Finished 2-Box Set

[staz0801 64]

I just completed my 2-Core set collection. I'm rather new at the painting hobby, but I'm pleased with the results. I put in about 160 hours prepping, assembling, and painting.  Also, I magnetized all the infantry bases. I'm personally not a fan of the grassy bases, so I opted to match the trays for most units and the heroes' bases are gold.

[Ywingscum 842]

I like the colour schemes, very easy to see who belongs to which army, looks good!

[eilif 135]

The color scheme's are really striking, clean and well done.  

Not a fan of the black bases though.  Looks unfortunately like D&D prepaints or clix figs.   If you don't like grassy bases, perhaps a desert, rocky, lava or other scheme?

Edited May 17, 2017 by eilif

[Budgernaut 6,255]

I think the black looks fine, for now. It makes the base blend into the tray so that your focus is on the miniatures. And with a neutral color like that, you can always decide to come back and base it later. It's a great stopping point for your army.

[Polda 4,281]

That's a stellar shade of red you got there. It's the Ferrari Barony right?
We're doing red scheme with silver trim for my friends Daqan, I'm definitely sending him to this thread for inspiration.

Fantastic job!

[staz0801 64]

Thanks for the comments, all! Its just a personal preference on the bases. I don't really care much for the organic look of rocks/grass/etc. I think the black provides a lot of contrast to the pieces themselves. I tend to favor clarity over simulating realism. As for the red, I kind of took a risk there. I chose Wild Rider Red from Citadel and shaded it with two coats of Reikland Fleshshade. I wanted a deep red finished look, but pure reds tend to be rather dark and shading can make it far too dark. And that requires a lot of highlighting to pull it all back up. Wild Rider Red is a slightly paler red orange and Reikland is a burnt umber wash. Together, they give a really nice shaded pure red look.