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thanks guys...

more to come tomorrow...

cheers
jah

Lovely work. Very enjoyable to watch the stage by stage progression

hey Dakka...

i got the next layers done on the sword arm...
the only bits that are still getting work are the golds, the purity seal parchments, the soft armor at the joints, and the blade...
the blade got a layer of P3 Cygnar Blue Base to define where the glow will be...
the parchments got a layer of P3 Menoth White Highlight, and the gold got cleaned up, after yesterday's heavy shading wash, with the mix of 1-1 P3 Rhulic Gold and Vallejo Air Gold...



i also got the next layers down on the decorations and gear of the armor...
the golds got pure Rhulic...
the metals on the vials got a shading wash of pure undiluted P3 Armor Wash...
the red lights go a layer of pure P3 Skorne Red...
the pouch got a highlight of P3 Coal Black and Menoth White Highlight at a 2-1 ratio...
the vials, hoses, green lights, and data slate screen got a layer of P3 Iosan Green, and the black soft armor and tubes, plus the data slate body and the little box next to the vials, got a highlight of P3 Ironhull Grey...





thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

another update on the body and sword arm...
first up, the body...

the vials and tubes got a layer of P3 Necrotite Green, as did the green lights...
afterwards, I tidied up the vials with P3 Thamar Black, to make it look like the liquid is at an angle...
the red lights got a layer of P3 Khador Red Base...
the gold got a layer of pure Vallejo Air Gold, and the metal bits of the vials got a layer of P3 Cold Steel...
finally, the data slate keys got a layer of P3 Trollblood Highlight...





the parchments on the sword arm got a final highlight of P3 Morrow White, and then some script with Thamar Black...
the gold got a layer of pure VA Gold, and the sword blade got a layer of P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight...
now I'm ready to make it glow...




thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

the main details are done on the body...
the metal pieces on the vials where finished with a fine highlight using Vallejo Air Aluminium...
the vials themselves got a final layer of P3 Necrotite Green and P3 Morrow White at 2-1...
then the reflections are painted with a fine line of Morrow White, and the little bubbles are painted with a dot of P3 Thamar Black, and another dot, over the black, with Morrow White...
the tubes got the same green mix highlight, and then a fine line of pure Morrow White...
any little green lights got a final highlight of Necrotite Green, and then a spot of black on top, finished with a little dot of white...
the red lights were finished with a fine line of P3 Heartfire, and giving the same black/white dot finish...
the keys on the Data Slate got a another layer using a 2-1 mix of P3 Trollblood Highlight and Morrow White, and were finished with a light touch of pure white...
the blood drops get the same treatment as the red lights, a layer of P3 Sanguine Base, a finer layer of P3 Skorne Red, an even finer layer of P3 Khador Red Base, and then a line of Heartfire...
finished with the same black/white spots again...






the sword arm had the golds finished with a fine highlight of the Vallejo Air Aluminium...
the blood drop was painted as above...
then I painted the final rough layer on the sword blade with P3 Arcane Blue. Now I will start to blend up the glow...
this is one of the only times that I use proper blending, instead of layering...




thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Your step by step explanation is really interesting, and I think your progress on the red is actually a really good tutorial :p And I'm excited on your TMM gold technique, guess I should wait before painting my miniature and pick up some tips I might catch here

thanks, soulcow...
i'm glad you find my posts helpful...
plenty more to come...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

nothing too exciting, but i got some base work done...
the bases for the Sanguinary Priest and Dante will be desert bases...
a few more rocks, and maybe a little variation in height, and these puppies will be ready for some paint...
afterwards, they will get some dried grass to liven them up...

i've also started the base for Sturgis, my Clash for a Cure mini...
i like this idea of cutting the cork at an angle, to make things less uniform (an idea I took from Ravage Magazine #13, in Jen Haley's basing article)...
it also works great with his pose...





thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Watching the evolution of the power sword is very fascinating, it's still amazing how much effort you put into this stuff.

thanks, Paradigm...

so, i took a slight detour to finish up a guy who has been sitting around for six months almost complete...
one more night of work, and then it's back to the Blood Angels...

when i built my last Draigo using Calgar's body, i had Draigo's body left over...
i decided he would make a badass Mordrak, so here is my version...
just a little more work on the freehands, a bit of tidying up, and he will be for sale...






thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

He looks great. Out of interest, how much do your figures and commissions usually go for? Given the amount of work you put in, I'd hope it's quite a lot to even approach making it worthwhile for the amount of time/effort you put in...

thanks, Azazelx...

a Terminator commission like this goes for $250usd...
although, i am giving $50 discounts to Dakka users...

i wouldn't say that i earn much of an hourly wage, as slow as i paint, but it is all about blowing the client's mind...
it's also a matter of perfecting my style...
i get better with each mini, though not really any quicker, since each mini is a new experiment...
i'm all about pushing my boundaries...

i finished this guy last night...
Grand Master Vorth Mordrak of the Grey Knights...
i'm pretty happy with the way he turned out...
now i just need to take some better pics...







thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

feel free to get in touch if you are interested in getting your hands on this mini...

cheers
jah

 jah-joshua wrote:


it's also a matter of perfecting my style...
i get better with each mini, though not really any quicker, since each mini is a new experiment...
i'm all about pushing my boundaries...

