Kremmet Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 For OFCC this year I really wanted to finish up and paint my demons, but due to a neck and arm injury I just haven't had it in me for any burst or long-haul painting. Originally I was disheartened and wondered whether I'd have to drop out, but I've decided to instead try my hand at something I've never been great at: just a few hours of painting each day. To this end I'm sprucing up my dwarf army. My current dwarf army was painted for a Seattle tournament, SPDM2, I think around six months ago. Originally I planned to run my demons there as well, but the project had really just begun and I didn't want to rush it. At that time I planned to just run my Dark Elves like I had at the first SPDM, but then one of my friends mailed me his old dwarf army to mess around with pretty much out of the blue. Considering how small dwarfs are and how easily they paint up I threw caution to the wind and speed painted the army. In ten days I built (almost) all the models, made custom bases, built a display board, and painted (almost) the whole thing. The only parts I didn't do right there were the twenty one-armed warriors, Organ Gun, and Grudge Thrower I had painted for my buddy some eight years ago. I was rather proud of the effort, but more in terms of how well it went given the time frame and I knew the army would need some love in the future. This brings us to current day where I'm again planning to pilot dwarfs in an event, but this time I won't be satisfied with a half-assed finished product. Sure they might not be the best examples of painting acumen, but these dwarfs will no longer languish in their speed painted state. No, we will pick out all the details, clean up all the hurried airbrush overspray, and even throw in some new models just to make things interesting. To this end I'm hoping to keep this painting log up to help document some of the progress (especially considering very few locals are interested in looking at WHFB models). The list: Blossombeard Dandyface (Lord): Rune of Might; Rune of Iron; Rune of Fortitude; 3 Runes of Warding; shield; Shieldbearers Copperbrow Dandyface (Runesmith): Rune of Spellbreaking; Fiery Ring of Thori; Rune of Stone; shield Dandyfriend Thorlakson (Runesmith): Rune of Spellbreaking; Rune of the Furnace; shield Honeybristle Dandyface (Thane): shield; battle standard (Master Rune of Grungni) Stubblepetal Dandyface (Master Engineer): great weapon 26 Longbeards: musician; standard bearer (Rune of Stoicism) 29 Quarrellers: great weapons; Veteran; musician; standard bearer 23 Slayers: standard bearer Gyrocopter Gyrocopter Cannon: Rune of Forging Grudge Thrower: Rune of Forging 10 Miners: Prospector (steam drill); standard bearer Organ Gun: Rune of Accuracy Truthsayer: Level 3 Wizard; Lore of Breasts 2,797 points Out of this list, the only things without a lick of paint on them are the miners, one of the Runesmiths, and the Truthsayer. The Runesmith and miners I have built (just the old BfSP set with a converted champion), but the Truthsayer I haven't quite landed on a plan yet. I'm tempted to make some sort of feral dwarf because screw humans being the only Truthsayers. I remember my Albion (sort of) and I can't think of anything more anachronistic than an old dwarfen wizard. As for the updated paint jobs, they're unnecessary for the BSB and the lord as they were done decently enough while the currently-painted Runesmith would need a dip to fix. The engineer is a recently finished model (that I totally painted without knowing how the new book changed him which forced a quick swap from an Irondrake unit to the Organ Gun currently present) along with the cannon and Organ Gun. I've spent a fair amount of time fixing up the Slayers so far as they were likely the unit that needed the most work, but I can't find any of my oil paints I need to finish the job. The oils are necessary because I need to do an oil wash to shade down the airbrushed skin I did the first time around. The skin currently looks fine, but definitely needs a greater gradient and increased tonal contrast to make the clothing and flesh pull apart. I'll likely head down to my local art store and pick up some van dyke brown this weekend to finish them up. This leaves us (mostly) with the warriors. Ranks upon ranks upon ranks of warriors. As I did a rather poor job of differentiating between warrior and Longbeard last time around, I'm thinking I'll paint up some of those little masks the 6th ed plastics came with along with maybe throwing a bit more flourish into their scheme. I'm honestly dreading this the most as bringing these guys up will just be a Godd*mn time vampire that I know I will get too involved in. The Grudge Thrower is another one of those super old paint jobs that I'll likely just paint over considering how easily that can be done. With that my check list is over and I've now received that special feeling of accomplishment that can only be achieved by talking about work you're going to do (or, you know, actually doing the work). I'll probably have some crappy phone pictures up this weekend and hopefully some non-phone pictures sometime next week. Time to get crackin'! