3 Greatcoat Grey
- Basecoated any skin with P3 Midlund Flesh
- Basecoated the greatcoat with VMC Medium Sea Grey - two coats
- Shaded the greatcoat with a mix of VMC Medium Sea Grey and VMC Basalt Grey
- Washed the greatcoat with a 1:1 wash of Badab Black and Asurman Blue, with a little water added - deliberately left blotchy, for a bit more of a camo effect
- Basecoated the sash with VMC Royal Purple (and a fine brush)
- Washed the power sword power pack with Badab Black, as well as using it to shade parts of the armour
- The rather large pistol holster and over-the-shoulder armour straps got a basecoat of P3 Battlefield Brown
- Washed the skin with Ogryn Flesh
- Picked out the belt, sword handle and pistol handle with P3 Coal Black

**monkeytroll**

All look to be progressing nicely. Tron-jack and the piggies my favourites.

**Dysartes**

Tron-jack is unusual with the setting, as he is powered by electricity (a storm-chamber) instead of a coal-burning, steam-generating furnace. So, for once, my traditional furnace glow won't be present.

**monkeytroll**

But you get to play with tesla coils instead

**Dysartes**

This is very true, I do.

Not sure it's clear from the picture, but Ulrik has the plastic wolf's head backpack from the old Space Wolf Accessory Sprue - anyone got any tips on placing highlights on the diamond-shaped gem?

**Rawson**

Even your speed painting looks great! 50 models in a week? Never tried it, never will

I particularly like the flames that you do on your jacks. Nice blending in such a small area.

Keep it up

Cheers,
Rawson

**Dysartes**

Thanks for that, Rawson - and don't forget that that was 50 figs in a week I was working, if I'm not mistaken.

Did some more work on the Cadian today - he's most of the way there now, I think:

**Metsuri**

Great progress. I like the blues on thunderhead, looking forward to seeing you pull of the electrical arcs.

Dysartes wrote: anyone got any tips on placing highlights on the diamond-shaped gem?

I highlighted the edges of the cut as I would when painting round gems and the result is pleasing to the eye. Just place the darkest spot up and go lighter as you go towards the edge and down.

**DarkStarSabre**

The lense on the eye looks sharp.

My only concern is that is blends perhaps too much with the pinkish tone of the skin.

The gold is also particularly fine.