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Very short on updates as of late. Life is not being kind and giving me much free time to get some painting done, or kind in general for that matter. Got some work related problems that have really got me down right now, a change in management, a new boss, that may mean my position will no longer exist next month. Anyways, no more lame life drama, on to the painting.

I got some base colours put on a Wych, nothing worth showing off yet, and I finally finished my test Kabalite. I like him, I think this is the look I'll mimic for the rest of my Kabalites. What do you guys think, I hope you guys like him. Oh and interesting side story, as soon as I finished taking his photos I was packing away my light box and dropped him on the floor. Snapped his helmet spike right off, pretty much my whole week in a nutshell. Any comments and critiques are welcome.

Bummer on the life front, but the Kabalite looks great really striking colour scheme.

I especially like the little glowing green vials/things on his back

Thank you Ynneadwraith. Glad you like him.

Oof. Sorry to hear the work stuff. Hope things settle out OK. Don't make me drive out there to commiserate, there are only two habitable places in Canada, and one of them is only a slightly insane drive away. No idea where in the great white north you are, but odds are a coin flip for beer range.

Love the warrior. Tons of little details for a rank and file guy.

Haha Nev that beer sounds like a great idea. I live in Alberta, I doubt it factors into your list of "two habitable places" however. Just out of curiosity what would those places be?

And thanks for the comment on the warrior. Despite the details he wasn't too hard to do, many of the details use the same colours as lots of other things on the model so it's a quick deal to spin him around and just dab paint on each spot that needs it. I use more metallic on my DE too and it's just a metallic base and a wash so that helps speed things along nicely too.

I love the armour plates!

The amount of detail that you picked out also looks awesome!

Great job!

I'm really sorry to hear about the life stuff man, hopefully stuff works itself out, as it usually does!

Keep it up!
~Mikey

Inevitable_Faith,

The Kabalite looks very good, nice blends, similar to the rest of the army, etc. The only question I have is on the loincloth, is that green similar to your other green in the army? It might just be the lighting and it is the same, but I seem to remember the other models being a little more turquoise. (Just thinking about your army theme colours)

On the other stuff, it has not happened yet, so do not worry and just work hard and it will all work out for the best in the end.

Cheers,

CB

@Gummyofallbears: Thanks man, appreciate the comment

@Captain Brown: Thank you very much sir. The loincloth is painted with the same colours as the other cloths in my force but it was painted in a very different style, I tried something new with it that to be honest I'm not entirely fond of and will not likely replicate for the rest of them. I'll probably go back to my old way of painting cloth on the rest.

And thank you everyone for being very supportive about the life stuff. No matter what happens I'll find a way to make it work, just gotta keep my head up.

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Haha Nev that beer sounds like a great idea. I live in Alberta, I doubt it factors into your list of "two habitable places" however. Just out of curiosity what would those places be?

And thanks for the comment on the warrior. Despite the details he wasn't too hard to do, many of the details use the same colours as lots of other things on the model so it's a quick deal to spin him around and just dab paint on each spot that needs it. I use more metallic on my DE too and it's just a metallic base and a wash so that helps speed things along nicely too.

Well, as you are on the internet, and not delivering messages scratched on tree bark via moose/geese, I assumed you were in one of the major cities up there close enough to the US to leech our WiFi. So Vancouver or Toronto. I’d have added Montreal to the list, but frankly there is nothing on our side of the border to hijack a signal off of. Although looking at a map, Toronto is a bit farther around the lake then I though. Somehow I thought it was just across from Buffalo.

Anyway, on topic of the mini:

It’s important to have a good system for banging out your rank and file. Especially one that gives great results. Not quite as necessary as when painting actual rank and file for fantasy games where you need multiple 20-30 man blocks, but it’s still good to have an efficient process to get your troops to the table in a reasonable amount of time.

Actually Nev you'd be interested to know that Canada has it's own country-wide federal wifi. And just like our healthcare, it's totally free, though some people do tend to abuse it to download too many episodes of "Canada's worst driver".