Preach!

Really nice work on the Mordrak, jah-joshua, but I do have one question - how does a guy weilding a huge hammer and a storm bolter cut a daemon's head off so cleanly?

 Dysartes wrote:
Really nice work on the Mordrak, jah-joshua, but I do have one question - how does a guy weilding a huge hammer and a storm bolter cut a daemon's head off so cleanly?

With extreme violence...

hahahahahaha....

that's what i was going to say, Paradigm...
he whacked that Bloodletter really, really hard...

i'm back to the Sanguinary Priest tonight...
i'm ready to get the reds on the backpack up to where the rest of the parts are...
i won't bother with the step-by-step on this part, i'll just blast through the layers instead...
i will do the step-by-step for the engine glow, though...





i've done a bit of an experiment on a different Blood Angels figure I've been working on...
this is the highlight color i'm planning to use for the Sang. Priest, mixing P3 Underbelly Blue into my P3 Khador Red Base for a lilac color...
it will be finished with many glazes of P3 Red Ink to make the highlights look a bit less white...




thanks for looking, and commenting...

cheers
jah

 jah-joshua wrote:
thanks, Azazelx...

a Terminator commission like this goes for $250usd...
although, i am giving $50 discounts to Dakka users...

That's good. You'd be ripping yourself off in terms of time if it were much lower (actually, it's still cheap IMO for the level you're putting out in terms of the effort and work involved).

Great work on the GK terminator. Lovely.

thanks, Azazelx...
glad you like the Termie...
he had a ton of details to paint...

almost got the jump pack up to where the rest of the red is on the Sanguinary Priest...
one more night of work, and i'll be ready to start on the engine glows...






now i just need to get the Blood Chalice sculpted in the Narthecium hand, and i can slap some paint on the last part of the mini that is still bare plastic...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

a little more work on the jump pack done...
the reds are up to the level of the other parts, ready or highlights, and now i'm starting on the details...
the white light housing and scanner should tie in nicely with the Apothecary scheme...
now i just need to paint them...






thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

there is a distinct lack of anything personal on this blog...
time to remedy that!!!

this is my dog, La Guera, that we rescued at three months old, when she was on the verge of death...
she is now 4 years old, happy and healthy, and has no idea she is a Pitbull...



this is what i do when i'm not at the painting table...
surf's up!!!



back to you regularly scheduled pics of painting tomorrow...

cheers
jah

I always wondered if that was actually you shooting the AK in your avatar. Mystery solved. I think you said somewhere that you said you aren't a Mexico native, what brings you there, if I can ask.

yeah, that's me with the AK...
it's actually a Russian Saiga, and in that pic the barrel is switched out to a 12-guage shotgun, with only ten shells in the mag!!!
kicks like a donkey...

i grew up in Redondo Beach, California, so i've been coming to Mexico my whole life to surf and play, Wild West style...
after 20 years of travelling the globe, i came back to Mexico to open a surf shop...
i like the low cost of living, and the tropical waters...

cheers
jah

you have the same dreadlocks of my uncle...
nice blood angels!

thanks, the shrouded lord...

i'm having fun building and painting this one...

here is the next stage of the jump pack...
the reds are up to the level of the rest of the armor...
now it is ready for highlights, and final details...






thanks for looking, and taking the time to comment...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

here is a mini that is getting thrown into the mix for this year's Clash for a Cure charity auction...
the Kickstarter exclusive Cygnar Commander Dalin Sturgis...
Clash for a Cure is a Warmachine/Hordes and Malifaux tournament in Texas that holds a charity auction every year to raise money for cancer research...
each year, some of the top painters around the world are asked to contribute painted minis to the auction...
this is my second year being invited to paint a mini, and it feels good to help out for a worthy cause...




more stuff with paint on it tomorrow...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Love the personal update above jah . Always a fan of your stuff, keep marching to your own beat!

Wow it's great to see a painting blog w a step-by-step style up at this standard. This stuff is simply amazing and I look forward to seeing more!

Really loving that Warmachine mini - what/who is he? I don't play or have any minis but I'd consider getting them just to paint if there are more like him

thanks guys...

@Brother Payne: that is one of the Warmachine Tactics video game Kickstarter exclusive model for Cygnar, Commander Dalin Sturgis...
some of the Journeyman Warcasters from the campaign have been released on the PP site...

cheers
jah

Sweet I'll check it out - looking forward to see how he comes along

Subbed, this is really nice stuff