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Freehand look awzzzum! the blue on the cape is a little to dark :/ But I can't do better so! GR8!

And You can call me dude or Martin


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Bunnygurl,
Just got back from my trip and am pretty blown away. Your freehand skills are not bad at all for just starting out. I'm liking the banner, but really digging the runes on that HE.
The flame effect looks really good too. Keep it up, gurl.

Thank you thank you all.

Moltar - Hope you had a good trip. Glad that I could please you. ^_^

So some good news. I have left indecision city and have arrived at my chosen destination for my Skaven. I sat down and flipped through my Skaven Uniforms and Heraldry book and went with my gut feeling which was Clan Rictus. Some of you may be unhappy to hear that they have black armor and the Stormvermin have jet black fur. I will do my best to make sure it's not too drab, but on the good side, they're fans of checks. I have never painted checkerboard patterns before so this will be another first. I will also continue freehand on any banners, as I can go nowhere but up from here.

Let the work commence and thank you all for the support!

I was doing a cold one for a friend and was looking for a pink but ended up with Dwarf flesh so I applyed that and a Baal wash or 2 and the tounge looks fantastic.

Hey bunny, great models and freehand work in here, Do you ever play anymore? if you do a bunch of us in calgary play at sentry box on sunday from noon onwards.

Its been said a hundred time, Ill say it again. Great work and fantastic freehand. I havent painted fantasy in years, you are pushing me that way.

Zebanash - I haven't played in several months 'cause I have no one to play with. I am more than interested to come by and see how you guys roll at Sentry Box. I don't have any large armies (largest is 500pt Ork army) and I can't remember much of how to play so you guys would have to be patient if I join in. >_<

40kFSU - It's fun.


I had a bit of a painting spree (at least for me it was considered a spree) and I finished one Rat Ogre. Doing the skin was boring me (having done 3 Minotaurs before) but once I got started on the details, I was hooked. Finished him in approximately 4-5hrs not including breaks for dinner and kiddo in between. I really like how he turned out. I hope you guys do too.


I really like my stitched up parts.




Love the green.


My first time doing a checker pattern and I'm very happy with how it turned out. At first it had too much white and looked like cow skin, but after adding more black I think its freakin' sweet.

Thanks for looking and hope to give ya'll some more eye candy soon.

Very nice. I havent ever seen blue skaven, I like it. Mine were going to be red but I just sold them save the Single model I have painted. I like the checkered pattern but i am not sure it really fits with the rest of the model.

yes more candy please

You are really good at small detailing. more more more!!

Thanks guys for the comments. I agree the checker pattern doesn't fit like a glove but you can blame clan Rictus for that. That be how they dress themselves. Stupid rats. But I like it so I'll continue with it throught the army. Sorry sum1. >_<

Ahhh well. I think it will look just fine as long as you save it for detailing and not a warlock engineers entire robe. btw Love the green scars\brands.

Looks like you've improved alot on your painting. On the first post you asked for advice. The painting looks decents, but if you want it to stand out, you will have to work on your basing.

Painted gravel almost always looks better than glued on flock. There's an article on the GW website that has alot of basing ideas. Also I personally don't like Goblin Green bases, it makes the model look cartoony. I prefer Khemri Brown or a similiar Earth color, but it's up to you. Personally I think a brown color would better suit the Skaven model.

Looks good, and keep up the good work ^_^

Yeah, most of us play 1750 for 40k, and none of us play fantasy bunny, but it'll be an ork on ork bash for 500 points on sunday if you wanna swing by, PM me if you need any details, we mostly get there at noon or just a little earlier and we play in the backroom

sum1 - On models where they're wearing full robes it'll just be a line or two of checker at the bottom of the robe. I'm way to impatient to do a full robe of checker. You crazy?

Rice - I'm a lazy baser. I'll be the first to admit it. I've never practiced basing, but perhaps that's something I should begin working on. I began my all my models many years ago with Goblin Green bases and I guess I just never dug myself out of that rut. Kinda like how I never dug myself out of the no freehanding rut until now. So thanks for the advice. I'll start working on the bases a bit more.

Zebanash - Dunno if I'll play just yet, but I'm definitely up for coming down and seeing how you guys roll. Thanks for the invite btw. ^_^

I agree that the models you paint would benefit now from better bases. I really like the green underneath the the rat ogre. Really makes it look like they have been stiched together and are coming apart at the seems. Great work.

Small update. Worked on the second Rat Ogre. I'm ejoying this one just as much. Unfortunately, family got in the way of finishing him...however, that turned out to be a good thing as I got down to Sentry Box today (Zebanash, were you there?) and picked up a basing kit. Seeing as how I'm not overly creative, I'm hoping this will give me the step up I need on basing.

I'm also going to update my monster of a list. Please bear with me. I wanna see this thing fill up with green.

