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HFJor wrote:

malfred wrote:Start to my eagle.

Interesting option you took to holding up your eagle. I've wondered how others work around the crappy flying stands that GW provides.

I opted for a brass rod attached by GS and super-glue to the bird and a brass tube that's just fitting the rod onto the base.

I've seen people use single brass rod and I decided early on that I needed an
option more fitting for the clumsy player (me)

Progress on the Shock Troopers.

they look cute

They get cuter.

seriously though! maybe its just me! i dont like anime or cutsie anime. but this one is cute.

You think they look anime? Compared to other models in Warmachine they
look kinda bulky. Maybe my vision of them is a bit tainted by knowing their story
background.

Basically, see that smokestack? These guys aren't spellcasters so they're not
getting the best insulated armor or the ability to protect themselves with
powerfields. So imagine what happens when something goes wrong with a
coal powered steamsuit...

I was going to post this on Monday (yeah, spam bumper, I know), but enmitee seems
curious, so I thought I'd post one more.

they look great! im just imagining my pet bulldog's face on the face of the "sergeant" or something. im not too familiar with warmachine since all the little letters in their stat cards intimidate me.

Appreciate the pics. atleast everyone got a better look.

enmitee wrote:they look great! im just imagining my pet bulldog's face on the face of the "sergeant" or something. im not too familiar with warmachine since all the little letters in their stat cards intimidate me.

Appreciate the pics. atleast everyone got a better look.

Thanks. I hate the cards, too. Love the game, art, story and way too many of the models.

you've mastered the orange!

My favorite color. I tried to do Space Marines in a similar scheme some years
back and it was blech.

The Blessing of Vengeance.

He looks much better from 3 feet away.

Visgoth and his Honor Guard

Both Allegiants of the Order of the Fist.

The shinied Hierophant.

Love it

The tones and shading on the cape are truelly magical

jamunition wrote:Love it

The tones and shading on the cape are truelly magical

Okay, now you're just messing with me.

Mini's are looking great!!! Can't wait to see more!!

Need some help on this. What do I need to do to make it "more" verdigris?

Epic Eiryss and her epic chimney.

Malfred, I really like what you are going for with the verdigris on the Bane Knights, and I think that you are right on the edge of really good execution.

I think the problem is, it almost looks like paint, rather than corrosion. When you tell me you're going for verdigris, I'm like "Oh yes, I can totally see that," but I think if I didn't know that is what you were going for, I might be like "Hmm interesting pastel green there on the Bane Knights." I think the color choices are really cool and the verdigris is going to work well in the end though.

I think the main areas that need work are the flat bits on the weapons. I think the verdigris corrosion is more evident on the armor, where you sort of have some bronze color highlighted on the raised bits. I think if you edged the raised bits on the weapons in bronze a bit, and maybe but a few bronze "scratches" in the verdigris, the effect would come off a lot better.

Another option would be to maybe go a little more the opposite: Focus on getting most of the metal areas in bronze, and then just have bits of verdigris showing, maybe 60/40 bronze/verdigris. Or the other way around.

At this point if you're worried about screwing stuff up though, I'd do a test model.

I hope this helps, sorry I don't really have a specific technique, I've never gone for a verdigris effect myself, but maybe I ought to now.

It's a pity that Hordes makes Epic no longer mean Standing On Something...

Platuan4th wrote:It's a pity that Hordes makes Epic no longer mean Standing On Something...

I'll always have my chmney at least.

Hordini wrote:Malfred, I really like what you are going for with the verdigris on the Bane Knights, and I think that you are right on the edge of really good execution.

I think the problem is, it almost looks like paint, rather than corrosion. When you tell me you're going for verdigris, I'm like "Oh yes, I can totally see that," but I think if I didn't know that is what you were going for, I might be like "Hmm interesting pastel green there on the Bane Knights." I think the color choices are really cool and the verdigris is going to work well in the end though.

I think the main areas that need work are the flat bits on the weapons. I think the verdigris corrosion is more evident on the armor, where you sort of have some bronze color highlighted on the raised bits. I think if you edged the raised bits on the weapons in bronze a bit, and maybe but a few bronze "scratches" in the verdigris, the effect would come off a lot better.

Another option would be to maybe go a little more the opposite: Focus on getting most of the metal areas in bronze, and then just have bits of verdigris showing, maybe 60/40 bronze/verdigris. Or the other way around.

At this point if you're worried about screwing stuff up though, I'd do a test model.

I hope this helps, sorry I don't really have a specific technique, I've never gone for a verdigris effect myself, but maybe I ought to now.

Thanks. I'll try...something. I don't know. I washed their robes blue because I like
blue wash, but now they're standing on top of my radiator saying "Finish the job!"

"Okay, now you're just messing with me"

No I'm not messing with you

Mal, as always your Menoth Green continues to astound and confuse me. But your painting leaves me green with envy.

Keep up the good work.

Malfred, I've found that if you want to do corroded metal, especially on miniatures with lots of flat spots, it's best to use textured spray undercoat. I did that on some of my Ork Nobz and it really makes their weapons look old and worn, since the flat areas don't look so flat.

warpcrafter wrote:Malfred, I've found that if you want to do corroded metal, especially on miniatures with lots of flat spots, it's best to use textured spray undercoat. I did that on some of my Ork Nobz and it really makes their weapons look old and worn, since the flat areas don't look so flat.

makes sense. Haven't tried that before (at least, not intentionally).

Textured paint is a good idea!

If you don't want to spray the whole model with textured paint, but only want to have it on a few areas, you can make your own and brush it on.

All you have to do is get a bit of fine sand (however fine you want really) and mix it in the paint really good. Just add a bit at first and try it out, then add more as needed. It works really well. I used it on my terrain board (although I used a house paint brush for that ).

WOW!
I'm impressed!
I paint for the tabletop too just to get stuff done to play but my stuff looks nowhere near as awesome yours! (A blind guy could probably do better than me!)
I also like that I'm not the only ADD gamer here! I play Protectorate for Warmachine, Trolls for Hordes and Space Marines for 40K. (With some Tyranids being started soon and Empire that has been a WIP for about 4 years now.)

The High Elves have a nice clean color scheme but could use some good shading. I suggest either DiDi's Magic Sauce, Wonder Wash inks, Army Painter Quick Shade, or the new GW washes. All of which would give you great looking results depending on what your preference for shading is. Same goes for the Circle and skorne minis. they look great but could use some shading and a finish highlight.

I'm the worst, slowest painter in the world so none of this is criticism. I'm just hoping that my comments help someone else pull off what I can't seem to...a great looking army with minimal effort.
Most of my stuff gets the Army Painter technique applied to them:
Prime
Basecoat
Shade Dip
Minimal Highlight
Seal
(Sometimes a final highlight over the varnish if I'm not too lazy that day.)
It's the quickest way to do an army I've found so far!

Your stuff looks great! Keep up the awesome work!