Blood Angels Test mini from assault on black reach

 

It has been too long!  Work has been kicking my butt.  12 hour days are no fun.  Anyways, I finally got around to painting again.  I thought I'd try something simple before i dived back into working on my Dark Eldar.  The assault on Black reach guys have been siting in a box for a long time.  I thought I'd give them a go to get back in plus try out some new techniques.  These pictures were taken with my camera phone, so the quality is so so.  

I airbrushed the all the armor.  I'm pretty happy with the way the red turned out.  I like my models dark.  I started with valljeo grey primer then airburshed black, dark fleshtone, gory red, blood red and then a touch of blazing orange.  I then washed it down with a red shade.  

The next set of pics will have him based with rust pigments applied to the nozzle and pigments applied to the legs and base.

Malifaux - Renegade Steamfitter Johan

So I got in some new Malifaux models and I'm still deciding on what finishing touches to do to the incubi I thought i'd paint something completely different.  This is probably the first non dark model I've ever painted... anyways... I'm pretty happy with the way he is coming out so far.  I still need to do some washes to the skin and some highlights.  Obviously i need to finish up his right arm.  I am airbrushing his  huge hammer so it will have a cool effect.  Then I just need to do some touch ups.  I basically just matched the color scheme thats on the box.  Let me know what you guys think.

Dark Eldar Incubi

Finally had a chance to paint again this weekend :)  I changed the whole grey scale...  I tried again this weekend and just wasn't happy.  I got in touch with Hortwerth who came up with the idea and has a beautiful army http://www.hortwerth.com/?tag=eldar .  you guys should check it out.  He gave me the paint recipes but said he did wet blending.  I thought i could achieve it with the airbrush but I was wrong...  So anyways I came up with this scheme.  I still wanted to do something with a bluish color and came to this.  The model is still far from done but the concept is now on the model.  I tried a new technique out on the sword which I think suits it quite well.  I might be able to get some follow up pics tomorrow if I have time after I work on some Fourier equations.   Let me know what you guys think.  

Moonlit Dark Eldar Warrior

After months of playing with paints I finally came up with a scheme that I like.  This model is not done yet.  I need to clean up the extreme highlights and try and fix the scratch I made on his knee :(  I'm kicking myself since I used an airbrush to shade the model as if he was under the moon.  I don't know how im going to fix that scratch but I'll think of something.  Plus I need to do some cool effect to the sword for a power weapon.  Please comment about what you like to see in the model as well.  I am open to suggestions .

Cryx painting project part 1

The airbrush was a success!  I started with a dark grey over the whole model.  I then used codex grey as the mid tone but just at a 45 degree angle with the airbrush and then added white to codex grey and air-brushed the raised areas to give it a natural lighting effect.  I just need to add washes to the recesses and over the model to help the smooth the transition.  All in all I am pretty happy with the cold grey look.  I will get to the washes and painting the details later tonight or tomorrow.  

Badger Airbrush

I decided to get a really nice dual-action airbrush.  I have a dual-action syphon one but I wanted one with a little more precision.  I came across this one.  I will be airbrushing up some models tomorrow.  I should hopefully have pics up of my first test run on Sunday.  Oh and I also got a nice paint mixer :)

Dark Eldar ManDrakes

My math courses got in the way of painting but over spring break I finally had a chance to do some painting.  I'm pretty happy with the way these guys turned out.  I just got a new airbrush as well which I will post  and hopefully get to some more painting this weekend.