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Elspeth looks fantastic GiraffeX.

love the white on E.

Damn undead everywhere.. Git off my lawn!

Oh... oh! Plants vs Zombies undead army?
Zombies with football helmets, pole vaulting poles. Various flowers on the bases and a nice, lush lawn.

Sleep deprivation must be getting to me... I think that this is a good idea.

Yorkright wrote: Elspeth looks fantastic GiraffeX.

Cheers

Solar_lion wrote:love the white on E.

Damn undead everywhere.. Git off my lawn!

Thanks Solar, the dragon is going to be a dark purple so she will stand out quite well!

Damn Undead, there like a plague on my painting table

Anpu-adom wrote:Oh... oh! Plants vs Zombies undead army?
Zombies with football helmets, pole vaulting poles. Various flowers on the bases and a nice, lush lawn.

Sleep deprivation must be getting to me... I think that this is a good idea.

That would be funny but not something I'll be implementing for this army



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Had a spare hour tonight so undercoated all the bases,not much fun but it has to be done!



Onwards!

A few WIP pics on the dragon this week, not sure I'm going to get everything painted in time for the tournament but I will continue





It looks a lot better in real life but thats what you get for doing quick WIP shots

Wow, that looks fantastic Gir...

Agree that is looking fairly stunning for a start.

Cheers guys, I was a bit daunted at first but finding it a really fun model to paint so far

Yikes. Ee's a big'un.

Dragon is coming along nicely, whats your technique for the horns and scales on the back very realistic looking.

inmygravenimage wrote:Yikes. Ee's a big'un.

Yeah sure is and I'm using the smallest paint brush

Yorkright wrote: Dragon is coming along nicely, whats your technique for the horns and scales on the back very realistic looking.

Thanks Yorkright

The horns and scales are painted using the feathering technique, lots of watered down thin strokes built up takes ages!

Colours all Vallejo

Base over black with Charred Brown
Then using feathering and watered down paints starting a bit further down the part you are painting for each colour change to give a gradual change in colour-
Mix 50/50 of charred brown and Heavy Goldbrown
Heavy Goldbrown
Mix 50/50 Heavy Goldbrown and Bonewhite
Bonewhite
Then sometimes I add some watered down black lines with Black!

Wow that scales do look really good. Purple coming along nicely. will be a stunning piece for sure.

And here's the finished model Elspeth on Carmine Dragon by Forgeworld.

I'm really happy with how the model came out lots of late nights on this beast







Next up skeletons, skeletons and more skeletons!!!!

Nice work on that Elspeth, like the old-school look on that dragon

That's awesome Gir, though you definitely need a bigger photo backdrop. FatMat makes one... you might look into it.

Awesome, awesome, awesome. Love the purple. It doesn't have that radioactive in your face quality that is easy to get with such large areas of purple and that one work is great.

The colours of Elspeth are a really good choice to give her a presence against the dragon. Very nice job.

Lovely work Gir, it all comes together beautifully. Thanks for the info on how you did the horns and back scales.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice work on that Elspeth, like the old-school look on that dragon

Cheers, it is a lovely dragon

Gitsplitta wrote:That's awesome Gir, though you definitely need a bigger photo backdrop. FatMat makes one... you might look into it.

Thanks Git's, yeah I really do need a bigger backdrop I dont normally paint models this big, will check out FatMat's thanks

Archer wrote:Awesome, awesome, awesome. Love the purple. It doesn't have that radioactive in your face quality that is easy to get with such large areas of purple and that one work is great.

The colours of Elspeth are a really good choice to give her a presence against the dragon. Very nice job.

Thanks Archer glad you like her, I wasnt sure how the purple was going to look and just made it up as I went along

Yorkright wrote: Lovely work Gir, it all comes together beautifully. Thanks for the info on how you did the horns and back scales.

Cheers Yorkright, no probs on the painting info

Good job on the dragon, Gir'. Looks nice.

 Dr H wrote:
Good job on the dragon, Gir'. Looks nice.

Cheers Dr H

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And so the start of the undead horde is upon us, been painting into the dead of night and will be most nights now until I get this lot finished

So here's the Black Knights, I really like how they look stat wise on paper so would like to boost this unit up to 10 models in the future.



Next up more skeletons, the next batch is nearly finished, will be ready for picture taking next weekend hopefully

Those are just lovely! The colour fades on the purple and slightly gold armour really hint at once-opulent but now decaying barding.

 Paradigm wrote:
Those are just lovely! The colour fades on the purple and slightly gold armour really hint at once-opulent but now decaying barding.

Thanks Para I really enjoyed painting them.

Foot troops next.....I will probably never want to paint another skeleton ever after this!

The Black Knights at exceptional. Are you carrying that scheme through the whole army?

Creepy. Love em - and that you're painting at night

Beautiful stuff on that dragon! the right kinda purple! :-) everyone seems to want to paint purple these days! the rifer is done nicely too with a lovely contrast that's not too cold, I really like what you've done mate!

Those black knights are looking pretty nice. Nice colour choice with the purple/bronze!

Archer wrote:The Black Knights at exceptional. Are you carrying that scheme through the whole army?

Not entirely the main scheme is purple, but for these guys I wanted them to have a lot more black being Black Knights

Thanks glad you like them Archer

inmygravenimage wrote:Creepy. Love em - and that you're painting at night

Cheers Graven, yeah painting at night is kinda strange not had to do that for a long time, really helps me sleep though

nerdfest09 wrote:Beautiful stuff on that dragon! the right kinda purple! :-) everyone seems to want to paint purple these days! the rifer is done nicely too with a lovely contrast that's not too cold, I really like what you've done mate!

Thanks Damo I'm really proud of the dragon, just managed to get the purple right. I was a bit daunted to be honest that I would get it right but I wasnt going to re-paint it thats for sure!.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Those black knights are looking pretty nice. Nice colour choice with the purple/bronze!

Thanks the whole army should look quite impressive when (if) its finished in time. I think I'm behind schedule already!

I should have another 10 skeletons done in the evenings this week plus the ones I did last week which are waiting to be photoed.

That leaves me a skull catapult and Neferata which should have been painted this month, next month is 50 skeleton warriors and another catapult! Oh and 200 points of Infinity Nomads. Of course this all depends if the place I ordered from actually posts the skeletons and Infinity models, they are being a pain!

Busy busy busy

The advantage of skellies is that you can churn them out at an amazing pace (I have Tomb Kings, so I know what I'm talking about ) Good luck, and hope the order works out!

Yes good choice for the color pallet on the knights. Very appropriate. Nicely done.

I've been cranking out the undead since the last update, my painting area is covered in skeletons

My order of yet more skeletons is now on route so all is good although that does mean I have to paint them all, so much fun! They should be easy though GW skeletons don't have that much details (clothes)

So lets have a look at the new recruits

First up is a Screaming Skull Catapult



I've got another one of these to build, was lots more fun painting though

Then we have Neferata, Mortarch of Blood



And then we finish off with a ton of skeletons, the never ending horde, these are a mix from Darklands and GW.



Next up more skeletons (about 50!) another catapult and Krell

I think the Infinity stuff wont happen (even though I've ordered the models) as I have a commission coming in as well that needs to be done by July. I've been asked to paint another Carmne Dragon, seems people liked the last one!

This is the busiest I've been for painting in a long time....