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Hi all. I though that maybe having a painting Blog would help me keep moving forward. People to answer to and all that. Plus advice and criticisms, comments and suggestions etc etc.

First up is my VERY first war-machine Mini. I've decided to support Khador. I wasn't sure what I wanted cause I hate to paint things the recommended colors. So I've been trying to figure out my own theme. I've decided on black and red with brass trim to get that steam punk look. This is my test piece.





Thoughts comments suggestions etc etc

Ray

Looking nice man. That black and red is a nice change from the usual schemes.

Wow, nice work for your first mini! You should've seen my first mini
I too like the black/red scheme!

Keep it up, looking forward to more.

TWO...TWO MAN O WARS AH AH AH!!!!

I realized I made mistake and the first one I painted was a special character man-o-war. So to make him more special i gave him one red shoulder pad with the cool medal on it. The other one has a unit marker on it.

Just means I now have 4 more man-o-wars i have to paint...not 3






Thoughts comments criticisms etc etc
Ray

Black Khador is looking nice, although I'd suggest a bit more differentiation between moving parts, weaponry and plating. Weapons of man-o-wars look good, but mortar barrels are almost inseparable from shields. Black is terrible to shade, but Privateer Press have a nice "cast iron" Ironhull grey color in their P3 line to start from. Other option is to have a matt black for surfaces that are (supposed to be) painted and use a mixture of metallic grays for things that are "simply" a dark metal (like cast barrels).

A great start for an army!

Wirecat wrote:
Black Khador is looking nice, although I'd suggest a bit more differentiation between moving parts, weaponry and plating. Weapons of man-o-wars look good, but mortar barrels are almost inseparable from shields. Black is terrible to shade, but Privateer Press have a nice "cast iron" Ironhull grey color in their P3 line to start from. Other option is to have a matt black for surfaces that are (supposed to be) painted and use a mixture of metallic grays for things that are "simply" a dark metal (like cast barrels).

A great start for an army!

Thanks! I'll keep an eye pout for that suggested paint color for the barrels

Because I've learned this from painting miniatures for armies...if you get a command...they take away your helmet.

This is the sarge mini.

Cool. I like the scheme.

EDC

Sargeant looks good!

Most paint lines have some representation of cast iron or cold dark grey. P3 Ironhull is just my current favorite. If You swear by the name of Vallejo, look for British Extra Dark Sea Grey, which is also a very good way to shade black areas. To illustrate - my own pathetic efforts (sorry for having to brighten image that much):

The recipe for weapons is Ironhull all around, then silver, black as wash, ironhull on sides, light coat of silver all around, again black in all recesses and again silver on all highlights. For cloth is black all around, Ironhull on top and sides, black as wash then Ironhull as almost drybrush (light strokes on edges).

I prefer lighter things, but sometimes black are necessary evil. Good luck with it!

Ive heard this iron hull recommendation a few times now. I'll have to track it down. My next set of minis may be dark grey with a black wash to see how that looks.

Thanks for the recipe wirecat!

Decided to mix it up and do my plastic war caster. Those Seam lines....

Tha plastic war caster looks great, nice work. Such a cool mini too.

EDC

I'm a terrible photographer.

for the second battle box unit....





I want to put a decal on him...but I'm not sure where. also..base is a little plain. I don't base very fancy but I saw some tonight that made me want to up my game.

Thoughts comments criticisms etc etc

So here my demolisher thingy. where as Black Bart is a sullen potential vicious juggernaut that adding color too is potentially dangerous and lethal, his brother in arms is less likely to sudden violence and is a tad more colorful




I'm trying to pose them to be a bit more....dynamic. As dynamic as 100 ton killing machine can be...

Until I get an actual Vlad (the one on the horse) the bloody princess will be my vlad 1 counts as




She looks better than the photos show....I'm just a bad photographer apparently....

Much better contrast between painted and polished metal! I really like it!

Regarding being a bad photographer - there are two places to start being better, light and focus. If You have a chance - bring Your model and camera to different places and simply try. Natural light, direct or reflected, white background or black (definitely not a shiny black, some sort of almost black paper of cloth is better for filming dark color schemes), close and head on or from larger distance (some auto focus cameras have their own "preferences" about how to shoot)... That Black Bart was pictured nicely, while the princess... not so much.

Thanks wirecat...Yeah I'm gonna try to rephoto her to get a better pic to show off

Update to my mechs. I added decals





Barts is more damaged cause Hes an ******* of a warjack. The decimator is more laid back

Thoughts?

Behold the winterguard rifleman of the Black 9th Border patrol (my army moniker). As they are forced to deal in border conflicts they are not as winter equipped as normal rifleman and are expected to be able to function in all environments, hence their rebreathers.



In the immortal worlds of commander Kovros (to be painted later)
"When will they learn to not f**k with the 9th"