Winter Undead

[marinegrunt01 31]

I started this thread to showcase my simple work and keep me motivated on this path I have started. When my buddy and I got our core sets at Adepticon (FFG rocks!), he took all the humans while I took all the undead. I have always loved playing regenerating armies so it was the obvious choice for me. 

My painting style is simple as I just block paint then use lots of wash to  make it look tabletop quality.  I have been painting this way for 10 years or so. I love washes and sing their praises to anyone who is in earshot whenever painting comes up at the local game store.  

I now present my first completed tray of Reanimates. This is the first time I did winter basing and I cannot say enough how awesome Citadel's valhallan blizzard is for making snow bases. I used a sculpting tool to apply it to the tray and bases and it went on very smooth.  

My next tray to paint will be a tray of archers. I plan to have them done by Wednesday. 

I also started to paint a carrion lancer, but that is a big model to paint and will work on it as I paint the infantry models.

 

 

 

[Ranger421 36]

Looks good!!  Cant wait to see the next batch!!

 

[Klaxas 203]

How did you do the fog? I was thinking of doing something similar

[Tvayumat 3,637]

1 hour ago, Klaxas said:

How did you do the fog? I was thinking of doing something similar

You mean the snow flocking?

[Klaxas 203]

1 hour ago, Tvayumat said:

You mean the snow flocking?

Ohhhh ok sorry I was thinking fog for mine so when i saw yours I made an assumption

[Vineheart01 6,403]

You can probably make their bases look foggy by added a poofy clump of cotten at the bottom. I wouldnt have it go too high on the model obviously or cover the WHOLE base as it would look lame going that far.

But yeah this is snow. PVA Glue + Baking Powder i think was the usual snowy-texture trick.

Edited April 16, 2017 by Vineheart01

[Klaxas 203]

6 minutes ago, Vineheart01 said:

You can probably make their bases look foggy by added a poofy clump of cotten at the bottom. I wouldnt have it go too high on the model obviously or cover the WHOLE base as it would look lame going that far.

But yeah this is snow. PVA Glue + Baking Powder i think was the usual snowy-texture trick.

Thanks way back in the day I used sugar for snow and it ended up melting lol

[marinegrunt01 31]

For these models I used the Citadel Texture paint Valhallan Blizzard. It is not a paint, but some kind of compound that I put on the bases in whatever kind of thickness I wanted and it looks great. I did not use a brush, but a sculpting tool and it is real easy to apply. 

[eilif 135]

Nice work.  I like how much of the dark brown earth is showing. It's a good contrast and suggest that the snow is either thawing or that troops have been marching across it.

[marinegrunt01 31]

Thank you all for the kind words.  I said that I would paint up the archers next, but decided to finish the carrion lancer first. This was a fun model to paint once I got my scheme down, but did battle my resolve to finish it. I added some goo to the holes on the body and also to the ground under his mouth. 

 

I also used Army Painter Warpaints Dry Rust effect to add some rust to my Reanimates. I like the look of it and it adds some character to the nameless dead.

 

I am working on Ardus and will hopefully finishing him up tomorrow night in preparation for my store's launch event on Saturday!

[marinegrunt01 31]

Well, I cracked down and knocked out Ardus Friday night/ Saturday morning in time for my store's release event. I need to finish the edges of the base and put on some rust but I'm pretty happy with him. Time to paint up some blight archers!

 

[marinegrunt01 31]

Been a bit since I updated my progress. I got a tray of archers done and knocked out another tray of reanimates.  The archers take a bit more to paint than the reanimates, but I like my scheme and they look good as they rain down blight on my foes!

 

[VAYASAN 850]

Makes them look more sinister with the snow, good job.

 

 

[Ywingscum 842]

Winter is coming