I headed back to work this week so progress has been slow - work itself went straight back to being full on so no easy slide back into it, and then the dreaded man lurgy has reared its head meaning I'm pretty flat by the time I get home.
That aside, last night I was able to play around with some of the metallics and lay down some more base colours - notably the browns for the leather and the green for the skin.
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| Getting there slowly |
Nothing too flash going on here, the browns are a mix of Scorched Brown and Snake Bite Leather followed by a liberal wash of Devlan Mud.
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| Not sure what colour to do that Squig - maybe a purpley-red?? |
And the green is simply foundation Orkhide Shade. Its a tad shiny in the pictures as I added some Reaper Drying Retarder to give the paint some life as I used it off the palette - although its been wet the last few nights, during the day it's been warming up and my painting room cops a lot of sun so the paint drying fast is proving a bit of an issue. The Retarder slows down the drying time but has some slightly satiny properties which until it fully dries out gives the model a sheen.
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| Still loving this guy |
On the Nob I have added some checks to the top portion of the axe. It needed something to help break up all the red and metallics that I had going on. Normally the skin would do that for me but given this guy is packing a helmet and shoulder guards I was a little stuck on what else to do to add some variety. The haft of the axe should also add another spot colour to further break up the red - we'll have to wait and see I guess.
After work the missus took me down to the local to pick up my store order of Inquisitive and Thieving Grotz - although I think Snotling might have been a better term as these guys are runty in the extreme - but still very characterful.
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| I added a spare plastic Nob head as the metal ones were a bit pants |
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| Bang!!! |
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| These guys are a matching set - one has the helmet full of Teeth!!, and the other is naffing another |
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| Squabbling over 'Shrooms |
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| I added the bit from the Giant frame - fit perfectly with the little bugger walking off with his haul |
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| Probably my favourite - squeezing one out while no ones watching |
The pictures aren't doing much for them given their bare metal. I played around in Picasa a bit with the settings to try and show some of the detail. They are now based properly and partly primed. The heat wave last week seems to have sucked the life out of my spray (that or I had not a lot left after the last effort).
Either way, I am heading into the store again on Thursday for a chit chat so will pick some more up and get on with adding these guys to the queue. I'm likely to keep the Grot theme going for now as I'm enjoying throwing the paint on them.
And that's it for tonight - might as well have a crack at painting some more seeing as I have a bit of time before the missus gets in and teas all ready to go in the oven.
As always, happy hobby all,
Pom
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