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Here are a few simple phone pictures just to make sure I have some before images. The only things not getting changed at all are the three characters while the rest still have a fair amount of work to be done. Lord: Nothing too complex here. The lighting and general awful resolution of my camera aside, I'm happy with the lord as he stands. Engineer and BSB: These guys are pretty much the same as the lord. I'd like to give them a bit fancier of basing, but otherwise I'm happy enough with how they turned out. Longbeards: The Longbeards will likely see the most work done. Most of the unit was done up about eight years ago at this point and I need to better differentiate them from standard warriors. Once I find them, I'll likely add those tiny masks to them to just help accomplish my goal (and cover up those terrible paint jobs). Quarrelers: Besides a quick paint update, these guys mostly need their actual crossbows to be finished. I'll probably just cut apart some Dark Elf crossbows I have laying around and mix them with dwarf bits, but we'll see. The key is that they need to be removable so the unit can be run as Quarrelers or simple Warriors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 PART TWO: Warmachines: All of these machines are done with the exception of a few crew and some fancy basing. The images don't show it well, but there is a lot of color variation in the metals to break up the monotone of the model. The Organ Gun and (not pictured) Grudge Thrower are old paint jobs so they're a little rougher in the metal application compared to the cannon and the newer Organ Gun, but they're not so bad that I feel the need to dip them. Gyros: As much as I love the current gyro models, $35 a pop is a little much for how little time they spend alive on the field. I might give them a bit more painting love, but the main goal will be to update their bases to, well, be not piles of poop. Slayers: While you can't make out the hair highlights very well, you can see the work let to be done on the skin. The shading is a little light (and highlighting too nonexistent), but I'll fix that up soon enough and then go through for the smaller details like eyes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Looks great. Is the gryo made from sentinel's and ork coptaz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Grudgethrower: Did some work on the ol' Grudgethrower tonight. Still need to hit the black with some highlights, but I'm happy with the rest. Biggest problem is the crew are looking a little...dated. Maybe I'll give them an update, but I really need to make some bases for the machines before I give a sh*t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Runesmith: Another phone picture, but progress nonetheless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 THat's quite a dandy throng you've got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 It really helps cover up the crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Did a bit more work tonight on the Longbeards. After about an hour spent updating the paint a bit, I decided to call it quits as the changes will likely end up subtle and lugubrious. Maybe things will be better once I get a better feel for how the final update will look. I've also begun futzing around with my Warpfire Dragon (a counts-as model more befitting of a dwarf), but nothing is really clicking so far. Hopefully it's just the malaise from a 4th I only remember parts of and not that my idea outstrips my abilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 lugubrious.Brain=sploded.Quick! To dictionary.com! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted July 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 A bit of an update on what I've spent the lion's share of my hobby time recently (well, except for commission work I suppose). Here is the SS Warp Dragon: As most dwarf players were, I was very disappointed that they received no big kit with the new book. Taking things into my own hands I decided to make a blimp to use in tournaments allowing Storm of Magic. Right now he's a Warpfire Dragon, but there are other possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudra34 Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Looking good! Can't wait to see that thing painted-up and on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisetiger7 Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Dude. Bro. That looks awesome. Let's see it painted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Dude. Bro. That looks awesome. Let's see it painted! Painting has already started! The more eagle eyed among you may have noticed that the pilot and his trusty bellows are already pretty close to done (I'm doing all the weathering at the same time), but I've now begun painting the craft itself. The balloon will receive an airbrushing to get started and I've decided to just hand paint the howdah. Still blocking in colors to figure things out as I know what the balloon's hue will be (a green from P3 called Traitorous Green) and want the rest to compliment without overpowering the lower chroma balloon. Most of the boat will be a highlighted black-to-blue as no self respecting dwarf is going to have a wooden blimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 So my airbrush is borked as is my backup apparently. Just not my week. Still, the show went on and I've got the howdah about 80-90% done. Just need to add the freehand I have planned and work on the "wings" a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Here are some pictures after working on the balloon proper today. Still not 100% there on as it needs a bit more highlighting on the banding, the rope isn't painted, and of course none of the freehand work has been started. Still pretty happy with it especially with no airbrush to help out (painting cardboard is a b!tch with just a brush). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Bit of a teaser for what's next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kremmet Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Here's the blimp finished (or nearly) that shows off the nose. I became more than a little burnt out on the project at this point which shows in the basing. And the little sh!t finally finished: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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