Island of Blood boxed set - primed and assembled - 1 Rat Ogre Complete
Skaven Battalion - primed w/one clanrat unit assembled
Eldar Battleforce
Lizardmen Stegadon
Ork Deffdread
3 Minotaurs - complete
5 Ork Lootas
Deamon Prince
CSM Khorne Berzerkers WIP
Beastman Chariot
5 Ork Stormboyz
3 River Trolls
10 Eldar Guardians
5 CSM Havocs
Skaven Queek Headtaker WIP
Hellcannon
CSM Sorcerer
Changling
Malagor the Dark Omen
Skaven Jezzail
Tyranid Spore Mines
Eldar Avatar
CSM Huron Blackheart
Minotuar w/Great Weapon
Skaven Lord Skrolk
HE Prince Althran
Ork Painboy
2 Tyranid Venomthrope
A unit of Skinks, a few Saurus Warriors WIP, a unit of Bretonian Archers and a couple Knights from a friend need to be stripped
VC Black Coach complete and a Skulltaker for my mother primed and assembled
Ork Killa Kan primed
HE Sorcerer on foot complete
Highlight Soul Grinder WIP

And here we have the WIP pictures of the second Rat Ogre.




I'm pretty happy with my Warpstone.


Not all that interesting but I thought the three little slashes were kinda neat.


Oh and beware of a new member. A Zed_1125. That's my hubby. He's come here to "show me up". Why a persons partner is called their better half, I'll never know, but I'm sure he's doing this outta love. -_- He can sometimes sound a little rude, but he's really not, so I beg of you please don't report him to a MOD if he says mean-ish things about me. It's all in fun. Besides...we all know I'M the better half anyways.

Thanks for looking and happy painting!

The warpstone looks very good indeed. I think on your next one you should do a little bit of OSL around the protruding warpstone. You have certainly got the ability to do it. I must agree with everyone else about the bases though. I would live to see some more creative bases.

That is some pretty good freehand. Great paint jobs (IMO)

Sum1 - Seeing as how he's not done yet, I'm totally up for trying some OSL. Never done it before, so any tips?

Hey, love the skin tones on the Rat Ogres + the Brassy effect on the metal - looks very smooth - how did you get the effect?

Cheers

For the metal I just used Dwarf Bronze. Used about 3 thin coats, otherwise it looks streaky and gross.

For the skin just a few coats of Tallarn Flesh with an Ogryn Flesh wash.

I'm quite happy with them, so thanks!

I'm actually thinking about about changing the color of the armor on the stabby arm (the one with the wires) to the black you saw on the last one above to help in keeping with the theme. Thoughts on this?

bunnygurl wrote:For the metal I just used Dwarf Bronze. Used about 3 thin coats, otherwise it looks streaky and gross.

For the skin just a few coats of Tallarn Flesh with an Ogryn Flesh wash.

I'm quite happy with them, so thanks!

I'm actually thinking about about changing the color of the armor on the stabby arm (the one with the wires) to the black you saw on the last one above to help in keeping with the theme. Thoughts on this?

I think the colours work as they are as an individual model - looks good. If the bronzy one is going to be a champion or something, it would be good to leave him standing out - otherwise would probably be good to have something colour wise to drawn them together as a cohesive unit...

I think the bronze looks fine on the Rat ogre. As for tips on OSL I cant help you much because I am still figuring out how to to it well. The only advice I can give is use thin paints and a very small brush

Great stuff; I enjoy lurking on this blog v much, though clearly as a 40k-er I'm bound to silence...
Re: OSL - take a look at Yggdrasil's blog. Excellent stuff and tips there. For simple OSL "glow" (which is the extent of my abilities) I find lightly drybrushing a further-lightened version of original highlight colour works well.

On that last CSM I did, that you saw, I did two different OSL techniques. For the lava's OSL I used a combination of drybrushing and glazing(light, watered-down wash). For the "Go" Button on his chainsword I just mixed a lot of water with Snot Green. I think like 8:1 water to paint to create a very thinned out wash of bright green and then applied the glaze around the source over and over again. It took probably around 10+ glazes of the same color, but IMO it turned out better than the lava OSL even though it was such a small area.
Like inmygravenimage said, check out Yggs blog he has some great tips and was the inspiration for said CSM. For reference, if needed, my blog is in my sig.
Keep on keepin' on! Rat ogres are looking pretty boss.

Awesome work as always.

Regarding the basing I was the same. Up until recently all the basing I'd done was essentially Goblin Green, glue and flock. Then I read this tutorial and gave it a go for a figure I'm painting for a competition (link to the competition is in my sig if you're interested peeps). The results aren't spectacular, I reckon I need to think more about paint and static grass colour, but certainly are an improvement.

Second Rat Ogre complete. Took all the advice into account and I hope that I've produced something better than the rest. Unfortunately, Rice, I don't have Khemri Brown, so I used Bestial Brown instead. Think it looks alright?


Full view of the Rat Ogre.


A close-up of my base bits. The leaves don't look super real but I like it. Better than anything I've done before. Thoughts?


My first attempt at OSL. I'm on the fence. Also had a thought. Hubby suggested putting water effects over the Warpstone. Thoughts on this?

Next I'm going to attempt a production line of Clanrats.
Thanks for looking!

Never bought about trying he water effects. I would save that for a test model. Other than that it looks pretty darn good. I would go just a tad bit lighter in the cracks immediately surrounding the stone.

A tad lighter as in less paint, or a tad lighter as in brighter?

Thanks!

Simple 'ard coat or a gloss coat on the warpstone would give a good result I think.