On topic: I know it's a weakness of mine that I have a hard time "simplifying" my paint schemes for my rank and file guys. I see details and I'm compelled to paint them and to strive to paint them the best I can, regardless if it's an HQ choice I'm painting or a chaos cultist. It's hard for me to tone this down.

I know it's rich coming from me (the world's most reluctant painter), but that's a good attitude to have if you can keep up the motivation.

We pay enough for our little plastic aliens. It makes sense to take care on their paintwork

Excellent work on the Kabalite warrior, he's looking sick.

Sorry to hear about the job issues, hope everything turns out alright.

EDC

Thank you Ynneadwraith and EDC. I'm really hoping tonight I can find some time to paint, I'm dying to try these armor plates on a Wych.

Looking forward to it

Ok got a small update here. I've got some work done on a Wych testing out the new armor plate style that I did on my Kabalite. The plates aren't done yet, they need another highlight and some touchups on the recesses. Let me know what you guys think, so far do you think it'll be an improvement on the Wyches with just edged plates?

Looks good man personally, I think both that and the pink-edged armour looks cool so whatever you prefer!

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
Let me know what you guys think, so far do you think it'll be an improvement on the Wyches with just edged plates?

Inevitable_Faith,

Going back to the Wyches back on page 9 I think it will, but how much extra time will it take you? I mean the ones you posted are great already.

Cheers,

CB

Soz havent been around much recently but be keeping a wee out on this lovely lot. LOVE that wych. Looks awesome - really sweet colour scheme choice too. Great stuff I_F

Looking good dude!

EDC

Thanks for the comments guys, really appreciate them. I stayed up much later than I was hoping to tonight but I wanted to get this model done because I just couldn't wait to see how it'd all come together. Overall I like it and I think it is an improvement over my original 10 wyches. Would love to hear your guys final verdict and critiques though.

@Captain Brown: Overall doing the armor this way is actually easier than my original method. I won't be in any hurry to go back and fix the original ten but it'd be something I could do here and there on the side while I wait for washes to dry or have company over and don't want something that takes too much attention. The way I see it if you can paint up a full unit of 50 conscripts then I figure I should be able to fix up the armor plates on ten wyches

I really really like it!

I personally think it is a huge improvement over the edging, it really draws the eye and helps show off the highlights on the black a lot more.

I also like how the purple wash on the skin interacts with the pink, they really complement each other.

Overall, I think it is a big improvement.

Awesome stuff!
~Mikey

Thank you very much gummyofallbears. I'm really glad this test has seemed to garner good results.

Spent the evening getting some base colours down on my wyches and watching Januines stream on twitch (which I highly recommend checking out, he's hella entertaining and a font of painting tips). Nothing really exciting as far as WiP pics go but it's a fair step forward to having my second unit done. Very stoked to finally get to paint razorflails as well.

Oh and by the way for anyone who has Instagram I've finally gotten a page up. If anyone would like to follow me on there you should be able to find me by searching up ivory_spider.

Looking good so far your army's coming along nicely!

Looks very nice!

may I ask your recipe for the pink?

~Mikey

Of course you may gummyofallbears. I put down pink horror as a base (usually two coats) then wash with carroburg crimson making sure to get a good coverage in the recesses. I then add a layer of pink horror starting about 2/3 of the way down the plate making sure to leave the darkened spots of carroburg crimson in the recesses. Lastly I edge highlight with emperors children.

Looking good matey.

EDC

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:

@Captain Brown: Overall doing the armor this way is actually easier than my original method. I won't be in any hurry to go back and fix the original ten but it'd be something I could do here and there on the side while I wait for washes to dry or have company over and don't want something that takes too much attention. The way I see it if you can paint up a full unit of 50 conscripts then I figure I should be able to fix up the armor plates on ten wyches

Hah, hah...I still have not finished all 50. :(

Cheers,

CB

Doesn't look like much has happened since last I updated but I assure you I'm a good chunk of the way closer to finishing. The pinks are done and the skin has two layers down, two to go. After that it's touch ups, washes and details such as the drug pumps. Squad two almost ready for battle, I'm very excited.

Very nice scheme, the unit is looking great.