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Tiny Skink... Big Shield
This little guy was one of a few dozen minor conversions done to create a huge 50 Skink block equipped with javelins and shields. I am not sure which old plastic set the shield came from... possibly...
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The Big Pig
I'm not really sure what these guys are, but this was an interesting challenge. Once again, a compressed color range, but very fun to try and get as much variety in that range as possible.I tried to...
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Face of the Gorgon
Ever since I began my French Bolt Action army early last year, I began to think about various ways to incorporate Foreign Legion troops in some fashion.There are some options out there, especially for...
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Charging doom!
While all of the Army of the Dead figures have interesting poses, armor and weapons, this one is a favorite. I even added a few extra streamers of cloth, putting a thin layer of green stuff over a...
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Hail the Chief
This Skink Chief was one of the little surprises that I would have in my Skink and Kroxigor units.He, along with a Skink Priest, would be embedded in the largest of my "Skrox" units, which contained 36...
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Mud and Guts
The early war German Heer forces have been an interesting laboratory for various basing materials. While I need to continue that May/June forested look to match the French and BEF, I have been working...
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Druid's BONES
I always have fun working on the BONES minis, since they can be chopped up if need be, or balanced on all kinds of interesting bases. They don't weigh much at all, so balancing them is never an issue!...
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Gorgon of the North
Next up from Gorgon Studios is the Norwegian army. Just like all the early war forces in their selections, there is a full compliment of officers, gear, etc.These figures are sculpted by the same...
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Skink of a Different Color
This little guy is another blast from the past, part of the massive Skink contingent from my original Lizardman army years ago. It was the search for a way to get all of them painted which led me to...
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The Prowler
I enjoyed utilizing my typical green/purple mixes on this guy, for almost every surface. Those two colors found their way into skin, metal and cloth colors.These are more muted greens and purples, of...
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Tank Wars
You have seen me post a few articles before about the use of Badger airbrush products over the last 10 months, mostly in the form of trial and error to see what might be possible.In the intervening...
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Panzer Zug
Picking up where we left off in the previous episode, it's time to add in the final part of the camo pattern. This will be done will the yellow primer and a touch of deeper yellow airbrush paint (all...
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Fishy BONES
Welcome to Davey Jone's Locker, and another Reaper BONES mini.He was originally made for a few different classes at Reapercon 2 years ago, showing some basing techniques and how to work with the Reaper...
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Highlanders hold the line!
As I was moving things around in the studio the other day, I ran across a several units of Imperial Guard that I had painted for the 2014 Adepticon 40k tourney. I painted a number of Highland Moss...
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Denethor
I think we only used Denethor in one game, but it was certainly interesting! If I remember correctly, he had a tendency to switch sides during the game.While the sculpt itself is relatively simple,...
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Tank AMMO
With the "primer painting" and initial shading complete, it is time to move on to a more complex phase, and that is the shading and glazing.You can see that I have a line up of oil based products by...
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Darkness Falls
Welcome to Episode Four!In the previous article, I had begun the task of shading the camo patterns, working with the green and brown washes. This was demonstrated on the Stug, so now we shall see how...
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A brand new Canvas
Following up on Episode Four, where I established the deepest shadow colors on the vehicles and shaded all sections of the camo pattern. It is now time for the Great Experiment to begin!!For the first...
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Blade and Fang
Here's one more from the wulfen series. Just like the previous versions, I used a very limited set of colors. Greens and purples were very very prominent, as well as burnt sienna.Since green and...
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Terror Steeds
This is one of my favorite units of the old Tomb Kings army. It's a converted skeleton cavalry unit that helped set the tone for everything else in the army. Here's a look at the entire...
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